A+ Certification Contracts

CompTIA A+ Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 476 627 774
Rank change year-on-year +151 +147 -109
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 97 73 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.13% 0.095%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.76% 0.47% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 41 36
10th Percentile £105 - £123
25th Percentile £159 £105 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £125 £145
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -13.79% -48.03%
75th Percentile £240 £223 £173
90th Percentile £335 £250 £211
UK excluding London median daily rate £215 £112 £145
% change year-on-year +92.39% -22.93% -31.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 14 34
10th Percentile £14.16 - £12.86
25th Percentile £14.48 £15.25 £15.06
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% - -6.06%
75th Percentile £21.37 £15.75 £15.75
90th Percentile - £18.38 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +5.16% - -6.06%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

A+ Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,821 15,525 18,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.13% 27.19% 21.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,940 10,364 12,432
10th Percentile £307 £330 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £626
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,052 789 770
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.72 £20.47 £19.77
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.85
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +23.15% +13.90%
75th Percentile £61.35 £67.50 £58.66
90th Percentile £76.15 £79.30 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.63 £49.94 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.63% +42.68% -1.41%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing A+ Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification.

Daily rate trend for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing A+ Certification over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification.

Hourly rate trend for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing A+ Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +109 79 £200 +40.97% 71
UK excluding London +79 79 £215 +92.39% 62
East of England +40 45 £105 -4.55% 2
London +96 17 £200 -6.98% 25
Scotland +60 17 £200 +81.82% 10
North of England +21 8 £325 +195.45% 17
Yorkshire +21 6 £331 +191.85% 5
South East +14 4 £158 -3.08% 7
Work from Home +118 3 £325 +44.44% 14
South West +17 3 £205 +64.00% 7
Midlands +29 2 £178 -26.61% 15
North West +20 2 £194 +76.14% 9
West Midlands +17 1 £225 -37.85% 9
East Midlands +14 1 £130 -46.25% 6

A+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (24.74%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (14.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (13.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 49 (50.52%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (4.12%) Azure
3 2 (2.06%) WhatsApp
4 1 (1.03%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 44 (45.36%) Wi-Fi
2 14 (14.43%) DHCP
3 13 (13.40%) DNS
4 12 (12.37%) VPN
5 10 (10.31%) SAN
6 5 (5.15%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (2.06%) LAN
7 2 (2.06%) WAN
8 1 (1.03%) Internet
8 1 (1.03%) Wireless
General
1 28 (28.87%) Retail
2 18 (18.56%) Social Skills
3 12 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (10.31%) Public Sector
5 8 (8.25%) Finance
6 5 (5.15%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.12%) Banking
8 3 (3.09%) Advertising
9 2 (2.06%) Marketing
9 2 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.03%) Law
10 1 (1.03%) Legal
Job Titles
1 47 (48.45%) Analyst
2 43 (44.33%) Service Analyst
2 43 (44.33%) Service Desk Analyst
3 16 (16.49%) IT Engineer
4 13 (13.40%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
5 11 (11.34%) IT Support
5 11 (11.34%) Support Engineer
6 9 (9.28%) Field Engineer
7 8 (8.25%) Desktop Engineer
7 8 (8.25%) Desktop Support
7 8 (8.25%) Field Service Engineer
8 6 (6.19%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (5.15%) IT Support Engineer
9 5 (5.15%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 4 (4.12%) Help Desk Engineer
10 4 (4.12%) Help Desk Support
10 4 (4.12%) Help Desk Support Engineer
10 4 (4.12%) Support Analyst
11 3 (3.09%) 1st Line Support
11 3 (3.09%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.53%) Data Centre
2 8 (8.25%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (8.25%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 3 (3.09%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.09%) NHS
5 1 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.03%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 42 (43.30%) Windows
2 18 (18.56%) Windows 10
2 18 (18.56%) Windows 7
3 5 (5.15%) Mac OS
3 5 (5.15%) Windows 8
4 2 (2.06%) Android
4 2 (2.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (76.29%) Customer Service
2 60 (61.86%) ITIL
3 42 (43.30%) Incident Management
4 41 (42.27%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (26.80%) Service Delivery
6 18 (18.56%) Break/Fix
7 13 (13.40%) Mathematics
8 12 (12.37%) Computer Science
9 5 (5.15%) Employee Productivity
9 5 (5.15%) Service Management
10 4 (4.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 4 (4.12%) Migration
11 3 (3.09%) Asset Management
11 3 (3.09%) Network Monitoring
11 3 (3.09%) Runbook
11 3 (3.09%) Ticket Management
12 2 (2.06%) Digital Strategy
12 2 (2.06%) Escalation Management
12 2 (2.06%) High Availability
12 2 (2.06%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 73 (75.26%) Microsoft Certification
2 48 (49.48%) MCSA
3 28 (28.87%) SC Cleared
3 28 (28.87%) Security Cleared
4 19 (19.59%) CCNA
4 19 (19.59%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (17.53%) Degree
6 14 (14.43%) MCP
6 14 (14.43%) Network+ Certification
7 9 (9.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (9.28%) MCSE
8 5 (5.15%) CCNP
9 4 (4.12%) MCITP
10 3 (3.09%) MCDST
10 3 (3.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (2.06%) CCENT
11 2 (2.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (1.03%) DBS Check
12 1 (1.03%) ECDL
12 1 (1.03%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.12%) QA
2 2 (2.06%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (38.14%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.12%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.09%) KVM
4 3 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (3.09%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (3.09%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 13 (13.40%) SCCM
2 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.09%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 52 (53.61%) Microsoft
2 42 (43.30%) Citrix
2 42 (43.30%) ServiceNow
3 12 (12.37%) Cisco
4 8 (8.25%) Dell
5 6 (6.19%) VMware
6 1 (1.03%) Apple
6 1 (1.03%) BeyondTrust
6 1 (1.03%) SAP