A+ Certification Jobs in the UK excluding London

CompTIA A+ Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 538 677 272
Rank change year-on-year +139 -405 +86
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 227 73 966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.12% 1.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.16% 0.34% 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 179 72 84
10th Percentile £22,750 £22,775 £21,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £23,750 £22,844
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,850 £28,625 £26,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.28% +9.05% -12.50%
75th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £34,000
90th Percentile £42,250 £43,400 £43,375
UK median annual salary £31,500 £32,750 £29,500
% change year-on-year -3.82% +11.02% -18.06%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,526 21,760 23,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.26% 36.79% 31.93%
Number of salaries quoted 12,218 8,079 10,449
10th Percentile £27,338 £28,175 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,600 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing A+ Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in the UK excluding London

A+ Certification
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for A+ Certification in the UK excluding London

A+ Certification
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing A+ Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for A+ Certification in the UK excluding London

A+ Certification
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing A+ Certification within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +45 56 £31,500 +22.09% 9
South West +28 52 £29,000 -33.71% 7
North of England +68 42 £30,000 +22.45% 18
Midlands +24 34 £27,500 +12.24% 15
East of England +16 32 £30,000 -22.08% 2
West Midlands +37 26 £27,500 +12.24% 9
North West +12 22 £24,000 -2.04% 9
Yorkshire +97 16 £32,500 +32.65% 5
Wales +13 8 £34,000 -9.33% 4
East Midlands -11 8 £32,500 +18.18% 6
North East - 4 £40,000 - 4
Scotland -70 3 £29,000 +1.75% 10
A+ Certification
UK

A+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 28 (12.33%) SharePoint
2 16 (7.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.44%) CMS
Applications
1 65 (28.63%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.88%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 101 (44.49%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (23.79%) Azure
3 31 (13.66%) Entra ID
4 12 (5.29%) AWS
4 12 (5.29%) OneDrive
5 9 (3.96%) IaaS
5 9 (3.96%) PaaS
5 9 (3.96%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 32 (14.10%) DHCP
1 32 (14.10%) DNS
2 28 (12.33%) Network Security
3 24 (10.57%) LAN
3 24 (10.57%) Wi-Fi
4 22 (9.69%) WAN
5 14 (6.17%) Internet
5 14 (6.17%) VPN
6 13 (5.73%) Broadband
6 13 (5.73%) Firewall
7 10 (4.41%) Remote Desktop
7 10 (4.41%) SAN
8 9 (3.96%) VLAN
9 8 (3.52%) IPsec
9 8 (3.52%) VSAN
10 5 (2.20%) VoIP
11 4 (1.76%) TCP/IP
12 3 (1.32%) Wireless
13 2 (0.88%) NX-OS
14 1 (0.44%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (2.20%) JIRA
2 2 (0.88%) GitLab
General
1 115 (50.66%) Social Skills
2 18 (7.93%) Telecoms
3 17 (7.49%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (6.61%) Retail
5 13 (5.73%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (5.29%) Local Government
7 9 (3.96%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.96%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.52%) Finance
8 8 (3.52%) Games
9 5 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.20%) Legal
9 5 (2.20%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.76%) Marketing
11 3 (1.32%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.88%) Law
13 1 (0.44%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 64 (28.19%) IT Support
2 45 (19.82%) Support Engineer
3 43 (18.94%) Analyst
4 41 (18.06%) IT Technician
5 38 (16.74%) Support Technician
6 37 (16.30%) IT Support Technician
7 33 (14.54%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 31 (13.66%) 2nd Line Support
9 30 (13.22%) Field Engineer
10 29 (12.78%) IT Analyst
10 29 (12.78%) IT Engineer
11 27 (11.89%) Desktop Engineer
12 25 (11.01%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 24 (10.57%) Service Analyst
13 24 (10.57%) Service Desk Analyst
14 22 (9.69%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
14 22 (9.69%) Desktop Support
15 21 (9.25%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
15 21 (9.25%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 21 (9.25%) Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 42 (18.50%) Driving Licence
2 32 (14.10%) Onboarding
3 21 (9.25%) Management Information System
4 12 (5.29%) Smartphone
5 9 (3.96%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.52%) Clustering
6 8 (3.52%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.64%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.32%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.88%) CCTV
10 2 (0.88%) CMDB
10 2 (0.88%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.88%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.88%) Mobile Computing
10 2 (0.88%) PKI
10 2 (0.88%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 146 (64.32%) Windows
2 50 (22.03%) Windows Server
3 41 (18.06%) Windows 10
4 34 (14.98%) Mac OS
5 12 (5.29%) Linux
6 7 (3.08%) Android
7 5 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.76%) Windows Vista
9 2 (0.88%) Unix
9 2 (0.88%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.88%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (53.74%) Customer Service
2 113 (49.78%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (34.36%) ITIL
4 41 (18.06%) ITSM
5 39 (17.18%) Computer Science
6 26 (11.45%) Service Management
7 23 (10.13%) Asset Management
7 23 (10.13%) Change Management
8 21 (9.25%) Break/Fix
9 17 (7.49%) Configuration Management
9 17 (7.49%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (7.49%) Information Security
9 17 (7.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 16 (7.05%) Incident Management
10 16 (7.05%) Mentoring
11 15 (6.61%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (6.61%) IT Asset Management
12 13 (5.73%) Service Delivery
12 13 (5.73%) Time Management
13 11 (4.85%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.61%) SQL
2 6 (2.64%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.88%) Python
3 2 (0.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 124 (54.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 71 (31.28%) Degree
3 63 (27.75%) MCP
4 50 (22.03%) Network+ Certification
5 44 (19.38%) Security Cleared
6 35 (15.42%) SC Cleared
7 28 (12.33%) CCNA
7 28 (12.33%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (12.33%) DBS Check
8 27 (11.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (8.81%) DV Cleared
10 15 (6.61%) MCITP
11 11 (4.85%) MCSA
12 9 (3.96%) MCSE
13 8 (3.52%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (3.08%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (2.64%) Azure Certification
16 4 (1.76%) MCDST
17 3 (1.32%) CCENT
18 2 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.89%) SLA
2 8 (3.52%) GDPR
3 6 (2.64%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.32%) ISO 14001
5 3 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 159 (70.04%) Active Directory
2 21 (9.25%) Hyper-V
3 13 (5.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.52%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (6.61%) SCCM
2 11 (4.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.52%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (1.76%) AirWatch
5 3 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.32%) WSUS
6 2 (0.88%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.88%) Terraform
7 1 (0.44%) Autotask
Vendors
1 191 (84.14%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.13%) VMware
3 19 (8.37%) Cisco
4 14 (6.17%) Veeam
5 11 (4.85%) Virgin Media
6 8 (3.52%) Apple
7 7 (3.08%) Citrix
7 7 (3.08%) Sophos
8 6 (2.64%) ConnectWise
8 6 (2.64%) Meraki
9 5 (2.20%) HP
9 5 (2.20%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.76%) Acronis
10 4 (1.76%) Aruba
10 4 (1.76%) Datto
10 4 (1.76%) Dell
10 4 (1.76%) Mitel
11 3 (1.32%) Adobe
11 3 (1.32%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.32%) Sun