A+ Certification Contracts in England

CompTIA A+ Certification
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 481 583 701
Rank change year-on-year +102 +118 -68
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 70 59 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.62% 0.45% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 34 34
10th Percentile £100 £105 £117
25th Percentile £150 £106 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £150 £145
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +3.45% -48.03%
75th Percentile £238 £242 £173
90th Percentile £318 £276 £220
UK median daily rate £200 £134 £145
% change year-on-year +49.53% -7.76% -48.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 10 34
10th Percentile £14.16 - £12.86
25th Percentile £14.48 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% - +3.33%
75th Percentile £21.37 £15.75 £15.75
90th Percentile - £16.13 -
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +5.16% - +3.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,235 13,150 15,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.59% 27.55% 21.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,952 8,833 10,370
10th Percentile £313 £349 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £743 £745 £725
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,001 654 684
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.79 £21.24 £19.05
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +39.24% +9.40%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.18 £67.85
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £43.95
% change year-on-year -27.27% +25.14% +28.23%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in England

A+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for A+ Certification in England

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing A+ Certification in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for A+ Certification in England

A+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for A+ Certification in England

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
East of England +39 45 £105 -4.55% 8
London +90 13 £200 -9.09% 9
North of England +22 5 £320 +190.91% 9
Yorkshire +12 3 £325 +194.78% 1
South West +10 3 £205 +64.00% 4
Midlands +21 2 £178 -49.29% 14
North West +10 2 £194 +9.15% 8
South East +7 2 £130 -13.33% 5
West Midlands +14 1 £225 -59.09% 8
East Midlands +9 1 £130 -46.25% 6
A+ Certification
UK

A+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (18.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (15.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 46 (65.71%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.71%) Azure
3 2 (2.86%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 43 (61.43%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (5.71%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (2.86%) DHCP
3 2 (2.86%) DNS
3 2 (2.86%) SAN
3 2 (2.86%) VPN
4 1 (1.43%) LAN
4 1 (1.43%) WAN
4 1 (1.43%) Wireless
General
1 28 (40.00%) Retail
2 14 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.57%) Finance
4 4 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.71%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.71%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.29%) Advertising
6 2 (2.86%) Banking
6 2 (2.86%) Marketing
6 2 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 44 (62.86%) Analyst
2 41 (58.57%) Service Analyst
2 41 (58.57%) Service Desk Analyst
3 13 (18.57%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
4 8 (11.43%) IT Support
5 7 (10.00%) Support Engineer
6 6 (8.57%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (8.57%) IT Engineer
7 3 (4.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (4.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (4.29%) Desktop Engineer
7 3 (4.29%) Desktop Support
7 3 (4.29%) Support Analyst
8 2 (2.86%) Data Centre Engineer
8 2 (2.86%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 2 (2.86%) Help Desk Support
8 2 (2.86%) IT Support Engineer
8 2 (2.86%) Technical Analyst
8 2 (2.86%) Technical Support
8 2 (2.86%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 6 (8.57%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.29%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.86%) NHS
4 2 (2.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.43%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 24 (34.29%) Windows
2 6 (8.57%) Windows 7
3 5 (7.14%) Mac OS
3 5 (7.14%) Windows 10
4 4 (5.71%) Windows 8
5 2 (2.86%) Android
6 1 (1.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (84.29%) Customer Service
2 50 (71.43%) ITIL
3 41 (58.57%) Incident Management
4 29 (41.43%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (22.86%) Service Delivery
6 13 (18.57%) Mathematics
7 10 (14.29%) Computer Science
8 4 (5.71%) Employee Productivity
9 3 (4.29%) Migration
9 3 (4.29%) Service Management
10 2 (2.86%) Break/Fix
10 2 (2.86%) Escalation Management
10 2 (2.86%) Information Management
10 2 (2.86%) ITSM
10 2 (2.86%) Mobile Device Management
10 2 (2.86%) Network Monitoring
10 2 (2.86%) PRINCE
10 2 (2.86%) PRINCE2
10 2 (2.86%) Project Management
10 2 (2.86%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 61 (87.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 46 (65.71%) MCSA
3 18 (25.71%) SC Cleared
3 18 (25.71%) Security Cleared
4 14 (20.00%) Degree
4 14 (20.00%) MCP
5 8 (11.43%) CCNA
5 8 (11.43%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (5.71%) CCNP
7 4 (5.71%) MCITP
8 3 (4.29%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (2.86%) MCDST
9 2 (2.86%) MCSE
9 2 (2.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (1.43%) CCENT
10 1 (1.43%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.86%) QA
1 2 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.86%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.86%) KVM
3 2 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (2.86%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.29%) SCCM
3 2 (2.86%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 41 (58.57%) Citrix
1 41 (58.57%) ServiceNow
2 34 (48.57%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.29%) VMware
4 1 (1.43%) Apple
4 1 (1.43%) Cisco
4 1 (1.43%) Dell