CompTIA Network+ (CompTIA N+)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Network+ Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 726 882 552
Rank change year-on-year +156 -330 +92
Permanent jobs citing Network+ Certification 169 70 961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.071% 0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.61% 0.21% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 127 62 49
10th Percentile £20,750 £23,750 £21,250
25th Percentile £25,625 £24,688 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £35,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +6.06% +1.54%
75th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £46,250 £56,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,750 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +6.06% +4.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Network+ 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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,546 32,627 44,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.29% 33.12% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 17,214 14,683 19,092
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,573 £42,210 £40,967
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%

Network+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network+ Certification.

Salary trend for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network+ Certification over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network+ Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
England +186 155 £31,250 -10.71% 69
UK excluding London +106 129 £29,750 -15.00% 47
South East +48 47 £28,750 -17.86% 17
London +110 29 £37,917 +8.33% 26
Work from Home +75 29 £25,000 -44.44% 16
North of England +59 28 £29,500 +20.41% 12
Midlands +13 23 £40,000 - 8
West Midlands +25 18 £27,500 -31.25% 6
North West +10 15 £30,000 +22.45% 6
East of England +16 14 £27,000 -36.47% 3
South West -7 13 £47,000 +34.29% 4
Yorkshire +89 10 £22,900 -20.06% 5
East Midlands - 5 £40,000 - 2
Scotland -54 4 £75,000 +206.12% 3
North East - 3 £29,500 - 1

Network+ 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 23 (13.61%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.18%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 17 (10.06%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 83 (49.11%) Azure
2 76 (44.97%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (23.08%) Entra ID
4 27 (15.98%) AWS
5 16 (9.47%) IaaS
5 16 (9.47%) PaaS
6 15 (8.88%) Power Platform
7 6 (3.55%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (3.55%) WhatsApp
8 4 (2.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.18%) GCP
10 1 (0.59%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.59%) Google Drive
10 1 (0.59%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.59%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.59%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (42.60%) Firewall
2 32 (18.93%) Wireless
3 31 (18.34%) DNS
4 25 (14.79%) DHCP
5 23 (13.61%) Wi-Fi
6 21 (12.43%) LAN
6 21 (12.43%) WAN
7 13 (7.69%) Unified Communications
8 11 (6.51%) VPN
9 10 (5.92%) Internet
9 10 (5.92%) TCP/IP
9 10 (5.92%) VoIP
10 9 (5.33%) Network Security
11 8 (4.73%) Wireshark
12 7 (4.14%) VLAN
13 6 (3.55%) SAN
13 6 (3.55%) SD-WAN
14 5 (2.96%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (2.96%) Structured Cabling
15 4 (2.37%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.92%) MySQL
3 8 (4.73%) MariaDB
4 4 (2.37%) Big Data
5 3 (1.78%) Power BI
6 2 (1.18%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.59%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 94 (55.62%) Social Skills
2 16 (9.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (6.51%) Local Government
4 10 (5.92%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.33%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.55%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.96%) Finance
7 5 (2.96%) Games
7 5 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.96%) Retail
8 4 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.37%) Legal
9 3 (1.78%) Marketing
9 3 (1.78%) Military
10 2 (1.18%) Law
11 1 (0.59%) Automotive
11 1 (0.59%) Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (27.22%) IT Engineer
1 46 (27.22%) IT Support
2 37 (21.89%) Support Engineer
3 32 (18.93%) IT Support Engineer
4 24 (14.20%) Senior
5 19 (11.24%) Analyst
6 17 (10.06%) IT Technician
7 15 (8.88%) Junior
8 13 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
8 13 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (7.69%) Junior IT Engineer
8 13 (7.69%) Junior IT Support
8 13 (7.69%) Junior Support Engineer
9 12 (7.10%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
9 12 (7.10%) IT Support Technician
9 12 (7.10%) Network Engineer
9 12 (7.10%) Operations Engineer
9 12 (7.10%) Support Technician
10 8 (4.73%) Communications Officer
10 8 (4.73%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.78%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 35 (20.71%) Driving Licence
2 17 (10.06%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (7.69%) CCTV
4 11 (6.51%) Data Centre
5 9 (5.33%) Management Information System
6 7 (4.14%) Onboarding
7 6 (3.55%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.96%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (2.37%) Cyberattack
9 4 (2.37%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (2.37%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.78%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (1.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.78%) Educational Technology
10 3 (1.78%) Raspberry Pi
11 2 (1.18%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (1.18%) IoT
11 2 (1.18%) Mainframe
11 2 (1.18%) Photography
11 2 (1.18%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 71 (42.01%) Windows
2 37 (21.89%) Linux
3 27 (15.98%) Windows Server
4 16 (9.47%) Windows 10
4 16 (9.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (6.51%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (4.73%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (3.55%) Mac OS
7 6 (3.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (2.96%) Unix
9 2 (1.18%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.59%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (36.69%) Customer Service
2 51 (30.18%) ITIL
3 37 (21.89%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (13.61%) Mentoring
6 19 (11.24%) ITSM
7 17 (10.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 15 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (8.88%) Line Management
9 14 (8.28%) Computer Science
10 13 (7.69%) Information Security
10 13 (7.69%) IT Governance
11 12 (7.10%) Digital Strategy
11 12 (7.10%) Ergonomics
11 12 (7.10%) Human Factors
11 12 (7.10%) Network Management
11 12 (7.10%) Penetration Testing
11 12 (7.10%) Physics
11 12 (7.10%) Project Delivery
11 12 (7.10%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.10%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 94 (55.62%) Cisco Certification
2 80 (47.34%) A+ Certification
3 76 (44.97%) CCNA
4 44 (26.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 43 (25.44%) Degree
6 32 (18.93%) CompTIA Security+
7 25 (14.79%) CCNP
8 18 (10.65%) Security Cleared
9 15 (8.88%) DBS Check
10 14 (8.28%) MCP
11 12 (7.10%) MCSE
12 11 (6.51%) CISSP
12 11 (6.51%) CompTIA CySA+
12 11 (6.51%) MCSA
13 10 (5.92%) SC Cleared
14 8 (4.73%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (4.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (4.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 7 (4.14%) Azure Certification
15 7 (4.14%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.47%) SLA
2 11 (6.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (5.33%) NIST
4 5 (2.96%) SOC 2
5 3 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.78%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.18%) GDPR
6 2 (1.18%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.18%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 50 (29.59%) Active Directory
2 26 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (10.06%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.37%) Firmware
5 3 (1.78%) KVM
5 3 (1.78%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.78%) vSphere
6 2 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.59%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 22 (13.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (7.69%) Cisco CUCM
2 13 (7.69%) ServiceCenter
3 4 (2.37%) AirWatch
3 4 (2.37%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.37%) Terraform
4 3 (1.78%) WSUS
5 2 (1.18%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.59%) Autotask
6 1 (0.59%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 121 (71.60%) Microsoft
2 62 (36.69%) Cisco
3 26 (15.38%) VMware
4 19 (11.24%) HP
5 18 (10.65%) Fortinet
6 17 (10.06%) Palo Alto
7 15 (8.88%) Aruba
7 15 (8.88%) Meraki
7 15 (8.88%) Veeam
8 11 (6.51%) Sophos
9 9 (5.33%) Red Hat
10 8 (4.73%) Citrix
11 7 (4.14%) Google
12 6 (3.55%) ConnectWise
13 4 (2.37%) Acronis
13 4 (2.37%) Datto
13 4 (2.37%) Dell
13 4 (2.37%) Draytek
14 3 (1.78%) McAfee
14 3 (1.78%) ServiceNow