Network+ Certification Contracts

CompTIA Network+ (CompTIA N+)
UK

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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 553 658 828
Rank change year-on-year +105 +170 -135
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 37 45 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.076% 0.036%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% 0.28% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 37 21
10th Percentile £165 - -
25th Percentile £200 £105 £123
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £123 £275
Median % change year-on-year +175.51% -55.45% +57.14%
75th Percentile £394 £525 £500
90th Percentile £493 £550 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £340 £114 £180
% change year-on-year +199.56% -36.94% +22.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 1
10th Percentile £12.50 - -
25th Percentile £14.88 - £13.13
Median hourly rate £20.74 - £13.75
75th Percentile £25.83 - £14.38
90th Percentile £35.54 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 - £13.75
% change year-on-year - - -40.76%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,258 16,187 19,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.56% 27.32% 21.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,176 10,805 12,557
10th Percentile £300 £328 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.92%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £743 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,080 847 775
10th Percentile £13.87 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.86 £20.00 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.72 £34.69
% change year-on-year -17.66% +43.34% -0.89%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network+ Certification over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network+ Certification over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ 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 Network+ Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
UK excluding London +53 31 £340 +199.56% 22
England +116 30 £339 +172.09% 42
North of England +35 12 £340 +209.09% 8
Work from Home +127 11 £308 -33.51% 15
Yorkshire +30 11 £339 +207.26% 3
Scotland +41 7 £107 -2.73% 1
London +89 6 £200 +72.04% 19
South East +19 5 £450 +219.15% 4
Midlands +28 3 £300 -7.55% 5
South West +11 3 £588 +6.82% 2
East Midlands +20 2 - -
West Midlands +25 1 £300 +141.94% 5
North West +16 1 £388 +89.02% 3
East of England +13 1 - - 3

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 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) AWS
2 2 (5.41%) Azure
3 1 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.70%) GCP
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 1 (2.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (24.32%) Firewall
2 8 (21.62%) SAN
2 8 (21.62%) WAN
3 6 (16.22%) DNS
4 5 (13.51%) DHCP
4 5 (13.51%) LAN
4 5 (13.51%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (10.81%) Remote Desktop
5 4 (10.81%) WLAN
6 3 (8.11%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (8.11%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (8.11%) Network Security
6 3 (8.11%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (5.41%) CATAPAN
7 2 (5.41%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (5.41%) Internet
7 2 (5.41%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.70%) SDH
8 1 (2.70%) VPN
8 1 (2.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Database
1 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (37.84%) Analytical Skills
1 14 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 12 (32.43%) Public Sector
3 7 (18.92%) Finance
4 5 (13.51%) Banking
5 1 (2.70%) Advertising
5 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 11 (29.73%) IT Engineer
2 8 (21.62%) Field Engineer
2 8 (21.62%) Field Service Engineer
3 5 (13.51%) Network Engineer
3 5 (13.51%) Senior
4 4 (10.81%) Data Centre Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Data Centre Technician
4 4 (10.81%) Data Technician
4 4 (10.81%) Network Technician
4 4 (10.81%) Senior Network Technician
4 4 (10.81%) Senior Technician
5 3 (8.11%) Analyst
5 3 (8.11%) IT Technician
6 2 (5.41%) Configuration Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Service Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Service Desk Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) IT Operations Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Operations Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) EDI
2 2 (5.41%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 20 (54.05%) Data Centre
2 8 (21.62%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (13.51%) Management Information System
3 5 (13.51%) NHS
3 5 (13.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 3 (8.11%) CCTV
4 3 (8.11%) Operational Technology
4 3 (8.11%) SCADA
5 2 (5.41%) Smartphone
6 1 (2.70%) CMDB
6 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.70%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (24.32%) Windows
2 6 (16.22%) Windows 10
3 4 (10.81%) Windows 7
4 2 (5.41%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (51.35%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (21.62%) Customer Service
3 7 (18.92%) Break/Fix
4 6 (16.22%) Computer Science
4 6 (16.22%) ITIL
5 5 (13.51%) Configuration Management
6 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (10.81%) Migration
6 4 (10.81%) Network Monitoring
6 4 (10.81%) Runbook
7 3 (8.11%) Network Design
7 3 (8.11%) Network Virtualisation
8 2 (5.41%) Asset Management
8 2 (5.41%) Capacity Planning
8 2 (5.41%) Data Protection
8 2 (5.41%) High Availability
8 2 (5.41%) Service Management
8 2 (5.41%) Software Testing
9 1 (2.70%) Capacity Management
9 1 (2.70%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.41%) SQL
3 1 (2.70%) Python
3 1 (2.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (72.97%) CCNA
1 27 (72.97%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (51.35%) A+ Certification
3 14 (37.84%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (32.43%) MCSE
5 7 (18.92%) Degree
6 6 (16.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (13.51%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (10.81%) CCNP
8 4 (10.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (10.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
10 2 (5.41%) Azure Certification
10 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
10 2 (5.41%) Server+ Certification
11 1 (2.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (2.70%) CISA
11 1 (2.70%) CISM
11 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
11 1 (2.70%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) QA
2 2 (5.41%) GDPR
3 1 (2.70%) COBIT
3 1 (2.70%) COSO
3 1 (2.70%) NIST
3 1 (2.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (27.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (16.22%) Hyper-V
3 5 (13.51%) Active Directory
4 4 (10.81%) KVM
4 4 (10.81%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (10.81%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (10.81%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (8.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) vCenter Server
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.41%) Nagios
2 2 (5.41%) SCCM
2 2 (5.41%) WSUS
2 2 (5.41%) ZABBIX
3 1 (2.70%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (29.73%) Microsoft
2 10 (27.03%) VMware
3 8 (21.62%) Dell
4 7 (18.92%) Cisco
5 5 (13.51%) Palo Alto
6 3 (8.11%) CheckPoint
6 3 (8.11%) Juniper
7 2 (5.41%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (5.41%) Citrix
7 2 (5.41%) SAP
7 2 (5.41%) ServiceNow
8 1 (2.70%) Ciena
8 1 (2.70%) EMC
8 1 (2.70%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.70%) Google
8 1 (2.70%) Nokia
8 1 (2.70%) Oracle
8 1 (2.70%) SolarWinds