The first table below looks at the demand for Network+ Certification in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network+ Certification over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA Network+ Certification (N+)
Rank 808 845 856
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +11
Permanent jobs citing Network+ Certification 54 54 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.050% 0.045% 0.020%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.181% 0.161% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 43 39 23
Average salary £25,000 £26,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.84% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £21,200 £19,500
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £34,200 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £26,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -20.00%
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
29882 33504 32557
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.65% 27.76% 26.17%
Number of salaries quoted 24050 28534 27195
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%

Network+ Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Network+ Certification within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Network+ Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Network+ Certification
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Network+ Certification within the UK.

Network+ Certification Salary Trend

Network+ Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network+ Certification over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Network+ Certification Salary Histogram

Network+ Certification
Top 25 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network+ Certification within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +16 44 £30,000 +15.38%
London +54 25 £30,000 +11.22%
South East -10 8 £30,000 +15.38%
South Wales +9 7 £25,000 +6.38%
Wales +9 7 £25,000 +6.38%
Newport - 7 £25,000 -
Surrey +7 4 £40,000 +33.33%
South West +1 4 £22,250 -36.42%
Yorkshire +4 3 £17,000 -15.00%
West Yorkshire -2 3 £17,000 -15.00%
Berkshire -7 3 £30,000 +16.50%
Reading -10 3 £30,000 +17.64%
Leeds -13 3 £17,000 -15.00%
West Midlands - 3 £30,500 -
Wiltshire - 3 £22,500 -
Hounslow - 3 £32,500 -
Birmingham - 2 £30,500 -
Reigate - 2 £20,000 -
East of England +2 1 - -
City of London +1 1 £23,500 -14.54%
Middlesex +1 1 £25,000 +2.04%
Gloucestershire - 1 £20,000 -
Bedfordshire - 1 - -
Tewkesbury - 1 £20,000 -
Luton - 1 - -

Network+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Network+ Certification also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Network+ Certification.

1 58 (59.18%) A+ Certification
2 55 (56.12%) Windows
3 54 (55.10%) Cisco Certification
4 48 (48.98%) CCNA
5 47 (47.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 43 (43.88%) Cisco
7 42 (42.86%) Microsoft
8 40 (40.82%) MS Excel
9 29 (29.59%) ITIL
10 28 (28.57%) MCP
11 25 (25.51%) MS Office
11 25 (25.51%) SLA
12 23 (23.47%) WAN
12 23 (23.47%) Degree
13 22 (22.45%) Active Directory
14 20 (20.41%) HP
14 20 (20.41%) Linux
15 19 (19.39%) LAN
15 19 (19.39%) Windows 7
16 18 (18.37%) Dell
17 17 (17.35%) TCP/IP
18 16 (16.33%) Windows XP
18 16 (16.33%) Computer Science
19 15 (15.31%) MS Exchange
19 15 (15.31%) Firewall
20 14 (14.29%) SQL
20 14 (14.29%) SAN
20 14 (14.29%) MCITP
20 14 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
21 13 (13.27%) CCENT

Network+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Network+ Certification also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Network+ Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.020%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 15 (15.31%) MS Exchange
2 7 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2007
2 7 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2003
2 7 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (5.102%) SharePoint
4 3 (3.061%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (2.041%) IIS
Applications
1 40 (40.82%) MS Excel
2 25 (25.51%) MS Office
3 2 (2.041%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 23 (23.47%) WAN
2 19 (19.39%) LAN
3 17 (17.35%) TCP/IP
4 15 (15.31%) Firewall
5 14 (14.29%) SAN
6 11 (11.22%) VoIP
6 11 (11.22%) DNS
7 7 (7.143%) VPN
7 7 (7.143%) MPLS
8 6 (6.122%) Internet
8 6 (6.122%) DHCP
8 6 (6.122%) IP Telephony
8 6 (6.122%) Cisco PIX
9 5 (5.102%) Wireless
10 4 (4.082%) Network Security
11 2 (2.041%) SSL
11 2 (2.041%) IntruShield
11 2 (2.041%) NAS
12 1 (1.020%) PPTP
12 1 (1.020%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.143%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.041%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (2.041%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.020%) Data Mining
General
1 8 (8.163%) Italian Language
2 5 (5.102%) Spanish Language
3 4 (4.082%) Finance
4 3 (3.061%) Financial Institution
4 3 (3.061%) Banking
5 2 (2.041%) Legal
6 1 (1.020%) Dutch Language
6 1 (1.020%) German Language
6 1 (1.020%) Electronics
6 1 (1.020%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (25.51%) Support Engineer
2 19 (19.39%) Analyst
3 13 (13.27%) Technical Engineer
4 11 (11.22%) Technical Support Engineer
4 11 (11.22%) Service Analyst
4 11 (11.22%) Technical Support
5 10 (10.20%) Service Desk Engineer
5 10 (10.20%) 2nd Line Support
5 10 (10.20%) Network Engineer
5 10 (10.20%) Service Desk Analyst
6 9 (9.184%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (8.163%) 3rd Line Support
7 8 (8.163%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 7 (7.143%) Administrator
8 7 (7.143%) Systems Administrator
9 6 (6.122%) Data Centre Technician
9 6 (6.122%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (5.102%) Team Leader
10 5 (5.102%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 5 (5.102%) Help Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.33%) Computer Science
2 8 (8.163%) Management Information System
3 7 (7.143%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (5.102%) Mathematics
4 5 (5.102%) Blackberry
4 5 (5.102%) Client/Server
5 3 (3.061%) iPhone
5 3 (3.061%) Hedge funds
5 3 (3.061%) Fat Client
5 3 (3.061%) Thin Client
6 2 (2.041%) PDA
6 2 (2.041%) iPad
7 1 (1.020%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 55 (56.12%) Windows
2 20 (20.41%) Linux
3 19 (19.39%) Windows 7
4 16 (16.33%) Windows XP
5 14 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
6 13 (13.27%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (6.122%) FreeBSD
8 3 (3.061%) Android
9 2 (2.041%) Windows 8
9 2 (2.041%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (1.020%) UNIX
10 1 (1.020%) AIX
10 1 (1.020%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (29.59%) ITIL
2 13 (13.27%) Service Delivery
3 5 (5.102%) Incident Management
4 3 (3.061%) Service Desk Management
4 3 (3.061%) Service Management
4 3 (3.061%) Project Management
4 3 (3.061%) CRM
5 2 (2.041%) Business Development
5 2 (2.041%) Problem Management
5 2 (2.041%) Matrix Management
6 1 (1.020%) Data Entry
6 1 (1.020%) Performance Management
6 1 (1.020%) Change Management
6 1 (1.020%) Document Management
6 1 (1.020%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.29%) SQL
2 5 (5.102%) C
3 1 (1.020%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.020%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 58 (59.18%) A+ Certification
2 54 (55.10%) Cisco Certification
3 48 (48.98%) CCNA
4 47 (47.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 28 (28.57%) MCP
6 23 (23.47%) Degree
7 14 (14.29%) MCITP
8 13 (13.27%) CCENT
8 13 (13.27%) MCSA
9 11 (11.22%) Security Cleared
10 8 (8.163%) CCDA
10 8 (8.163%) MCSE
10 8 (8.163%) Server+ Certification
10 8 (8.163%) CCSA
10 8 (8.163%) CCSE
11 7 (7.143%) SC Cleared
12 6 (6.122%) MCDST
13 5 (5.102%) CCA
13 5 (5.102%) Citrix Certification
14 3 (3.061%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (25.51%) SLA
2 5 (5.102%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 22 (22.45%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.122%) Hyper-V
3 4 (4.082%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.061%) Terminal Services
5 2 (2.041%) vSphere
5 2 (2.041%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (7.143%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (3.061%) SolarWinds Orion
2 3 (3.061%) Backup Exec
2 3 (3.061%) ARCserve
3 2 (2.041%) SCCM
3 2 (2.041%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (1.020%) DameWare
4 1 (1.020%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 43 (43.88%) Cisco
2 42 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 20 (20.41%) HP
4 18 (18.37%) Dell
5 10 (10.20%) CheckPoint
6 9 (9.184%) VMware
6 9 (9.184%) Citrix
7 8 (8.163%) Symantec
7 8 (8.163%) Mitel
8 6 (6.122%) Sun
9 5 (5.102%) Intel
9 5 (5.102%) Juniper
9 5 (5.102%) Remedy
10 3 (3.061%) McAfee
10 3 (3.061%) BMC
10 3 (3.061%) CA
11 2 (2.041%) IBM
11 2 (2.041%) Websense
11 2 (2.041%) Sophos
11 2 (2.041%) BT
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Any technical certifications would be highly advantageous - A+ Qualified, Network+ Qualified or MCP Qualification Exceptional customer service skills with good attention to detail and an excellent telephone manner...
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Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013