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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 718 921 531
Rank change year-on-year +203 -390 +81
Permanent jobs citing Network+ Certification 195 78 960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.075% 0.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.71% 0.23% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 148 68 49
10th Percentile £21,250 £23,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £24,594 £23,750 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £44,063 £45,000 £37,750
90th Percentile £57,750 £48,750 £50,200
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,000 £28,645 £30,298
% change year-on-year -2.25% -5.46% +1.67%

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 27,375 33,735 42,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.79% 32.58% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 17,286 15,174 19,044
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.47% +7.27% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +0.41%

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 4 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 4 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 +196 180 £30,500 -12.86% 40
UK excluding London +99 147 £28,000 -2.25% 20
South East +61 58 £25,250 +5.21% 4
Work from Home +106 44 £23,000 -48.89% 15
London +119 37 £37,917 +8.33% 19
North of England +56 30 £29,500 +20.41% 8
Midlands - 24 £40,000 - 4
West Midlands - 19 £35,000 - 4
South West -9 17 £47,500 +35.71% 2
North West +20 15 £30,000 +22.45% 3
East of England +27 13 £27,000 -36.47% 2
Yorkshire +99 12 £22,900 -6.53% 3
Scotland -61 5 £74,000 +202.04% 1
East Midlands - 5 £40,000 -
North East - 3 £29,500 - 2

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 24 (12.31%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.51%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 93 (47.69%) Microsoft 365
2 86 (44.10%) Azure
3 39 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 35 (17.95%) AWS
5 16 (8.21%) IaaS
5 16 (8.21%) PaaS
6 15 (7.69%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.59%) WhatsApp
8 6 (3.08%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.03%) GCP
11 1 (0.51%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.51%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.51%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.51%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.51%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.51%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.51%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 82 (42.05%) Firewall
2 42 (21.54%) Wireless
3 35 (17.95%) LAN
4 34 (17.44%) DNS
4 34 (17.44%) WAN
5 26 (13.33%) DHCP
6 24 (12.31%) Wi-Fi
7 19 (9.74%) VLAN
8 13 (6.67%) ADSL
8 13 (6.67%) Unified Communications
9 12 (6.15%) Broadband
9 12 (6.15%) VoIP
10 11 (5.64%) Internet
10 11 (5.64%) Intrusion Detection
11 10 (5.13%) TCP/IP
11 10 (5.13%) VPN
12 8 (4.10%) Network Security
12 8 (4.10%) Wireshark
13 7 (3.59%) SAN
14 5 (2.56%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.18%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.13%) MySQL
3 8 (4.10%) MariaDB
4 4 (2.05%) Big Data
5 3 (1.54%) Power BI
6 2 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.03%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.51%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.51%) SQLPlus
General
1 106 (54.36%) Social Skills
2 21 (10.77%) Telecoms
3 16 (8.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (5.64%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.64%) Local Government
5 10 (5.13%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.59%) Legal
7 6 (3.08%) Finance
7 6 (3.08%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.56%) Games
8 5 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.05%) Retail
10 3 (1.54%) Marketing
10 3 (1.54%) Military
11 2 (1.03%) Law
12 1 (0.51%) Banking
Job Titles
1 50 (25.64%) IT Support
2 48 (24.62%) IT Engineer
2 48 (24.62%) Support Engineer
3 33 (16.92%) Analyst
3 33 (16.92%) IT Support Engineer
4 24 (12.31%) Senior
5 20 (10.26%) Network Engineer
6 18 (9.23%) 2nd Line Support
6 18 (9.23%) Security Analyst
7 17 (8.72%) IT Technician
8 16 (8.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 15 (7.69%) Junior
10 14 (7.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (6.67%) Junior IT Engineer
11 13 (6.67%) Junior IT Support
11 13 (6.67%) Junior Support Engineer
11 13 (6.67%) Network Support
12 12 (6.15%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
12 12 (6.15%) IT Support Technician
12 12 (6.15%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.54%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 35 (17.95%) Driving Licence
2 17 (8.72%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (7.18%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (6.67%) CCTV
5 12 (6.15%) Data Centre
6 10 (5.13%) Management Information System
7 9 (4.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 7 (3.59%) Onboarding
9 6 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (2.05%) Cyberattack
10 4 (2.05%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (2.05%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.54%) Educational Technology
11 3 (1.54%) Raspberry Pi
12 2 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (1.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 2 (1.03%) IoT
12 2 (1.03%) Mainframe
12 2 (1.03%) Photography
12 2 (1.03%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 87 (44.62%) Windows
2 39 (20.00%) Linux
3 29 (14.87%) Windows Server
4 28 (14.36%) Windows 10
5 16 (8.21%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (5.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (4.10%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (3.59%) Mac OS
9 6 (3.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (2.56%) Unix
11 2 (1.03%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.51%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (38.97%) Customer Service
2 54 (27.69%) ITIL
3 46 (23.59%) Cybersecurity
4 27 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (11.79%) Mentoring
6 21 (10.77%) Computer Science
6 21 (10.77%) Penetration Testing
7 20 (10.26%) ITSM
7 20 (10.26%) SIEM
8 19 (9.74%) Information Security
9 18 (9.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 18 (9.23%) Security Monitoring
9 18 (9.23%) Security Operations
10 16 (8.21%) Use Case
11 15 (7.69%) Line Management
12 14 (7.18%) Application Security
12 14 (7.18%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (7.18%) Runbook
13 13 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
13 13 (6.67%) IT Governance
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.18%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 116 (59.49%) Cisco Certification
2 89 (45.64%) CCNA
3 84 (43.08%) A+ Certification
4 60 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (22.56%) CompTIA Security+
5 44 (22.56%) Degree
6 23 (11.79%) CCNP
7 21 (10.77%) CompTIA CySA+
8 20 (10.26%) CISSP
9 19 (9.74%) Security Cleared
10 16 (8.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 16 (8.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 16 (8.21%) CCSP
10 16 (8.21%) MCP
11 15 (7.69%) DBS Check
12 14 (7.18%) MCITP
12 14 (7.18%) MCSE
13 12 (6.15%) MCSA
14 11 (5.64%) SC Cleared
15 8 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.23%) NIST
2 16 (8.21%) SLA
3 14 (7.18%) SOC 2
4 12 (6.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.54%) GDPR
6 3 (1.54%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.03%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.03%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 54 (27.69%) Active Directory
2 28 (14.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (9.23%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.05%) Firmware
5 3 (1.54%) KVM
5 3 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.54%) vSphere
6 2 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.03%) XenApp
7 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (12.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (6.67%) Cisco CUCM
2 13 (6.67%) ServiceCenter
3 4 (2.05%) AirWatch
3 4 (2.05%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.05%) Terraform
4 3 (1.54%) WSUS
5 2 (1.03%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.03%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.51%) Autotask
Vendors
1 134 (68.72%) Microsoft
2 73 (37.44%) Cisco
3 28 (14.36%) VMware
4 20 (10.26%) HP
5 17 (8.72%) Fortinet
5 17 (8.72%) Palo Alto
6 15 (7.69%) Meraki
6 15 (7.69%) Veeam
7 13 (6.67%) Aruba
8 11 (5.64%) Sophos
9 9 (4.62%) Citrix
9 9 (4.62%) Red Hat
10 7 (3.59%) ConnectWise
10 7 (3.59%) Google
11 5 (2.56%) Acronis
11 5 (2.56%) Datto
11 5 (2.56%) Draytek
12 4 (2.05%) ServiceNow
13 3 (1.54%) Dell
13 3 (1.54%) SonicWALL