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

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 721 918 548
Rank change year-on-year +197 -370 +76
Permanent jobs citing Network+ Certification 187 77 959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.076% 0.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.69% 0.23% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 141 67 48
10th Percentile £21,250 £23,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £23,750 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,625
90th Percentile £57,750 £48,300 £50,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,500 £28,645 £30,298
% change year-on-year +2.98% -5.46% +0.99%

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 27,264 33,185 42,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.68% 32.68% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 17,216 14,890 18,866
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%

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 7 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 7 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 +189 172 £31,000 -11.43% 59
UK excluding London +91 141 £29,500 +2.98% 34
South East +61 52 £25,500 +6.25% 5
Work from Home +99 38 £23,000 -48.89% 16
London +120 35 £37,917 +8.33% 26
North of England +65 30 £29,500 +20.41% 13
Midlands - 24 £40,000 - 9
West Midlands - 19 £35,000 - 7
South West -19 17 £47,500 +35.71% 3
North West +23 15 £30,000 +22.45% 4
East of England +21 13 £27,000 -36.47% 1
Yorkshire +90 12 £22,900 -6.53% 6
Scotland -59 5 £74,000 +202.04% 3
East Midlands - 5 £40,000 - 2
North East - 3 £29,500 - 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 24 (12.83%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.07%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.53%) IIS
Applications
1 22 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 87 (46.52%) Microsoft 365
2 86 (45.99%) Azure
3 39 (20.86%) Entra ID
4 33 (17.65%) AWS
5 16 (8.56%) IaaS
5 16 (8.56%) PaaS
6 15 (8.02%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.74%) WhatsApp
8 6 (3.21%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.07%) GCP
11 1 (0.53%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.53%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.53%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.53%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.53%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.53%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.53%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 80 (42.78%) Firewall
2 37 (19.79%) Wireless
3 34 (18.18%) DNS
4 30 (16.04%) LAN
5 29 (15.51%) WAN
6 26 (13.90%) DHCP
7 24 (12.83%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (7.49%) VLAN
9 13 (6.95%) Unified Communications
10 12 (6.42%) VoIP
11 11 (5.88%) Internet
12 10 (5.35%) Intrusion Detection
12 10 (5.35%) TCP/IP
12 10 (5.35%) VPN
13 8 (4.28%) ADSL
13 8 (4.28%) Network Security
13 8 (4.28%) Wireshark
14 7 (3.74%) Broadband
14 7 (3.74%) SAN
15 5 (2.67%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.49%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.35%) MySQL
3 8 (4.28%) MariaDB
4 4 (2.14%) Big Data
5 3 (1.60%) Power BI
6 2 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.07%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.53%) SQLPlus
General
1 101 (54.01%) Social Skills
2 16 (8.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 16 (8.56%) Telecoms
3 11 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (5.88%) Local Government
4 10 (5.35%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.74%) Legal
6 6 (3.21%) Finance
6 6 (3.21%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.67%) Games
7 5 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.14%) Retail
9 3 (1.60%) Marketing
9 3 (1.60%) Military
10 2 (1.07%) Law
11 1 (0.53%) Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (25.67%) IT Support
2 47 (25.13%) IT Engineer
3 43 (22.99%) Support Engineer
4 32 (17.11%) IT Support Engineer
5 30 (16.04%) Analyst
6 24 (12.83%) Senior
7 17 (9.09%) IT Technician
8 16 (8.56%) 2nd Line Support
8 16 (8.56%) Network Engineer
8 16 (8.56%) Security Analyst
9 15 (8.02%) Junior
10 14 (7.49%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 14 (7.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (6.95%) Junior IT Engineer
11 13 (6.95%) Junior IT Support
11 13 (6.95%) Junior Support Engineer
12 12 (6.42%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
12 12 (6.42%) IT Support Technician
12 12 (6.42%) Operations Engineer
12 12 (6.42%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.60%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 35 (18.72%) Driving Licence
2 17 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (6.95%) CCTV
4 12 (6.42%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (6.42%) Data Centre
5 10 (5.35%) Management Information System
6 8 (4.28%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 7 (3.74%) Onboarding
8 6 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (2.14%) Cyberattack
9 4 (2.14%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (2.14%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.60%) Educational Technology
10 3 (1.60%) Raspberry Pi
11 2 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (1.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 2 (1.07%) IoT
11 2 (1.07%) Mainframe
11 2 (1.07%) Photography
11 2 (1.07%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 81 (43.32%) Windows
2 38 (20.32%) Linux
3 29 (15.51%) Windows Server
4 23 (12.30%) Windows 10
5 16 (8.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (4.28%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (3.21%) Mac OS
8 6 (3.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (2.67%) Unix
10 2 (1.07%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.53%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (37.43%) Customer Service
2 54 (28.88%) ITIL
3 44 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (13.90%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (12.30%) Mentoring
6 20 (10.70%) Computer Science
6 20 (10.70%) ITSM
7 19 (10.16%) Penetration Testing
8 18 (9.63%) Information Security
8 18 (9.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 18 (9.63%) SIEM
9 16 (8.56%) Security Monitoring
9 16 (8.56%) Security Operations
10 15 (8.02%) Line Management
11 14 (7.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (7.49%) Use Case
12 13 (6.95%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (6.95%) IT Governance
13 12 (6.42%) Service Delivery
13 12 (6.42%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.49%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 109 (58.29%) Cisco Certification
2 84 (44.92%) CCNA
3 83 (44.39%) A+ Certification
4 54 (28.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (23.53%) Degree
6 42 (22.46%) CompTIA Security+
7 23 (12.30%) CCNP
8 19 (10.16%) CompTIA CySA+
8 19 (10.16%) Security Cleared
9 18 (9.63%) CISSP
10 16 (8.56%) MCP
11 15 (8.02%) DBS Check
12 14 (7.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 14 (7.49%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 14 (7.49%) CCSP
12 14 (7.49%) MCSE
13 12 (6.42%) MCSA
14 11 (5.88%) SC Cleared
15 9 (4.81%) MCITP
16 8 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.56%) NIST
1 16 (8.56%) SLA
2 12 (6.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (6.42%) SOC 2
3 4 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.60%) GDPR
4 3 (1.60%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.07%) ISO 22301
5 2 (1.07%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 53 (28.34%) Active Directory
2 28 (14.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (9.63%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.14%) Firmware
5 3 (1.60%) KVM
5 3 (1.60%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.60%) vSphere
6 2 (1.07%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.07%) XenApp
7 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (12.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (6.95%) Cisco CUCM
2 13 (6.95%) ServiceCenter
3 4 (2.14%) AirWatch
3 4 (2.14%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.14%) Terraform
4 3 (1.60%) WSUS
5 2 (1.07%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.07%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.53%) Autotask
Vendors
1 130 (69.52%) Microsoft
2 68 (36.36%) Cisco
3 28 (14.97%) VMware
4 20 (10.70%) HP
5 17 (9.09%) Fortinet
5 17 (9.09%) Palo Alto
6 15 (8.02%) Meraki
6 15 (8.02%) Veeam
7 13 (6.95%) Aruba
8 11 (5.88%) Sophos
9 9 (4.81%) Citrix
9 9 (4.81%) Red Hat
10 7 (3.74%) ConnectWise
10 7 (3.74%) Google
11 5 (2.67%) Acronis
11 5 (2.67%) Datto
11 5 (2.67%) Draytek
12 4 (2.14%) ServiceNow
13 3 (1.60%) Dell
13 3 (1.60%) SonicWALL