Network+ Certification Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

CompTIA Network+ (CompTIA N+)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for Network+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.90% - 0.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.57% - 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £330 - £102
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 - £104
75th Percentile £340 - £105
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £335 £700 £104
% change year-on-year -52.14% +576.33% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cardiff

Network+ Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 56 61 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 25.23% 24.50% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 38 55
10th Percentile £226 £122 £140
25th Percentile £273 £160 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £310 £375
Median % change year-on-year +33.76% -17.47% -21.05%
75th Percentile £569 £592 £569
90th Percentile £738 £613 £683
South Wales median daily rate £424 £400 £532
% change year-on-year +5.94% -24.74% -3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £20.30 £37.50
Median hourly rate £13.08 £21.59 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.42% -46.03% +70.21%
75th Percentile - £22.89 £42.50
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £22.84 £25.18 £37.50
% change year-on-year -9.29% -32.85% +87.50%

Network+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network+ Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Network+ Certification job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Network+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Network+ Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Network+ Certification

Network+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Modbus
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) 3D Printing
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Enablement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco