Network+ Certification Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

CompTIA Network+ (CompTIA N+)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria with a requirement for Network+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 2.63% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.42% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £572 - -
25th Percentile £587 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £612 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile £632 - -
North West median daily rate £374 £486 £394
% change year-on-year -23.14% +23.49% +31.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 117 188 178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 76.97% 83.19% 68.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 75 120
10th Percentile £412 £392 £463
25th Percentile £460 £450 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £500 £586
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% -14.60% +37.12%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £671
90th Percentile £614 £642 £725
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 19 33
10th Percentile £57.87 £22.72 -
25th Percentile £58.43 £25.26 -
Median hourly rate £63.14 £40.59 £10.95
Median % change year-on-year +55.54% +270.68% -84.23%
75th Percentile £67.84 £74.16 £11.32
90th Percentile - £81.15 £27.92
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £16.06
% change year-on-year +39.88% +102.37% -55.39%

Network+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Network+ Certification job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Network+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

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

Network+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

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 Cumbria region over the 6 months to 17 March 2026. 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 2 £594 - 1
Network+ Certification
North West

Network+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) NAS
1 4 (100.00%) NX-OS
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
1 4 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 4 (100.00%) VLAN
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Network Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCNA
1 4 (100.00%) CCNP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Server+ Certification
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow