Network+ Certification Contracts in England

CompTIA Network+ (CompTIA N+)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Network+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 458 507 623
Rank change year-on-year +49 +116 +125
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 15 30 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.061% 0.081% 0.078%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% 0.26% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 16 32
10th Percentile £198 £200 -
25th Percentile £209 £247 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £339 £125
Median % change year-on-year +43.54% +172.09% -44.67%
75th Percentile £528 £405 £525
90th Percentile £639 £494 £550
UK median daily rate £473 £338 £123
% change year-on-year +40.00% +175.51% -55.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 0
Median hourly rate - £24.87 -
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £20.74 -
% change year-on-year +80.81% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,642 11,586 13,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.26% 27.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,848 7,135 9,319
10th Percentile £289 £310 £333
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £627 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 441 988 745
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £22.27 £18.10 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £40.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -23.81% +34.98%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.35 £77.14 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +28.57%

Network+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Network+ Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network+ Certification in England

Network+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network+ Certification in England.

Daily rate trend for Network+ Certification in England

Network+ Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network+ Certification in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network+ Certification in England

Network+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network+ Certification in England.

Hourly rate trend for Network+ Certification in England

Network+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2025. 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
London +46 6 £215 +7.50% 24
North West +18 4 £486 +25.48% 6
Midlands +15 4 £700 +133.33% 6
North of England +9 4 £486 +43.01% 12
East Midlands +13 3 - - 1
South East +37 2 £393 -12.78% 23
South West +38 1 £700 +19.15% 8
West Midlands +16 1 £700 +133.33% 5
Network+ Certification
UK

Network+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Azure Stack
1 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (6.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Network Security
1 4 (26.67%) TCP/IP
1 4 (26.67%) VLAN
2 3 (20.00%) DHCP
2 3 (20.00%) DNS
2 3 (20.00%) Ethernet
2 3 (20.00%) Firewall
2 3 (20.00%) LAN
3 2 (13.33%) DWDM
3 2 (13.33%) WAN
4 1 (6.67%) CATAPAN
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (6.67%) IPv4
4 1 (6.67%) IPv6
4 1 (6.67%) PBX
4 1 (6.67%) Unified Communications
4 1 (6.67%) VoIP
4 1 (6.67%) VPN
4 1 (6.67%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) IT Support
2 3 (20.00%) Field Support Technician
2 3 (20.00%) IT Support Technician
2 3 (20.00%) IT Technician
2 3 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Support Technician
3 2 (13.33%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) IT Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Network Architect
3 2 (13.33%) NOC Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 1 (6.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Audio Visual Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Audio Visual Support
4 1 (6.67%) IT Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (13.33%) CMDB
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (13.33%) Virtual Team
3 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.67%) Smartphone
3 1 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Linux
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.67%) Rocky
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 3 (20.00%) ITIL
4 2 (13.33%) Change Management
4 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (13.33%) Configuration Management
4 2 (13.33%) Containerisation
4 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (13.33%) Task Automation
4 2 (13.33%) Time Management
5 1 (6.67%) Capacity Management
5 1 (6.67%) Incident Response
5 1 (6.67%) Load Balancing
5 1 (6.67%) Performance Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) Performance Testing
5 1 (6.67%) Problem Management
5 1 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (13.33%) Python
3 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (66.67%) CCNA
3 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 3 (20.00%) CCENT
4 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (13.33%) A+ Certification
5 2 (13.33%) CCNP
5 2 (13.33%) Degree
5 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
6 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
6 1 (6.67%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Docker
2 1 (6.67%) Firmware
2 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Ansible
1 1 (6.67%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (6.67%) Nagios
1 1 (6.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) Cisco
3 2 (13.33%) Juniper
4 1 (6.67%) Dell
4 1 (6.67%) F5
4 1 (6.67%) Infoblox
4 1 (6.67%) NetScout
4 1 (6.67%) Palo Alto
4 1 (6.67%) SolarWinds
4 1 (6.67%) VMware