Network+ Certification Contract Job Trends 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 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 573 482 494
Rank change year-on-year -91 +12 +48
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 67 35 37
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.45% 0.39% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 30 16
10th Percentile £126 £218 £338
25th Percentile £138 £219 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £290 £500
Median % change year-on-year +29.31% -42.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £500 £634 £700
90th Percentile £622 £700 -
UK median daily rate £350 £290 £500
% change year-on-year +20.69% -42.00% +31.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile £53.22 - -
25th Percentile £78.85 - £11.75
Median hourly rate £172.50 - £13.50
75th Percentile £178.75 - £15.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £172.50 - £13.50

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 14,810 8,900 9,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.12% 31.87% 29.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,878 5,652 5,865
10th Percentile £350 £294 £313
25th Percentile £447 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £713 £734
UK median daily rate £530 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,269 739 535
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £18.58
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £30.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +98.81% -52.10% -0.94%
75th Percentile £73.46 £43.00 £69.88
90th Percentile £90.00 £72.50 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -47.05% -11.35%

Network+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Network+ Certification job vacancy trend in England

Network+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Network+ Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network+ Certification in England over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network+ Certification in England

Network+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Network+ Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Network+ Certification

Network+ Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network+ Certification in England over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 5 October 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
North of England - 25 £602 - 75
North West - 22 £602 - 27
London -74 15 £350 -12.50% 67
South West -31 13 £123 -82.50% 45
South East -68 7 £129 -48.60% 64
Midlands -47 6 £123 -82.50% 56
West Midlands -51 5 £123 -82.50% 32
Yorkshire - 3 - - 30
East Midlands -12 1 - - 24
East of England - 1 £400 - 42
Network+ Certification
UK

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

Application Platforms
1 8 (11.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (29.85%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (22.39%) Azure
3 10 (14.93%) Entra ID
4 7 (10.45%) OneDrive
5 3 (4.48%) AWS
6 1 (1.49%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 26 (38.81%) SAN
2 24 (35.82%) DNS
3 20 (29.85%) DHCP
4 16 (23.88%) Wireless
5 14 (20.90%) TCP/IP
6 12 (17.91%) Firewall
7 11 (16.42%) VLAN
8 9 (13.43%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (13.43%) NAS
8 9 (13.43%) NX-OS
8 9 (13.43%) Structured Cabling
9 7 (10.45%) VPN
10 4 (5.97%) Network Security
11 2 (2.99%) IP Telephony
11 2 (2.99%) PSTN
11 2 (2.99%) VoIP
12 1 (1.49%) LAN
12 1 (1.49%) Modbus
12 1 (1.49%) WAN
12 1 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.48%) JIRA
General
1 38 (56.72%) Social Skills
2 22 (32.84%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (13.43%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (10.45%) Telecoms
5 6 (8.96%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (7.46%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (37.31%) IT Engineer
2 17 (25.37%) Field Engineer
2 17 (25.37%) Field Service Engineer
3 16 (23.88%) Analyst
3 16 (23.88%) IT Support
4 12 (17.91%) Support Analyst
4 12 (17.91%) Support Engineer
5 11 (16.42%) IT Support Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) Architect
6 7 (10.45%) Network Engineer
7 6 (8.96%) Consultant
7 6 (8.96%) Project Consultant
7 6 (8.96%) Security Consultant
8 5 (7.46%) IT Analyst
8 5 (7.46%) IT Support Analyst
9 4 (5.97%) 1st Line Support
9 4 (5.97%) 1st Line Support Analyst
9 4 (5.97%) Field Support Engineer
9 4 (5.97%) Technical Architect
10 3 (4.48%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.97%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 26 (38.81%) Data Centre
2 17 (25.37%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (7.46%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.97%) Driving Licence
4 4 (5.97%) PKI
5 3 (4.48%) iPad
5 3 (4.48%) iPhone
5 3 (4.48%) Operational Technology
5 3 (4.48%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (2.99%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.49%) CAN bus
7 1 (1.49%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 23 (34.33%) Windows
2 13 (19.40%) Windows 10
3 5 (7.46%) Linux
4 4 (5.97%) Mac OS
5 3 (4.48%) Android
6 2 (2.99%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (44.78%) Customer Service
1 30 (44.78%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (34.33%) ITSM
3 21 (31.34%) ITIL
4 15 (22.39%) Break/Fix
5 9 (13.43%) Incident Management
5 9 (13.43%) Network Segmentation
6 8 (11.94%) Risk Management
6 8 (11.94%) Service Management
7 7 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (10.45%) Service Delivery
7 7 (10.45%) Workload Management
8 6 (8.96%) Computer Science
8 6 (8.96%) Risk Register
8 6 (8.96%) Security Management
9 5 (7.46%) Change Control
9 5 (7.46%) Incident Response
9 5 (7.46%) Knowledge Management
9 5 (7.46%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.94%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.48%) Search Processing Language
3 1 (1.49%) Bash
Qualifications
1 35 (52.24%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (50.75%) A+ Certification
3 33 (49.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 32 (47.76%) CCNA
5 17 (25.37%) MCSE
6 15 (22.39%) CompTIA Security+
7 13 (19.40%) CCNP
8 12 (17.91%) SC Cleared
8 12 (17.91%) Security Cleared
9 10 (14.93%) Server+ Certification
10 6 (8.96%) CRISC
10 6 (8.96%) Degree
11 5 (7.46%) CISSP
11 5 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (7.46%) ISACA
12 4 (5.97%) CompTIA CySA+
12 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (4.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (4.48%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (4.48%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.48%) NIST
1 3 (4.48%) SLA
2 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.49%) GRC
3 1 (1.49%) RMADS
System Software
1 15 (22.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.49%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (16.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (7.46%) SCCM
3 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (35.82%) Microsoft
2 17 (25.37%) Dell
3 12 (17.91%) ServiceNow
4 11 (16.42%) Cisco
5 4 (5.97%) ForeScout
6 3 (4.48%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (4.48%) Remedy
6 3 (4.48%) Splunk
7 1 (1.49%) Siemens
7 1 (1.49%) VMware