Network+ Certification Contract Job Trends in London

CompTIA Network+ (CompTIA N+)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Network+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 338 389
Rank change year-on-year -42 +51 +153
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 5 13 11
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.035% 0.094% 0.061%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.36% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 9
10th Percentile £313 - £106
25th Percentile £388 - £113
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £175
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.22%
75th Percentile £438 - £200
90th Percentile £460 - £338
England median daily rate £413 £575 £350
% change year-on-year -28.26% +64.29% +197.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £30.71
25th Percentile - - £31.77
Median hourly rate - - £34.08
75th Percentile - - £36.92
90th Percentile - - £38.31
England median hourly rate - £13.50 £38.16
% change year-on-year - -64.62% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,151 3,571 4,401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.29% 25.78% 24.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,894 2,228 2,940
10th Percentile £363 £350 £336
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £658
90th Percentile £750 £775 £770
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 56 95
10th Percentile £19.84 £21.38 £18.13
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.37 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £38.25 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -28.10% -12.75% +8.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.00 £65.38
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.80 £86.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £50.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% -7.64% +11.11%

Network+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Network+ Certification job vacancy trend in London

Network+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Network+ Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network+ Certification in London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network+ Certification in London

Network+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Network+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Central London -5 2 £425 - 4
West London - 1 £275 - 8
Network+ Certification
England

Network+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) GCP
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (40.00%) PowerApps
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (20.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
2 3 (60.00%) DHCP
2 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
2 3 (60.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) VLAN
3 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Service Desk Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Support
3 1 (20.00%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Life Science
2 1 (20.00%) CCTV
2 1 (20.00%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Change Control
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CCNA
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) MCP
2 1 (20.00%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (40.00%) FortiGate
3 1 (20.00%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (20.00%) Google
4 1 (20.00%) Okta
4 1 (20.00%) Ubiquiti