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 25 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 370 355 391
Rank change year-on-year -15 +36 +147
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 4 14 13
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.028% 0.094% 0.070%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.097% 0.36% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 11
10th Percentile £300 - £107
25th Percentile £356 £469 £122
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £488 £175
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +178.57% -22.22%
75th Percentile £447 £506 £244
90th Percentile £464 - £538
England median daily rate £425 £500 £350
% change year-on-year -15.00% +42.86% +218.18%
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 4,126 3,871 4,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.55% 25.86% 24.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,874 2,441 2,977
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £426 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 59 88
10th Percentile £20.59 £21.00 £19.18
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.63 £23.19
Median hourly rate £25.47 £39.00 £47.44
Median % change year-on-year -34.69% -17.79% +7.55%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.38 £66.19
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £86.33
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.37 £52.05
% change year-on-year -46.91% -8.99% +15.67%

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 December 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
Central London -5 1 £425 - 1
West London - 1 £275 - 7
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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) GCP
1 2 (50.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (25.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
3 2 (50.00%) DHCP
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
4 1 (25.00%) Network Security
4 1 (25.00%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (25.00%) VLAN
4 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Life Science
2 1 (25.00%) CCTV
2 1 (25.00%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCNA
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) MCP
3 1 (25.00%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) FortiGate
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (25.00%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (25.00%) Google
3 1 (25.00%) Okta
3 1 (25.00%) Ubiquiti