Network+ Certification Contracts in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Network+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 136 161
Rank change year-on-year +19 +25 +12
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 4 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.20% 0.037% 0.063%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.58% 0.12% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £268 - £125
25th Percentile £399 £381 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £388 £205
Median % change year-on-year +25.48% +89.02% +60.78%
75th Percentile £500 £394 £254
90th Percentile - - £282
England median daily rate £486 £339 £125
% change year-on-year +43.54% +171.00% -44.44%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 695 819 981
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 35.53% 30.24% 30.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 469 666
10th Percentile £230 £268 £325
25th Percentile £400 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £509
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +0.74% +1.75%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £600
90th Percentile £652 £725 £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 127 67
10th Percentile £17.44 £10.95 £20.00
25th Percentile £25.26 £11.77 £25.75
Median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +102.37% -59.85% +0.98%
75th Percentile £60.00 £40.65 £52.56
90th Percentile £83.41 £70.83 £68.20
England median hourly rate £42.75 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +6.88% -23.81% +38.16%

Network+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network+ Certification in the North West

Network+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network+ Certification in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Network+ Certification in the North West

Network+ Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network+ Certification in the North West over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network+ Certification in the North West

Network+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network+ Certification in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Network+ Certification in the North West

Network+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 7 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
Manchester +20 3 £500 +29.03% 2
Cheshire - 1 £188 - 1
Network+ Certification
England

Network+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DWDM
1 2 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) NOC Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Operations Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) CMDB
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Smartphone
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCNA
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Nagios
1 1 (25.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds