Network+ Certification Contract Job Trends in South Wales

CompTIA Network+ (CompTIA N+)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for Network+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 31 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 5 11 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 1.49% 3.50% -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.05% 8.53% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile £258 £458 -
25th Percentile £270 £600 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £293 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year -58.21% - -
75th Percentile £318 - -
90th Percentile £331 - -
Wales median daily rate £293 £700 -
% change year-on-year -58.21% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £37.50 -
Wales median hourly rate - £37.50 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 99 129 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 29.55% 41.08% 32.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 59 85
10th Percentile £214 £169 £168
25th Percentile £305 £241 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £413 £513
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -19.51% -6.65%
75th Percentile £613 £591 £638
90th Percentile £733 £700 £703
Wales median daily rate £433 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -3.78% - -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 29 13
10th Percentile £19.52 £15.20 £12.73
25th Percentile £21.09 £20.12 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.89 £21.59 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.16% -35.55% +65.55%
75th Percentile £72.26 £28.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £45.00 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year +14.32% -34.33% +65.55%

Network+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Network+ Certification job vacancy trend in South Wales

Network+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Network+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Network+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 15 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
Cardiff - 4 £335 - 1
Network+ Certification
Wales

Network+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) LAN
1 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (60.00%) VLAN
1 3 (60.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (40.00%) Modbus
2 2 (40.00%) SAN
2 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) Wireshark
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Field Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Field Service Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) NOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) 3D Printing
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (40.00%) IoT
1 2 (40.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Break/Fix
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (40.00%) Patch Management
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Business Enablement
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement Process
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CCNA
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) A+ Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CCNP
2 2 (40.00%) MCSE
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Dell