Network+ Certification Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Network+ (CompTIA N+)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 312 356
Rank change year-on-year -38 +44 +108
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 44 27 47
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.20% 0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.65% 0.56% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 13 37
10th Percentile - £355 £102
25th Percentile £219 £394 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £500 £365
Median % change year-on-year -34.00% +36.99% +231.82%
75th Percentile £537 £700 £400
90th Percentile £694 - £700
UK median daily rate £375 £538 £345
% change year-on-year -30.23% +55.80% +142.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £11.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £30.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +71.43% -
75th Percentile - £41.25 £29.53
90th Percentile - - £36.00
UK median hourly rate - £30.00 £30.00

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,736 4,790 7,135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.76% 34.69% 36.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,263 2,840 4,292
10th Percentile £257 £220 £250
25th Percentile £405 £398 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £614 £649
90th Percentile £706 £700 £706
UK median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.48% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 827 373 625
10th Percentile £15.62 £18.82 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £23.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.40% -17.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £52.01 £67.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.48 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -36.33% -21.00% +11.11%

Network+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Network+ Certification job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Network+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Network+ Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network+ Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network+ Certification in the UK excluding London

Network+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Network+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
South East -3 19 £250 -48.72% 47
South West -17 12 £539 -23.07% 12
Midlands -39 8 £700 - 30
Wales -9 5 £293 -58.21% 12
West Midlands -36 5 £700 - 11
North of England -60 3 £173 -63.10% 50
East Midlands - 3 £121 - 19
North West -27 2 £173 -63.10% 20
North East - 1 - - 10
Scotland - 1 £325 - 16
Network+ Certification
UK

Network+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 (2.27%) IIS
1 1 (2.27%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (56.82%) AWS
2 20 (45.45%) Azure
3 4 (9.09%) Azure Stack
3 4 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.55%) AWS IoT
4 2 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.27%) GCP
5 1 (2.27%) SaaS
5 1 (2.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (43.18%) TCP/IP
2 18 (40.91%) VLAN
3 15 (34.09%) DNS
4 14 (31.82%) DHCP
5 10 (22.73%) Firewall
6 9 (20.45%) SAN
7 8 (18.18%) LAN
7 8 (18.18%) WAN
8 6 (13.64%) Network Security
8 6 (13.64%) VPN
9 3 (6.82%) BGP
9 3 (6.82%) Ethernet
9 3 (6.82%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (6.82%) Modbus
9 3 (6.82%) OSPF
9 3 (6.82%) SD-WAN
9 3 (6.82%) WLAN
10 2 (4.55%) Wireless
11 1 (2.27%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) GitLab
1 1 (2.27%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 26 (59.09%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (20.45%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.55%) Military
5 2 (4.55%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.27%) Finance
6 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (34.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (29.55%) IT Engineer
3 12 (27.27%) Support Engineer
4 11 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support
4 11 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 9 (20.45%) Field Engineer
5 9 (20.45%) Field Service Engineer
6 8 (18.18%) Network Engineer
7 7 (15.91%) Analyst
8 6 (13.64%) Security Analyst
8 6 (13.64%) Security Engineer
9 5 (11.36%) Senior
10 4 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
10 4 (9.09%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (9.09%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (9.09%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (9.09%) Senior IT Engineer
11 2 (4.55%) IT Support
11 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) JSON
1 1 (2.27%) ODBC
1 1 (2.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (45.45%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (22.73%) Data Centre
3 6 (13.64%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (11.36%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (6.82%) 3D Printing
5 3 (6.82%) IoT
5 3 (6.82%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.27%) Life Science
6 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (31.82%) Windows
2 12 (27.27%) Linux
3 1 (2.27%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.27%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (52.27%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (34.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 14 (31.82%) ITIL
4 12 (27.27%) Service Management
5 11 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 11 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
5 11 (25.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 10 (22.73%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (20.45%) Break/Fix
8 7 (15.91%) Agile
9 6 (13.64%) Impact Assessments
9 6 (13.64%) Security Management
9 6 (13.64%) SIEM
10 4 (9.09%) Infrastructure Management
11 3 (6.82%) Computer Science
11 3 (6.82%) Incident Response
11 3 (6.82%) Network Monitoring
11 3 (6.82%) Patch Management
12 2 (4.55%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.27%) Bash
1 1 (2.27%) Java
1 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (40.91%) SC Cleared
3 18 (40.91%) Security Cleared
4 16 (36.36%) CCNA
5 15 (34.09%) Azure Certification
6 12 (27.27%) A+ Certification
7 11 (25.00%) Server+ Certification
8 9 (20.45%) CCNP
8 9 (20.45%) Degree
8 9 (20.45%) MCSE
9 6 (13.64%) CISSP
9 6 (13.64%) CompTIA CySA+
9 6 (13.64%) SANS
10 4 (9.09%) DV Cleared
11 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (4.55%) DBS Check
12 1 (2.27%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.27%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 11 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (6.82%) Nagios
2 2 (4.55%) Ansible
3 1 (2.27%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.27%) Grafana
3 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (29.55%) Microsoft
2 11 (25.00%) VMware
3 9 (20.45%) Dell
4 8 (18.18%) Cisco
5 4 (9.09%) Juniper
6 3 (6.82%) CheckPoint
6 3 (6.82%) SolarWinds
7 2 (4.55%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.27%) F5
8 1 (2.27%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.27%) NetScout
8 1 (2.27%) Oracle
8 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow