Network+ Certification Contracts 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 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 342 373 406
Rank change year-on-year +31 +33 +86
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 11 28 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.081% 0.13% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.37% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 31
10th Percentile £193 £200 £105
25th Percentile £229 £305 £107
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 £388 £425
Median % change year-on-year -17.74% -8.82% -12.82%
75th Percentile £460 £478 £550
90th Percentile £500 £500 -
UK median daily rate £300 £388 £225
% change year-on-year -22.58% +72.22% -55.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 0
10th Percentile - £12.00 -
25th Percentile £33.75 £12.94 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% - -
75th Percentile £41.25 £25.83 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £17.50 -
% change year-on-year +114.29% - -

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 4,816 7,623 7,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.46% 35.88% 32.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,871 4,391 4,920
10th Percentile £203 £285 £313
25th Percentile £375 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £530
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% - +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £675 £713 £715
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 482 985 559
10th Percentile £17.44 £13.69 £13.90
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.35 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.40 £43.00 £53.67
Median % change year-on-year -36.28% -19.87% +53.33%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £68.56
90th Percentile £76.25 £77.50 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £28.58 £40.94 £55.13
% change year-on-year -30.20% -25.73% +23.88%

Network+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Network+ Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network+ Certification in the UK excluding London

Network+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network+ Certification in the UK excluding London.

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

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 25 June 2025.

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

Network+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network+ Certification in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Network+ Certification in the UK excluding London

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 25 June 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
Midlands +13 4 - - 19
South East +46 3 £300 -33.33% 28
North of England +11 3 £500 +47.06% 39
East Midlands +7 3 - - 8
North West +4 3 £500 +17.65% 21
West Midlands +6 1 - - 11
Wales - 1 - - 7
Network+ Certification
UK

Network+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) Firewall
2 4 (36.36%) Ethernet
2 4 (36.36%) LAN
3 3 (27.27%) VLAN
4 2 (18.18%) DWDM
4 2 (18.18%) Network Security
4 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
4 2 (18.18%) WAN
5 1 (9.09%) VPN
5 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (9.09%) Wireless
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Legal
3 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) IT Support
2 3 (27.27%) Field Support Technician
2 3 (27.27%) IT Support Technician
2 3 (27.27%) IT Technician
2 3 (27.27%) Support Technician
3 2 (18.18%) DevOps Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Network Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) NOC Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (9.09%) Cabling Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Installations Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Support Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Voice Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Voice Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) CSS
1 2 (18.18%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (18.18%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) CMDB
3 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 1 (9.09%) Smartphone
3 1 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Customer Service
2 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
3 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
3 2 (18.18%) DevOps
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (9.09%) Application Packaging
4 1 (9.09%) Data Security
4 1 (9.09%) Incident Management
4 1 (9.09%) ITSM
4 1 (9.09%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Java
1 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
1 2 (18.18%) Kotlin
1 2 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) CCNA
1 8 (72.73%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (27.27%) CCENT
3 2 (18.18%) A+ Certification
3 2 (18.18%) AWS Certification
3 2 (18.18%) Azure Certification
3 2 (18.18%) Degree
3 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Grafana
2 1 (9.09%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow