Network+ Certification Contract Job Trends

CompTIA Network+ (CompTIA N+)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Network+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 501 545
Rank change year-on-year -37 +44 +89
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 97 19 33
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.066% 0.078%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.63% 0.21% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 9 15
10th Percentile £121 £200 £200
25th Percentile £126 £210 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £473 £340
Median % change year-on-year -13.76% +38.97% +120.24%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £453
90th Percentile £613 £630 £495
UK excluding London median daily rate £236 £486 £380
% change year-on-year -51.41% +27.96% +146.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 13
10th Percentile £19.25 £28.50 £12.00
25th Percentile £35.50 £31.88 £13.25
Median hourly rate £172.50 £37.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +360.00% +114.29% -
75th Percentile £178.75 £41.25 £25.83
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £172.50 £37.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +360.00% +114.29% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 15,370 8,878 12,711
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.64% 31.03% 29.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,197 5,609 7,914
10th Percentile £350 £275 £307
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £523 £530
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -1.42% -3.64%
75th Percentile £623 £615 £645
90th Percentile £725 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.90% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,105 502 1,060
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.04 £13.69
25th Percentile £21.33 £21.34 £17.80
Median hourly rate £48.05 £33.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.37% -15.63% -27.27%
75th Percentile £71.50 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.25 £77.50 £75.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £32.50 £40.94
% change year-on-year +46.15% -20.62% -18.12%

Network+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Network+ Certification job vacancy trend in the UK

Network+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Network+ Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network+ Certification over the 6 months to 23 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Network+ Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network+ Certification over the 6 months to 23 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 23 May 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
UK excluding London -31 86 £236 -51.41% 269
England -46 80 £417 -14.24% 232
North of England -45 33 £595 +22.37% 81
North West -12 30 £595 +22.37% 37
South East -51 19 £129 -67.26% 46
South West -19 15 £123 -82.50% 40
Wales -7 10 - - 16
London -67 7 £463 +115.12% 39
Work from Home -38 5 £430 - 13
Scotland - 4 £127 - 22
Midlands -72 3 £123 -82.50% 35
North East - 3 - - 17
East Midlands -31 2 - - 15
East of England - 2 - - 24
West Midlands -63 1 £123 -82.50% 20

Network+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (9.28%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.37%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (11.34%) Azure
3 10 (10.31%) AWS
4 2 (2.06%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.06%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.03%) GCP
5 1 (1.03%) SaaS
5 1 (1.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 66 (68.04%) SAN
2 26 (26.80%) DNS
3 22 (22.68%) DHCP
3 22 (22.68%) Firewall
4 20 (20.62%) VLAN
4 20 (20.62%) Wireless
5 15 (15.46%) Cisco IOS
5 15 (15.46%) NAS
5 15 (15.46%) NX-OS
5 15 (15.46%) Structured Cabling
6 9 (9.28%) Network Security
7 8 (8.25%) TCP/IP
7 8 (8.25%) VPN
8 6 (6.19%) LAN
8 6 (6.19%) WAN
9 5 (5.15%) BGP
9 5 (5.15%) OSPF
9 5 (5.15%) WLAN
10 3 (3.09%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (1.03%) Internet
General
1 65 (67.01%) Analytical Skills
2 35 (36.08%) Social Skills
3 13 (13.40%) Documentation Skills
4 9 (9.28%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (3.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 54 (55.67%) IT Engineer
2 51 (52.58%) Field Engineer
2 51 (52.58%) Field Service Engineer
3 26 (26.80%) IT Support
4 17 (17.53%) IT Support Engineer
4 17 (17.53%) Support Engineer
5 16 (16.49%) Field Support Engineer
6 15 (15.46%) Network Engineer
7 13 (13.40%) Architect
8 10 (10.31%) Analyst
9 9 (9.28%) IT Analyst
9 9 (9.28%) IT Support Analyst
9 9 (9.28%) Support Analyst
10 7 (7.22%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 7 (7.22%) Technical Architect
11 6 (6.19%) Network Architect
12 4 (4.12%) Senior
13 3 (3.09%) Security Officer
14 2 (2.06%) Senior Network Engineer
14 2 (2.06%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.12%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 66 (68.04%) Data Centre
2 51 (52.58%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (11.34%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.12%) PKI
5 3 (3.09%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (2.06%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.03%) CAN bus
7 1 (1.03%) FMCG
7 1 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.03%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.37%) Windows
2 9 (9.28%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (70.10%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (61.86%) Customer Service
3 51 (52.58%) Break/Fix
4 16 (16.49%) ITSM
5 14 (14.43%) Network Segmentation
6 12 (12.37%) ITIL
7 10 (10.31%) Computer Science
8 9 (9.28%) Conflict Resolution
8 9 (9.28%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 9 (9.28%) Inventory Management
8 9 (9.28%) Knowledge Management
8 9 (9.28%) Service Management
9 8 (8.25%) Incident Response
10 6 (6.19%) High Availability
11 4 (4.12%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (4.12%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (4.12%) Network Monitoring
11 4 (4.12%) Penetration Testing
11 4 (4.12%) SIEM
11 4 (4.12%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.09%) PowerShell
1 3 (3.09%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 80 (82.47%) Cisco Certification
2 72 (74.23%) CCNA
3 63 (64.95%) A+ Certification
4 62 (63.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 51 (52.58%) MCSE
6 25 (25.77%) CCNP
7 23 (23.71%) Security Cleared
8 22 (22.68%) SC Cleared
9 15 (15.46%) Server+ Certification
10 12 (12.37%) Degree
11 10 (10.31%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (8.25%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (4.12%) CISSP
13 4 (4.12%) CompTIA CySA+
14 3 (3.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (3.09%) CCSP
14 3 (3.09%) GCIA
14 3 (3.09%) GCIH
14 3 (3.09%) GSEC
15 1 (1.03%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.03%) RMADS
System Software
1 11 (11.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (5.15%) Nagios
2 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.03%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 51 (52.58%) Dell
2 22 (22.68%) Cisco
3 15 (15.46%) ServiceNow
4 13 (13.40%) Microsoft
5 5 (5.15%) Juniper
5 5 (5.15%) SolarWinds
6 4 (4.12%) ForeScout
7 3 (3.09%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (3.09%) Splunk
8 1 (1.03%) Ariba
8 1 (1.03%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.03%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.03%) SAP
8 1 (1.03%) Siemens