Network+ Certification Contracts

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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 522 560 639
Rank change year-on-year +38 +79 +205
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 17 30 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.054% 0.069% 0.082%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% 0.23% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 39
10th Percentile £205 £213 £105
25th Percentile £211 £300 £107
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £388 £425
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% -8.82% -15.00%
75th Percentile £500 £488 £550
90th Percentile £625 £500 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £319 £388 £525
% change year-on-year -17.74% -26.19% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 0
Median hourly rate - £17.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £17.50 -

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 9,677 12,964 14,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.89% 29.82% 26.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,985 8,024 9,929
10th Percentile £278 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £706 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 647 1,107 731
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £20.19 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £27.94 £40.94 £55.85
Median % change year-on-year -31.75% -26.70% +25.51%
75th Percentile £59.95 £65.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.32 £43.00 £54.11
% change year-on-year -41.12% -20.54% +53.73%

Network+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network+ Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network+ Certification over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Top 11 Contract 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 3 July 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
England +52 17 £300 -26.15% 252
UK excluding London +15 12 £319 -17.74% 218
London +51 6 £223 -45.23% 68
Midlands +16 5 £700 +133.33% 40
South East +42 4 £293 -35.00% 51
North West +8 3 £500 +17.65% 29
East Midlands +4 3 - - 20
North of England -2 3 £500 +47.06% 65
West Midlands +9 2 £700 +133.33% 20
South West +30 1 £700 +40.00% 15
Work from Home +29 1 - - 32

Network+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) AWS
2 2 (11.76%) GCP
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Stack
3 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.88%) Google Workspace
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.88%) SaaS
3 1 (5.88%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 7 (41.18%) Firewall
2 4 (23.53%) Ethernet
2 4 (23.53%) LAN
2 4 (23.53%) TCP/IP
2 4 (23.53%) VLAN
3 3 (17.65%) Network Security
4 2 (11.76%) DNS
4 2 (11.76%) DWDM
4 2 (11.76%) VoIP
4 2 (11.76%) WAN
4 2 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (5.88%) DHCP
5 1 (5.88%) IPv4
5 1 (5.88%) IPv6
5 1 (5.88%) PBX
5 1 (5.88%) Unified Communications
5 1 (5.88%) VPN
5 1 (5.88%) WebEx
5 1 (5.88%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Legal
2 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Network Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) IT Support
3 3 (17.65%) Field Support Technician
3 3 (17.65%) IT Support Technician
3 3 (17.65%) IT Technician
3 3 (17.65%) Support Technician
4 2 (11.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) IT Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) NOC Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
5 1 (5.88%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Operations Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior IT Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Voice Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Voice Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) CSS
1 3 (17.65%) HTML
2 1 (5.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
3 2 (11.76%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (11.76%) Virtual Team
4 1 (5.88%) CMDB
4 1 (5.88%) Life Science
4 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.88%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (29.41%) Customer Service
3 3 (17.65%) DevOps
4 2 (11.76%) Agile
4 2 (11.76%) CI/CD
4 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
4 2 (11.76%) Configuration Management
4 2 (11.76%) ITIL
4 2 (11.76%) ITSM
4 2 (11.76%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (11.76%) Network Virtualisation
4 2 (11.76%) Patch Management
5 1 (5.88%) Biotechnology
5 1 (5.88%) Change Management
5 1 (5.88%) Containerisation
5 1 (5.88%) Data Security
5 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (5.88%) Load Balancing
5 1 (5.88%) Network Design
5 1 (5.88%) Operational Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) Python
2 3 (17.65%) Java
2 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
2 3 (17.65%) Kotlin
3 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.88%) Bash
Qualifications
1 13 (76.47%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (64.71%) CCNA
3 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
4 3 (17.65%) Azure Certification
4 3 (17.65%) CCENT
5 2 (11.76%) A+ Certification
5 2 (11.76%) AWS Certification
5 2 (11.76%) CCNP
5 2 (11.76%) Degree
6 1 (5.88%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (5.88%) MCP
6 1 (5.88%) MCSA
6 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) Docker
2 1 (5.88%) Firmware
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Grafana
2 2 (11.76%) Ansible
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) Cisco
3 2 (11.76%) F5
3 2 (11.76%) Juniper
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle
3 2 (11.76%) Palo Alto
4 1 (5.88%) Google
4 1 (5.88%) Infoblox
4 1 (5.88%) NetScout
4 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.88%) VMware