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 6 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 549 504 565
Rank change year-on-year -45 +61 +106
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 88 20 35
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.068% 0.081%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.58% 0.22% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 9 15
10th Percentile £121 £200 £148
25th Percentile £126 £210 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £211 £473 £338
Median % change year-on-year -55.29% +40.00% +173.83%
75th Percentile £438 £500 £387
90th Percentile £588 £630 £468
UK excluding London median daily rate £173 £486 £340
% change year-on-year -64.52% +43.01% +174.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 15
10th Percentile £19.25 £28.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £35.50 £31.88 £14.88
Median hourly rate £172.50 £37.50 £20.74
Median % change year-on-year +360.00% +80.81% -
75th Percentile £178.75 £41.25 £25.83
90th Percentile - - £35.54
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 15,291 9,019 13,187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.11% 30.76% 30.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,164 5,698 8,137
10th Percentile £350 £287 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £707 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £530
% change year-on-year - -5.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,102 515 1,076
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.13 £13.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £21.59 £17.86
Median hourly rate £47.50 £40.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% - -25.93%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.88 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.25 £80.06 £75.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £40.59 £40.94
% change year-on-year +17.02% -0.85% -17.41%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -42 79 £173 -64.52% 251
England -47 69 £300 -38.30% 223
North of England -38 26 £417 -14.24% 64
North West -23 23 £417 -14.24% 26
South East -35 18 £129 -67.26% 49
South West -20 15 £123 -82.50% 38
Wales -10 11 £250 -55.06% 15
Work from Home -33 5 £428 - 3
London -49 5 £425 +97.67% 39
Scotland - 5 £127 - 20
North East - 3 - - 17
Midlands -72 2 £123 -82.50% 29
East of England - 2 - - 28
East Midlands -31 1 - - 13
West Midlands -56 1 £123 -82.50% 16

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 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (10.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (10.23%) AWS
2 9 (10.23%) Azure
3 2 (2.27%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.27%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.14%) GCP
4 1 (1.14%) SaaS
4 1 (1.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 59 (67.05%) SAN
2 19 (21.59%) DNS
3 17 (19.32%) Firewall
4 15 (17.05%) DHCP
4 15 (17.05%) VLAN
5 14 (15.91%) Wireless
6 10 (11.36%) Network Security
7 9 (10.23%) TCP/IP
8 8 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
8 8 (9.09%) LAN
8 8 (9.09%) NAS
8 8 (9.09%) NX-OS
8 8 (9.09%) Structured Cabling
8 8 (9.09%) VPN
8 8 (9.09%) WAN
9 5 (5.68%) BGP
9 5 (5.68%) OSPF
9 5 (5.68%) WLAN
10 3 (3.41%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (2.27%) Modbus
General
1 66 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 10 (11.36%) Telecoms
4 7 (7.95%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.14%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 52 (59.09%) IT Engineer
2 51 (57.95%) Field Engineer
2 51 (57.95%) Field Service Engineer
3 25 (28.41%) IT Support
4 16 (18.18%) Field Support Engineer
4 16 (18.18%) IT Support Engineer
4 16 (18.18%) Support Engineer
5 14 (15.91%) Network Engineer
6 10 (11.36%) Analyst
7 9 (10.23%) IT Analyst
7 9 (10.23%) IT Support Analyst
7 9 (10.23%) Support Analyst
8 7 (7.95%) Architect
9 5 (5.68%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 4 (4.55%) Senior
10 4 (4.55%) Technical Architect
11 3 (3.41%) Network Architect
12 2 (2.27%) Senior Network Engineer
12 2 (2.27%) Service Desk Engineer
13 1 (1.14%) Network Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.55%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 59 (67.05%) Data Centre
2 51 (57.95%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (12.50%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.55%) PKI
5 3 (3.41%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.14%) 3D Printing
6 1 (1.14%) CAN bus
6 1 (1.14%) FMCG
6 1 (1.14%) IoT
6 1 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.14%) Life Science
6 1 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.36%) Windows
2 9 (10.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (73.86%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (68.18%) Customer Service
3 51 (57.95%) Break/Fix
4 11 (12.50%) ITIL
5 10 (11.36%) Computer Science
6 9 (10.23%) Conflict Resolution
6 9 (10.23%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 9 (10.23%) Inventory Management
6 9 (10.23%) Knowledge Management
6 9 (10.23%) Service Management
7 8 (9.09%) ITSM
8 7 (7.95%) Network Segmentation
9 6 (6.82%) High Availability
9 6 (6.82%) Incident Response
10 4 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (4.55%) Network Monitoring
10 4 (4.55%) Zero Trust
11 3 (3.41%) Cybersecurity
12 2 (2.27%) Penetration Testing
12 2 (2.27%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.27%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.14%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 73 (82.95%) Cisco Certification
2 67 (76.14%) CCNA
3 62 (70.45%) A+ Certification
3 62 (70.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 51 (57.95%) MCSE
5 19 (21.59%) CCNP
6 15 (17.05%) Security Cleared
7 14 (15.91%) SC Cleared
8 12 (13.64%) Degree
9 10 (11.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (9.09%) Server+ Certification
11 6 (6.82%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (2.27%) CISSP
12 2 (2.27%) CompTIA CySA+
13 1 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (1.14%) GCIA
13 1 (1.14%) GCIH
13 1 (1.14%) GIAC
13 1 (1.14%) GSEC
13 1 (1.14%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.14%) RMADS
System Software
1 11 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (5.68%) Nagios
2 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.14%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 51 (57.95%) Dell
2 16 (18.18%) Cisco
3 12 (13.64%) Microsoft
4 8 (9.09%) ServiceNow
5 5 (5.68%) Juniper
5 5 (5.68%) SolarWinds
6 4 (4.55%) ForeScout
7 1 (1.14%) Ariba
7 1 (1.14%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.14%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.14%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.14%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.14%) SAP
7 1 (1.14%) Siemens
7 1 (1.14%) Splunk