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 21 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 535 526 559
Rank change year-on-year -9 +33 +187
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 44 38 59
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.10% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.37% 0.35% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 13 51
10th Percentile £219 £355 £102
25th Percentile £224 £456 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £500 £350
Median % change year-on-year -34.00% +42.86% +218.18%
75th Percentile £539 £700 £439
90th Percentile £700 - £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £488 £365
% change year-on-year -33.33% +33.56% +231.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - - £31.42
25th Percentile - £11.75 £33.54
Median hourly rate - £13.50 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year - -64.62% -
75th Percentile - £15.25 £39.77
90th Percentile - £26.35 £40.09
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £13.50 £40.31
% change year-on-year - -66.51% -

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 11,919 10,724 13,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.22% 29.39% 29.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,664 6,494 8,540
10th Percentile £300 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £719 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £535
% change year-on-year -3.85% -2.80% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 518 766
10th Percentile £17.57 £19.54 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.38 £24.18 £27.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £53.67
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% -16.15% +19.26%
75th Percentile £45.46 £66.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £52.35
% change year-on-year -47.05% -9.27% +16.34%

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 21 November 2025.

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
Top 11 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 21 November 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 -12 40 £338 -32.50% 249
UK excluding London -18 39 £325 -33.33% 250
South East +17 18 £250 -42.86% 66
Work from Home +19 17 £250 -48.72% 20
South West +4 13 £620 -11.43% 19
Midlands -24 10 £700 - 41
West Midlands -20 8 £700 - 22
London -18 5 £400 -21.95% 62
Wales 0 3 £293 -58.21% 14
East Midlands - 2 £121 - 19
Scotland - 1 £325 - 23

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 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 22 (50.00%) Azure
3 7 (15.91%) Entra ID
4 6 (13.64%) Azure Stack
5 4 (9.09%) GCP
6 2 (4.55%) AWS IoT
6 2 (4.55%) Google Workspace
6 2 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (4.55%) SaaS
6 2 (4.55%) Slack
6 2 (4.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (40.91%) TCP/IP
2 16 (36.36%) VLAN
3 14 (31.82%) DNS
4 13 (29.55%) Firewall
5 12 (27.27%) DHCP
6 8 (18.18%) LAN
7 7 (15.91%) WAN
8 5 (11.36%) VPN
8 5 (11.36%) Wireless
9 4 (9.09%) Ethernet
9 4 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (6.82%) Modbus
10 3 (6.82%) Network Security
10 3 (6.82%) SAN
10 3 (6.82%) SD-WAN
11 1 (2.27%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (2.27%) Structured Cabling
11 1 (2.27%) VoIP
11 1 (2.27%) Wireshark
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 17 (38.64%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (13.64%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (6.82%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.55%) Military
6 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Finance
6 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (38.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (29.55%) Support Engineer
3 11 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support
3 11 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 9 (20.45%) IT Engineer
4 9 (20.45%) Network Engineer
5 7 (15.91%) Senior
6 6 (13.64%) Analyst
6 6 (13.64%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (13.64%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (13.64%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (13.64%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (13.64%) Security Analyst
6 6 (13.64%) Security Engineer
6 6 (13.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (13.64%) Senior IT Engineer
7 3 (6.82%) DevOps Engineer
7 3 (6.82%) Field Engineer
7 3 (6.82%) Field Service Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) CSS
1 3 (6.82%) HTML
2 1 (2.27%) JSON
2 1 (2.27%) ODBC
2 1 (2.27%) REST
2 1 (2.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (31.82%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (22.73%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (13.64%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (11.36%) Data Centre
5 3 (6.82%) 3D Printing
5 3 (6.82%) IoT
5 3 (6.82%) Life Science
5 3 (6.82%) Operational Technology
6 2 (4.55%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.27%) CCTV
7 1 (2.27%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (2.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (36.36%) Windows
2 12 (27.27%) Linux
3 4 (9.09%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (43.18%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (40.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 14 (31.82%) ITIL
4 11 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
4 11 (25.00%) Service Management
4 11 (25.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 10 (22.73%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (20.45%) Agile
7 6 (13.64%) Impact Assessments
7 6 (13.64%) Infrastructure Management
7 6 (13.64%) Security Management
7 6 (13.64%) SIEM
8 4 (9.09%) Customer Service
8 4 (9.09%) DevOps
8 4 (9.09%) Patch Management
9 3 (6.82%) Break/Fix
9 3 (6.82%) CI/CD
9 3 (6.82%) Configuration Management
10 2 (4.55%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.09%) Java
1 4 (9.09%) Python
2 3 (6.82%) JavaScript
2 3 (6.82%) Kotlin
3 2 (4.55%) Bash
3 2 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (43.18%) Azure Certification
2 17 (38.64%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (38.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 16 (36.36%) Security Cleared
4 15 (34.09%) CCNA
5 11 (25.00%) Server+ Certification
6 8 (18.18%) Degree
7 7 (15.91%) CCNP
8 6 (13.64%) A+ Certification
8 6 (13.64%) CISSP
8 6 (13.64%) CompTIA CySA+
8 6 (13.64%) SANS
9 4 (9.09%) DV Cleared
10 3 (6.82%) MCSE
11 2 (4.55%) AWS Certification
11 2 (4.55%) DBS Check
11 2 (4.55%) MCP
11 2 (4.55%) MCSA
12 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
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
2 1 (2.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) Grafana
2 3 (6.82%) Ansible
3 2 (4.55%) FortiGate
3 2 (4.55%) Terraform
4 1 (2.27%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (34.09%) Microsoft
2 11 (25.00%) VMware
3 8 (18.18%) Cisco
4 4 (9.09%) Palo Alto
5 3 (6.82%) CheckPoint
5 3 (6.82%) Dell
5 3 (6.82%) Oracle
6 2 (4.55%) F5
6 2 (4.55%) Fortinet
6 2 (4.55%) Google
6 2 (4.55%) Juniper
6 2 (4.55%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (2.27%) NetScout
7 1 (2.27%) Okta
7 1 (2.27%) Ubiquiti