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 27 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 543 486 532
Rank change year-on-year -57 +46 +182
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 50 39 61
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 0.42% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 15 47
10th Percentile £166 £360 £102
25th Percentile £219 £425 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £500 £340
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +47.06% +177.55%
75th Percentile £475 £700 £390
90th Percentile £539 - £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £269 £500 £365
% change year-on-year -46.30% +36.99% +231.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 6
10th Percentile £21.83 £11.75 -
25th Percentile £24.11 £19.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.86 £32.50 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -11.21% +36.84% -
75th Percentile £33.16 £41.25 £36.92
90th Percentile £35.16 - £39.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.72 £32.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -33.18% +85.71% -

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 12,923 9,296 13,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.95% 29.90% 30.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,547 5,578 8,424
10th Percentile £315 £300 £298
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.24% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £631 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £536
% change year-on-year - -6.72% +2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 948 456 909
10th Percentile £15.83 £19.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.10 £24.18 £21.46
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -17.89% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62.50 £66.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £76.58 £77.35 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% -10.53% +5.56%

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 27 January 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 27 January 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 27 January 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
England -56 44 £325 -35.00% 152
UK excluding London -46 43 £269 -46.30% 170
Work from Home -2 19 £250 - 16
South East -18 16 £244 -49.95% 36
South West -15 10 £537 -23.29% 16
North of England -57 7 £173 -64.52% 44
London -27 6 £425 - 33
Wales -9 5 £293 -58.21% 13
Midlands -55 5 £413 -40.95% 26
North West -30 4 £173 -64.52% 17
North East - 3 - - 8
East Midlands - 3 £121 - 17
West Midlands -38 2 £700 - 9
East of England - 1 - - 20
Scotland - 1 £325 - 17

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 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 28 (56.00%) AWS
2 21 (42.00%) Azure
3 6 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.00%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.00%) GCP
4 3 (6.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (4.00%) AWS IoT
5 2 (4.00%) Azure Stack
5 2 (4.00%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.00%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.00%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.00%) SaaS
6 1 (2.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 19 (38.00%) TCP/IP
1 19 (38.00%) VLAN
2 17 (34.00%) DHCP
2 17 (34.00%) DNS
3 12 (24.00%) Firewall
4 11 (22.00%) LAN
4 11 (22.00%) SAN
4 11 (22.00%) WAN
5 10 (20.00%) VPN
6 7 (14.00%) Network Security
7 5 (10.00%) Wireless
8 3 (6.00%) BGP
8 3 (6.00%) Ethernet
8 3 (6.00%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (6.00%) Modbus
8 3 (6.00%) OSPF
8 3 (6.00%) SD-WAN
8 3 (6.00%) WLAN
9 2 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (2.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) GitLab
1 1 (2.00%) Jenkins
General
1 31 (62.00%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (24.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (6.00%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 13 (26.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 13 (26.00%) IT Engineer
2 12 (24.00%) Support Engineer
3 11 (22.00%) Field Engineer
3 11 (22.00%) Field Service Engineer
3 11 (22.00%) Infrastructure Support
3 11 (22.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 10 (20.00%) Analyst
4 10 (20.00%) Network Engineer
5 7 (14.00%) Security Analyst
6 6 (12.00%) Security Engineer
6 6 (12.00%) Senior
7 3 (6.00%) IT Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) IT Support
7 3 (6.00%) IT Support Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) Support Analyst
8 2 (4.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Senior IT Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (44.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 11 (22.00%) Data Centre
3 6 (12.00%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (10.00%) Onboarding
5 3 (6.00%) 3D Printing
5 3 (6.00%) IoT
5 3 (6.00%) Life Science
5 3 (6.00%) Operational Technology
6 2 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (2.00%) CCTV
7 1 (2.00%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (34.00%) Windows
2 12 (24.00%) Linux
3 3 (6.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (4.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (58.00%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (34.00%) ITIL
3 14 (28.00%) Customer Service
3 14 (28.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 14 (28.00%) Service Management
4 11 (22.00%) Break/Fix
4 11 (22.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (22.00%) Preventative Maintenance
4 11 (22.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 9 (18.00%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (12.00%) Agile
6 6 (12.00%) Impact Assessments
6 6 (12.00%) Security Management
6 6 (12.00%) SIEM
7 5 (10.00%) Computer Science
8 4 (8.00%) Incident Response
8 4 (8.00%) Inventory Management
9 3 (6.00%) Conflict Resolution
9 3 (6.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (6.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.00%) Bash
2 1 (2.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (58.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (46.00%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (40.00%) CCNA
4 18 (36.00%) SC Cleared
4 18 (36.00%) Security Cleared
5 16 (32.00%) A+ Certification
6 13 (26.00%) Azure Certification
7 12 (24.00%) Degree
8 11 (22.00%) MCSE
8 11 (22.00%) Server+ Certification
9 9 (18.00%) CCNP
10 6 (12.00%) CISSP
10 6 (12.00%) CompTIA CySA+
10 6 (12.00%) SANS
11 5 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (8.00%) DV Cleared
13 2 (4.00%) DBS Check
14 1 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
14 1 (2.00%) JNCIP
14 1 (2.00%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.00%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (22.00%) Hyper-V
1 11 (22.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (12.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.00%) Docker
3 1 (2.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.00%) FortiGate
2 3 (6.00%) Nagios
3 2 (4.00%) Terraform
4 1 (2.00%) Ansible
4 1 (2.00%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (22.00%) Dell
2 11 (22.00%) VMware
3 10 (20.00%) Cisco
4 3 (6.00%) CheckPoint
4 3 (6.00%) Fortinet
4 3 (6.00%) Juniper
4 3 (6.00%) Palo Alto
4 3 (6.00%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.00%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.00%) Google
5 1 (2.00%) Okta
5 1 (2.00%) Ubiquiti