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 25 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 545 508 535
Rank change year-on-year -37 +27 +187
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 56 29 59
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.095% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.40% 0.32% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 12 45
10th Percentile £166 £353 £120
25th Percentile £219 £389 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £500 £350
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% +42.86% +201.08%
75th Percentile £460 £700 £400
90th Percentile £537 - £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £259 £500 £373
% change year-on-year -48.30% +34.23% +238.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 7
10th Percentile £21.83 £28.25 £15.05
25th Percentile £24.11 £31.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.86 £37.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.05% +114.29% -
75th Percentile £33.16 £41.25 £34.62
90th Percentile £35.16 - £39.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.72 £37.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -42.09% +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 14,076 9,065 13,350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.08% 29.76% 30.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,299 5,575 8,231
10th Percentile £330 £291 £288
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £614 £630 £650
90th Percentile £719 £718 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £510 £530
% change year-on-year -1.96% -3.77% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,025 443 958
10th Percentile £16.04 £20.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.34 £24.19 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% -11.27%
75th Percentile £64.00 £67.25 £64.88
90th Percentile £80.00 £81.88 £77.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £47.25 £44.50
% change year-on-year -46.77% +6.17% -1.11%

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 25 February 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 25 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Top 14 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 25 February 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 -48 47 £259 -48.30% 167
England -53 47 £273 -45.50% 155
Work from Home +6 20 £259 - 8
South East -19 19 £250 -48.72% 37
North of England -59 9 £173 -64.52% 43
South West -23 7 £537 -23.29% 19
Wales -5 6 £293 -58.21% 11
North West -36 6 £173 -64.52% 19
London -52 6 £425 - 38
Midlands -59 3 £121 -82.74% 27
North East - 3 - - 8
East Midlands - 3 £121 - 18
East of England - 2 - - 18
Scotland - 1 £325 - 14

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 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.79%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 30 (53.57%) AWS
2 21 (37.50%) Azure
3 5 (8.93%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.36%) GCP
4 3 (5.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (3.57%) AWS IoT
5 2 (3.57%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.57%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.79%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.79%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.79%) SaaS
6 1 (1.79%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 24 (42.86%) VLAN
2 22 (39.29%) DHCP
2 22 (39.29%) DNS
3 21 (37.50%) TCP/IP
4 18 (32.14%) SAN
5 17 (30.36%) Firewall
6 13 (23.21%) LAN
6 13 (23.21%) WAN
7 12 (21.43%) VPN
8 8 (14.29%) Network Security
8 8 (14.29%) Wireless
9 5 (8.93%) BGP
9 5 (8.93%) OSPF
9 5 (8.93%) WLAN
10 4 (7.14%) Structured Cabling
11 3 (5.36%) Ethernet
11 3 (5.36%) Modbus
11 3 (5.36%) NAS
11 3 (5.36%) NX-OS
11 3 (5.36%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) GitLab
1 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (7.14%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.36%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.57%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.79%) Military
Job Titles
1 16 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 15 (26.79%) Field Engineer
2 15 (26.79%) Field Service Engineer
2 15 (26.79%) IT Engineer
3 12 (21.43%) Network Engineer
4 11 (19.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (19.64%) Infrastructure Support
4 11 (19.64%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 10 (17.86%) Analyst
6 7 (12.50%) IT Support
6 7 (12.50%) Security Analyst
7 6 (10.71%) Security Engineer
8 4 (7.14%) Field Support Engineer
8 4 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (7.14%) Senior
9 3 (5.36%) Architect
9 3 (5.36%) IT Analyst
9 3 (5.36%) IT Support Analyst
9 3 (5.36%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 3 (5.36%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 26 (46.43%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (32.14%) Data Centre
3 6 (10.71%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (8.93%) Onboarding
5 3 (5.36%) 3D Printing
5 3 (5.36%) IoT
5 3 (5.36%) Life Science
5 3 (5.36%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.79%) CCTV
6 1 (1.79%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (28.57%) Windows
2 11 (19.64%) Linux
3 3 (5.36%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (58.93%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (32.14%) Customer Service
3 16 (28.57%) ITIL
4 15 (26.79%) Break/Fix
5 14 (25.00%) Service Management
6 12 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 11 (19.64%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (19.64%) Preventative Maintenance
7 11 (19.64%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 8 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (10.71%) Agile
9 6 (10.71%) Impact Assessments
9 6 (10.71%) Security Management
9 6 (10.71%) SIEM
10 5 (8.93%) Computer Science
10 5 (8.93%) Incident Response
11 4 (7.14%) Inventory Management
11 4 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
12 3 (5.36%) Conflict Resolution
12 3 (5.36%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.36%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.79%) Bash
2 1 (1.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
1 32 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (48.21%) CCNA
3 22 (39.29%) SC Cleared
3 22 (39.29%) Security Cleared
4 19 (33.93%) A+ Certification
5 15 (26.79%) MCSE
6 14 (25.00%) CCNP
6 14 (25.00%) Server+ Certification
7 12 (21.43%) Degree
8 11 (19.64%) Azure Certification
9 6 (10.71%) CISSP
9 6 (10.71%) CompTIA CySA+
9 6 (10.71%) SANS
10 5 (8.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (5.36%) DV Cleared
12 2 (3.57%) DBS Check
13 1 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (1.79%) JNCIP
13 1 (1.79%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.79%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (19.64%) Hyper-V
1 11 (19.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (10.71%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.79%) Docker
3 1 (1.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (8.93%) Nagios
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (5.36%) FortiGate
4 2 (3.57%) Terraform
5 1 (1.79%) Ansible
5 1 (1.79%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.79%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (33.93%) Microsoft
2 15 (26.79%) Cisco
2 15 (26.79%) Dell
3 11 (19.64%) VMware
4 5 (8.93%) Juniper
4 5 (8.93%) SolarWinds
5 3 (5.36%) CheckPoint
5 3 (5.36%) Fortinet
5 3 (5.36%) Palo Alto
5 3 (5.36%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.79%) Google
6 1 (1.79%) Okta
6 1 (1.79%) Ubiquiti