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 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 562 535 557
Rank change year-on-year -27 +22 +69
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 100 18 33
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.055% 0.077%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.60% 0.18% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 12 15
10th Percentile £122 £206 £225
25th Percentile £126 £212 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £319 £425
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -25.00% +61.90%
75th Percentile £588 £531 £494
90th Percentile £618 £693 £504
UK excluding London median daily rate £236 £338 £406
% change year-on-year -30.00% -16.92% -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 13
10th Percentile £19.25 - £11.80
25th Percentile £35.50 - £12.00
Median hourly rate £172.50 - £17.50
75th Percentile £178.75 - £25.83
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £172.50 - £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 16,603 9,976 12,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.39% 30.74% 29.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,094 6,194 8,008
10th Percentile £350 £280 £310
25th Percentile £428 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £524 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% -0.24% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £622 £638
90th Percentile £713 £702 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,198 706 1,091
10th Percentile £17.56 £17.87 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.20 £20.00 £20.24
Median hourly rate £50.00 £27.45 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +82.15% -33.86% -24.72%
75th Percentile £72.54 £58.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.25 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +98.81% -41.51% -20.54%

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 11 July 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 11 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Top 16 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 11 July 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 -39 83 £404 +26.67% 274
UK excluding London -32 82 £236 -30.00% 317
North of England -40 36 £608 +21.60% 78
North West -24 30 £608 +21.60% 31
South East -51 15 £129 -56.07% 69
South West -22 14 £123 -82.50% 47
London -46 13 £391 +75.84% 47
Wales - 9 - - 20
Work from Home -46 7 £478 - 15
Scotland - 4 £127 - 18
Yorkshire - 3 - - 31
North East - 3 - - 18
Midlands -62 2 £123 -82.50% 39
East of England - 2 - - 40
East Midlands -22 1 - - 18
West Midlands -67 1 £123 -82.50% 21

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 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 17 (17.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (12.00%) Azure
3 7 (7.00%) AWS
4 4 (4.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.00%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.00%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.00%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 64 (64.00%) SAN
2 30 (30.00%) DNS
3 26 (26.00%) DHCP
4 24 (24.00%) Wireless
5 21 (21.00%) Firewall
5 21 (21.00%) VLAN
6 17 (17.00%) Cisco IOS
6 17 (17.00%) NAS
6 17 (17.00%) NX-OS
6 17 (17.00%) Structured Cabling
7 12 (12.00%) TCP/IP
8 6 (6.00%) Network Security
8 6 (6.00%) VPN
9 3 (3.00%) LAN
9 3 (3.00%) WAN
10 2 (2.00%) IP Telephony
10 2 (2.00%) OSPF
10 2 (2.00%) PSTN
10 2 (2.00%) VoIP
10 2 (2.00%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 59 (59.00%) Analytical Skills
2 43 (43.00%) Social Skills
3 12 (12.00%) Documentation Skills
4 10 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 7 (7.00%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (4.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 55 (55.00%) IT Engineer
2 47 (47.00%) Field Engineer
2 47 (47.00%) Field Service Engineer
3 30 (30.00%) IT Support
4 23 (23.00%) Support Engineer
5 22 (22.00%) IT Support Engineer
6 16 (16.00%) Field Support Engineer
7 14 (14.00%) Architect
8 13 (13.00%) Analyst
8 13 (13.00%) Network Engineer
9 10 (10.00%) Support Analyst
10 8 (8.00%) IT Analyst
10 8 (8.00%) IT Support Analyst
10 8 (8.00%) Technical Architect
11 6 (6.00%) Network Architect
11 6 (6.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 3 (3.00%) Security Officer
13 2 (2.00%) Desktop Analyst
13 2 (2.00%) Senior
13 2 (2.00%) Telephony Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 64 (64.00%) Data Centre
2 49 (49.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.00%) PKI
5 3 (3.00%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (2.00%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.00%) iPad
6 2 (2.00%) iPhone
6 2 (2.00%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.00%) CAN bus
7 1 (1.00%) FMCG
7 1 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 19 (19.00%) Windows
2 10 (10.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (4.00%) Linux
4 3 (3.00%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (63.00%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (59.00%) Customer Service
3 47 (47.00%) Break/Fix
4 25 (25.00%) ITSM
5 17 (17.00%) ITIL
6 16 (16.00%) Network Segmentation
7 10 (10.00%) Service Management
8 8 (8.00%) Computer Science
8 8 (8.00%) Conflict Resolution
8 8 (8.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 8 (8.00%) Inventory Management
8 8 (8.00%) Knowledge Management
9 7 (7.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (7.00%) Service Delivery
10 6 (6.00%) Workload Management
11 5 (5.00%) High Availability
11 5 (5.00%) Incident Management
11 5 (5.00%) Incident Response
12 4 (4.00%) Penetration Testing
12 4 (4.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.00%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 77 (77.00%) Cisco Certification
2 72 (72.00%) CCNA
3 63 (63.00%) A+ Certification
4 61 (61.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 47 (47.00%) MCSE
6 24 (24.00%) CCNP
7 23 (23.00%) Security Cleared
8 21 (21.00%) SC Cleared
9 17 (17.00%) Server+ Certification
10 10 (10.00%) Degree
11 8 (8.00%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (4.00%) CISSP
12 4 (4.00%) CompTIA CySA+
12 4 (4.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (3.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (3.00%) CCSP
13 3 (3.00%) GCIA
13 3 (3.00%) GCIH
13 3 (3.00%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.00%) SLA
2 1 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.00%) RMADS
System Software
1 13 (13.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (6.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.00%) Nagios
3 1 (1.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (47.00%) Dell
2 22 (22.00%) Cisco
3 21 (21.00%) Microsoft
4 19 (19.00%) ServiceNow
5 4 (4.00%) ForeScout
6 3 (3.00%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (3.00%) Splunk
7 2 (2.00%) Juniper
7 2 (2.00%) Remedy
7 2 (2.00%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.00%) Ariba
8 1 (1.00%) SAP
8 1 (1.00%) Siemens