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 26 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 588 535 534
Rank change year-on-year -53 -1 +79
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 92 24 39
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.073% 0.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% 0.23% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 16 15
10th Percentile £122 £211 £240
25th Percentile £126 £290 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -43.59% +2.63% +31.03%
75th Percentile £500 £700 £503
90th Percentile £612 - £643
UK excluding London median daily rate £224 £625 £469
% change year-on-year -64.20% +33.33% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 13
10th Percentile £65.96 - -
25th Percentile £79.00 - £11.75
Median hourly rate £172.50 - £14.00
75th Percentile £178.75 - £25.83
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £172.50 - £14.00

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 16,745 10,249 11,593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.22% 31.33% 29.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,209 6,338 7,308
10th Percentile £350 £290 £313
25th Percentile £437 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £622 £638
90th Percentile £715 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £518 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,263 826 776
10th Percentile £17.44 £17.97 £14.49
25th Percentile £25.77 £19.23 £21.37
Median hourly rate £48.81 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +94.08% -44.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £72.54 £53.50 £67.14
90th Percentile £87.96 £73.75 £77.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £25.15 £48.56
% change year-on-year +89.03% -48.21% -6.42%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -55 80 £325 -33.33% 54
UK excluding London -29 76 £224 -64.20% 52
North of England - 29 £602 - 12
North West - 26 £602 - 6
South West -32 19 £123 -82.50% 7
London -68 14 £363 +62.92% 11
Work from Home -53 11 £275 -56.00% 20
South East -67 11 £128 -56.69% 13
Midlands -57 6 £123 -82.50% 9
Wales - 6 - - 5
West Midlands -61 5 £123 -82.50% 7
Scotland - 4 £127 - 4
Yorkshire - 3 - - 6
East Midlands -17 1 - - 2
East of England - 1 £400 - 3

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 8 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (7.61%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.09%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (23.91%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (16.30%) Azure
3 10 (10.87%) Entra ID
4 7 (7.61%) OneDrive
5 4 (4.35%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (51.09%) SAN
2 27 (29.35%) DNS
3 23 (25.00%) DHCP
4 19 (20.65%) Wireless
5 16 (17.39%) TCP/IP
6 15 (16.30%) Firewall
7 13 (14.13%) VLAN
8 11 (11.96%) Cisco IOS
8 11 (11.96%) NAS
8 11 (11.96%) NX-OS
8 11 (11.96%) Structured Cabling
9 8 (8.70%) VPN
10 5 (5.43%) Network Security
11 2 (2.17%) IP Telephony
11 2 (2.17%) PSTN
11 2 (2.17%) VoIP
12 1 (1.09%) LAN
12 1 (1.09%) Modbus
12 1 (1.09%) WAN
12 1 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.26%) JIRA
General
1 45 (48.91%) Analytical Skills
2 44 (47.83%) Social Skills
3 12 (13.04%) Documentation Skills
4 9 (9.78%) Telecoms
5 7 (7.61%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (5.43%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.09%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 45 (48.91%) IT Engineer
2 36 (39.13%) Field Engineer
2 36 (39.13%) Field Service Engineer
3 23 (25.00%) IT Support
4 18 (19.57%) Analyst
5 17 (18.48%) Support Engineer
6 16 (17.39%) IT Support Engineer
7 14 (15.22%) Support Analyst
8 9 (9.78%) Architect
8 9 (9.78%) Field Support Engineer
8 9 (9.78%) Network Engineer
9 7 (7.61%) IT Analyst
9 7 (7.61%) IT Support Analyst
10 6 (6.52%) Consultant
10 6 (6.52%) Project Consultant
10 6 (6.52%) Security Consultant
10 6 (6.52%) Technical Architect
11 4 (4.35%) 1st Line Support
11 4 (4.35%) 1st Line Support Analyst
12 3 (3.26%) Desktop Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.35%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 47 (51.09%) Data Centre
2 37 (40.22%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (7.61%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.35%) Operational Technology
4 4 (4.35%) PKI
5 3 (3.26%) Driving Licence
5 3 (3.26%) iPad
5 3 (3.26%) iPhone
5 3 (3.26%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (2.17%) FMCG
6 2 (2.17%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.09%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 25 (27.17%) Windows
2 15 (16.30%) Windows 10
3 4 (4.35%) Linux
3 4 (4.35%) Mac OS
4 3 (3.26%) Android
5 1 (1.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (57.61%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (56.52%) Customer Service
3 35 (38.04%) Break/Fix
4 25 (27.17%) ITSM
5 22 (23.91%) ITIL
6 11 (11.96%) Network Segmentation
7 10 (10.87%) Incident Management
7 10 (10.87%) Service Management
8 8 (8.70%) Risk Management
9 7 (7.61%) Computer Science
9 7 (7.61%) Conflict Resolution
9 7 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (7.61%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 7 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (7.61%) Inventory Management
9 7 (7.61%) Knowledge Management
9 7 (7.61%) Service Delivery
9 7 (7.61%) Workload Management
10 6 (6.52%) Project Planning
10 6 (6.52%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.70%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.26%) Search Processing Language
3 1 (1.09%) Bash
Qualifications
1 58 (63.04%) Cisco Certification
2 56 (60.87%) A+ Certification
3 55 (59.78%) CCNA
4 54 (58.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 36 (39.13%) MCSE
6 16 (17.39%) CCNP
6 16 (17.39%) Security Cleared
7 15 (16.30%) CompTIA Security+
8 14 (15.22%) SC Cleared
9 11 (11.96%) Server+ Certification
10 8 (8.70%) Degree
11 7 (7.61%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (6.52%) CRISC
13 5 (5.43%) CISSP
13 5 (5.43%) ISACA
14 4 (4.35%) CompTIA CySA+
14 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (3.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 3 (3.26%) CCSP
15 3 (3.26%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (3.26%) NIST
1 3 (3.26%) SLA
2 2 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.09%) GRC
3 1 (1.09%) RMADS
System Software
1 17 (18.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (11.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (5.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (39.13%) Dell
2 25 (27.17%) Microsoft
3 14 (15.22%) Cisco
3 14 (15.22%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.35%) ForeScout
5 3 (3.26%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (3.26%) Remedy
5 3 (3.26%) Splunk
6 1 (1.09%) Ariba
6 1 (1.09%) SAP
6 1 (1.09%) Siemens
6 1 (1.09%) VMware