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 4 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 531 489 545
Rank change year-on-year -42 +56 +169
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 56 28 55
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.093% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 0.31% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 12 40
10th Percentile £166 £224 £112
25th Percentile £219 £369 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £486 £350
Median % change year-on-year -12.60% +38.93% +218.18%
75th Percentile £535 £634 £400
90th Percentile £590 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 £500 £380
% change year-on-year -14.00% +31.58% +245.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 8
10th Percentile £21.83 £28.25 £15.35
25th Percentile £24.11 £31.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.86 £37.50 £21.19
Median % change year-on-year -23.05% +77.01% -
75th Percentile £33.16 £41.25 £32.31
90th Percentile £35.16 - £39.56
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 14,333 9,019 13,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.01% 30.02% 30.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,465 5,582 8,268
10th Percentile £331 £285 £288
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £614 £627 £650
90th Percentile £719 £725 £732
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £510 £528
% change year-on-year -1.96% -3.32% -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,047 451 990
10th Percentile £16.17 £20.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.38 £24.35 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.77 £42.50 £40.13
Median % change year-on-year -39.36% +5.92% -19.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £63.64
90th Percentile £82.10 £82.25 £76.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £47.81 £40.94
% change year-on-year -47.39% +16.77% -11.73%

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 4 March 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 4 March 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 4 March 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 -59 47 £430 -14.00% 221
England -61 46 £430 -14.00% 197
Work from Home +1 15 £425 - 7
South East -18 14 £334 -31.49% 46
North of England -54 12 £374 -23.14% 56
South West -22 9 £537 -23.29% 26
North West -34 9 £374 -23.14% 23
Wales -5 7 £293 -58.21% 18
London -49 6 £425 +93.18% 39
North East - 3 - - 14
East Midlands -29 2 £127 - 27
Midlands -64 2 £127 -81.90% 38
East of England - 2 - - 23
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 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.79%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 24 (42.86%) AWS
2 15 (26.79%) 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%) SAN
2 21 (37.50%) VLAN
3 20 (35.71%) Firewall
4 19 (33.93%) DHCP
4 19 (33.93%) DNS
5 15 (26.79%) TCP/IP
6 13 (23.21%) LAN
6 13 (23.21%) WAN
7 12 (21.43%) VPN
8 11 (19.64%) Wireless
9 8 (14.29%) Network Security
10 7 (12.50%) Structured Cabling
11 6 (10.71%) Cisco IOS
11 6 (10.71%) NAS
11 6 (10.71%) NX-OS
12 5 (8.93%) BGP
12 5 (8.93%) OSPF
12 5 (8.93%) WLAN
13 3 (5.36%) Ethernet
13 3 (5.36%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) GitLab
1 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (30.36%) Social Skills
3 4 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (7.14%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.79%) Military
6 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (33.93%) IT Engineer
2 18 (32.14%) Field Engineer
2 18 (32.14%) Field Service Engineer
3 14 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 14 (25.00%) Support Engineer
4 11 (19.64%) IT Support
5 10 (17.86%) Analyst
6 8 (14.29%) Field Support Engineer
6 8 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (12.50%) Security Analyst
8 6 (10.71%) Security Engineer
9 5 (8.93%) Architect
9 5 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (8.93%) Infrastructure Support
9 5 (8.93%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 5 (8.93%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 5 (8.93%) Senior
10 3 (5.36%) IT Analyst
10 3 (5.36%) IT Support Analyst
10 3 (5.36%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 24 (42.86%) Data Centre
2 23 (41.07%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (10.71%) Cyber Defence
3 6 (10.71%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.36%) 3D Printing
4 3 (5.36%) IoT
4 3 (5.36%) Life Science
4 3 (5.36%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.79%) CCTV
5 1 (1.79%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (17.86%) Windows
2 5 (8.93%) Linux
3 3 (5.36%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (53.57%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (37.50%) Customer Service
3 18 (32.14%) Break/Fix
4 10 (17.86%) ITIL
5 8 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (14.29%) Service Management
6 6 (10.71%) Agile
6 6 (10.71%) Impact Assessments
6 6 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (10.71%) ITSM
6 6 (10.71%) Security Management
6 6 (10.71%) SIEM
7 5 (8.93%) Computer Science
7 5 (8.93%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (8.93%) Incident Response
7 5 (8.93%) Network Segmentation
7 5 (8.93%) Preventative Maintenance
7 5 (8.93%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 4 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (7.14%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.36%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.79%) Bash
2 1 (1.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 38 (67.86%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (58.93%) CCNA
3 29 (51.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (39.29%) A+ Certification
5 21 (37.50%) SC Cleared
5 21 (37.50%) Security Cleared
6 18 (32.14%) MCSE
7 17 (30.36%) CCNP
8 12 (21.43%) Degree
9 11 (19.64%) Server+ Certification
10 6 (10.71%) CISSP
10 6 (10.71%) CompTIA CySA+
10 6 (10.71%) SANS
11 5 (8.93%) Azure Certification
11 5 (8.93%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (5.36%) DV Cleared
13 2 (3.57%) DBS Check
14 1 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
14 1 (1.79%) JNCIP
14 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 6 (10.71%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.93%) Hyper-V
2 5 (8.93%) VMware Infrastructure
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 18 (32.14%) Cisco
1 18 (32.14%) Dell
2 13 (23.21%) Microsoft
3 6 (10.71%) ServiceNow
4 5 (8.93%) Juniper
4 5 (8.93%) SolarWinds
4 5 (8.93%) VMware
5 3 (5.36%) CheckPoint
5 3 (5.36%) Fortinet
5 3 (5.36%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.79%) Google
6 1 (1.79%) Okta
6 1 (1.79%) Ubiquiti