Network+ Certification Contracts

CompTIA Network+ (CompTIA N+)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Network+ Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 674 815
Rank change year-on-year +112 +141 -140
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 36 45 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.083% 0.075% 0.038%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.27% 0.28% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 37 22
10th Percentile £165 - £123
25th Percentile £200 £105 £124
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £114 £300
Median % change year-on-year +197.36% -62.17% +71.43%
75th Percentile £394 £525 £699
90th Percentile £458 £550 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £340 £110 £180
% change year-on-year +209.09% -38.89% +22.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 1
10th Percentile £13.33 - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - £13.13
Median hourly rate £22.81 - £13.75
75th Percentile £25.83 - £14.38
90th Percentile £36.46 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.12 - £13.75
% change year-on-year - - -40.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Network+ Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,270 16,337 19,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.65% 27.32% 21.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,165 10,899 12,575
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,067 858 776
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £13.46
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.06 £19.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.31
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.28 £50.00 £31.89
% change year-on-year -19.45% +56.79% -14.39%

Network+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network+ Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network+ Certification.

Daily rate trend for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network+ Certification over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network+ Certification.

Hourly rate trend for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network+ Certification over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Top 14 Contract 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 April 2024. 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 +120 30 £339 +173.19% 44
UK excluding London +63 30 £340 +209.09% 24
North of England +40 13 £340 +209.09% 9
Yorkshire +29 11 £339 +207.26% 2
Work from Home +133 10 £275 -45.00% 11
London +96 6 £200 +72.04% 19
Scotland +35 6 £107 -2.73% 1
South East +29 5 £450 +219.15% 5
Midlands +22 3 £300 -7.55% 6
East Midlands +17 2 - -
North West +16 2 £394 +92.07% 5
South West +14 2 £675 +22.73% 1
West Midlands +30 1 £300 +141.94% 6
East of England +14 1 - - 3

Network+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.33%) AWS
2 2 (5.56%) Azure
3 1 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.78%) GCP
3 1 (2.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 1 (2.78%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (25.00%) Firewall
2 8 (22.22%) WAN
3 7 (19.44%) DNS
3 7 (19.44%) SAN
4 6 (16.67%) DHCP
5 5 (13.89%) LAN
5 5 (13.89%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (11.11%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (11.11%) WLAN
7 3 (8.33%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (8.33%) Network Security
7 3 (8.33%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (8.33%) TCP/IP
8 2 (5.56%) CATAPAN
8 2 (5.56%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (5.56%) Internet
9 1 (2.78%) SDH
9 1 (2.78%) VPN
9 1 (2.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle Database
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 14 (38.89%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (30.56%) Public Sector
4 7 (19.44%) Finance
5 5 (13.89%) Banking
6 1 (2.78%) Advertising
6 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Police
Job Titles
1 10 (27.78%) IT Engineer
2 7 (19.44%) Field Engineer
2 7 (19.44%) Field Service Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Network Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Senior
4 4 (11.11%) Analyst
4 4 (11.11%) Data Centre Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Data Centre Technician
4 4 (11.11%) Data Technician
4 4 (11.11%) Network Technician
4 4 (11.11%) Senior Network Technician
4 4 (11.11%) Senior Technician
5 3 (8.33%) IT Technician
6 2 (5.56%) Configuration Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) IT Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) IT Operations Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Service Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) EDI
2 2 (5.56%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 19 (52.78%) Data Centre
2 7 (19.44%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (16.67%) Management Information System
4 5 (13.89%) NHS
4 5 (13.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (8.33%) CCTV
5 3 (8.33%) Operational Technology
5 3 (8.33%) SCADA
6 2 (5.56%) CMDB
6 2 (5.56%) Smartphone
7 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
7 1 (2.78%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (25.00%) Windows
2 6 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 4 (11.11%) Windows 7
4 2 (5.56%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (52.78%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (19.44%) Customer Service
2 7 (19.44%) ITIL
3 6 (16.67%) Break/Fix
3 6 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 6 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (11.11%) Migration
4 4 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (11.11%) Runbook
5 3 (8.33%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (8.33%) Network Design
5 3 (8.33%) Network Virtualisation
6 2 (5.56%) Capacity Management
6 2 (5.56%) Data Protection
6 2 (5.56%) High Availability
6 2 (5.56%) Incident Response
6 2 (5.56%) Performance Analysis
6 2 (5.56%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (5.56%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.89%) PowerShell
2 3 (8.33%) SQL
3 2 (5.56%) Python
4 1 (2.78%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (75.00%) CCNA
1 27 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (50.00%) A+ Certification
3 13 (36.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (30.56%) MCSE
5 7 (19.44%) Degree
6 6 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (11.11%) CCNP
7 4 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (8.33%) Security Cleared
9 2 (5.56%) Azure Certification
9 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
9 2 (5.56%) Server+ Certification
10 1 (2.78%) AWS Certification
10 1 (2.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (2.78%) CISA
10 1 (2.78%) DV Cleared
10 1 (2.78%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (27.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 5 (13.89%) Active Directory
4 4 (11.11%) KVM
4 4 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (11.11%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (8.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) vCenter Server
2 3 (8.33%) Nagios
2 3 (8.33%) ZABBIX
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.56%) SCCM
3 2 (5.56%) WSUS
4 1 (2.78%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (30.56%) Microsoft
2 10 (27.78%) VMware
3 7 (19.44%) Cisco
3 7 (19.44%) Dell
4 5 (13.89%) Palo Alto
5 3 (8.33%) CheckPoint
5 3 (8.33%) Juniper
6 2 (5.56%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (5.56%) Citrix
6 2 (5.56%) SAP
6 2 (5.56%) ServiceNow
6 2 (5.56%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.78%) Ciena
7 1 (2.78%) EMC
7 1 (2.78%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.78%) Google
7 1 (2.78%) Nokia
7 1 (2.78%) Oracle