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 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 529 496 539
Rank change year-on-year -33 +43 +174
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 46 44 60
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.37% 0.45% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 16 49
10th Percentile £219 £363 £102
25th Percentile £233 £441 £134
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £494 £340
Median % change year-on-year -21.52% +45.22% +209.09%
75th Percentile £537 £700 £380
90th Percentile £700 - £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £355 £488 £350
% change year-on-year -27.18% +39.29% +218.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 4
10th Percentile - - £20.38
25th Percentile - £11.75 £26.56
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £34.08
Median % change year-on-year - -19.30% -
75th Percentile - £41.25 £39.50
90th Percentile - - £39.99
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £27.50 £28.91
% change year-on-year - -4.86% -

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 12,564 9,833 12,984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.88% 29.94% 30.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,222 5,992 8,183
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £417 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £631 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year -0.05% -7.36% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 984 482 747
10th Percentile £16.27 £18.50 £16.27
25th Percentile £19.10 £23.70 £26.24
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.00 £67.53
90th Percentile £76.58 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year -39.40% -20.02% +20.42%

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 2 January 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
Top 13 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 2 January 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 -38 42 £355 -27.18% 156
England -49 41 £425 -15.00% 147
Work from Home +15 19 £259 -46.97% 7
South East 0 19 £250 -47.37% 49
South West -7 13 £540 -22.86% 11
Midlands -35 9 £700 - 23
West Midlands -38 6 £700 - 11
Wales -7 4 £293 -58.21% 9
London -29 4 £413 -15.38% 24
East Midlands - 3 £121 - 12
North West -32 1 - - 22
North of England -45 1 - - 43
Scotland - 1 £325 - 6

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 1 (2.17%) IIS
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.17%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 27 (58.70%) AWS
2 23 (50.00%) Azure
3 6 (13.04%) Entra ID
4 5 (10.87%) Azure Stack
5 3 (6.52%) GCP
5 3 (6.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (4.35%) AWS IoT
6 2 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (2.17%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.17%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.17%) SaaS
7 1 (2.17%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 20 (43.48%) TCP/IP
2 19 (41.30%) VLAN
3 17 (36.96%) DNS
4 16 (34.78%) DHCP
5 13 (28.26%) Firewall
6 11 (23.91%) LAN
6 11 (23.91%) WAN
7 10 (21.74%) VPN
8 7 (15.22%) Network Security
8 7 (15.22%) SAN
9 5 (10.87%) Wireless
10 3 (6.52%) BGP
10 3 (6.52%) Ethernet
10 3 (6.52%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (6.52%) Modbus
10 3 (6.52%) OSPF
10 3 (6.52%) SD-WAN
10 3 (6.52%) WLAN
11 2 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (2.17%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) GitLab
1 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (52.17%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (19.57%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.35%) Military
6 1 (2.17%) Finance
6 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (34.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (28.26%) Support Engineer
3 12 (26.09%) IT Engineer
4 11 (23.91%) Infrastructure Support
4 11 (23.91%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 10 (21.74%) Network Engineer
6 8 (17.39%) Senior
7 7 (15.22%) Field Engineer
7 7 (15.22%) Field Service Engineer
8 6 (13.04%) Analyst
8 6 (13.04%) Security Analyst
8 6 (13.04%) Security Engineer
9 5 (10.87%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (10.87%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (10.87%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (10.87%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (10.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (10.87%) Senior IT Engineer
10 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 2 (4.35%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) JSON
1 1 (2.17%) ODBC
1 1 (2.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (39.13%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (17.39%) Data Centre
3 6 (13.04%) Cyber Defence
3 6 (13.04%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (6.52%) 3D Printing
4 3 (6.52%) IoT
4 3 (6.52%) Life Science
4 3 (6.52%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.17%) CCTV
5 1 (2.17%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (32.61%) Windows
2 12 (26.09%) Linux
3 3 (6.52%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (47.83%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (36.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 14 (30.43%) ITIL
4 11 (23.91%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (23.91%) Preventative Maintenance
4 11 (23.91%) Service Management
4 11 (23.91%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 10 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (17.39%) Customer Service
7 7 (15.22%) Agile
7 7 (15.22%) Break/Fix
8 6 (13.04%) Impact Assessments
8 6 (13.04%) Security Management
8 6 (13.04%) SIEM
9 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure Management
10 3 (6.52%) Computer Science
10 3 (6.52%) Incident Response
10 3 (6.52%) Network Monitoring
10 3 (6.52%) Patch Management
11 2 (4.35%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.35%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.17%) Bash
2 1 (2.17%) Java
2 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (45.65%) Cisco Certification
1 21 (45.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (39.13%) SC Cleared
2 18 (39.13%) Security Cleared
3 17 (36.96%) CCNA
4 16 (34.78%) Azure Certification
5 11 (23.91%) Server+ Certification
6 10 (21.74%) CCNP
7 9 (19.57%) A+ Certification
7 9 (19.57%) Degree
8 7 (15.22%) MCSE
9 6 (13.04%) CISSP
9 6 (13.04%) CompTIA CySA+
9 6 (13.04%) SANS
10 4 (8.70%) DV Cleared
11 2 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (4.35%) DBS Check
12 1 (2.17%) JNCIP
12 1 (2.17%) MCP
12 1 (2.17%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.17%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (23.91%) Hyper-V
1 11 (23.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.17%) Docker
3 1 (2.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (6.52%) FortiGate
1 3 (6.52%) Nagios
2 2 (4.35%) Ansible
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.35%) Terraform
3 1 (2.17%) Grafana
3 1 (2.17%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (32.61%) Microsoft
2 11 (23.91%) Cisco
2 11 (23.91%) VMware
3 7 (15.22%) Dell
4 4 (8.70%) Juniper
4 4 (8.70%) Palo Alto
5 3 (6.52%) CheckPoint
5 3 (6.52%) Fortinet
5 3 (6.52%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.17%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.17%) F5
6 1 (2.17%) Google
6 1 (2.17%) NetScout
6 1 (2.17%) Okta
6 1 (2.17%) Oracle
6 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.17%) Ubiquiti