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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 493 541
Rank change year-on-year -57 +48 +156
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 60 25 47
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.085% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% 0.28% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 10 28
10th Percentile £126 £203 £111
25th Percentile £179 £245 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £443 £340
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +30.15% +209.09%
75th Percentile £515 £500 £538
90th Percentile £545 £621 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £335 £473 £384
% change year-on-year -29.10% +23.13% +248.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 12
10th Percentile £21.83 £28.25 -
25th Percentile £24.11 £31.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.86 £37.50 £24.87
Median % change year-on-year -23.05% +50.78% -
75th Percentile £33.16 £41.25 £26.87
90th Percentile £35.16 - £38.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.72 £37.50 £22.81
% change year-on-year -42.09% +64.44% -

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 14,793 9,004 13,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.69% 30.49% 30.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,751 5,695 8,408
10th Percentile £335 £290 £298
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £650
90th Percentile £720 £715 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,088 479 1,005
10th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £13.92
25th Percentile £19.98 £24.35 £17.80
Median hourly rate £30.00 £42.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +13.33% -28.06%
75th Percentile £67.84 £67.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £84.00 £81.01 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £48.31 £37.50
% change year-on-year -41.01% +28.83% -23.47%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -41 51 £335 -29.10% 216
England -91 46 £428 -9.52% 205
South East -39 13 £334 -14.90% 52
North of England -70 12 £374 -23.14% 56
Work from Home -19 11 £430 - 10
South West -24 11 £525 - 18
Wales -1 10 £293 -47.42% 11
North West -23 9 £374 -23.14% 21
London -48 6 £425 +97.67% 38
North East - 3 - - 14
Scotland - 2 £226 - 13
East of England - 2 - - 28
East Midlands -35 1 - - 26
Midlands -61 1 - - 41

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 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 20 (33.33%) AWS
2 11 (18.33%) Azure
3 5 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.00%) GCP
4 3 (5.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (3.33%) AWS IoT
5 2 (3.33%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.33%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.67%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.67%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.67%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.67%) SaaS
6 1 (1.67%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 32 (53.33%) SAN
2 19 (31.67%) Firewall
3 18 (30.00%) VLAN
4 16 (26.67%) DHCP
4 16 (26.67%) DNS
5 13 (21.67%) LAN
5 13 (21.67%) WAN
6 12 (20.00%) TCP/IP
7 11 (18.33%) VPN
7 11 (18.33%) Wireless
8 8 (13.33%) Network Security
9 7 (11.67%) Structured Cabling
10 6 (10.00%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (10.00%) NAS
10 6 (10.00%) NX-OS
11 5 (8.33%) BGP
11 5 (8.33%) OSPF
11 5 (8.33%) WLAN
12 3 (5.00%) Ethernet
12 3 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 37 (61.67%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (28.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (6.67%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.67%) Military
6 1 (1.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (46.67%) IT Engineer
2 26 (43.33%) Field Engineer
2 26 (43.33%) Field Service Engineer
3 13 (21.67%) IT Support
3 13 (21.67%) Network Engineer
3 13 (21.67%) Support Engineer
4 10 (16.67%) Analyst
4 10 (16.67%) Field Support Engineer
4 10 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
5 7 (11.67%) Security Analyst
6 6 (10.00%) Security Engineer
7 5 (8.33%) Architect
7 5 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 5 (8.33%) Senior
8 3 (5.00%) IT Analyst
8 3 (5.00%) IT Support Analyst
8 3 (5.00%) Network Architect
8 3 (5.00%) Senior Network Engineer
8 3 (5.00%) Support Analyst
9 2 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 32 (53.33%) Data Centre
2 28 (46.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
3 6 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.00%) 3D Printing
4 3 (5.00%) IoT
4 3 (5.00%) Life Science
4 3 (5.00%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.67%) CCTV
5 1 (1.67%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.67%) Windows
2 3 (5.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.33%) Linux
3 2 (3.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (48.33%) Customer Service
3 26 (43.33%) Break/Fix
4 8 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (11.67%) ITIL
6 6 (10.00%) Agile
6 6 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
6 6 (10.00%) ITSM
6 6 (10.00%) Security Management
6 6 (10.00%) SIEM
7 5 (8.33%) Computer Science
7 5 (8.33%) Incident Response
7 5 (8.33%) Network Segmentation
7 5 (8.33%) Service Management
8 4 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (6.67%) Inventory Management
8 4 (6.67%) Network Monitoring
9 3 (5.00%) Conflict Resolution
9 3 (5.00%) High Availability
9 3 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 45 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 40 (66.67%) CCNA
3 34 (56.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 30 (50.00%) A+ Certification
5 26 (43.33%) MCSE
6 17 (28.33%) SC Cleared
6 17 (28.33%) Security Cleared
7 16 (26.67%) CCNP
8 12 (20.00%) Degree
9 8 (13.33%) Server+ Certification
10 6 (10.00%) CISSP
10 6 (10.00%) CompTIA CySA+
10 6 (10.00%) SANS
11 5 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (5.00%) DV Cleared
13 2 (3.33%) Azure Certification
13 2 (3.33%) DBS Check
14 1 (1.67%) CompTIA Security+
14 1 (1.67%) MCSA
14 1 (1.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.33%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (8.33%) Nagios
2 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (5.00%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.67%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (43.33%) Dell
2 18 (30.00%) Cisco
3 10 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 6 (10.00%) ServiceNow
5 5 (8.33%) Juniper
5 5 (8.33%) SolarWinds
6 3 (5.00%) CheckPoint
6 3 (5.00%) Fortinet
6 3 (5.00%) Palo Alto
7 2 (3.33%) VMware
8 1 (1.67%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (1.67%) Google
8 1 (1.67%) Okta
8 1 (1.67%) Ubiquiti