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 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 539 505 546
Rank change year-on-year -34 +41 +194
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 43 38 62
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.35% 0.36% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 12 54
10th Percentile £219 £353 £102
25th Percentile £238 £436 £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £494 £345
Median % change year-on-year -32.15% +43.12% +213.64%
75th Percentile £538 £700 £424
90th Percentile £700 - £696
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £488 £373
% change year-on-year -33.33% +30.87% +238.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - - £31.42
25th Percentile - £11.75 £33.54
Median hourly rate - £13.50 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year - -64.62% -
75th Percentile - £15.25 £39.77
90th Percentile - £26.35 £40.09
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £13.50 £40.31
% change year-on-year - -66.51% -

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 12,126 10,544 13,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.42% 29.53% 29.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,881 6,411 8,455
10th Percentile £306 £307 £300
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £515 £538
% change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,015 505 755
10th Percentile £17.06 £18.94 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.23 £24.18 £27.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -19.05% +16.67%
75th Percentile £45.46 £66.00 £67.66
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £51.90
% change year-on-year -45.54% -11.01% +15.32%

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 13 December 2025.

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 13 December 2025. 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 -23 39 £325 -33.33% 205
England -36 39 £356 -27.85% 206
Work from Home +12 18 £250 -48.72% 17
South East +2 18 £250 -42.86% 59
South West -9 13 £620 -11.43% 15
Midlands -29 9 £700 - 36
West Midlands -25 7 £700 - 19
London -14 4 £413 -15.38% 47
Wales 0 3 £293 -58.21% 13
East Midlands - 2 £121 - 17
North West -16 1 - - 29
North of England -49 1 - - 55
Scotland - 1 £325 - 10

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 (2.33%) IIS
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.33%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 25 (58.14%) AWS
2 23 (53.49%) Azure
3 7 (16.28%) Entra ID
4 6 (13.95%) Azure Stack
5 4 (9.30%) GCP
6 2 (4.65%) AWS IoT
6 2 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (4.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (2.33%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.33%) SaaS
7 1 (2.33%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 17 (39.53%) TCP/IP
2 16 (37.21%) VLAN
3 14 (32.56%) DNS
4 13 (30.23%) DHCP
5 12 (27.91%) Firewall
6 7 (16.28%) LAN
6 7 (16.28%) WAN
7 6 (13.95%) VPN
8 4 (9.30%) SAN
8 4 (9.30%) Wireless
9 3 (6.98%) Ethernet
9 3 (6.98%) Modbus
9 3 (6.98%) Network Security
9 3 (6.98%) SD-WAN
10 2 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (2.33%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (2.33%) Structured Cabling
11 1 (2.33%) VoIP
11 1 (2.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) GitLab
1 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 18 (41.86%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (13.95%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.65%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.65%) Military
4 2 (4.65%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Finance
5 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (39.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (30.23%) Support Engineer
3 11 (25.58%) Infrastructure Support
3 11 (25.58%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 10 (23.26%) IT Engineer
5 8 (18.60%) Senior
6 7 (16.28%) Network Engineer
7 6 (13.95%) Analyst
7 6 (13.95%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (13.95%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (13.95%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (13.95%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (13.95%) Security Analyst
7 6 (13.95%) Security Engineer
7 6 (13.95%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (13.95%) Senior IT Engineer
8 4 (9.30%) Field Engineer
8 4 (9.30%) Field Service Engineer
9 3 (6.98%) DevOps Engineer
10 2 (4.65%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) CSS
1 3 (6.98%) HTML
2 1 (2.33%) JSON
2 1 (2.33%) ODBC
2 1 (2.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (34.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (23.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (13.95%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (11.63%) Data Centre
5 3 (6.98%) 3D Printing
5 3 (6.98%) IoT
5 3 (6.98%) Operational Technology
6 2 (4.65%) Life Science
7 1 (2.33%) CCTV
7 1 (2.33%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (34.88%) Windows
2 12 (27.91%) Linux
3 3 (6.98%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (44.19%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (41.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 14 (32.56%) ITIL
4 11 (25.58%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (25.58%) Preventative Maintenance
4 11 (25.58%) Service Management
4 11 (25.58%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 10 (23.26%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (20.93%) Agile
7 6 (13.95%) Impact Assessments
7 6 (13.95%) Infrastructure Management
7 6 (13.95%) Security Management
7 6 (13.95%) SIEM
8 5 (11.63%) Customer Service
9 4 (9.30%) Break/Fix
9 4 (9.30%) DevOps
10 3 (6.98%) CI/CD
10 3 (6.98%) Patch Management
11 2 (4.65%) Business Enablement
11 2 (4.65%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.30%) Java
1 4 (9.30%) Python
2 3 (6.98%) JavaScript
2 3 (6.98%) Kotlin
3 2 (4.65%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.33%) Bash
Qualifications
1 19 (44.19%) Azure Certification
2 18 (41.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (39.53%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (37.21%) CCNA
5 15 (34.88%) SC Cleared
5 15 (34.88%) Security Cleared
6 11 (25.58%) Server+ Certification
7 8 (18.60%) Degree
8 6 (13.95%) A+ Certification
8 6 (13.95%) CCNP
8 6 (13.95%) CISSP
8 6 (13.95%) CompTIA CySA+
8 6 (13.95%) SANS
9 4 (9.30%) DV Cleared
9 4 (9.30%) MCSE
10 2 (4.65%) AWS Certification
10 2 (4.65%) DBS Check
11 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (2.33%) JNCIP
11 1 (2.33%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.33%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (25.58%) Hyper-V
1 11 (25.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.65%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.33%) Docker
3 1 (2.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (9.30%) Grafana
2 2 (4.65%) Ansible
2 2 (4.65%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.65%) Terraform
3 1 (2.33%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (34.88%) Microsoft
2 11 (25.58%) VMware
3 7 (16.28%) Cisco
4 4 (9.30%) Dell
5 3 (6.98%) CheckPoint
5 3 (6.98%) Oracle
5 3 (6.98%) Palo Alto
6 2 (4.65%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.33%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (2.33%) F5
7 1 (2.33%) Google
7 1 (2.33%) Juniper
7 1 (2.33%) NetScout
7 1 (2.33%) Okta
7 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.33%) Ubiquiti