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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 553 649 818
Rank change year-on-year +96 +169 -126
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 33 44 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.077% 0.076% 0.035%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.25% 0.28% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 37 20
10th Percentile £148 - £120
25th Percentile £231 £105 £123
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £124 £250
Median % change year-on-year +172.18% -50.40% +42.86%
75th Percentile £387 £525 £500
90th Percentile £468 £550 £769
UK excluding London median daily rate £340 £125 £180
% change year-on-year +173.09% -30.83% +22.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 1
10th Percentile £12.25 - -
25th Percentile £13.50 - £13.13
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £13.75
75th Percentile £25.83 - £14.38
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 - £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 13,080 15,853 18,889
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.33% 27.29% 21.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,082 10,577 12,473
10th Percentile £305 £330 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £626
90th Percentile £742 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £530 £500
% change year-on-year +0.94% +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,070 826 761
10th Percentile £13.83 £15.25 £13.75
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.22 £19.35
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £61.58 £68.48 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.35 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £31.41
% change year-on-year -18.12% +59.18% -7.63%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 8 May 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
UK excluding London +69 30 £340 +173.09% 35
England +78 26 £339 +161.84% 60
North of England +35 12 £340 +209.09% 13
Yorkshire +36 11 £339 +207.26% 6
Work from Home +121 9 £308 -38.50% 16
Scotland +46 7 £107 -2.73% 3
South East +13 5 £450 +219.15% 6
London +94 3 £200 +81.82% 26
Midlands +29 3 £300 +124.30% 9
East Midlands +17 2 - - 2
South West +9 2 £500 -9.09% 3
West Midlands +26 1 £300 +141.94% 7
North West +23 1 £388 +89.02% 4
East of England +3 1 - - 1

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 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.06%) AWS
2 1 (3.03%) Azure
2 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.03%) GCP
2 1 (3.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
2 1 (3.03%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (27.27%) Firewall
2 8 (24.24%) SAN
2 8 (24.24%) WAN
3 6 (18.18%) DNS
4 5 (15.15%) DHCP
4 5 (15.15%) LAN
4 5 (15.15%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (12.12%) Remote Desktop
5 4 (12.12%) WLAN
6 3 (9.09%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (9.09%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (6.06%) CATAPAN
7 2 (6.06%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (6.06%) Network Security
7 2 (6.06%) TCP/IP
8 1 (3.03%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (3.03%) Internet
8 1 (3.03%) VPN
8 1 (3.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Database
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (42.42%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
3 11 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 7 (21.21%) Finance
5 5 (15.15%) Banking
6 1 (3.03%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (3.03%) Police
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 8 (24.24%) Field Engineer
2 8 (24.24%) Field Service Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Network Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Senior
4 4 (12.12%) Data Centre Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Data Centre Technician
4 4 (12.12%) Data Technician
4 4 (12.12%) Network Technician
4 4 (12.12%) Senior Network Technician
4 4 (12.12%) Senior Technician
5 3 (9.09%) IT Technician
6 2 (6.06%) Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Consultant
7 1 (3.03%) IT Operations Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Operations Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Senior Network Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Service Desk Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) EDI
2 1 (3.03%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 20 (60.61%) Data Centre
2 8 (24.24%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (15.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 4 (12.12%) Management Information System
4 4 (12.12%) NHS
5 3 (9.09%) CCTV
5 3 (9.09%) Operational Technology
5 3 (9.09%) SCADA
6 1 (3.03%) CMDB
6 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.03%) Life Science
6 1 (3.03%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.21%) Windows
2 5 (15.15%) Windows 10
3 4 (12.12%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (57.58%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (24.24%) Customer Service
3 7 (21.21%) Break/Fix
4 6 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 4 (12.12%) ITIL
5 4 (12.12%) Migration
5 4 (12.12%) Network Monitoring
5 4 (12.12%) Runbook
6 3 (9.09%) Configuration Management
6 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (9.09%) Network Design
6 3 (9.09%) Network Virtualisation
7 2 (6.06%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (6.06%) Data Protection
7 2 (6.06%) High Availability
7 2 (6.06%) Service Management
8 1 (3.03%) Change Management
8 1 (3.03%) Data Security
8 1 (3.03%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (3.03%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.06%) SQL
3 1 (3.03%) Python
3 1 (3.03%) VB
Qualifications
1 26 (78.79%) CCNA
1 26 (78.79%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (48.48%) A+ Certification
3 11 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (30.30%) MCSE
5 7 (21.21%) Degree
6 6 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (12.12%) CCNP
7 4 (12.12%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (12.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (9.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
10 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
10 1 (3.03%) CISA
10 1 (3.03%) CISM
10 1 (3.03%) CISSP
10 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
10 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
10 1 (3.03%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) QA
2 2 (6.06%) GDPR
3 1 (3.03%) COBIT
3 1 (3.03%) COSO
3 1 (3.03%) NIST
3 1 (3.03%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (18.18%) Hyper-V
3 5 (15.15%) Active Directory
4 4 (12.12%) KVM
4 4 (12.12%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (12.12%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (12.12%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (9.09%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) vCenter Server
2 2 (6.06%) Nagios
2 2 (6.06%) ZABBIX
3 1 (3.03%) FortiGate
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.03%) SCCM
3 1 (3.03%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) VMware
2 8 (24.24%) Dell
2 8 (24.24%) Microsoft
3 6 (18.18%) Cisco
4 4 (12.12%) Palo Alto
5 3 (9.09%) CheckPoint
6 2 (6.06%) Juniper
7 1 (3.03%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (3.03%) Citrix
7 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
7 1 (3.03%) Oracle
7 1 (3.03%) SAP
7 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
7 1 (3.03%) SolarWinds