Network+ Certification Contracts

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 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 553 649
Rank change year-on-year +44 +96 +188
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 20 34 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.079% 0.077%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.26% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 15 38
10th Percentile £200 £148 -
25th Percentile £210 £231 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £338 £123
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% +173.83% -55.18%
75th Percentile £500 £387 £525
90th Percentile £630 £468 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £486 £340 £124
% change year-on-year +43.01% +174.19% -31.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 0
10th Percentile £28.50 £12.38 -
25th Percentile £31.88 £14.19 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £19.12 -
Median % change year-on-year +96.13% - -
75th Percentile £41.25 £25.83 -
90th Percentile - £35.21 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £17.50 -
% change year-on-year +114.29% - -

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 8,979 13,143 16,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.84% 30.47% 27.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,652 8,114 10,678
10th Percentile £285 £300 £330
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £704 £745 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £535 £530
% change year-on-year -6.54% +0.94% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 512 1,071 828
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.85 £15.25
25th Percentile £21.49 £17.80 £20.22
Median hourly rate £38.27 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.33% -25.93% +27.81%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.55 £68.33
90th Percentile £79.87 £75.25 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £40.94 £49.94
% change year-on-year -2.30% -18.02% +53.97%

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 2025.

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
Top 12 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 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
England +60 15 £486 +43.54% 74
UK excluding London +39 15 £486 +43.01% 64
London +52 6 £215 +7.50% 23
Wales - 6 £556 - 7
Midlands +20 4 £700 +133.33% 7
North West +16 4 £486 +25.48% 5
North of England +12 4 £486 +43.01% 13
East Midlands +11 3 - - 1
South East +39 2 £393 -12.78% 23
South West +38 1 £700 +40.00% 6
Work from Home +34 1 - - 47
West Midlands +13 1 £700 +133.33% 6

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 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) Azure
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Stack
4 1 (5.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (40.00%) Firewall
2 4 (20.00%) Network Security
2 4 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (20.00%) VLAN
3 3 (15.00%) DHCP
3 3 (15.00%) DNS
3 3 (15.00%) Ethernet
3 3 (15.00%) LAN
4 2 (10.00%) DWDM
4 2 (10.00%) WAN
5 1 (5.00%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (5.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (5.00%) IPv4
5 1 (5.00%) IPv6
5 1 (5.00%) PBX
5 1 (5.00%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (5.00%) Unified Communications
5 1 (5.00%) VoIP
5 1 (5.00%) VPN
5 1 (5.00%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
1 1 (5.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Legal
4 1 (5.00%) Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) IT Support
2 4 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Support Specialist
3 3 (15.00%) Field Support Technician
3 3 (15.00%) IT Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) IT Support Technician
3 3 (15.00%) IT Technician
3 3 (15.00%) Network Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Support Technician
4 2 (10.00%) Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Network Architect
4 2 (10.00%) NOC Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support Team Leader
5 1 (5.00%) IP Network Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 3 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (10.00%) CMDB
4 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (10.00%) Virtual Team
5 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (5.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Linux
2 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (5.00%) Rocky
3 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 8 (40.00%) ITIL
4 6 (30.00%) Computer Science
4 6 (30.00%) Incident Management
5 4 (20.00%) Application Packaging
6 3 (15.00%) Change Management
7 2 (10.00%) Configuration Management
7 2 (10.00%) Containerisation
7 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (10.00%) ITSM
7 2 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
7 2 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (10.00%) Task Automation
7 2 (10.00%) Time Management
8 1 (5.00%) Break/Fix
8 1 (5.00%) Incident Response
8 1 (5.00%) Network Virtualisation
8 1 (5.00%) Performance Analysis
8 1 (5.00%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (10.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (50.00%) CCNA
3 7 (35.00%) A+ Certification
4 6 (30.00%) Degree
5 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 3 (15.00%) CCENT
6 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
7 2 (10.00%) CCNP
7 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
8 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
8 1 (5.00%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) Docker
2 1 (5.00%) Firmware
2 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (25.00%) Jamf Pro
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.00%) Ansible
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.00%) Nagios
2 1 (5.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Cisco
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (10.00%) Juniper
3 1 (5.00%) Dell
3 1 (5.00%) F5
3 1 (5.00%) Infoblox
3 1 (5.00%) NetScout
3 1 (5.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (5.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (5.00%) VMware