Network+ Certification Contract Job Trends in Wales

CompTIA Network+ (CompTIA N+)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Network+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 45 49
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 -
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 2 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.45% 1.09% 0.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.46% 2.99% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £580 -
25th Percentile £330 - £102
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £700 £104
Median % change year-on-year -52.14% +576.33% -
75th Percentile £340 - £105
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £336 £500 £350
% change year-on-year -32.75% +42.86% +218.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 137 167 194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 30.58% 36.54% 41.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 82 154
10th Percentile £170 £136 £180
25th Percentile £230 £211 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.03% -12.50% -6.54%
75th Percentile £638 £550 £625
90th Percentile £713 £640 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 30 12
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.20 £13.48
25th Percentile £20.82 £20.12 £19.65
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.27 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -28.82% +77.90%
75th Percentile - £48.75 £53.19
90th Percentile £35.31 £53.75 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £53.50
% change year-on-year -45.54% -13.68% +18.89%

Network+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network+ Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Network+ Certification job vacancy trend in Wales

Network+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Network+ Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Network+ Certification

Network+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Network+ Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Network+ Certification

Network+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
South Wales -2 2 £335 -52.14% 12
Network+ Certification
UK

Network+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Modbus
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) 3D Printing
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Enablement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco