Network+ Certification Job Trends in Manchester

CompTIA Network+ (CompTIA N+)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Network+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 149 -
Rank change year-on-year +35 - -
Permanent jobs citing Network+ Certification 17 9 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.58% 0.34% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.73% 0.97% -
Number of salaries quoted 17 9 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £37,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% - -
75th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £30,500 £38,500 -
% change year-on-year -20.78% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 980 931 584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 33.33% 34.83% 23.23%
Number of salaries quoted 342 389 408
10th Percentile £24,500 £30,000 £37,431
25th Percentile £29,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £68,729 £68,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £48,979 £50,055 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.15% -4.66% -4.34%

Network+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Network+ Certification job vacancy trend in Manchester

Network+ Certification
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Network+ Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Network+ Certification

Network+ Certification
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network+ Certification within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Altrincham - 1 £31,500 -
Network+ Certification
North West

Network+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 5 (29.41%) Azure
1 5 (29.41%) Azure Sentinel
1 5 (29.41%) Entra ID
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) DHCP
1 5 (29.41%) DNS
1 5 (29.41%) Firewall
1 5 (29.41%) VLAN
1 5 (29.41%) VPN
General
1 11 (64.71%) Multimedia
2 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Trainee
2 5 (29.41%) IT Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) IT Support
2 5 (29.41%) IT Support Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Support Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Windows
1 6 (35.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (64.71%) Ethical Hacking
2 11 (64.71%) Line Management
2 11 (64.71%) Mentoring
3 5 (29.41%) Customer Service
3 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (29.41%) Process Improvement
3 5 (29.41%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 5 (29.41%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.88%) Break/Fix
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) A+ Certification
2 11 (64.71%) CEH
2 11 (64.71%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 5 (29.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) VMware