Network+ Certification Job Trends in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Network+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 191 201
Rank change year-on-year +35 +10 +68
Permanent jobs citing Network+ Certification 30 14 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.47% 0.28% 0.045%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.07% 0.69% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 29 10 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £38,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% - -
75th Percentile £32,750 £39,250 -
90th Percentile £37,500 £50,000 -
England median annual salary £30,500 £40,000 £31,250
% change year-on-year -23.75% +28.00% -9.42%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,797 2,018 1,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 43.90% 39.93% 23.49%
Number of salaries quoted 693 875 701
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,625 £29,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,979 £50,055 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% -4.66% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,955 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

Network+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Network+ Certification job vacancy trend in the North West

Network+ Certification
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Network+ Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Network+ Certification

Network+ Certification
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network+ Certification within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Manchester +32 16 £30,500 -19.74% 6
Merseyside - 12 £30,500 - 6
Lancashire +5 1 £30,500 -39.00% 7
Cheshire - 1 - - 1
Network+ Certification
England

Network+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (13.33%) Azure
1 4 (13.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 4 (13.33%) Entra ID
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) DHCP
1 4 (13.33%) DNS
1 4 (13.33%) Firewall
1 4 (13.33%) VLAN
1 4 (13.33%) VPN
General
1 24 (80.00%) Multimedia
2 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 25 (83.33%) Trainee
2 5 (16.67%) IT Support
3 4 (13.33%) IT Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) IT Technician
5 1 (3.33%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (3.33%) Support Technician
5 1 (3.33%) Trainee IT Support
5 1 (3.33%) Trainee IT Technician
5 1 (3.33%) Trainee Technician
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Windows
1 5 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (93.33%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (80.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 24 (80.00%) Line Management
2 24 (80.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (13.33%) Customer Service
3 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (13.33%) Process Improvement
3 4 (13.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 4 (13.33%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.33%) Break/Fix
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (86.67%) A+ Certification
2 24 (80.00%) CEH
2 24 (80.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 4 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) VMware