Network+ Certification Job Trends in the South East

CompTIA Network+ (CompTIA N+)
England > South East

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 284 344
Rank change year-on-year +47 +60 +2
Permanent jobs citing Network+ Certification 80 10 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.51% 0.12% 0.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.41% 0.28% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 19 9 40
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,450 £20,750
25th Percentile £30,125 £28,500 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £33,000 £30,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% +7.32% -25.00%
75th Percentile £39,500 £43,750 £44,063
90th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £47,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £31,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year +3.17% +1.61% -11.43%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,324 3,636 5,342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 21.14% 42.22% 31.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,942 1,622 3,458
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,296 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,000 £51,020
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +1.92% -2.82%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

Network+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Network+ Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Network+ Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Network+ Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Network+ Certification

Network+ Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network+ Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Network+ Certification in the South East

Network+ Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network+ Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 July 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
Thames Valley +47 32 £39,000 +33.33% 21
Kent - 16 £28,000 - 5
Berkshire +32 14 £39,000 -8.24% 7
Hampshire -25 12 - - 4
Buckinghamshire -5 10 £42,500 +46.55% 12
Oxfordshire -4 8 £38,000 +28.81% 2
Surrey -18 8 £38,000 -30.91% 1
West Sussex - 6 - - 3
East Sussex - 6 - - 1
Network+ Certification
England

Network+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 66 (82.50%) Azure
2 6 (7.50%) Entra ID
2 6 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.00%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.25%) IaaS
4 1 (1.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (15.00%) Firewall
1 12 (15.00%) VPN
2 10 (12.50%) DNS
2 10 (12.50%) VLAN
3 9 (11.25%) DHCP
4 7 (8.75%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (7.50%) TCP/IP
5 6 (7.50%) VoIP
5 6 (7.50%) Wireless
6 4 (5.00%) Network Security
6 4 (5.00%) OSPF
6 4 (5.00%) SSL
6 4 (5.00%) WAN
7 3 (3.75%) LAN
8 2 (2.50%) BGP
8 2 (2.50%) SD-WAN
8 2 (2.50%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (2.50%) Wireless Backhaul
8 2 (2.50%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.25%) SQL Server
General
1 74 (92.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.50%) Finance
3 2 (2.50%) Multimedia
3 2 (2.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 66 (82.50%) Network Engineer
2 6 (7.50%) IT Support
3 5 (6.25%) Senior
4 4 (5.00%) IT Engineer
4 4 (5.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (5.00%) Senior IT Engineer
4 4 (5.00%) Senior IT Support
4 4 (5.00%) Senior Support Engineer
4 4 (5.00%) Support Engineer
5 3 (3.75%) Junior
5 3 (3.75%) Junior Network Engineer
5 3 (3.75%) Trainee
6 2 (2.50%) Coordinator
7 1 (1.25%) 1st Line Engineer
7 1 (1.25%) Network Project Manager
7 1 (1.25%) Network Support
7 1 (1.25%) Project Manager
7 1 (1.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (1.25%) Service Desk Engineer
7 1 (1.25%) Trainee Network Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 2 (2.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.25%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.25%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (1.25%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.50%) Windows
1 6 (7.50%) Windows Server
2 4 (5.00%) Mac OS
2 4 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (1.25%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (7.50%) Computer Science
3 6 (7.50%) ITIL
4 5 (6.25%) Customer Service
4 5 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (6.25%) Project Delivery
5 4 (5.00%) Data Privacy
5 4 (5.00%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (5.00%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (5.00%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (3.75%) Business Continuity
6 3 (3.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (3.75%) Project Planning
7 2 (2.50%) ERP
7 2 (2.50%) Ethical Hacking
7 2 (2.50%) IT Strategy
7 2 (2.50%) Line Management
7 2 (2.50%) Network Design
7 2 (2.50%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 67 (83.75%) CCNA
1 67 (83.75%) Cisco Certification
2 61 (76.25%) Azure Certification
3 8 (10.00%) Degree
4 7 (8.75%) A+ Certification
5 6 (7.50%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (5.00%) DBS Check
7 2 (2.50%) CEH
7 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.25%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (5.00%) GDPR
3 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.25%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (7.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.00%) Hyper-V
2 4 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.25%) Firmware
3 1 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.00%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 68 (85.00%) Cisco
2 66 (82.50%) Microsoft
3 60 (75.00%) ForeScout
4 5 (6.25%) Apple
5 4 (5.00%) Datto
5 4 (5.00%) Google
5 4 (5.00%) SonicWALL
5 4 (5.00%) Veeam
5 4 (5.00%) VMware
6 3 (3.75%) WatchGuard
7 2 (2.50%) Aruba
7 2 (2.50%) ConnectWise
7 2 (2.50%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.50%) Ruckus Wireless
8 1 (1.25%) HP
8 1 (1.25%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (1.25%) Meraki
8 1 (1.25%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.25%) Ubiquiti