CompTIA Network+ (CompTIA N+)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Network+ Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 694 889 541
Rank change year-on-year +195 -348 +70
Permanent jobs citing Network+ Certification 203 81 959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.077% 0.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.74% 0.24% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 155 66 49
10th Percentile £21,250 £23,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £23,750 £23,750 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £44,375 £45,000 £37,750
90th Percentile £57,650 £50,625 £56,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,500 £32,790 £31,000
% change year-on-year -16.13% +5.77% +4.73%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Network+ Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,286 34,290 41,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.76% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,237 15,306 18,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network+ Certification.

Salary trend for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network+ Certification over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network+ Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +224 188 £30,000 -14.29% 44
UK excluding London +120 153 £27,500 -16.13% 24
South East +79 62 £23,000 -22.03% 5
Work from Home +127 50 £22,750 -49.44% 11
London +138 39 £37,917 +6.81% 19
North of England +66 30 £29,500 +20.41% 9
Midlands - 24 £40,000 - 6
West Midlands - 19 £35,000 - 6
South West +11 18 £45,000 +28.57% 1
North West +15 15 £30,000 +22.45% 5
East of England +18 14 £27,000 -36.47% 3
Yorkshire +102 12 £22,900 -6.53% 2
Scotland -60 5 £74,000 +202.04% 1
East Midlands - 5 £40,000 -
North East - 3 £29,500 - 2

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 24 (11.82%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.99%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (0.99%) IIS
Applications
1 28 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 99 (48.77%) Microsoft 365
2 87 (42.86%) Azure
3 39 (19.21%) Entra ID
4 37 (18.23%) AWS
5 16 (7.88%) IaaS
5 16 (7.88%) PaaS
6 15 (7.39%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.45%) WhatsApp
8 6 (2.96%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.99%) GCP
11 1 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.49%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.49%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.49%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.49%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.49%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 86 (42.36%) Firewall
2 46 (22.66%) Wireless
3 39 (19.21%) LAN
4 38 (18.72%) WAN
5 35 (17.24%) DNS
6 27 (13.30%) DHCP
7 25 (12.32%) VLAN
8 24 (11.82%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (8.87%) ADSL
10 16 (7.88%) Broadband
11 13 (6.40%) Unified Communications
11 13 (6.40%) VoIP
12 12 (5.91%) Intrusion Detection
13 11 (5.42%) Internet
13 11 (5.42%) VPN
14 10 (4.93%) TCP/IP
15 8 (3.94%) Network Security
15 8 (3.94%) Wireshark
16 7 (3.45%) SAN
17 5 (2.46%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.93%) MySQL
3 8 (3.94%) MariaDB
4 4 (1.97%) Big Data
5 3 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.48%) Power BI
6 2 (0.99%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.99%) SQLPlus
7 1 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 110 (54.19%) Social Skills
2 25 (12.32%) Telecoms
3 16 (7.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (5.42%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.42%) Local Government
5 10 (4.93%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.45%) Finance
6 7 (3.45%) Legal
7 6 (2.96%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.46%) Games
8 5 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.97%) Retail
10 3 (1.48%) Law
10 3 (1.48%) Marketing
10 3 (1.48%) Military
11 1 (0.49%) Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (25.12%) IT Support
1 51 (25.12%) Support Engineer
2 48 (23.65%) IT Engineer
3 37 (18.23%) Analyst
4 33 (16.26%) IT Support Engineer
5 24 (11.82%) Senior
6 22 (10.84%) Network Engineer
7 20 (9.85%) Security Analyst
8 19 (9.36%) 2nd Line Support
9 18 (8.87%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 17 (8.37%) IT Technician
10 17 (8.37%) Network Support
11 15 (7.39%) Junior
12 14 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (6.40%) Junior IT Engineer
13 13 (6.40%) Junior IT Support
13 13 (6.40%) Junior Support Engineer
14 12 (5.91%) Help Desk Engineer
14 12 (5.91%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
14 12 (5.91%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.48%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 36 (17.73%) Driving Licence
2 17 (8.37%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (7.88%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (6.40%) CCTV
5 12 (5.91%) Data Centre
6 10 (4.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 10 (4.93%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.45%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.97%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.97%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (1.97%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.48%) Educational Technology
10 3 (1.48%) Raspberry Pi
11 2 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 2 (0.99%) IoT
11 2 (0.99%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.99%) Photography
11 2 (0.99%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 92 (45.32%) Windows
2 41 (20.20%) Linux
3 32 (15.76%) Windows 10
4 30 (14.78%) Windows Server
5 16 (7.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (5.42%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (3.94%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (3.45%) Mac OS
9 6 (2.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (2.46%) Unix
11 2 (0.99%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.49%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (39.41%) Customer Service
2 55 (27.09%) ITIL
3 49 (24.14%) Cybersecurity
4 27 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (11.33%) Mentoring
5 23 (11.33%) Penetration Testing
6 22 (10.84%) Computer Science
6 22 (10.84%) SIEM
7 20 (9.85%) Information Security
7 20 (9.85%) ITSM
7 20 (9.85%) Security Monitoring
7 20 (9.85%) Security Operations
8 18 (8.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 18 (8.87%) Use Case
9 16 (7.88%) Application Security
9 16 (7.88%) Runbook
10 15 (7.39%) Line Management
11 14 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (6.40%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (6.40%) IT Governance
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.39%) PowerShell
2 8 (3.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 123 (60.59%) Cisco Certification
2 93 (45.81%) CCNA
3 86 (42.36%) A+ Certification
4 65 (32.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 46 (22.66%) CompTIA Security+
6 44 (21.67%) Degree
7 23 (11.33%) CCNP
7 23 (11.33%) CompTIA CySA+
8 22 (10.84%) CISSP
9 19 (9.36%) Security Cleared
10 18 (8.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 18 (8.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 18 (8.87%) CCSP
10 18 (8.87%) MCITP
11 16 (7.88%) MCP
12 15 (7.39%) DBS Check
13 14 (6.90%) MCSE
14 12 (5.91%) MCSA
15 11 (5.42%) SC Cleared
16 8 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.85%) NIST
2 16 (7.88%) SLA
2 16 (7.88%) SOC 2
3 12 (5.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.48%) GDPR
5 3 (1.48%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.99%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.99%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 55 (27.09%) Active Directory
2 28 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (8.87%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.97%) Firmware
5 3 (1.48%) KVM
5 3 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.48%) vSphere
6 2 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.99%) XenApp
7 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (12.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (6.40%) Cisco CUCM
2 13 (6.40%) ServiceCenter
3 4 (1.97%) AirWatch
3 4 (1.97%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.97%) Terraform
4 3 (1.48%) WSUS
5 2 (0.99%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.99%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.49%) Autotask
Vendors
1 139 (68.47%) Microsoft
2 78 (38.42%) Cisco
3 28 (13.79%) VMware
4 20 (9.85%) HP
5 17 (8.37%) Fortinet
5 17 (8.37%) Palo Alto
6 15 (7.39%) Meraki
6 15 (7.39%) Veeam
7 13 (6.40%) Aruba
8 11 (5.42%) Sophos
9 9 (4.43%) Citrix
9 9 (4.43%) Red Hat
10 7 (3.45%) ConnectWise
10 7 (3.45%) Google
11 5 (2.46%) Acronis
11 5 (2.46%) Datto
11 5 (2.46%) Draytek
12 4 (1.97%) ServiceNow
13 3 (1.48%) Dell
13 3 (1.48%) SonicWALL