Network+ Certification Jobs

CompTIA Network+ (CompTIA N+)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Network+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 561 696 910
Rank change year-on-year +135 +214 -383
Permanent jobs citing Network+ Certification 131 200 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.20% 0.076%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.52% 0.73% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 91 152 69
10th Percentile £26,250 £21,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £24,594 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -10.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £55,250 £57,725 £49,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,000 £28,250 £32,790
% change year-on-year +13.27% -13.85% +5.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,404 27,420 33,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.81% 27.84% 32.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,182 17,336 15,221
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

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 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Top 13 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 1 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +119 130 £32,500 +4.84% 133
UK excluding London +167 108 £32,000 +13.27% 123
South West +124 35 £31,500 -30.00% 17
South East +84 34 £40,000 +65.80% 33
Work from Home +179 31 £32,500 +41.30% 38
London +94 23 £37,500 -1.10% 25
Midlands +79 21 £29,750 -25.63% 20
East Midlands +62 17 £29,750 -25.63% 7
North of England +67 12 £35,000 +18.64% 23
North West +29 12 £35,000 +16.67% 9
East of England +48 5 £28,750 +6.48% 21
West Midlands +35 4 £30,000 -14.29% 12
Scotland +128 1 £25,500 -65.54% 4

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 26 (19.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.58%) IIS
2 6 (4.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (6.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (6.11%) MS Visio
2 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 62 (47.33%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (38.17%) Azure
3 35 (26.72%) Entra ID
4 21 (16.03%) AWS
5 8 (6.11%) IaaS
5 8 (6.11%) PaaS
5 8 (6.11%) SaaS
6 4 (3.05%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.29%) GCP
8 2 (1.53%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 56 (42.75%) DNS
2 44 (33.59%) DHCP
3 36 (27.48%) Firewall
3 36 (27.48%) VLAN
4 23 (17.56%) VPN
5 18 (13.74%) SAN
5 18 (13.74%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (12.21%) VoIP
7 15 (11.45%) Cisco IOS
7 15 (11.45%) FTP
7 15 (11.45%) IPv4
7 15 (11.45%) PBX
7 15 (11.45%) SMTP
7 15 (11.45%) Structured Cabling
8 13 (9.92%) Network Security
9 11 (8.40%) 5G
9 11 (8.40%) Bluetooth
9 11 (8.40%) LTE
10 10 (7.63%) Remote Desktop
11 8 (6.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (13.74%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.29%) JIRA
General
1 54 (41.22%) Social Skills
2 17 (12.98%) Finance
3 15 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (8.40%) Electronics
6 6 (4.58%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.29%) Automotive
7 3 (2.29%) Legal
7 3 (2.29%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.29%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.53%) Aviation
8 2 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.53%) Retail
9 1 (0.76%) Law
9 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (35.88%) IT Support
2 27 (20.61%) 2nd Line Support
3 19 (14.50%) Analyst
4 15 (11.45%) Senior
5 14 (10.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (9.16%) IT Analyst
6 12 (9.16%) Lead
7 11 (8.40%) IT Engineer
7 11 (8.40%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (7.63%) IT Support Analyst
8 10 (7.63%) Support Analyst
9 9 (6.87%) Support Engineer
10 8 (6.11%) Consultant
10 8 (6.11%) Infrastructure Consultant
10 8 (6.11%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (6.11%) IT Technician
10 8 (6.11%) Senior Consultant
10 8 (6.11%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
11 7 (5.34%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 7 (5.34%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.40%) IoT
1 11 (8.40%) NB-IoT
2 10 (7.63%) Data Centre
3 9 (6.87%) Security Posture
4 8 (6.11%) Private Cloud
4 8 (6.11%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.05%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.29%) BYOD
6 3 (2.29%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.29%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.53%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.76%) CSOC
8 1 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.76%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 76 (58.02%) Windows
2 47 (35.88%) Windows Server
3 46 (35.11%) Linux
4 27 (20.61%) Windows 10
5 19 (14.50%) Android
6 10 (7.63%) Mac OS
7 8 (6.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (5.34%) CentOS
8 7 (5.34%) Ubuntu
9 5 (3.82%) Mac OS X
10 4 (3.05%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.76%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.76%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (40.46%) Customer Service
2 39 (29.77%) ITIL
3 34 (25.95%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (25.19%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (13.74%) Penetration Testing
6 16 (12.21%) ITSM
7 14 (10.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 13 (9.92%) Disaster Recovery
8 13 (9.92%) Proactive Maintenance
8 13 (9.92%) Proactive Monitoring
9 12 (9.16%) Asset Management
9 12 (9.16%) Information Security
9 12 (9.16%) Infrastructure as Code
9 12 (9.16%) Mentoring
10 11 (8.40%) Project Planning
10 11 (8.40%) Service Delivery
10 11 (8.40%) Service Management
10 11 (8.40%) Software Testing
10 11 (8.40%) Strategic Thinking
11 8 (6.11%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (23.66%) PowerShell
2 22 (16.79%) Python
3 11 (8.40%) Bash
4 7 (5.34%) SQL
5 2 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 65 (49.62%) Microsoft Certification
2 49 (37.40%) Cisco Certification
3 48 (36.64%) CCNA
4 39 (29.77%) A+ Certification
4 39 (29.77%) Degree
5 22 (16.79%) MCITP
6 16 (12.21%) CompTIA Security+
7 12 (9.16%) MCSA
7 12 (9.16%) MCSE
7 12 (9.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 11 (8.40%) CCNP
9 7 (5.34%) Azure Certification
9 7 (5.34%) Security Cleared
10 5 (3.82%) ACSP
10 5 (3.82%) HP AIS
11 3 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (2.29%) SC Cleared
12 2 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.53%) JNCIA
13 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (12.98%) SLA
2 14 (10.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (6.87%) GDPR
4 7 (5.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (5.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 58 (44.27%) Active Directory
2 33 (25.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (19.08%) Hyper-V
4 16 (12.21%) vSphere
5 15 (11.45%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (6.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (15.27%) SCCM
2 18 (13.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (11.45%) WSUS
4 12 (9.16%) Ansible
5 11 (8.40%) Puppet
5 11 (8.40%) Terraform
6 3 (2.29%) Autotask
7 2 (1.53%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.76%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 92 (70.23%) Microsoft
2 45 (34.35%) Cisco
3 38 (29.01%) VMware
4 21 (16.03%) Veeam
5 15 (11.45%) Citrix
5 15 (11.45%) Red Hat
6 8 (6.11%) HP
6 8 (6.11%) Palo Alto
7 7 (5.34%) Apple
8 5 (3.82%) Google
8 5 (3.82%) ServiceNow
9 4 (3.05%) Fortinet
9 4 (3.05%) Meraki
10 3 (2.29%) Acronis
10 3 (2.29%) Juniper
10 3 (2.29%) Kaseya
10 3 (2.29%) Sage
10 3 (2.29%) SonicWALL
10 3 (2.29%) WatchGuard
11 2 (1.53%) Dell