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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 591 715 905
Rank change year-on-year +124 +190 -366
Permanent jobs citing Network+ Certification 126 181 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.18% 0.075%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.46% 0.66% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 94 136 66
10th Percentile £26,250 £21,000 £23,625
25th Percentile £29,750 £25,000 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,250 £31,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -10.00% +7.69%
75th Percentile £42,500 £45,375 £45,000
90th Percentile £55,250 £58,250 £48,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £29,750 £32,790
% change year-on-year +5.88% -9.27% +0.89%

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 27,186 27,486 33,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 49.31% 27.70% 32.76%
Number of salaries quoted 11,493 17,304 14,953
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -9.28% +8.23%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -2.91% +3.00%

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 12 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 12 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 +107 124 £32,250 +3.20% 64
UK excluding London +134 108 £31,500 +5.88% 52
South West +129 39 £31,500 -21.25% 6
South East +83 34 £40,000 +45.45% 17
Work from Home +137 32 £32,500 +35.42% 41
London +98 18 £48,000 +26.59% 24
Midlands +61 15 £29,750 -25.63% 7
North of England +44 12 £35,000 +18.64% 11
North West -1 12 £35,000 +16.67% 4
East Midlands +48 11 £29,750 -25.63% 1
East of England +39 6 £28,750 +6.48%
West Midlands +46 4 £30,000 -14.29% 6
Scotland +109 2 £31,500 -57.43% 5

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 27 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.76%) IIS
3 4 (3.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (6.35%) MS Visio
2 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.38%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 58 (46.03%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (41.27%) Azure
3 33 (26.19%) Entra ID
4 15 (11.90%) AWS
5 8 (6.35%) IaaS
5 8 (6.35%) PaaS
5 8 (6.35%) SaaS
6 4 (3.17%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.38%) GCP
8 1 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 55 (43.65%) DNS
2 42 (33.33%) DHCP
3 38 (30.16%) Firewall
4 33 (26.19%) VLAN
5 24 (19.05%) VPN
6 17 (13.49%) VoIP
7 16 (12.70%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (11.90%) SAN
9 13 (10.32%) Network Security
10 12 (9.52%) Cisco IOS
10 12 (9.52%) FTP
10 12 (9.52%) IPv4
10 12 (9.52%) PBX
10 12 (9.52%) SMTP
10 12 (9.52%) Structured Cabling
11 11 (8.73%) 5G
11 11 (8.73%) Bluetooth
11 11 (8.73%) LTE
11 11 (8.73%) Remote Desktop
12 9 (7.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (14.29%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 51 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 15 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (11.11%) Finance
4 12 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (8.73%) Electronics
6 6 (4.76%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.38%) Automotive
7 3 (2.38%) Legal
7 3 (2.38%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.38%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.59%) Aviation
8 2 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.59%) Retail
9 1 (0.79%) Law
9 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (30.95%) IT Support
2 31 (24.60%) 2nd Line Support
3 19 (15.08%) Analyst
4 15 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 15 (11.90%) Senior
5 13 (10.32%) Lead
6 12 (9.52%) IT Analyst
7 11 (8.73%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (7.94%) IT Support Analyst
8 10 (7.94%) Support Analyst
9 8 (6.35%) Consultant
9 8 (6.35%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 8 (6.35%) IT Engineer
9 8 (6.35%) IT Technician
9 8 (6.35%) Network Engineer
9 8 (6.35%) Senior Consultant
9 8 (6.35%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
10 7 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 7 (5.56%) NOC Engineer
10 7 (5.56%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.73%) IoT
1 11 (8.73%) NB-IoT
2 10 (7.94%) Data Centre
3 9 (7.14%) Security Posture
4 8 (6.35%) Private Cloud
4 8 (6.35%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.97%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.59%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.79%) CSOC
8 1 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.79%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.79%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 67 (53.17%) Windows
2 46 (36.51%) Windows Server
3 41 (32.54%) Linux
4 22 (17.46%) Windows 10
5 16 (12.70%) Android
6 8 (6.35%) Mac OS
7 7 (5.56%) CentOS
7 7 (5.56%) Ubuntu
8 5 (3.97%) Mac OS X
9 4 (3.17%) Apple iOS
10 2 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.79%) Unix
11 1 (0.79%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.79%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (34.92%) Customer Service
2 39 (30.95%) ITIL
3 36 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (26.19%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
6 17 (13.49%) ITSM
7 15 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 13 (10.32%) Disaster Recovery
8 13 (10.32%) Proactive Monitoring
8 13 (10.32%) Service Delivery
9 12 (9.52%) Asset Management
9 12 (9.52%) Information Security
9 12 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
9 12 (9.52%) Service Management
10 11 (8.73%) Project Planning
10 11 (8.73%) Software Testing
10 11 (8.73%) Strategic Thinking
11 9 (7.14%) Case Management
11 9 (7.14%) Change Management
12 8 (6.35%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 28 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 19 (15.08%) Python
3 11 (8.73%) Bash
4 7 (5.56%) SQL
5 2 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 66 (52.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 40 (31.75%) Cisco Certification
3 39 (30.95%) CCNA
4 34 (26.98%) A+ Certification
4 34 (26.98%) Degree
5 26 (20.63%) MCITP
6 16 (12.70%) CompTIA Security+
7 12 (9.52%) MCSA
7 12 (9.52%) MCSE
7 12 (9.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 11 (8.73%) CCNP
9 7 (5.56%) Azure Certification
9 7 (5.56%) Security Cleared
10 5 (3.97%) ACSP
10 5 (3.97%) HP AIS
11 3 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (2.38%) SC Cleared
12 2 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.59%) JNCIA
13 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (16.67%) SLA
2 14 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (7.14%) GDPR
4 7 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 56 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 33 (26.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (17.46%) Hyper-V
4 16 (12.70%) vSphere
5 12 (9.52%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (6.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (15.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (13.49%) SCCM
3 12 (9.52%) Ansible
3 12 (9.52%) WSUS
4 11 (8.73%) Puppet
4 11 (8.73%) Terraform
5 3 (2.38%) Autotask
6 2 (1.59%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.79%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 82 (65.08%) Microsoft
2 38 (30.16%) VMware
3 37 (29.37%) Cisco
4 18 (14.29%) Veeam
5 12 (9.52%) Citrix
6 9 (7.14%) Red Hat
7 8 (6.35%) HP
7 8 (6.35%) Palo Alto
8 6 (4.76%) ServiceNow
9 5 (3.97%) Apple
9 5 (3.97%) Fortinet
10 4 (3.17%) Meraki
11 3 (2.38%) Acronis
11 3 (2.38%) Google
11 3 (2.38%) Juniper
11 3 (2.38%) Kaseya
11 3 (2.38%) Sage
11 3 (2.38%) SonicWALL
11 3 (2.38%) WatchGuard
12 2 (1.59%) Dell