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 6 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 617 916 1015
Rank change year-on-year +299 +99 -279
Permanent jobs citing Network+ Certification 113 158 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.13% 0.063%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.65% 0.43% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 98 95 78
10th Percentile £21,250 £23,350 £21,750
25th Percentile £22,061 £23,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £32,750
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% +4.43%
75th Percentile £43,250 £47,500 £40,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £47,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,145 £24,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +18.96% -24.62% +17.12%

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 17,416 36,561 31,683
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.49% 29.44% 24.77%
Number of salaries quoted 10,947 17,109 17,861
10th Percentile £31,233 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £73,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

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 6 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Top 14 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 6 December 2023. 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 +279 108 £32,500 -0.76% 41
UK excluding London +213 83 £29,145 +18.96% 28
South East +199 48 £22,500 -3.23% 12
Work from Home +305 46 £22,500 -57.14% 16
London +249 29 £40,000 -11.11% 13
South West +69 13 £31,500 -18.18% 3
Midlands +125 9 £42,500 +70.00% 7
West Midlands +145 8 £44,250 +35.11% 3
North of England +104 5 £30,500 +24.49% 4
Yorkshire +86 5 £30,500 +24.49% 3
East of England +108 3 £31,500 -25.88% 2
Scotland +52 3 £37,625 +52.02% 1
Wales +17 2 - -
East Midlands +54 1 £24,495 -0.02% 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 4 (3.54%) IIS
2 3 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.77%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 24 (21.24%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.65%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 49 (43.36%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (13.27%) AWS
2 15 (13.27%) Azure
3 4 (3.54%) Entra ID
3 4 (3.54%) WhatsApp
4 3 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (2.65%) Mimecast
5 1 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 49 (43.36%) Firewall
2 40 (35.40%) LAN
2 40 (35.40%) WAN
3 33 (29.20%) VLAN
4 30 (26.55%) Wireless
5 29 (25.66%) ADSL
6 25 (22.12%) Broadband
7 22 (19.47%) DNS
8 20 (17.70%) VPN
9 19 (16.81%) DHCP
10 11 (9.73%) VoIP
11 10 (8.85%) Network Security
12 9 (7.96%) Intrusion Detection
12 9 (7.96%) TCP/IP
12 9 (7.96%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (7.08%) IPsec
13 8 (7.08%) SD-WAN
14 7 (6.19%) OSPF
15 6 (5.31%) BGP
15 6 (5.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.54%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.77%) SQLPlus
3 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
General
1 46 (40.71%) Social Skills
2 28 (24.78%) Telecoms
3 8 (7.08%) Legal
4 7 (6.19%) Finance
5 4 (3.54%) German Language
5 4 (3.54%) Law
6 3 (2.65%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.65%) Retail
7 2 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Aviation
8 1 (0.88%) French Language
8 1 (0.88%) Local Government
8 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 53 (46.90%) Analyst
2 42 (37.17%) Support Engineer
3 31 (27.43%) Network Support
4 27 (23.89%) Network Engineer
5 26 (23.01%) Security Analyst
6 23 (20.35%) Network Support Engineer
7 16 (14.16%) Support Analyst
8 15 (13.27%) Network Analyst
9 14 (12.39%) 2nd Line Support
9 14 (12.39%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 13 (11.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 12 (10.62%) Desktop Support
11 12 (10.62%) Help Desk Engineer
11 12 (10.62%) Help Desk Support
11 12 (10.62%) Help Desk Support Engineer
11 12 (10.62%) Network Support Analyst
12 11 (9.73%) IT Support
13 10 (8.85%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
13 10 (8.85%) IT Analyst
14 9 (7.96%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.65%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.39%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (7.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 6 (5.31%) Data Centre
3 6 (5.31%) Driving Licence
4 5 (4.42%) Digital Media
4 5 (4.42%) Security Posture
5 4 (3.54%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.54%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (2.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 3 (2.65%) Handset
7 2 (1.77%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.88%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.88%) iPhone
8 1 (0.88%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.88%) NHS
8 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.88%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 47 (41.59%) Windows
2 25 (22.12%) Windows 10
3 11 (9.73%) Windows Server
4 9 (7.96%) Linux
5 1 (0.88%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (37.17%) Customer Service
2 38 (33.63%) ITIL
3 30 (26.55%) Cybersecurity
4 25 (22.12%) Security Operations
5 22 (19.47%) SIEM
5 22 (19.47%) Use Case
6 19 (16.81%) Information Security
7 18 (15.93%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (15.04%) Application Security
9 15 (13.27%) Security Monitoring
10 14 (12.39%) Penetration Testing
10 14 (12.39%) Runbook
11 12 (10.62%) Computer Science
11 12 (10.62%) Disaster Recovery
12 11 (9.73%) Break/Fix
12 11 (9.73%) Vulnerability Management
13 9 (7.96%) DDoS Mitigation
14 7 (6.19%) ITSM
15 6 (5.31%) Incident Management
15 6 (5.31%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.73%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 73 (64.60%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (46.02%) CCNA
3 44 (38.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 32 (28.32%) CompTIA Security+
5 31 (27.43%) A+ Certification
6 25 (22.12%) MCITP
7 21 (18.58%) Degree
8 17 (15.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 17 (15.04%) CCSP
8 17 (15.04%) CISSP
9 15 (13.27%) CompTIA CySA+
10 14 (12.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 7 (6.19%) MCSA
12 6 (5.31%) MCSE
13 5 (4.42%) JNCIA
13 5 (4.42%) MCDST
13 5 (4.42%) Security Cleared
13 5 (4.42%) VTSP
14 4 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (3.54%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (15.04%) NIST
2 16 (14.16%) SOC 2
3 9 (7.96%) PCI DSS
4 6 (5.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (5.31%) SLA
5 3 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.65%) GDPR
System Software
1 19 (16.81%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.42%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.54%) Firmware
5 3 (2.65%) vSphere
6 1 (0.88%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (7.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.65%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 55 (48.67%) Microsoft
2 33 (29.20%) Cisco
3 11 (9.73%) HP
3 11 (9.73%) VMware
4 7 (6.19%) Apple
4 7 (6.19%) Dell
5 6 (5.31%) ServiceNow
5 6 (5.31%) Toshiba
6 4 (3.54%) Fortinet
6 4 (3.54%) WatchGuard
7 3 (2.65%) Acronis
7 3 (2.65%) Datto
7 3 (2.65%) Draytek
7 3 (2.65%) Juniper
7 3 (2.65%) LogRhythm
7 3 (2.65%) McAfee
7 3 (2.65%) Veeam
8 2 (1.77%) Citrix
8 2 (1.77%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.88%) Rapid7