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

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 585 719 904
Rank change year-on-year +134 +185 -354
Permanent jobs citing Network+ Certification 126 176 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.18% 0.075%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.46% 0.64% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 93 132 65
10th Percentile £26,250 £20,800 -
25th Percentile £29,750 £25,000 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £31,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.59% -10.00% +7.69%
75th Percentile £42,500 £44,063 £45,000
90th Percentile £57,050 £58,650 £47,300
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £29,500 £32,790
% change year-on-year +6.78% -10.03% +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 27,423 27,421 32,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 49.39% 27.65% 32.94%
Number of salaries quoted 11,388 17,236 14,741
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £31,277
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £59,600
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -9.40% +8.36%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £51,959
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.77% +3.92%

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 16 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 16 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 +114 124 £32,000 +3.23% 74
UK excluding London +162 107 £31,500 +6.78% 58
South West +134 39 £31,500 -42.73% 5
Work from Home +124 33 £32,500 +41.30% 45
South East +83 33 £40,000 +45.45% 20
London +93 19 £53,500 +41.10% 27
Midlands +55 14 £27,500 -31.25% 10
North of England +34 12 £35,000 +18.64% 11
North West +3 12 £35,000 +16.67% 4
East Midlands +37 10 £27,500 -31.25% 2
East of England +37 7 £28,750 +6.48% 2
West Midlands +43 4 £30,000 +9.09% 8
Scotland +109 2 £31,500 -58.00% 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 51 (40.48%) Azure
3 33 (26.19%) Entra ID
4 16 (12.70%) AWS
5 8 (6.35%) IaaS
5 8 (6.35%) PaaS
5 8 (6.35%) SaaS
6 4 (3.17%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.59%) GCP
8 1 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 54 (42.86%) DNS
2 41 (32.54%) DHCP
3 38 (30.16%) Firewall
4 32 (25.40%) VLAN
5 23 (18.25%) VPN
6 18 (14.29%) VoIP
7 16 (12.70%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (11.90%) SAN
9 12 (9.52%) Cisco IOS
9 12 (9.52%) FTP
9 12 (9.52%) IPv4
9 12 (9.52%) Network Security
9 12 (9.52%) PBX
9 12 (9.52%) SMTP
9 12 (9.52%) Structured Cabling
10 11 (8.73%) 5G
10 11 (8.73%) Bluetooth
10 11 (8.73%) LTE
10 11 (8.73%) Remote Desktop
11 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
2 1 (0.79%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.79%) Git
2 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
General
1 52 (41.27%) 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
9 1 (0.79%) Avionics
9 1 (0.79%) Law
9 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (30.95%) IT Support
2 31 (24.60%) 2nd Line Support
3 19 (15.08%) Analyst
4 15 (11.90%) Senior
5 14 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (11.11%) 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 9 (7.14%) Network Engineer
10 8 (6.35%) Consultant
10 8 (6.35%) Infrastructure Consultant
10 8 (6.35%) IT Engineer
10 8 (6.35%) IT Technician
10 8 (6.35%) Senior Consultant
10 8 (6.35%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
11 7 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 7 (5.56%) Security Engineer
12 6 (4.76%) NOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.79%) REST
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
8 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 68 (53.97%) Windows
2 45 (35.71%) 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 6 (4.76%) CentOS
7 6 (4.76%) 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 32 (25.40%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (13.49%) ITSM
5 17 (13.49%) Penetration Testing
6 14 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 12 (9.52%) Asset Management
7 12 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
7 12 (9.52%) Proactive Monitoring
7 12 (9.52%) Service Delivery
7 12 (9.52%) Service Management
8 11 (8.73%) Project Planning
8 11 (8.73%) Software Testing
8 11 (8.73%) Strategic Thinking
9 10 (7.94%) Information Security
10 9 (7.14%) Case Management
10 9 (7.14%) Change Management
11 8 (6.35%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 28 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 20 (15.87%) Python
3 11 (8.73%) Bash
4 7 (5.56%) SQL
5 2 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 64 (50.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 39 (30.95%) Cisco Certification
3 38 (30.16%) CCNA
4 35 (27.78%) A+ Certification
5 34 (26.98%) Degree
6 26 (20.63%) MCITP
7 16 (12.70%) CompTIA Security+
8 11 (8.73%) MCSA
8 11 (8.73%) MCSE
8 11 (8.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 10 (7.94%) CCNP
10 7 (5.56%) Security Cleared
11 6 (4.76%) Azure Certification
12 5 (3.97%) ACSP
12 5 (3.97%) HP AIS
13 3 (2.38%) SC Cleared
14 2 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (1.59%) JNCIA
15 1 (0.79%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (17.46%) 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 55 (43.65%) Active Directory
2 32 (25.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (16.67%) Hyper-V
4 16 (12.70%) vSphere
5 12 (9.52%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (6.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.79%) Docker
7 1 (0.79%) Firmware
7 1 (0.79%) KVM
Systems Management
1 19 (15.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (13.49%) SCCM
3 13 (10.32%) Ansible
4 12 (9.52%) Puppet
4 12 (9.52%) WSUS
5 11 (8.73%) Terraform
6 3 (2.38%) Autotask
7 2 (1.59%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.79%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 80 (63.49%) Microsoft
2 37 (29.37%) Cisco
2 37 (29.37%) VMware
3 18 (14.29%) Veeam
4 12 (9.52%) Citrix
5 9 (7.14%) HP
6 8 (6.35%) Red Hat
7 7 (5.56%) Palo Alto
7 7 (5.56%) ServiceNow
8 5 (3.97%) Apple
8 5 (3.97%) Fortinet
9 4 (3.17%) Juniper
9 4 (3.17%) Meraki
10 3 (2.38%) Acronis
10 3 (2.38%) Dell
10 3 (2.38%) Kaseya
10 3 (2.38%) Sage
10 3 (2.38%) SonicWALL
10 3 (2.38%) WatchGuard
11 2 (1.59%) NetApp