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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 717 898 549
Rank change year-on-year +181 -349 +91
Permanent jobs citing Network+ Certification 179 77 958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.077% 0.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.65% 0.23% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 135 67 47
10th Percentile £20,950 £23,650 £21,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £23,750 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £58,350 £48,300 £53,350
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,500 £32,790 £32,500
% change year-on-year -10.03% +0.89% +8.33%

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 27,401 32,956 42,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.67% 32.84% 26.88%
Number of salaries quoted 17,264 14,877 18,994
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,277 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +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 14 May 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 14 May 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 +170 164 £31,000 -11.43% 60
UK excluding London +84 135 £29,500 -10.03% 38
South East +42 48 £27,500 +7.84% 8
London +122 33 £37,917 +8.33% 23
Work from Home +92 33 £23,000 -48.89% 11
North of England +55 30 £29,500 +20.41% 14
Midlands - 24 £40,000 - 9
West Midlands - 19 £35,000 - 4
North West +13 15 £30,000 +22.45% 5
South West -15 15 £43,250 +23.57% 3
East of England +9 13 £27,000 -36.47% 1
Yorkshire +97 12 £22,900 -6.53% 6
Scotland -49 5 £74,000 +202.04% 3
East Midlands - 5 £40,000 - 5
North East - 3 £29,500 - 3

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 (13.41%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 20 (11.17%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 85 (47.49%) Azure
2 82 (45.81%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (21.79%) Entra ID
4 30 (16.76%) AWS
5 16 (8.94%) IaaS
5 16 (8.94%) PaaS
6 15 (8.38%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.91%) WhatsApp
8 6 (3.35%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.12%) GCP
11 1 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.56%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.56%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.56%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.56%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.56%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 76 (42.46%) Firewall
2 33 (18.44%) DNS
2 33 (18.44%) Wireless
3 26 (14.53%) LAN
4 25 (13.97%) DHCP
4 25 (13.97%) WAN
5 24 (13.41%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (7.26%) Unified Communications
7 11 (6.15%) Internet
7 11 (6.15%) VoIP
8 10 (5.59%) TCP/IP
9 9 (5.03%) VLAN
9 9 (5.03%) VPN
10 8 (4.47%) Network Security
10 8 (4.47%) Wireshark
11 7 (3.91%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (3.91%) SAN
12 5 (2.79%) SD-WAN
12 5 (2.79%) Structured Cabling
13 4 (2.23%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.82%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.59%) MySQL
3 8 (4.47%) MariaDB
4 4 (2.23%) Big Data
5 3 (1.68%) Power BI
6 2 (1.12%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 97 (54.19%) Social Skills
2 16 (8.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (6.70%) Telecoms
4 11 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.15%) Local Government
5 10 (5.59%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.91%) Legal
7 6 (3.35%) Finance
7 6 (3.35%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.79%) Games
8 5 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.23%) Retail
10 3 (1.68%) Marketing
10 3 (1.68%) Military
11 2 (1.12%) Law
12 1 (0.56%) Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (26.26%) IT Engineer
1 47 (26.26%) IT Support
2 39 (21.79%) Support Engineer
3 32 (17.88%) IT Support Engineer
4 25 (13.97%) Analyst
5 24 (13.41%) Senior
6 17 (9.50%) IT Technician
7 15 (8.38%) 2nd Line Support
7 15 (8.38%) Junior
8 14 (7.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (7.26%) Junior IT Engineer
9 13 (7.26%) Junior IT Support
9 13 (7.26%) Junior Support Engineer
9 13 (7.26%) Network Engineer
9 13 (7.26%) Security Analyst
10 12 (6.70%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
10 12 (6.70%) IT Support Technician
10 12 (6.70%) Operations Engineer
10 12 (6.70%) Support Technician
11 11 (6.15%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.68%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 35 (19.55%) Driving Licence
2 17 (9.50%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (7.26%) CCTV
4 12 (6.70%) Data Centre
5 10 (5.59%) Management Information System
6 9 (5.03%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (3.91%) Onboarding
8 6 (3.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (2.23%) Cyberattack
10 4 (2.23%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (2.23%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.68%) Educational Technology
11 3 (1.68%) Raspberry Pi
12 2 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (1.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 2 (1.12%) IoT
12 2 (1.12%) Mainframe
12 2 (1.12%) Photography
12 2 (1.12%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 76 (42.46%) Windows
2 37 (20.67%) Linux
3 28 (15.64%) Windows Server
4 19 (10.61%) Windows 10
5 16 (8.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (6.15%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (4.47%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (3.35%) Mac OS
8 6 (3.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (2.79%) Unix
10 2 (1.12%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.56%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (36.87%) Customer Service
2 53 (29.61%) ITIL
3 40 (22.35%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (14.53%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (12.85%) Mentoring
6 20 (11.17%) ITSM
7 18 (10.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 17 (9.50%) Computer Science
9 16 (8.94%) Penetration Testing
10 15 (8.38%) Information Security
10 15 (8.38%) Line Management
10 15 (8.38%) SIEM
11 14 (7.82%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (7.26%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (7.26%) IT Governance
12 13 (7.26%) Security Monitoring
12 13 (7.26%) Security Operations
13 12 (6.70%) Physics
13 12 (6.70%) Service Delivery
13 12 (6.70%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.26%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 102 (56.98%) Cisco Certification
2 82 (45.81%) A+ Certification
3 80 (44.69%) CCNA
4 50 (27.93%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (24.58%) Degree
6 39 (21.79%) CompTIA Security+
7 23 (12.85%) CCNP
8 19 (10.61%) Security Cleared
9 16 (8.94%) CompTIA CySA+
9 16 (8.94%) MCP
10 15 (8.38%) CISSP
10 15 (8.38%) DBS Check
11 14 (7.82%) MCSE
12 12 (6.70%) MCSA
13 11 (6.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 11 (6.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 11 (6.15%) CCSP
13 11 (6.15%) SC Cleared
14 8 (4.47%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (3.91%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.94%) SLA
2 13 (7.26%) NIST
3 12 (6.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (5.03%) SOC 2
5 4 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.68%) GDPR
6 3 (1.68%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.12%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.12%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 52 (29.05%) Active Directory
2 28 (15.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (10.06%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.23%) Firmware
5 3 (1.68%) KVM
5 3 (1.68%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.68%) vSphere
6 2 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.12%) XenApp
7 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (12.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (7.26%) Cisco CUCM
2 13 (7.26%) ServiceCenter
3 4 (2.23%) AirWatch
3 4 (2.23%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.23%) Terraform
4 3 (1.68%) WSUS
5 2 (1.12%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.12%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.56%) Autotask
Vendors
1 127 (70.95%) Microsoft
2 64 (35.75%) Cisco
3 28 (15.64%) VMware
4 20 (11.17%) HP
5 17 (9.50%) Fortinet
5 17 (9.50%) Palo Alto
6 15 (8.38%) Meraki
6 15 (8.38%) Veeam
7 13 (7.26%) Aruba
8 11 (6.15%) Sophos
9 9 (5.03%) Citrix
9 9 (5.03%) Red Hat
10 7 (3.91%) ConnectWise
10 7 (3.91%) Google
11 5 (2.79%) Acronis
11 5 (2.79%) Datto
11 5 (2.79%) Draytek
12 4 (2.23%) ServiceNow
13 3 (1.68%) Dell
13 3 (1.68%) SonicWALL