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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 719 895 539
Rank change year-on-year +176 -356 +85
Permanent jobs citing Network+ Certification 185 77 959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.076% 0.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.67% 0.23% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 139 67 48
10th Percentile £21,150 £23,500 £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 £45,625
90th Percentile £57,950 £48,300 £50,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,500 £28,645 £30,298
% change year-on-year +2.98% -5.46% +0.99%

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 27,444 33,124 42,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.69% 32.69% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17,288 14,907 18,785
10th Percentile £28,374 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%

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 9 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 9 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 +196 170 £31,000 -11.43% 63
UK excluding London +104 139 £29,500 +2.98% 38
South East +38 50 £27,500 +14.58% 8
Work from Home +92 36 £23,000 -48.89% 16
London +103 35 £37,917 +8.33% 26
North of England +75 30 £29,500 +20.41% 13
Midlands - 24 £40,000 - 10
West Midlands - 19 £35,000 - 7
South West -10 17 £47,500 +35.71% 3
North West +23 15 £30,000 +22.45% 4
East of England +25 13 £27,000 -36.47% 1
Yorkshire +99 12 £22,900 -6.53% 6
Scotland -62 5 £74,000 +202.04% 3
East Midlands - 5 £40,000 - 3
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 (12.97%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.08%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.54%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (11.35%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 86 (46.49%) Azure
2 85 (45.95%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (21.08%) Entra ID
4 33 (17.84%) AWS
5 16 (8.65%) IaaS
5 16 (8.65%) PaaS
6 15 (8.11%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.78%) WhatsApp
8 6 (3.24%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.08%) GCP
11 1 (0.54%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.54%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.54%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.54%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.54%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.54%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 80 (43.24%) Firewall
2 35 (18.92%) Wireless
3 34 (18.38%) DNS
4 28 (15.14%) LAN
5 27 (14.59%) WAN
6 26 (14.05%) DHCP
7 24 (12.97%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (7.03%) Unified Communications
9 12 (6.49%) VLAN
9 12 (6.49%) VoIP
10 11 (5.95%) Internet
11 10 (5.41%) Intrusion Detection
11 10 (5.41%) TCP/IP
11 10 (5.41%) VPN
12 8 (4.32%) Network Security
12 8 (4.32%) Wireshark
13 7 (3.78%) SAN
14 6 (3.24%) ADSL
15 5 (2.70%) Broadband
15 5 (2.70%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.57%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.41%) MySQL
3 8 (4.32%) MariaDB
4 4 (2.16%) Big Data
5 3 (1.62%) Power BI
6 2 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.08%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.54%) SQLPlus
General
1 99 (53.51%) Social Skills
2 16 (8.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (7.57%) Telecoms
4 11 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.95%) Local Government
5 10 (5.41%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.78%) Legal
7 6 (3.24%) Finance
7 6 (3.24%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.70%) Games
8 5 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.16%) Retail
10 3 (1.62%) Marketing
10 3 (1.62%) Military
11 2 (1.08%) Law
12 1 (0.54%) Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (25.41%) IT Engineer
1 47 (25.41%) IT Support
2 42 (22.70%) Support Engineer
3 32 (17.30%) IT Support Engineer
4 29 (15.68%) Analyst
5 24 (12.97%) Senior
6 17 (9.19%) IT Technician
7 16 (8.65%) Security Analyst
8 15 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support
8 15 (8.11%) Junior
8 15 (8.11%) Network Engineer
9 14 (7.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 14 (7.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (7.03%) Junior IT Engineer
10 13 (7.03%) Junior IT Support
10 13 (7.03%) Junior Support Engineer
11 12 (6.49%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
11 12 (6.49%) IT Support Technician
11 12 (6.49%) Operations Engineer
11 12 (6.49%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.62%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 35 (18.92%) Driving Licence
2 17 (9.19%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (7.03%) CCTV
4 12 (6.49%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (6.49%) Data Centre
5 10 (5.41%) Management Information System
6 8 (4.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 7 (3.78%) Onboarding
8 6 (3.24%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (2.16%) Cyberattack
9 4 (2.16%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (2.16%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.62%) Educational Technology
10 3 (1.62%) Raspberry Pi
11 2 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (1.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 2 (1.08%) IoT
11 2 (1.08%) Mainframe
11 2 (1.08%) Photography
11 2 (1.08%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 79 (42.70%) Windows
2 38 (20.54%) Linux
3 29 (15.68%) Windows Server
4 21 (11.35%) Windows 10
5 16 (8.65%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (5.95%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (4.32%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (3.24%) Mac OS
8 6 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (2.70%) Unix
10 2 (1.08%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.54%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (36.76%) Customer Service
2 54 (29.19%) ITIL
3 44 (23.78%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (14.05%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (12.43%) Mentoring
6 20 (10.81%) Computer Science
6 20 (10.81%) ITSM
7 19 (10.27%) Penetration Testing
8 18 (9.73%) Information Security
8 18 (9.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 18 (9.73%) SIEM
9 16 (8.65%) Security Monitoring
9 16 (8.65%) Security Operations
10 15 (8.11%) Line Management
11 14 (7.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (7.57%) Use Case
12 13 (7.03%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (7.03%) IT Governance
13 12 (6.49%) Service Delivery
13 12 (6.49%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.57%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (57.84%) Cisco Certification
2 83 (44.86%) A+ Certification
3 82 (44.32%) CCNA
4 52 (28.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (23.78%) Degree
6 42 (22.70%) CompTIA Security+
7 23 (12.43%) CCNP
8 19 (10.27%) CompTIA CySA+
8 19 (10.27%) Security Cleared
9 18 (9.73%) CISSP
10 16 (8.65%) MCP
11 15 (8.11%) DBS Check
12 14 (7.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 14 (7.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 14 (7.57%) CCSP
12 14 (7.57%) MCSE
13 12 (6.49%) MCSA
14 11 (5.95%) SC Cleared
15 8 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
16 7 (3.78%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.65%) NIST
1 16 (8.65%) SLA
2 12 (6.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (6.49%) SOC 2
3 4 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.62%) GDPR
4 3 (1.62%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.08%) ISO 22301
5 2 (1.08%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 53 (28.65%) Active Directory
2 28 (15.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (9.73%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.16%) Firmware
5 3 (1.62%) KVM
5 3 (1.62%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.62%) vSphere
6 2 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.08%) XenApp
7 1 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (12.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (7.03%) Cisco CUCM
2 13 (7.03%) ServiceCenter
3 4 (2.16%) AirWatch
3 4 (2.16%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.16%) Terraform
4 3 (1.62%) WSUS
5 2 (1.08%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.08%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.54%) Autotask
Vendors
1 129 (69.73%) Microsoft
2 66 (35.68%) Cisco
3 28 (15.14%) VMware
4 20 (10.81%) HP
5 17 (9.19%) Fortinet
5 17 (9.19%) Palo Alto
6 15 (8.11%) Meraki
6 15 (8.11%) Veeam
7 13 (7.03%) Aruba
8 11 (5.95%) Sophos
9 9 (4.86%) Citrix
9 9 (4.86%) Red Hat
10 7 (3.78%) ConnectWise
10 7 (3.78%) Google
11 5 (2.70%) Acronis
11 5 (2.70%) Datto
11 5 (2.70%) Draytek
12 4 (2.16%) ServiceNow
13 3 (1.62%) Dell
13 3 (1.62%) SonicWALL