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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 747 881 552
Rank change year-on-year +134 -329 +82
Permanent jobs citing Network+ Certification 168 71 971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.073% 0.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.61% 0.22% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 126 63 59
10th Percentile £20,750 £23,750 £22,650
25th Percentile £25,313 £25,125 £25,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £35,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +6.06% +1.54%
75th Percentile £43,750 £44,375 £48,375
90th Percentile £58,750 £47,650 £65,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year -15.71% +2.94% +7.94%

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 27,701 32,451 45,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.99% 33.33% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17,227 14,614 19,248
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

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 28 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 28 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 +159 153 £31,000 -11.43% 72
UK excluding London +75 127 £29,500 -15.71% 50
South East +39 45 £28,000 -27.74% 12
London +136 30 £37,917 +8.33% 26
Work from Home +81 30 £25,000 -44.44% 11
North of England +68 28 £29,500 +20.41% 12
Midlands +17 23 £40,000 - 12
West Midlands +27 18 £27,500 -31.25% 8
North West +15 15 £30,000 +22.45% 6
East of England +4 14 £27,000 -36.47% 4
South West -19 12 £62,500 +78.57% 4
Yorkshire +87 10 £22,900 -20.06% 5
Scotland -52 5 £75,000 +206.12% 3
East Midlands - 5 £40,000 - 4
North East - 3 £29,500 - 1

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 22 (13.10%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.19%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 17 (10.12%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 83 (49.40%) Azure
2 77 (45.83%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (23.21%) Entra ID
4 26 (15.48%) AWS
5 16 (9.52%) IaaS
5 16 (9.52%) PaaS
6 15 (8.93%) Power Platform
7 6 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (2.98%) WhatsApp
9 4 (2.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.19%) GCP
11 1 (0.60%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.60%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.60%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.60%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.60%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (40.48%) Firewall
2 32 (19.05%) Wireless
3 30 (17.86%) DNS
4 25 (14.88%) DHCP
5 23 (13.69%) Wi-Fi
6 21 (12.50%) LAN
6 21 (12.50%) WAN
7 13 (7.74%) Unified Communications
8 11 (6.55%) Network Security
8 11 (6.55%) VPN
9 10 (5.95%) Internet
9 10 (5.95%) TCP/IP
10 9 (5.36%) VoIP
11 8 (4.76%) Wireshark
12 7 (4.17%) VLAN
13 6 (3.57%) SAN
13 6 (3.57%) SD-WAN
14 5 (2.98%) Structured Cabling
15 4 (2.38%) Cisco Firepower
15 4 (2.38%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.74%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.95%) MySQL
3 8 (4.76%) MariaDB
4 4 (2.38%) Big Data
5 3 (1.79%) Power BI
6 2 (1.19%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 95 (56.55%) Social Skills
2 16 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.55%) Local Government
5 10 (5.95%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.36%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.57%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.98%) Finance
8 5 (2.98%) Games
8 5 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.98%) Retail
9 4 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.38%) Legal
10 3 (1.79%) Marketing
10 3 (1.79%) Military
11 2 (1.19%) Law
12 1 (0.60%) Automotive
12 1 (0.60%) Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (27.98%) IT Support
2 46 (27.38%) IT Engineer
3 37 (22.02%) Support Engineer
4 32 (19.05%) IT Support Engineer
5 25 (14.88%) Senior
6 18 (10.71%) Analyst
7 17 (10.12%) IT Technician
8 15 (8.93%) Junior
9 13 (7.74%) 2nd Line Support
9 13 (7.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (7.74%) Junior IT Engineer
9 13 (7.74%) Junior IT Support
9 13 (7.74%) Junior Support Engineer
10 12 (7.14%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
10 12 (7.14%) IT Support Technician
10 12 (7.14%) Network Engineer
10 12 (7.14%) Operations Engineer
10 12 (7.14%) Support Technician
11 8 (4.76%) Communications Officer
11 8 (4.76%) Senior Communications Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.79%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 35 (20.83%) Driving Licence
2 18 (10.71%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (7.74%) CCTV
4 11 (6.55%) Data Centre
5 9 (5.36%) Management Information System
6 7 (4.17%) Onboarding
7 6 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (2.38%) Cyberattack
8 4 (2.38%) Fibre Optics
8 4 (2.38%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (1.79%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.79%) Raspberry Pi
10 2 (1.19%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (1.19%) EPoS
10 2 (1.19%) IoT
10 2 (1.19%) Mainframe
10 2 (1.19%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 72 (42.86%) Windows
2 37 (22.02%) Linux
3 26 (15.48%) Windows Server
4 16 (9.52%) Windows 10
4 16 (9.52%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (6.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (4.76%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (3.57%) Mac OS
7 6 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (2.98%) Unix
9 2 (1.19%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.60%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (36.31%) Customer Service
2 51 (30.36%) ITIL
3 37 (22.02%) Cybersecurity
4 28 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (13.69%) Mentoring
6 18 (10.71%) ITSM
7 17 (10.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 15 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (8.93%) Line Management
9 13 (7.74%) Computer Science
9 13 (7.74%) IT Governance
9 13 (7.74%) Service Delivery
10 12 (7.14%) Digital Strategy
10 12 (7.14%) Ergonomics
10 12 (7.14%) Human Factors
10 12 (7.14%) Information Security
10 12 (7.14%) Network Management
10 12 (7.14%) Physics
10 12 (7.14%) Project Delivery
11 11 (6.55%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.55%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (53.57%) Cisco Certification
2 83 (49.40%) A+ Certification
3 73 (43.45%) CCNA
4 44 (26.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 43 (25.60%) Degree
6 33 (19.64%) CompTIA Security+
7 25 (14.88%) CCNP
8 16 (9.52%) Security Cleared
9 15 (8.93%) DBS Check
9 15 (8.93%) MCP
10 11 (6.55%) MCSA
10 11 (6.55%) MCSE
11 10 (5.95%) CISSP
11 10 (5.95%) CompTIA CySA+
11 10 (5.95%) SC Cleared
12 8 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (4.17%) Azure Certification
13 7 (4.17%) DV Cleared
14 6 (3.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 6 (3.57%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.52%) SLA
2 11 (6.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.76%) NIST
4 4 (2.38%) SOC 2
5 3 (1.79%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.19%) GDPR
6 2 (1.19%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.19%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 51 (30.36%) Active Directory
2 25 (14.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (9.52%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.38%) Firmware
5 3 (1.79%) KVM
5 3 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.79%) vSphere
6 2 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.60%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 22 (13.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (7.74%) Cisco CUCM
2 13 (7.74%) ServiceCenter
3 4 (2.38%) AirWatch
3 4 (2.38%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.38%) Terraform
4 3 (1.79%) WSUS
5 2 (1.19%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.60%) Autotask
Vendors
1 122 (72.62%) Microsoft
2 60 (35.71%) Cisco
3 25 (14.88%) VMware
4 19 (11.31%) HP
5 18 (10.71%) Fortinet
6 17 (10.12%) Palo Alto
7 15 (8.93%) Aruba
7 15 (8.93%) Meraki
7 15 (8.93%) Veeam
8 11 (6.55%) Sophos
9 9 (5.36%) Red Hat
10 8 (4.76%) Citrix
11 7 (4.17%) Google
12 6 (3.57%) ConnectWise
13 4 (2.38%) Dell
14 3 (1.79%) Acronis
14 3 (1.79%) Draytek
14 3 (1.79%) McAfee
14 3 (1.79%) ServiceNow
14 3 (1.79%) SonicWALL