Network+ Certification Contracts

CompTIA Network+ (CompTIA N+)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Network+ Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 548 639 811
Rank change year-on-year +91 +172 -91
Contract jobs citing Network+ Certification 31 45 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.072% 0.080% 0.034%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 0.29% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 38 21
10th Percentile £213 - £123
25th Percentile £300 £105 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £200 £475
Median % change year-on-year +93.75% -57.89% +171.43%
75th Percentile £488 £541 £613
90th Percentile £500 £550 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £388 £238 £400
% change year-on-year +63.16% -40.63% +171.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 1
10th Percentile £12.00 - -
25th Percentile £13.25 - £13.13
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £13.75
75th Percentile £25.83 - £14.38
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 - £13.75
% change year-on-year - - -40.76%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,878 15,332 19,066
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.88% 27.19% 21.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,012 10,240 12,718
10th Percentile £310 £338 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £631
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,103 747 759
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.72 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.25 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.84%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £58.57
90th Percentile £76.25 £79.41 £67.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.27 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.40% +50.00% +14.01%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network+ Certification.

Daily rate trend for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network+ Certification over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network+ Certification.

Hourly rate trend for Network+ Certification in the UK

Network+ Certification
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network+ Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +44 29 £388 +63.16% 27
England +79 23 £406 +80.56% 38
North of England +32 10 £340 +209.09% 7
Scotland +48 8 £107 +7.00% 1
Yorkshire +26 8 £320 +199.07% 4
Work from Home +109 7 £500 - 10
South East +13 5 £450 +219.15% 10
Midlands +23 3 £300 +124.30% 3
South West -2 3 £500 -9.09% 3
London +93 2 £406 +249.46% 10
North West +16 2 £425 +107.32% 3
East Midlands +8 2 - -
West Midlands +15 1 £300 +141.94% 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 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) AWS
1 2 (6.45%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.23%) GCP
2 1 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
2 1 (3.23%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (29.03%) Firewall
1 9 (29.03%) SAN
2 8 (25.81%) WAN
3 5 (16.13%) DNS
3 5 (16.13%) LAN
4 4 (12.90%) DHCP
4 4 (12.90%) WLAN
5 3 (9.68%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (9.68%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (9.68%) Reverse Proxy
5 3 (9.68%) TCP/IP
5 3 (9.68%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (6.45%) CATAPAN
6 2 (6.45%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (6.45%) Network Security
6 2 (6.45%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (3.23%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (3.23%) VPN
7 1 (3.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle Database
1 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (51.61%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
3 11 (35.48%) Public Sector
4 5 (16.13%) Finance
5 2 (6.45%) Banking
6 1 (3.23%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (3.23%) Police
Job Titles
1 10 (32.26%) IT Engineer
2 9 (29.03%) Field Engineer
2 9 (29.03%) Field Service Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Network Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Senior
4 4 (12.90%) Network Technician
4 4 (12.90%) Senior Network Technician
4 4 (12.90%) Senior Technician
5 2 (6.45%) Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Consultant
5 2 (6.45%) Data Centre Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) IT Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) IT Operations Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Security Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Data Technician
6 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) EDI
2 1 (3.23%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 18 (58.06%) Data Centre
2 9 (29.03%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (12.90%) Management Information System
3 4 (12.90%) NHS
4 3 (9.68%) CCTV
4 3 (9.68%) Operational Technology
4 3 (9.68%) SCADA
5 2 (6.45%) CMDB
5 2 (6.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (3.23%) Life Science
6 1 (3.23%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.68%) Windows
1 3 (9.68%) Windows 10
2 2 (6.45%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (58.06%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (29.03%) Customer Service
3 8 (25.81%) Break/Fix
4 4 (12.90%) Computer Science
4 4 (12.90%) ITIL
5 3 (9.68%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (9.68%) Configuration Management
5 3 (9.68%) Network Design
5 3 (9.68%) Network Virtualisation
5 3 (9.68%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (6.45%) Capacity Management
6 2 (6.45%) Cloud Security
6 2 (6.45%) DevSecOps
6 2 (6.45%) High Availability
6 2 (6.45%) Incident Response
6 2 (6.45%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (6.45%) Performance Analysis
6 2 (6.45%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (6.45%) Runbook
6 2 (6.45%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) PowerShell
1 3 (9.68%) SQL
2 2 (6.45%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 25 (80.65%) CCNA
1 25 (80.65%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (35.48%) A+ Certification
2 11 (35.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (32.26%) MCSE
4 6 (19.35%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (12.90%) CCNP
5 4 (12.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (12.90%) Degree
6 3 (9.68%) CISM
6 3 (9.68%) CISSP
7 2 (6.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
7 2 (6.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (3.23%) Azure Certification
8 1 (3.23%) CISA
8 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
8 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) GDPR
2 3 (9.68%) PCI DSS
3 2 (6.45%) COBIT
3 2 (6.45%) COSO
3 2 (6.45%) NIST
3 2 (6.45%) QA
System Software
1 6 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (9.68%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.68%) Hyper-V
2 3 (9.68%) VMware NSX
3 2 (6.45%) KVM
3 2 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (6.45%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (6.45%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (9.68%) Nagios
1 3 (9.68%) ZABBIX
2 2 (6.45%) vCenter Server
3 1 (3.23%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 9 (29.03%) Dell
2 6 (19.35%) Cisco
2 6 (19.35%) VMware
3 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.90%) Palo Alto
4 3 (9.68%) CheckPoint
5 2 (6.45%) Juniper
5 2 (6.45%) SolarWinds
6 1 (3.23%) CyberArk
6 1 (3.23%) Fortinet
6 1 (3.23%) Oracle
6 1 (3.23%) SAP
6 1 (3.23%) Splunk