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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 720 904 534
Rank change year-on-year +184 -370 +94
Permanent jobs citing Network+ Certification 181 76 958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.075% 0.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.66% 0.23% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 136 66 47
10th Percentile £21,000 £23,625 £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 £45,375 £45,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £58,250 £48,375 £53,350
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,750 £32,790 £32,500
% change year-on-year -9.27% +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 27,489 32,962 42,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.71% 32.63% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 17,297 14,888 18,855
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% +7.73% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,276 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.49% +2.55% +0.50%

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 10 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 10 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 +191 166 £31,250 -10.71% 40
UK excluding London +89 136 £29,750 -9.27% 21
South East +45 48 £27,500 +7.84% 6
London +112 34 £37,917 +8.33% 17
Work from Home +83 34 £24,000 -46.67% 13
North of England +69 30 £29,500 +20.41% 7
Midlands - 24 £40,000 - 6
West Midlands - 19 £35,000 - 3
South West -10 16 £40,000 +14.29% 1
North West +12 15 £30,000 +22.45% 2
East of England +23 13 £27,000 -36.47% 1
Yorkshire +97 12 £22,900 -6.53% 3
Scotland -54 5 £74,000 +202.04% 1
East Midlands - 5 £40,000 - 3
North East - 3 £29,500 - 2

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 (13.26%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.55%) IIS
Applications
1 20 (11.05%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 86 (47.51%) Azure
2 83 (45.86%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (21.55%) Entra ID
4 31 (17.13%) AWS
5 16 (8.84%) IaaS
5 16 (8.84%) PaaS
6 15 (8.29%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.87%) WhatsApp
8 6 (3.31%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.10%) GCP
11 1 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.55%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.55%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.55%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.55%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.55%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 78 (43.09%) Firewall
2 34 (18.78%) DNS
3 33 (18.23%) Wireless
4 26 (14.36%) DHCP
4 26 (14.36%) LAN
5 25 (13.81%) WAN
6 24 (13.26%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (7.18%) Unified Communications
8 12 (6.63%) VoIP
9 11 (6.08%) Internet
10 10 (5.52%) TCP/IP
10 10 (5.52%) VLAN
10 10 (5.52%) VPN
11 8 (4.42%) Intrusion Detection
11 8 (4.42%) Network Security
11 8 (4.42%) Wireshark
12 7 (3.87%) SAN
13 5 (2.76%) SD-WAN
13 5 (2.76%) Structured Cabling
14 4 (2.21%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.73%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.52%) MySQL
3 8 (4.42%) MariaDB
4 4 (2.21%) Big Data
5 3 (1.66%) Power BI
6 2 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.10%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.55%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.55%) SQLPlus
General
1 97 (53.59%) Social Skills
2 16 (8.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (6.63%) Telecoms
4 11 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.08%) Local Government
5 10 (5.52%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.87%) Legal
7 6 (3.31%) Finance
7 6 (3.31%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.76%) Games
8 5 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.21%) Retail
10 3 (1.66%) Marketing
10 3 (1.66%) Military
11 2 (1.10%) Law
12 1 (0.55%) Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (25.97%) IT Engineer
1 47 (25.97%) IT Support
2 40 (22.10%) Support Engineer
3 32 (17.68%) IT Support Engineer
4 26 (14.36%) Analyst
5 24 (13.26%) Senior
6 17 (9.39%) IT Technician
7 15 (8.29%) 2nd Line Support
7 15 (8.29%) Junior
8 14 (7.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (7.73%) Security Analyst
9 13 (7.18%) Junior IT Engineer
9 13 (7.18%) Junior IT Support
9 13 (7.18%) Junior Support Engineer
9 13 (7.18%) Network Engineer
10 12 (6.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 12 (6.63%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
10 12 (6.63%) IT Support Technician
10 12 (6.63%) Operations Engineer
10 12 (6.63%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.66%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 35 (19.34%) Driving Licence
2 17 (9.39%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (7.18%) CCTV
4 12 (6.63%) Data Centre
5 10 (5.52%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (5.52%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.87%) Onboarding
7 6 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (3.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (2.21%) Cyberattack
8 4 (2.21%) Fibre Optics
8 4 (2.21%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.66%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.66%) Raspberry Pi
10 2 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (1.10%) IoT
10 2 (1.10%) Mainframe
10 2 (1.10%) Photography
10 2 (1.10%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 77 (42.54%) Windows
2 38 (20.99%) Linux
3 29 (16.02%) Windows Server
4 19 (10.50%) Windows 10
5 16 (8.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (6.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (4.42%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (3.31%) Mac OS
8 6 (3.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (2.76%) Unix
10 2 (1.10%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.55%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (36.46%) Customer Service
2 54 (29.83%) ITIL
3 42 (23.20%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (12.71%) Mentoring
6 20 (11.05%) ITSM
7 18 (9.94%) Computer Science
7 18 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 17 (9.39%) Penetration Testing
9 16 (8.84%) Information Security
9 16 (8.84%) SIEM
10 15 (8.29%) Line Management
11 14 (7.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (7.73%) Security Monitoring
11 14 (7.73%) Security Operations
12 13 (7.18%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (7.18%) IT Governance
13 12 (6.63%) Physics
13 12 (6.63%) Service Delivery
13 12 (6.63%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.73%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.87%) SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (56.91%) Cisco Certification
2 83 (45.86%) A+ Certification
3 80 (44.20%) CCNA
4 50 (27.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 44 (24.31%) Degree
6 40 (22.10%) CompTIA Security+
7 23 (12.71%) CCNP
8 19 (10.50%) Security Cleared
9 17 (9.39%) CompTIA CySA+
10 16 (8.84%) CISSP
10 16 (8.84%) MCP
11 15 (8.29%) DBS Check
12 14 (7.73%) MCSE
13 12 (6.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 12 (6.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 12 (6.63%) CCSP
13 12 (6.63%) MCSA
14 11 (6.08%) SC Cleared
15 8 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
16 7 (3.87%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.84%) SLA
2 14 (7.73%) NIST
3 12 (6.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (5.52%) SOC 2
5 4 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.66%) GDPR
6 3 (1.66%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.10%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.10%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 53 (29.28%) Active Directory
2 28 (15.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (9.94%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.21%) Firmware
5 3 (1.66%) KVM
5 3 (1.66%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.66%) vSphere
6 2 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.10%) XenApp
7 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (13.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (7.18%) Cisco CUCM
2 13 (7.18%) ServiceCenter
3 4 (2.21%) AirWatch
3 4 (2.21%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.21%) Terraform
4 3 (1.66%) WSUS
5 2 (1.10%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.10%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.55%) Autotask
Vendors
1 128 (70.72%) Microsoft
2 64 (35.36%) Cisco
3 28 (15.47%) VMware
4 20 (11.05%) HP
5 17 (9.39%) Fortinet
5 17 (9.39%) Palo Alto
6 15 (8.29%) Meraki
6 15 (8.29%) Veeam
7 13 (7.18%) Aruba
8 11 (6.08%) Sophos
9 9 (4.97%) Citrix
9 9 (4.97%) Red Hat
10 7 (3.87%) ConnectWise
10 7 (3.87%) Google
11 5 (2.76%) Acronis
11 5 (2.76%) Datto
11 5 (2.76%) Draytek
12 4 (2.21%) ServiceNow
13 3 (1.66%) Dell
13 3 (1.66%) SonicWALL