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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 719 904 556
Rank change year-on-year +185 -348 +69
Permanent jobs citing Network+ Certification 172 73 957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.074% 0.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.63% 0.22% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 128 63 46
10th Percentile £20,750 - £21,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £23,750 £24,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £35,000 £32,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +6.87% +0.77%
75th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £46,250 £53,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,500 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -15.71% +6.06% +10.00%

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 27,486 32,730 43,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.51% 33.01% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,243 14,736 18,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,483 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,000
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 £52,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.49% +4.70% +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 18 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 18 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 +178 158 £31,000 -11.43% 43
UK excluding London +67 130 £29,500 -15.71% 24
South East +39 48 £28,500 -5.79% 7
London +103 31 £37,917 +8.33% 16
Work from Home +88 30 £24,000 -46.67% 14
North of England +73 29 £29,500 +20.41% 7
Midlands - 23 £40,000 - 5
West Midlands - 18 £27,500 - 2
North West +14 15 £30,000 +22.45% 1
East of England +11 13 £27,000 -36.47% 2
South West -18 13 £47,000 +34.29% 2
Yorkshire +92 11 £22,900 -20.06% 3
East Midlands - 5 £40,000 - 3
Scotland -59 4 £75,000 +206.12% 1
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 23 (13.37%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 18 (10.47%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 83 (48.26%) Azure
2 77 (44.77%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (22.67%) Entra ID
4 29 (16.86%) AWS
5 16 (9.30%) IaaS
5 16 (9.30%) PaaS
6 15 (8.72%) Power Platform
7 6 (3.49%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (2.91%) WhatsApp
9 4 (2.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.16%) GCP
11 1 (0.58%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.58%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.58%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.58%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.58%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.58%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 74 (43.02%) Firewall
2 32 (18.60%) Wireless
3 31 (18.02%) DNS
4 24 (13.95%) DHCP
4 24 (13.95%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (12.79%) LAN
5 22 (12.79%) WAN
6 13 (7.56%) Unified Communications
7 11 (6.40%) Internet
8 10 (5.81%) TCP/IP
8 10 (5.81%) VoIP
8 10 (5.81%) VPN
9 8 (4.65%) Network Security
9 8 (4.65%) Wireshark
10 7 (4.07%) VLAN
11 6 (3.49%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (3.49%) SAN
12 5 (2.91%) SD-WAN
12 5 (2.91%) Structured Cabling
13 4 (2.33%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.56%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.81%) MySQL
3 8 (4.65%) MariaDB
4 4 (2.33%) Big Data
5 3 (1.74%) Power BI
6 2 (1.16%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 95 (55.23%) Social Skills
2 16 (9.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (6.40%) Local Government
4 10 (5.81%) Public Sector
4 10 (5.81%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.07%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.91%) Finance
6 5 (2.91%) Games
6 5 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.91%) Retail
7 4 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.33%) Legal
8 3 (1.74%) Marketing
8 3 (1.74%) Military
9 2 (1.16%) Law
10 1 (0.58%) Automotive
10 1 (0.58%) Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (26.74%) IT Engineer
1 46 (26.74%) IT Support
2 38 (22.09%) Support Engineer
3 32 (18.60%) IT Support Engineer
4 24 (13.95%) Senior
5 21 (12.21%) Analyst
6 17 (9.88%) IT Technician
7 15 (8.72%) Junior
8 13 (7.56%) 2nd Line Support
8 13 (7.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (7.56%) Junior IT Engineer
8 13 (7.56%) Junior IT Support
8 13 (7.56%) Junior Support Engineer
8 13 (7.56%) Network Engineer
9 12 (6.98%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
9 12 (6.98%) IT Support Technician
9 12 (6.98%) Operations Engineer
9 12 (6.98%) Support Technician
10 10 (5.81%) Security Analyst
11 9 (5.23%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.74%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 35 (20.35%) Driving Licence
2 17 (9.88%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (7.56%) CCTV
4 12 (6.98%) Data Centre
5 9 (5.23%) Management Information System
6 7 (4.07%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (4.07%) Onboarding
7 6 (3.49%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.33%) Cyberattack
8 4 (2.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (2.33%) Fibre Optics
8 4 (2.33%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (1.74%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.74%) Raspberry Pi
10 2 (1.16%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.16%) IoT
10 2 (1.16%) Mainframe
10 2 (1.16%) Photography
10 2 (1.16%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 72 (41.86%) Windows
2 37 (21.51%) Linux
3 27 (15.70%) Windows Server
4 17 (9.88%) Windows 10
5 16 (9.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (6.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (4.65%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (3.49%) Mac OS
8 6 (3.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (2.91%) Unix
10 2 (1.16%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.58%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (36.63%) Customer Service
2 52 (30.23%) ITIL
3 39 (22.67%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (15.12%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (13.37%) Mentoring
6 19 (11.05%) ITSM
7 17 (9.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 15 (8.72%) Computer Science
8 15 (8.72%) Line Management
9 14 (8.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (8.14%) Information Security
9 14 (8.14%) Penetration Testing
10 13 (7.56%) IT Governance
11 12 (6.98%) Ergonomics
11 12 (6.98%) Human Factors
11 12 (6.98%) Network Management
11 12 (6.98%) Physics
11 12 (6.98%) Security Operations
11 12 (6.98%) Service Delivery
11 12 (6.98%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.98%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 96 (55.81%) Cisco Certification
2 80 (46.51%) A+ Certification
3 76 (44.19%) CCNA
4 45 (26.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 43 (25.00%) Degree
6 34 (19.77%) CompTIA Security+
7 24 (13.95%) CCNP
8 18 (10.47%) Security Cleared
9 15 (8.72%) DBS Check
9 15 (8.72%) MCP
10 13 (7.56%) CISSP
10 13 (7.56%) CompTIA CySA+
11 12 (6.98%) MCSE
12 11 (6.40%) MCSA
13 10 (5.81%) SC Cleared
14 9 (5.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 9 (5.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 9 (5.23%) CCSP
15 8 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
16 7 (4.07%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.30%) SLA
2 11 (6.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (6.40%) NIST
3 7 (4.07%) SOC 2
4 3 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.74%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.16%) GDPR
5 2 (1.16%) ISO 22301
5 2 (1.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 50 (29.07%) Active Directory
2 26 (15.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (9.88%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.91%) Firmware
5 3 (1.74%) KVM
5 3 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.74%) vSphere
6 2 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.58%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 22 (12.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (7.56%) Cisco CUCM
2 13 (7.56%) ServiceCenter
3 4 (2.33%) AirWatch
3 4 (2.33%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.33%) Terraform
4 3 (1.74%) WSUS
5 2 (1.16%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.58%) Autotask
6 1 (0.58%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 122 (70.93%) Microsoft
2 63 (36.63%) Cisco
3 26 (15.12%) VMware
4 19 (11.05%) HP
5 18 (10.47%) Fortinet
6 16 (9.30%) Palo Alto
7 15 (8.72%) Meraki
7 15 (8.72%) Veeam
8 14 (8.14%) Aruba
9 11 (6.40%) Sophos
10 9 (5.23%) Red Hat
11 8 (4.65%) Citrix
12 7 (4.07%) Google
13 6 (3.49%) ConnectWise
14 4 (2.33%) Acronis
14 4 (2.33%) Datto
14 4 (2.33%) Draytek
15 3 (1.74%) LogRhythm
15 3 (1.74%) McAfee
15 3 (1.74%) ServiceNow