Network Analyst Contracts

Network Analyst
UK

The median Network Analyst daily rate in the UK is £638 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 555 641 780
Rank change year-on-year +86 +139 -93
Contract jobs requiring a Network Analyst 20 41 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.073% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.077% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 22 40
10th Percentile £312 £219 £228
25th Percentile £383 £280 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £363 £410
Median % change year-on-year +75.86% -11.59% +9.33%
75th Percentile £825 £525 £438
90th Percentile £926 £587 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £280 £240
% change year-on-year +105.36% +16.67% -32.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile - £14.21 £18.55
25th Percentile - £14.53 £18.63
Median hourly rate £23.00 £15.57 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.77% -18.08% -5.00%
75th Percentile - £16.10 £19.38
90th Percentile - £16.12 £19.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £15.57 £19.00
% change year-on-year +47.77% -18.08% -5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,969 53,015 83,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,870 37,031 58,844
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,476 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.33
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Network Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Analyst in the UK

Network Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Analyst in the UK

Network Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Analyst over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Analyst in the UK

Network Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Analyst in the UK

Network Analyst
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +67 19 £638 +82.14% 13
UK excluding London +31 17 £575 +105.36% 8
South East +10 10 £800 +185.71% 5
Work from Home +104 5 £315 -13.10% 5
North of England +25 5 £308 -23.89% 1
London +80 2 £700 +40.00% 7
Midlands +22 2 £475 +35.71% 1
North West +21 2 £308 -54.44% 1
Yorkshire +19 2 - -
West Midlands +13 2 £475 +35.71% 1
South West +4 1 £350 +47.37%
North East - 1 - -

Network Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Network Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Network Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (55.00%) Network Security
2 9 (45.00%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (45.00%) Cisco
2 9 (45.00%) CCNP
3 8 (40.00%) Firewall
3 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 6 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (30.00%) DV Cleared
4 6 (30.00%) Juniper
4 6 (30.00%) Cisco ISE
4 6 (30.00%) Palo Alto
4 6 (30.00%) ScienceLogic
5 5 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 5 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 5 (25.00%) WAN
5 5 (25.00%) CISM
5 5 (25.00%) Time Management
5 5 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 5 (25.00%) Nessus
6 4 (20.00%) Security Posture
7 3 (15.00%) LAN
7 3 (15.00%) CCNA
7 3 (15.00%) Degree
7 3 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
8 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
8 2 (10.00%) Aruba
8 2 (10.00%) Information Security

Network Analyst Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Azure
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (55.00%) Network Security
2 8 (40.00%) Firewall
3 6 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (30.00%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (25.00%) WAN
5 3 (15.00%) LAN
5 3 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (10.00%) SD-WAN
7 1 (5.00%) 4G
7 1 (5.00%) 5G
7 1 (5.00%) DHCP
7 1 (5.00%) DNS
7 1 (5.00%) Internet
7 1 (5.00%) MPLS
7 1 (5.00%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (5.00%) Unified Communications
7 1 (5.00%) WLAN
General
1 5 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
1 5 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
1 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (10.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.00%) CMDB
3 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Decision-Making
1 5 (25.00%) Time Management
1 5 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (10.00%) Data Privacy
2 2 (10.00%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (10.00%) Information Security
2 2 (10.00%) Network Planning
2 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (10.00%) Project Management
2 2 (10.00%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (10.00%) Workflow
2 2 (10.00%) Workload Management
3 1 (5.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (5.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (5.00%) Product Backlog
3 1 (5.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (5.00%) Sprint Backlog
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) CCNP
1 9 (45.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (30.00%) DV Cleared
4 5 (25.00%) CISM
5 3 (15.00%) CCNA
5 3 (15.00%) Degree
5 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (10.00%) CISSP
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (5.00%) MCITP
7 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) GDPR
2 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Firmware
2 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (25.00%) Nessus
2 1 (5.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Cisco
2 6 (30.00%) Juniper
2 6 (30.00%) Palo Alto
2 6 (30.00%) ScienceLogic
3 2 (10.00%) Aruba
3 2 (10.00%) Meraki
3 2 (10.00%) Nortel
4 1 (5.00%) F5
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft