Network Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 368 409
Rank change year-on-year +60 +41 +83
Contract jobs requiring a Network Analyst 27 17 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.084% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.091% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 13 16
10th Percentile £237 £307 £219
25th Percentile £300 £356 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £700 £325
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% +115.38% +30.00%
75th Percentile £484 £900 £378
90th Percentile £497 £930 £488
UK median daily rate £438 £700 £344
% change year-on-year -37.50% +103.64% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £14.43
25th Percentile - - £15.07
Median hourly rate - £23.00 £16.13
Median % change year-on-year - +42.59% -15.11%
75th Percentile - - £25.32
90th Percentile - - £30.83
UK median hourly rate - £23.00 £16.13
% change year-on-year - +42.59% -15.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 11,886 18,771 21,693
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 92.48% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,561 11,462 15,127
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -2.38% -3.40% +3.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 850 2,267 1,104
10th Percentile £13.83 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.73 £18.07
Median hourly rate £27.13 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.19% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.85 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.29% -18.89% +88.21%

Network Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Analyst in the UK excluding London

Network Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Network Analyst in the UK excluding London

Network Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Analyst in the UK excluding London

Network Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Network Analyst in the UK excluding London

Network Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 May 2025. 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
North of England +24 12 £458 +48.86% 5
South East +34 8 £290 -63.75% 1
Yorkshire +19 8 £478 - 5
South West +43 4 £300 -14.29% 1
North West +16 4 £425 +38.21%
West Midlands - 3 £550 -
Midlands - 3 £550 - 1
Network Analyst
UK

Network Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Network Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 11 (40.74%) SC Cleared
3 9 (33.33%) Data Centre
4 7 (25.93%) SolarWinds
5 6 (22.22%) Performance Monitoring
5 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 6 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (22.22%) Firewall
6 5 (18.52%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (18.52%) Cisco
6 5 (18.52%) CCNP
7 4 (14.81%) CCNA
7 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
7 4 (14.81%) Telecoms
7 4 (14.81%) Network Monitoring
7 4 (14.81%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (14.81%) Test Scripting
7 4 (14.81%) SCADA
8 3 (11.11%) JIRA
8 3 (11.11%) Wireshark
8 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (11.11%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (11.11%) Defect Management
8 3 (11.11%) RFC 2544
8 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (11.11%) Banking
8 3 (11.11%) HP
8 3 (11.11%) MPLS
8 3 (11.11%) MS Visio

Network Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (3.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) MS Visio
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) Azure
1 1 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) Firewall
2 3 (11.11%) LAN
2 3 (11.11%) MPLS
2 3 (11.11%) WAN
2 3 (11.11%) Wireshark
3 2 (7.41%) 5G
3 2 (7.41%) Diameter Protocol
3 2 (7.41%) Ethernet
3 2 (7.41%) Network Security
3 2 (7.41%) SDH
3 2 (7.41%) SIGTRAN
3 2 (7.41%) SMS
3 2 (7.41%) SS7
3 2 (7.41%) VoLTE
3 2 (7.41%) VoWiFi
4 1 (3.70%) ADSL
4 1 (3.70%) Broadband
4 1 (3.70%) DHCP
4 1 (3.70%) PSTN
4 1 (3.70%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Telecoms
3 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Banking
4 2 (7.41%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 4 (14.81%) SCADA
3 3 (11.11%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
1 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) Performance Monitoring
2 5 (18.52%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (14.81%) Network Monitoring
3 4 (14.81%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (14.81%) Test Scripting
4 3 (11.11%) Defect Management
4 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.41%) Agile
5 2 (7.41%) Analytics
5 2 (7.41%) Data Analytics
5 2 (7.41%) Internal Audit
5 2 (7.41%) ITIL
5 2 (7.41%) Network Design
5 2 (7.41%) Operational Acceptance Testing
5 2 (7.41%) Problem Management
5 2 (7.41%) Risk Management
5 2 (7.41%) Software Testing
5 2 (7.41%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (7.41%) Validation
Qualifications
1 15 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 11 (40.74%) SC Cleared
3 6 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (18.52%) CCNP
5 4 (14.81%) CCNA
6 2 (7.41%) Citrix Certification
6 2 (7.41%) Degree
7 1 (3.70%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.70%) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.70%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) HP ALM
2 1 (3.70%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) SolarWinds
2 5 (18.52%) Cisco
3 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
4 3 (11.11%) HP
5 2 (7.41%) Palo Alto
5 2 (7.41%) Sophos
6 1 (3.70%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.70%) Infoblox
6 1 (3.70%) Meraki
6 1 (3.70%) Salesforce