Network Support Analyst Contract Job Trends

Network Support Analyst
UK

The median Network Support Analyst daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 567 537 597
Rank change year-on-year -30 +60 +180
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support Analyst 8 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.009% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.010% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 2
10th Percentile £326 £207 £326
25th Percentile £356 £211 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £223 £388
Median % change year-on-year +113.48% -42.58% -5.14%
75th Percentile £488 £236 £422
90th Percentile - £240 £439
UK excluding London median daily rate £363 £223 £388
% change year-on-year +62.92% -42.58% -5.14%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 33,832 30,446 40,336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 92.70% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,457 18,648 27,012
10th Percentile £300 £291 £281
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,952 945 1,577
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.51 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.05 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.11 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.66% -27.78% +41.02%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.76 £46.09
% change year-on-year -20.81% -31.09% +78.99%

Network Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Support Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Network Support Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Network Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Support Analyst over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network Support Analyst in the UK

Network Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Network Support Analyst
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. 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 -46 8 £475 +113.48% 1
London - 5 £475 -
UK excluding London -51 3 £363 +62.92% 1
Work from Home - 2 £363 -
East of England - 2 £363 -
South East - 1 £263 -

Network Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 January 2026, Network Support Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Network Support Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 5 (62.50%) Change Management
2 5 (62.50%) IT Strategy
2 5 (62.50%) Network Architecture
2 5 (62.50%) Network Security
2 5 (62.50%) Security Operations
2 5 (62.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 5 (62.50%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (37.50%) Firewall
3 3 (37.50%) Palo Alto
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) Ansible
4 2 (25.00%) Apache
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco
4 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (25.00%) IIS
4 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (25.00%) Server Building
4 2 (25.00%) SolarWinds
4 2 (25.00%) Windows
4 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
5 1 (12.50%) Aruba
5 1 (12.50%) Mitel
5 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) SLA
5 1 (12.50%) Wireless

Network Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Apache
1 2 (25.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Network Security
1 5 (62.50%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (37.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (62.50%) Onboarding
1 5 (62.50%) Virtual Team
2 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 5 (62.50%) Change Management
2 5 (62.50%) IT Strategy
2 5 (62.50%) Network Architecture
2 5 (62.50%) Security Operations
2 5 (62.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) Server Building
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Palo Alto
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (12.50%) Aruba
3 1 (12.50%) Mitel