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 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 569 545 621
Rank change year-on-year -24 +76 +215
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support Analyst 8 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.023% 0.005% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.006% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £298 - £333
25th Percentile £359 £228 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £235 £450
Median % change year-on-year +102.13% -47.78% +216.90%
75th Percentile £488 £243 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £263 £235 £450
% change year-on-year +11.70% -47.78% +216.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 31,811 33,985 44,100
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 92.88% 93.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,179 20,513 30,002
10th Percentile £278 £300 £295
25th Percentile £402 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,817 1,273 1,546
10th Percentile £14.03 £15.10 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +53.98%
75th Percentile £51.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.25 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.65% -20.79% +85.42%

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 8 November 2025.

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 5 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 8 November 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
England -13 8 £475 +102.13% 5
UK excluding London -27 6 £263 +11.70% 3
East of England - 5 - -
London - 2 £475 - 2
South East - 1 £263 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, 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 5 (62.50%) CCNA
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco IOS
1 5 (62.50%) Computer Science
1 5 (62.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
1 5 (62.50%) DHCP
1 5 (62.50%) DNS
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (62.50%) PuTTY
1 5 (62.50%) ServiceNow
2 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Network Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Network Security
3 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (12.50%) Aruba
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall
4 1 (12.50%) Mitel
4 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) SLA
4 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:

Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco IOS
1 5 (62.50%) DHCP
1 5 (62.50%) DNS
1 5 (62.50%) PuTTY
2 2 (25.00%) Network Security
2 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 5 (62.50%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Network Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CCNA
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (62.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) Aruba
2 1 (12.50%) Mitel
2 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto