Network Analyst
UK

The median Network Analyst salary in the UK is £48,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

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

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 743 854 1122
Rank change year-on-year +111 +268 -256
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Analyst 140 105 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.11% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.12% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 115 75 87
10th Percentile £36,250 £23,000 £27,650
25th Percentile £36,625 £31,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.12% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £47,250 £50,625
90th Percentile £73,000 £65,000 £64,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £33,706 £42,500
% change year-on-year +43.89% -20.69% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 94,483 90,798 154,064
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 91.49% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,539 57,358 84,412
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,526
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Analyst in the UK

Network Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Analyst over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Analyst in the UK

Network Analyst
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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 +144 134 £48,500 +14.12% 22
UK excluding London +30 93 £48,500 +43.89% 8
West Midlands +59 52 £48,500 +39.57% 1
Midlands +38 52 £48,500 +39.57% 1
London +119 46 £65,000 +39.78% 15
Work from Home +74 40 £48,500 +14.12% 10
South East +14 20 £37,500 - 5
South West -8 12 £48,500 +38.57%
Scotland - 5 £49,250 -
Yorkshire +72 4 £30,000 +0.84%
North of England +43 4 £30,000 -23.57% 2

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Network Analyst 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 permanent job ads featuring Network Analyst in the job title.

1 79 (56.43%) LAN
2 77 (55.00%) Cisco Certification
3 74 (52.86%) SD-WAN
4 68 (48.57%) WAN
5 63 (45.00%) CCNA
6 57 (40.71%) CCNP
7 56 (40.00%) Cisco
8 54 (38.57%) WLAN
9 51 (36.43%) MPLS
10 47 (33.57%) OSPF
10 47 (33.57%) BGP
11 36 (25.71%) CCIE
11 36 (25.71%) CCDP
12 32 (22.86%) Firewall
13 29 (20.71%) Microsoft
14 25 (17.86%) Project Delivery
15 23 (16.43%) Wireless
16 21 (15.00%) Palo Alto
17 20 (14.29%) Security Cleared
18 16 (11.43%) Network Security
19 15 (10.71%) VoIP
19 15 (10.71%) TCP/IP
19 15 (10.71%) VPN
19 15 (10.71%) ITIL
19 15 (10.71%) CheckPoint
19 15 (10.71%) Azure
19 15 (10.71%) Social Skills
20 14 (10.00%) Meraki
20 14 (10.00%) Data Centre
20 14 (10.00%) Internet

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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (5.71%) Skype for Business
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.43%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 15 (10.71%) Azure
2 6 (4.29%) Power Platform
3 3 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.43%) Datadog
4 2 (1.43%) Google Workspace
4 2 (1.43%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 79 (56.43%) LAN
2 74 (52.86%) SD-WAN
3 68 (48.57%) WAN
4 54 (38.57%) WLAN
5 51 (36.43%) MPLS
6 47 (33.57%) BGP
6 47 (33.57%) OSPF
7 32 (22.86%) Firewall
8 23 (16.43%) Wireless
9 16 (11.43%) Network Security
10 15 (10.71%) TCP/IP
10 15 (10.71%) VoIP
10 15 (10.71%) VPN
11 14 (10.00%) Internet
12 11 (7.86%) DNS
12 11 (7.86%) VLAN
13 10 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (5.71%) Reverse Proxy
14 8 (5.71%) Skype
14 8 (5.71%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.29%) Power BI
2 4 (2.86%) Amazon QuickSight
2 4 (2.86%) Tableau
3 1 (0.71%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (10.71%) Social Skills
2 13 (9.29%) Law
3 10 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (6.43%) Finance
4 9 (6.43%) Retail
5 5 (3.57%) Legal
6 4 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.71%) Aviation
7 1 (0.71%) Banking
7 1 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.71%) 802.1X
1 8 (5.71%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.43%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.71%) Client/Server
3 8 (5.71%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (5.00%) FMCG
5 4 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.71%) Linux
1 1 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (0.71%) Windows
1 1 (0.71%) Windows 10
1 1 (0.71%) Windows Server
1 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (17.86%) Project Delivery
2 15 (10.71%) ITIL
3 12 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (7.14%) Change Management
5 9 (6.43%) Information Security
5 9 (6.43%) Network Virtualisation
6 8 (5.71%) Change Control
6 8 (5.71%) Infrastructure Management
6 8 (5.71%) Load Balancing
7 7 (5.00%) Business Analysis
7 7 (5.00%) Demand Management
7 7 (5.00%) High Availability
7 7 (5.00%) Network Architecture
7 7 (5.00%) Release Management
7 7 (5.00%) SFIA
8 6 (4.29%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (4.29%) Business Strategy
8 6 (4.29%) Process Improvement
9 5 (3.57%) Service Delivery
10 4 (2.86%) Economics
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 77 (55.00%) Cisco Certification
2 63 (45.00%) CCNA
3 57 (40.71%) CCNP
4 36 (25.71%) CCDP
4 36 (25.71%) CCIE
5 20 (14.29%) Security Cleared
6 10 (7.14%) Degree
7 7 (5.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
8 2 (1.43%) ACCA
8 2 (1.43%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.43%) CEH
8 2 (1.43%) CIMA
8 2 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (1.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.71%) CISA
9 1 (0.71%) CISM
9 1 (0.71%) CISSP
9 1 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.71%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.71%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 9 (6.43%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.00%) Firmware
3 6 (4.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.71%) IAG
Systems Management
1 8 (5.71%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (5.00%) FortiGate
3 2 (1.43%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (1.43%) Terraform
4 1 (0.71%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.71%) Nessus
4 1 (0.71%) WSUS
Vendors
1 56 (40.00%) Cisco
2 29 (20.71%) Microsoft
3 21 (15.00%) Palo Alto
4 15 (10.71%) CheckPoint
5 14 (10.00%) Meraki
6 13 (9.29%) Juniper
7 9 (6.43%) Citrix
8 8 (5.71%) Ribbon
8 8 (5.71%) VMware
9 7 (5.00%) Ekahau
10 3 (2.14%) Zscaler
11 2 (1.43%) Alteryx
11 2 (1.43%) Aruba
11 2 (1.43%) Google
11 2 (1.43%) HP
11 2 (1.43%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (1.43%) NetApp
11 2 (1.43%) SAP
11 2 (1.43%) SolarWinds
11 2 (1.43%) Veeam