Network Analyst Contracts

Network Analyst
UK

The median Network Analyst daily rate in the UK is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 551 643 780
Rank change year-on-year +92 +137 -103
Contract jobs requiring a Network Analyst 20 44 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.077% 0.073%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.082% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 24 45
10th Percentile £312 £219 £169
25th Percentile £408 £280 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £344 £375
Median % change year-on-year +103.64% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £881 £488 £438
90th Percentile £926 £543 £545
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £325 £250
% change year-on-year +115.38% +30.00% -33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - £14.43 £18.55
25th Percentile - £15.07 £18.63
Median hourly rate £23.00 £16.13 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.59% -15.11% -
75th Percentile - £25.32 £19.38
90th Percentile - £30.83 £19.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £16.13 £19.00
% change year-on-year +42.59% -15.11% -

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 39,507 53,867 83,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,620 58,687
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,498 2,036
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.29 £19.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £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 18 May 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 11 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 18 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +86 18 £700 +107.41% 21
UK excluding London +47 17 £700 +115.38% 8
South East +32 11 £800 +185.71% 6
Work from Home +96 5 £458 +35.56% 10
North of England +35 5 £308 -23.89% 2
London +87 2 £700 +47.37% 14
North West +21 2 £308 -54.44% 2
Yorkshire +16 2 - -
Scotland +40 1 £600 +60.00%
South West +5 1 £350 +47.37%
North East - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 13 (65.00%) Network Security
2 10 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (50.00%) CCNP
2 10 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 9 (45.00%) Cisco
4 8 (40.00%) Firewall
5 7 (35.00%) Juniper
5 7 (35.00%) Cisco ASA
5 7 (35.00%) Time Management
5 7 (35.00%) DV Cleared
5 7 (35.00%) Cisco ISE
5 7 (35.00%) Palo Alto
5 7 (35.00%) ScienceLogic
6 6 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (30.00%) Decision-Making
6 6 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (30.00%) CISM
6 6 (30.00%) Nessus
6 6 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 5 (25.00%) Security Posture
8 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
8 4 (20.00%) Degree
9 3 (15.00%) CCNA
9 3 (15.00%) WAN
9 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
9 3 (15.00%) Information Security
9 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
10 2 (10.00%) Meraki
10 2 (10.00%) Data Privacy

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 1 (5.00%) Apache
1 1 (5.00%) EPiServer
1 1 (5.00%) IIS
1 1 (5.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (5.00%) WebSphere
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 13 (65.00%) Network Security
2 8 (40.00%) Firewall
3 7 (35.00%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (35.00%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (15.00%) WAN
5 2 (10.00%) DNS
5 2 (10.00%) Internet
5 2 (10.00%) LAN
5 2 (10.00%) SD-WAN
6 1 (5.00%) 4G
6 1 (5.00%) 5G
6 1 (5.00%) BIG-IP
6 1 (5.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (5.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (5.00%) MPLS
6 1 (5.00%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (5.00%) Unified Communications
6 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (5.00%) Wireless
6 1 (5.00%) WLAN
General
1 6 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
1 6 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) .NET
1 1 (5.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) 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%) PKI
3 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Time Management
2 6 (30.00%) Decision-Making
2 6 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (15.00%) Information Security
4 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (10.00%) Data Privacy
4 2 (10.00%) Digital Strategy
4 2 (10.00%) Network Planning
4 2 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (10.00%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (10.00%) Workflow
4 2 (10.00%) Workload Management
5 1 (5.00%) Backlog Refinement
5 1 (5.00%) Business Enablement
5 1 (5.00%) Business Strategy
5 1 (5.00%) Cost Optimisation
5 1 (5.00%) Epics
5 1 (5.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (5.00%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Java
1 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) CCNP
1 10 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 10 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (35.00%) DV Cleared
3 6 (30.00%) CISM
4 4 (20.00%) Degree
5 3 (15.00%) CCNA
5 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (10.00%) CISSP
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 6 (30.00%) Nessus
2 1 (5.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Cisco
2 7 (35.00%) Juniper
2 7 (35.00%) Palo Alto
2 7 (35.00%) ScienceLogic
3 2 (10.00%) Meraki
3 2 (10.00%) Nortel
4 1 (5.00%) CA
4 1 (5.00%) F5
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft