Network Architect Contracts in Berkshire

Network Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Network Architect daily rate in Berkshire is £573 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 98 109
Rank change year-on-year +13 +11 -27
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 35 15 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.77% 0.83% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 0.87% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 9
10th Percentile £457 £433 £510
25th Percentile £524 £469 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £613 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.53% +2.08% +33.33%
75th Percentile £597 £644 £663
90th Percentile £621 £650 £723
South East median daily rate £650 £570 £625
% change year-on-year +14.04% -8.80% +17.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,871 1,718 2,289
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 94.81% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 990 1,099 1,473
10th Percentile £213 £325 £205
25th Percentile £376 £419 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £580
90th Percentile £688 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 57 41
10th Percentile £18.85 £17.34 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.31 £21.65 £17.00
Median hourly rate £59.50 £56.89 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.60% +170.88% -2.33%
75th Percentile £70.47 £73.59 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.05 £79.61 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -13.40%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Network Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in Berkshire

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in Berkshire

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in Berkshire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in Berkshire

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architect within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Bracknell - 31 £525 -
Reading -14 2 - -
Slough - 2 £573 -
Network Architect
South East

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Network Architect 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 Berkshire region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 24 (68.57%) WAN
2 21 (60.00%) LAN
2 21 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 9 (25.71%) Public Sector
3 9 (25.71%) Cisco
4 8 (22.86%) MPLS
4 8 (22.86%) Network Architecture
5 6 (17.14%) Presales
5 6 (17.14%) Juniper
6 5 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (14.29%) VPN
6 5 (14.29%) BGP
7 4 (11.43%) F5
7 4 (11.43%) Firewall
7 4 (11.43%) Telecoms
7 4 (11.43%) CCNP
7 4 (11.43%) Internet
8 3 (8.57%) CCDP
8 3 (8.57%) IPv4
8 3 (8.57%) IPv6
8 3 (8.57%) Finance
8 3 (8.57%) JNCIS
8 3 (8.57%) OSPF
8 3 (8.57%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (8.57%) Data Protection
8 3 (8.57%) VLAN
8 3 (8.57%) Fortinet
8 3 (8.57%) CATAPAN
8 3 (8.57%) Technical Leadership
9 2 (5.71%) Onboarding

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 24 (68.57%) WAN
2 21 (60.00%) LAN
3 8 (22.86%) MPLS
4 5 (14.29%) BGP
4 5 (14.29%) VPN
5 4 (11.43%) Firewall
5 4 (11.43%) Internet
6 3 (8.57%) CATAPAN
6 3 (8.57%) IPv4
6 3 (8.57%) IPv6
6 3 (8.57%) OSPF
6 3 (8.57%) VLAN
7 2 (5.71%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (5.71%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (5.71%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (5.71%) NetScaler
7 2 (5.71%) SSL
8 1 (2.86%) DAB
8 1 (2.86%) Junos
8 1 (2.86%) Unified Communications
General
1 9 (25.71%) Public Sector
2 4 (11.43%) Telecoms
3 3 (8.57%) Finance
4 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (5.71%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.86%) Network Architecture
2 6 (17.14%) Presales
3 3 (8.57%) Data Protection
3 3 (8.57%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (5.71%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (5.71%) Migration
4 2 (5.71%) Network Design
4 2 (5.71%) Network Management
4 2 (5.71%) Project Management
5 1 (2.86%) Business Analysis
5 1 (2.86%) eTOM
5 1 (2.86%) ITIL
5 1 (2.86%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (2.86%) Project Delivery
5 1 (2.86%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (2.86%) Service Design
5 1 (2.86%) Traceability Matrix
5 1 (2.86%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 21 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (11.43%) CCNP
4 3 (8.57%) CCDP
4 3 (8.57%) JNCIS
5 2 (5.71%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.86%) CCIE
6 1 (2.86%) CCNA
6 1 (2.86%) Degree
6 1 (2.86%) JNCIA
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Endace
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) Cisco
2 6 (17.14%) Juniper
3 4 (11.43%) F5
4 3 (8.57%) Fortinet