The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Architect
Rank 200 207 243
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +36
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 3 11 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.047% 0.140% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.153% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 1
Average daily rate £450 £475 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -5.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - -
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5894 7192 8993
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.40% 91.44% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4333 5169 6545
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 186 197
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £133.00 £41.28 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Network Architect
London

Network Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Network Architect across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London Network Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Network Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Network Architect across the City of London region.

City of London Network Architect Daily Rate Trend

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Architect across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Network Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Network Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Network Architect across the City of London region.

City of London Network Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Network Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Network Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Network Architect in their job title.

1 6 (54.55%) Cisco
1 6 (54.55%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (45.45%) CCIE
2 5 (45.45%) WAN
3 4 (36.36%) Firewall
3 4 (36.36%) Banking
3 4 (36.36%) TOGAF
4 3 (27.27%) Network Architecture
4 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) CCNP
5 2 (18.18%) CCDP
5 2 (18.18%) ITIL
5 2 (18.18%) LAN
5 2 (18.18%) MPLS
5 2 (18.18%) OSPF
5 2 (18.18%) BGP
5 2 (18.18%) Change Management
5 2 (18.18%) Finance
5 2 (18.18%) Brocade
5 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (18.18%) Cisco IPT
5 2 (18.18%) F5
6 1 (9.091%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (9.091%) HSRP
6 1 (9.091%) Network Design
6 1 (9.091%) Investment Banking
6 1 (9.091%) VPLS
6 1 (9.091%) Cisco PIX
6 1 (9.091%) Cisco ASA

Network Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Network Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Network Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (9.091%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) WAN
2 4 (36.36%) Firewall
3 2 (18.18%) LAN
3 2 (18.18%) MPLS
3 2 (18.18%) OSPF
3 2 (18.18%) BGP
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (9.091%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (9.091%) HSRP
4 1 (9.091%) VPLS
4 1 (9.091%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (9.091%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (9.091%) IPsec
4 1 (9.091%) HTTP
4 1 (9.091%) IP Telephony
4 1 (9.091%) EIGRP
4 1 (9.091%) Internet
4 1 (9.091%) WLAN
General
1 4 (36.36%) Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 1 (9.091%) Investment Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) TOGAF
2 3 (27.27%) Network Architecture
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) Change Management
3 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (9.091%) Network Design
4 1 (9.091%) Service Management
4 1 (9.091%) Programme Management
4 1 (9.091%) Zachman Framework
4 1 (9.091%) RUP
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (45.45%) CCIE
3 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) CCNP
4 2 (18.18%) CCDP
5 1 (9.091%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Cisco
2 2 (18.18%) Brocade
2 2 (18.18%) F5
3 1 (9.091%) Riverbed
3 1 (9.091%) Juniper
3 1 (9.091%) CheckPoint