Network Architecture Contracts in England

Network Architecture
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Network Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Architecture over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 393 483 597
Rank change year-on-year +90 +114 -96
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 145 173 187
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.39% 0.34% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.38% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 126 101
10th Percentile £451 £406 £400
25th Percentile £520 £510 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +9.65% +14.00%
75th Percentile £659 £680 £700
90th Percentile £774 £719 £738
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £569
% change year-on-year -4.00% +9.79% +13.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 14
10th Percentile £21.10 £36.70 £28.41
25th Percentile £31.75 £62.50 £30.87
Median hourly rate £52.00 £65.00 £48.04
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +35.30% -3.92%
75th Percentile £74.75 £68.75 £52.00
90th Percentile £86.90 £69.50 £63.50
UK median hourly rate £52.00 £66.25 £48.04
% change year-on-year -21.51% +37.91% -3.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Network Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,992 45,544 64,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,975 31,977 45,770
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,592 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Network Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in England

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Architecture in England.

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in England

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architecture in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architecture in England

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Architecture in England.

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in England

Network Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Architecture in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Architecture in England

Network Architecture
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architecture within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
London +88 52 £575 -8.00% 18
South East +34 49 £590 +11.23% 6
Midlands +22 23 £613 -9.93% 7
West Midlands +28 17 £650 -4.41% 6
South West +7 10 £725 +11.54% 9
East Midlands +17 6 £600 -15.49% 1
North of England +31 5 £610 +19.90% 11
Yorkshire - 3 £610 - 4
North West +18 1 - - 6
East of England +9 1 £575 - 2
North East - 1 - - 1
Network Architecture
UK

Network Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (2.07%) nginx
2 1 (0.69%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 25 (17.24%) Azure
2 22 (15.17%) AWS
3 6 (4.14%) GCP
3 6 (4.14%) SaaS
4 5 (3.45%) Cloudflare
4 5 (3.45%) GitHub
5 4 (2.76%) Azure Logic Apps
5 4 (2.76%) IaaS
5 4 (2.76%) PaaS
6 3 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.07%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.07%) Nutanix
7 2 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (1.38%) Azure API Management
7 2 (1.38%) Azure Event Grid
7 2 (1.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 57 (39.31%) Firewall
2 52 (35.86%) WAN
3 35 (24.14%) LAN
3 35 (24.14%) VPN
4 32 (22.07%) Network Security
5 26 (17.93%) MPLS
6 21 (14.48%) SD-WAN
7 19 (13.10%) BGP
7 19 (13.10%) DNS
8 18 (12.41%) OSPF
9 16 (11.03%) SNA
10 13 (8.97%) TCP/IP
10 13 (8.97%) VLAN
11 12 (8.28%) Cisco Nexus
11 12 (8.28%) DHCP
11 12 (8.28%) WLAN
12 11 (7.59%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (6.90%) Cisco ASA
13 10 (6.90%) Internet
13 10 (6.90%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.38%) NoSQL
1 2 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.69%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.69%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.69%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (5.52%) Git
2 5 (3.45%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.76%) JIRA
4 2 (1.38%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.69%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.69%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.69%) Maven
5 1 (0.69%) Selenium
5 1 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 29 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 25 (17.24%) Social Skills
3 18 (12.41%) Finance
4 15 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 9 (6.21%) Financial Institution
7 7 (4.83%) Banking
8 6 (4.14%) Mandarin Language
8 6 (4.14%) Military
9 4 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.76%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.76%) Multimedia
9 4 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.07%) Marketing
11 2 (1.38%) Automotive
11 2 (1.38%) Electronics
11 2 (1.38%) Law
11 2 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.69%) Aviation
12 1 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 47 (32.41%) Architect
2 46 (31.72%) Network Engineer
3 31 (21.38%) Network Architect
4 22 (15.17%) Lead
5 15 (10.34%) Senior
6 10 (6.90%) Security Engineer
7 7 (4.83%) Analyst
7 7 (4.83%) Lead Architect
7 7 (4.83%) Security Architect
7 7 (4.83%) Senior Network Engineer
7 7 (4.83%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.45%) Azure Architect
8 5 (3.45%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (3.45%) Enterprise Architect
8 5 (3.45%) Network Security Engineer
8 5 (3.45%) Project Manager
8 5 (3.45%) Security Manager
9 4 (2.76%) Delivery Manager
9 4 (2.76%) Senior Delivery Manager
9 4 (2.76%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.59%) Web Services
2 8 (5.52%) YAML
3 3 (2.07%) .NET
4 2 (1.38%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.69%) LDAP
5 1 (0.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (18.62%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.21%) Management Information System
2 9 (6.21%) PKI
3 7 (4.83%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (4.83%) Public Cloud
3 7 (4.83%) Security Posture
4 6 (4.14%) CCTV
4 6 (4.14%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.76%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.76%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (2.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (2.07%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.38%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.38%) NHS
8 2 (1.38%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.38%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.69%) Machine to Machine
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.34%) Windows
2 8 (5.52%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.76%) Linux
4 2 (1.38%) Unix
5 1 (0.69%) Android
5 1 (0.69%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (14.48%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (12.41%) Zero Trust
3 16 (11.03%) Agile
3 16 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 16 (11.03%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (11.03%) Programme Management
4 15 (10.34%) Infrastructure as Code
4 15 (10.34%) Project Delivery
5 13 (8.97%) Network Design
6 12 (8.28%) ITIL
6 12 (8.28%) Project Management
7 11 (7.59%) Architectural Design
7 11 (7.59%) Cloud Security
7 11 (7.59%) Computer Science
7 11 (7.59%) High Availability
7 11 (7.59%) Migration
8 10 (6.90%) Analytics
9 9 (6.21%) Data Analytics
9 9 (6.21%) SDLC
9 9 (6.21%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.79%) Python
2 11 (7.59%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.07%) C#
3 3 (2.07%) Java
4 2 (1.38%) PHP
4 2 (1.38%) Ruby
5 1 (0.69%) Bash
5 1 (0.69%) C
5 1 (0.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (29.66%) Security Cleared
2 35 (24.14%) SC Cleared
3 31 (21.38%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (15.86%) Degree
5 17 (11.72%) CCNP
6 16 (11.03%) CCIE
7 12 (8.28%) DV Cleared
8 10 (6.90%) CCNA
9 9 (6.21%) CCIE Data Center
9 9 (6.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (4.14%) PMI Certification
10 6 (4.14%) PMP
11 4 (2.76%) CISSP
12 3 (2.07%) BC Cleared
12 3 (2.07%) CISM
12 3 (2.07%) JNCIS
13 2 (1.38%) Azure Certification
13 2 (1.38%) CCDP
13 2 (1.38%) GIAC
13 2 (1.38%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.07%) GDPR
2 3 (2.07%) PCI DSS
2 3 (2.07%) QA
3 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.69%) COBIT
3 1 (0.69%) GRC
3 1 (0.69%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.69%) NIST
3 1 (0.69%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.69%) SLA
3 1 (0.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (10.34%) VMware NSX
2 10 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.21%) Active Directory
4 8 (5.52%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.76%) Hyper-V
6 3 (2.07%) Docker
6 3 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.38%) Squid
8 1 (0.69%) iptables
Systems Management
1 16 (11.03%) Ansible
1 16 (11.03%) Terraform
2 11 (7.59%) vRealize
3 8 (5.52%) vCenter Server
4 4 (2.76%) Progress Chef
4 4 (2.76%) Puppet
4 4 (2.76%) VxRail
5 3 (2.07%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.38%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.38%) HAProxy
6 2 (1.38%) RSA Archer
6 2 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.69%) CASB
7 1 (0.69%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 43 (29.66%) Cisco
2 24 (16.55%) F5
3 23 (15.86%) SolarWinds
4 20 (13.79%) VMware
5 19 (13.10%) Microsoft
5 19 (13.10%) Palo Alto
6 15 (10.34%) CheckPoint
6 15 (10.34%) Fortinet
7 14 (9.66%) Juniper
8 12 (8.28%) Zscaler
9 6 (4.14%) Huawei
9 6 (4.14%) LogRhythm
9 6 (4.14%) Meraki
9 6 (4.14%) ServiceNow
10 5 (3.45%) Aruba
10 5 (3.45%) Citrix
10 5 (3.45%) Google
10 5 (3.45%) Infoblox
10 5 (3.45%) Symantec
11 4 (2.76%) Dell