The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the 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 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Architect
Rank 369 375 413
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +38
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 18 43 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.082% 0.157% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.170% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 26 10
Average daily rate £450 £463 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% -5.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £343 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £605 £688 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £425 £456
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -6.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20276 25280 28359
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.19% 92.47% 92.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 13665 16302 18233
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 454 629 676
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Network Architect
England

Network Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 London region.

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 London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

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 London region.

London Network Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Network Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architect within the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +2 4 £443 -6.84%
Network Architect
England

Network Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 30 (60.00%) Cisco
2 21 (42.00%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (34.00%) CCIE
4 15 (30.00%) WAN
4 15 (30.00%) LAN
4 15 (30.00%) OSPF
4 15 (30.00%) BGP
5 14 (28.00%) Firewall
5 14 (28.00%) TOGAF
6 13 (26.00%) MPLS
7 10 (20.00%) VPN
8 8 (16.00%) Finance
8 8 (16.00%) F5
9 7 (14.00%) Banking
9 7 (14.00%) Security Cleared
9 7 (14.00%) HP
9 7 (14.00%) Juniper
10 6 (12.00%) EIGRP
10 6 (12.00%) Telecoms
10 6 (12.00%) Network Design
11 5 (10.00%) IP Telephony
11 5 (10.00%) Brocade
11 5 (10.00%) VLAN
11 5 (10.00%) Network Security
11 5 (10.00%) CheckPoint
11 5 (10.00%) Internet
11 5 (10.00%) Microsoft
11 5 (10.00%) ITIL
12 4 (8.000%) WLAN
12 4 (8.000%) TCP/IP

Network Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 (2.000%) XMPP
1 1 (2.000%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 15 (30.00%) WAN
1 15 (30.00%) LAN
1 15 (30.00%) OSPF
1 15 (30.00%) BGP
2 14 (28.00%) Firewall
3 13 (26.00%) MPLS
4 10 (20.00%) VPN
5 6 (12.00%) EIGRP
6 5 (10.00%) IP Telephony
6 5 (10.00%) VLAN
6 5 (10.00%) Network Security
6 5 (10.00%) Internet
7 4 (8.000%) WLAN
7 4 (8.000%) TCP/IP
7 4 (8.000%) Wireless
7 4 (8.000%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (6.000%) Extranet
8 3 (6.000%) Intranet
8 3 (6.000%) SAN
8 3 (6.000%) IPv4
General
1 8 (16.00%) Finance
2 7 (14.00%) Banking
3 6 (12.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.000%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.000%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.000%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.000%) Data Integration
2 2 (4.000%) IVR
3 1 (2.000%) Hedge funds
3 1 (2.000%) Open Source
3 1 (2.000%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.000%) Visualisation
3 1 (2.000%) Handset
3 1 (2.000%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.000%) Windows
1 1 (2.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.00%) TOGAF
2 6 (12.00%) Network Design
3 5 (10.00%) ITIL
4 4 (8.000%) Migration
4 4 (8.000%) Data Architecture
5 3 (6.000%) Network Architecture
5 3 (6.000%) Network Management
5 3 (6.000%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (6.000%) Software Engineering
5 3 (6.000%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (6.000%) Data Modelling
6 2 (4.000%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (4.000%) Validation
6 2 (4.000%) Service Management
6 2 (4.000%) Service Delivery
6 2 (4.000%) Change Management
6 2 (4.000%) Project Management
6 2 (4.000%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (4.000%) Zachman Framework
6 2 (4.000%) Capacity Planning
Qualifications
1 21 (42.00%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (34.00%) CCIE
3 7 (14.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (8.000%) CCNP
4 4 (8.000%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.000%) CCNA
5 2 (4.000%) CCDP
6 1 (2.000%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.000%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.000%) PCI DSS
1 3 (6.000%) QA
2 1 (2.000%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.000%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 30 (60.00%) Cisco
2 8 (16.00%) F5
3 7 (14.00%) HP
3 7 (14.00%) Juniper
4 5 (10.00%) Brocade
4 5 (10.00%) CheckPoint
4 5 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (6.000%) Nokia
6 2 (4.000%) Citrix
6 2 (4.000%) Avaya
6 2 (4.000%) Teradata
7 1 (2.000%) Mitel
7 1 (2.000%) Huawei
7 1 (2.000%) Riverbed