Network Architecture Contracts in the South East

Network Architecture
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 152 186 245
Rank change year-on-year +34 +59 -60
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 49 35 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.89% 0.60% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.67% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 15 3
10th Percentile £439 £414 £513
25th Percentile £514 £430 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £530 £575
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% -7.83% +13.86%
75th Percentile £653 £600 £606
90th Percentile £727 £665 £618
England median daily rate £600 £625 £570
% change year-on-year -4.00% +9.65% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - £36.70 -
25th Percentile - £62.50 £46.25
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -
75th Percentile - £68.75 £48.75
90th Percentile - £69.50 -
England median hourly rate £52.00 £65.00 £48.04
% change year-on-year -20.00% +35.30% -3.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,683 5,187 6,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.85% 89.29% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,599 4,696
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £404 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 219 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.83 £15.72
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -15.89%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.71
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.83 £62.70
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Network Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in the South East

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Architecture in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in the South East

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Architecture in the South East

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Architecture in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in the South East

Network Architecture
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Thames Valley +18 32 £550 -8.33% 3
Berkshire +12 25 £500 +11.11% 2
Hampshire +7 15 £590 +2.46% 2
Buckinghamshire +23 7 £590 -1.67% 1
Surrey +15 2 £738 +40.48% 1
Network Architecture
England

Network Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.41%) AWS
2 7 (14.29%) Azure
3 4 (8.16%) Azure Logic Apps
3 4 (8.16%) IaaS
3 4 (8.16%) PaaS
3 4 (8.16%) SaaS
4 2 (4.08%) Azure API Management
4 2 (4.08%) Azure Event Grid
4 2 (4.08%) Cloudflare
4 2 (4.08%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.04%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 18 (36.73%) Firewall
2 7 (14.29%) MPLS
2 7 (14.29%) VPN
3 6 (12.24%) DNS
3 6 (12.24%) Radio Access Network
4 5 (10.20%) Network Security
5 4 (8.16%) 3G
5 4 (8.16%) 4G
5 4 (8.16%) 5G
5 4 (8.16%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (8.16%) Diameter Protocol
5 4 (8.16%) GGSN
5 4 (8.16%) Internet
5 4 (8.16%) LTE
5 4 (8.16%) RANAP
5 4 (8.16%) SGSN
5 4 (8.16%) SNA
5 4 (8.16%) VoLTE
5 4 (8.16%) Wireshark
6 3 (6.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) DynamoDB
1 1 (2.04%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.04%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Git
2 2 (4.08%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.04%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (24.49%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.41%) Telecoms
3 4 (8.16%) Multimedia
3 4 (8.16%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.12%) Finance
5 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.08%) Automotive
5 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.04%) Banking
6 1 (2.04%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.04%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (34.69%) Network Engineer
2 14 (28.57%) Architect
3 11 (22.45%) Network Architect
4 10 (20.41%) Lead
5 5 (10.20%) Security Engineer
5 5 (10.20%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.12%) Network Security Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Cloud Architect
7 2 (4.08%) Junior
7 2 (4.08%) Lead Architect
7 2 (4.08%) OSS Business Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Transformation Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) VMware Engineer
8 1 (2.04%) Automation Engineer
8 1 (2.04%) Azure Architect
8 1 (2.04%) Azure Engineer
8 1 (2.04%) Cloud Engineer
8 1 (2.04%) Juniper Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) .NET
1 3 (6.12%) YAML
2 2 (4.08%) Web Services
3 1 (2.04%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Public Cloud
2 3 (6.12%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (6.12%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.08%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.04%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.04%) PKI
4 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.12%) Windows
2 2 (4.08%) Unix
3 1 (2.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (12.24%) Computer Science
3 5 (10.20%) Cloud Security
3 5 (10.20%) Data Protection
3 5 (10.20%) Microservices
3 5 (10.20%) Migration
4 4 (8.16%) API Management
4 4 (8.16%) Customer Experience
4 4 (8.16%) DevSecOps
4 4 (8.16%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (8.16%) Performance Improvement
4 4 (8.16%) SDLC
4 4 (8.16%) Security Monitoring
4 4 (8.16%) Statistics
4 4 (8.16%) Zero Trust
5 3 (6.12%) High Availability
5 3 (6.12%) ITSM
5 3 (6.12%) Project Management
5 3 (6.12%) Security Architecture
5 3 (6.12%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.24%) Python
2 3 (6.12%) C#
2 3 (6.12%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.08%) Java
3 2 (4.08%) PHP
3 2 (4.08%) Ruby
4 1 (2.04%) C
4 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (26.53%) Security Cleared
2 10 (20.41%) SC Cleared
3 9 (18.37%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (14.29%) Degree
5 6 (12.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (8.16%) CCNA
6 4 (8.16%) CCNP
7 3 (6.12%) CCIE
8 2 (4.08%) Azure Certification
8 2 (4.08%) CCDP
8 2 (4.08%) JNCIS
9 1 (2.04%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.04%) COBIT
System Software
1 7 (14.29%) VMware NSX
2 5 (10.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.12%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
4 2 (4.08%) Docker
4 2 (4.08%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.08%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (10.20%) Ansible
2 4 (8.16%) Terraform
2 4 (8.16%) vRealize
3 3 (6.12%) vCenter Server
4 2 (4.08%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.08%) RSA Archer
4 2 (4.08%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.04%) Progress Chef
5 1 (2.04%) Puppet
5 1 (2.04%) VxRail
Vendors
1 15 (30.61%) F5
2 13 (26.53%) SolarWinds
3 10 (20.41%) VMware
4 7 (14.29%) Cisco
5 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
6 4 (8.16%) Empirix
6 4 (8.16%) Fortinet
6 4 (8.16%) NetScout
7 3 (6.12%) ServiceNow
8 2 (4.08%) CheckPoint
8 2 (4.08%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (4.08%) Juniper
8 2 (4.08%) Nokia
8 2 (4.08%) Zscaler
9 1 (2.04%) Citrix
9 1 (2.04%) Dell
9 1 (2.04%) LogRhythm