Network Architect Contracts in the South East

Network Architect
England > South East

The median Network Architect daily rate in the South East is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 152 213
Rank change year-on-year +77 +61 -47
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 145 65 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.61% 1.11% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.81% 1.18% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 30 32
10th Percentile £558 £460 £499
25th Percentile £625 £506 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £573 £625
Median % change year-on-year +13.54% -8.40% +17.92%
75th Percentile £684 £651 £688
90th Percentile £700 £711 £700
England median daily rate £650 £625 £634
% change year-on-year +4.00% -1.38% +20.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £60.92
% change year-on-year - +14.90% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,153 5,511 7,437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 94.43% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,094 3,838 5,032
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £394 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £613 £606 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 479 242 335
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.08 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.45 £43.85
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.98 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in the South East

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in the South East

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in the South East

Network Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architect in the South East

Network Architect
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 Architect within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 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
Hampshire +47 109 £650 +5.91% 4
Thames Valley +17 35 £573 +6.02%
Berkshire +7 35 £573 -6.53%
West Sussex - 1 - -
Network Architect
England

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 25 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 South East region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 130 (89.66%) Security Cleared
2 64 (44.14%) WAN
3 61 (42.07%) Network Management
4 60 (41.38%) Cisco
4 60 (41.38%) Juniper
5 50 (34.48%) LAN
6 46 (31.72%) Customer Requirements
7 35 (24.14%) SIEM
7 35 (24.14%) DV Cleared
8 33 (22.76%) Network Design
9 30 (20.69%) MPLS
10 28 (19.31%) BGP
11 27 (18.62%) F5
12 26 (17.93%) Presales
12 26 (17.93%) Finance
13 25 (17.24%) Technical Leadership
14 24 (16.55%) Cisco Firepower
14 24 (16.55%) Endace
14 24 (16.55%) VPN
14 24 (16.55%) SSL
15 21 (14.48%) SC Cleared
16 20 (13.79%) Agile
16 20 (13.79%) Project Management
17 19 (13.10%) Wi-Fi
17 19 (13.10%) Requirements Management
17 19 (13.10%) Public Sector
17 19 (13.10%) Project Delivery
18 15 (10.34%) Firewall
19 13 (8.97%) SD-WAN
20 11 (7.59%) Preventative Maintenance

Network Architect Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 64 (44.14%) WAN
2 50 (34.48%) LAN
3 30 (20.69%) MPLS
4 28 (19.31%) BGP
5 24 (16.55%) Cisco Firepower
5 24 (16.55%) SSL
5 24 (16.55%) VPN
6 19 (13.10%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (10.34%) Firewall
8 13 (8.97%) SD-WAN
9 4 (2.76%) CATAPAN
9 4 (2.76%) Internet
9 4 (2.76%) IPv4
9 4 (2.76%) IPv6
9 4 (2.76%) OSPF
9 4 (2.76%) VLAN
10 3 (2.07%) Junos
11 2 (1.38%) DAB
11 2 (1.38%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 2 (1.38%) NetScaler
General
1 26 (17.93%) Finance
2 19 (13.10%) Public Sector
3 4 (2.76%) Telecoms
4 1 (0.69%) Advertising
4 1 (0.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (0.69%) Local Government
4 1 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (0.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.38%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (1.38%) Data Centre
2 2 (1.38%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (0.69%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (42.07%) Network Management
2 46 (31.72%) Customer Requirements
3 35 (24.14%) SIEM
4 33 (22.76%) Network Design
5 26 (17.93%) Presales
6 25 (17.24%) Technical Leadership
7 20 (13.79%) Agile
7 20 (13.79%) Project Management
8 19 (13.10%) Project Delivery
8 19 (13.10%) Requirements Management
9 11 (7.59%) Network Architecture
9 11 (7.59%) Preventative Maintenance
10 6 (4.14%) Risk Management
11 5 (3.45%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (2.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 3 (2.07%) Data Protection
13 3 (2.07%) Requirements Gathering
14 2 (1.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 2 (1.38%) Migration
14 2 (1.38%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.38%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 130 (89.66%) Security Cleared
2 35 (24.14%) DV Cleared
3 21 (14.48%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.52%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (4.83%) CCNP
6 4 (2.76%) CCDP
6 4 (2.76%) JNCIS
7 3 (2.07%) CCNA
7 3 (2.07%) JNCIA
8 1 (0.69%) CCIE
8 1 (0.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.59%) SLA
2 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (1.38%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (16.55%) Endace
Vendors
1 60 (41.38%) Cisco
1 60 (41.38%) Juniper
2 27 (18.62%) F5
3 11 (7.59%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.69%) Dell
4 1 (0.69%) SolarWinds