Network Architecture Contracts in the South West

Network Architecture
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 150 155
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 -30
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 10 18 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.31% 0.49% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.55% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 18 4
10th Percentile £643 £583 £302
25th Percentile £669 £613 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £650 £444
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +46.48% +4.41%
75th Percentile £819 £692 £605
90th Percentile £868 £723 £613
England median daily rate £600 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £50.63
25th Percentile £85.00 - £52.00
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £52.75
75th Percentile £95.00 - £64.13
90th Percentile - - £67.63
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 West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,650 3,299 3,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.97% 89.57% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,714 2,417 2,348
10th Percentile £223 £313 £301
25th Percentile £406 £425 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +9.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £625 £640 £588
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 348 194
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.63 £17.69 £17.25
Median hourly rate £47.83 £61.50 £48.38
Median % change year-on-year -22.23% +27.13% +7.50%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £64.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.34 £69.95
England median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
% change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in the South West

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in the South West

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architecture in the South West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architecture in the South West

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in the South West

Network Architecture
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 24 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
Wiltshire -1 6 £788 +16.67% 1
Bristol +15 3 £650 +1.96% 4
Somerset +2 1 - - 1
Network Architecture
England

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (10.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) WAN
2 4 (40.00%) LAN
2 4 (40.00%) Unified Communications
2 4 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (30.00%) Firewall
4 2 (20.00%) Network Security
4 2 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 2 (20.00%) VPN
5 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (10.00%) MPLS
5 1 (10.00%) VoIP
General
1 6 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (20.00%) Electronics
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (20.00%) Marketing
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (10.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Architect
2 6 (60.00%) Lead
3 5 (50.00%) Lead Architect
3 5 (50.00%) Network Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Information Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Security Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) SIEM Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) CSOC
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) IT Strategy
1 4 (40.00%) Network Management
1 4 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 4 (40.00%) Zero Trust
2 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (20.00%) Information Security
3 2 (20.00%) Line Management
3 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (10.00%) Analytics
4 1 (10.00%) ArchiMate
4 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) SIEM
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) CCNP
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) CCNA
4 1 (10.00%) CCSP
4 1 (10.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) GRC
1 1 (10.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) NIST
1 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (10.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco
1 2 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (10.00%) Google
2 1 (10.00%) Juniper