Network Architecture Contracts in the Thames Valley

Network Architecture
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 109 137 160
Rank change year-on-year +28 +23 -40
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 32 19 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.18% 0.65% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 0.70% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 3
10th Percentile £413 £430 £368
25th Percentile £475 £460 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £655 £649 £563
90th Percentile £687 £738 £600
South East median daily rate £590 £575 £538
% change year-on-year +2.46% +7.04% +6.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,374 2,706 3,104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.47% 91.98% 88.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,332 1,876 2,095
10th Percentile £213 £320 £225
25th Percentile £363 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 63 86
10th Percentile £15.48 £18.70 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.71 £25.23 £12.10
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +200.00% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.11 £25.55
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.88
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -11.76%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in the Thames Valley

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Architecture in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in the Thames Valley

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Architecture in the Thames Valley

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Architecture in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in the Thames Valley

Network Architecture
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +8 25 £500 +2.04% 3
Buckinghamshire +32 7 £590 -1.67% 1
Network Architecture
South East

Network Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) Azure
2 4 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
2 4 (12.50%) IaaS
2 4 (12.50%) PaaS
2 4 (12.50%) SaaS
3 3 (9.38%) AWS
4 2 (6.25%) Azure API Management
4 2 (6.25%) Azure Event Grid
4 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.13%) Cloudflare
5 1 (3.13%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.75%) DNS
1 6 (18.75%) MPLS
1 6 (18.75%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (15.63%) Network Security
2 5 (15.63%) VPN
3 4 (12.50%) 3G
3 4 (12.50%) 4G
3 4 (12.50%) 5G
3 4 (12.50%) Diameter Protocol
3 4 (12.50%) Firewall
3 4 (12.50%) GGSN
3 4 (12.50%) Internet
3 4 (12.50%) LTE
3 4 (12.50%) RANAP
3 4 (12.50%) SGSN
3 4 (12.50%) SNA
3 4 (12.50%) VoLTE
3 4 (12.50%) Wireshark
4 3 (9.38%) VSAN
5 2 (6.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) DynamoDB
1 1 (3.13%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (3.13%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Git
2 2 (6.25%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.13%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (31.25%) Social Skills
1 10 (31.25%) Telecoms
2 4 (12.50%) Multimedia
2 4 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Automotive
4 2 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Architect
2 8 (25.00%) Lead
2 8 (25.00%) Network Architect
3 6 (18.75%) Network Engineer
4 5 (15.63%) Security Engineer
4 5 (15.63%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (9.38%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Business Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Junior
6 2 (6.25%) OSS Business Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Transformation Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) VMware Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Automation Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Azure Architect
7 1 (3.13%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (3.13%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Cloud Network Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Consultant
7 1 (3.13%) Juniper Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) .NET
1 3 (9.38%) YAML
2 2 (6.25%) Web Services
3 1 (3.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Public Cloud
2 3 (9.38%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.25%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.13%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Windows
2 2 (6.25%) Unix
3 1 (3.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (15.63%) Data Protection
2 5 (15.63%) Microservices
2 5 (15.63%) Migration
3 4 (12.50%) API Management
3 4 (12.50%) Cloud Security
3 4 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 4 (12.50%) Customer Experience
3 4 (12.50%) DevSecOps
3 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (12.50%) Performance Improvement
3 4 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
3 4 (12.50%) Statistics
4 3 (9.38%) CI/CD
4 3 (9.38%) DevOps
4 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (9.38%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (9.38%) SDLC
4 3 (9.38%) Security Architecture
4 3 (9.38%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) Python
2 3 (9.38%) C#
2 3 (9.38%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.25%) Java
3 2 (6.25%) PHP
3 2 (6.25%) Ruby
4 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (15.63%) Degree
1 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) Azure Certification
4 2 (6.25%) CCIE
4 2 (6.25%) CCNA
5 1 (3.13%) CCDP
5 1 (3.13%) CCNP
5 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) JNCIS
System Software
1 7 (21.88%) VMware NSX
2 5 (15.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (9.38%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
4 2 (6.25%) Docker
4 2 (6.25%) Hyper-V
4 2 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) Ansible
1 4 (12.50%) Terraform
1 4 (12.50%) vRealize
2 3 (9.38%) vCenter Server
3 2 (6.25%) Kubernetes
3 2 (6.25%) RSA Archer
3 2 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (3.13%) Progress Chef
4 1 (3.13%) Puppet
4 1 (3.13%) VxRail
Vendors
1 10 (31.25%) VMware
2 5 (15.63%) Cisco
3 4 (12.50%) Empirix
3 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.50%) NetScout
4 3 (9.38%) ServiceNow
5 2 (6.25%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (6.25%) F5
5 2 (6.25%) Fortinet
5 2 (6.25%) Nokia
6 1 (3.13%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.13%) Dell
6 1 (3.13%) Juniper
6 1 (3.13%) LogRhythm
6 1 (3.13%) SolarWinds
6 1 (3.13%) Zscaler