Network Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 157 347 428
Rank change year-on-year +190 +81 -94
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 267 109 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.30% 0.46% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.41% 0.49% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 53 50
10th Percentile £463 £481 £496
25th Percentile £550 £540 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +19.05%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £700 £750 £702
UK median daily rate £650 £625 £625
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 13 1
10th Percentile - £67.00 -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £60.92
Median % change year-on-year - +14.90% -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £60.92
% change year-on-year - +14.90% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,985 22,167 29,345
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,554 15,534 20,562
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £399 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,259 1,145 1,448
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.73 £18.03 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.55 £65.00 £42.57
90th Percentile £73.80 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Network Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Network Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
South East +81 148 £650 +13.04% 8
South West +70 74 £650 - 3
Midlands +44 23 £550 -4.35% 1
West Midlands +36 18 £457 -10.93%
North of England +28 13 £575 - 2
North West +21 8 £688 +12.24% 1
East of England +6 8 £563 - 1
East Midlands +23 5 £600 +2.13% 1
Yorkshire +27 3 £475 -17.39%
North East - 2 £531 - 1
Scotland - 2 £613 -
Network Architect
UK

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 217 (81.27%) Security Cleared
2 134 (50.19%) WAN
3 120 (44.94%) Network Management
4 109 (40.82%) LAN
5 94 (35.21%) Cisco
6 83 (31.09%) Juniper
7 76 (28.46%) DV Cleared
8 72 (26.97%) SC Cleared
9 55 (20.60%) Public Sector
10 52 (19.48%) Customer Requirements
11 46 (17.23%) Network Design
11 46 (17.23%) MPLS
12 40 (14.98%) Data Centre
13 39 (14.61%) Telecoms
14 38 (14.23%) BGP
15 37 (13.86%) Finance
16 35 (13.11%) F5
17 33 (12.36%) Cisco Firepower
17 33 (12.36%) VPN
18 32 (11.99%) Firewall
18 32 (11.99%) Technical Leadership
18 32 (11.99%) Zero Trust
19 31 (11.61%) Business Strategy
20 30 (11.24%) SIEM
21 29 (10.86%) Systems Engineering
22 27 (10.11%) Wi-Fi
22 27 (10.11%) Cloud Computing
22 27 (10.11%) Open Source
22 27 (10.11%) SaaS
22 27 (10.11%) PaaS

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.75%) Confluence
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 27 (10.11%) Cloud Computing
1 27 (10.11%) IaaS
1 27 (10.11%) PaaS
1 27 (10.11%) SaaS
2 6 (2.25%) AWS
3 4 (1.50%) Azure
3 4 (1.50%) GitHub
4 2 (0.75%) Route 53
4 2 (0.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 134 (50.19%) WAN
2 109 (40.82%) LAN
3 46 (17.23%) MPLS
4 38 (14.23%) BGP
5 33 (12.36%) Cisco Firepower
5 33 (12.36%) VPN
6 32 (11.99%) Firewall
7 27 (10.11%) Wi-Fi
8 26 (9.74%) SSL
9 20 (7.49%) SD-WAN
10 12 (4.49%) Network Security
11 9 (3.37%) Junos
12 8 (3.00%) WLAN
13 7 (2.62%) Cisco Nexus
14 6 (2.25%) Unified Communications
15 5 (1.87%) Internet
15 5 (1.87%) IPsec
15 5 (1.87%) OSPF
16 4 (1.50%) Cisco ASA
16 4 (1.50%) Cisco IOS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.75%) JIRA
1 2 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 55 (20.60%) Public Sector
2 39 (14.61%) Telecoms
3 37 (13.86%) Finance
4 6 (2.25%) Social Skills
5 4 (1.50%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (0.75%) Legal
7 1 (0.37%) Advertising
7 1 (0.37%) Local Government
7 1 (0.37%) Military
7 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.12%) Web Services
2 2 (0.75%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 40 (14.98%) Data Centre
2 25 (9.36%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (1.12%) Operational Technology
5 2 (0.75%) Cloud Native
5 2 (0.75%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.75%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.37%) CMDB
6 1 (0.37%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.37%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.37%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.37%) Linux
1 1 (0.37%) Windows
1 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
1 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (44.94%) Network Management
2 52 (19.48%) Customer Requirements
3 46 (17.23%) Network Design
4 32 (11.99%) Technical Leadership
4 32 (11.99%) Zero Trust
5 31 (11.61%) Business Strategy
6 30 (11.24%) SIEM
7 29 (10.86%) Systems Engineering
8 27 (10.11%) Open Source
9 26 (9.74%) Agile
9 26 (9.74%) Strategic Thinking
10 24 (8.99%) Network Architecture
11 23 (8.61%) Presales
12 21 (7.87%) Project Delivery
12 21 (7.87%) Project Management
13 14 (5.24%) Requirements Management
14 12 (4.49%) ITIL
15 11 (4.12%) Preventative Maintenance
16 9 (3.37%) Enterprise Architecture
16 9 (3.37%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.75%) ActionScript
1 2 (0.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 217 (81.27%) Security Cleared
2 76 (28.46%) DV Cleared
3 72 (26.97%) SC Cleared
4 26 (9.74%) Degree
5 20 (7.49%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (7.12%) CCNP
7 10 (3.75%) CCNA
8 9 (3.37%) CCIE
9 7 (2.62%) JNCIS
10 4 (1.50%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.50%) CCIE Security
10 4 (1.50%) CISSP
10 4 (1.50%) JNCIA
11 3 (1.12%) CCIE Data Center
12 1 (0.37%) CCDP
12 1 (0.37%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.62%) SLA
2 4 (1.50%) NCSC
3 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (0.37%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (9.74%) Endace
2 4 (1.50%) Terraform
3 2 (0.75%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.37%) SCCM
4 1 (0.37%) SCOM
Vendors
1 94 (35.21%) Cisco
2 83 (31.09%) Juniper
3 35 (13.11%) F5
4 14 (5.24%) Fortinet
5 10 (3.75%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.50%) SolarWinds
7 2 (0.75%) Nokia
7 2 (0.75%) Splunk
7 2 (0.75%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.37%) Aruba
8 1 (0.37%) Dell
8 1 (0.37%) Fujitsu
8 1 (0.37%) HP
8 1 (0.37%) Microsoft
8 1 (0.37%) VMware