Network Architecture Contracts with Work from Home Options

Network Architecture
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 310 395 523
Rank change year-on-year +85 +128 -100
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 37 71 99
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.25% 0.28% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.32% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 47 68
10th Percentile £430 £406 £373
25th Percentile £513 £459 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £638 £563
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% +13.33% +9.76%
75th Percentile £669 £684 £700
90th Percentile £738 £724 -
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% +12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 7
10th Percentile - £32.40 -
25th Percentile - £51.75 £28.41
Median hourly rate £14.00 £66.25 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -78.87% +67.72% +107.89%
75th Percentile - £69.06 £46.54
90th Percentile - £69.63 £48.65
UK median hourly rate £52.00 £67.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -22.96% +42.11% -5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,242 22,482 39,977
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.03% 89.72% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,878 15,879 28,991
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 516 542
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.66 £13.78
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.29
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%

Network Architecture
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Architecture trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Architecture.

Network Architecture daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Network Architecture over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Network Architecture daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Architecture.

Network Architecture hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (8.11%) nginx
2 2 (5.41%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (24.32%) AWS
2 7 (18.92%) Azure
3 4 (10.81%) Power Platform
4 3 (8.11%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (8.11%) IaaS
4 3 (8.11%) PaaS
4 3 (8.11%) SaaS
5 2 (5.41%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (5.41%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (5.41%) GCP
5 2 (5.41%) GitHub
5 2 (5.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (2.70%) Azure API Management
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Event Grid
6 1 (2.70%) Cloudflare
6 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.70%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 12 (32.43%) WAN
2 11 (29.73%) MPLS
3 10 (27.03%) Firewall
4 9 (24.32%) Network Security
5 7 (18.92%) VPN
6 6 (16.22%) LAN
7 4 (10.81%) 3GPP
7 4 (10.81%) 4G
7 4 (10.81%) 5G
7 4 (10.81%) 5G NR
7 4 (10.81%) LTE
7 4 (10.81%) Radio Access Network
7 4 (10.81%) SNA
7 4 (10.81%) WLAN
8 3 (8.11%) BGP
8 3 (8.11%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (8.11%) PBX
8 3 (8.11%) SD-WAN
8 3 (8.11%) TCP/IP
8 3 (8.11%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) Power BI
1 4 (10.81%) Tableau
2 1 (2.70%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.70%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Git
1 2 (5.41%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.70%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.70%) IntelliJ
2 1 (2.70%) JIRA
2 1 (2.70%) Maven
2 1 (2.70%) Selenium
2 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (29.73%) Telecoms
2 4 (10.81%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Military
5 1 (2.70%) Aviation
5 1 (2.70%) Banking
5 1 (2.70%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Architect
2 11 (29.73%) Network Architect
3 7 (18.92%) Senior
4 4 (10.81%) Design Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Lead
4 4 (10.81%) Network Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Radio Design Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Radio Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Security Manager
5 3 (8.11%) Consultant
5 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Senior Network Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Delivery Project Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Information Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Information Security Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Security Project Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Senior Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Senior Network Architect
6 2 (5.41%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.81%) Web Services
2 2 (5.41%) YAML
3 1 (2.70%) .NET
3 1 (2.70%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Data Centre
2 4 (10.81%) Public Cloud
3 3 (8.11%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.41%) PKI
5 1 (2.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.70%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (2.70%) IoT
5 1 (2.70%) Machine to Machine
5 1 (2.70%) NHS
5 1 (2.70%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Linux
2 2 (5.41%) Windows
3 1 (2.70%) Android
3 1 (2.70%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.70%) Debian
3 1 (2.70%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (18.92%) Analytics
2 6 (16.22%) Cloud Security
3 5 (13.51%) Programme Management
3 5 (13.51%) Roadmaps
4 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (10.81%) Data Protection
4 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (10.81%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (8.11%) API Management
5 3 (8.11%) Architectural Design
5 3 (8.11%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (8.11%) Data Analytics
5 3 (8.11%) DevOps
5 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (8.11%) Line Management
5 3 (8.11%) Microservices
5 3 (8.11%) SDLC
5 3 (8.11%) Storage Management
5 3 (8.11%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.51%) Python
2 2 (5.41%) Java
2 2 (5.41%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.70%) Bash
3 1 (2.70%) C#
3 1 (2.70%) PHP
3 1 (2.70%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (18.92%) CCNP
3 6 (16.22%) CCIE
3 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
3 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
4 3 (8.11%) CCIE Data Center
5 2 (5.41%) JNCIP
5 2 (5.41%) PMI Certification
5 2 (5.41%) PMP
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.70%) BC Cleared
6 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.70%) CCIE Service Provider
6 1 (2.70%) Degree
6 1 (2.70%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (8.11%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.70%) COBIT
3 1 (2.70%) GDPR
3 1 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (10.81%) VMware NSX
2 3 (8.11%) Active Directory
3 2 (5.41%) Docker
3 2 (5.41%) Hyper-V
3 2 (5.41%) Squid
3 2 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (5.41%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.70%) iptables
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Terraform
2 3 (8.11%) Ansible
3 2 (5.41%) HAProxy
3 2 (5.41%) Kubernetes
3 2 (5.41%) vCenter Server
3 2 (5.41%) vRealize
4 1 (2.70%) Docker Swarm
4 1 (2.70%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.70%) Icinga
4 1 (2.70%) Nagios
4 1 (2.70%) Progress Chef
4 1 (2.70%) Puppet
4 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.70%) VxRail
Vendors
1 14 (37.84%) Cisco
2 7 (18.92%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.92%) VMware
3 4 (10.81%) Fortinet
4 3 (8.11%) Juniper
5 2 (5.41%) CheckPoint
5 2 (5.41%) F5
5 2 (5.41%) Google
5 2 (5.41%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.70%) Aruba
6 1 (2.70%) AVEVA
6 1 (2.70%) Genesys
6 1 (2.70%) HP
6 1 (2.70%) LogRhythm
6 1 (2.70%) MikroTik
6 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.70%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.70%) TP-LINK
6 1 (2.70%) Zscaler
6 1 (2.70%) ZyXEL