Network Architecture Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Network Architecture
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basingstoke requiring Network Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - -19
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 10 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 2.29% - 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% - 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £545 - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £700
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £533 £590
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.67% +7.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Basingstoke

Network Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 367 178 339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 83.98% 86.83% 79.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 153 215
10th Percentile £463 £463 £425
25th Percentile £519 £525 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £725 £625 £694
90th Percentile £750 £650 £738
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £538 £582
% change year-on-year +2.33% -7.65% +10.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 6
10th Percentile £14.58 - £16.25
25th Percentile £16.18 - £20.69
Median hourly rate £27.00 £21.39 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.23% -38.89% +118.75%
75th Percentile £28.19 - £45.56
90th Percentile £44.88 - £53.13
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.75 £37.44 £57.35
% change year-on-year +27.53% -34.71% +9.24%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Network Architecture job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Network Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Network Architecture

Network Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) BGP
1 4 (40.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 4 (40.00%) Network Security
1 4 (40.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 4 (40.00%) VXLAN
1 4 (40.00%) WAN
2 1 (10.00%) LAN
General
1 5 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Architect
2 5 (50.00%) Security Architect
2 5 (50.00%) Security Technical Architect
2 5 (50.00%) Technical Architect
3 4 (40.00%) Network Architect
4 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Agile
2 5 (50.00%) Scrum
2 5 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (10.00%) SLA