Network Architecture Contracts in Berkshire

Network Architecture
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Network Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 98 105
Rank change year-on-year +21 +7 +19
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 16 26 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.36% 1.31% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 1.47% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 5
10th Percentile - - £427
25th Percentile £450 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £563 £650 £570
90th Percentile £698 £714 £671
South East median daily rate £550 £590 £530
% change year-on-year -6.70% +11.23% -7.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £19.50
Median hourly rate - - £20.00
75th Percentile - - £20.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +36.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Network Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in Berkshire

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Architecture in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in Berkshire

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architecture in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architecture in Berkshire

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Architecture in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in Berkshire

Network Architecture
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Reading +30 8 £450 -40.98% 2
Wokingham -12 1 £550 -15.38%
Slough - 1 - - 3
Network Architecture
South East

Network Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (12.50%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) AWS
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) OpenShift
3 1 (6.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (56.25%) 5G
2 8 (50.00%) 3G
2 8 (50.00%) 4G
3 7 (43.75%) Radio Access Network
4 6 (37.50%) MPLS
5 5 (31.25%) Ethernet
5 5 (31.25%) Network Security
6 4 (25.00%) 2G
6 4 (25.00%) LTE
7 3 (18.75%) 3GPP
7 3 (18.75%) Diameter Protocol
7 3 (18.75%) VoLTE
8 2 (12.50%) BGP
8 2 (12.50%) DNS
8 2 (12.50%) GGSN
8 2 (12.50%) RANAP
8 2 (12.50%) SGSN
8 2 (12.50%) Wireshark
9 1 (6.25%) VoIP
9 1 (6.25%) WAN
General
1 12 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (12.50%) Multimedia
4 2 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Billing
5 1 (6.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Designer
2 3 (18.75%) IP Designer
3 2 (12.50%) Network Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Product Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Design Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Design Authority
4 1 (6.25%) Data Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Data Centre Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Design Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) IP Design Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) IP Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Mobile Designer
4 1 (6.25%) Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Telecoms Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.25%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Network Design
2 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
3 3 (18.75%) Network Management
3 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
4 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 2 (12.50%) Customer Experience
4 2 (12.50%) Migration
4 2 (12.50%) Performance Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 2 (12.50%) Statistics
4 2 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (6.25%) Data Integration
5 1 (6.25%) Data Migration
5 1 (6.25%) Open Source
5 1 (6.25%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery
5 1 (6.25%) Service Management
5 1 (6.25%) SOA
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) CCNP
2 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (12.50%) Azure Certification
3 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
4 1 (6.25%) JNCIP
4 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Cisco
2 3 (18.75%) VMware
3 2 (12.50%) Empirix
3 2 (12.50%) Google
3 2 (12.50%) Meraki
3 2 (12.50%) NetScout
4 1 (6.25%) Amdocs
4 1 (6.25%) Dell
4 1 (6.25%) Juniper
4 1 (6.25%) Mavenir
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.25%) Rakuten
4 1 (6.25%) Samsung
4 1 (6.25%) Zscaler