Network Architecture Contracts in Berkshire

Network Architecture
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 93 101 127
Rank change year-on-year +8 +26 -40
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 25 11 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.25% 0.60% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 0.66% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 3
10th Percentile - £428 £368
25th Percentile £413 £430 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +0.40%
75th Percentile £650 £696 £563
90th Percentile £714 £744 £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
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,781 1,661 2,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 89.18% 91.31% 90.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 927 1,063 1,389
10th Percentile £213 £350 £274
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £675 £701 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 49 43
10th Percentile £20.17 £19.30 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.50 £26.13 £17.25
Median hourly rate £61.30 £58.75 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +4.34% +179.10% -2.09%
75th Percentile £72.18 £74.00 £33.75
90th Percentile £87.41 £80.25 £68.10
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 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 24 April 2024.

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 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
Bracknell - 10 £425 -
Reading -12 8 £763 +55.61% 2
Wokingham +2 3 £650 -13.33% 1
Maidenhead - 2 £425 -
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:

Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) Azure
2 4 (16.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 4 (16.00%) IaaS
2 4 (16.00%) PaaS
2 4 (16.00%) SaaS
3 3 (12.00%) AWS
4 2 (8.00%) Azure API Management
4 2 (8.00%) Azure Event Grid
4 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.00%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 6 (24.00%) MPLS
1 6 (24.00%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (20.00%) Network Security
2 5 (20.00%) VPN
3 4 (16.00%) 3G
3 4 (16.00%) 4G
3 4 (16.00%) 5G
3 4 (16.00%) Diameter Protocol
3 4 (16.00%) DNS
3 4 (16.00%) GGSN
3 4 (16.00%) Internet
3 4 (16.00%) LTE
3 4 (16.00%) RANAP
3 4 (16.00%) SGSN
3 4 (16.00%) VoLTE
3 4 (16.00%) Wireshark
4 3 (12.00%) Firewall
5 2 (8.00%) WAN
6 1 (4.00%) BGP
6 1 (4.00%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) DynamoDB
1 1 (4.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (4.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
1 10 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (16.00%) Multimedia
2 4 (16.00%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Automotive
4 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Architect
2 8 (32.00%) Network Architect
3 5 (20.00%) Security Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (16.00%) Lead
4 4 (16.00%) Network Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Business Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Junior
6 2 (8.00%) OSS Business Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Transformation Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) Azure Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Cisco Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Cisco Network Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Cloud Network Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Integration Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Juniper Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Lead Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Telecoms Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) .NET
2 2 (8.00%) Web Services
3 1 (4.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Public Cloud
2 3 (12.00%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (8.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.00%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Unix
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 5 (20.00%) Microservices
2 5 (20.00%) Migration
3 4 (16.00%) API Management
3 4 (16.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (16.00%) Customer Experience
3 4 (16.00%) DevSecOps
3 4 (16.00%) Performance Improvement
3 4 (16.00%) Security Monitoring
3 4 (16.00%) Statistics
4 3 (12.00%) DevOps
4 3 (12.00%) High Availability
4 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (12.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (8.00%) Energy Management
5 2 (8.00%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (8.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 2 (8.00%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) C#
2 2 (8.00%) Java
2 2 (8.00%) PHP
2 2 (8.00%) Python
2 2 (8.00%) Ruby
3 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (8.00%) Azure Certification
4 2 (8.00%) CCIE
5 1 (4.00%) CCDP
5 1 (4.00%) CCNP
5 1 (4.00%) JNCIS
5 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (12.00%) VMware NSX
3 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (8.00%) Docker
3 2 (8.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (8.00%) RSA Archer
1 2 (8.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Cisco
1 5 (20.00%) VMware
2 4 (16.00%) Empirix
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) NetScout
3 2 (8.00%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (8.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (4.00%) Juniper
4 1 (4.00%) Zscaler