Network Architect Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Network Architect
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Network Architect daily rate in Birmingham is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 60 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 3 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.39% 1.11% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 1.17% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile £601 - -
25th Percentile £603 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £580 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% - -
75th Percentile £628 - -
90th Percentile £634 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £568 £580 £532
% change year-on-year -2.16% +9.13% -11.42%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 682 596 649
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.46% 94.60% 93.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 406 428
10th Percentile £213 £193 £252
25th Percentile £398 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £461
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +8.40% -2.89%
75th Percentile £588 £624 £575
90th Percentile £651 £738 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 13 27
10th Percentile £13.25 £20.80 £13.78
25th Percentile £13.75 £25.56 £17.75
Median hourly rate £20.50 £30.45 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.68% -35.89% +137.50%
75th Percentile £27.50 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £33.00 £56.85 £69.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £23.82 £25.96
% change year-on-year +4.95% -8.23% +46.47%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Network Architect job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Network Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in Birmingham

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Network Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (33.33%) Ansible
3 1 (33.33%) CCIE
3 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) F5
3 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
3 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
3 1 (33.33%) NetScout
3 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Network Design
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (33.33%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (33.33%) NGFW
3 1 (33.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Patch Management

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) NGFW
2 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
1 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Network Design
1 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (33.33%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (33.33%) Time Management
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCNP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CCIE
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (33.33%) F5
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) NetScout