Network Architecture Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Network Architecture
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Network Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 54 65
Rank change year-on-year -25 +11 +12
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.12% 0.19% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.21% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £600
25th Percentile £505 - £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% -4.17% +84.61%
75th Percentile £515 - £600
90th Percentile - - £600
West Midlands median daily rate £518 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.17% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £14.00
West Midlands median hourly rate - - £14.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 728 470 633
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 85.15% 90.21% 82.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 449 335 411
10th Percentile £265 £194 £238
25th Percentile £402 £378 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +13.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £575
90th Percentile £659 £700 £663
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 14 44
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.62 £13.20
25th Percentile £16.09 £13.14 £17.75
Median hourly rate £17.69 £22.25 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year -20.49% -18.35% +96.40%
75th Percentile £25.00 £30.51 £48.75
90th Percentile £30.00 £45.95 £67.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.01 £18.32 £23.00
% change year-on-year +20.14% -20.35% +29.80%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Network Architecture job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Network Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Network Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Network Architecture

Network Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler