Network Architecture Contracts in Bristol

Network Architecture
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 25 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 69 83
Rank change year-on-year +6 +14 +11
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 6 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.86% 0.59% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 0.72% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £603 £615
25th Percentile - £625 £619
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% - +108.00%
75th Percentile - £675 £681
90th Percentile - £705 £685
South West median daily rate £675 £650 £638
% change year-on-year +3.85% +1.96% +10.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 635 839 952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.50% 82.66% 86.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 459 665
10th Percentile £235 £260 £313
25th Percentile £363 £384 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £573 £588 £638
90th Percentile £644 £700 £713
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% +6.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 201 125
10th Percentile £18.09 £43.75 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £53.75 £55.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.57% +7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £67.63 £72.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £73.88 £78.00 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% - +30.00%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in Bristol

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in Bristol

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in Bristol

Network Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) LAN
1 6 (100.00%) WAN
2 5 (83.33%) Firewall
2 5 (83.33%) Network Security
3 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
3 1 (16.67%) VPN
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless
3 1 (16.67%) WLAN
General
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Architect
1 6 (100.00%) Network Architect
2 5 (83.33%) Network Technical Architect
2 5 (83.33%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (16.67%) Network Design
2 1 (16.67%) Network Management
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) CCIE
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco