Network Architect Contract Job Trends in Central London

Network Architect
London > Central London

The median Network Architect daily rate in Central London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 130 136
Rank change year-on-year +17 +6 +57
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 17 7 7
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.84% 0.30% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 0.32% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 4
10th Percentile - £529 £519
25th Percentile £413 £583 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £688 £631
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +8.91% +12.22%
75th Percentile £582 £771 £693
90th Percentile £728 £788 £724
London median daily rate £525 £625 £663
% change year-on-year -16.00% -5.66% +15.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,894 2,154 2,547
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 92.65% 94.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,310 1,360 1,837
10th Percentile £329 £363 £340
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% +1.77% -1.74%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £800
London median daily rate £530 £550 £560
% change year-on-year -3.64% -1.79% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 21
10th Percentile £19.90 £19.66 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £31.25 £22.50
Median hourly rate £26.31 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.84% +34.62% -22.96%
75th Percentile £37.44 £61.25 £46.75
90th Percentile £46.05 £112.00 £65.00
London median hourly rate £30.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -12.86% - -

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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 Central London.

Network Architect job vacancy trend in Central London

Network Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in Central London

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in Central London over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in Central London

Network Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in Central London

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architect within the Central London region over the 6 months to 26 December 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
City of London +5 15 £525 -23.64% 6
City of Westminster - 1 £425 -
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £725 -
Network Architect
London

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

For the 6 months to 26 December 2025, 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 Central London region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 12 (70.59%) WAN
2 10 (58.82%) LAN
3 7 (41.18%) SC Cleared
3 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
3 7 (41.18%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (35.29%) Network Architecture
4 6 (35.29%) SD-WAN
5 5 (29.41%) QA
6 4 (23.53%) AWS
7 3 (17.65%) Azure
7 3 (17.65%) Firewall
7 3 (17.65%) ITIL
7 3 (17.65%) Network Security
7 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (17.65%) Supplier Management
8 2 (11.76%) Capacity Planning
8 2 (11.76%) Cisco
8 2 (11.76%) Compliance Audit
8 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (11.76%) Customer Experience
8 2 (11.76%) DNS
8 2 (11.76%) Fortinet
8 2 (11.76%) GCP
8 2 (11.76%) IBM
8 2 (11.76%) ITSM
8 2 (11.76%) Load Balancing
8 2 (11.76%) Network Design
8 2 (11.76%) OpenShift
8 2 (11.76%) Palo Alto
8 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) AWS
2 3 (17.65%) Azure
3 2 (11.76%) GCP
3 2 (11.76%) OpenShift
4 1 (5.88%) Akamai
4 1 (5.88%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 12 (70.59%) WAN
2 10 (58.82%) LAN
3 7 (41.18%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (35.29%) SD-WAN
5 3 (17.65%) Firewall
5 3 (17.65%) Network Security
6 2 (11.76%) DNS
6 2 (11.76%) VPN
7 1 (5.88%) DHCP
7 1 (5.88%) HTTPS
7 1 (5.88%) Internet
7 1 (5.88%) SSL
7 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
7 1 (5.88%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) GitLab
General
1 5 (29.41%) Military
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Finance
2 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Network Architecture
2 3 (17.65%) ITIL
2 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (17.65%) Supplier Management
3 2 (11.76%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (11.76%) Compliance Audit
3 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (11.76%) Customer Experience
3 2 (11.76%) ITSM
3 2 (11.76%) Load Balancing
3 2 (11.76%) Network Design
3 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.76%) Runbook
3 2 (11.76%) SIAM
3 2 (11.76%) Trend Analysis
4 1 (5.88%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (5.88%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (5.88%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (5.88%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) SC Cleared
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.88%) CCIE
2 1 (5.88%) CCNP
2 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) QA
2 2 (11.76%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Ansible
1 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Cisco
1 2 (11.76%) Fortinet
1 2 (11.76%) IBM
1 2 (11.76%) Palo Alto
1 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.88%) Aruba
2 1 (5.88%) CheckPoint
2 1 (5.88%) F5
2 1 (5.88%) Infoblox
2 1 (5.88%) Juniper
2 1 (5.88%) Meraki
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) Zscaler