Network Architecture Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Network Architecture
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Network Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 110 132
Rank change year-on-year -4 +22 +59
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 11 12 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.60% 0.58% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.63% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 0
10th Percentile £453 £463 -
25th Percentile £463 £479 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -
75th Percentile £564 £650 -
90th Percentile £668 £758 -
Central London median daily rate £475 £580 -
% change year-on-year -18.10% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,658 1,907 2,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.50% 92.21% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,169 1,165 1,592
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £421 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% - -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £761 £789 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 10
10th Percentile £20.02 £15.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £28.00 £42.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.12% +61.90% -38.95%
75th Percentile £41.94 £102.25 £44.56
90th Percentile £54.95 £127.30 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.31 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -24.84% +30.84% -35.93%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Network Architecture job vacancy trend in the City of London

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Network Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Network Architecture

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architecture in the City of London over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architecture in the City of London

Network Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Network Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Network Architecture

Network Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) Network Security
1 7 (63.64%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (27.27%) Firewall
2 3 (27.27%) LAN
2 3 (27.27%) WAN
3 2 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (18.18%) Modbus
3 2 (18.18%) SD-WAN
3 2 (18.18%) VPN
4 1 (9.09%) DNS
4 1 (9.09%) WLAN
General
1 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
1 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Network Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Network Security Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Network Support
1 5 (45.45%) Network Support Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Security Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Architect
2 4 (36.36%) Network Architect
3 3 (27.27%) Senior
4 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Security Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Security Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Lead Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Security Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (45.45%) Onboarding
1 5 (45.45%) Virtual Team
2 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 2 (18.18%) Insider Threat
2 2 (18.18%) Life Science
2 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) Operational Technology
2 2 (18.18%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (18.18%) SCADA
2 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Incident Response
1 7 (63.64%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 5 (45.45%) Change Management
2 5 (45.45%) IT Strategy
2 5 (45.45%) Security Operations
3 2 (18.18%) Antivirus Management
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (18.18%) Data Flow Diagram
3 2 (18.18%) Information Security
3 2 (18.18%) Information Security Management
3 2 (18.18%) Network Design
3 2 (18.18%) Patch Management
3 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (18.18%) Security Management
4 1 (9.09%) ITIL
4 1 (9.09%) Migration
4 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (9.09%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) CCNP
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (18.18%) CCNA
2 2 (18.18%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) CCIE
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Rockwell
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) IBM
2 1 (9.09%) Zscaler