Network Architecture Contracts in the City of London

Network Architecture
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 117 168
Rank change year-on-year +7 +51 +16
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 6 9 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.36% 0.42% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.46% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 0
10th Percentile £570 £481 -
25th Percentile £581 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -
75th Percentile £675 £650 -
90th Percentile - £680 -
Central London median daily rate £625 £550 -
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -

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 1,566 1,961 3,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.49% 90.83% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 987 1,374 2,130
10th Percentile £355 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -6.25% +5.22%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £821
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 24
10th Percentile £18.70 £19.95 £14.55
25th Percentile £22.88 £20.22 £16.33
Median hourly rate £28.15 £25.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.85% -26.79% -13.58%
75th Percentile £39.21 £40.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £57.75 £41.65 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +1.22% -20.54% -13.58%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Network Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in the City of London

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Architecture in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in the City of London

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Architecture in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in the City of London

Network Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) WAN
1 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (16.67%) BGP
2 1 (16.67%) DHCP
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) GitLab
1 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Network Architect
2 2 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Design Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Risk Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Network Design Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Network Design Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Network Operations Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) Change Control
1 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 2 (33.33%) High Availability
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
2 1 (16.67%) Budget Responsibility
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (16.67%) DevSecOps
2 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CCNP
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (16.67%) JNCIP
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Aruba
1 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
1 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto
1 1 (16.67%) Planview