Network Architecture Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Network Architecture
England > East of England

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 85 106
Rank change year-on-year -10 +21 +32
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 5 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.32% 0.32% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.39% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile £767 £410 £513
25th Percentile £776 £425 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £805 £450 £747
Median % change year-on-year +78.89% -39.76% -
75th Percentile £846 £525 -
90th Percentile £864 £570 -
England median daily rate £560 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,337 1,025 1,579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 85.32% 82.86% 88.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 560 423 838
10th Percentile £185 £243 £243
25th Percentile £363 £335 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £706
England median daily rate £503 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.29% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 404 214 375
10th Percentile £14.14 £15.22 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.62 £14.38
Median hourly rate £20.88 £27.59 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% +31.36% -5.02%
75th Percentile £61.18 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.00%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Network Architecture job vacancy trend in the East of England

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Network Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Network Architecture

Network Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Network Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Network Architecture

Network Architecture
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architecture within the East of England region over the 6 months to 6 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
Hertfordshire -13 2 £760 +90.00% 6
Cambridgeshire - 2 - - 1
Bedfordshire - 1 £850 - 2
Network Architecture
England

Network Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) AWS IoT
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) SD-WAN
2 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 3 (60.00%) WAN
3 2 (40.00%) 802.11
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (40.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) BGP
4 1 (20.00%) Modbus
4 1 (20.00%) MQTT
4 1 (20.00%) Network Security
4 1 (20.00%) OSPF
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Security Advisor
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) IoT
2 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) AI
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Twin
2 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (20.00%) Predictive Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Predictive Maintenance
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CCIE
2 2 (40.00%) CCNP
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Meraki
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (20.00%) Juniper
3 1 (20.00%) Siemens
3 1 (20.00%) Zscaler