Network Architect Contracts in England

Network Architect
UK > England

The median Network Architect daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 274 457
Rank change year-on-year -72 +183 +114
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 139 303 198
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.81% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.88% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 136 112
10th Percentile £508 £463 £481
25th Percentile £538 £525 £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £631
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +2.97% -1.94%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £691
90th Percentile £750 £700 £749
UK median daily rate £600 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 23 14
10th Percentile £62.70 - £63.63
25th Percentile £69.38 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - +14.90%
75th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 -
90th Percentile - £95.00 -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +14.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Network Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in England

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in England.

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in England

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in England

Network Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in England.

Hourly rate trend for Network Architect in England

Network Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Architect in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Architect in England

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +58 48 £650 +18.18% 33
South East -58 27 £575 -11.54% 94
South West -11 19 £575 -11.54% 59
Midlands +13 15 £650 +8.33% 76
North of England +18 12 £625 +8.70% 89
East Midlands +17 10 £650 +1.64% 30
North West +18 9 £625 -9.09% 42
East of England +30 8 £470 -16.44% 65
West Midlands -2 5 £588 +26.89% 41
Yorkshire +7 2 £700 +47.37% 37
North East -1 1 £550 +3.53% 11
Network Architect
UK

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Network Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 86 (61.87%) Security Cleared
2 72 (51.80%) SC Cleared
3 66 (47.48%) Firewall
4 59 (42.45%) Cisco
5 42 (30.22%) Network Security
5 42 (30.22%) Social Skills
6 38 (27.34%) Cisco Certification
6 38 (27.34%) Network Architecture
7 37 (26.62%) WAN
8 33 (23.74%) CCNP
9 31 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (18.71%) Juniper
10 26 (18.71%) Stakeholder Management
10 26 (18.71%) Data Centre
11 24 (17.27%) Fortinet
12 23 (16.55%) Network Design
12 23 (16.55%) LAN
13 22 (15.83%) VPN
14 20 (14.39%) DNS
15 19 (13.67%) OSPF
15 19 (13.67%) BGP
15 19 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
16 18 (12.95%) Palo Alto
16 18 (12.95%) F5
17 17 (12.23%) Azure
17 17 (12.23%) Technical Leadership
18 16 (11.51%) SD-WAN
18 16 (11.51%) AWS
19 15 (10.79%) Public Sector
20 14 (10.07%) CCNA

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (0.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.23%) Azure
2 16 (11.51%) AWS
3 7 (5.04%) GCP
4 1 (0.72%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (0.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.72%) Cloudflare
4 1 (0.72%) IaaS
4 1 (0.72%) PaaS
4 1 (0.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (47.48%) Firewall
2 42 (30.22%) Network Security
3 37 (26.62%) WAN
4 23 (16.55%) LAN
5 22 (15.83%) VPN
6 20 (14.39%) DNS
7 19 (13.67%) BGP
7 19 (13.67%) OSPF
8 16 (11.51%) SD-WAN
9 12 (8.63%) VLAN
10 11 (7.91%) IPsec
10 11 (7.91%) MPLS
11 9 (6.47%) Software-Defined Networking
12 8 (5.76%) TCP/IP
12 8 (5.76%) Wireless
13 7 (5.04%) HSRP
14 6 (4.32%) DHCP
14 6 (4.32%) EIGRP
14 6 (4.32%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 6 (4.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Development Applications
1 4 (2.88%) GitLab
2 2 (1.44%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.44%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.72%) JIRA
General
1 42 (30.22%) Social Skills
2 19 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (10.79%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.76%) Finance
5 5 (3.60%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.88%) Law
6 4 (2.88%) Legal
7 3 (2.16%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.44%) Banking
8 2 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.44%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.44%) Military
9 1 (0.72%) Aviation
9 1 (0.72%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Police
9 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.72%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 26 (18.71%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.60%) Operational Technology
2 5 (3.60%) Public Cloud
3 4 (2.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.16%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.16%) SCADA
5 2 (1.44%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.44%) PKI
5 2 (1.44%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.72%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.72%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (0.72%) IoT
6 1 (0.72%) NB-IoT
6 1 (0.72%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.72%) Windows
1 1 (0.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (27.34%) Network Architecture
2 31 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (18.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 23 (16.55%) Network Design
5 17 (12.23%) Technical Leadership
6 13 (9.35%) Migration
7 10 (7.19%) Business Strategy
8 8 (5.76%) Configuration Management
8 8 (5.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (5.76%) Customer Requirements
8 8 (5.76%) High Availability
8 8 (5.76%) Security Architecture
8 8 (5.76%) Zero Trust
9 7 (5.04%) Computer Science
9 7 (5.04%) Roadmaps
9 7 (5.04%) Use Case
9 7 (5.04%) Validation
10 6 (4.32%) Business Transformation
10 6 (4.32%) Translating Business Requirements
11 5 (3.60%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.76%) Python
2 2 (1.44%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.72%) Bash
3 1 (0.72%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 86 (61.87%) Security Cleared
2 72 (51.80%) SC Cleared
3 38 (27.34%) Cisco Certification
4 33 (23.74%) CCNP
5 14 (10.07%) CCNA
6 12 (8.63%) CCIE
6 12 (8.63%) DV Cleared
7 8 (5.76%) JNCIS
8 7 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (5.04%) Degree
9 5 (3.60%) DBS Check
9 5 (3.60%) JNCIP
10 4 (2.88%) Azure Certification
11 3 (2.16%) JNCIE
12 2 (1.44%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (1.44%) CISSP
12 2 (1.44%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.72%) CCIE Data Center
13 1 (0.72%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.04%) NIST
1 7 (5.04%) QA
2 4 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.88%) SLA
3 3 (2.16%) GRC
4 2 (1.44%) NCSC
4 2 (1.44%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.72%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.16%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.72%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (5.76%) Ansible
2 6 (4.32%) Terraform
3 4 (2.88%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.72%) CASB
4 1 (0.72%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.72%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.72%) Iperf
4 1 (0.72%) Puppet
4 1 (0.72%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 59 (42.45%) Cisco
2 26 (18.71%) Juniper
3 24 (17.27%) Fortinet
4 18 (12.95%) F5
4 18 (12.95%) Palo Alto
5 14 (10.07%) SolarWinds
6 10 (7.19%) CheckPoint
7 8 (5.76%) VMware
8 6 (4.32%) Microsoft
9 5 (3.60%) Google
10 4 (2.88%) AlgoSec
10 4 (2.88%) Fujitsu
10 4 (2.88%) Tufin
11 3 (2.16%) Aruba
12 2 (1.44%) Arista
12 2 (1.44%) HP
12 2 (1.44%) Infoblox
12 2 (1.44%) Meraki
12 2 (1.44%) NetScout
12 2 (1.44%) Oracle