Network Architect Contracts in England

Network Architect
UK > England

The median Network Architect daily rate in England is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 273 469 572
Rank change year-on-year +196 +103 -78
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 294 196 208
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.80% 0.39% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% 0.41% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 109 135
10th Percentile £463 £481 £507
25th Percentile £525 £550 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £638
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -1.96% +20.97%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £700 £744 £795
UK median daily rate £650 £625 £625
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 14 1
10th Percentile - £63.63 -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £60.92
Median % change year-on-year - +14.90% -
75th Percentile £73.75 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £60.92
% change year-on-year - +14.90% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,271 47,824 67,952
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.61% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,751 33,955 48,268
10th Percentile £275 £312 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,410 1,422 1,902
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.71 £48.70
90th Percentile £72.54 £77.00 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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
South East +88 146 £650 +14.04% 5
South West +72 73 £650 - 2
London +63 27 £545 -16.15% 6
Midlands +35 24 £600 +17.07% 2
West Midlands +42 21 £463 -9.66%
North of England +31 12 £556 -11.00% 3
East of England +14 8 £563 -25.00% 1
North West +13 8 £688 +1.85% 2
Yorkshire +20 3 £475 -17.39%
East Midlands +19 3 £640 +23.28% 2
North East - 1 £613 - 1
Network Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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.

1 220 (74.83%) Security Cleared
2 153 (52.04%) WAN
3 123 (41.84%) LAN
4 117 (39.80%) Cisco
5 116 (39.46%) Network Management
6 81 (27.55%) Juniper
7 75 (25.51%) SC Cleared
8 72 (24.49%) DV Cleared
9 57 (19.39%) Public Sector
10 53 (18.03%) Firewall
10 53 (18.03%) Data Centre
10 53 (18.03%) Customer Requirements
11 46 (15.65%) MPLS
12 43 (14.63%) SIEM
13 42 (14.29%) Network Design
14 40 (13.61%) Finance
14 40 (13.61%) BGP
15 37 (12.59%) F5
16 35 (11.90%) Technical Leadership
16 35 (11.90%) SD-WAN
17 34 (11.56%) VPN
18 33 (11.22%) Wi-Fi
18 33 (11.22%) Cisco Firepower
19 32 (10.88%) Telecoms
19 32 (10.88%) Zero Trust
20 31 (10.54%) Business Strategy
20 31 (10.54%) SaaS
20 31 (10.54%) Network Architecture
21 29 (9.86%) Presales
22 28 (9.52%) Cloud Computing

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 4 (1.36%) Confluence
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 31 (10.54%) SaaS
2 28 (9.52%) Cloud Computing
3 27 (9.18%) IaaS
3 27 (9.18%) PaaS
4 18 (6.12%) Azure
5 15 (5.10%) AWS
6 7 (2.38%) GCP
7 4 (1.36%) GitHub
8 3 (1.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.02%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.68%) Route 53
9 2 (0.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.34%) Datadog
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.34%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.34%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 153 (52.04%) WAN
2 123 (41.84%) LAN
3 53 (18.03%) Firewall
4 46 (15.65%) MPLS
5 40 (13.61%) BGP
6 35 (11.90%) SD-WAN
7 34 (11.56%) VPN
8 33 (11.22%) Cisco Firepower
8 33 (11.22%) Wi-Fi
9 25 (8.50%) SSL
10 17 (5.78%) Network Security
11 12 (4.08%) Unified Communications
12 10 (3.40%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (3.40%) WLAN
13 9 (3.06%) IPsec
13 9 (3.06%) Junos
13 9 (3.06%) OSPF
14 7 (2.38%) Wireless
15 6 (2.04%) DNS
16 5 (1.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.34%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.02%) JIRA
1 3 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.34%) GitLab
General
1 57 (19.39%) Public Sector
2 40 (13.61%) Finance
3 32 (10.88%) Telecoms
4 13 (4.42%) Social Skills
5 5 (1.70%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (1.02%) Banking
6 3 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.34%) Advertising
7 1 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.34%) Local Government
7 1 (0.34%) Marketing
7 1 (0.34%) Military
7 1 (0.34%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.70%) JSON
2 3 (1.02%) LDAP
2 3 (1.02%) SAML
2 3 (1.02%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 53 (18.03%) Data Centre
2 20 (6.80%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (1.70%) Cloud Native
4 5 (1.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.02%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.02%) PKI
6 2 (0.68%) IVR
6 2 (0.68%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.68%) Private Cloud
6 2 (0.68%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.34%) CMDB
7 1 (0.34%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.34%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.04%) Windows
2 4 (1.36%) Linux
3 2 (0.68%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.34%) Unix
4 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (39.46%) Network Management
2 53 (18.03%) Customer Requirements
3 43 (14.63%) SIEM
4 42 (14.29%) Network Design
5 35 (11.90%) Technical Leadership
6 32 (10.88%) Zero Trust
7 31 (10.54%) Business Strategy
7 31 (10.54%) Network Architecture
8 29 (9.86%) Presales
9 27 (9.18%) Open Source
10 25 (8.50%) Agile
11 24 (8.16%) Systems Engineering
12 23 (7.82%) Strategic Thinking
13 21 (7.14%) Project Delivery
13 21 (7.14%) Project Management
14 19 (6.46%) Requirements Management
15 14 (4.76%) Migration
16 13 (4.42%) Roadmaps
17 12 (4.08%) ITIL
18 11 (3.74%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.70%) Python
2 3 (1.02%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.68%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 220 (74.83%) Security Cleared
2 75 (25.51%) SC Cleared
3 72 (24.49%) DV Cleared
4 26 (8.84%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (8.50%) CCNP
6 22 (7.48%) Degree
7 12 (4.08%) CCIE
8 10 (3.40%) CCNA
8 10 (3.40%) JNCIS
9 4 (1.36%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.36%) CCDP
9 4 (1.36%) CCIE Security
9 4 (1.36%) CISSP
9 4 (1.36%) JNCIA
10 3 (1.02%) CCIE Data Center
11 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.34%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.10%) SLA
2 4 (1.36%) NCSC
3 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.34%) GDPR
3 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (2.72%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.02%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 24 (8.16%) Endace
2 10 (3.40%) Terraform
3 7 (2.38%) Ansible
4 6 (2.04%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.36%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.34%) NetMRI
6 1 (0.34%) SCCM
6 1 (0.34%) SCOM
Vendors
1 117 (39.80%) Cisco
2 81 (27.55%) Juniper
3 37 (12.59%) F5
4 18 (6.12%) Fortinet
4 18 (6.12%) Palo Alto
5 10 (3.40%) SolarWinds
6 7 (2.38%) Microsoft
7 5 (1.70%) Aruba
7 5 (1.70%) Genesys
8 4 (1.36%) Google
8 4 (1.36%) VMware
9 3 (1.02%) Arista
9 3 (1.02%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.02%) HP
9 3 (1.02%) Meraki
9 3 (1.02%) New Relic
9 3 (1.02%) Splunk
10 2 (0.68%) CA
10 2 (0.68%) Nokia
10 2 (0.68%) Zscaler