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 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 276 442
Rank change year-on-year -58 +166 +125
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 133 301 199
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.83% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.89% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 140 110
10th Percentile £509 £463 £481
25th Percentile £547 £525 £557
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £731 £700 £743
UK median daily rate £600 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 23 13
10th Percentile £62.70 - £67.00
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 - £91.00 -
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 22,160 33,731 45,413
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.37% 92.79% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,728 22,389 32,257
10th Percentile £293 £282 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £641 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.31% +3.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 2,440 1,336
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £36.65 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -18.13% +94.40%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.25
UK median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% -18.89% +87.50%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +56 44 £650 +15.56% 21
South East -52 29 £575 -11.54% 19
South West -22 16 £600 -7.69% 13
Midlands +5 15 £585 +6.36% 11
North of England +16 11 £625 +8.70% 6
North West +12 8 £625 -9.09% 2
East Midlands +7 8 £650 +13.04%
West Midlands +2 7 £563 +23.22% 11
East of England +24 6 - - 2
Yorkshire +8 2 £700 +47.37% 4
North East +2 1 £550 +3.53% 1
Network Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 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 80 (60.15%) Security Cleared
2 66 (49.62%) Firewall
3 63 (47.37%) SC Cleared
4 60 (45.11%) Cisco
5 41 (30.83%) Social Skills
6 39 (29.32%) WAN
7 38 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (27.07%) Network Architecture
9 35 (26.32%) Network Security
10 31 (23.31%) CCNP
11 28 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
12 27 (20.30%) Stakeholder Management
13 26 (19.55%) Fortinet
14 25 (18.80%) Network Design
14 25 (18.80%) LAN
14 25 (18.80%) Juniper
15 23 (17.29%) Data Centre
16 21 (15.79%) VPN
16 21 (15.79%) DNS
17 19 (14.29%) BGP
17 19 (14.29%) Azure
18 18 (13.53%) F5
18 18 (13.53%) SD-WAN
19 17 (12.78%) AWS
19 17 (12.78%) Migration
20 16 (12.03%) OSPF
20 16 (12.03%) Palo Alto
20 16 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
21 15 (11.28%) DV Cleared
21 15 (11.28%) Technical Leadership

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 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 19 (14.29%) Azure
2 17 (12.78%) AWS
3 7 (5.26%) GCP
4 2 (1.50%) IaaS
4 2 (1.50%) PaaS
5 1 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (0.75%) Cloudflare
5 1 (0.75%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (49.62%) Firewall
2 39 (29.32%) WAN
3 35 (26.32%) Network Security
4 25 (18.80%) LAN
5 21 (15.79%) DNS
5 21 (15.79%) VPN
6 19 (14.29%) BGP
7 18 (13.53%) SD-WAN
8 16 (12.03%) OSPF
9 14 (10.53%) MPLS
10 11 (8.27%) IPsec
10 11 (8.27%) VLAN
11 9 (6.77%) TCP/IP
12 8 (6.02%) Wireless
13 7 (5.26%) DHCP
13 7 (5.26%) HSRP
14 6 (4.51%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (4.51%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 6 (4.51%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 6 (4.51%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 4 (3.01%) GitLab
2 2 (1.50%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.50%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.75%) JIRA
General
1 41 (30.83%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.02%) Finance
5 4 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.26%) Aerospace
6 3 (2.26%) Banking
6 3 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.26%) Law
6 3 (2.26%) Legal
7 2 (1.50%) Military
7 2 (1.50%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.75%) Aviation
8 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.75%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.75%) Police
8 1 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.75%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.75%) JSON
1 1 (0.75%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.29%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.76%) Public Cloud
3 4 (3.01%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (3.01%) Operational Technology
4 3 (2.26%) SCADA
5 2 (1.50%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.50%) PKI
5 2 (1.50%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.75%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.75%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (0.75%) IoT
6 1 (0.75%) IVR
6 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.75%) NB-IoT
6 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.75%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.75%) Windows
1 1 (0.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (27.07%) Network Architecture
2 28 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (20.30%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (18.80%) Network Design
5 17 (12.78%) Migration
6 15 (11.28%) Technical Leadership
7 9 (6.77%) Business Strategy
7 9 (6.77%) Configuration Management
7 9 (6.77%) Customer Requirements
7 9 (6.77%) Zero Trust
8 8 (6.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (5.26%) Computer Science
9 7 (5.26%) DevOps
9 7 (5.26%) Roadmaps
9 7 (5.26%) Security Architecture
9 7 (5.26%) Validation
10 6 (4.51%) Agile
10 6 (4.51%) Business Transformation
10 6 (4.51%) High Availability
10 6 (4.51%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.77%) Python
2 3 (2.26%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.75%) Bash
3 1 (0.75%) Bicep
3 1 (0.75%) VB
Qualifications
1 80 (60.15%) Security Cleared
2 63 (47.37%) SC Cleared
3 38 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
4 31 (23.31%) CCNP
5 15 (11.28%) DV Cleared
6 14 (10.53%) CCNA
7 13 (9.77%) CCIE
8 7 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (5.26%) Degree
8 7 (5.26%) JNCIS
9 5 (3.76%) DBS Check
10 4 (3.01%) Azure Certification
10 4 (3.01%) JNCIP
11 3 (2.26%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (1.50%) CISSP
12 2 (1.50%) JNCIE
12 2 (1.50%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.75%) MCSA
13 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.26%) NIST
1 7 (5.26%) QA
2 5 (3.76%) SLA
3 4 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.01%) NCSC
4 3 (2.26%) GRC
5 2 (1.50%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.75%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.50%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (7.52%) Ansible
2 8 (6.02%) Terraform
3 4 (3.01%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.50%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (1.50%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.75%) CASB
5 1 (0.75%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.75%) Iperf
5 1 (0.75%) Puppet
5 1 (0.75%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 60 (45.11%) Cisco
2 26 (19.55%) Fortinet
3 25 (18.80%) Juniper
4 18 (13.53%) F5
5 16 (12.03%) Palo Alto
6 11 (8.27%) SolarWinds
7 10 (7.52%) CheckPoint
8 8 (6.02%) VMware
9 6 (4.51%) Microsoft
10 5 (3.76%) Google
11 4 (3.01%) AlgoSec
11 4 (3.01%) Fujitsu
11 4 (3.01%) Tufin
12 3 (2.26%) Aruba
12 3 (2.26%) Meraki
13 2 (1.50%) Arista
13 2 (1.50%) Citrix
13 2 (1.50%) Infoblox
13 2 (1.50%) NetScout
13 2 (1.50%) Oracle