Network Architecture Contracts in England

Network Architecture
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 415 497
Rank change year-on-year +66 +82 +103
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 147 139 142
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.37% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.44% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 90 93
10th Percentile £400 £463 £413
25th Percentile £463 £521 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £604 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +0.63% +20.00%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £680
90th Percentile £750 £775 £745
UK median daily rate £515 £600 £595
% change year-on-year -14.17% +0.84% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £14.00
Median hourly rate - £14.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - -17.65% -62.22%
75th Percentile - - £32.25
90th Percentile - - £53.40
UK median hourly rate - £14.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - -30.00% -55.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 23,377 31,762 42,528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.15% 85.55% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,054 20,587 29,761
10th Percentile £300 £305 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.57% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,168 2,328 1,554
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +46.03%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.60 £64.63
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.00 £75.80
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Network Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in England

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in England

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Architecture in England

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in England

Network Architecture
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 Architecture within the England region over the 6 months to 1 July 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 +46 43 £494 -11.63% 195
South East +43 32 £550 -7.52% 73
North of England +29 31 £475 -24.60% 53
North West +36 27 £475 -26.92% 25
South West +42 19 £625 -3.85% 21
West Midlands +2 9 £775 +3.33% 11
Midlands +2 9 £775 +24.30% 22
East of England +28 6 £528 -12.08% 30
Yorkshire +3 4 £345 -43.44% 19
Network Architecture
UK

Network Architecture
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 3 (2.04%) IIS
2 2 (1.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (5.44%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.08%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.68%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 30 (20.41%) AWS
2 28 (19.05%) Azure
3 12 (8.16%) GCP
4 6 (4.08%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (4.08%) Cloudflare
5 3 (2.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 3 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (1.36%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (1.36%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.36%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (1.36%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (1.36%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.36%) GitHub
6 2 (1.36%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.68%) Akamai
7 1 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.68%) IaaS
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.68%) OpenDNS
7 1 (0.68%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 90 (61.22%) Firewall
2 58 (39.46%) WAN
3 52 (35.37%) Network Security
4 46 (31.29%) VPN
5 32 (21.77%) LAN
6 23 (15.65%) BGP
7 21 (14.29%) MPLS
8 19 (12.93%) OSPF
9 17 (11.56%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (10.88%) DNS
11 15 (10.20%) Cisco Nexus
12 14 (9.52%) SD-WAN
13 12 (8.16%) Cisco ISE
13 12 (8.16%) NetScaler
13 12 (8.16%) VLAN
14 11 (7.48%) TCP/IP
14 11 (7.48%) Wireless
15 9 (6.12%) DHCP
15 9 (6.12%) VXLAN
16 8 (5.44%) DWDM
Development Applications
1 7 (4.76%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (2.04%) Eclipse
2 3 (2.04%) JIRA
3 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
General
1 51 (34.69%) Social Skills
2 24 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (6.12%) Public Sector
3 9 (6.12%) Telecoms
4 6 (4.08%) Finance
5 3 (2.04%) Banking
5 3 (2.04%) Local Government
6 2 (1.36%) Advertising
6 2 (1.36%) Billing
6 2 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.36%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.36%) Military
7 1 (0.68%) Aviation
7 1 (0.68%) Legal
7 1 (0.68%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 60 (40.82%) Network Engineer
2 47 (31.97%) Architect
3 36 (24.49%) Network Architect
4 16 (10.88%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 10 (6.80%) Senior
6 7 (4.76%) Analyst
6 7 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (4.08%) Lead
7 6 (4.08%) Senior Network Engineer
7 6 (4.08%) Technical Architect
8 5 (3.40%) Business Analyst
8 5 (3.40%) Consultant
8 5 (3.40%) IT Engineer
8 5 (3.40%) Network Technical Architect
9 4 (2.72%) Cloud Engineer
9 4 (2.72%) Designer
9 4 (2.72%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 4 (2.72%) Network Designer
9 4 (2.72%) Project Manager
9 4 (2.72%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.16%) 802.1X
2 5 (3.40%) Spine.js
3 3 (2.04%) LDAP
4 1 (0.68%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 32 (21.77%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.80%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (6.12%) Operational Technology
4 5 (3.40%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.40%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.40%) SCADA
5 4 (2.72%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.72%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.04%) IVR
6 3 (2.04%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.36%) Clustering
7 2 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.36%) IoT
7 2 (1.36%) PKI
8 1 (0.68%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.68%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.68%) NB-IoT
8 1 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.80%) Linux
2 4 (2.72%) Windows
3 3 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.36%) CentOS
4 2 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (28.57%) Network Design
2 24 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (15.65%) Migration
4 22 (14.97%) Computer Science
5 20 (13.61%) Validation
6 18 (12.24%) Network Management
6 18 (12.24%) Roadmaps
7 17 (11.56%) Load Balancing
8 14 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
8 14 (9.52%) Impact Assessments
8 14 (9.52%) Zero Trust
9 13 (8.84%) High Availability
10 12 (8.16%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (7.48%) Agile
11 11 (7.48%) Technical Leadership
12 10 (6.80%) Network Monitoring
12 10 (6.80%) Project Delivery
12 10 (6.80%) Risk Management
13 9 (6.12%) Service Design
14 8 (5.44%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.88%) Python
2 3 (2.04%) C++
2 3 (2.04%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.36%) Bash
4 1 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 61 (41.50%) Security Cleared
2 57 (38.78%) Cisco Certification
3 51 (34.69%) SC Cleared
4 47 (31.97%) CCNP
5 23 (15.65%) Degree
6 22 (14.97%) CCNA
7 19 (12.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (10.20%) DV Cleared
9 13 (8.84%) CCIE
10 11 (7.48%) JNCIS
11 6 (4.08%) JNCIE
11 6 (4.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (3.40%) AWS Certification
12 5 (3.40%) Azure Certification
12 5 (3.40%) JNCIA
12 5 (3.40%) Master's Degree
13 3 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (2.04%) JNCIP
14 2 (1.36%) CISSP
15 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.44%) NIST
2 6 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.04%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.36%) NCSC
4 2 (1.36%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.68%) GDPR
5 1 (0.68%) GRC
5 1 (0.68%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.68%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.68%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.68%) RMADS
5 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (10.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (3.40%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.72%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.68%) Docker
5 1 (0.68%) Snort
5 1 (0.68%) Squid
5 1 (0.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (13.61%) Ansible
2 14 (9.52%) Terraform
3 6 (4.08%) vCenter Server
4 3 (2.04%) Nagios
4 3 (2.04%) SELinux
5 2 (1.36%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.36%) Iperf
5 2 (1.36%) NSN NetAct
5 2 (1.36%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.36%) VxRail
5 2 (1.36%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.68%) Nessus
6 1 (0.68%) Nexpose
6 1 (0.68%) OPNET
6 1 (0.68%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.68%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.68%) Puppet
6 1 (0.68%) Suricata
6 1 (0.68%) vRealize
Vendors
1 67 (45.58%) Cisco
2 23 (15.65%) Palo Alto
3 22 (14.97%) Fortinet
4 18 (12.24%) Microsoft
5 16 (10.88%) VMware
6 15 (10.20%) Juniper
7 14 (9.52%) Meraki
8 11 (7.48%) F5
9 8 (5.44%) CheckPoint
10 7 (4.76%) Arista
10 7 (4.76%) SolarWinds
10 7 (4.76%) Zscaler
11 6 (4.08%) Fujitsu
12 5 (3.40%) Dell
12 5 (3.40%) Google
12 5 (3.40%) HP
13 4 (2.72%) Citrix
13 4 (2.72%) Splunk
14 3 (2.04%) Aruba
14 3 (2.04%) Nokia