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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 397 481
Rank change year-on-year +73 +84 +114
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 164 145 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.67% 0.39% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.45% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 92 126
10th Percentile £401 £451 £406
25th Percentile £463 £520 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +9.79%
75th Percentile £651 £659 £680
90th Percentile £750 £774 £719
UK median daily rate £528 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -12.08% -4.00% +9.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £21.10 £36.70
25th Percentile - £31.75 £62.50
Median hourly rate - £52.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +35.30%
75th Percentile - £74.75 £68.75
90th Percentile - £86.90 £69.50
UK median hourly rate - £52.00 £66.25
% change year-on-year - -21.51% +37.91%

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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

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 May 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 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 +31 44 £500 -13.04% 56
South East +37 41 £550 -6.70% 25
North of England +47 33 £500 -18.03% 6
South West +65 29 £600 -17.24% 12
North West +42 26 £475 - 5
Yorkshire +12 7 £680 +11.48% 1
Midlands +5 6 £651 +6.20% 7
East of England +34 5 £525 -8.70% 6
West Midlands +1 4 £688 +5.77% 5
East Midlands +6 2 £651 +8.42% 1
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 (1.83%) IIS
2 2 (1.22%) Confluence
2 2 (1.22%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.05%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.61%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 29 (17.68%) AWS
2 23 (14.02%) Azure
3 9 (5.49%) GCP
4 7 (4.27%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (4.27%) Cloudflare
5 3 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (1.22%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (1.22%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.22%) GitHub
6 2 (1.22%) Nutanix
6 2 (1.22%) OpenShift
6 2 (1.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.61%) Akamai
7 1 (0.61%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 87 (53.05%) Firewall
2 58 (35.37%) WAN
3 55 (33.54%) Network Security
4 43 (26.22%) VPN
5 28 (17.07%) LAN
6 22 (13.41%) BGP
6 22 (13.41%) MPLS
7 18 (10.98%) OSPF
8 16 (9.76%) Radio Access Network
8 16 (9.76%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (8.54%) 4G
9 14 (8.54%) Cisco ISE
9 14 (8.54%) Cisco Nexus
9 14 (8.54%) NetScaler
9 14 (8.54%) SD-WAN
10 13 (7.93%) 5G
10 13 (7.93%) DNS
10 13 (7.93%) TCP/IP
11 10 (6.10%) 3G
11 10 (6.10%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 7 (4.27%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (2.44%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.83%) Eclipse
3 3 (1.83%) GitLab
3 3 (1.83%) JIRA
General
1 48 (29.27%) Social Skills
2 26 (15.85%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (8.54%) Telecoms
4 10 (6.10%) Banking
5 8 (4.88%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.27%) Finance
7 4 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.83%) Advertising
8 3 (1.83%) Multimedia
8 3 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.22%) Military
10 1 (0.61%) Aviation
10 1 (0.61%) Billing
10 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.61%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 60 (36.59%) Network Engineer
2 58 (35.37%) Architect
3 38 (23.17%) Network Architect
4 18 (10.98%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 12 (7.32%) Technical Architect
6 11 (6.71%) Security Architect
6 11 (6.71%) Senior
7 10 (6.10%) Consultant
8 9 (5.49%) Design Engineer
8 9 (5.49%) Network Technical Architect
9 8 (4.88%) DevSecOps Architect
10 7 (4.27%) DevSecOps Consultant
10 7 (4.27%) Security Consultant
11 6 (3.66%) Linux Engineer
11 6 (3.66%) Radio Design Engineer
11 6 (3.66%) Radio Engineer
11 6 (3.66%) Senior Network Engineer
12 5 (3.05%) Designer
12 5 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
13 4 (2.44%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.32%) 802.1X
2 5 (3.05%) Spine.js
3 3 (1.83%) LDAP
4 1 (0.61%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 31 (18.90%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (6.10%) Private Cloud
4 7 (4.27%) Operational Technology
5 6 (3.66%) Public Cloud
6 5 (3.05%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.83%) SCADA
9 2 (1.22%) Clustering
9 2 (1.22%) IoT
9 2 (1.22%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.22%) PKI
9 2 (1.22%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.61%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.61%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.61%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.61%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 1 (0.61%) NB-IoT
10 1 (0.61%) NHS
10 1 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.93%) Linux
2 4 (2.44%) Windows
3 3 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.22%) CentOS
4 2 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (31.10%) Network Design
2 27 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (15.85%) Migration
4 21 (12.80%) Computer Science
4 21 (12.80%) Network Management
5 20 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
6 19 (11.59%) Validation
7 16 (9.76%) Roadmaps
8 15 (9.15%) Load Balancing
9 14 (8.54%) Zero Trust
10 13 (7.93%) Agile
10 13 (7.93%) Impact Assessments
10 13 (7.93%) Technical Leadership
11 12 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (6.71%) DevOps
12 11 (6.71%) High Availability
13 10 (6.10%) DevSecOps
13 10 (6.10%) Risk Management
14 9 (5.49%) Project Delivery
14 9 (5.49%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (10.98%) Python
2 3 (1.83%) C++
2 3 (1.83%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.22%) Bash
3 2 (1.22%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.61%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 69 (42.07%) Security Cleared
2 63 (38.41%) Cisco Certification
3 55 (33.54%) SC Cleared
4 46 (28.05%) CCNP
5 26 (15.85%) Degree
6 24 (14.63%) CCNA
7 20 (12.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (10.37%) CCIE
8 17 (10.37%) DV Cleared
9 12 (7.32%) JNCIS
10 9 (5.49%) CISSP
11 8 (4.88%) OSCP
12 7 (4.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (4.27%) CCSP
12 7 (4.27%) CEH
12 7 (4.27%) CISM
13 6 (3.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (3.05%) JNCIA
14 5 (3.05%) JNCIE
14 5 (3.05%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.37%) NIST
2 11 (6.71%) PCI DSS
3 8 (4.88%) COBIT
4 7 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.22%) GDPR
5 2 (1.22%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.61%) GRC
6 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.61%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.61%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.61%) NCSC
6 1 (0.61%) RMADS
6 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (9.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (3.05%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.83%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (14.02%) Ansible
2 18 (10.98%) Terraform
3 6 (3.66%) vCenter Server
4 5 (3.05%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.83%) Puppet
5 3 (1.83%) SELinux
6 2 (1.22%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.22%) Iperf
6 2 (1.22%) Nagios
6 2 (1.22%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.22%) VxRail
6 2 (1.22%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.61%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.61%) NSN NetAct
7 1 (0.61%) OPNET
7 1 (0.61%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.61%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.61%) vRealize
Vendors
1 69 (42.07%) Cisco
2 22 (13.41%) Palo Alto
3 20 (12.20%) Fortinet
4 18 (10.98%) VMware
5 15 (9.15%) Juniper
5 15 (9.15%) Meraki
6 14 (8.54%) Microsoft
7 11 (6.71%) F5
8 10 (6.10%) CheckPoint
9 9 (5.49%) SolarWinds
10 7 (4.27%) Zscaler
11 6 (3.66%) Arista
11 6 (3.66%) Citrix
11 6 (3.66%) Fujitsu
12 5 (3.05%) Dell
12 5 (3.05%) Google
12 5 (3.05%) HP
13 4 (2.44%) Aruba
14 3 (1.83%) NVIDIA
14 3 (1.83%) Red Hat