Network Infrastructure Architect Contracts in England

Network Infrastructure Architect
UK > England

The median Network Infrastructure Architect daily rate in England is £512, 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 475 540 640
Rank change year-on-year +65 +100 +120
Contract jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Architect 10 2 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.005% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.006% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £453
25th Percentile - - £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 - £570
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.80%
75th Percentile - - £638
90th Percentile - - £661
UK median daily rate £512 £725 £570
% change year-on-year -29.38% +27.19% -8.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £62.70 - -
25th Percentile £69.38 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 - -
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 - -

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 Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Infrastructure Architect in England

Network Infrastructure Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Infrastructure Architect in England

Network Infrastructure Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Infrastructure Architect in England

Network Infrastructure Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Network Infrastructure Architect in England

Network Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure 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
East of England - 6 - -
London +39 2 £512 - 1
North West - 1 - -
South West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
Network Infrastructure Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Network Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (70.00%) QA
4 6 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (60.00%) Business Transformation
4 6 (60.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 3 (30.00%) Windows
6 2 (20.00%) Oracle
6 2 (20.00%) VMware
6 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
6 2 (20.00%) AWS
6 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
7 1 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (10.00%) Due Diligence
7 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
7 1 (10.00%) Azure Stack
7 1 (10.00%) VxRail
7 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
7 1 (10.00%) IaaS
7 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
7 1 (10.00%) Private Cloud
7 1 (10.00%) Public Cloud
7 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
7 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365

Network Infrastructure 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Stack
2 1 (10.00%) IaaS
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) PaaS
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (10.00%) Private Cloud
1 1 (10.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (60.00%) Business Transformation
2 6 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (60.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (10.00%) Agile
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (10.00%) Due Diligence
3 1 (10.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (10.00%) Open Source
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (10.00%) Time Management
3 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) CCNP
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CISSP
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) MCSA
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (10.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle
1 2 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco
2 1 (10.00%) EMC
2 1 (10.00%) Red Hat