Network Architecture Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Network Architecture
Hampshire > Farnborough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Farnborough requiring Network Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 20 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 4 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 1.69% 3.70% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.06% 4.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £433 £502 -
25th Percentile £444 £504 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £515 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% - -
75th Percentile £500 £523 -
90th Percentile £508 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £475 £575 £581
% change year-on-year -17.39% -1.08% +1.02%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 194 75 138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough 82.20% 92.59% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 61 60
10th Percentile £320 £350 £334
25th Percentile £458 £425 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £510 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.98% -15.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £606 £603 £667
90th Percentile £691 £725 £725
Hampshire median daily rate £535 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40.00 - £52.50
Median hourly rate £45.59 £75.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.22% +36.36% +0.23%
75th Percentile £48.88 £78.75 £57.50
90th Percentile - £84.00 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £57.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year -64.14% +21.58% +5.56%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough.

Network Architecture job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Network Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Network Architecture

Network Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in Farnborough

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Network Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Network Architecture

Network Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) OSPF
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) BGP
2 3 (75.00%) Network Security
2 3 (75.00%) VPN
3 2 (50.00%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (50.00%) LAN
3 2 (50.00%) NGFW
4 1 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) IPsec
4 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Military
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Design Authority
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (25.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) White-Box Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) CCNP
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Ansible
1 2 (50.00%) Terraform
2 1 (25.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Mellanox
2 2 (50.00%) NVIDIA
3 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (25.00%) VMware