Network Architecture Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Network Architecture
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire 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 80 55 95
Rank change year-on-year -25 +40 +6
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 12 15 8
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.80% 2.06% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 2.32% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 4
10th Percentile £433 £508 £528
25th Percentile £444 £525 £542
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £581
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% -1.08% +1.02%
75th Percentile £500 £625 £650
90th Percentile £508 £725 -
South East median daily rate £513 £575 £590
% change year-on-year -10.87% -2.54% -1.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,216 647 1,346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 81.50% 88.75% 86.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 794 465 730
10th Percentile £328 £325 £371
25th Percentile £463 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £618 £675
90th Percentile £739 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 37 118
10th Percentile £12.60 £20.06 £12.19
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £18.32
Median hourly rate £20.71 £57.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.14% +21.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £40.00 £71.25 £63.44
90th Percentile £54.00 £75.00 £75.16
South East median hourly rate £29.61 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -15.40% -6.67% -16.67%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Network Architecture job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Network Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Network Architecture
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 10 March 2026. 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
Basingstoke - 8 - - 2
Farnborough -13 4 £475 -7.77% 1
Network Architecture
South East

Network Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (33.33%) OSPF
1 4 (33.33%) WAN
2 3 (25.00%) BGP
2 3 (25.00%) Network Security
2 3 (25.00%) VPN
3 2 (16.67%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (16.67%) LAN
3 2 (16.67%) NGFW
4 1 (8.33%) Firewall
4 1 (8.33%) IPsec
4 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
General
1 8 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Military
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Architect
1 8 (66.67%) Security Architect
1 8 (66.67%) Security Technical Architect
1 8 (66.67%) Technical Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Design Authority
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Agile
1 8 (66.67%) Scrum
1 8 (66.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Engineering
3 1 (8.33%) Cryptography
3 1 (8.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (8.33%) SIEM
3 1 (8.33%) White-Box Testing
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (75.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 3 (25.00%) CCNP
4 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Ansible
1 2 (16.67%) Terraform
2 1 (8.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) Mellanox
2 2 (16.67%) NVIDIA
3 1 (8.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (8.33%) VMware