Network Architect Contracts in London

Network Architect
England > London

The median Network Architect daily rate in London is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 368 406
Rank change year-on-year +71 +38 +94
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 44 28 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.36% 0.16% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.17% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 22 47
10th Percentile £505 £506 £538
25th Percentile £550 £513 £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% -7.14%
75th Percentile £688 £684 £734
90th Percentile £775 £736 £756
England median daily rate £600 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,322 16,344 24,264
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.55% 95.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,688 11,839 17,686
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.00% -4.55% +3.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 322 279
10th Percentile £20.24 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.42 £20.22 £22.57
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.66 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.10% -23.18% +2.86%
75th Percentile £49.88 £46.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £62.00 £65.03 £82.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.48% -16.67% +93.05%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in London

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in London

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in London

Network Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architect in London

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 29 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
Central London +8 10 £700 +21.74% 1
Network Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Network 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 London region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 25 (56.82%) Firewall
2 24 (54.55%) Cisco
3 16 (36.36%) WAN
4 14 (31.82%) Security Cleared
5 13 (29.55%) Network Security
5 13 (29.55%) Fortinet
6 12 (27.27%) Azure
7 11 (25.00%) DNS
7 11 (25.00%) SC Cleared
7 11 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (20.45%) Data Centre
8 9 (20.45%) Palo Alto
8 9 (20.45%) AWS
8 9 (20.45%) LAN
8 9 (20.45%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (18.18%) CheckPoint
9 8 (18.18%) BGP
9 8 (18.18%) Social Skills
10 7 (15.91%) SD-WAN
10 7 (15.91%) VPN
10 7 (15.91%) Network Architecture
10 7 (15.91%) Ansible
11 6 (13.64%) DevOps
11 6 (13.64%) Python
11 6 (13.64%) CCIE
11 6 (13.64%) CCNP
11 6 (13.64%) Finance
11 6 (13.64%) Roadmaps
11 6 (13.64%) Terraform
12 5 (11.36%) Software-Defined Networking

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (2.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.27%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (27.27%) Azure
2 9 (20.45%) AWS
3 5 (11.36%) GCP
4 2 (4.55%) IaaS
4 2 (4.55%) PaaS
5 1 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (2.27%) Cloudflare
5 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (56.82%) Firewall
2 16 (36.36%) WAN
3 13 (29.55%) Network Security
4 11 (25.00%) DNS
5 9 (20.45%) LAN
6 8 (18.18%) BGP
7 7 (15.91%) SD-WAN
7 7 (15.91%) VPN
8 5 (11.36%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (11.36%) MPLS
8 5 (11.36%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (9.09%) DHCP
9 4 (9.09%) OSPF
9 4 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (6.82%) IPsec
10 3 (6.82%) TCP/IP
10 3 (6.82%) Wireless
11 2 (4.55%) EIGRP
11 2 (4.55%) HTTPS
11 2 (4.55%) Internet
Development Applications
1 4 (9.09%) GitLab
2 2 (4.55%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.55%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 8 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.64%) Finance
3 5 (11.36%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.55%) Banking
6 2 (4.55%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.27%) Military
7 1 (2.27%) Multimedia
7 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Police
7 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.45%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.82%) Public Cloud
3 2 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.55%) PKI
4 1 (2.27%) Hedge funds
4 1 (2.27%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.27%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (15.91%) Network Architecture
3 6 (13.64%) DevOps
3 6 (13.64%) Roadmaps
4 5 (11.36%) High Availability
4 5 (11.36%) Network Design
4 5 (11.36%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (11.36%) Zero Trust
5 4 (9.09%) Network Segmentation
5 4 (9.09%) Security Architecture
6 3 (6.82%) Configuration Management
6 3 (6.82%) Network Management
6 3 (6.82%) Strategic Roadmap
6 3 (6.82%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (4.55%) Agile
7 2 (4.55%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (4.55%) ITIL
7 2 (4.55%) Migration
7 2 (4.55%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) Python
2 3 (6.82%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.27%) Bash
3 1 (2.27%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 14 (31.82%) Security Cleared
2 11 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 9 (20.45%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (13.64%) CCIE
4 6 (13.64%) CCNP
5 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.27%) CCIE Security
5 1 (2.27%) CCSA
5 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.27%) Degree
5 1 (2.27%) JNCIP
5 1 (2.27%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.36%) NIST
2 4 (9.09%) SLA
3 3 (6.82%) GRC
4 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (15.91%) Ansible
2 6 (13.64%) Terraform
3 3 (6.82%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.27%) CASB
4 1 (2.27%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 24 (54.55%) Cisco
2 13 (29.55%) Fortinet
3 9 (20.45%) Palo Alto
4 8 (18.18%) CheckPoint
5 5 (11.36%) F5
5 5 (11.36%) Juniper
6 4 (9.09%) AlgoSec
6 4 (9.09%) Microsoft
6 4 (9.09%) Tufin
7 3 (6.82%) VMware
8 2 (4.55%) Ericsson
8 2 (4.55%) Google
8 2 (4.55%) Infoblox
8 2 (4.55%) NetScout
8 2 (4.55%) Oracle
9 1 (2.27%) Arista
9 1 (2.27%) Aruba
9 1 (2.27%) HP
9 1 (2.27%) Ruckus Wireless