Network Architecture Contracts in London

Network Architecture
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 309 340 422
Rank change year-on-year +31 +82 +79
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 44 51 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.35% 0.29% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.32% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 38 56
10th Percentile £402 £418 £373
25th Percentile £444 £514 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £619 £650 £675
90th Percentile £653 £674 £788
England median daily rate £563 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +9.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Network Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in London

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in London

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architecture in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architecture in London

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in London

Network Architecture
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 Architecture within the London 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
Central London +2 6 £625 +13.64% 4
West London - 2 £240 - 5
Network Architecture
England

Network Architecture
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 2 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (6.82%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (22.73%) AWS
2 7 (15.91%) Azure
3 6 (13.64%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (6.82%) GCP
5 2 (4.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.27%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 19 (43.18%) Firewall
2 13 (29.55%) Network Security
2 13 (29.55%) WAN
3 12 (27.27%) VPN
4 9 (20.45%) LAN
5 7 (15.91%) Radio Access Network
6 5 (11.36%) DNS
6 5 (11.36%) TCP/IP
7 4 (9.09%) BGP
7 4 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (6.82%) 4G
8 3 (6.82%) DWDM
8 3 (6.82%) SD-WAN
9 2 (4.55%) ISDN
9 2 (4.55%) MPLS
9 2 (4.55%) PSTN
9 2 (4.55%) Wireless
10 1 (2.27%) 2G
10 1 (2.27%) IPsec
10 1 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (6.82%) GitLab
2 3 (6.82%) Jenkins
3 2 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 11 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (9.09%) Finance
3 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.55%) Banking
5 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.27%) Multimedia
5 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Retail Banking
5 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (22.73%) Architect
2 9 (20.45%) Network Engineer
3 7 (15.91%) Network Architect
4 6 (13.64%) Design Engineer
4 6 (13.64%) Radio Design Engineer
4 6 (13.64%) Radio Engineer
4 6 (13.64%) Senior
5 4 (9.09%) Analyst
5 4 (9.09%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.82%) Consultant
6 3 (6.82%) IT Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Network Consultant
6 3 (6.82%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 2 (4.55%) IT Risk Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Linux Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Risk Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Security Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Linux Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) Operational Technology
2 3 (6.82%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.55%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.27%) IoT
4 1 (2.27%) NHS
4 1 (2.27%) PKI
4 1 (2.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.00%) Network Design
2 8 (18.18%) Agile
2 8 (18.18%) Migration
2 8 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (15.91%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (15.91%) High Availability
4 6 (13.64%) Risk Management
5 5 (11.36%) Computer Science
5 5 (11.36%) Roadmaps
5 5 (11.36%) Scrum
5 5 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (9.09%) BDD
6 4 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
6 4 (9.09%) Task Automation
6 4 (9.09%) Validation
7 3 (6.82%) Data Analysis
7 3 (6.82%) DevOps
7 3 (6.82%) Network Virtualisation
7 3 (6.82%) Runbook
7 3 (6.82%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.18%) Python
2 2 (4.55%) Bash
2 2 (4.55%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.27%) Bicep
3 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (20.45%) CCNP
3 7 (15.91%) Security Cleared
4 6 (13.64%) SC Cleared
5 5 (11.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (11.36%) Degree
6 4 (9.09%) CCNA
7 3 (6.82%) CCIE
7 3 (6.82%) JNCIA
7 3 (6.82%) JNCIS
8 2 (4.55%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.27%) JNCIP
9 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.27%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (6.82%) NIST
2 1 (2.27%) COBIT
2 1 (2.27%) GDPR
2 1 (2.27%) HIPAA
2 1 (2.27%) ISO 22301
2 1 (2.27%) NIST 800
2 1 (2.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (15.91%) Ansible
1 7 (15.91%) Terraform
2 2 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.55%) Puppet
3 1 (2.27%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (2.27%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (25.00%) Cisco
2 6 (13.64%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.09%) CheckPoint
3 4 (9.09%) Fortinet
3 4 (9.09%) Palo Alto
3 4 (9.09%) VMware
4 3 (6.82%) Arista
4 3 (6.82%) Juniper
5 1 (2.27%) Aruba
5 1 (2.27%) Ericsson
5 1 (2.27%) F5
5 1 (2.27%) Google
5 1 (2.27%) Oracle
5 1 (2.27%) Planview
5 1 (2.27%) SolarWinds