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 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 358 422
Rank change year-on-year +49 +64 +79
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 41 39 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.33% 0.22% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.25% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 27 35
10th Percentile £403 £459 £493
25th Percentile £450 £509 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +10.09%
75th Percentile £595 £650 £675
90th Percentile £675 £681 £875
England median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%

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 11,579 15,607 22,776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.34% 88.25% 90.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,762 11,133 16,499
10th Percentile £338 £340 £375
25th Percentile £425 £448 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 209 312 260
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £32.89 £29.25 £39.92
Median % change year-on-year +12.44% -26.72% +9.63%
75th Percentile £50.50 £48.75 £64.63
90th Percentile £63.75 £67.90 £82.50
England median hourly rate £26.45 £38.12 £35.02
% change year-on-year -30.61% +8.87% +36.35%

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 22 June 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 22 June 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 +4 6 £625 +13.64% 35
West London - 2 £240 - 3
South London - 1 £650 -
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 (4.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.32%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) AWS
2 5 (12.20%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (9.76%) Azure
4 2 (4.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.44%) GCP
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.44%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 18 (43.90%) Firewall
2 13 (31.71%) LAN
2 13 (31.71%) Network Security
2 13 (31.71%) WAN
3 12 (29.27%) VPN
4 8 (19.51%) DNS
5 7 (17.07%) TCP/IP
6 5 (12.20%) Wireless
7 4 (9.76%) 4G
7 4 (9.76%) BGP
7 4 (9.76%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (9.76%) Cisco Wireless
7 4 (9.76%) DHCP
7 4 (9.76%) MPLS
8 3 (7.32%) DWDM
8 3 (7.32%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (7.32%) VLAN
9 2 (4.88%) 2G
9 2 (4.88%) 3G
9 2 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (4.88%) JIRA
3 1 (2.44%) GitLab
3 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.20%) Finance
3 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Telecoms
4 3 (7.32%) Local Government
4 3 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.88%) Banking
5 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Billing
6 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Legal
6 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.44%) Multimedia
6 1 (2.44%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (31.71%) Network Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) Architect
3 7 (17.07%) Network Architect
4 5 (12.20%) Senior
5 4 (9.76%) Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) Business Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) Consultant
6 3 (7.32%) IT Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Cloud Architect
7 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) IT Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Network Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) Security Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Senior Network Engineer
8 1 (2.44%) Senior Network Consultant
8 1 (2.44%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Data Centre
1 4 (9.76%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.44%) IoT
2 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.44%) NHS
2 1 (2.44%) PKI
2 1 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (2.44%) Security Posture
2 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (19.51%) Agile
2 7 (17.07%) High Availability
2 7 (17.07%) Migration
2 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (17.07%) Risk Management
2 7 (17.07%) Roadmaps
3 6 (14.63%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (12.20%) Computer Science
4 5 (12.20%) Network Design
4 5 (12.20%) Scrum
4 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (9.76%) BDD
5 4 (9.76%) Project Delivery
5 4 (9.76%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (9.76%) Validation
5 4 (9.76%) Zero Trust
6 3 (7.32%) Knowledge Transfer
6 3 (7.32%) Prototyping
6 3 (7.32%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (7.32%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) Python
2 1 (2.44%) Bicep
2 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (29.27%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (19.51%) CCNP
3 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
4 5 (12.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (12.20%) Degree
5 4 (9.76%) CCNA
6 3 (7.32%) JNCIA
6 3 (7.32%) JNCIS
7 2 (4.88%) AWS Certification
8 1 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
8 1 (2.44%) CCIE
8 1 (2.44%) JNCIP
8 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.88%) NIST
3 1 (2.44%) GDPR
3 1 (2.44%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.44%) ISO 22301
3 1 (2.44%) NCSC
3 1 (2.44%) NIST 800
3 1 (2.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) Ansible
2 4 (9.76%) Terraform
3 1 (2.44%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.44%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 12 (29.27%) Cisco
2 8 (19.51%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.76%) Arista
3 4 (9.76%) CheckPoint
3 4 (9.76%) Fortinet
3 4 (9.76%) Palo Alto
4 3 (7.32%) VMware
5 2 (4.88%) Juniper
6 1 (2.44%) Aruba
6 1 (2.44%) Ericsson
6 1 (2.44%) F5
6 1 (2.44%) Google
6 1 (2.44%) Nokia
6 1 (2.44%) Okta
6 1 (2.44%) Oracle
6 1 (2.44%) Planview