Senior Network Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Senior Network Architect
England > London

The median Senior Network Architect daily rate in London is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 348 386
Rank change year-on-year -61 +38 +84
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Architect 9 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.049% 0.025% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.027% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile - £610 -
25th Percentile £481 £611 £715
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £648 £730
Median % change year-on-year -24.71% -11.30% +12.31%
75th Percentile £500 £711 £745
90th Percentile £515 £727 -
England median daily rate £550 £625 £573
% change year-on-year -12.00% +9.17% -4.58%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 17,154 11,319 16,339
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 93.55% 93.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,330 7,658 11,782
10th Percentile £356 £350 £325
25th Percentile £433 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £762 £800 £800
England median daily rate £518 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 157 325
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% +15.07% -22.75%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.00 £46.86
90th Percentile £76.98 £63.10 £67.60
England median hourly rate £45.56 £29.27 £37.75
% change year-on-year +55.64% -22.46% -16.11%

Senior Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Network Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Senior Network Architect job vacancy trend in London

Senior Network Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Network Architect job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Network Architect job vacancies in London

Senior Network Architect Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 5 June 2026, Senior Network Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Senior Network Architect in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Network Security
1 9 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 9 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 5 (55.56%) Cloud Security
2 5 (55.56%) VPN
3 4 (44.44%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (33.33%) Migration
5 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared

Senior Network Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 9 (100.00%) Network Security
2 5 (55.56%) VPN
General
1 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (55.56%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 9 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 5 (55.56%) Cloud Security
3 4 (44.44%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (33.33%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared