Network Architect Contracts in the Midlands

Network Architect
England > Midlands

The median Network Architect daily rate in the Midlands is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 149 195
Rank change year-on-year +37 +46 -52
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 23 11 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.85% 0.33% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 0.35% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 2
10th Percentile £425 £453 £481
25th Percentile £444 £494 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +30.56%
75th Percentile £655 £591 £634
90th Percentile £659 £593 £644
England median daily rate £650 £625 £650
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +23.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,476 3,157 4,792
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.72% 95.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,674 2,219 3,496
10th Percentile £213 £220 £213
25th Percentile £325 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +15.63%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £556
90th Percentile £688 £685 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 118 165
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.35 £10.93
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.06 £14.50
Median hourly rate £19.13 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £29.50 £22.75
90th Percentile £52.56 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +4.03%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in the Midlands

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in the Midlands

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in the Midlands

Network Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architect in the Midlands

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
West Midlands +31 18 £457 -10.93%
East Midlands +22 5 £600 +2.13% 1
Network Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, 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 Midlands region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 16 (69.57%) WAN
2 15 (65.22%) LAN
3 14 (60.87%) Security Cleared
4 12 (52.17%) Cisco
5 11 (47.83%) MPLS
6 10 (43.48%) CCNP
6 10 (43.48%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
7 9 (39.13%) Juniper
7 9 (39.13%) BGP
8 8 (34.78%) Finance
9 7 (30.43%) CCNA
10 6 (26.09%) Network Architecture
10 6 (26.09%) Junos
10 6 (26.09%) Network Design
10 6 (26.09%) Technical Leadership
11 5 (21.74%) JNCIS
11 5 (21.74%) Data Centre
11 5 (21.74%) VPN
11 5 (21.74%) IPsec
12 4 (17.39%) Firewall
12 4 (17.39%) SLA
12 4 (17.39%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (17.39%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (17.39%) Requirements Gathering
13 3 (13.04%) Architectural Design
13 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
13 3 (13.04%) Performance Management
13 3 (13.04%) Data Analytics
13 3 (13.04%) Analytics

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 16 (69.57%) WAN
2 15 (65.22%) LAN
3 11 (47.83%) MPLS
4 9 (39.13%) BGP
5 6 (26.09%) Junos
6 5 (21.74%) IPsec
6 5 (21.74%) VPN
7 4 (17.39%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (17.39%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (17.39%) Firewall
8 3 (13.04%) PBX
8 3 (13.04%) VoIP
8 3 (13.04%) WLAN
9 2 (8.70%) ADSL
9 2 (8.70%) OSPF
9 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
9 2 (8.70%) VDSL
10 1 (4.35%) Network Security
10 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (4.35%) Wireless
General
1 8 (34.78%) Finance
2 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
2 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
3 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.35%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Network Architecture
1 6 (26.09%) Network Design
1 6 (26.09%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (17.39%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (13.04%) Analytics
3 3 (13.04%) Architectural Design
3 3 (13.04%) Data Analytics
3 3 (13.04%) Performance Management
3 3 (13.04%) Programme Management
3 3 (13.04%) SOA
3 3 (13.04%) Storage Management
4 2 (8.70%) Migration
5 1 (4.35%) Agile
5 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (4.35%) Information Security
5 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (4.35%) Presales
5 1 (4.35%) Project Management
5 1 (4.35%) Use Case
5 1 (4.35%) Validation
Qualifications
1 14 (60.87%) Security Cleared
2 10 (43.48%) CCNP
2 10 (43.48%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
3 7 (30.43%) CCNA
4 5 (21.74%) JNCIS
5 3 (13.04%) CCIE
5 3 (13.04%) CCIE Data Center
6 1 (4.35%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) SLA
2 1 (4.35%) HIPAA
2 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) Cisco
2 9 (39.13%) Juniper
3 3 (13.04%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.35%) F5
4 1 (4.35%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.35%) Fujitsu
4 1 (4.35%) Palo Alto