Network Architect Contracts in the Midlands

Network Architect
England > Midlands

The median Network Architect daily rate in the Midlands is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 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
15 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 109 149
Rank change year-on-year -13 +40 +58
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 14 31 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.59% 1.06% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 1.15% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 24 5
10th Percentile £503 - £521
25th Percentile £528 £525 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £628 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.37% +4.58% -7.69%
75th Percentile £644 £659 -
90th Percentile £650 £671 £615
England median daily rate £600 £650 £621
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.67% -4.46%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 2,133 2,684 3,091
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.62% 91.92% 94.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,374 1,799 2,198
10th Percentile £213 £228 £224
25th Percentile £355 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £548 £588 £595
90th Percentile £638 £675 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 214 107
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.83 £12.62
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.00 £15.38
Median hourly rate £23.21 £18.99 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.23% -9.60% +9.09%
75th Percentile £31.57 £35.00 £37.66
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.67 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.18 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -29.55% -6.98% +70.01%

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 15 July 2025.

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 15 July 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
West Midlands -4 11 £550 -13.39% 3
East Midlands -11 3 £635 +15.45% 1
Network Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 July 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 Midlands region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Firewall
2 8 (57.14%) WAN
2 8 (57.14%) SD-WAN
3 6 (42.86%) Network Architecture
3 6 (42.86%) Network Design
4 5 (35.71%) Cisco
4 5 (35.71%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
4 5 (35.71%) Network Security
4 5 (35.71%) Operational Technology
5 4 (28.57%) Zero Trust
5 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
6 3 (21.43%) F5
6 3 (21.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
6 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
6 3 (21.43%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (21.43%) Juniper
6 3 (21.43%) CCNP
6 3 (21.43%) Configuration Management
6 3 (21.43%) LAN
6 3 (21.43%) VoIP
6 3 (21.43%) Migration
6 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
7 2 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (14.29%) NGFW
7 2 (14.29%) IPsec
7 2 (14.29%) Legal
7 2 (14.29%) Wireless

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 9 (64.29%) Firewall
2 8 (57.14%) SD-WAN
2 8 (57.14%) WAN
3 5 (35.71%) Network Security
4 3 (21.43%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (21.43%) LAN
4 3 (21.43%) VoIP
5 2 (14.29%) DNS
5 2 (14.29%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 2 (14.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (14.29%) HSRP
5 2 (14.29%) IPsec
5 2 (14.29%) MPLS
5 2 (14.29%) NGFW
5 2 (14.29%) OSPF
5 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
5 2 (14.29%) Unified Communications
5 2 (14.29%) VLAN
5 2 (14.29%) Wireless
6 1 (7.14%) LoRaWAN
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Operational Technology
2 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
3 3 (21.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (7.14%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (7.14%) IoT
5 1 (7.14%) NB-IoT
5 1 (7.14%) SCADA
5 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Network Architecture
1 6 (42.86%) Network Design
2 4 (28.57%) Zero Trust
3 3 (21.43%) Configuration Management
3 3 (21.43%) Migration
3 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
4 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 2 (14.29%) Load Balancing
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Security Architecture
4 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (7.14%) High Availability
5 1 (7.14%) Low Latency
5 1 (7.14%) Operational Acceptance Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Patch Management
5 1 (7.14%) Time Management
5 1 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) CCNP
2 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) CCIE
4 1 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (7.14%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Cisco
2 3 (21.43%) F5
2 3 (21.43%) Juniper
3 2 (14.29%) Fortinet
3 2 (14.29%) Meraki
3 2 (14.29%) SolarWinds
4 1 (7.14%) NetScout
4 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto