Network Architecture Contracts in the Midlands

Network Architecture
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 118 134
Rank change year-on-year -6 +16 +60
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 13 18 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.54% 0.62% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.78% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 15
10th Percentile £474 £468 £368
25th Percentile £514 £575 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £640 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.18% +13.69% +21.62%
75th Percentile £797 £775 £715
90th Percentile £800 - -
England median daily rate £550 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £86.25
Median hourly rate - £14.00 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year - -84.44% -
75th Percentile - - £93.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £160.00 £66.43 £87.50
% change year-on-year +140.86% -24.08% +82.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,106 2,313 2,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.75% 80.09% 86.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,342 1,555 1,948
10th Percentile £210 £250 £252
25th Percentile £356 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.44% -1.70% +2.56%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 148 92
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.27 £13.02
25th Percentile £15.12 £13.81 £19.87
Median hourly rate £19.75 £18.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.72% -34.55% +40.43%
75th Percentile £26.51 £35.00 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.38 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £41.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% -8.14% +59.62%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in the Midlands

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in the Midlands

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architecture in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architecture in the Midlands

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in the Midlands

Network Architecture
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 Architecture within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 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 +7 13 £600 -20.00% 9
Network Architecture
England

Network Architecture
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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) AWS
2 3 (23.08%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) Network Security
2 7 (53.85%) Firewall
2 7 (53.85%) WAN
3 6 (46.15%) SD-WAN
4 2 (15.38%) LAN
4 2 (15.38%) NGFW
5 1 (7.69%) 5G
5 1 (7.69%) DMZ
5 1 (7.69%) LoRaWAN
5 1 (7.69%) VLAN
5 1 (7.69%) VPN
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Architect
2 6 (46.15%) Network Architect
3 3 (23.08%) IT Architect
3 3 (23.08%) IT Security Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Network Security Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Security Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Security Solutions Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Security Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Security Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) SOC Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Operational Technology
2 4 (30.77%) SCADA
3 3 (23.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (23.08%) Security Posture
4 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (7.69%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (7.69%) IoT
4 1 (7.69%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (38.46%) Security Architecture
2 4 (30.77%) Network Design
2 4 (30.77%) Zero Trust
3 3 (23.08%) Application Security
3 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
3 3 (23.08%) Design Patterns
3 3 (23.08%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 3 (23.08%) OWASP
3 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
3 3 (23.08%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.69%) Change Control
5 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
5 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.69%) Cryptography
5 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.69%) High Availability
5 1 (7.69%) SIEM
5 1 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) CCNA
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.69%) CISSP
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) NIST
2 1 (7.69%) NCSC