Network Architecture Contracts in the Midlands

Network Architecture
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Network Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Architecture over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 128 185
Rank change year-on-year +18 +57 -33
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 21 25 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.78% 0.77% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 0.87% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 21 15
10th Percentile £469 £450 £240
25th Percentile £575 £556 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £680 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% +51.11% +42.86%
75th Percentile £775 - £506
90th Percentile - £715 £550
England median daily rate £600 £625 £545
% change year-on-year -4.00% +14.68% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
England median hourly rate £14.00 £66.25 £47.50
% change year-on-year -78.87% +39.47% -4.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Network Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,205 2,872 4,427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.91% 88.07% 87.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,487 2,014 3,258
10th Percentile £235 £250 £246
25th Percentile £356 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £498 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.03% +4.74% +14.46%
75th Percentile £596 £595 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 102 148
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.05 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.91 £14.64 £13.75
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.34 £17.53
Median % change year-on-year -19.41% +27.41% +16.87%
75th Percentile £33.25 £38.96 £22.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £57.25 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.77 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.73% +47.08% +8.70%

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 21 May 2024.

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 21 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 +13 15 £713 +4.78% 5
East Midlands +16 6 £600 -15.49% 5
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 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 13 (61.90%) WAN
2 12 (57.14%) Firewall
2 12 (57.14%) LAN
3 11 (52.38%) VPN
4 10 (47.62%) MPLS
5 9 (42.86%) PBX
5 9 (42.86%) VoIP
5 9 (42.86%) WLAN
6 7 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (28.57%) Internet
7 6 (28.57%) SD-WAN
8 5 (23.81%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (23.81%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (23.81%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (23.81%) DHCP
8 5 (23.81%) DNS
9 2 (9.52%) Network Security
9 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
10 1 (4.76%) Ethernet
10 1 (4.76%) SDH
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 10 (47.62%) Telecoms
2 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.76%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Architect
2 7 (33.33%) Network Engineer
3 6 (28.57%) Network Architect
4 5 (23.81%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Project Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Security Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) SOC Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Data Network Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Design Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Network Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Network Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Senior
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Design Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Technical Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (42.86%) Web Services
2 2 (9.52%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.52%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (9.52%) Cloud Native
2 2 (9.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (9.52%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Analytics
1 9 (42.86%) Architectural Design
1 9 (42.86%) Data Analytics
1 9 (42.86%) Performance Management
1 9 (42.86%) Programme Management
1 9 (42.86%) SOA
1 9 (42.86%) Storage Management
2 7 (33.33%) ITIL
2 7 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 6 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
3 6 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 6 (28.57%) Resource Management
3 6 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (23.81%) TOGAF
5 4 (19.05%) Change Control
6 3 (14.29%) Validation
7 2 (9.52%) Agile
7 2 (9.52%) Change Management
7 2 (9.52%) Risk Management
7 2 (9.52%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (42.86%) CCIE
2 9 (42.86%) CCIE Data Center
2 9 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 8 (38.10%) SC Cleared
4 5 (23.81%) CCNP
5 3 (14.29%) BC Cleared
6 2 (9.52%) CASP
6 2 (9.52%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (9.52%) Degree
6 2 (9.52%) GCED
6 2 (9.52%) GIAC
6 2 (9.52%) GSEC
7 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (4.76%) CCNA
7 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
7 1 (4.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) QA
2 1 (4.76%) SLA
Vendors
1 12 (57.14%) Cisco
2 7 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 6 (28.57%) SolarWinds
4 5 (23.81%) CheckPoint
4 5 (23.81%) F5
4 5 (23.81%) Infoblox
4 5 (23.81%) Symantec
4 5 (23.81%) Zscaler
5 3 (14.29%) Fortinet
5 3 (14.29%) Juniper
6 2 (9.52%) Citrix
6 2 (9.52%) LogRhythm
6 2 (9.52%) TippingPoint
6 2 (9.52%) Trend Micro
7 1 (4.76%) Microsoft