Network Architect Contracts in the North of England

Network Architect
England > North of England

The median Network Architect daily rate in the North of England is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 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
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 159 184
Rank change year-on-year -5 +25 +49
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 15 11 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.38% 0.26% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.29% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 8
10th Percentile £611 £461 -
25th Percentile £613 £481 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £594 £531
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +11.92% -21.41%
75th Percentile £638 £775 £613
90th Percentile £681 - £680
England median daily rate £600 £640 £625
% change year-on-year -6.18% +2.32% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
England median hourly rate £103.00 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +47.14% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 3,627 3,842 5,058
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 92.22% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,329 2,369 3,435
10th Percentile £251 £263 £263
25th Percentile £367 £400 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.19% -1.40% +2.04%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £638 £670 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 283 204
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.50 £15.39
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.54 £17.65
Median hourly rate £22.32 £30.00 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -25.62% +14.29% +30.40%
75th Percentile £46.65 £51.89 £44.64
90th Percentile £75.79 £70.00 £56.24
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +67.45%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in the North of England

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in the North of England

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in the North of England

Network Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Network Architect in the North of England

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 4 August 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
North West +3 12 £625 -16.67% 8
Yorkshire -3 3 £625 +25.00% 2
Network Architect
England

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 4 August 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 North of England region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 11 (73.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 11 (73.33%) SC Cleared
1 11 (73.33%) Security Cleared
2 9 (60.00%) Business Strategy
3 7 (46.67%) DBS Check
4 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (20.00%) Firewall
4 3 (20.00%) Azure
4 3 (20.00%) VPN
5 2 (13.33%) Cisco
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (13.33%) SAN
5 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (13.33%) CCTV
5 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (13.33%) Finance
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (13.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (13.33%) Network Segmentation
5 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (13.33%) Zero Trust
5 2 (13.33%) Integration Patterns
5 2 (13.33%) Azure Certification
6 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
6 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
6 1 (6.67%) Zscaler
6 1 (6.67%) Due Diligence
6 1 (6.67%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Automation
6 1 (6.67%) Social Skills

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Firewall
1 3 (20.00%) VPN
2 2 (13.33%) SAN
2 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (6.67%) 4G
3 1 (6.67%) ISDN
3 1 (6.67%) LAN
3 1 (6.67%) MPLS
3 1 (6.67%) Network Security
3 1 (6.67%) PSTN
3 1 (6.67%) WAN
General
1 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) CCTV
1 2 (13.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.67%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (60.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (13.33%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (13.33%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (13.33%) Zero Trust
4 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (6.67%) Due Diligence
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (6.67%) Network Architecture
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) SC Cleared
1 11 (73.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (46.67%) DBS Check
3 2 (13.33%) Azure Certification
4 1 (6.67%) CCNP
4 1 (6.67%) CCSA
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Cisco
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Palo Alto
2 1 (6.67%) Zscaler