Network Architect Contracts in the North West

Network Architect
England > North West

The median Network Architect daily rate in the North West is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 129 145
Rank change year-on-year +18 +16 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 9 8 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.46% 0.29% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.31% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 4
10th Percentile £582 £471 £589
25th Percentile £608 £550 £628
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £688 £663
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.77% +12.77%
75th Percentile £638 £775 £691
90th Percentile £663 - £696
England median daily rate £600 £650 £631
% change year-on-year -7.69% +2.97% -1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
England median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +14.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,821 2,603 3,030
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 94.48% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,205 1,698 2,172
10th Percentile £250 £281 £300
25th Percentile £378 £393 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £588
90th Percentile £652 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 266 133
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%
75th Percentile £59.24 £46.18 £47.50
90th Percentile £83.41 £63.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in the North West

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in the North West

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in the North West

Network Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architect in the North West

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Cumbria - 7 £625 -
Manchester +13 1 - - 6
Network Architect
England

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 West region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (55.56%) Business Strategy
3 5 (55.56%) DBS Check
4 2 (22.22%) Palo Alto
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco Wireless
4 2 (22.22%) Threat Detection
4 2 (22.22%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (22.22%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (22.22%) Network Design
4 2 (22.22%) Network Security
4 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 2 (22.22%) Firewall
4 2 (22.22%) Wireless
4 2 (22.22%) Legal
4 2 (22.22%) VPN
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco
4 2 (22.22%) OSPF
4 2 (22.22%) BGP
4 2 (22.22%) EIGRP
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
5 1 (11.11%) Due Diligence
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (22.22%) BGP
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco Wireless
1 2 (22.22%) EIGRP
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) Network Security
1 2 (22.22%) OSPF
1 2 (22.22%) Software-Defined Networking
1 2 (22.22%) VPN
1 2 (22.22%) Wireless
General
1 2 (22.22%) Legal
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (55.56%) Business Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Network Design
3 2 (22.22%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (22.22%) Threat Detection
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 1 (11.11%) Due Diligence
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco
1 2 (22.22%) Palo Alto