Network Architect Contracts in the North West

Network Architect
England > North West

The median Network Architect daily rate in the North West is £688 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 148 171
Rank change year-on-year +19 +23 -39
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 8 12 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.29% 0.38% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.40% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 8
10th Percentile £451 £589 £478
25th Percentile £472 £628 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £663 £588
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +12.77% +2.17%
75th Percentile £775 £691 £659
90th Percentile - £696 £725
England median daily rate £650 £631 £644
% change year-on-year +2.97% -1.94% +22.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £60.92
% change year-on-year - +14.90% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,607 3,031 3,927
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 94.87% 96.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,702 2,172 2,878
10th Percentile £280 £300 £207
25th Percentile £390 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £563
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 134 175
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.25 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.49
Median % change year-on-year -13.59% +49.05% +11.72%
75th Percentile £46.18 £47.38 £43.25
90th Percentile £64.00 £65.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.38% +100.00% +0.29%

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 28 April 2024.

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 28 April 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
Manchester +10 5 £750 +11.11% 2
Cheshire - 2 £488 -
Cumbria - 1 £445 -
Network Architect
England

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, 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 7 (87.50%) Network Security
2 6 (75.00%) Firewall
3 5 (62.50%) Cisco
4 4 (50.00%) CCIE
4 4 (50.00%) CCNP
4 4 (50.00%) CISSP
4 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (50.00%) CCIE Security
4 4 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
5 3 (37.50%) Business Strategy
5 3 (37.50%) LAN
5 3 (37.50%) WAN
6 2 (25.00%) VPN
6 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
6 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
7 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
7 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto
7 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Transformation
7 1 (12.50%) Wireless
7 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
7 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared

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 7 (87.50%) Network Security
2 6 (75.00%) Firewall
3 4 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (37.50%) LAN
4 3 (37.50%) WAN
5 2 (25.00%) VPN
6 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Business Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Transformation
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) CCIE
1 4 (50.00%) CCIE Security
1 4 (50.00%) CCNP
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto