Network Architecture Contracts in Reading

Network Architecture
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 82 81
Rank change year-on-year +30 -1 +8
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 8 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.34% 0.76% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 0.84% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £432
25th Percentile - £756 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £763 £490
Median % change year-on-year -40.98% +55.61% -10.91%
75th Percentile - £769 £546
90th Percentile - - £561
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 555 1,075 936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.96% 90.18% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 581 620
10th Percentile £313 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £660
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 46 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £27.58 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £53.74 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £62.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -4.50% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £82.55 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in Reading

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in Reading

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in Reading

Network Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) 3G
1 8 (100.00%) 4G
1 8 (100.00%) 5G
2 6 (75.00%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (50.00%) 2G
3 4 (50.00%) Ethernet
3 4 (50.00%) LTE
3 4 (50.00%) MPLS
3 4 (50.00%) Network Security
4 2 (25.00%) 3GPP
4 2 (25.00%) Diameter Protocol
4 2 (25.00%) DNS
4 2 (25.00%) GGSN
4 2 (25.00%) RANAP
4 2 (25.00%) SGSN
4 2 (25.00%) VoLTE
4 2 (25.00%) Wireshark
5 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (25.00%) Multimedia
3 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Designer
1 3 (37.50%) IP Designer
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Design Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Design Authority
3 1 (12.50%) Design Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IP Design Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IP Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IP Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Principal IP Design Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Principal Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Network Design
2 3 (37.50%) Network Management
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Statistics
3 2 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Empirix
1 2 (25.00%) NetScout
1 2 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco