Network Architecture Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Network Architecture
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Network Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 37 -
Rank change year-on-year -51 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.62% 0.41% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.43% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £609 - -
25th Percentile £610 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.14% - -
75th Percentile £653 - -
90th Percentile £672 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £615 £700 -
% change year-on-year -12.14% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 764 233 354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 95.02% 94.72% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 517 137 221
10th Percentile £342 £220 £375
25th Percentile £413 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.44% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £546 £600 £612
90th Percentile £660 £657 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £487 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -4.51% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 9
10th Percentile £14.44 £12.10 -
25th Percentile £15.34 £12.62 £10.90
Median hourly rate £19.34 £14.85 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.28% -34.02% +18.42%
75th Percentile £25.15 £16.68 £23.75
90th Percentile - £16.97 £25.25
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.01 £14.85 £17.87
% change year-on-year +21.29% -16.90% +68.06%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Network Architecture job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Network Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Network Architecture

Network Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) DWDM
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Platform Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (20.00%) API Design
3 1 (20.00%) Application Security
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Fintech
3 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Runbook
3 1 (20.00%) SABSA
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) OCP
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) JNCIA
2 1 (20.00%) JNCIS
2 1 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Ansible
1 3 (60.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Dell
1 2 (40.00%) Pure Storage
2 1 (20.00%) Arista
2 1 (20.00%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft