Network Architecture Contracts in the South East

Network Architecture
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 118 155 187
Rank change year-on-year +37 +32 +62
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 41 50 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.36% 0.90% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 1.06% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 28 15
10th Percentile £438 £439 £414
25th Percentile £490 £514 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.70% +11.23% -7.83%
75th Percentile £613 £653 £600
90th Percentile £706 £727 £665
England median daily rate £563 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +9.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £36.70
25th Percentile - - £62.50
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
75th Percentile - - £68.75
90th Percentile - - £69.50
England median hourly rate - £52.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -20.00% +35.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Network Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in the South East

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Architecture in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in the South East

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architecture in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architecture in the South East

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Architecture in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in the South East

Network Architecture
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architecture within the South East 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
Hampshire +34 23 £550 -6.70% 4
Thames Valley +27 17 £525 -4.55% 5
Berkshire +21 16 £500 - 3
Surrey +16 1 - - 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £625 - 1
Network Architecture
England

Network Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (4.88%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.44%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.51%) AWS
1 8 (19.51%) Azure
2 4 (9.76%) Cloudflare
3 2 (4.88%) OpenShift
4 1 (2.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 15 (36.59%) Network Security
2 14 (34.15%) VPN
3 11 (26.83%) MPLS
4 10 (24.39%) Firewall
5 9 (21.95%) 5G
5 9 (21.95%) WAN
6 8 (19.51%) 3G
6 8 (19.51%) 4G
7 7 (17.07%) Radio Access Network
8 5 (12.20%) BGP
8 5 (12.20%) Ethernet
9 4 (9.76%) 2G
9 4 (9.76%) LTE
9 4 (9.76%) Wireshark
10 3 (7.32%) 3GPP
10 3 (7.32%) Diameter Protocol
10 3 (7.32%) Ethernet VPN
10 3 (7.32%) OSPF
10 3 (7.32%) VoLTE
11 2 (4.88%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 23 (56.10%) Social Skills
2 17 (41.46%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (29.27%) Telecoms
4 3 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.88%) Multimedia
5 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Advertising
6 1 (2.44%) Aviation
6 1 (2.44%) Billing
6 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Finance
6 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (41.46%) Architect
1 17 (41.46%) Network Engineer
2 10 (24.39%) Network Architect
3 4 (9.76%) Cloud Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Cisco Architect
4 3 (7.32%) Cisco Network Architect
4 3 (7.32%) Designer
4 3 (7.32%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) IP Designer
4 3 (7.32%) Juniper Architect
4 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) IT Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Product Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Systems Integrator
5 2 (4.88%) Technical Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Technical Design Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Technical Design Authority
6 1 (2.44%) Telecoms Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Data Centre
1 4 (9.76%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (9.76%) Public Cloud
2 3 (7.32%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.44%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.44%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Linux
2 1 (2.44%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (2.44%) Unix
2 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (43.90%) Network Design
2 9 (21.95%) Computer Science
2 9 (21.95%) Migration
2 9 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (17.07%) Validation
4 6 (14.63%) Roadmaps
5 5 (12.20%) Service Design
6 4 (9.76%) Architecture Roadmap
6 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (9.76%) Zero Trust
7 3 (7.32%) Data Protection
7 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure Automation
7 3 (7.32%) Network Management
7 3 (7.32%) Project Delivery
7 3 (7.32%) Project Management
8 2 (4.88%) Customer Experience
8 2 (4.88%) Performance Improvement
8 2 (4.88%) Statistics
8 2 (4.88%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (58.54%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (48.78%) CCNP
3 18 (43.90%) Security Cleared
4 15 (36.59%) SC Cleared
5 14 (34.15%) Degree
6 13 (31.71%) CCNA
7 9 (21.95%) DV Cleared
8 8 (19.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (14.63%) JNCIS
10 5 (12.20%) CCIE
11 2 (4.88%) Azure Certification
12 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
12 1 (2.44%) CCDE
12 1 (2.44%) CCDP
12 1 (2.44%) JNCIP
12 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
12 1 (2.44%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (17.07%) Ansible
2 3 (7.32%) Kubernetes
2 3 (7.32%) Terraform
3 2 (4.88%) Iperf
Vendors
1 21 (51.22%) Cisco
2 10 (24.39%) Fortinet
3 9 (21.95%) Juniper
4 6 (14.63%) Fujitsu
5 5 (12.20%) Zscaler
6 4 (9.76%) CheckPoint
6 4 (9.76%) Citrix
6 4 (9.76%) F5
7 3 (7.32%) Mellanox
7 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
7 3 (7.32%) NVIDIA
7 3 (7.32%) VMware
8 2 (4.88%) Empirix
8 2 (4.88%) Google
8 2 (4.88%) Meraki
8 2 (4.88%) NetScout
8 2 (4.88%) SolarWinds
9 1 (2.44%) Dell
9 1 (2.44%) Mavenir
9 1 (2.44%) Palo Alto