Network Architecture Contracts in the South East

Network Architecture
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Network Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Architecture over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 148 185 247
Rank change year-on-year +37 +62 -48
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 50 31 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.91% 0.55% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 0.62% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 11 4
10th Percentile £443 £425 £483
25th Percentile £500 £430 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +12.29% -2.33% +4.37%
75th Percentile £700 £588 £597
90th Percentile £726 £675 £614
England median daily rate £600 £625 £545
% change year-on-year -4.00% +14.68% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - £32.40 -
25th Percentile - £51.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate - £66.25 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +39.47% -
75th Percentile - £69.06 £48.75
90th Percentile - £69.63 -
England median hourly rate £14.00 £66.25 £47.50
% change year-on-year -78.87% +39.47% -4.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Network Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,602 4,986 6,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.21% 89.12% 89.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,674 3,454 4,733
10th Percentile £250 £248 £231
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +1.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £599
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 441 218 278
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £14.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.63 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.77 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.73% +47.08% +8.70%

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 21 May 2024.

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 21 May 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
Thames Valley +17 30 £500 +2.04% 3
Berkshire +1 27 £488 +8.33% 2
Hampshire +9 18 £590 +2.46% 4
Buckinghamshire +21 3 £500 -16.67%
Surrey +15 2 £738 +40.48%
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:

Applications
1 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (12.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.00%) AWS
2 8 (16.00%) Azure
3 6 (12.00%) IaaS
3 6 (12.00%) PaaS
3 6 (12.00%) SaaS
4 5 (10.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 4 (8.00%) Azure API Management
5 4 (8.00%) Entra ID
6 3 (6.00%) Azure Event Grid
7 2 (4.00%) Cloudflare
8 1 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 16 (32.00%) Firewall
2 8 (16.00%) DNS
2 8 (16.00%) Radio Access Network
3 7 (14.00%) MPLS
4 6 (12.00%) 3G
4 6 (12.00%) 4G
4 6 (12.00%) 5G
4 6 (12.00%) Diameter Protocol
4 6 (12.00%) GGSN
4 6 (12.00%) LTE
4 6 (12.00%) Network Security
4 6 (12.00%) RANAP
4 6 (12.00%) SGSN
4 6 (12.00%) VoLTE
4 6 (12.00%) VPN
4 6 (12.00%) Wireshark
5 4 (8.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (8.00%) Internet
6 3 (6.00%) WAN
7 1 (2.00%) SMS
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (24.00%) Telecoms
3 6 (12.00%) Multimedia
3 6 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (6.00%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.00%) Automotive
5 2 (4.00%) Finance
5 2 (4.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.00%) Banking
6 1 (2.00%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.00%) Law
6 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (36.00%) Network Engineer
2 15 (30.00%) Architect
3 12 (24.00%) Network Architect
4 5 (10.00%) Lead
4 5 (10.00%) Security Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.00%) Cloud Architect
6 3 (6.00%) Migration Architect
6 3 (6.00%) Network Security Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) Analyst
7 2 (4.00%) Azure Architect
7 2 (4.00%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.00%) Junior
7 2 (4.00%) OSS Business Analyst
7 2 (4.00%) Transformation Analyst
8 1 (2.00%) Consultant
8 1 (2.00%) Integration Architect
8 1 (2.00%) IT Manager
8 1 (2.00%) Risk Manager
8 1 (2.00%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.00%) .NET
1 3 (6.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.00%) Public Cloud
2 3 (6.00%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.00%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.00%) PKI
4 1 (2.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.00%) Windows
2 2 (4.00%) Unix
3 1 (2.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (20.00%) Migration
2 8 (16.00%) Computer Science
2 8 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (12.00%) API Management
3 6 (12.00%) Cloud Security
3 6 (12.00%) Customer Experience
3 6 (12.00%) Data Protection
3 6 (12.00%) DevSecOps
3 6 (12.00%) Performance Improvement
3 6 (12.00%) Statistics
4 5 (10.00%) Microservices
4 5 (10.00%) Security Monitoring
5 4 (8.00%) Affinity Analysis
5 4 (8.00%) Agile
5 4 (8.00%) DevOps
5 4 (8.00%) High Availability
5 4 (8.00%) Security Architecture
5 4 (8.00%) Zero Trust
6 3 (6.00%) Key Management
6 3 (6.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.00%) Python
2 3 (6.00%) C#
2 3 (6.00%) Java
2 3 (6.00%) PHP
2 3 (6.00%) Ruby
3 1 (2.00%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (18.00%) Degree
3 8 (16.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (16.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (14.00%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (8.00%) CCNA
5 4 (8.00%) DV Cleared
6 3 (6.00%) Azure Certification
6 3 (6.00%) CCIE
7 2 (4.00%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.00%) COBIT
System Software
1 6 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.00%) Docker
2 3 (6.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (6.00%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (6.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (8.00%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (6.00%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.00%) RSA Archer
4 1 (2.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 16 (32.00%) F5
2 13 (26.00%) SolarWinds
3 7 (14.00%) VMware
4 6 (12.00%) Empirix
4 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (12.00%) NetScout
5 5 (10.00%) Cisco
6 3 (6.00%) Juniper
7 2 (4.00%) CheckPoint
7 2 (4.00%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (4.00%) Fortinet
7 2 (4.00%) Nokia
7 2 (4.00%) ServiceNow
7 2 (4.00%) Zscaler
8 1 (2.00%) Citrix