Network Architect Contracts in the South West

Network Architect
England > South West

The median Network Architect daily rate in the South West is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 146 163
Rank change year-on-year +65 +17 -30
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 74 21 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.32% 0.59% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.49% 0.64% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 16 3
10th Percentile £508 £608 £530
25th Percentile £625 £617 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £703 £609
90th Percentile - £749 £615
England median daily rate £650 £625 £650
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +22.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £60.92
Median % change year-on-year - +14.90% -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £60.92
% change year-on-year - +14.90% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 2,966 3,276 3,489
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 92.41% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,885 2,456 2,498
10th Percentile £210 £275 £225
25th Percentile £396 £415 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £715 £668
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 409 257 201
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.89 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £49.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £64.15 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.26% +36.48% +10.59%
75th Percentile £71.25 £72.98 £63.75
90th Percentile £77.60 £83.40 £69.16
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +3.00%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Network Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in the South West

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in the South West

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in the South West over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in the South West

Network Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Network Architect in the South West

Network Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Architect in the South West over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Architect in the South West

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Bristol +37 33 £600 -5.88% 3
Wiltshire +23 33 £650 -1.89%
Dorset - 4 £550 -
Gloucestershire - 4 £700 -
Somerset +1 1 - -
Network Architect
England

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 South West region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 70 (94.59%) Security Cleared
2 59 (79.73%) Network Management
3 43 (58.11%) WAN
4 38 (51.35%) SC Cleared
5 36 (48.65%) DV Cleared
6 35 (47.30%) LAN
7 33 (44.59%) Data Centre
7 33 (44.59%) Public Sector
8 31 (41.89%) Zero Trust
8 31 (41.89%) Telecoms
9 29 (39.19%) Systems Engineering
10 27 (36.49%) IaaS
10 27 (36.49%) Open Source
10 27 (36.49%) SaaS
10 27 (36.49%) PaaS
10 27 (36.49%) Cloud Computing
10 27 (36.49%) Business Strategy
11 26 (35.14%) Strategic Thinking
12 25 (33.78%) Degree
12 25 (33.78%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (14.86%) ITIL
14 7 (9.46%) Cisco
15 6 (8.11%) Enterprise Architecture
15 6 (8.11%) Network Architecture
15 6 (8.11%) ArchiMate
15 6 (8.11%) Customer Requirements
16 5 (6.76%) Juniper
16 5 (6.76%) Network Virtualisation
17 4 (5.41%) NCSC
17 4 (5.41%) SD-WAN

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Cloud Services
1 27 (36.49%) Cloud Computing
1 27 (36.49%) IaaS
1 27 (36.49%) PaaS
1 27 (36.49%) SaaS
2 2 (2.70%) AWS
2 2 (2.70%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 43 (58.11%) WAN
2 35 (47.30%) LAN
3 4 (5.41%) SD-WAN
3 4 (5.41%) Unified Communications
3 4 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (4.05%) MPLS
5 2 (2.70%) Firewall
5 2 (2.70%) SDH
5 2 (2.70%) VPN
6 1 (1.35%) Internet
6 1 (1.35%) WLAN
General
1 33 (44.59%) Public Sector
2 31 (41.89%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.35%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 33 (44.59%) Data Centre
2 25 (33.78%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.35%) CMDB
3 1 (1.35%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (79.73%) Network Management
2 31 (41.89%) Zero Trust
3 29 (39.19%) Systems Engineering
4 27 (36.49%) Business Strategy
4 27 (36.49%) Open Source
5 26 (35.14%) Strategic Thinking
6 11 (14.86%) ITIL
7 6 (8.11%) ArchiMate
7 6 (8.11%) Customer Requirements
7 6 (8.11%) Enterprise Architecture
7 6 (8.11%) Network Architecture
8 5 (6.76%) Network Virtualisation
9 4 (5.41%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (5.41%) DevOps
9 4 (5.41%) Information Assurance
9 4 (5.41%) IT Strategy
9 4 (5.41%) MODAF
9 4 (5.41%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 4 (5.41%) SysML
9 4 (5.41%) UML
Qualifications
1 70 (94.59%) Security Cleared
2 38 (51.35%) SC Cleared
3 36 (48.65%) DV Cleared
4 25 (33.78%) Degree
5 1 (1.35%) CCIE
5 1 (1.35%) CCNP
5 1 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.35%) JNCIE
5 1 (1.35%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.41%) NCSC
Vendors
1 7 (9.46%) Cisco
2 5 (6.76%) Juniper
3 2 (2.70%) Fortinet
3 2 (2.70%) Nokia
3 2 (2.70%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.35%) Dell