Network Architect Contracts in the South West

Network Architect
England > South West

The median Network Architect daily rate in the South West is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 80 143
Rank change year-on-year -16 +63 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 16 71 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.96% 2.24% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 2.40% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 40 15
10th Percentile £505 £525 £613
25th Percentile £563 £625 £622
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £633 £675 £706
90th Percentile £684 £676 £754
England median daily rate £600 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 23 3
Median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - +14.90%
England median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +14.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,521 2,953 3,185
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 93.24% 92.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 961 1,880 2,379
10th Percentile £217 £213 £280
25th Percentile £380 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% -2.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £613 £613 £640
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 416 251
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £18.09
25th Percentile £22.45 £27.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £58.75 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% -15.38% +38.30%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £72.98
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £83.40
England median hourly rate £29.07 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.81% -17.38% +95.65%

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 23 May 2025.

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
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 23 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
Bristol +4 10 £750 +15.38% 5
Somerset +4 2 £600 - 2
Wiltshire +3 2 £620 -4.62% 8
Dorset 0 1 £475 -13.64% 2
Network Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, 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 14 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 11 (68.75%) Network Architecture
2 11 (68.75%) WAN
3 10 (62.50%) Firewall
3 10 (62.50%) Network Security
4 9 (56.25%) LAN
5 8 (50.00%) Data Centre
5 8 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 4 (25.00%) DV Cleared
6 4 (25.00%) BGP
6 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
7 3 (18.75%) VMware
7 3 (18.75%) Network Design
7 3 (18.75%) VPN
7 3 (18.75%) Cisco
7 3 (18.75%) CCIE
7 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (18.75%) SD-WAN
8 2 (12.50%) TOGAF
8 2 (12.50%) Palo Alto
8 2 (12.50%) Cloud Native
8 2 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
8 2 (12.50%) NCSC
8 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
8 2 (12.50%) AWS Certification
8 2 (12.50%) GCP
8 2 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking

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 2 (12.50%) AWS
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
1 2 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (68.75%) WAN
2 10 (62.50%) Firewall
2 10 (62.50%) Network Security
3 9 (56.25%) LAN
4 4 (25.00%) BGP
5 3 (18.75%) SD-WAN
5 3 (18.75%) VPN
6 2 (12.50%) MPLS
6 2 (12.50%) OSPF
6 2 (12.50%) VLAN
7 1 (6.25%) Wireless
7 1 (6.25%) WLAN
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Military
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (12.50%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Network Architecture
2 8 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (18.75%) Network Design
5 2 (12.50%) ArchiMate
5 2 (12.50%) Budget Management
5 2 (12.50%) Business Development
5 2 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 2 (12.50%) IT Governance
5 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (12.50%) Supplier Management
5 2 (12.50%) Time Management
5 2 (12.50%) TOGAF
6 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 14 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) CCIE
3 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (12.50%) AWS Certification
4 2 (12.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Azure Certification
4 2 (12.50%) CCNP
4 2 (12.50%) JNCIE
4 2 (12.50%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (12.50%) NCSC
2 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Cisco
1 3 (18.75%) VMware
2 2 (12.50%) Fortinet
2 2 (12.50%) Google
2 2 (12.50%) Juniper
2 2 (12.50%) Palo Alto