Network Architecture Contracts in the South West

Network Architecture
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 82 147 149
Rank change year-on-year +65 +2 +16
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 29 10 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.73% 0.31% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 0.38% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 3 18
10th Percentile £426 £643 £583
25th Percentile £538 £669 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £725 £650
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +11.54% +46.48%
75th Percentile £688 £819 £692
90th Percentile £750 £868 £723
England median daily rate £563 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +9.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £90.00 -
England median hourly rate - £52.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -20.00% +35.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in the South West

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in the South West

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Architecture in the South West

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in the South West

Network Architecture
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 Architecture within the South West 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
Bristol +32 16 £680 +4.62% 4
Wiltshire +35 9 £625 -20.63% 6
Somerset +6 4 £438 - 3
Network Architecture
England

Network Architecture
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 3 (10.34%) AWS
2 2 (6.90%) Azure
2 2 (6.90%) GCP
3 1 (3.45%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 21 (72.41%) Firewall
2 12 (41.38%) WAN
3 11 (37.93%) BGP
3 11 (37.93%) OSPF
4 10 (34.48%) LAN
4 10 (34.48%) Network Security
5 9 (31.03%) Cisco IOS
6 7 (24.14%) Cisco Nexus
6 7 (24.14%) DMVPN
6 7 (24.14%) VXLAN
7 4 (13.79%) VPN
8 3 (10.34%) SD-WAN
8 3 (10.34%) Wireless
9 2 (6.90%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (6.90%) MPLS
9 2 (6.90%) TCP/IP
9 2 (6.90%) VLAN
10 1 (3.45%) WLAN
General
1 3 (10.34%) Banking
1 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Advertising
2 2 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Military
3 1 (3.45%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Architect
2 12 (41.38%) Network Architect
3 10 (34.48%) Network Engineer
4 9 (31.03%) Network Technical Architect
4 9 (31.03%) Technical Architect
5 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Consultant
6 3 (10.34%) DevSecOps Architect
6 3 (10.34%) DevSecOps Consultant
6 3 (10.34%) Security Architect
6 3 (10.34%) Security Consultant
7 2 (6.90%) Service Desk Manager
7 2 (6.90%) Service Manager
7 2 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (3.45%) Coordinator
8 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 1 (3.45%) Security Assurance Coordinator
8 1 (3.45%) Server Specialist
8 1 (3.45%) Windows Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.24%) Spine.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) Data Centre
2 4 (13.79%) Private Cloud
3 3 (10.34%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (6.90%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.45%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
1 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Technical Leadership
2 5 (17.24%) Network Virtualisation
2 5 (17.24%) Service Management
2 5 (17.24%) System Testing
2 5 (17.24%) Validation
3 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (13.79%) DevOps
3 4 (13.79%) NsoIT
3 4 (13.79%) Security Management
4 3 (10.34%) DevSecOps
4 3 (10.34%) Migration
4 3 (10.34%) OWASP
4 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
4 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.90%) Business Development
5 2 (6.90%) Network Design
5 2 (6.90%) Problem Management
5 2 (6.90%) Time Management
5 2 (6.90%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (72.41%) Security Cleared
2 15 (51.72%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (37.93%) CCNP
3 11 (37.93%) SC Cleared
4 6 (20.69%) DV Cleared
5 5 (17.24%) CCIE
5 5 (17.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (13.79%) CISSP
7 3 (10.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (10.34%) CCSP
7 3 (10.34%) CEH
7 3 (10.34%) CISM
7 3 (10.34%) OSCP
8 2 (6.90%) AWS Certification
8 2 (6.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (6.90%) Azure Certification
8 2 (6.90%) CCNA
8 2 (6.90%) JNCIE
8 2 (6.90%) JNCIP
9 1 (3.45%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) NIST
2 3 (10.34%) COBIT
2 3 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (10.34%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.45%) GRC
3 1 (3.45%) JSP 440
3 1 (3.45%) NIST 800
3 1 (3.45%) RMADS
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (17.24%) vCenter Server
2 1 (3.45%) OPNET
2 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Cisco
2 7 (24.14%) VMware
3 2 (6.90%) Fortinet
3 2 (6.90%) Google
3 2 (6.90%) Juniper
3 2 (6.90%) Meraki
3 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds