Network Architect Contracts in South Yorkshire

Network Architect
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Network Architect daily rate in South Yorkshire is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 53 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 0.54% 0.66% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.72% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +47.37% - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £700 £475 £575
% change year-on-year +47.37% -17.39% -13.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 339 416 484
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.88% 91.03% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 261 343
10th Percentile £185 £235 £263
25th Percentile £375 £407 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £556 £580 £658
90th Percentile £638 £638 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £469 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -1.26% -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 5
10th Percentile - £10.90 £11.10
25th Percentile £18.10 £12.63 £11.25
Median hourly rate £18.35 £13.60 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +34.99% -23.28% +0.45%
75th Percentile £18.50 £23.31 £22.50
90th Percentile £18.51 £23.75 £33.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.24 £14.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +51.71% -36.36% +25.71%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in South Yorkshire

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in South Yorkshire

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire 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
Sheffield +4 2 £700 +47.37% 5
Network Architect
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Yorkshire region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Aruba
2 1 (50.00%) 4G
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) SCADA
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) ISDN
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) PSTN

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) 4G
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) ISDN
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) PSTN
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Aruba
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco