Network Architecture Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Network Architecture
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Network Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 39 55
Rank change year-on-year -47 +16 -
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 6 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.70% 0.36% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.38% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £609 - -
25th Percentile £610 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.14% - -
75th Percentile £653 - -
90th Percentile £672 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £615 £690 -
% change year-on-year -10.87% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 814 262 409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 94.87% 93.91% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 159 247
10th Percentile £335 £209 £370
25th Percentile £412 £381 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.51% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £550 £596 £600
90th Percentile £675 £651 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 14
10th Percentile £14.55 £12.10 £10.90
25th Percentile £15.27 £12.62 £12.64
Median hourly rate £18.01 £14.85 £17.87
Median % change year-on-year +21.29% -16.90% +68.06%
75th Percentile £23.70 £16.68 £23.75
90th Percentile £25.15 £16.97 £44.38
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £20.57 £17.28
% change year-on-year +22.28% +19.04% +62.54%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Network Architecture job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Network Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Network Architecture

Network Architecture
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 Architecture within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 23 January 2026. 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 -51 5 £615 -12.14% 1
Network Architecture
Yorkshire

Network Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) DWDM
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (16.67%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Platform Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Migration
1 4 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) API Design
4 1 (16.67%) Application Security
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Fintech
4 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Runbook
4 1 (16.67%) SABSA
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
4 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) OCP
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle Certification
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) CCNA
3 1 (16.67%) CCNP
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) CISM
3 1 (16.67%) CISSP
3 1 (16.67%) JNCIA
3 1 (16.67%) JNCIS
3 1 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Ansible
1 4 (66.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Dell
1 3 (50.00%) Pure Storage
2 1 (16.67%) Arista
2 1 (16.67%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft