Network Architect Contracts in the Thames Valley

Network Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Network Architect daily rate in the Thames Valley is £588, 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 91 104 123
Rank change year-on-year +13 +19 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 8 32 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.55% 1.23% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 1.33% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 19
10th Percentile £550 £442 £464
25th Percentile £563 £487 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.62% +4.09% +0.92%
75th Percentile £600 £584 £613
90th Percentile £615 - £640
South East median daily rate £575 £650 £589
% change year-on-year -11.54% +10.40% -5.80%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,343 2,415 2,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 92.56% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 848 1,380 1,832
10th Percentile £273 £213 £300
25th Percentile £400 £374 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 183 78
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.55 £17.11
25th Percentile £15.16 £19.25 £20.25
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £46.70
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -3.64% +166.86%
75th Percentile £64.96 £62.50 £66.16
90th Percentile £77.02 £85.57 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £32.28 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -32.05% -1.86% +142.00%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in the Thames Valley

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in the Thames Valley

Network Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Network Architect in the Thames Valley

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +7 7 £575 +0.44% 17
Buckinghamshire - 1 £630 - 4
Network Architect
South East

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 6 (75.00%) Firewall
2 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (62.50%) Migration
4 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
5 3 (37.50%) CCNP
5 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (37.50%) Network Design
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (25.00%) WAN
6 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
6 2 (25.00%) MPLS
6 2 (25.00%) Azure
6 2 (25.00%) AWS
6 2 (25.00%) Network Architecture
6 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
6 2 (25.00%) BGP
6 2 (25.00%) SD-WAN
6 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (12.50%) DevSecOps
7 1 (12.50%) NCSC
7 1 (12.50%) NIST
7 1 (12.50%) VMware NSX
7 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (12.50%) Product Requirements

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) BGP
2 2 (25.00%) MPLS
2 2 (25.00%) SD-WAN
2 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (12.50%) DNS
3 1 (12.50%) Ethernet
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (12.50%) NGFW
3 1 (12.50%) OSPF
3 1 (12.50%) VLAN
3 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (12.50%) Private Cloud
1 1 (12.50%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Migration
2 3 (37.50%) Network Design
3 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (25.00%) Network Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Adaptive Security
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) DevSecOps
4 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Product Requirements
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
4 1 (12.50%) Service Design
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) CCNP
3 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
4 1 (12.50%) CCIE
4 1 (12.50%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (12.50%) NCSC
1 1 (12.50%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (12.50%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Google
3 1 (12.50%) Juniper
3 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto
3 1 (12.50%) VMware