Network Architecture Contracts in the Thames Valley

Network Architecture
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 85 112 132
Rank change year-on-year +27 +20 +24
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 17 33 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.13% 1.23% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.41% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 9
10th Percentile £450 £413 £429
25th Percentile £463 £475 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £655 -
90th Percentile £725 £687 £668
South East median daily rate £550 £590 £530
% change year-on-year -6.70% +11.23% -7.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £19.50
Median hourly rate - - £20.00
75th Percentile - - £20.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +36.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in the Thames Valley

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in the Thames Valley

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Architecture in the Thames Valley

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in the Thames Valley

Network Architecture
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 Architecture within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +21 16 £500 - 7
Oxfordshire - 1 £625 - 3
Network Architecture
South East

Network Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) AWS
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) OpenShift
3 1 (5.88%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (52.94%) 5G
2 8 (47.06%) 3G
2 8 (47.06%) 4G
3 7 (41.18%) Radio Access Network
4 6 (35.29%) MPLS
5 5 (29.41%) Ethernet
5 5 (29.41%) Network Security
6 4 (23.53%) 2G
6 4 (23.53%) LTE
7 3 (17.65%) 3GPP
7 3 (17.65%) Diameter Protocol
7 3 (17.65%) VoLTE
8 2 (11.76%) BGP
8 2 (11.76%) DNS
8 2 (11.76%) GGSN
8 2 (11.76%) RANAP
8 2 (11.76%) SGSN
8 2 (11.76%) Wireshark
9 1 (5.88%) VoIP
9 1 (5.88%) WAN
General
1 12 (70.59%) Telecoms
2 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (11.76%) Multimedia
4 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Advertising
5 1 (5.88%) Billing
5 1 (5.88%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Designer
2 3 (17.65%) IP Designer
3 2 (11.76%) Network Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Network Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Product Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Technical Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Technical Design Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Technical Design Authority
4 1 (5.88%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Design Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) IP Design Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) IP Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Mobile Designer
4 1 (5.88%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Telecoms Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (5.88%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Unix
2 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Network Design
2 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (17.65%) Data Protection
3 3 (17.65%) Network Management
3 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
4 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
4 2 (11.76%) Customer Experience
4 2 (11.76%) Migration
4 2 (11.76%) Performance Improvement
4 2 (11.76%) Project Management
4 2 (11.76%) Roadmaps
4 2 (11.76%) Statistics
4 2 (11.76%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (5.88%) Architectural Design
5 1 (5.88%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (5.88%) Data Integration
5 1 (5.88%) Data Migration
5 1 (5.88%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.88%) Service Management
5 1 (5.88%) SOA
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) CCNP
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (11.76%) Azure Certification
3 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.88%) AWS Certification
4 1 (5.88%) JNCIP
4 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Cisco
2 3 (17.65%) VMware
3 2 (11.76%) Empirix
3 2 (11.76%) Google
3 2 (11.76%) Meraki
3 2 (11.76%) NetScout
4 1 (5.88%) Amdocs
4 1 (5.88%) Dell
4 1 (5.88%) Juniper
4 1 (5.88%) Mavenir
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.88%) Rakuten
4 1 (5.88%) Samsung
4 1 (5.88%) Zscaler