Network Architecture Contracts in the Thames Valley

Network Architecture
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Network Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Architecture over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 126 152
Rank change year-on-year +23 +26 -27
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 34 18 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.27% 0.62% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 0.68% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 9 3
10th Percentile £413 £429 £480
25th Percentile £463 £430 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £650 - £575
90th Percentile £681 £668 £605
South East median daily rate £590 £530 £538
% change year-on-year +11.23% -1.40% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £66.25 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +39.47% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Network Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,329 2,650 3,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.00% 91.60% 89.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,310 1,849 2,109
10th Percentile £213 £322 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £483
Median % change year-on-year - +3.63% +7.22%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.86% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 62 88
10th Percentile £14.34 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £11.91
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.18
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.63
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.27% -20.00%

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 3 May 2024.

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 3 May 2024. 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 +16 27 £500 +11.11% 2
Buckinghamshire +26 7 £590 -1.67%
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:

Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) Azure
2 6 (17.65%) IaaS
2 6 (17.65%) PaaS
2 6 (17.65%) SaaS
3 5 (14.71%) Azure Logic Apps
4 4 (11.76%) AWS
4 4 (11.76%) Azure API Management
4 4 (11.76%) Entra ID
5 3 (8.82%) Azure Event Grid
6 1 (2.94%) Cloudflare
6 1 (2.94%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.59%) DNS
1 7 (20.59%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (17.65%) MPLS
2 6 (17.65%) Network Security
3 5 (14.71%) 3G
3 5 (14.71%) 4G
3 5 (14.71%) 5G
3 5 (14.71%) Diameter Protocol
3 5 (14.71%) GGSN
3 5 (14.71%) LTE
3 5 (14.71%) RANAP
3 5 (14.71%) SGSN
3 5 (14.71%) VoLTE
3 5 (14.71%) VPN
3 5 (14.71%) Wireshark
4 4 (11.76%) Internet
4 4 (11.76%) SNA
5 3 (8.82%) Firewall
5 3 (8.82%) VSAN
6 2 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) DynamoDB
1 1 (2.94%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.94%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Git
1 3 (8.82%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.94%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
1 11 (32.35%) Telecoms
2 5 (14.71%) Multimedia
2 5 (14.71%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Automotive
4 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Architect
2 8 (23.53%) Lead
3 7 (20.59%) Network Architect
4 6 (17.65%) Network Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) Security Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (8.82%) Network Security Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Azure Architect
7 2 (5.88%) Business Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Cloud Architect
7 2 (5.88%) Junior
7 2 (5.88%) OSS Business Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Transformation Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) VMware Engineer
8 1 (2.94%) Automation Engineer
8 1 (2.94%) Cloud Engineer
8 1 (2.94%) Cloud Network Engineer
8 1 (2.94%) Digital Architect
8 1 (2.94%) Digital Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.76%) .NET
2 3 (8.82%) Web Services
2 3 (8.82%) YAML
3 1 (2.94%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Public Cloud
2 3 (8.82%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (5.88%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.94%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Windows
2 2 (5.88%) Unix
3 1 (2.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.59%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (20.59%) Migration
2 6 (17.65%) API Management
2 6 (17.65%) Data Protection
2 6 (17.65%) DevSecOps
2 6 (17.65%) Microservices
3 5 (14.71%) Cloud Security
3 5 (14.71%) Computer Science
3 5 (14.71%) Customer Experience
3 5 (14.71%) DevOps
3 5 (14.71%) High Availability
3 5 (14.71%) Performance Improvement
3 5 (14.71%) Security Architecture
3 5 (14.71%) Security Monitoring
3 5 (14.71%) Statistics
4 4 (11.76%) Affinity Analysis
4 4 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (11.76%) ITSM
5 3 (8.82%) Cryptography
5 3 (8.82%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.65%) Python
2 4 (11.76%) C#
3 3 (8.82%) Java
3 3 (8.82%) PHP
3 3 (8.82%) PowerShell
3 3 (8.82%) Ruby
4 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (17.65%) Degree
2 5 (14.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (11.76%) Security Cleared
4 3 (8.82%) Azure Certification
4 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.88%) CCIE
5 2 (5.88%) CCNA
6 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 7 (20.59%) VMware NSX
2 6 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
3 3 (8.82%) Docker
3 3 (8.82%) Hyper-V
3 3 (8.82%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (8.82%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) Ansible
1 4 (11.76%) Single Sign-On
1 4 (11.76%) Terraform
1 4 (11.76%) vRealize
2 3 (8.82%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.82%) vCenter Server
3 2 (5.88%) RSA Archer
4 1 (2.94%) Progress Chef
4 1 (2.94%) Puppet
4 1 (2.94%) VxRail
Vendors
1 11 (32.35%) VMware
2 5 (14.71%) Empirix
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.71%) NetScout
3 4 (11.76%) Cisco
4 3 (8.82%) ServiceNow
5 2 (5.88%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (5.88%) F5
5 2 (5.88%) Nokia
6 1 (2.94%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.94%) Dell
6 1 (2.94%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.94%) LogRhythm
6 1 (2.94%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.94%) Zscaler