Network Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £600, 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 254 161 345
Rank change year-on-year -93 +184 +92
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 82 272 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.64% 1.31% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 1.41% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 113 58
10th Percentile £510 £463 £475
25th Percentile £538 £556 £532
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £697
90th Percentile £710 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £600 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 23 14
10th Percentile £62.70 - £63.63
25th Percentile £69.38 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - +14.90%
75th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 -
90th Percentile - £95.00 -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +14.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Network Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Network Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South East -58 27 £575 -11.54% 98
South West -11 19 £575 -11.54% 62
Midlands +13 15 £650 +8.33% 77
North of England +18 12 £625 +8.70% 89
East Midlands +17 10 £650 +1.64% 30
North West +18 9 £625 -9.09% 42
East of England +30 8 £470 -16.44% 67
West Midlands -2 5 £588 +26.89% 42
Yorkshire +7 2 £700 +47.37% 37
North East -1 1 £550 +3.53% 11
Wales - 1 £540 - 11
Network Architect
UK

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 61 (74.39%) Security Cleared
2 50 (60.98%) SC Cleared
3 37 (45.12%) Firewall
4 31 (37.80%) Social Skills
5 30 (36.59%) Cisco
6 29 (35.37%) Network Architecture
7 26 (31.71%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (29.27%) CCNP
9 22 (26.83%) Network Security
10 20 (24.39%) WAN
11 19 (23.17%) Stakeholder Management
12 18 (21.95%) Juniper
13 16 (19.51%) Network Design
14 15 (18.29%) Technical Leadership
15 14 (17.07%) Data Centre
15 14 (17.07%) LAN
16 13 (15.85%) VPN
17 12 (14.63%) CCNA
17 12 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
18 11 (13.41%) F5
18 11 (13.41%) OSPF
18 11 (13.41%) DV Cleared
18 11 (13.41%) SolarWinds
19 10 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
20 9 (10.98%) Public Sector
20 9 (10.98%) SD-WAN
20 9 (10.98%) VLAN
20 9 (10.98%) Fortinet
21 8 (9.76%) JNCIS
21 8 (9.76%) DNS

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (6.10%) AWS
1 5 (6.10%) Azure
2 2 (2.44%) GCP
3 1 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 37 (45.12%) Firewall
2 22 (26.83%) Network Security
3 20 (24.39%) WAN
4 14 (17.07%) LAN
5 13 (15.85%) VPN
6 11 (13.41%) OSPF
7 9 (10.98%) SD-WAN
7 9 (10.98%) VLAN
8 8 (9.76%) DNS
9 7 (8.54%) BGP
10 6 (7.32%) IPsec
10 6 (7.32%) MPLS
11 5 (6.10%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 5 (6.10%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 5 (6.10%) Wireless
12 4 (4.88%) HSRP
13 3 (3.66%) Cisco ISE
13 3 (3.66%) EIGRP
13 3 (3.66%) Software-Defined Networking
13 3 (3.66%) TCP/IP
General
1 31 (37.80%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (10.98%) Public Sector
4 4 (4.88%) Law
4 4 (4.88%) Legal
5 3 (3.66%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.44%) Finance
6 2 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.44%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.22%) Aviation
7 1 (1.22%) Electronics
7 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.22%) Marketing
7 1 (1.22%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.07%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.66%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.66%) Operational Technology
3 2 (2.44%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.44%) SCADA
4 1 (1.22%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (1.22%) IoT
4 1 (1.22%) NB-IoT
4 1 (1.22%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.22%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.22%) Windows
1 1 (1.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (35.37%) Network Architecture
2 19 (23.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (19.51%) Network Design
4 15 (18.29%) Technical Leadership
5 12 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (9.76%) Customer Requirements
7 7 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (8.54%) Migration
8 6 (7.32%) Business Strategy
8 6 (7.32%) Business Transformation
8 6 (7.32%) Translating Business Requirements
8 6 (7.32%) Use Case
9 5 (6.10%) Configuration Management
9 5 (6.10%) Presales
10 4 (4.88%) ArchiMate
10 4 (4.88%) Biometrics
10 4 (4.88%) Computer Science
10 4 (4.88%) Validation
11 3 (3.66%) IT Strategy
11 3 (3.66%) Proactive Monitoring
Qualifications
1 61 (74.39%) Security Cleared
2 50 (60.98%) SC Cleared
3 26 (31.71%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (29.27%) CCNP
5 12 (14.63%) CCNA
6 11 (13.41%) DV Cleared
7 8 (9.76%) JNCIS
8 5 (6.10%) CCIE
8 5 (6.10%) DBS Check
9 4 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (4.88%) Degree
9 4 (4.88%) JNCIP
10 3 (3.66%) Azure Certification
10 3 (3.66%) JNCIE
11 2 (2.44%) AWS Certification
11 2 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (2.44%) CISSP
12 1 (1.22%) MCSA
12 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.32%) QA
2 3 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.44%) NCSC
3 2 (2.44%) NIST
4 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.22%) GDPR
4 1 (1.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.22%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (1.22%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (1.22%) Iperf
Vendors
1 30 (36.59%) Cisco
2 18 (21.95%) Juniper
3 11 (13.41%) F5
3 11 (13.41%) SolarWinds
4 9 (10.98%) Fortinet
5 7 (8.54%) Palo Alto
6 4 (4.88%) Fujitsu
6 4 (4.88%) VMware
7 3 (3.66%) Google
8 2 (2.44%) Microsoft
9 1 (1.22%) Aruba
9 1 (1.22%) HP
9 1 (1.22%) Meraki
9 1 (1.22%) SAP