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 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 256 156 309
Rank change year-on-year -100 +153 +128
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 79 287 124
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.61% 1.39% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 1.51% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 132 59
10th Percentile £516 £478 £480
25th Percentile £538 £550 £545
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £617
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +5.35% -1.28%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £681
90th Percentile £650 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £600 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 25 12
10th Percentile £62.70 - -
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 - £87.00 -
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 11,802 19,038 21,534
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 92.39% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,509 11,591 14,985
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 844 2,364 1,082
10th Percentile £13.76 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.75 £17.81
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £62.24 £62.14 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.97 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.78% -17.38% +87.50%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -56 32 £575 -11.54% 78
South West -19 16 £600 -7.69% 40
Midlands -12 13 £585 -4.68% 57
North of England +7 11 £625 +8.70% 54
North West +5 8 £625 -9.09% 22
West Midlands -5 7 £563 -10.36% 34
East of England +29 6 - - 40
East Midlands +3 6 £650 +18.18% 20
Yorkshire +9 2 £625 +31.58% 25
North East -2 1 £550 +3.53% 8
Wales - 1 £540 - 8
Network Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 59 (74.68%) Security Cleared
2 44 (55.70%) SC Cleared
3 34 (43.04%) Firewall
3 34 (43.04%) Cisco
4 32 (40.51%) Social Skills
5 25 (31.65%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (31.65%) Network Architecture
6 22 (27.85%) CCNP
7 21 (26.58%) WAN
7 21 (26.58%) Network Design
8 19 (24.05%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (22.78%) Juniper
10 17 (21.52%) Network Security
10 17 (21.52%) DV Cleared
11 16 (20.25%) LAN
12 13 (16.46%) VPN
12 13 (16.46%) Migration
13 12 (15.19%) Fortinet
14 11 (13.92%) CCNA
15 10 (12.66%) Technical Leadership
15 10 (12.66%) SD-WAN
16 9 (11.39%) Public Sector
16 9 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
16 9 (11.39%) Data Centre
16 9 (11.39%) Customer Requirements
17 8 (10.13%) F5
17 8 (10.13%) MPLS
17 8 (10.13%) OSPF
17 8 (10.13%) BGP
18 7 (8.86%) 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 7 (8.86%) Azure
2 6 (7.59%) AWS
3 2 (2.53%) GCP
4 1 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 34 (43.04%) Firewall
2 21 (26.58%) WAN
3 17 (21.52%) Network Security
4 16 (20.25%) LAN
5 13 (16.46%) VPN
6 10 (12.66%) SD-WAN
7 8 (10.13%) BGP
7 8 (10.13%) MPLS
7 8 (10.13%) OSPF
8 7 (8.86%) DNS
8 7 (8.86%) VLAN
9 6 (7.59%) IPsec
10 5 (6.33%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 5 (6.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 5 (6.33%) Wireless
11 4 (5.06%) HSRP
11 4 (5.06%) TCP/IP
11 4 (5.06%) VoIP
12 3 (3.80%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (3.80%) Unified Communications
General
1 32 (40.51%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.39%) Public Sector
3 7 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.06%) Aerospace
5 3 (3.80%) Finance
5 3 (3.80%) Legal
6 2 (2.53%) Aviation
6 2 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.27%) Law
7 1 (1.27%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.27%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.39%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.80%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (3.80%) Operational Technology
3 2 (2.53%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.53%) SCADA
4 1 (1.27%) CCTV
4 1 (1.27%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (1.27%) IoT
4 1 (1.27%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.27%) NB-IoT
4 1 (1.27%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.27%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.53%) Windows
2 1 (1.27%) Linux
2 1 (1.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (31.65%) Network Architecture
2 21 (26.58%) Network Design
3 19 (24.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (16.46%) Migration
5 10 (12.66%) Technical Leadership
6 9 (11.39%) Customer Requirements
6 9 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (8.86%) Translating Business Requirements
8 6 (7.59%) Business Transformation
9 5 (6.33%) Business Strategy
9 5 (6.33%) Configuration Management
9 5 (6.33%) Data Protection
9 5 (6.33%) Presales
10 4 (5.06%) TOGAF
10 4 (5.06%) Validation
11 3 (3.80%) Collaborative Working
11 3 (3.80%) Computer Science
11 3 (3.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 3 (3.80%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.27%) Python
1 1 (1.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 59 (74.68%) Security Cleared
2 44 (55.70%) SC Cleared
3 25 (31.65%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (27.85%) CCNP
5 17 (21.52%) DV Cleared
6 11 (13.92%) CCNA
7 7 (8.86%) JNCIS
8 6 (7.59%) CCIE
9 5 (6.33%) DBS Check
10 4 (5.06%) Azure Certification
11 3 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (3.80%) Degree
11 3 (3.80%) JNCIP
12 2 (2.53%) AWS Certification
12 2 (2.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (2.53%) JNCIE
13 1 (1.27%) CISSP
13 1 (1.27%) MCSA
13 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.59%) QA
2 5 (6.33%) NCSC
3 2 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.27%) NIST
4 1 (1.27%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (2.53%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.27%) Ansible
2 1 (1.27%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (1.27%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.27%) Iperf
2 1 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (43.04%) Cisco
2 18 (22.78%) Juniper
3 12 (15.19%) Fortinet
4 8 (10.13%) F5
5 7 (8.86%) SolarWinds
6 6 (7.59%) VMware
7 5 (6.33%) Palo Alto
8 4 (5.06%) Fujitsu
9 3 (3.80%) Google
9 3 (3.80%) Microsoft
10 2 (2.53%) Meraki
11 1 (1.27%) Aruba
11 1 (1.27%) Citrix
11 1 (1.27%) HP
11 1 (1.27%) MuleSoft