Network Architecture Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 241 302 371
Rank change year-on-year +61 +69 +53
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 107 93 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.82% 0.46% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.54% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 53 56
10th Percentile £400 £463 £430
25th Percentile £463 £525 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £651 £700 £680
90th Percentile £715 £775 £715
UK median daily rate £508 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -15.42% -4.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £21.10 £32.40
25th Percentile - £31.75 £51.75
Median hourly rate - £52.00 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year - -21.51% +35.20%
75th Percentile - £74.75 £69.06
90th Percentile - £86.90 £69.63
UK median hourly rate - £52.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year - -22.96% +42.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,752 17,125 20,591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.51% 84.40% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,324 10,208 14,216
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.38%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £600
90th Percentile £654 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 845 2,061 1,259
10th Percentile £14.16 £12.34 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.23 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.72
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.27 £35.65
% change year-on-year -22.81% +1.75% +38.82%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Network Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architecture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architecture in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
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 Architecture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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 +34 39 £550 -6.70% 21
North of England +42 31 £475 -22.13% 5
South West +58 26 £638 -7.27% 6
North West - 25 £475 - 4
Yorkshire +17 6 £540 -11.48% 1
Midlands +1 6 £651 +6.20% 6
East of England +31 5 £525 -8.70% 6
West Midlands -6 4 £688 +5.77% 2
East Midlands +7 2 £651 +8.42% 4
Network Architecture
UK

Network Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.80%) IIS
2 1 (0.93%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.87%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.93%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 17 (15.89%) AWS
2 14 (13.08%) Azure
3 6 (5.61%) GCP
4 5 (4.67%) Cloudflare
5 2 (1.87%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (1.87%) Amazon S3
5 2 (1.87%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (1.87%) GitHub
5 2 (1.87%) Nutanix
5 2 (1.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) Akamai
6 1 (0.93%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 62 (57.94%) Firewall
2 43 (40.19%) WAN
3 39 (36.45%) Network Security
4 27 (25.23%) VPN
5 19 (17.76%) LAN
6 18 (16.82%) MPLS
7 16 (14.95%) BGP
8 15 (14.02%) OSPF
8 15 (14.02%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (13.08%) Cisco ISE
10 12 (11.21%) NetScaler
11 11 (10.28%) SD-WAN
12 10 (9.35%) 5G
12 10 (9.35%) Cisco Nexus
13 9 (8.41%) 4G
14 8 (7.48%) DNS
14 8 (7.48%) Radio Access Network
15 7 (6.54%) 3G
15 7 (6.54%) DMVPN
15 7 (6.54%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 3 (2.80%) Eclipse
1 3 (2.80%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.93%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.93%) JIRA
General
1 33 (30.84%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.76%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (10.28%) Telecoms
4 5 (4.67%) Banking
5 4 (3.74%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.80%) Finance
6 3 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.87%) Advertising
7 2 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.87%) Military
7 2 (1.87%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Aviation
8 1 (0.93%) Billing
8 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (41.12%) Network Engineer
2 41 (38.32%) Architect
3 29 (27.10%) Network Architect
4 14 (13.08%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 10 (9.35%) Technical Architect
6 9 (8.41%) Network Technical Architect
7 7 (6.54%) Security Architect
8 5 (4.67%) Designer
8 5 (4.67%) DevSecOps Architect
8 5 (4.67%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.74%) Cloud Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) Cloud Network Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) Consultant
9 4 (3.74%) DevSecOps Consultant
9 4 (3.74%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) Security Consultant
9 4 (3.74%) Senior
9 4 (3.74%) Senior Network Engineer
10 3 (2.80%) IP Designer
10 3 (2.80%) Juniper Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.21%) 802.1X
2 5 (4.67%) Spine.js
3 3 (2.80%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (26.17%) Data Centre
2 11 (10.28%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (6.54%) Private Cloud
4 4 (3.74%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (3.74%) Public Cloud
5 3 (2.80%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.80%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.80%) SCADA
6 2 (1.87%) Clustering
6 2 (1.87%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.93%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.93%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (0.93%) IoT
7 1 (0.93%) NB-IoT
7 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.93%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.35%) Linux
2 4 (3.74%) Windows
3 3 (2.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (2.80%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.87%) CentOS
4 2 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (37.38%) Network Design
2 19 (17.76%) Network Management
3 17 (15.89%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (14.95%) Migration
5 14 (13.08%) Computer Science
5 14 (13.08%) Load Balancing
6 13 (12.15%) Validation
7 12 (11.21%) Impact Assessments
8 10 (9.35%) Technical Leadership
9 9 (8.41%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (8.41%) Roadmaps
9 9 (8.41%) Zero Trust
10 7 (6.54%) Service Design
10 7 (6.54%) Service Management
10 7 (6.54%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (5.61%) Infrastructure as Code
11 6 (5.61%) Network Virtualisation
11 6 (5.61%) Security Management
12 5 (4.67%) DevSecOps
12 5 (4.67%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.48%) Python
2 3 (2.80%) C++
3 2 (1.87%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 55 (51.40%) Security Cleared
2 43 (40.19%) Cisco Certification
3 42 (39.25%) SC Cleared
4 33 (30.84%) CCNP
5 19 (17.76%) Degree
6 16 (14.95%) CCNA
7 14 (13.08%) DV Cleared
8 13 (12.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (9.35%) CCIE
10 9 (8.41%) JNCIS
11 6 (5.61%) CISSP
11 6 (5.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (4.67%) JNCIE
13 4 (3.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (3.74%) Azure Certification
13 4 (3.74%) CCSP
13 4 (3.74%) CEH
13 4 (3.74%) CISM
13 4 (3.74%) JNCIP
13 4 (3.74%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.41%) NIST
2 7 (6.54%) PCI DSS
3 4 (3.74%) COBIT
3 4 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.93%) GDPR
4 1 (0.93%) GRC
4 1 (0.93%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.93%) NCSC
4 1 (0.93%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.93%) RMADS
4 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (10.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.74%) VMware NSX
3 3 (2.80%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.93%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (13.08%) Ansible
2 11 (10.28%) Terraform
3 6 (5.61%) vCenter Server
4 3 (2.80%) SELinux
5 2 (1.87%) Iperf
5 2 (1.87%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.87%) Nagios
5 2 (1.87%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.87%) VxRail
5 2 (1.87%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.93%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.93%) OPNET
6 1 (0.93%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.93%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.93%) Puppet
6 1 (0.93%) vRealize
Vendors
1 54 (50.47%) Cisco
2 18 (16.82%) Palo Alto
3 14 (13.08%) Fortinet
4 13 (12.15%) Meraki
4 13 (12.15%) VMware
5 12 (11.21%) Juniper
6 8 (7.48%) F5
6 8 (7.48%) SolarWinds
7 7 (6.54%) Microsoft
8 6 (5.61%) Fujitsu
9 5 (4.67%) Dell
9 5 (4.67%) HP
9 5 (4.67%) Zscaler
10 4 (3.74%) CheckPoint
10 4 (3.74%) Citrix
10 4 (3.74%) Google
11 3 (2.80%) Arista
11 3 (2.80%) Aruba
11 3 (2.80%) NVIDIA
11 3 (2.80%) Splunk