Network Infrastructure Architect Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Network Infrastructure Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Infrastructure Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 442 338 392
Rank change year-on-year -104 +54 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Architect 3 9 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% 0.068% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.075% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £529 - -
25th Percentile £534 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - -
75th Percentile £584 - -
90th Percentile £586 - -
UK median daily rate £563 - £725
% change year-on-year - - +26.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £72.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £72.50 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 23,260 12,063 19,476
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 91.69% 92.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,370 7,616 11,646
10th Percentile £300 £213 £213
25th Percentile £405 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £592 £575 £591
90th Percentile £687 £650 £683
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,691 898 2,475
10th Percentile £14.82 £13.50 £12.53
25th Percentile £20.09 £16.95 £15.86
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £74.22
UK median hourly rate £43.61 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +55.73% -25.33% -16.67%

Network Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Infrastructure Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Network Infrastructure Architect job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Network Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Network Infrastructure Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Network Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 June 2026. 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
North West -34 2 £550 - 1
North of England -71 2 £550 - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £575 -
Network Infrastructure Architect
UK

Network Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, Network Infrastructure Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Network Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) NAS
2 2 (66.67%) SAN
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (33.33%) NX-OS
3 1 (33.33%) Server+ Certification
3 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi

Network Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) NAS
2 2 (66.67%) SAN
2 2 (66.67%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) NX-OS
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITSM
1 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Server+ Certification
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow