Network Architect Contracts

Network Architect
UK

The median Network Architect daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 307 477
Rank change year-on-year -62 +170 +122
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 152 320 239
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.73% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.79% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 148 137
10th Percentile £508 £463 £485
25th Percentile £538 £525 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £725 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 22 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 excluding London median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +14.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,050 40,453 56,471
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.79% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,352 39,474
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,031 2,658 1,569
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -20.00% +91.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.75 £38.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.32% -9.41% +117.95%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Architect.

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Architect.

Hourly rate trend for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Architect over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England -71 139 £600 -7.69% 48
UK excluding London -92 82 £600 -7.69% 42
London +55 48 £650 +18.18% 14
Work from Home +24 47 £550 -3.93% 37
South East -59 27 £575 -11.54% 9
South West -11 19 £575 -11.54% 12
Midlands +15 15 £650 +8.33% 1
North of England +26 12 £625 +16.28% 8
East Midlands +17 10 £650 +1.64%
North West +11 9 £625 - 6
East of England +33 8 £470 -16.44% 4
West Midlands 0 5 £588 +26.89% 1
Yorkshire +14 2 £700 +47.37% 2
North East -1 1 £550 +3.53% 1
Wales - 1 £540 - 1

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 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 featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 90 (59.21%) Security Cleared
2 76 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 73 (48.03%) Firewall
4 67 (44.08%) Cisco
5 46 (30.26%) Network Security
6 44 (28.95%) Social Skills
7 41 (26.97%) Network Architecture
8 40 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
9 39 (25.66%) WAN
10 35 (23.03%) CCNP
11 33 (21.71%) Problem-Solving
12 28 (18.42%) VPN
13 27 (17.76%) Network Design
13 27 (17.76%) Data Centre
14 26 (17.11%) Stakeholder Management
14 26 (17.11%) Juniper
15 24 (15.79%) LAN
15 24 (15.79%) Fortinet
16 22 (14.47%) DNS
16 22 (14.47%) OSPF
17 21 (13.82%) BGP
18 20 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
18 20 (13.16%) Palo Alto
19 19 (12.50%) F5
20 18 (11.84%) AWS
21 17 (11.18%) Azure
21 17 (11.18%) Technical Leadership
22 16 (10.53%) SD-WAN
23 15 (9.87%) Public Sector
23 15 (9.87%) CCNA

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (0.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (11.84%) AWS
2 17 (11.18%) Azure
3 8 (5.26%) GCP
4 2 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.66%) Cloudflare
5 1 (0.66%) IaaS
5 1 (0.66%) PaaS
5 1 (0.66%) SaaS
5 1 (0.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 73 (48.03%) Firewall
2 46 (30.26%) Network Security
3 39 (25.66%) WAN
4 28 (18.42%) VPN
5 24 (15.79%) LAN
6 22 (14.47%) DNS
6 22 (14.47%) OSPF
7 21 (13.82%) BGP
8 16 (10.53%) SD-WAN
9 13 (8.55%) VLAN
9 13 (8.55%) Wireless
10 12 (7.89%) IPsec
10 12 (7.89%) MPLS
11 11 (7.24%) Software-Defined Networking
12 8 (5.26%) EIGRP
12 8 (5.26%) TCP/IP
13 7 (4.61%) DHCP
13 7 (4.61%) HSRP
14 6 (3.95%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 6 (3.95%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Development Applications
1 4 (2.63%) GitLab
2 2 (1.32%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.66%) JIRA
General
1 44 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 20 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (9.87%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.26%) Finance
5 6 (3.95%) Legal
6 5 (3.29%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.63%) Law
8 3 (1.97%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.32%) Banking
9 2 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.32%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.32%) Military
10 1 (0.66%) Aviation
10 1 (0.66%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Police
10 1 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.32%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.66%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 27 (17.76%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.29%) Operational Technology
2 5 (3.29%) Public Cloud
3 4 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (2.63%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.97%) Cloud Native
4 3 (1.97%) SCADA
5 2 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.32%) PKI
5 2 (1.32%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.66%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.66%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (0.66%) IoT
6 1 (0.66%) NB-IoT
6 1 (0.66%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.66%) Windows
1 1 (0.66%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (26.97%) Network Architecture
2 33 (21.71%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (17.76%) Network Design
4 26 (17.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (11.18%) Technical Leadership
6 14 (9.21%) Migration
7 10 (6.58%) Business Strategy
8 8 (5.26%) Computer Science
8 8 (5.26%) Configuration Management
8 8 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (5.26%) Customer Requirements
8 8 (5.26%) High Availability
8 8 (5.26%) Security Architecture
8 8 (5.26%) Validation
8 8 (5.26%) Zero Trust
9 7 (4.61%) Roadmaps
9 7 (4.61%) Translating Business Requirements
9 7 (4.61%) Use Case
10 6 (3.95%) Network Segmentation
10 6 (3.95%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.26%) Python
2 2 (1.32%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.66%) Bash
3 1 (0.66%) Bicep
3 1 (0.66%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 90 (59.21%) Security Cleared
2 76 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 40 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
4 35 (23.03%) CCNP
5 15 (9.87%) CCNA
6 12 (7.89%) CCIE
6 12 (7.89%) DV Cleared
7 8 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (5.26%) Degree
7 8 (5.26%) JNCIS
8 5 (3.29%) DBS Check
8 5 (3.29%) JNCIP
9 4 (2.63%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.97%) JNCIE
11 2 (1.32%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (1.32%) CISSP
11 2 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.66%) CCIE Data Center
12 1 (0.66%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.61%) NIST
1 7 (4.61%) QA
2 4 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.63%) SLA
3 3 (1.97%) GRC
4 2 (1.32%) NCSC
4 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.66%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.63%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.66%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.66%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (5.92%) Terraform
2 8 (5.26%) Ansible
3 5 (3.29%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.32%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (1.32%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.66%) CASB
5 1 (0.66%) Iperf
5 1 (0.66%) Puppet
5 1 (0.66%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 67 (44.08%) Cisco
2 26 (17.11%) Juniper
3 24 (15.79%) Fortinet
4 20 (13.16%) Palo Alto
5 19 (12.50%) F5
6 14 (9.21%) SolarWinds
7 10 (6.58%) CheckPoint
8 9 (5.92%) VMware
9 6 (3.95%) Google
9 6 (3.95%) Microsoft
10 4 (2.63%) AlgoSec
10 4 (2.63%) Fujitsu
10 4 (2.63%) Tufin
11 3 (1.97%) Aruba
12 2 (1.32%) Ericsson
12 2 (1.32%) HP
12 2 (1.32%) Infoblox
12 2 (1.32%) Meraki
12 2 (1.32%) NetScout
12 2 (1.32%) Oracle