Network Architecture Contracts

Network Architecture
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Network Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Architecture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 440 523 634
Rank change year-on-year +83 +111 -99
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 158 197 218
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.33% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.37% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 136 120
10th Percentile £420 £406 £360
25th Percentile £519 £498 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +11.61% +12.00%
75th Percentile £660 £680 £697
90th Percentile £775 £723 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £625 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% +31.58% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 14
10th Percentile £21.10 £41.00 £28.41
25th Percentile £31.75 £62.50 £30.87
Median hourly rate £52.00 £66.25 £48.04
Median % change year-on-year -21.51% +37.91% -3.92%
75th Percentile £74.75 £69.69 £52.00
90th Percentile £86.90 £70.00 £63.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.00 £65.00 £50.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% +28.71% +27.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in the UK

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in the UK

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architecture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architecture in the UK

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in the UK

Network Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Architecture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Architecture in the UK

Network Architecture
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +101 145 £600 -4.00% 56
UK excluding London +66 88 £600 -4.00% 47
London +82 52 £575 -8.00% 17
South East +41 49 £590 +11.23% 6
Work from Home +91 40 £601 -5.58% 30
Midlands +18 23 £613 -9.93% 7
West Midlands +27 17 £650 -4.41% 6
South West +14 10 £725 +11.54% 8
East Midlands +16 6 £600 -15.49% 1
North of England +32 5 £610 +19.90% 11
Yorkshire - 3 £610 - 4
East of England +17 1 £575 - 2
North West +11 1 - - 6
North East - 1 - - 1

Network Architecture
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 3 (1.90%) nginx
2 2 (1.27%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (5.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (17.09%) Azure
2 24 (15.19%) AWS
3 6 (3.80%) Cloudflare
3 6 (3.80%) GCP
3 6 (3.80%) SaaS
4 5 (3.16%) GitHub
5 4 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
5 4 (2.53%) IaaS
5 4 (2.53%) PaaS
5 4 (2.53%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.90%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.90%) Nutanix
6 3 (1.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.27%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (1.27%) Azure API Management
7 2 (1.27%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 60 (37.97%) Firewall
2 55 (34.81%) WAN
3 36 (22.78%) VPN
4 35 (22.15%) LAN
5 34 (21.52%) Network Security
6 30 (18.99%) MPLS
7 21 (13.29%) BGP
7 21 (13.29%) SD-WAN
8 20 (12.66%) DNS
9 19 (12.03%) OSPF
10 16 (10.13%) SNA
11 14 (8.86%) VLAN
12 13 (8.23%) TCP/IP
12 13 (8.23%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (7.59%) Cisco Nexus
13 12 (7.59%) DHCP
13 12 (7.59%) WLAN
14 11 (6.96%) Cisco ASA
15 10 (6.33%) Internet
15 10 (6.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.53%) Power BI
1 4 (2.53%) Tableau
2 2 (1.27%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.63%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.63%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (5.06%) Git
2 5 (3.16%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.53%) JIRA
4 2 (1.27%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.63%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.63%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.63%) Maven
5 1 (0.63%) Selenium
5 1 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 35 (22.15%) Telecoms
2 27 (17.09%) Social Skills
3 18 (11.39%) Finance
4 17 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.33%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.70%) Financial Institution
7 7 (4.43%) Banking
8 6 (3.80%) Mandarin Language
8 6 (3.80%) Military
9 4 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.53%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.53%) Multimedia
9 4 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.90%) Marketing
11 2 (1.27%) Automotive
11 2 (1.27%) Electronics
11 2 (1.27%) Law
11 2 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.63%) Aviation
12 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 50 (31.65%) Architect
2 47 (29.75%) Network Engineer
3 33 (20.89%) Network Architect
4 22 (13.92%) Lead
5 16 (10.13%) Senior
6 10 (6.33%) Security Engineer
7 8 (5.06%) Analyst
7 8 (5.06%) Security Architect
7 8 (5.06%) Senior Network Engineer
8 7 (4.43%) Lead Architect
8 7 (4.43%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.80%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (3.80%) Security Manager
10 5 (3.16%) Azure Architect
10 5 (3.16%) Design Engineer
10 5 (3.16%) Enterprise Architect
10 5 (3.16%) Network Security Engineer
10 5 (3.16%) Project Manager
11 4 (2.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (2.53%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.96%) Web Services
2 8 (5.06%) YAML
3 3 (1.90%) .NET
4 2 (1.27%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.63%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.63%) LDAP
5 1 (0.63%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 29 (18.35%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.70%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.70%) PKI
3 8 (5.06%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (5.06%) Public Cloud
4 7 (4.43%) Security Posture
5 6 (3.80%) CCTV
5 6 (3.80%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.80%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (3.16%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (2.53%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.90%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.27%) NHS
9 2 (1.27%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.63%) Industrial Internet of Things
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.49%) Windows
2 8 (5.06%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.16%) Linux
4 2 (1.27%) Unix
5 1 (0.63%) Android
5 1 (0.63%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.63%) Debian
5 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (14.56%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (12.03%) Zero Trust
3 17 (10.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 17 (10.76%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (10.13%) Agile
4 16 (10.13%) Programme Management
5 15 (9.49%) Infrastructure as Code
5 15 (9.49%) Network Design
5 15 (9.49%) Project Delivery
6 14 (8.86%) Analytics
7 12 (7.59%) Cloud Security
7 12 (7.59%) Computer Science
7 12 (7.59%) ITIL
7 12 (7.59%) Project Management
7 12 (7.59%) Roadmaps
8 11 (6.96%) Architectural Design
8 11 (6.96%) High Availability
8 11 (6.96%) Migration
9 9 (5.70%) Network Management
9 9 (5.70%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 21 (13.29%) Python
2 11 (6.96%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.90%) C#
3 3 (1.90%) Java
4 2 (1.27%) PHP
4 2 (1.27%) Ruby
5 1 (0.63%) Bash
5 1 (0.63%) C
5 1 (0.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (27.85%) Security Cleared
2 36 (22.78%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (22.78%) SC Cleared
3 24 (15.19%) Degree
4 20 (12.66%) CCNP
5 19 (12.03%) CCIE
6 12 (7.59%) DV Cleared
7 10 (6.33%) CCNA
8 9 (5.70%) CCIE Data Center
8 9 (5.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (3.80%) PMI Certification
9 6 (3.80%) PMP
10 4 (2.53%) CISSP
10 4 (2.53%) JNCIS
11 3 (1.90%) BC Cleared
11 3 (1.90%) CISM
12 2 (1.27%) CCDP
12 2 (1.27%) GIAC
12 2 (1.27%) GSEC
12 2 (1.27%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.53%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.90%) GDPR
3 3 (1.90%) QA
4 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.63%) COBIT
4 1 (0.63%) GRC
4 1 (0.63%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.63%) NIST
4 1 (0.63%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.63%) SLA
4 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (10.13%) VMware NSX
2 11 (6.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.33%) Active Directory
4 8 (5.06%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.53%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.90%) Docker
6 3 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.27%) Squid
8 1 (0.63%) iptables
Systems Management
1 17 (10.76%) Ansible
2 16 (10.13%) Terraform
3 11 (6.96%) vRealize
4 8 (5.06%) vCenter Server
5 4 (2.53%) Progress Chef
5 4 (2.53%) Puppet
5 4 (2.53%) VxRail
6 3 (1.90%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.27%) FortiGate
7 2 (1.27%) HAProxy
7 2 (1.27%) RSA Archer
7 2 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.63%) CASB
8 1 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.63%) Icinga
8 1 (0.63%) Nagios
Vendors
1 48 (30.38%) Cisco
2 25 (15.82%) F5
3 23 (14.56%) Microsoft
3 23 (14.56%) SolarWinds
4 21 (13.29%) VMware
5 20 (12.66%) Palo Alto
6 17 (10.76%) CheckPoint
6 17 (10.76%) Fortinet
7 16 (10.13%) Juniper
8 13 (8.23%) Zscaler
9 7 (4.43%) Meraki
10 6 (3.80%) Citrix
10 6 (3.80%) Huawei
10 6 (3.80%) LogRhythm
10 6 (3.80%) ServiceNow
11 5 (3.16%) Aruba
11 5 (3.16%) Google
11 5 (3.16%) Infoblox
11 5 (3.16%) Symantec
12 4 (2.53%) Dell