Network Architecture Contracts

Network Architecture
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 430 514
Rank change year-on-year +92 +84 +138
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 194 158 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.67% 0.37% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.42% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 101 123
10th Percentile £413 £450 £410
25th Percentile £450 £513 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £638 £668 £680
90th Percentile £720 £775 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +31.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £21.10 £36.70
25th Percentile - £31.75 £62.50
Median hourly rate - £52.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year - -22.96% +40.51%
75th Percentile - £74.75 £70.00
90th Percentile - £86.90 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £52.00 £66.25
% change year-on-year - -21.51% +31.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,476 37,215 52,661
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.94% 86.29% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,029 23,965 36,513
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £411 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £479 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.20% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,078 2,429 1,738
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.26 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.68 £36.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.44% +1.39% +44.00%
75th Percentile £60.09 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.13 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -27.67% +7.14% +75.00%

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 8 May 2025.

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
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 8 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
England +88 161 £563 -6.25% 106
UK excluding London +74 114 £575 -4.17% 71
Work from Home +47 46 £500 -15.25% 75
London +47 44 £500 -13.04% 55
South East +30 41 £550 -6.70% 25
North of England +48 33 £500 -18.03% 7
South West +56 28 £638 -7.27% 11
North West - 26 £475 - 6
Yorkshire +9 7 £680 +11.48% 1
Midlands +2 6 £651 +6.20% 12
East of England +37 5 £525 -8.70% 7
West Midlands 0 4 £688 +5.77% 6
East Midlands +6 2 £651 +8.42% 5
Scotland - 1 £750 - 3

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 (1.55%) IIS
2 2 (1.03%) Confluence
2 2 (1.03%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.58%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.52%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 30 (15.46%) AWS
2 24 (12.37%) Azure
3 10 (5.15%) GCP
4 8 (4.12%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (3.09%) Cloudflare
6 3 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (1.03%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (1.03%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.03%) GitHub
7 2 (1.03%) Nutanix
7 2 (1.03%) OpenShift
7 2 (1.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.52%) Azure API Management
8 1 (0.52%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.52%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.52%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.52%) OCI
8 1 (0.52%) PaaS
8 1 (0.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 90 (46.39%) Firewall
2 62 (31.96%) Network Security
3 57 (29.38%) WAN
4 48 (24.74%) VPN
5 34 (17.53%) Radio Access Network
6 32 (16.49%) 4G
7 31 (15.98%) 5G
8 29 (14.95%) LAN
9 28 (14.43%) 3G
10 23 (11.86%) LTE
11 22 (11.34%) MPLS
11 22 (11.34%) VoLTE
11 22 (11.34%) Wireshark
12 21 (10.82%) BGP
12 21 (10.82%) Diameter Protocol
13 20 (10.31%) RANAP
14 18 (9.28%) OSPF
15 16 (8.25%) Cisco ISE
15 16 (8.25%) Wi-Fi
16 14 (7.22%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 7 (3.61%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (2.06%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.55%) Eclipse
3 3 (1.55%) GitLab
3 3 (1.55%) JIRA
General
1 71 (36.60%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.46%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (8.25%) Telecoms
4 11 (5.67%) Banking
5 8 (4.12%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.61%) Finance
7 4 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.55%) Advertising
8 3 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.55%) Multimedia
9 2 (1.03%) Billing
9 2 (1.03%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.03%) Military
10 1 (0.52%) Aviation
10 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Legal
10 1 (0.52%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 68 (35.05%) Architect
2 63 (32.47%) Network Engineer
3 41 (21.13%) Network Architect
4 18 (9.28%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 16 (8.25%) Technical Architect
6 12 (6.19%) Consultant
6 12 (6.19%) Senior
7 11 (5.67%) Security Architect
7 11 (5.67%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (4.64%) DevSecOps Architect
8 9 (4.64%) Network Technical Architect
8 9 (4.64%) Security Consultant
9 8 (4.12%) Design Engineer
9 8 (4.12%) DevSecOps Consultant
10 6 (3.09%) Linux Engineer
10 6 (3.09%) Senior Network Engineer
11 5 (2.58%) Cisco Architect
11 5 (2.58%) Cisco Network Architect
11 5 (2.58%) Designer
11 5 (2.58%) Radio Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.22%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.58%) Spine.js
3 3 (1.55%) LDAP
4 1 (0.52%) JSON
4 1 (0.52%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 36 (18.56%) Data Centre
2 16 (8.25%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (7.73%) Private Cloud
4 7 (3.61%) Operational Technology
5 5 (2.58%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.58%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.58%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.55%) SCADA
8 2 (1.03%) Clustering
8 2 (1.03%) IoT
8 2 (1.03%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.03%) PKI
8 2 (1.03%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.52%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.52%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.52%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (0.52%) NB-IoT
9 1 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.70%) Linux
2 4 (2.06%) Windows
3 3 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.55%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.03%) CentOS
4 2 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (25.77%) Network Design
2 33 (17.01%) Migration
3 31 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (12.89%) Computer Science
5 22 (11.34%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (11.34%) Network Management
6 21 (10.82%) Customer Experience
6 21 (10.82%) Validation
7 20 (10.31%) Performance Improvement
8 19 (9.79%) Performance Analysis
8 19 (9.79%) Translating Business Requirements
9 18 (9.28%) Technical Leadership
10 16 (8.25%) High Availability
11 15 (7.73%) Load Balancing
11 15 (7.73%) Roadmaps
12 14 (7.22%) Agile
12 14 (7.22%) Zero Trust
13 13 (6.70%) DevOps
13 13 (6.70%) Impact Assessments
14 12 (6.19%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.76%) Python
2 3 (1.55%) C++
2 3 (1.55%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.03%) Bash
3 2 (1.03%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.52%) Bicep
4 1 (0.52%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 74 (38.14%) Security Cleared
2 66 (34.02%) Cisco Certification
3 56 (28.87%) SC Cleared
4 49 (25.26%) CCNP
5 30 (15.46%) Degree
6 25 (12.89%) CCNA
7 24 (12.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (8.25%) DV Cleared
9 15 (7.73%) CCIE
10 12 (6.19%) JNCIS
11 10 (5.15%) CISSP
12 8 (4.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 8 (4.12%) CCSP
12 8 (4.12%) CEH
12 8 (4.12%) CISM
12 8 (4.12%) OSCP
13 6 (3.09%) AWS Certification
13 6 (3.09%) Azure Certification
13 6 (3.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (2.58%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.25%) NIST
2 12 (6.19%) PCI DSS
3 9 (4.64%) COBIT
4 7 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.03%) GDPR
5 2 (1.03%) NCSC
5 2 (1.03%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.52%) GRC
6 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.52%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.52%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.52%) RMADS
6 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (9.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.58%) VMware NSX
3 4 (2.06%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.55%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (11.34%) Ansible
2 18 (9.28%) Terraform
3 6 (3.09%) vCenter Server
4 5 (2.58%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.55%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.55%) Puppet
5 3 (1.55%) SELinux
6 2 (1.03%) Iperf
6 2 (1.03%) Nagios
6 2 (1.03%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.03%) VxRail
6 2 (1.03%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.52%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.52%) NSN NetAct
7 1 (0.52%) OPNET
7 1 (0.52%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.52%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.52%) vRealize
Vendors
1 73 (37.63%) Cisco
2 24 (12.37%) Fortinet
3 23 (11.86%) Palo Alto
4 22 (11.34%) VMware
5 20 (10.31%) Empirix
5 20 (10.31%) NetScout
6 15 (7.73%) Juniper
6 15 (7.73%) Microsoft
7 14 (7.22%) Meraki
8 10 (5.15%) F5
9 9 (4.64%) CheckPoint
9 9 (4.64%) SolarWinds
10 6 (3.09%) Arista
10 6 (3.09%) Fujitsu
10 6 (3.09%) Google
10 6 (3.09%) Zscaler
11 5 (2.58%) Citrix
11 5 (2.58%) Dell
11 5 (2.58%) HP
12 4 (2.06%) Aruba