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 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 427 522 643
Rank change year-on-year +95 +121 -87
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 144 174 220
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.31% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.34% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 117 117
10th Percentile £421 £420 £331
25th Percentile £511 £491 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £693 £680 £650
90th Percentile £775 £724 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £625 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% +31.58% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 13
10th Percentile - £36.70 -
25th Percentile - £62.50 £28.41
Median hourly rate £14.00 £67.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -79.26% +42.11% -4.67%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £52.00
90th Percentile - - £64.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.00 £66.25 £49.00
% change year-on-year -78.87% +35.20% +24.05%

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 36,539 50,904 80,008
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.04% 89.75% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,560 35,264 56,167
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £440 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,684 1,915
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.27 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.76% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.51
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.21%

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 21 May 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
Top 13 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 21 May 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 +79 132 £600 -4.00% 53
UK excluding London +48 89 £600 -4.00% 40
South East +37 50 £590 +12.29% 7
London +77 38 £550 -8.33% 13
Work from Home +74 34 £575 -8.00% 25
Midlands +18 21 £620 -8.86% 10
West Midlands +13 15 £713 +4.78% 5
South West +1 9 £688 +5.77% 6
North of England +29 8 £610 +22.00% 13
East Midlands +16 6 £600 -15.49% 5
North East - 5 - - 2
Yorkshire - 3 £610 - 3
East of England +14 1 £575 - 2

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 (2.08%) nginx
2 2 (1.39%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (6.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 28 (19.44%) Azure
2 26 (18.06%) AWS
3 8 (5.56%) SaaS
4 7 (4.86%) GCP
5 6 (4.17%) Cloudflare
5 6 (4.17%) IaaS
5 6 (4.17%) PaaS
6 5 (3.47%) Azure Logic Apps
6 5 (3.47%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.78%) Azure API Management
7 4 (2.78%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.08%) Azure Event Grid
8 3 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.08%) Nutanix
8 3 (2.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.69%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 53 (36.81%) Firewall
2 51 (35.42%) WAN
3 34 (23.61%) VPN
4 31 (21.53%) MPLS
4 31 (21.53%) Network Security
5 29 (20.14%) LAN
6 23 (15.97%) SD-WAN
7 19 (13.19%) DNS
8 15 (10.42%) 5G
8 15 (10.42%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (9.03%) BGP
9 13 (9.03%) WLAN
10 12 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
10 12 (8.33%) Radio Access Network
11 11 (7.64%) OSPF
12 10 (6.94%) 4G
12 10 (6.94%) Internet
12 10 (6.94%) LTE
12 10 (6.94%) TCP/IP
13 9 (6.25%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.78%) Power BI
1 4 (2.78%) Tableau
2 1 (0.69%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.69%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.78%) JIRA
2 3 (2.08%) Git
2 3 (2.08%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.69%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.69%) IntelliJ
3 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.69%) Maven
3 1 (0.69%) Selenium
3 1 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 35 (24.31%) Telecoms
2 27 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 14 (9.72%) Finance
4 12 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.94%) Public Sector
6 9 (6.25%) Financial Institution
7 7 (4.86%) Banking
8 6 (4.17%) Multimedia
8 6 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.78%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.08%) Law
10 3 (2.08%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (2.08%) Marketing
11 2 (1.39%) Automotive
11 2 (1.39%) Electronics
11 2 (1.39%) Military
12 1 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.69%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 51 (35.42%) Architect
2 42 (29.17%) Network Engineer
3 35 (24.31%) Network Architect
4 13 (9.03%) Lead
4 13 (9.03%) Senior
5 8 (5.56%) Security Architect
5 8 (5.56%) Security Engineer
6 7 (4.86%) Senior Network Engineer
7 6 (4.17%) Azure Architect
7 6 (4.17%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (3.47%) Analyst
8 5 (3.47%) Design Engineer
8 5 (3.47%) Enterprise Architect
8 5 (3.47%) Lead Architect
8 5 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (2.78%) Consultant
9 4 (2.78%) Project Manager
9 4 (2.78%) Radio Engineer
9 4 (2.78%) Security Manager
9 4 (2.78%) Technical Design Authority
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.33%) Web Services
2 3 (2.08%) .NET
2 3 (2.08%) YAML
3 2 (1.39%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.69%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.69%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (18.06%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.94%) Public Cloud
3 9 (6.25%) PKI
4 7 (4.86%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (4.86%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.47%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.78%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.08%) CCTV
7 3 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.08%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.39%) NHS
8 2 (1.39%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.69%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.69%) Industrial Internet of Things
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.64%) Windows
2 5 (3.47%) Linux
2 5 (3.47%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.39%) Unix
4 1 (0.69%) Android
4 1 (0.69%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.69%) Debian
4 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (14.58%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (13.19%) Zero Trust
3 18 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 18 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (11.11%) Migration
5 14 (9.72%) Analytics
5 14 (9.72%) Network Design
5 14 (9.72%) Programme Management
6 13 (9.03%) Agile
6 13 (9.03%) Cloud Security
6 13 (9.03%) Project Delivery
6 13 (9.03%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (7.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 11 (7.64%) Roadmaps
8 10 (6.94%) Architectural Design
9 9 (6.25%) Data Analytics
9 9 (6.25%) ITIL
9 9 (6.25%) Project Management
9 9 (6.25%) SOA
9 9 (6.25%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.72%) Python
2 5 (3.47%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.78%) Java
4 3 (2.08%) C#
4 3 (2.08%) PHP
4 3 (2.08%) Ruby
5 1 (0.69%) Bash
5 1 (0.69%) C
Qualifications
1 33 (22.92%) Security Cleared
2 31 (21.53%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (16.67%) Degree
3 24 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 19 (13.19%) CCIE
5 17 (11.81%) CCNP
6 15 (10.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (8.33%) DV Cleared
8 9 (6.25%) CCIE Data Center
9 8 (5.56%) CCNA
10 4 (2.78%) Azure Certification
11 3 (2.08%) BC Cleared
11 3 (2.08%) CISSP
11 3 (2.08%) PMI Certification
11 3 (2.08%) PMP
12 2 (1.39%) CISM
12 2 (1.39%) GCED
12 2 (1.39%) GSEC
12 2 (1.39%) JNCIP
12 2 (1.39%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.78%) PCI DSS
3 3 (2.08%) GDPR
3 3 (2.08%) QA
4 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.69%) COBIT
4 1 (0.69%) GRC
4 1 (0.69%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.69%) NIST
4 1 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.69%) SLA
4 1 (0.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.56%) VMware NSX
3 5 (3.47%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.78%) Docker
4 4 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.39%) Squid
7 1 (0.69%) iptables
Systems Management
1 9 (6.25%) Ansible
2 8 (5.56%) Terraform
3 4 (2.78%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.08%) vCenter Server
4 3 (2.08%) vRealize
5 2 (1.39%) HAProxy
5 2 (1.39%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.69%) CASB
6 1 (0.69%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.69%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.69%) Icinga
6 1 (0.69%) Nagios
Vendors
1 42 (29.17%) Cisco
2 27 (18.75%) F5
3 22 (15.28%) Microsoft
4 20 (13.89%) SolarWinds
5 17 (11.81%) Palo Alto
6 15 (10.42%) CheckPoint
6 15 (10.42%) Fortinet
6 15 (10.42%) Juniper
6 15 (10.42%) VMware
7 14 (9.72%) Zscaler
8 7 (4.86%) Meraki
9 6 (4.17%) Citrix
9 6 (4.17%) Empirix
9 6 (4.17%) NetScout
10 5 (3.47%) Aruba
10 5 (3.47%) Google
10 5 (3.47%) Infoblox
10 5 (3.47%) Symantec
11 3 (2.08%) HP
11 3 (2.08%) Huawei