Network Technical Architect Contract Job Trends

Network Technical Architect
UK

The median Network Technical Architect daily rate in the UK is £331, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 579 549 600
Rank change year-on-year -30 +51 +199
Contract jobs requiring a Network Technical Architect 2 15 12
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.005% 0.043% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.047% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 10
10th Percentile £303 £513 £571
25th Percentile £308 £528 £673
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £563 £743
Median % change year-on-year -41.11% -24.29% +35.09%
75th Percentile £370 £666 -
90th Percentile £384 £770 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £363 £555 -
% change year-on-year -34.68% - -

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 33,137 32,079 41,606
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.94% 92.76% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,987 19,722 27,981
10th Percentile £290 £300 £292
25th Percentile £404 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £723 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,959 1,044 1,467
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.48 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.98 £21.05 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% -21.35% +48.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.46 £73.28 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%

Network Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Network Technical Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Technical Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Technical Architect job vacancies in the UK

Network Technical Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Technical Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Technical Architect job vacancies in the UK

Network Technical Architect
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Technical Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 14 December 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 -46 2 £331 -40.72%
London 0 1 £300 -60.00%
UK excluding London -56 1 £363 -34.68%
Midlands - 1 £363 -
West Midlands - 1 £363 -

Network Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Network Technical 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 featuring Network Technical Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Intelligent Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Server Building
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall

Network Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Intelligent Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Server Building
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto