Network Architect Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Network Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Network Architect daily rate in the West Midlands is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 78 103
Rank change year-on-year -42 +25 +64
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 16 33 14
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.80% 1.75% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 1.88% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 22 6
10th Percentile £473 - £425
25th Percentile £503 £580 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £614 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.39% +2.29% -7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £655 £619
90th Percentile £638 £672 £650
England median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +2.04%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,798 1,752 1,811
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.36% 92.80% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,167 1,107 1,244
10th Percentile £258 £213 £220
25th Percentile £400 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £612 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 58 66
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.58 £15.38
25th Percentile £16.44 £14.03 £17.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.05 £22.20
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% +3.85% +25.25%
75th Percentile £36.75 £33.23 £33.64
90th Percentile £50.00 £45.63 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -38.66% -10.64% +52.93%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Network Architect job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Network Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in the West Midlands

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in the West Midlands

Network Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in the West Midlands

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Coventry - 9 £503 - 2
Birmingham -7 4 £600 +3.45%
Warwickshire -22 2 £613 -2.78% 3
Network Architect
England

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, Network 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 15 (93.75%) Firewall
2 12 (75.00%) SD-WAN
2 12 (75.00%) WAN
3 11 (68.75%) Network Design
4 10 (62.50%) Cisco
4 10 (62.50%) Network Architecture
4 10 (62.50%) Zero Trust
5 9 (56.25%) Palo Alto
6 8 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (50.00%) Fortinet
6 8 (50.00%) Roadmaps
7 7 (43.75%) CCIE
7 7 (43.75%) CCNP
7 7 (43.75%) F5
7 7 (43.75%) LAN
7 7 (43.75%) MPLS
7 7 (43.75%) VPN
8 6 (37.50%) Ansible
8 6 (37.50%) CISSP
8 6 (37.50%) DNS
8 6 (37.50%) Load Balancing
8 6 (37.50%) Meraki
8 6 (37.50%) Network Security
8 6 (37.50%) Wireless
9 5 (31.25%) AWS
9 5 (31.25%) Azure
9 5 (31.25%) BGP
9 5 (31.25%) Data Protection
9 5 (31.25%) GCP
9 5 (31.25%) GDPR

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 5 (31.25%) AWS
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
1 5 (31.25%) GCP
2 4 (25.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 4 (25.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 2 (12.50%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 15 (93.75%) Firewall
2 12 (75.00%) SD-WAN
2 12 (75.00%) WAN
3 7 (43.75%) LAN
3 7 (43.75%) MPLS
3 7 (43.75%) VPN
4 6 (37.50%) DNS
4 6 (37.50%) Network Security
4 6 (37.50%) Wireless
5 5 (31.25%) BGP
5 5 (31.25%) IPv4
5 5 (31.25%) IPv6
5 5 (31.25%) NGFW
5 5 (31.25%) OSPF
5 5 (31.25%) VXLAN
5 5 (31.25%) WLAN
6 4 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (25.00%) DHCP
6 4 (25.00%) EIGRP
6 4 (25.00%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
4 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Legal
4 2 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) Data Centre
2 6 (37.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (37.50%) Operational Technology
3 2 (12.50%) SCADA
4 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 1 (6.25%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Network Design
2 10 (62.50%) Network Architecture
2 10 (62.50%) Zero Trust
3 8 (50.00%) Roadmaps
4 6 (37.50%) Load Balancing
5 5 (31.25%) Data Protection
5 5 (31.25%) Security Architecture
6 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (25.00%) ITIL
6 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
6 4 (25.00%) Network Management
6 4 (25.00%) Network Virtualisation
6 4 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
6 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (25.00%) TOGAF
7 3 (18.75%) Analytical Thinking
7 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
7 3 (18.75%) Cost Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (43.75%) CCIE
2 7 (43.75%) CCNP
3 6 (37.50%) CISSP
4 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
5 4 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (25.00%) AWS Certification
5 4 (25.00%) CCSP
6 3 (18.75%) Azure Certification
6 3 (18.75%) CCIE Security
6 3 (18.75%) Degree
6 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
7 2 (12.50%) JNCIE
7 2 (12.50%) JNCIP
8 1 (6.25%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (6.25%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) GDPR
1 5 (31.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (31.25%) NIST
1 5 (31.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (25.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) Ansible
2 5 (31.25%) Terraform
3 2 (12.50%) FortiGate
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Cisco
2 9 (56.25%) Palo Alto
3 8 (50.00%) Fortinet
4 7 (43.75%) F5
5 6 (37.50%) Meraki
6 5 (31.25%) Juniper
7 4 (25.00%) SolarWinds
7 4 (25.00%) VMware
8 2 (12.50%) CheckPoint
8 2 (12.50%) Forcepoint
9 1 (6.25%) NetScout