Network Architect Contracts with Work from Home Options

Network Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Network Architect daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £573, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 262 350 502
Rank change year-on-year +88 +152 -69
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 79 107 121
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.54% 0.45% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.47% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 67 90
10th Percentile - £500 £496
25th Percentile £525 £563 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% +4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £632 £678 £700
90th Percentile £688 £743 £726
UK median daily rate £650 £625 £650
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 7 1
10th Percentile - £67.00 -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £60.92
Median % change year-on-year - +14.90% -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £60.92
% change year-on-year - +14.90% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,801 22,740 41,944
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.25% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,306 16,147 30,496
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 528 563
10th Percentile £14.27 £16.98 £14.05
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.00 £19.96
Median hourly rate £43.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +25.00% +70.21%
75th Percentile £63.56 £66.05 £59.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.15 £69.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Network Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Network Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Architect trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Architect.

Network Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Network Architect over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

Network Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Architect
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Architect.

Network Architect hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 16 June 2024, Network Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 36 (45.57%) Security Cleared
2 35 (44.30%) SC Cleared
3 28 (35.44%) Telecoms
4 27 (34.18%) Cisco
5 25 (31.65%) Network Management
5 25 (31.65%) Systems Engineering
6 22 (27.85%) Degree
6 22 (27.85%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (27.85%) Strategic Thinking
7 20 (25.32%) WAN
8 13 (16.46%) LAN
8 13 (16.46%) SD-WAN
9 12 (15.19%) Network Architecture
9 12 (15.19%) Data Centre
10 11 (13.92%) Finance
11 10 (12.66%) VPN
11 10 (12.66%) F5
12 9 (11.39%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (11.39%) Firewall
13 8 (10.13%) VMware
13 8 (10.13%) Network Design
13 8 (10.13%) CCIE
13 8 (10.13%) CCNP
13 8 (10.13%) MPLS
13 8 (10.13%) Cisco Nexus
14 7 (8.86%) VMware NSX
14 7 (8.86%) VMware Infrastructure
14 7 (8.86%) Palo Alto
14 7 (8.86%) DevOps
15 6 (7.59%) Confluence

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (7.59%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.59%) AWS
2 5 (6.33%) Azure
3 4 (5.06%) GitHub
4 3 (3.80%) Datadog
4 3 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.80%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.53%) Route 53
5 2 (2.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.27%) Cloudflare
6 1 (1.27%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 20 (25.32%) WAN
2 13 (16.46%) LAN
2 13 (16.46%) SD-WAN
3 10 (12.66%) VPN
4 9 (11.39%) Firewall
5 8 (10.13%) Cisco Nexus
5 8 (10.13%) MPLS
6 6 (7.59%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (6.33%) BGP
7 5 (6.33%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (6.33%) OSPF
7 5 (6.33%) VoIP
7 5 (6.33%) WLAN
8 4 (5.06%) DNS
8 4 (5.06%) Wireless
9 3 (3.80%) Network Security
9 3 (3.80%) NX-OS
9 3 (3.80%) PBX
9 3 (3.80%) SNMP
10 2 (2.53%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.80%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (6.33%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (3.80%) GitLab
2 3 (3.80%) JIRA
General
1 28 (35.44%) Telecoms
2 11 (13.92%) Finance
3 4 (5.06%) Social Skills
4 3 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.53%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.27%) Banking
6 1 (1.27%) Law
6 1 (1.27%) Legal
6 1 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.27%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.80%) JSON
1 3 (3.80%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (27.85%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (15.19%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.33%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.80%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.53%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.27%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.80%) Linux
1 3 (3.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (31.65%) Network Management
1 25 (31.65%) Systems Engineering
2 22 (27.85%) Strategic Thinking
3 12 (15.19%) Network Architecture
4 8 (10.13%) Network Design
5 7 (8.86%) DevOps
6 6 (7.59%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (7.59%) Enterprise Architecture
6 6 (7.59%) Network Virtualisation
6 6 (7.59%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (7.59%) Roadmaps
7 5 (6.33%) Agile
7 5 (6.33%) CI/CD
7 5 (6.33%) Data Protection
8 4 (5.06%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (5.06%) Information Assurance
8 4 (5.06%) Kanban
8 4 (5.06%) Load Balancing
8 4 (5.06%) Performance Management
8 4 (5.06%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.06%) Python
2 2 (2.53%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 36 (45.57%) Security Cleared
2 35 (44.30%) SC Cleared
3 22 (27.85%) Degree
4 9 (11.39%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (10.13%) CCIE
5 8 (10.13%) CCNP
6 4 (5.06%) AWS Certification
7 3 (3.80%) CCIE Data Center
8 2 (2.53%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.27%) CCNA
9 1 (1.27%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.06%) NCSC
2 1 (1.27%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (8.86%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (8.86%) VMware NSX
2 3 (3.80%) vSphere
3 2 (2.53%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (7.59%) Terraform
2 4 (5.06%) Ansible
3 3 (3.80%) CSIRT
4 2 (2.53%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (34.18%) Cisco
2 10 (12.66%) F5
3 8 (10.13%) VMware
4 7 (8.86%) Palo Alto
5 5 (6.33%) Splunk
6 4 (5.06%) Aruba
7 3 (3.80%) BigPanda
7 3 (3.80%) Meraki
7 3 (3.80%) Zscaler
8 2 (2.53%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.53%) Genesys
8 2 (2.53%) Juniper
8 2 (2.53%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.27%) Arista
9 1 (1.27%) CA
9 1 (1.27%) CheckPoint
9 1 (1.27%) Citrix
9 1 (1.27%) HP
9 1 (1.27%) Riverbed
9 1 (1.27%) SolarWinds