Network Architecture Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Network Architecture
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 305 397
Rank change year-on-year +50 +92 +135
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 49 40 80
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.49% 0.26% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.30% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 26 52
10th Percentile £410 £456 £406
25th Percentile £463 £533 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £601 £637
Median % change year-on-year -14.76% -5.58% +9.69%
75th Percentile £622 £655 £680
90th Percentile £658 £738 £723
UK median daily rate £528 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -12.08% -4.00% +9.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - £36.70
25th Percentile - - £62.50
Median hourly rate - £14.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -78.46% +57.58%
75th Percentile - - £68.75
90th Percentile - - £69.50
UK median hourly rate - £52.00 £66.25
% change year-on-year - -21.51% +37.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Network Architecture
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Network Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Architecture trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Network Architecture.

Network Architecture daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Network Architecture over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Network Architecture daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Network Architecture.

Network Architecture hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Architecture
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 1 (2.04%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.08%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.41%) AWS
2 8 (16.33%) Azure
3 4 (8.16%) Cloudflare
3 4 (8.16%) GCP
4 2 (4.08%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (4.08%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (2.04%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.04%) GitHub
5 1 (2.04%) Nutanix
5 1 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (42.86%) Firewall
2 20 (40.82%) Network Security
3 16 (32.65%) VPN
4 11 (22.45%) Radio Access Network
4 11 (22.45%) WAN
5 10 (20.41%) MPLS
6 8 (16.33%) LAN
7 7 (14.29%) Wireless
8 6 (12.24%) 4G
8 6 (12.24%) Ethernet
9 5 (10.20%) 5G
10 4 (8.16%) 2G
10 4 (8.16%) 3G
10 4 (8.16%) DNS
10 4 (8.16%) DWDM
10 4 (8.16%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (8.16%) NetScaler
10 4 (8.16%) SD-WAN
11 3 (6.12%) BGP
11 3 (6.12%) NAS
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Eclipse
1 3 (6.12%) GitLab
1 3 (6.12%) Jenkins
1 3 (6.12%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (20.41%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.24%) Telecoms
3 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.04%) Finance
6 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (32.65%) Network Engineer
2 15 (30.61%) Architect
3 7 (14.29%) Design Engineer
3 7 (14.29%) Network Architect
4 6 (12.24%) Radio Design Engineer
4 6 (12.24%) Radio Engineer
4 6 (12.24%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (10.20%) Linux Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) Cisco Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) Senior
6 4 (8.16%) Technical Architect
6 4 (8.16%) Technical Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.12%) Designer
7 3 (6.12%) IP Designer
8 2 (4.08%) Cisco Architect
8 2 (4.08%) Cisco Network Architect
8 2 (4.08%) Senior Cisco Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Senior Linux Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) 802.1X
1 3 (6.12%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.16%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (8.16%) Private Cloud
3 3 (6.12%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (6.12%) Public Cloud
4 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.08%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.04%) Clustering
5 1 (2.04%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.04%) Life Science
5 1 (2.04%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.04%) SCADA
5 1 (2.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.24%) Linux
2 3 (6.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.04%) CentOS
3 1 (2.04%) Windows
3 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (32.65%) Network Design
2 10 (20.41%) Migration
3 8 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (14.29%) High Availability
4 7 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
4 7 (14.29%) Zero Trust
5 6 (12.24%) Computer Science
5 6 (12.24%) Task Automation
6 5 (10.20%) Network Management
7 4 (8.16%) CI/CD
7 4 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (8.16%) DevOps
7 4 (8.16%) Mentoring
7 4 (8.16%) Validation
8 3 (6.12%) Agile
8 3 (6.12%) Data Protection
8 3 (6.12%) Performance Tuning
8 3 (6.12%) Use Case
9 2 (4.08%) Parallel Processing
9 2 (4.08%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.37%) Python
2 3 (6.12%) C++
3 2 (4.08%) Bash
3 2 (4.08%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.04%) Bicep
4 1 (2.04%) Lisp
4 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (30.61%) Security Cleared
2 11 (22.45%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (22.45%) SC Cleared
3 10 (20.41%) Degree
4 8 (16.33%) CCNP
5 6 (12.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (10.20%) CCNA
7 3 (6.12%) CCIE
8 2 (4.08%) JNCIA
8 2 (4.08%) JNCIS
9 1 (2.04%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.04%) JNCIP
9 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.04%) VCAP
9 1 (2.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.24%) NIST
2 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (16.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (8.16%) Hyper-V
2 4 (8.16%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (4.08%) VMware NSX
4 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.04%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (20.41%) Ansible
2 7 (14.29%) Terraform
3 3 (6.12%) SELinux
4 2 (4.08%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.08%) Puppet
5 1 (2.04%) FortiGate
5 1 (2.04%) Nagios
5 1 (2.04%) PowerCLI
5 1 (2.04%) Prometheus
5 1 (2.04%) vCenter Server
5 1 (2.04%) VxRail
5 1 (2.04%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 19 (38.78%) Cisco
2 9 (18.37%) Fortinet
3 8 (16.33%) VMware
4 4 (8.16%) CheckPoint
4 4 (8.16%) F5
4 4 (8.16%) Microsoft
5 3 (6.12%) Citrix
5 3 (6.12%) HP
5 3 (6.12%) Meraki
5 3 (6.12%) Red Hat
5 3 (6.12%) Splunk
5 3 (6.12%) Zscaler
6 2 (4.08%) Arista
6 2 (4.08%) Aruba
6 2 (4.08%) Dell
6 2 (4.08%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.04%) Ericsson
7 1 (2.04%) IBM
7 1 (2.04%) Nokia
7 1 (2.04%) Oracle