Network Architect Contracts in England

Network Architect
UK > England

The median Network Architect daily rate in England is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 266 429 558
Rank change year-on-year +163 +129 -65
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 319 213 207
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.87% 0.45% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 0.47% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 121 137
10th Percentile £491 £481 £513
25th Percentile £531 £563 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +22.64%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £700 £750 £828
UK median daily rate £650 £625 £638
% change year-on-year +4.00% -1.96% +21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 12 1
10th Percentile - - -
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 £87.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £60.92
% change year-on-year - +14.90% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,105 44,948 67,278
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.59% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,534 31,954 48,043
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.91%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,538 1,319 1,809
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +91.49% +9.30%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +87.50% +6.90%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Network Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in England

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in England.

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in England

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in England

Network Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in England.

Hourly rate trend for Network Architect in England

Network Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Architect in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Architect in England

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 29 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
South East +79 158 £650 +8.33% 5
South West +65 82 £650 - 3
Midlands +41 37 £614 +6.74% 3
London +40 28 £575 -11.54% 6
West Midlands +29 27 £628 +9.13% 2
North of England +26 13 £575 -2.13% 11
East Midlands +19 10 £550 +3.04% 1
North West +17 8 £688 +14.58% 5
East of England +7 8 £563 -31.82% 1
Yorkshire +14 3 £475 -17.39% 4
North East - 2 £531 - 2
Network Architect
UK

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 29 May 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 job ads across the England region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 237 (74.29%) Security Cleared
2 145 (45.45%) WAN
3 126 (39.50%) Cisco
4 118 (36.99%) Network Management
5 115 (36.05%) LAN
6 91 (28.53%) Juniper
7 89 (27.90%) SC Cleared
8 81 (25.39%) DV Cleared
9 62 (19.44%) Data Centre
10 56 (17.55%) Public Sector
11 53 (16.61%) Customer Requirements
12 51 (15.99%) Network Design
12 51 (15.99%) MPLS
13 48 (15.05%) Finance
14 46 (14.42%) Firewall
15 44 (13.79%) SD-WAN
16 40 (12.54%) F5
17 39 (12.23%) BGP
18 38 (11.91%) Telecoms
19 35 (10.97%) Cisco Firepower
20 34 (10.66%) Network Architecture
20 34 (10.66%) VPN
21 33 (10.34%) Agile
21 33 (10.34%) SIEM
21 33 (10.34%) Technical Leadership
22 32 (10.03%) Zero Trust
22 32 (10.03%) Wi-Fi
23 31 (9.72%) SaaS
23 31 (9.72%) Business Strategy
24 28 (8.78%) Cloud Computing

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (1.57%) Confluence
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 31 (9.72%) SaaS
2 28 (8.78%) Cloud Computing
3 27 (8.46%) IaaS
3 27 (8.46%) PaaS
4 17 (5.33%) Azure
5 14 (4.39%) AWS
6 6 (1.88%) GCP
7 4 (1.25%) GitHub
8 3 (0.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (0.94%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.94%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.63%) Datadog
9 2 (0.63%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.63%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.63%) Route 53
9 2 (0.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.31%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 145 (45.45%) WAN
2 115 (36.05%) LAN
3 51 (15.99%) MPLS
4 46 (14.42%) Firewall
5 44 (13.79%) SD-WAN
6 39 (12.23%) BGP
7 35 (10.97%) Cisco Firepower
8 34 (10.66%) VPN
9 32 (10.03%) Wi-Fi
10 27 (8.46%) SSL
11 23 (7.21%) Network Security
12 14 (4.39%) NX-OS
13 10 (3.13%) IPsec
13 10 (3.13%) WLAN
14 9 (2.82%) Junos
15 8 (2.51%) Cisco Nexus
16 7 (2.19%) DNS
16 7 (2.19%) Wireless
17 6 (1.88%) Internet
17 6 (1.88%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (1.25%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.94%) JIRA
3 2 (0.63%) GitLab
General
1 56 (17.55%) Public Sector
2 48 (15.05%) Finance
3 38 (11.91%) Telecoms
4 9 (2.82%) Social Skills
5 6 (1.88%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (0.94%) Banking
6 3 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (0.63%) Law
7 2 (0.63%) Legal
8 1 (0.31%) Advertising
8 1 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.31%) Local Government
8 1 (0.31%) Marketing
8 1 (0.31%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.31%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.57%) JSON
2 3 (0.94%) LDAP
2 3 (0.94%) SAML
2 3 (0.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 62 (19.44%) Data Centre
2 25 (7.84%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (5.33%) Cloud Native
4 6 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (1.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.94%) Operational Technology
7 3 (0.94%) PKI
8 2 (0.63%) IVR
8 2 (0.63%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.63%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.63%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.31%) CMDB
9 1 (0.31%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.88%) Windows
2 5 (1.57%) Linux
3 2 (0.63%) Unix
3 2 (0.63%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (36.99%) Network Management
2 53 (16.61%) Customer Requirements
3 51 (15.99%) Network Design
4 34 (10.66%) Network Architecture
5 33 (10.34%) Agile
5 33 (10.34%) SIEM
5 33 (10.34%) Technical Leadership
6 32 (10.03%) Zero Trust
7 31 (9.72%) Business Strategy
8 28 (8.78%) Systems Engineering
9 27 (8.46%) Network Virtualisation
9 27 (8.46%) Open Source
9 27 (8.46%) Strategic Thinking
10 21 (6.58%) Presales
10 21 (6.58%) Project Delivery
10 21 (6.58%) Project Management
11 14 (4.39%) Migration
11 14 (4.39%) Requirements Management
11 14 (4.39%) Roadmaps
12 13 (4.08%) Network Packet Capture
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.57%) Python
2 3 (0.94%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.63%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 237 (74.29%) Security Cleared
2 89 (27.90%) SC Cleared
3 81 (25.39%) DV Cleared
4 27 (8.46%) Degree
5 23 (7.21%) Cisco Certification
6 22 (6.90%) CCNP
7 13 (4.08%) CCIE
8 10 (3.13%) CCNA
9 6 (1.88%) JNCIS
10 4 (1.25%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.25%) CCIE Security
10 4 (1.25%) CISSP
10 4 (1.25%) JNCIA
11 3 (0.94%) CCIE Data Center
12 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.31%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.70%) SLA
2 4 (1.25%) NCSC
3 1 (0.31%) GDPR
3 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (6.27%) VMware NSX
2 19 (5.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.08%) vSphere
4 8 (2.51%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 26 (8.15%) Endace
2 12 (3.76%) CSIRT
3 10 (3.13%) Terraform
4 7 (2.19%) Ansible
4 7 (2.19%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.25%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.31%) NetMRI
6 1 (0.31%) SCCM
6 1 (0.31%) SCOM
Vendors
1 126 (39.50%) Cisco
2 91 (28.53%) Juniper
3 40 (12.54%) F5
4 21 (6.58%) VMware
5 20 (6.27%) Palo Alto
6 16 (5.02%) Fortinet
7 10 (3.13%) SolarWinds
8 7 (2.19%) Microsoft
9 6 (1.88%) Aruba
10 5 (1.57%) Genesys
11 4 (1.25%) Google
11 4 (1.25%) Splunk
12 3 (0.94%) Arista
12 3 (0.94%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.94%) HP
12 3 (0.94%) New Relic
12 3 (0.94%) Nokia
13 2 (0.63%) CA
13 2 (0.63%) Meraki
13 2 (0.63%) Zscaler