Network Architecture Contracts in England

Network Architecture
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Network Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Architecture over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 406 490 574
Rank change year-on-year +84 +84 -72
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 131 147 190
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.31% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.34% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 103 99
10th Percentile £463 £426 £331
25th Percentile £513 £508 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £545
Median % change year-on-year - +10.09% +9.00%
75th Percentile £688 £680 £650
90th Percentile £775 £721 £713
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £550
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 14
10th Percentile - - £28.41
25th Percentile - £14.00 £30.87
Median hourly rate £14.00 £17.00 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -63.24% -7.18%
75th Percentile - £32.25 £51.94
90th Percentile - £53.40 £62.68
UK median hourly rate £14.00 £20.00 £46.25
% change year-on-year -30.00% -56.76% -7.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Network Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,578 42,765 64,054
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.86% 89.99% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,635 30,003 45,576
10th Percentile £300 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £449 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,303 1,521 1,733
10th Percentile £12.84 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.81 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £37.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year -1.35% +44.08% +7.00%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Network Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in England

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in England

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Architecture in England

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in England

Network Architecture
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 Architecture 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 +21 46 £590 +11.75% 5
London +63 36 £559 -6.88% 18
Midlands +17 23 £624 -8.31% 8
West Midlands +13 16 £675 -0.74% 4
South West +2 10 £650 - 3
North of England +34 9 £610 +21.09% 12
East Midlands +10 7 £600 -15.49% 4
North East - 6 - - 2
Yorkshire - 3 £610 - 4
East of England +8 1 £575 - 3
Network Architecture
UK

Network Architecture
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 3 (2.29%) nginx
2 1 (0.76%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (6.11%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 24 (18.32%) Azure
2 22 (16.79%) AWS
3 8 (6.11%) SaaS
4 6 (4.58%) IaaS
4 6 (4.58%) PaaS
5 5 (3.82%) Azure Logic Apps
5 5 (3.82%) Cloudflare
5 5 (3.82%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.82%) GCP
6 4 (3.05%) Azure API Management
7 3 (2.29%) Azure Event Grid
7 3 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.29%) Nutanix
8 2 (1.53%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (1.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.76%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 47 (35.88%) WAN
2 46 (35.11%) Firewall
3 32 (24.43%) VPN
4 28 (21.37%) LAN
5 27 (20.61%) MPLS
6 26 (19.85%) Network Security
7 22 (16.79%) SD-WAN
8 18 (13.74%) DNS
9 13 (9.92%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (9.92%) WLAN
10 12 (9.16%) 5G
11 11 (8.40%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (7.63%) BGP
12 10 (7.63%) Internet
12 10 (7.63%) TCP/IP
13 9 (6.87%) DHCP
13 9 (6.87%) OSPF
13 9 (6.87%) PBX
13 9 (6.87%) VoIP
14 8 (6.11%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.76%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.76%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.05%) JIRA
2 3 (2.29%) Git
2 3 (2.29%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.76%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.76%) IntelliJ
3 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.76%) Maven
3 1 (0.76%) Selenium
3 1 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (22.90%) Telecoms
2 23 (17.56%) Social Skills
3 14 (10.69%) Finance
4 11 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (6.87%) Financial Institution
5 9 (6.87%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.34%) Banking
7 6 (4.58%) Multimedia
7 6 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.82%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.05%) Law
10 3 (2.29%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (2.29%) Marketing
11 2 (1.53%) Automotive
11 2 (1.53%) Electronics
11 2 (1.53%) Military
12 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.76%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.76%) Legal
12 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (37.40%) Architect
2 40 (30.53%) Network Engineer
3 34 (25.95%) Network Architect
4 13 (9.92%) Lead
4 13 (9.92%) Senior
5 7 (5.34%) Security Architect
5 7 (5.34%) Senior Network Engineer
6 6 (4.58%) Azure Architect
7 5 (3.82%) Analyst
7 5 (3.82%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (3.82%) Enterprise Architect
7 5 (3.82%) Lead Architect
7 5 (3.82%) Security Engineer
7 5 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.05%) Project Manager
8 4 (3.05%) Technical Design Authority
9 3 (2.29%) Cloud Architect
9 3 (2.29%) Cloud Network Engineer
9 3 (2.29%) Migration Architect
9 3 (2.29%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.16%) Web Services
2 3 (2.29%) .NET
2 3 (2.29%) YAML
3 2 (1.53%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.76%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (19.85%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.87%) PKI
2 9 (6.87%) Public Cloud
3 7 (5.34%) Security Posture
4 4 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.05%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.05%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.05%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.29%) CCTV
5 3 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.29%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (2.29%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.53%) NHS
6 2 (1.53%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.53%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.76%) CSOC
7 1 (0.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.76%) Machine to Machine
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.40%) Windows
2 5 (3.82%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.05%) Linux
4 2 (1.53%) Unix
5 1 (0.76%) Android
5 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (15.27%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (13.74%) Zero Trust
3 17 (12.98%) Computer Science
4 15 (11.45%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (10.69%) Network Design
5 14 (10.69%) Programme Management
5 14 (10.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (9.92%) Agile
6 13 (9.92%) Migration
7 12 (9.16%) Cloud Security
7 12 (9.16%) Project Delivery
8 10 (7.63%) Analytics
8 10 (7.63%) Architectural Design
8 10 (7.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (6.87%) ITIL
9 9 (6.87%) Performance Management
9 9 (6.87%) Project Management
9 9 (6.87%) SOA
9 9 (6.87%) Storage Management
9 9 (6.87%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.92%) Python
2 5 (3.82%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.05%) Java
4 3 (2.29%) C#
4 3 (2.29%) PHP
4 3 (2.29%) Ruby
5 1 (0.76%) Bash
5 1 (0.76%) C
Qualifications
1 33 (25.19%) Security Cleared
2 25 (19.08%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (18.32%) SC Cleared
4 23 (17.56%) Degree
5 16 (12.21%) CCIE
6 15 (11.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (10.69%) DV Cleared
8 12 (9.16%) CCNP
9 9 (6.87%) CCIE Data Center
10 7 (5.34%) CCNA
11 3 (2.29%) Azure Certification
11 3 (2.29%) BC Cleared
11 3 (2.29%) CISSP
11 3 (2.29%) PMI Certification
11 3 (2.29%) PMP
12 2 (1.53%) CASP
12 2 (1.53%) CISM
12 2 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (1.53%) GCED
12 2 (1.53%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.29%) GDPR
2 3 (2.29%) PCI DSS
2 3 (2.29%) QA
3 1 (0.76%) COBIT
3 1 (0.76%) GRC
3 1 (0.76%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.76%) NIST
3 1 (0.76%) SLA
3 1 (0.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (8.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (5.34%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.34%) VMware NSX
3 5 (3.82%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.05%) Docker
4 4 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.29%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.53%) Squid
7 1 (0.76%) iptables
Systems Management
1 8 (6.11%) Ansible
1 8 (6.11%) Terraform
2 4 (3.05%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.05%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.29%) vCenter Server
3 3 (2.29%) vRealize
4 2 (1.53%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.53%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.76%) CASB
5 1 (0.76%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 37 (28.24%) Cisco
2 24 (18.32%) F5
3 19 (14.50%) SolarWinds
4 18 (13.74%) Microsoft
5 16 (12.21%) Palo Alto
6 15 (11.45%) VMware
7 14 (10.69%) Fortinet
8 13 (9.92%) CheckPoint
8 13 (9.92%) Juniper
8 13 (9.92%) Zscaler
9 6 (4.58%) Empirix
9 6 (4.58%) NetScout
10 5 (3.82%) Aruba
10 5 (3.82%) Citrix
10 5 (3.82%) Google
10 5 (3.82%) Infoblox
10 5 (3.82%) Meraki
10 5 (3.82%) Symantec
11 3 (2.29%) HP
11 3 (2.29%) Huawei