Network Architecture Contracts in the North of England

Network Architecture
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 183 214 221
Rank change year-on-year +31 +7 -40
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 6 5 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.13% 0.086% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.095% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 14
10th Percentile - £462 £424
25th Percentile £605 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £509 £475
Median % change year-on-year +19.90% +7.11% -11.63%
75th Percentile £615 £568 £636
90th Percentile - £647 £699
England median daily rate £600 £625 £569
% change year-on-year -4.00% +9.79% +13.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,081 5,270 6,360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.83% 90.69% 88.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,497 3,663 4,658
10th Percentile £300 £304 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £563
90th Percentile £675 £684 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 205 261
10th Percentile £11.04 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £15.75 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.72 £27.70 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.03% +49.73% -
75th Percentile £44.74 £45.05 £32.77
90th Percentile £55.40 £65.00 £50.78
England median hourly rate £35.96 £37.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -4.12% +53.06% +2.08%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in the North of England

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in the North of England

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in the North of England

Network Architecture
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Yorkshire - 3 £610 - 4
North East - 2 - - 1
North West +23 1 - - 7
Network Architecture
England

Network Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (33.33%) 5G
2 2 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 2 (33.33%) WAN
2 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (16.67%) Broadband
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
General
1 1 (16.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Design Authority
3 1 (16.67%) Network Support
3 1 (16.67%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Network Design
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Network Management
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (16.67%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Feasibility Study
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CCNA
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) CCNP
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco
1 3 (50.00%) Juniper
2 2 (33.33%) Aruba
2 2 (33.33%) Meraki
2 2 (33.33%) Zscaler
3 1 (16.67%) Fortinet