Network Architect Contracts in the South East

Network Architect
England > South East

The median Network Architect daily rate in the South East is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 148 202
Rank change year-on-year +82 +54 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 158 64 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.80% 1.13% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.04% 1.20% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 31 32
10th Percentile £550 £470 £513
25th Percentile £625 £490 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £675
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +28.33%
75th Percentile £700 £650 £700
90th Percentile - £750 £786
England median daily rate £650 £625 £655
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.58% +23.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £60.92
% change year-on-year - +14.90% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,201 5,337 7,358
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 94.61% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,081 3,698 5,052
10th Percentile £234 £218 £206
25th Percentile £400 £388 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £603 £589
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 523 237 309
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.11
Median hourly rate £48.00 £50.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +150.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in the South East

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in the South East

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in the South East

Network Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Network Architect in the South East

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Hampshire +49 122 £650 -2.80% 5
Thames Valley +22 33 £499 -10.94%
Berkshire +9 33 £499 -16.88%
West Sussex - 2 £550 - 1
Sussex - 1 £550 -
Network Architect
England

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 1 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 job ads across the South East region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 140 (88.61%) Security Cleared
2 69 (43.67%) Cisco
2 69 (43.67%) Juniper
3 67 (42.41%) WAN
4 59 (37.34%) Network Management
5 49 (31.01%) LAN
6 46 (29.11%) Customer Requirements
7 45 (28.48%) DV Cleared
8 38 (24.05%) Network Design
9 33 (20.89%) MPLS
10 30 (18.99%) F5
11 29 (18.35%) SIEM
12 28 (17.72%) Finance
12 28 (17.72%) Agile
12 28 (17.72%) SC Cleared
13 27 (17.09%) BGP
14 26 (16.46%) SSL
14 26 (16.46%) Endace
14 26 (16.46%) Cisco Firepower
14 26 (16.46%) Technical Leadership
15 21 (13.29%) VPN
16 20 (12.66%) Project Management
16 20 (12.66%) Wi-Fi
17 19 (12.03%) Project Delivery
18 17 (10.76%) Presales
19 16 (10.13%) Public Sector
20 15 (9.49%) SD-WAN
21 13 (8.23%) Network Architecture
21 13 (8.23%) Requirements Management
22 11 (6.96%) Firewall

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 67 (42.41%) WAN
2 49 (31.01%) LAN
3 33 (20.89%) MPLS
4 27 (17.09%) BGP
5 26 (16.46%) Cisco Firepower
5 26 (16.46%) SSL
6 21 (13.29%) VPN
7 20 (12.66%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (9.49%) SD-WAN
9 11 (6.96%) Firewall
10 6 (3.80%) NX-OS
11 5 (3.16%) Internet
11 5 (3.16%) Network Security
12 3 (1.90%) Junos
13 2 (1.27%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 2 (1.27%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 2 (1.27%) NetScaler
13 2 (1.27%) SDH
14 1 (0.63%) EIGRP
14 1 (0.63%) IPsec
General
1 28 (17.72%) Finance
2 16 (10.13%) Public Sector
3 6 (3.80%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.27%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (0.63%) Advertising
5 1 (0.63%) Law
5 1 (0.63%) Local Government
5 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (0.63%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.27%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.43%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.16%) Cloud Native
2 5 (3.16%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.27%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (37.34%) Network Management
2 46 (29.11%) Customer Requirements
3 38 (24.05%) Network Design
4 29 (18.35%) SIEM
5 28 (17.72%) Agile
6 26 (16.46%) Technical Leadership
7 20 (12.66%) Project Management
8 19 (12.03%) Project Delivery
9 17 (10.76%) Presales
10 13 (8.23%) Network Architecture
10 13 (8.23%) Requirements Management
11 11 (6.96%) Preventative Maintenance
12 8 (5.06%) Network Virtualisation
13 6 (3.80%) Network Packet Capture
13 6 (3.80%) Risk Management
14 5 (3.16%) Computer Security
14 5 (3.16%) Data Protection
14 5 (3.16%) Migration
14 5 (3.16%) Password Management
14 5 (3.16%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.27%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 140 (88.61%) Security Cleared
2 45 (28.48%) DV Cleared
3 28 (17.72%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.53%) CCNP
6 3 (1.90%) CCNA
6 3 (1.90%) JNCIA
7 2 (1.27%) CCIE
8 1 (0.63%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.96%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (4.43%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (4.43%) VMware NSX
2 6 (3.80%) vSphere
3 2 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (16.46%) Endace
2 5 (3.16%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 69 (43.67%) Cisco
1 69 (43.67%) Juniper
2 30 (18.99%) F5
3 7 (4.43%) Fortinet
3 7 (4.43%) VMware
4 2 (1.27%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.63%) Aruba
5 1 (0.63%) Dell
5 1 (0.63%) Ericsson
5 1 (0.63%) Meraki
5 1 (0.63%) Nokia
5 1 (0.63%) SolarWinds