Network Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London 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 154 312 447
Rank change year-on-year +158 +135 -90
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 286 128 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.37% 0.56% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 0.60% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 63 47
10th Percentile £475 £480 £513
25th Percentile £550 £545 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £617 £650
Median % change year-on-year +5.35% -5.08% +23.81%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £694
90th Percentile £700 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £650 £625 £650
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.81% +23.76%
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
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,247 21,469 29,158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.25% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,616 14,937 20,515
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,085 1,398
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Network Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South East +82 158 £650 +8.33% 7
South West +64 82 £650 - 2
Midlands +43 36 £620 +7.83% 2
West Midlands +27 26 £630 +9.57% 1
North of England +17 13 £575 - 14
East Midlands +20 10 £550 +3.04% 1
North West +13 8 £688 +17.02% 7
East of England +3 8 £563 -31.82% 1
Yorkshire +18 3 £475 -17.39% 5
Scotland +38 2 £613 -
North East - 2 £531 - 2
Network Architect
UK

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 229 (80.07%) Security Cleared
2 133 (46.50%) WAN
3 118 (41.26%) Network Management
4 106 (37.06%) LAN
5 105 (36.71%) Cisco
6 85 (29.72%) Juniper
7 82 (28.67%) SC Cleared
8 81 (28.32%) DV Cleared
9 53 (18.53%) Public Sector
10 52 (18.18%) Customer Requirements
11 51 (17.83%) Network Design
12 50 (17.48%) Data Centre
13 47 (16.43%) MPLS
14 41 (14.34%) Finance
15 38 (13.29%) BGP
16 37 (12.94%) Telecoms
16 37 (12.94%) F5
17 33 (11.54%) Cisco Firepower
17 33 (11.54%) VPN
18 32 (11.19%) Firewall
18 32 (11.19%) Zero Trust
19 31 (10.84%) Business Strategy
19 31 (10.84%) SD-WAN
19 31 (10.84%) Technical Leadership
20 29 (10.14%) Agile
20 29 (10.14%) Network Architecture
20 29 (10.14%) SIEM
21 28 (9.79%) Systems Engineering
21 28 (9.79%) Wi-Fi
22 27 (9.44%) Open Source

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (0.70%) Confluence
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 27 (9.44%) Cloud Computing
1 27 (9.44%) IaaS
1 27 (9.44%) PaaS
1 27 (9.44%) SaaS
2 6 (2.10%) AWS
3 4 (1.40%) Azure
3 4 (1.40%) GitHub
4 2 (0.70%) Route 53
4 2 (0.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 133 (46.50%) WAN
2 106 (37.06%) LAN
3 47 (16.43%) MPLS
4 38 (13.29%) BGP
5 33 (11.54%) Cisco Firepower
5 33 (11.54%) VPN
6 32 (11.19%) Firewall
7 31 (10.84%) SD-WAN
8 28 (9.79%) Wi-Fi
9 26 (9.09%) SSL
10 15 (5.24%) Network Security
11 12 (4.20%) NX-OS
12 9 (3.15%) Junos
13 8 (2.80%) WLAN
14 6 (2.10%) Cisco Nexus
14 6 (2.10%) Internet
14 6 (2.10%) IPsec
14 6 (2.10%) Unified Communications
15 5 (1.75%) Cisco ASA
15 5 (1.75%) Cisco IOS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.70%) JIRA
1 2 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 53 (18.53%) Public Sector
2 41 (14.34%) Finance
3 37 (12.94%) Telecoms
4 5 (1.75%) Social Skills
5 4 (1.40%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (0.70%) Legal
7 1 (0.35%) Advertising
7 1 (0.35%) Law
7 1 (0.35%) Local Government
7 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.05%) Web Services
2 2 (0.70%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 50 (17.48%) Data Centre
2 25 (8.74%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (4.20%) Cloud Native
4 5 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.05%) Operational Technology
6 2 (0.70%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.70%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.35%) CMDB
7 1 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.35%) Linux
1 1 (0.35%) Windows
1 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
1 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (41.26%) Network Management
2 52 (18.18%) Customer Requirements
3 51 (17.83%) Network Design
4 32 (11.19%) Zero Trust
5 31 (10.84%) Business Strategy
5 31 (10.84%) Technical Leadership
6 29 (10.14%) Agile
6 29 (10.14%) Network Architecture
6 29 (10.14%) SIEM
7 28 (9.79%) Systems Engineering
8 27 (9.44%) Open Source
9 26 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
10 21 (7.34%) Project Delivery
10 21 (7.34%) Project Management
11 20 (6.99%) Network Virtualisation
11 20 (6.99%) Presales
12 13 (4.55%) Requirements Management
13 11 (3.85%) ITIL
13 11 (3.85%) Network Packet Capture
13 11 (3.85%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.70%) ActionScript
1 2 (0.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 229 (80.07%) Security Cleared
2 82 (28.67%) SC Cleared
3 81 (28.32%) DV Cleared
4 26 (9.09%) Degree
5 19 (6.64%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (6.29%) CCNP
7 10 (3.50%) CCIE
8 9 (3.15%) CCNA
9 6 (2.10%) JNCIS
10 4 (1.40%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.40%) CCIE Security
10 4 (1.40%) CISSP
10 4 (1.40%) JNCIA
11 3 (1.05%) CCIE Data Center
12 1 (0.35%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.90%) SLA
2 4 (1.40%) NCSC
3 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (5.24%) VMware Infrastructure
1 15 (5.24%) VMware NSX
2 11 (3.85%) vSphere
3 2 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (9.09%) Endace
2 10 (3.50%) CSIRT
3 4 (1.40%) Terraform
4 2 (0.70%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.35%) SCCM
5 1 (0.35%) SCOM
Vendors
1 105 (36.71%) Cisco
2 85 (29.72%) Juniper
3 37 (12.94%) F5
4 15 (5.24%) VMware
5 13 (4.55%) Fortinet
6 12 (4.20%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.75%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.05%) Nokia
9 2 (0.70%) Aruba
9 2 (0.70%) Splunk
9 2 (0.70%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.35%) Dell
10 1 (0.35%) Ericsson
10 1 (0.35%) Fujitsu
10 1 (0.35%) HP
10 1 (0.35%) Meraki
10 1 (0.35%) Microsoft