Network Architecture Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 304 357 432
Rank change year-on-year +53 +75 -67
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 93 87 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.45% 0.36% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.41% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 62 40
10th Percentile £463 £430 £297
25th Percentile £545 £495 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +31.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £684 £680 £620
90th Percentile £775 £715 £658
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £569
% change year-on-year -4.00% +9.94% +13.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 11
10th Percentile £21.10 £36.70 -
25th Percentile £31.75 £62.50 £28.41
Median hourly rate £52.00 £65.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +28.71% +27.85%
75th Percentile £74.75 £68.75 £53.38
90th Percentile £86.90 £69.50 £67.25
UK median hourly rate £52.00 £66.25 £48.04
% change year-on-year -21.51% +37.91% -3.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,590 21,477 27,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.75% 89.51% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,508 14,895 19,183
10th Percentile £250 £255 £231
25th Percentile £380 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.63%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,305 1,364
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.22 £15.81 £14.00
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £46.11
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.98 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £36.42 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.53% +45.69% -

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Network Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Architecture in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Network Architecture in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
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 Architecture within the UK excluding London 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
South East +37 53 £590 +11.23% 7
Midlands +24 23 £613 -9.93% 9
West Midlands +26 17 £650 -4.41% 8
South West +9 10 £725 +11.54% 10
North of England +31 6 £610 +19.90% 12
East Midlands +15 6 £600 -15.49% 1
Yorkshire - 3 £610 - 4
North East - 2 - - 1
North West +23 1 - - 7
East of England +9 1 £575 - 2
Network Architecture
UK

Network Architecture
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:

Applications
1 6 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.98%) AWS
2 11 (11.83%) Azure
3 8 (8.60%) SaaS
4 6 (6.45%) IaaS
4 6 (6.45%) PaaS
5 5 (5.38%) Azure Logic Apps
5 5 (5.38%) Entra ID
6 4 (4.30%) Azure API Management
7 3 (3.23%) Azure Event Grid
8 2 (2.15%) Cloudflare
9 1 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.08%) GCP
9 1 (1.08%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 34 (36.56%) Firewall
2 25 (26.88%) WAN
3 21 (22.58%) VPN
4 18 (19.35%) LAN
4 18 (19.35%) MPLS
5 14 (15.05%) Network Security
6 12 (12.90%) DNS
7 11 (11.83%) Cisco Nexus
7 11 (11.83%) SD-WAN
8 10 (10.75%) Internet
8 10 (10.75%) VoIP
8 10 (10.75%) WLAN
9 9 (9.68%) PBX
10 7 (7.53%) 5G
10 7 (7.53%) Radio Access Network
11 6 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (5.38%) 3G
12 5 (5.38%) 4G
12 5 (5.38%) DHCP
12 5 (5.38%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.08%) DynamoDB
1 1 (1.08%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.08%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (3.23%) Git
1 3 (3.23%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.15%) JIRA
3 1 (1.08%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (25.81%) Telecoms
2 18 (19.35%) Social Skills
3 9 (9.68%) Public Sector
4 6 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.38%) Finance
5 5 (5.38%) Multimedia
5 5 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.30%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.15%) Automotive
8 2 (2.15%) Electronics
8 2 (2.15%) Law
8 2 (2.15%) Marketing
9 1 (1.08%) Banking
9 1 (1.08%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.08%) Legal
9 1 (1.08%) Military
Job Titles
1 36 (38.71%) Architect
2 29 (31.18%) Network Engineer
3 24 (25.81%) Network Architect
4 17 (18.28%) Lead
5 9 (9.68%) Security Engineer
6 7 (7.53%) Lead Architect
7 6 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (5.38%) Enterprise Architect
9 4 (4.30%) Analyst
9 4 (4.30%) Network Security Engineer
10 3 (3.23%) Cloud Architect
10 3 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 2 (2.15%) Azure Architect
11 2 (2.15%) OSS Business Analyst
11 2 (2.15%) Security Architect
11 2 (2.15%) Senior
11 2 (2.15%) SOC Engineer
11 2 (2.15%) Technical Design Authority
11 2 (2.15%) Transformation Analyst
11 2 (2.15%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (12.90%) Web Services
2 4 (4.30%) .NET
3 3 (3.23%) YAML
4 2 (2.15%) Regular Expression
5 1 (1.08%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 16 (17.20%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.45%) Public Cloud
3 4 (4.30%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 3 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.23%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.15%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.15%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.15%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.15%) Taxonomies
6 1 (1.08%) CSOC
6 1 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.08%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.08%) PKI
6 1 (1.08%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.23%) Windows
2 2 (2.15%) Unix
3 1 (1.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (13.98%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (11.83%) Migration
2 11 (11.83%) Programme Management
3 10 (10.75%) Analytics
3 10 (10.75%) Architectural Design
4 9 (9.68%) Cloud Security
4 9 (9.68%) Computer Science
4 9 (9.68%) Data Analytics
4 9 (9.68%) ITIL
4 9 (9.68%) Performance Management
4 9 (9.68%) SOA
4 9 (9.68%) Storage Management
5 8 (8.60%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (8.60%) Resource Management
5 8 (8.60%) Zero Trust
6 7 (7.53%) High Availability
6 7 (7.53%) Network Management
6 7 (7.53%) Project Delivery
6 7 (7.53%) TOGAF
7 6 (6.45%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.53%) Python
2 4 (4.30%) C#
3 3 (3.23%) Java
3 3 (3.23%) PHP
3 3 (3.23%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.23%) Ruby
4 1 (1.08%) C
4 1 (1.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 23 (24.73%) Cisco Certification
3 22 (23.66%) SC Cleared
4 12 (12.90%) CCIE
4 12 (12.90%) CCNP
4 12 (12.90%) Degree
5 9 (9.68%) CCIE Data Center
5 9 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (9.68%) DV Cleared
6 8 (8.60%) CCNA
7 3 (3.23%) Azure Certification
7 3 (3.23%) BC Cleared
8 2 (2.15%) CASP
8 2 (2.15%) CCDP
8 2 (2.15%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (2.15%) GCED
8 2 (2.15%) GIAC
8 2 (2.15%) GSEC
8 2 (2.15%) JNCIS
9 1 (1.08%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.15%) QA
2 1 (1.08%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.08%) COBIT
2 1 (1.08%) GDPR
2 1 (1.08%) GRC
2 1 (1.08%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.08%) NIST
2 1 (1.08%) NIST 800
2 1 (1.08%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.08%) SLA
2 1 (1.08%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (7.53%) VMware NSX
2 6 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.23%) Docker
3 3 (3.23%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (6.45%) Terraform
2 5 (5.38%) Ansible
3 4 (4.30%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (4.30%) vRealize
4 3 (3.23%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.23%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.15%) RSA Archer
6 1 (1.08%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.08%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.08%) Puppet
6 1 (1.08%) VxRail
Vendors
1 24 (25.81%) Cisco
2 20 (21.51%) F5
3 19 (20.43%) SolarWinds
4 11 (11.83%) VMware
5 10 (10.75%) Juniper
6 9 (9.68%) Fortinet
6 9 (9.68%) Zscaler
7 8 (8.60%) Microsoft
8 7 (7.53%) CheckPoint
8 7 (7.53%) Palo Alto
9 5 (5.38%) Empirix
9 5 (5.38%) Infoblox
9 5 (5.38%) NetScout
9 5 (5.38%) Symantec
10 3 (3.23%) Aruba
10 3 (3.23%) Citrix
10 3 (3.23%) LogRhythm
10 3 (3.23%) ServiceNow
11 2 (2.15%) Nokia
11 2 (2.15%) SAP