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 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 303 364 416
Rank change year-on-year +61 +52 -41
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 89 82 89
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.43% 0.36% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.40% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 56 41
10th Percentile £463 £430 £281
25th Percentile £545 £475 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +31.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £700 £680 £600
90th Percentile £775 £715 £650
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £550
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £14.00 £28.41
Median hourly rate £14.00 £17.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -64.21% +20.25%
75th Percentile - £32.25 £52.00
90th Percentile - £53.40 £67.25
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
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 17,285 20,362 27,188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.51% 89.30% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,280 13,968 18,972
10th Percentile £250 £260 £238
25th Percentile £375 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £486
Median % change year-on-year - +2.87% +9.23%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £690 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,123 1,246 1,358
10th Percentile £12.40 £10.63 £12.39
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.40
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.25 £62.33
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 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 29 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
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 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
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 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 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (6.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.48%) AWS
2 10 (11.24%) Azure
3 8 (8.99%) SaaS
4 6 (6.74%) IaaS
4 6 (6.74%) PaaS
5 5 (5.62%) Azure Logic Apps
5 5 (5.62%) Entra ID
6 4 (4.49%) Azure API Management
7 3 (3.37%) Azure Event Grid
8 2 (2.25%) Cloudflare
9 1 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.12%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 30 (33.71%) Firewall
2 25 (28.09%) WAN
3 20 (22.47%) VPN
4 19 (21.35%) MPLS
5 17 (19.10%) LAN
6 13 (14.61%) DNS
7 12 (13.48%) 5G
8 11 (12.36%) SD-WAN
9 10 (11.24%) Cisco Nexus
9 10 (11.24%) Internet
9 10 (11.24%) Network Security
9 10 (11.24%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (11.24%) WLAN
10 9 (10.11%) PBX
10 9 (10.11%) VoIP
11 8 (8.99%) Radio Access Network
12 6 (6.74%) 4G
12 6 (6.74%) GGSN
12 6 (6.74%) RANAP
12 6 (6.74%) SGSN
Development Applications
1 3 (3.37%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.25%) JIRA
General
1 25 (28.09%) Telecoms
2 15 (16.85%) Social Skills
3 8 (8.99%) Public Sector
4 6 (6.74%) Multimedia
4 6 (6.74%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.49%) Finance
6 4 (4.49%) Law
6 4 (4.49%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.25%) Automotive
7 2 (2.25%) Electronics
7 2 (2.25%) Marketing
8 1 (1.12%) Banking
8 1 (1.12%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.12%) Legal
Job Titles
1 38 (42.70%) Architect
2 28 (31.46%) Network Architect
3 26 (29.21%) Network Engineer
4 11 (12.36%) Lead
5 5 (5.62%) Enterprise Architect
5 5 (5.62%) Lead Architect
5 5 (5.62%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (4.49%) Security Engineer
6 4 (4.49%) Technical Design Authority
7 3 (3.37%) Analyst
7 3 (3.37%) Cloud Architect
7 3 (3.37%) Migration Architect
8 2 (2.25%) Azure Architect
8 2 (2.25%) Business Analyst
8 2 (2.25%) Junior
8 2 (2.25%) Project Manager
8 2 (2.25%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 2 (2.25%) Security Architect
8 2 (2.25%) Senior Network Engineer
8 2 (2.25%) Technical Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.48%) Web Services
2 3 (3.37%) .NET
3 2 (2.25%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 19 (21.35%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.74%) Public Cloud
3 4 (4.49%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.37%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.25%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.25%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.25%) Taxonomies
6 1 (1.12%) CSOC
6 1 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.12%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.12%) PKI
6 1 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.37%) Windows
2 2 (2.25%) Unix
3 1 (1.12%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (14.61%) Computer Science
2 12 (13.48%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (12.36%) Programme Management
4 10 (11.24%) Analytics
4 10 (11.24%) Migration
5 9 (10.11%) Architectural Design
5 9 (10.11%) Cloud Security
5 9 (10.11%) Data Analytics
5 9 (10.11%) ITIL
5 9 (10.11%) Network Design
5 9 (10.11%) Performance Management
5 9 (10.11%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (10.11%) SOA
5 9 (10.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (10.11%) Storage Management
6 8 (8.99%) Agile
6 8 (8.99%) Resource Management
6 8 (8.99%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (8.99%) Zero Trust
7 7 (7.87%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.49%) Python
2 3 (3.37%) C#
2 3 (3.37%) Java
2 3 (3.37%) PHP
2 3 (3.37%) Ruby
3 1 (1.12%) C
Qualifications
1 28 (31.46%) Security Cleared
2 19 (21.35%) SC Cleared
3 18 (20.22%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (17.98%) Degree
5 13 (14.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (13.48%) CCIE
7 11 (12.36%) DV Cleared
8 9 (10.11%) CCIE Data Center
9 8 (8.99%) CCNP
10 5 (5.62%) CCNA
11 3 (3.37%) Azure Certification
11 3 (3.37%) BC Cleared
12 2 (2.25%) CASP
12 2 (2.25%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (2.25%) GCED
12 2 (2.25%) GIAC
12 2 (2.25%) GSEC
13 1 (1.12%) CISSP
13 1 (1.12%) PMI Certification
13 1 (1.12%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.25%) QA
2 1 (1.12%) COBIT
2 1 (1.12%) GDPR
2 1 (1.12%) GRC
2 1 (1.12%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.12%) NIST
2 1 (1.12%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.12%) SLA
2 1 (1.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (6.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.37%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.37%) Docker
2 3 (3.37%) Hyper-V
2 3 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (3.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (4.49%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (3.37%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.25%) RSA Archer
3 2 (2.25%) Terraform
4 1 (1.12%) Ansible
Vendors
1 21 (23.60%) Cisco
1 21 (23.60%) F5
2 19 (21.35%) SolarWinds
3 10 (11.24%) Juniper
4 9 (10.11%) Zscaler
5 7 (7.87%) CheckPoint
5 7 (7.87%) Fortinet
5 7 (7.87%) Microsoft
5 7 (7.87%) Palo Alto
5 7 (7.87%) VMware
6 6 (6.74%) Empirix
6 6 (6.74%) NetScout
7 5 (5.62%) Infoblox
7 5 (5.62%) Symantec
8 3 (3.37%) Aruba
8 3 (3.37%) Citrix
9 2 (2.25%) Nokia
9 2 (2.25%) SAP
9 2 (2.25%) TippingPoint
9 2 (2.25%) Trend Micro