Cisco Network Architect Contracts

Cisco Network Architect
UK

The median Cisco Network Architect daily rate in the UK is £750 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 586 702 835
Rank change year-on-year +116 +133 -161
Contract jobs requiring a Cisco Network Architect 12 17 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.028% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.030% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 9
10th Percentile £568 - £513
25th Percentile £725 £606 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £613 £650
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% -5.77% +37.93%
75th Percentile £775 £619 -
90th Percentile - £700 £697
UK excluding London median daily rate £750 £700 -
% change year-on-year +7.14% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

Cisco Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Network Architect in the UK

Cisco Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Network Architect.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Network Architect in the UK

Cisco Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Network Architect over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Network Architect in the UK

Cisco Network Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Network Architect.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Network Architect in the UK

Cisco Network Architect
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Network Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +132 12 £750 +7.14%
UK excluding London +72 11 £750 +7.14%
South East +30 6 - -
North of England +35 4 £750 +7.14%
North West +18 4 £750 +7.14%
London +98 1 - -
Midlands - 1 £463 -
West Midlands - 1 £463 -

Cisco Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Cisco 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 featuring Cisco Network Architect in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (66.67%) Firewall
3 7 (58.33%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (58.33%) CCNP
3 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
4 4 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (33.33%) CCIE Security
4 4 (33.33%) CCIE
4 4 (33.33%) CISSP
4 4 (33.33%) Juniper
4 4 (33.33%) Fortinet
4 4 (33.33%) Network Security
5 3 (25.00%) Network Design
5 3 (25.00%) Finance
5 3 (25.00%) LAN
5 3 (25.00%) WAN
5 3 (25.00%) VPN
5 3 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (25.00%) Junos
6 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 2 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (16.67%) CCNA
6 2 (16.67%) BGP
6 2 (16.67%) Project Management
6 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (16.67%) JNCIA
7 1 (8.33%) JNCIS
7 1 (8.33%) VLAN
7 1 (8.33%) Cisco IOS

Cisco Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (66.67%) Firewall
2 4 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
2 4 (33.33%) Network Security
3 3 (25.00%) Junos
3 3 (25.00%) LAN
3 3 (25.00%) VPN
3 3 (25.00%) WAN
4 2 (16.67%) BGP
4 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (8.33%) CATAPAN
5 1 (8.33%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (8.33%) DAB
5 1 (8.33%) IPsec
5 1 (8.33%) IPv4
5 1 (8.33%) IPv6
5 1 (8.33%) MPLS
5 1 (8.33%) OSPF
5 1 (8.33%) VLAN
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
1 3 (25.00%) Network Design
1 3 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (16.67%) Project Management
2 2 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (8.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (8.33%) Presales
3 1 (8.33%) Traceability Matrix
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) CCNP
1 7 (58.33%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) CCIE
2 4 (33.33%) CCIE Security
2 4 (33.33%) CISSP
3 2 (16.67%) CCNA
3 2 (16.67%) JNCIA
4 1 (8.33%) CCDP
4 1 (8.33%) JNCIS
4 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 4 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (8.33%) Arista