Network Architect Contracts

Network Architect
UK

The median Network Architect daily rate in the UK is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 308 490 612
Rank change year-on-year +182 +122 -79
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 296 228 250
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 0.37% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.40% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 126 161
10th Percentile £474 £485 £500
25th Percentile £550 £561 £549
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +19.05%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £700
90th Percentile £725 £743 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £625 £600
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +17.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 1
10th Percentile £66.00 £62.50 -
25th Percentile £67.50 £68.13 -
Median hourly rate £82.50 £70.00 £60.92
Median % change year-on-year +17.86% +14.90% -
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.50 £70.00 £60.92
% change year-on-year +17.86% +14.90% -

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 40,554 57,501 85,863
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.56% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,500 40,089 60,302
10th Percentile £275 £310 £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 £745 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,611 1,615 2,125
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.25 £15.38
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +96.68% -0.52%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.65 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.27 £42.26 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.17% +116.72% +2.63%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Architect over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 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 +203 281 £650 +4.00% 20
UK excluding London +160 244 £650 +4.00% 16
South East +88 140 £650 +12.80% 6
South West +62 62 £650 - 4
Work from Home +86 54 £573 -8.40% 30
London +82 34 £575 -11.27% 5
Midlands +48 24 £600 +4.35%
West Midlands +45 21 £463 -19.48%
North of England +36 12 £556 -11.00% 4
North West +19 8 £688 - 2
East of England +8 5 £575 -23.33% 1
Yorkshire +18 3 £475 -15.56%
East Midlands +15 3 £640 +23.28%
Scotland - 2 £613 -
North East - 1 £613 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 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 featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 205 (69.26%) Security Cleared
2 158 (53.38%) WAN
3 129 (43.58%) LAN
4 121 (40.88%) Cisco
5 104 (35.14%) Network Management
6 83 (28.04%) Juniper
7 72 (24.32%) DV Cleared
8 62 (20.95%) Public Sector
9 61 (20.61%) SC Cleared
10 56 (18.92%) Firewall
10 56 (18.92%) Data Centre
11 54 (18.24%) Customer Requirements
12 45 (15.20%) Network Design
13 43 (14.53%) Finance
13 43 (14.53%) MPLS
13 43 (14.53%) SIEM
14 40 (13.51%) F5
15 39 (13.18%) SD-WAN
16 38 (12.84%) BGP
17 35 (11.82%) VPN
18 34 (11.49%) Wi-Fi
18 34 (11.49%) Technical Leadership
19 33 (11.15%) Network Architecture
20 32 (10.81%) SaaS
20 32 (10.81%) Presales
20 32 (10.81%) Business Strategy
21 31 (10.47%) Zero Trust
21 31 (10.47%) Cisco Firepower
21 31 (10.47%) Cisco Certification
22 30 (10.14%) CCNP

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.01%) Confluence
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 32 (10.81%) SaaS
2 28 (9.46%) Cloud Computing
3 27 (9.12%) IaaS
3 27 (9.12%) PaaS
4 17 (5.74%) Azure
5 14 (4.73%) AWS
6 8 (2.70%) GCP
7 3 (1.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.01%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.34%) GitHub
8 1 (0.34%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 158 (53.38%) WAN
2 129 (43.58%) LAN
3 56 (18.92%) Firewall
4 43 (14.53%) MPLS
5 39 (13.18%) SD-WAN
6 38 (12.84%) BGP
7 35 (11.82%) VPN
8 34 (11.49%) Wi-Fi
9 31 (10.47%) Cisco Firepower
10 24 (8.11%) SSL
11 20 (6.76%) Network Security
12 14 (4.73%) WLAN
13 13 (4.39%) Unified Communications
14 12 (4.05%) Wireless
15 9 (3.04%) IPsec
15 9 (3.04%) Junos
16 8 (2.70%) Cisco Nexus
16 8 (2.70%) OSPF
17 6 (2.03%) DNS
17 6 (2.03%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 3 (1.01%) JIRA
2 1 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 62 (20.95%) Public Sector
2 43 (14.53%) Finance
3 20 (6.76%) Telecoms
4 19 (6.42%) Social Skills
5 4 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (1.35%) Banking
6 3 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.34%) German Language
8 1 (0.34%) Local Government
8 1 (0.34%) Marketing
8 1 (0.34%) Military
8 1 (0.34%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.35%) JSON
2 3 (1.01%) LDAP
2 3 (1.01%) SAML
2 3 (1.01%) Web Services
3 1 (0.34%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 56 (18.92%) Data Centre
2 8 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (1.69%) Cloud Native
4 5 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (1.01%) CMDB
5 3 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.01%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.01%) PKI
6 2 (0.68%) IVR
6 2 (0.68%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.68%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.34%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.34%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.34%) NHS
7 1 (0.34%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.34%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.36%) Windows
2 3 (1.01%) Linux
2 3 (1.01%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (35.14%) Network Management
2 54 (18.24%) Customer Requirements
3 45 (15.20%) Network Design
4 43 (14.53%) SIEM
5 34 (11.49%) Technical Leadership
6 33 (11.15%) Network Architecture
7 32 (10.81%) Business Strategy
7 32 (10.81%) Presales
8 31 (10.47%) Zero Trust
9 28 (9.46%) Agile
10 27 (9.12%) Open Source
11 22 (7.43%) Project Delivery
12 21 (7.09%) Project Management
13 19 (6.42%) Requirements Management
14 16 (5.41%) Migration
15 13 (4.39%) Roadmaps
16 12 (4.05%) ITIL
16 12 (4.05%) Systems Engineering
17 11 (3.72%) Strategic Thinking
18 10 (3.38%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.01%) PowerShell
1 3 (1.01%) Python
2 2 (0.68%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 205 (69.26%) Security Cleared
2 72 (24.32%) DV Cleared
3 61 (20.61%) SC Cleared
4 31 (10.47%) Cisco Certification
5 30 (10.14%) CCNP
6 14 (4.73%) CCIE
7 12 (4.05%) CCNA
8 11 (3.72%) Degree
9 10 (3.38%) JNCIS
10 5 (1.69%) CISSP
11 4 (1.35%) CCDP
11 4 (1.35%) CCIE Security
11 4 (1.35%) JNCIA
12 3 (1.01%) CCIE Data Center
13 1 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.34%) CCSP
13 1 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.34%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.74%) SLA
2 4 (1.35%) NCSC
3 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.34%) GDPR
3 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (3.04%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.68%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 23 (7.77%) Endace
2 7 (2.36%) Ansible
3 6 (2.03%) Terraform
4 5 (1.69%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.01%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.68%) SCCM
6 2 (0.68%) SCOM
7 1 (0.34%) NetMRI
Vendors
1 121 (40.88%) Cisco
2 83 (28.04%) Juniper
3 40 (13.51%) F5
4 20 (6.76%) Fortinet
5 15 (5.07%) Palo Alto
6 13 (4.39%) SolarWinds
7 8 (2.70%) Microsoft
8 6 (2.03%) Genesys
8 6 (2.03%) Meraki
9 4 (1.35%) Aruba
9 4 (1.35%) Google
9 4 (1.35%) VMware
10 3 (1.01%) Arista
10 3 (1.01%) Broadcom
10 3 (1.01%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.01%) HP
10 3 (1.01%) LogicMonitor
10 3 (1.01%) New Relic
10 3 (1.01%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.68%) Nokia