Network Architecture Contracts

Network Architecture
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 428 523 633
Rank change year-on-year +95 +110 -81
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 160 194 227
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.32% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.36% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 135 128
10th Percentile £413 £406 £363
25th Percentile £513 £508 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +8.70% +17.35%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £697
90th Percentile £738 £724 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £643 £513
% change year-on-year -6.61% +25.37% +17.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 14
10th Percentile £27.85 £41.00 £28.41
25th Percentile £48.63 £62.50 £30.87
Median hourly rate £83.25 £66.25 £48.04
Median % change year-on-year +25.66% +37.91% -3.92%
75th Percentile £89.13 £69.69 £52.00
90th Percentile £92.65 £70.00 £63.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.00 £65.00 £50.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% +28.71% +27.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,760 54,632 81,458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.38% 89.84% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,440 37,790 57,209
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,414 1,780 1,950
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.90 £16.34 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +44.00% -
75th Percentile £58.69 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £71.83 £75.00 £63.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £19.96
% change year-on-year - +75.39% -8.21%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in the UK

Network Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architecture in the UK

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Architecture in the UK

Network Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architecture in the UK

Network Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Network Architecture in the UK

Network Architecture
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 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 +106 148 £595 -4.80% 60
UK excluding London +52 89 £600 -6.61% 51
London +94 56 £575 -8.00% 18
South East +40 51 £590 +2.46% 10
Work from Home +99 42 £601 -5.69% 94
Midlands +32 22 £625 -8.09% 5
West Midlands +31 16 £675 -0.74% 4
South West +10 10 £725 +11.54% 6
East Midlands +12 6 £600 -15.49% 1
North of England +33 4 £610 +19.90% 14
Yorkshire - 3 £610 - 5
East of England - 2 £500 - 3
North West +15 1 - - 8

Network Architecture
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 (1.88%) nginx
2 2 (1.25%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (4.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (13.75%) Azure
2 20 (12.50%) AWS
3 12 (7.50%) GCP
4 6 (3.75%) SaaS
5 5 (3.13%) GitHub
6 4 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (2.50%) IaaS
6 4 (2.50%) PaaS
6 4 (2.50%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.88%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.88%) Nutanix
7 3 (1.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.25%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (1.25%) Azure API Management
8 2 (1.25%) Azure Event Grid
9 1 (0.63%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 61 (38.13%) Firewall
2 49 (30.63%) WAN
3 39 (24.38%) Network Security
4 35 (21.88%) LAN
5 34 (21.25%) VPN
6 26 (16.25%) MPLS
7 22 (13.75%) BGP
8 20 (12.50%) OSPF
9 19 (11.88%) DNS
9 19 (11.88%) SD-WAN
10 17 (10.63%) SNA
11 14 (8.75%) VLAN
12 12 (7.50%) Cisco Nexus
12 12 (7.50%) DHCP
12 12 (7.50%) TCP/IP
12 12 (7.50%) Wi-Fi
12 12 (7.50%) WLAN
13 11 (6.88%) Cisco ASA
13 11 (6.88%) Internet
14 10 (6.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.75%) BigQuery
2 4 (2.50%) Power BI
2 4 (2.50%) Tableau
3 2 (1.25%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.63%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.63%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (5.00%) Git
2 5 (3.13%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.25%) JIRA
3 2 (1.25%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.63%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.63%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.63%) Maven
4 1 (0.63%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.63%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.63%) Selenium
4 1 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 34 (21.25%) Telecoms
2 31 (19.38%) Social Skills
3 24 (15.00%) Finance
4 13 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.63%) Financial Institution
6 9 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (4.38%) Banking
8 6 (3.75%) Mandarin Language
8 6 (3.75%) Military
9 5 (3.13%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.88%) Automotive
11 3 (1.88%) Marketing
11 3 (1.88%) Multimedia
12 2 (1.25%) Electronics
12 2 (1.25%) Law
12 2 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.63%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.63%) Legal
Job Titles
1 58 (36.25%) Architect
2 44 (27.50%) Network Engineer
3 33 (20.63%) Network Architect
4 23 (14.38%) Lead
5 17 (10.63%) Senior
6 10 (6.25%) Security Engineer
7 9 (5.63%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (5.00%) Analyst
8 8 (5.00%) Lead Architect
8 8 (5.00%) Security Architect
8 8 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.75%) Cloud Architect
9 6 (3.75%) GCP Architect
9 6 (3.75%) Security Manager
10 5 (3.13%) Azure Architect
10 5 (3.13%) Design Engineer
10 5 (3.13%) Enterprise Architect
10 5 (3.13%) Network Security Engineer
10 5 (3.13%) Platform Architect
11 4 (2.50%) Radio Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.88%) Web Services
2 8 (5.00%) YAML
3 3 (1.88%) .NET
4 2 (1.25%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.63%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.63%) LDAP
5 1 (0.63%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 30 (18.75%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 9 (5.63%) PKI
4 8 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (4.38%) Security Posture
6 6 (3.75%) CCTV
6 6 (3.75%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (2.50%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.50%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (1.88%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.88%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.25%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.25%) IoT
10 2 (1.25%) NHS
10 2 (1.25%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.63%) Industrial Internet of Things
11 1 (0.63%) Infotainment
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.38%) Windows
2 8 (5.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.75%) Linux
4 2 (1.25%) Unix
5 1 (0.63%) Android
5 1 (0.63%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.63%) Debian
5 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (15.63%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (11.25%) Roadmaps
3 17 (10.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 16 (10.00%) Agile
4 16 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (10.00%) Programme Management
4 16 (10.00%) SDLC
5 15 (9.38%) Infrastructure as Code
6 14 (8.75%) Analytics
6 14 (8.75%) CI/CD
7 13 (8.13%) Project Delivery
8 12 (7.50%) Architectural Design
8 12 (7.50%) DevOps
8 12 (7.50%) ITIL
8 12 (7.50%) Network Design
8 12 (7.50%) Zero Trust
9 11 (6.88%) Cloud Security
9 11 (6.88%) Computer Science
9 11 (6.88%) High Availability
9 11 (6.88%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.63%) Python
2 11 (6.88%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.88%) C#
3 3 (1.88%) Java
4 2 (1.25%) PHP
4 2 (1.25%) Ruby
5 1 (0.63%) Bash
5 1 (0.63%) C
5 1 (0.63%) C++
5 1 (0.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (28.13%) Security Cleared
2 37 (23.13%) SC Cleared
3 30 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (13.75%) Degree
5 20 (12.50%) CCNP
6 12 (7.50%) CCIE
6 12 (7.50%) DV Cleared
7 10 (6.25%) CCNA
8 9 (5.63%) CCIE Data Center
9 8 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (3.13%) JNCIS
10 5 (3.13%) PMI Certification
10 5 (3.13%) PMP
11 4 (2.50%) CISSP
12 3 (1.88%) BC Cleared
12 3 (1.88%) CISM
12 3 (1.88%) JNCIP
13 2 (1.25%) CCDP
13 2 (1.25%) GIAC
13 2 (1.25%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.50%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.88%) GDPR
4 2 (1.25%) QA
5 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.63%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (0.63%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.63%) COBIT
5 1 (0.63%) GRC
5 1 (0.63%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.63%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.63%) NIST
5 1 (0.63%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.63%) SLA
5 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (10.00%) VMware NSX
2 11 (6.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.25%) Active Directory
4 8 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.50%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.88%) Docker
6 3 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.25%) Squid
8 1 (0.63%) iptables
Systems Management
1 22 (13.75%) Terraform
2 13 (8.13%) Ansible
3 11 (6.88%) vRealize
4 8 (5.00%) vCenter Server
5 4 (2.50%) Progress Chef
5 4 (2.50%) Puppet
5 4 (2.50%) VxRail
6 3 (1.88%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.25%) FortiGate
7 2 (1.25%) HAProxy
7 2 (1.25%) RSA Archer
7 2 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.63%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.63%) Icinga
8 1 (0.63%) Nagios
Vendors
1 45 (28.13%) Cisco
2 25 (15.63%) SolarWinds
3 23 (14.38%) Microsoft
4 21 (13.13%) F5
4 21 (13.13%) VMware
5 20 (12.50%) Palo Alto
6 19 (11.88%) Juniper
7 12 (7.50%) CheckPoint
8 11 (6.88%) Fortinet
8 11 (6.88%) Google
9 8 (5.00%) Meraki
10 7 (4.38%) Zscaler
11 6 (3.75%) Aruba
11 6 (3.75%) Huawei
11 6 (3.75%) LogRhythm
11 6 (3.75%) ServiceNow
12 5 (3.13%) Infoblox
12 5 (3.13%) Symantec
13 4 (2.50%) Dell
13 4 (2.50%) HP