Network Architect Contracts with Work from Home Options

Network Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Network Architect daily rate in Work from Home is £573 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 265 352 509
Rank change year-on-year +87 +157 -87
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 83 109 119
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.57% 0.45% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.47% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 63 89
10th Percentile - £500 £495
25th Percentile £525 £569 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% +4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £730 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £650 £625 £650
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.81% +23.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 12 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £60.92
Median % change year-on-year - +14.90% -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £60.92
% change year-on-year - +14.90% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,691 22,958 42,210
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.26% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,251 16,282 30,640
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £444 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +2.67% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 531 565
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.84 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £44.87 £52.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +43.84% +57.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.72 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £77.50 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Network Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Network Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Architect trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Architect.

Network Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Network Architect over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Network Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Architect
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Architect.

Network Architect hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 36 (43.37%) Security Cleared
2 35 (42.17%) SC Cleared
3 29 (34.94%) Cisco
4 28 (33.73%) Telecoms
5 25 (30.12%) Network Management
5 25 (30.12%) Systems Engineering
6 23 (27.71%) WAN
6 23 (27.71%) Degree
7 22 (26.51%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (26.51%) Strategic Thinking
8 16 (19.28%) LAN
9 15 (18.07%) SD-WAN
10 14 (16.87%) Network Architecture
11 13 (15.66%) Data Centre
12 12 (14.46%) F5
12 12 (14.46%) Firewall
13 11 (13.25%) Finance
14 10 (12.05%) VPN
14 10 (12.05%) MPLS
15 9 (10.84%) AWS
15 9 (10.84%) Cisco Certification
16 8 (9.64%) CCIE
16 8 (9.64%) CCNP
16 8 (9.64%) Network Design
16 8 (9.64%) VMware
16 8 (9.64%) Wi-Fi
16 8 (9.64%) Cisco Nexus
16 8 (9.64%) DevOps
17 7 (8.43%) Palo Alto
17 7 (8.43%) VMware NSX

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (7.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.84%) AWS
2 7 (8.43%) Azure
3 4 (4.82%) GitHub
4 3 (3.61%) Datadog
4 3 (3.61%) GCP
4 3 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.61%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.41%) Route 53
5 2 (2.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.20%) Cloudflare
6 1 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (27.71%) WAN
2 16 (19.28%) LAN
3 15 (18.07%) SD-WAN
4 12 (14.46%) Firewall
5 10 (12.05%) MPLS
5 10 (12.05%) VPN
6 8 (9.64%) Cisco Nexus
6 8 (9.64%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (7.23%) Network Security
8 5 (6.02%) BGP
8 5 (6.02%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (6.02%) OSPF
8 5 (6.02%) VoIP
8 5 (6.02%) WLAN
9 4 (4.82%) DNS
9 4 (4.82%) Wireless
10 3 (3.61%) NX-OS
10 3 (3.61%) PBX
10 3 (3.61%) SNMP
11 2 (2.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.61%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (3.61%) GitLab
2 3 (3.61%) JIRA
General
1 28 (33.73%) Telecoms
2 11 (13.25%) Finance
3 5 (6.02%) Social Skills
4 3 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.61%) Banking
5 2 (2.41%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.20%) Law
6 1 (1.20%) Legal
6 1 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.20%) Police
6 1 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.20%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) JSON
1 3 (3.61%) Web Services
2 2 (2.41%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (26.51%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (15.66%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.02%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.61%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.41%) IVR
5 2 (2.41%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.41%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.61%) Linux
1 3 (3.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (30.12%) Network Management
1 25 (30.12%) Systems Engineering
2 22 (26.51%) Strategic Thinking
3 14 (16.87%) Network Architecture
4 8 (9.64%) DevOps
4 8 (9.64%) Network Design
5 6 (7.23%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (7.23%) Enterprise Architecture
5 6 (7.23%) Load Balancing
5 6 (7.23%) Network Virtualisation
5 6 (7.23%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (7.23%) Roadmaps
6 5 (6.02%) Agile
6 5 (6.02%) CI/CD
6 5 (6.02%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (6.02%) Data Protection
6 5 (6.02%) Performance Management
7 4 (4.82%) Business Case
7 4 (4.82%) Customer Requirements
7 4 (4.82%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.82%) Python
2 2 (2.41%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 36 (43.37%) Security Cleared
2 35 (42.17%) SC Cleared
3 23 (27.71%) Degree
4 9 (10.84%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (9.64%) CCIE
5 8 (9.64%) CCNP
6 4 (4.82%) AWS Certification
7 3 (3.61%) CCIE Data Center
8 2 (2.41%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.20%) CCNA
9 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.20%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.82%) NCSC
2 1 (1.20%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (8.43%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (8.43%) VMware NSX
2 3 (3.61%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.61%) vSphere
3 2 (2.41%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (7.23%) Terraform
2 4 (4.82%) Ansible
2 4 (4.82%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.61%) CSIRT
4 2 (2.41%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 29 (34.94%) Cisco
2 12 (14.46%) F5
3 8 (9.64%) VMware
4 7 (8.43%) Palo Alto
5 5 (6.02%) Splunk
6 4 (4.82%) Aruba
6 4 (4.82%) Genesys
6 4 (4.82%) Zscaler
7 3 (3.61%) BigPanda
7 3 (3.61%) Meraki
8 2 (2.41%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.41%) Google
8 2 (2.41%) Juniper
8 2 (2.41%) Microsoft
8 2 (2.41%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.20%) CA
9 1 (1.20%) Citrix
9 1 (1.20%) HP
9 1 (1.20%) Riverbed
9 1 (1.20%) SolarWinds