Network Architect Contracts in the South East

Network Architect
England > South East

The median Network Architect daily rate in the South East is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 156 206
Rank change year-on-year +95 +50 -25
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 152 64 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.79% 1.14% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.02% 1.21% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 28 36
10th Percentile £552 £475 £505
25th Percentile £625 £519 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £589 £625
Median % change year-on-year +10.40% -5.80% +18.60%
75th Percentile £700 £657 £688
90th Percentile - £719 £747
England median daily rate £650 £625 £650
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +22.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £66.25 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £60.92
% change year-on-year - +14.90% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,035 5,299 7,324
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 94.63% 95.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,027 3,700 5,008
10th Percentile £214 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £390 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £619 £603 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 484 231 321
10th Percentile £12.79 £16.25 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.20 £21.97 £15.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +142.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £39.75
90th Percentile £77.35 £75.00 £58.38
England median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +6.38%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in the South East

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in the South East

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in the South East

Network Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architect in the South East

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 18 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
Hampshire +45 116 £650 - 7
Thames Valley +17 34 £573 +2.23% 2
Berkshire +5 34 £573 -4.58% 2
West Sussex - 2 £550 - 1
Network Architect
England

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 across the South East region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 136 (89.47%) Security Cleared
2 69 (45.39%) Juniper
3 67 (44.08%) WAN
4 63 (41.45%) Cisco
5 61 (40.13%) Network Management
6 50 (32.89%) LAN
7 46 (30.26%) Customer Requirements
8 43 (28.29%) DV Cleared
9 37 (24.34%) Network Design
10 33 (21.71%) MPLS
11 31 (20.39%) SIEM
12 30 (19.74%) F5
13 28 (18.42%) BGP
13 28 (18.42%) Finance
14 27 (17.76%) Agile
15 26 (17.11%) SSL
15 26 (17.11%) Endace
15 26 (17.11%) Cisco Firepower
15 26 (17.11%) Technical Leadership
16 23 (15.13%) SC Cleared
17 22 (14.47%) VPN
18 20 (13.16%) Project Management
18 20 (13.16%) Wi-Fi
18 20 (13.16%) Presales
19 19 (12.50%) Project Delivery
20 18 (11.84%) Public Sector
21 15 (9.87%) Requirements Management
22 13 (8.55%) Firewall
23 12 (7.89%) Network Architecture
24 11 (7.24%) Preventative Maintenance

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 67 (44.08%) WAN
2 50 (32.89%) LAN
3 33 (21.71%) MPLS
4 28 (18.42%) BGP
5 26 (17.11%) Cisco Firepower
5 26 (17.11%) SSL
6 22 (14.47%) VPN
7 20 (13.16%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (8.55%) Firewall
9 10 (6.58%) SD-WAN
10 5 (3.29%) Internet
10 5 (3.29%) Network Security
11 3 (1.97%) Junos
12 2 (1.32%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 2 (1.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 2 (1.32%) NetScaler
12 2 (1.32%) OSPF
12 2 (1.32%) SDH
12 2 (1.32%) VLAN
13 1 (0.66%) SMS
General
1 28 (18.42%) Finance
2 18 (11.84%) Public Sector
3 6 (3.95%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.32%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (0.66%) Advertising
5 1 (0.66%) Local Government
5 1 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (0.66%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.32%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (1.32%) Data Centre
2 2 (1.32%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (0.66%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (40.13%) Network Management
2 46 (30.26%) Customer Requirements
3 37 (24.34%) Network Design
4 31 (20.39%) SIEM
5 27 (17.76%) Agile
6 26 (17.11%) Technical Leadership
7 20 (13.16%) Presales
7 20 (13.16%) Project Management
8 19 (12.50%) Project Delivery
9 15 (9.87%) Requirements Management
10 12 (7.89%) Network Architecture
11 11 (7.24%) Preventative Maintenance
12 6 (3.95%) Risk Management
13 5 (3.29%) Migration
13 5 (3.29%) Problem-Solving
14 4 (2.63%) Continuous Improvement
14 4 (2.63%) Data Protection
15 3 (1.97%) Requirements Gathering
16 2 (1.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 2 (1.32%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.32%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 136 (89.47%) Security Cleared
2 43 (28.29%) DV Cleared
3 23 (15.13%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.95%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (3.29%) CCNP
6 3 (1.97%) CCNA
6 3 (1.97%) JNCIA
7 2 (1.32%) CCIE
8 1 (0.66%) CCDP
8 1 (0.66%) Degree
8 1 (0.66%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.24%) SLA
2 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (17.11%) Endace
Vendors
1 69 (45.39%) Juniper
2 63 (41.45%) Cisco
3 30 (19.74%) F5
4 8 (5.26%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.32%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.66%) Aruba
6 1 (0.66%) Dell
6 1 (0.66%) Ericsson
6 1 (0.66%) Nokia
6 1 (0.66%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.66%) VMware