Network Architect Contracts in the West Midlands

Network Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Network Architect daily rate in the West Midlands is £457 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 89 119 173
Rank change year-on-year +30 +54 -56
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 17 10 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.90% 0.44% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 0.47% 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £419 £439 £481
25th Percentile £425 £459 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £513 £588
Median % change year-on-year -10.93% -12.77% +30.56%
75th Percentile £569 £559 £634
90th Percentile £644 £576 £644
England median daily rate £650 £625 £650
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +22.99%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,733 2,135 3,434
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.69% 94.59% 96.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,176 1,459 2,490
10th Percentile £255 £250 £225
25th Percentile £360 £386 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +14.46%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £713 £700 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 64 75
10th Percentile £12.08 £12.50 £12.43
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.47 £14.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +9.68%
75th Percentile £40.81 £28.50 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.63 £56.38 £23.15
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in the West Midlands

Network Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Network Architect in the West Midlands

Network Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Architect in the West Midlands

Network Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Architect in the West Midlands

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands 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
Solihull - 8 £444 -
Warwickshire +9 3 £638 - 3
Birmingham +14 2 £450 -
Network Architect
England

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 15 (88.24%) WAN
2 14 (82.35%) LAN
3 11 (64.71%) Cisco
3 11 (64.71%) Security Cleared
4 10 (58.82%) CCNP
4 10 (58.82%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (58.82%) MPLS
5 9 (52.94%) Juniper
6 8 (47.06%) BGP
7 7 (41.18%) CCNA
7 7 (41.18%) SC Cleared
8 6 (35.29%) Finance
8 6 (35.29%) Junos
9 5 (29.41%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (29.41%) IPsec
9 5 (29.41%) JNCIS
10 4 (23.53%) Network Design
10 4 (23.53%) Network Architecture
10 4 (23.53%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (23.53%) Requirements Gathering
10 4 (23.53%) Data Centre
10 4 (23.53%) VPN
10 4 (23.53%) SLA
11 3 (17.65%) CCIE
11 3 (17.65%) PBX
11 3 (17.65%) VoIP
11 3 (17.65%) WLAN
11 3 (17.65%) Web Services
11 3 (17.65%) SOA
11 3 (17.65%) Programme Management

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 15 (88.24%) WAN
2 14 (82.35%) LAN
3 10 (58.82%) MPLS
4 8 (47.06%) BGP
5 6 (35.29%) Junos
6 5 (29.41%) IPsec
7 4 (23.53%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (23.53%) VPN
8 3 (17.65%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (17.65%) PBX
8 3 (17.65%) VoIP
8 3 (17.65%) WLAN
9 1 (5.88%) Firewall
9 1 (5.88%) Network Security
9 1 (5.88%) OSPF
9 1 (5.88%) SD-WAN
9 1 (5.88%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (5.88%) VDSL
9 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (5.88%) Wireless
General
1 6 (35.29%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (23.53%) Network Architecture
2 4 (23.53%) Network Design
2 4 (23.53%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (17.65%) Analytics
3 3 (17.65%) Architectural Design
3 3 (17.65%) Data Analytics
3 3 (17.65%) Performance Management
3 3 (17.65%) Programme Management
3 3 (17.65%) SOA
3 3 (17.65%) Storage Management
4 1 (5.88%) Agile
4 1 (5.88%) Information Security
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (5.88%) Migration
4 1 (5.88%) Project Delivery
4 1 (5.88%) Project Management
4 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
4 1 (5.88%) Thought Leadership
4 1 (5.88%) Validation
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) Security Cleared
2 10 (58.82%) CCNP
2 10 (58.82%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (41.18%) CCNA
3 7 (41.18%) SC Cleared
4 5 (29.41%) JNCIS
5 3 (17.65%) CCIE
5 3 (17.65%) CCIE Data Center
6 1 (5.88%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) SLA
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Cisco
2 9 (52.94%) Juniper
3 1 (5.88%) Fortinet
3 1 (5.88%) Fujitsu
3 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto