Network Architect Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Network Architect
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Network Architect daily rate in Bedfordshire is £95, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.97% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £95 - -
East of England median daily rate £540 £540 £575
% change year-on-year - -6.09% -20.69%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. 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 Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 285 132 248
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 89.19% 89.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 78 161
10th Percentile £400 £350 £295
25th Percentile £416 £500 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £580 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.64% +16.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £550
90th Percentile £638 £700 £625
East of England median daily rate £475 £490 £450
% change year-on-year -3.06% +8.89% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 15 28
10th Percentile £25.15 £20.26 £15.29
25th Percentile £60.00 £27.47 £15.39
Median hourly rate £68.21 £41.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +64.36% +130.56% -36.84%
75th Percentile £75.00 £81.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £88.00 £65.75
East of England median hourly rate £23.83 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -60.29% +50.00% +21.21%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Network Architect job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Network Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in Bedfordshire

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 March 2026. 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
Luton - 1 £95 -
Network Architect
East of England

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 28 March 2026, Network Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bedfordshire region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Juniper
2 2 (66.67%) Junos
2 2 (66.67%) WLAN
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) CCIE
3 1 (33.33%) CCIE Security
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (33.33%) GIAC
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Junos
2 2 (66.67%) WLAN
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
1 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) SIEM
1 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCIE
1 1 (33.33%) CCIE Security
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) Zscaler