Network Architecture Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Network Architecture
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Network Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.45% - 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% - 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £825 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 - £747
75th Percentile £875 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £760 £525 £747
% change year-on-year +44.76% -29.72% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Network Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 199 151 181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 90.45% 81.18% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 79 114
10th Percentile £313 £208 £313
25th Percentile £428 £381 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £600 £578 £571
90th Percentile £650 £675 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 17 3
10th Percentile £37.50 £46.30 £53.00
25th Percentile £62.75 £54.70 £53.75
Median hourly rate £84.75 £59.40 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.68% +8.00% +0.64%
75th Percentile £91.50 £67.50 £60.25
90th Percentile £91.80 £70.30 £61.90
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £27.67 £19.81
% change year-on-year -24.11% +39.68% -5.67%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Network Architecture job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Network Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Network Architecture

Network Architecture
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 Architecture within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 21 October 2025. 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 £850 -
Network Architecture
East of England

Network Architecture
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Advisor
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler