Technology Architect Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Technology Architect
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Technology Architect daily rate in Bedfordshire is £710, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technology Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.29% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £695 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £710 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £710 - £650

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 314 135 218
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.28% 85.44% 88.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 75 128
10th Percentile £386 £272 £263
25th Percentile £413 £500 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +20.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £600 £691 £560
90th Percentile £644 £700 £625
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 16 32
10th Percentile £27.66 £20.26 £15.30
25th Percentile £52.29 £27.71 £15.39
Median hourly rate £68.21 £60.75 £31.80
Median % change year-on-year +12.28% +91.04% -50.12%
75th Percentile £75.00 £82.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £88.00 £65.75
East of England median hourly rate £30.43 £50.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -39.14% +16.28% +20.11%

Technology Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Technology Architect job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Technology 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 Technology Architect within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 6 May 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 £710 -
Technology Architect
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2026, Technology 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 Technology Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Key Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

Technology 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Key Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft