Network Architect Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Network Architect
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Network Architect daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £554, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 45 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 7 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 1.23% 0.36% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 0.37% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £515 - -
25th Percentile £520 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £630 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.14% - -
75th Percentile £590 - -
90th Percentile £596 - -
South East median daily rate £550 £575 £650
% change year-on-year -4.35% -11.54% +8.33%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 536 269 536
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 96.07% 95.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 193 387
10th Percentile £270 £202 £263
25th Percentile £400 £384 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile £589 £590 £596
90th Percentile £640 £650 £654
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 10 46
10th Percentile £15.32 £14.18 £14.50
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.80 £17.16
Median hourly rate £22.21 £38.25 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year -41.94% +67.27% +38.59%
75th Percentile £34.40 £65.00 £29.69
90th Percentile £39.63 £67.75 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £35.00 £46.30 £42.50
% change year-on-year -24.41% +8.94% -5.56%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Network Architect job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Network Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Network Architect
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Milton Keynes -8 7 £554 -12.14% 3
Network Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) Firewall
3 5 (71.43%) Network Architecture
3 5 (71.43%) VPN
4 4 (57.14%) Cisco
4 4 (57.14%) NCSC
4 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
4 4 (57.14%) WAN
5 3 (42.86%) BGP
5 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
5 3 (42.86%) MPLS
5 3 (42.86%) NIST
5 3 (42.86%) OSPF
5 3 (42.86%) SD-WAN
5 3 (42.86%) Wireless
5 3 (42.86%) Zero Trust
5 3 (42.86%) Zscaler
6 2 (28.57%) Architectural Design
6 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (28.57%) Design Patterns
6 2 (28.57%) EIGRP
6 2 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (28.57%) Integration Patterns
6 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
6 2 (28.57%) Load Balancing
6 2 (28.57%) Matrix Organization
6 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto
6 2 (28.57%) Requirements Management
6 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (28.57%) Technology Strategy

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
1 1 (14.29%) IaaS
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) PaaS
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
2 5 (71.43%) VPN
3 4 (57.14%) WAN
4 3 (42.86%) BGP
4 3 (42.86%) MPLS
4 3 (42.86%) OSPF
4 3 (42.86%) SD-WAN
4 3 (42.86%) Wireless
5 2 (28.57%) EIGRP
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (14.29%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (14.29%) IPsec
6 1 (14.29%) IPv6
6 1 (14.29%) LAN
6 1 (14.29%) Multicast
6 1 (14.29%) Network Security
6 1 (14.29%) SNMP
6 1 (14.29%) VoIP
6 1 (14.29%) VXLAN
6 1 (14.29%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) VMS
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Network Architecture
2 3 (42.86%) Zero Trust
3 2 (28.57%) Architectural Design
3 2 (28.57%) Design Patterns
3 2 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (28.57%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Load Balancing
3 2 (28.57%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (28.57%) Requirements Management
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Network Design
4 1 (14.29%) Network Load Balancing
4 1 (14.29%) Network Management
4 1 (14.29%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
4 1 (14.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (14.29%) CCDA
4 1 (14.29%) CCDP
4 1 (14.29%) CCIE
4 1 (14.29%) CCIP
4 1 (14.29%) CCNA
4 1 (14.29%) CCNP
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) NCSC
2 3 (42.86%) NIST
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) CASB
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (14.29%) FortiGate
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) Zscaler
3 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto
4 1 (14.29%) Arista
4 1 (14.29%) Aruba
4 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
4 1 (14.29%) F5
4 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
4 1 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) Juniper
4 1 (14.29%) Meraki
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds
4 1 (14.29%) VMware