Infrastructure Architect Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Infrastructure Architect
North West > Cheshire

The median Infrastructure Architect daily rate in Cheshire is £584, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 - 58
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.30% - 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £534 - -
25th Percentile £548 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £584 - £625
75th Percentile £607 - £638
90th Percentile £613 - -
North West median daily rate £625 £569 £625
% change year-on-year +9.89% -9.00% +3.73%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 586 402 444
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.33% 89.73% 91.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 234 295
10th Percentile £310 £293 £265
25th Percentile £358 £356 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £474 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% -5.25% +5.93%
75th Percentile £558 £571 £551
90th Percentile £688 £650 £614
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 25 36
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.36 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.43 £24.00 £30.37
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -20.97% +71.97%
75th Percentile £31.25 £86.00 £38.00
90th Percentile £77.15 - £43.75
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £29.23 £35.00
% change year-on-year +43.48% -16.49% +35.61%

Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Infrastructure Architect job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in Cheshire

Infrastructure Architect
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 28 January 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
Knutsford - 2 £584 - 6
Infrastructure Architect
North West

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 28 January 2026, Infrastructure 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 Cheshire region featuring Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Kerberos
1 2 (100.00%) LDAP
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Kerberos
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft