Network Architect Contract Job Trends in Kent

Network Architect
South East > Kent

The median Network Architect daily rate in Kent is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.57% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £556 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - -
75th Percentile £569 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £550 £575 £650
% change year-on-year -4.35% -11.54% +6.12%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 145 117 204
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.39% 93.60% 96.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 61 145
10th Percentile £153 £180 £182
25th Percentile £304 £310 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £513 £378
Median % change year-on-year -13.66% +35.58% +8.00%
75th Percentile £569 £623 £534
90th Percentile £638 £688 £588
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 18
10th Percentile £13.65 £17.00 £11.39
25th Percentile £20.40 £25.10 £13.07
Median hourly rate £22.78 £38.85 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.38% +68.91% -51.58%
75th Percentile £25.77 £53.23 £44.84
90th Percentile £67.47 £68.82 £55.08
South East median hourly rate £25.77 £42.88 £45.00
% change year-on-year -39.90% -4.71% -

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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 Kent.

Network Architect job vacancy trend in Kent

Network Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 8 February 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 Kent region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Bill of Materials
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSE
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Bill of Materials
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto