Infrastructure Architect Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Infrastructure Architect
Cheshire > Knutsford

The median Infrastructure Architect daily rate in Knutsford is £610, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
29 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 1.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £542 - -
25th Percentile £568 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 - -
75th Percentile £614 - -
90th Percentile £616 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £610 - £625

All Contract IT Job Roles
Knutsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Knutsford. 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 Knutsford with a recognized job title 230 109 97
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 93.97% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 92 75
10th Percentile £313 £324 £431
25th Percentile £358 £356 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £390 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.15% -29.09% +11.11%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £582
90th Percentile £579 £638 £614
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £474 £500
% change year-on-year -5.01% -5.25% +5.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £85.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.43 £24.00 £30.37
% change year-on-year -6.54% -20.97% +71.97%

Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Infrastructure Architect job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Knutsford region featuring Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Kerberos
1 3 (100.00%) LDAP
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Kerberos
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
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