Network Architect Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Network Architect
Cheshire > Knutsford

The median Network Architect daily rate in Knutsford is £514, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 1.01% - 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% - 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £494 - £464
25th Percentile £500 - £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 - £488
75th Percentile £524 - £516
90th Percentile £526 - £521
Cheshire median daily rate £514 - £488

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 268 106 123
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.93% 89.08% 93.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 96 104
10th Percentile £323 £315 £358
25th Percentile £361 £356 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £369 £495
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% -25.52% -10.05%
75th Percentile £588 £505 £580
90th Percentile £654 £595 £606
Cheshire median daily rate £463 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £85.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £35.20 £21.04
% change year-on-year -35.09% +67.34% -2.16%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Network Architect job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Network Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

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

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford

For the 6 months to 16 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 Knutsford region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 3 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 3 (100.00%) Operational Stability
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture

Network 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 3 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 3 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 3 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 3 (100.00%) Operational Stability
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture