Network Architecture Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Network Architecture
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring Network Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 49 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Architecture 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 0.87% 0.74% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 0.77% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £459 - -
25th Percentile £465 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% - -
75th Percentile £497 £488 -
90th Percentile £505 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £478 £475 -
% change year-on-year +0.63% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Knutsford

Network Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 216 259 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 93.91% 96.28% 91.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 247 134
10th Percentile £365 £309 £326
25th Percentile £417 £358 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £405 £461
Median % change year-on-year +18.77% -12.20% -18.36%
75th Percentile £601 £489 £551
90th Percentile £653 £537 £632
Cheshire median daily rate £484 £435 £475
% change year-on-year +11.33% -8.47% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.90 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.23 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.70% -8.57% +14.60%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford.

Network Architecture job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Network Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Network Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Network Architecture

Network Architecture
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 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Compliance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) DDoS Mitigation
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE Security
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) CCSA
1 1 (50.00%) CCSE
1 1 (50.00%) CCSP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) GCIA
1 1 (50.00%) GCIH
1 1 (50.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Progress Chef
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) AlgoSec
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto