Network Architect Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Network Architect
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Network Architect daily rate in Milton Keynes is £554, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
2 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 38 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Architect 7 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.45% 0.49% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 0.51% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £515 - -
25th Percentile £520 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £630 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.14% - -
75th Percentile £590 - -
90th Percentile £596 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £554 £630 -
% change year-on-year -12.14% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 458 197 462
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.02% 95.63% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 146 351
10th Percentile £305 £255 £275
25th Percentile £402 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.15% - -
75th Percentile £588 £597 £593
90th Percentile £638 £650 £660
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 4 32
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.65 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.13 £17.91
Median hourly rate £29.61 £18.85 £22.51
Median % change year-on-year +57.08% -16.26% +39.99%
75th Percentile £36.00 £32.88 £27.75
90th Percentile £39.63 £55.15 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £22.21 £38.25 £22.87
% change year-on-year -41.94% +67.27% +38.59%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Network Architect job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Network Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 2 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) Firewall
3 5 (71.43%) Network Architecture
3 5 (71.43%) VPN
4 4 (57.14%) Cisco
4 4 (57.14%) NCSC
4 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
4 4 (57.14%) WAN
5 3 (42.86%) BGP
5 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
5 3 (42.86%) MPLS
5 3 (42.86%) NIST
5 3 (42.86%) OSPF
5 3 (42.86%) SD-WAN
5 3 (42.86%) Wireless
5 3 (42.86%) Zero Trust
5 3 (42.86%) Zscaler
6 2 (28.57%) Architectural Design
6 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (28.57%) Design Patterns
6 2 (28.57%) EIGRP
6 2 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (28.57%) Integration Patterns
6 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
6 2 (28.57%) Load Balancing
6 2 (28.57%) Matrix Organization
6 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto
6 2 (28.57%) Requirements Management
6 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (28.57%) Technology Strategy

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
1 1 (14.29%) IaaS
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) PaaS
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
2 5 (71.43%) VPN
3 4 (57.14%) WAN
4 3 (42.86%) BGP
4 3 (42.86%) MPLS
4 3 (42.86%) OSPF
4 3 (42.86%) SD-WAN
4 3 (42.86%) Wireless
5 2 (28.57%) EIGRP
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (14.29%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (14.29%) IPsec
6 1 (14.29%) IPv6
6 1 (14.29%) LAN
6 1 (14.29%) Multicast
6 1 (14.29%) Network Security
6 1 (14.29%) SNMP
6 1 (14.29%) VoIP
6 1 (14.29%) VXLAN
6 1 (14.29%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) VMS
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Network Architecture
2 3 (42.86%) Zero Trust
3 2 (28.57%) Architectural Design
3 2 (28.57%) Design Patterns
3 2 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (28.57%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Load Balancing
3 2 (28.57%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (28.57%) Requirements Management
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Network Design
4 1 (14.29%) Network Load Balancing
4 1 (14.29%) Network Management
4 1 (14.29%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
4 1 (14.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (14.29%) CCDA
4 1 (14.29%) CCDP
4 1 (14.29%) CCIE
4 1 (14.29%) CCIP
4 1 (14.29%) CCNA
4 1 (14.29%) CCNP
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) NCSC
2 3 (42.86%) NIST
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) CASB
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (14.29%) FortiGate
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) Zscaler
3 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto
4 1 (14.29%) Arista
4 1 (14.29%) Aruba
4 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
4 1 (14.29%) F5
4 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
4 1 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) Juniper
4 1 (14.29%) Meraki
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds
4 1 (14.29%) VMware
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