Architect Contracts in Bristol

Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Architect daily rate in Bristol is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 12 27
Rank change year-on-year +9 +15 +5
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 205 116 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 19.67% 9.45% 6.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.71% 10.48% 6.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 87 74
10th Percentile £500 £550 £513
25th Percentile £525 £609 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £725 £744 £683
90th Percentile £774 £800 £763
South West median daily rate £650 £668 £625
% change year-on-year -2.69% +6.88% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 11 2
10th Percentile - £66.00 £53.60
25th Percentile £67.50 - £56.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% +8.60%
75th Percentile £85.00 £80.13 £64.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £81.00 £66.40
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £68.53
% change year-on-year - +2.15% +17.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 990 1,107 1,331
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 90.22% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 530 795 916
10th Percentile £256 £300 £263
25th Percentile £372 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +3.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £613 £631 £575
90th Percentile £689 £716 £648
South West median daily rate £515 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 137 114
10th Percentile £36.13 £29.60 -
25th Percentile £45.00 £57.25 £15.90
Median hourly rate £66.25 £65.50 £42.29
Median % change year-on-year +1.15% +54.90% +5.71%
75th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.50 £66.80
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% +36.84% +11.76%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Bristol

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Architect in Bristol

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Bristol over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Bristol

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Bristol

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in Bristol over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in Bristol

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 149 (72.68%) Security Cleared
2 98 (47.80%) SC Cleared
3 66 (32.20%) DV Cleared
4 63 (30.73%) Telecoms
5 46 (22.44%) Degree
6 31 (15.12%) ITIL
7 30 (14.63%) Azure
8 29 (14.15%) Network Management
8 29 (14.15%) ArchiMate
8 29 (14.15%) Agile
8 29 (14.15%) Roadmaps
9 28 (13.66%) Architecture Governance
10 27 (13.17%) TOGAF
10 27 (13.17%) Enterprise Architecture
11 26 (12.68%) Self-Motivation
12 25 (12.20%) Systems Engineering
12 25 (12.20%) Cisco
13 24 (11.71%) Microsoft
14 23 (11.22%) Juniper
15 22 (10.73%) DevOps
15 22 (10.73%) Strategic Thinking
16 21 (10.24%) Rational DOORS
17 20 (9.76%) Nokia
17 20 (9.76%) Public Sector
18 19 (9.27%) Decision-Making
18 19 (9.27%) IBM
19 18 (8.78%) AutoCAD
19 18 (8.78%) Data Management
19 18 (8.78%) Validation
19 18 (8.78%) SaaS

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.93%) Confluence
2 2 (0.98%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (0.98%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.49%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (8.78%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.98%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (4.39%) Teamcenter
2 4 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.46%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 30 (14.63%) Azure
2 18 (8.78%) PaaS
2 18 (8.78%) SaaS
3 16 (7.80%) AWS
4 12 (5.85%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (2.93%) GCP
6 5 (2.44%) IaaS
6 5 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (2.44%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.95%) Azure Stack
8 3 (1.46%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.49%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.49%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.49%) OCI
10 1 (0.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.34%) VoIP
1 13 (6.34%) WAN
2 12 (5.85%) PBX
3 10 (4.88%) SDH
4 5 (2.44%) Firewall
5 4 (1.95%) Junos
6 3 (1.46%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.98%) MPLS
7 2 (0.98%) VPN
8 1 (0.49%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.49%) DNS
8 1 (0.49%) IPsec
8 1 (0.49%) LAN
8 1 (0.49%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.49%) Network Security
8 1 (0.49%) Skype
8 1 (0.49%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.49%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.88%) Oracle Database
1 10 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.95%) Power BI
3 4 (1.95%) Snowflake Schema
4 3 (1.46%) GIS
5 2 (0.98%) Metadata
6 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.49%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.49%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.49%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.49%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (10.24%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (2.93%) JIRA
3 1 (0.49%) ERwin
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle APEX
General
1 63 (30.73%) Telecoms
2 20 (9.76%) Public Sector
3 11 (5.37%) Social Skills
4 10 (4.88%) Finance
4 10 (4.88%) Manufacturing
5 9 (4.39%) Aerospace
6 7 (3.41%) Digital Economy
7 5 (2.44%) Aeronautics
7 5 (2.44%) Banking
8 4 (1.95%) Marketing
9 3 (1.46%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.98%) Military
10 2 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.49%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.49%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.85%) XML
2 5 (2.44%) RESTful
3 4 (1.95%) JSON
3 4 (1.95%) REST
4 3 (1.46%) SOAP
5 2 (0.98%) CSS
5 2 (0.98%) HTML
5 2 (0.98%) Middleware
5 2 (0.98%) React
6 1 (0.49%) Node.js
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.68%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (5.85%) Video Conferencing
3 9 (4.39%) Blackberry
3 9 (4.39%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.90%) CESG
5 7 (3.41%) Blog
5 7 (3.41%) Replication
6 5 (2.44%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.44%) Verilog
6 5 (2.44%) VHDL
7 4 (1.95%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.95%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.95%) Reference Data
8 2 (0.98%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.49%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.49%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.49%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.46%) Windows
2 1 (0.49%) Linux
2 1 (0.49%) VMS
2 1 (0.49%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.49%) Windows 7
2 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (15.12%) ITIL
2 29 (14.15%) Agile
2 29 (14.15%) ArchiMate
2 29 (14.15%) Network Management
2 29 (14.15%) Roadmaps
3 28 (13.66%) Architecture Governance
4 27 (13.17%) Enterprise Architecture
4 27 (13.17%) TOGAF
5 25 (12.20%) Systems Engineering
6 22 (10.73%) DevOps
6 22 (10.73%) Strategic Thinking
7 19 (9.27%) Decision-Making
8 18 (8.78%) BPMN
8 18 (8.78%) Data Management
8 18 (8.78%) Validation
9 17 (8.29%) Strategic Roadmap
10 15 (7.32%) Computer Science
10 15 (7.32%) Migration
11 14 (6.83%) Business Analysis
11 14 (6.83%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.41%) SQL
2 6 (2.93%) PL/SQL
3 5 (2.44%) C
3 5 (2.44%) C++
3 5 (2.44%) Python
4 4 (1.95%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.98%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 149 (72.68%) Security Cleared
2 98 (47.80%) SC Cleared
3 66 (32.20%) DV Cleared
4 46 (22.44%) Degree
5 12 (5.85%) TOGAF Certification
6 11 (5.37%) HND
7 9 (4.39%) CCNP
7 9 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (4.39%) CISM
7 9 (4.39%) CISSP
8 8 (3.90%) CEH
8 8 (3.90%) CISA
8 8 (3.90%) CISMP
8 8 (3.90%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (3.90%) ISACA
8 8 (3.90%) SSCP
9 6 (2.93%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.95%) JNCIA
10 4 (1.95%) SAP Certification
11 3 (1.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.85%) QA
2 11 (5.37%) GDPR
2 11 (5.37%) HIPAA
2 11 (5.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (5.37%) NIST
3 8 (3.90%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.95%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.95%) Government Security Classifications
4 4 (1.95%) NCSC
5 3 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 10 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.44%) Docker
3 4 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.49%) XenApp
4 1 (0.49%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (0.49%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.49%) SCCM
1 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (12.20%) Cisco
2 24 (11.71%) Microsoft
3 23 (11.22%) Juniper
4 20 (9.76%) Nokia
5 19 (9.27%) IBM
6 12 (5.85%) Oracle
7 9 (4.39%) Avaya
7 9 (4.39%) Ericsson
7 9 (4.39%) Google
7 9 (4.39%) Ribbon
8 7 (3.41%) Dell
8 7 (3.41%) SAP
9 6 (2.93%) VMware
10 5 (2.44%) Adobe
10 5 (2.44%) Palo Alto
10 5 (2.44%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.95%) Ciena
12 3 (1.46%) Sparx
13 2 (0.98%) Fortinet
13 2 (0.98%) Mapbox