Architect Contracts in Dorset

Architect
South West > Dorset

The median Architect daily rate in Dorset is £620 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 20 16
Rank change year-on-year +12 -4 +6
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 20 15 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 12.12% 6.94% 8.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.27% 7.58% 8.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 11
10th Percentile £525 £475 £463
25th Percentile £546 £480 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £636 £638 £681
90th Percentile £769 £649 £738
South West median daily rate £650 £665 £625
% change year-on-year -2.26% +6.40% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - £57.52
25th Percentile - £71.42 £60.92
Median hourly rate - £76.71 £60.93
Median % change year-on-year - +25.89% -2.51%
75th Percentile - £81.99 £80.25
90th Percentile - - £85.03
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £68.53
% change year-on-year - +2.15% +14.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 163 198 178
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.79% 91.67% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 115 97
10th Percentile £172 £160 £194
25th Percentile £175 £239 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.76% -2.63% +18.75%
75th Percentile £630 £575 £575
90th Percentile £797 £650 £650
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 47 36
10th Percentile £11.87 £13.55 £20.63
25th Percentile £13.69 £17.50 £45.53
Median hourly rate £15.62 £54.83 £54.64
Median % change year-on-year -71.51% +0.36% +15.02%
75th Percentile £47.83 £61.35 £67.54
90th Percentile £57.50 £68.56 £79.64
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +38.30% +10.59%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Dorset

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in Dorset

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Dorset over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Dorset

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Dorset

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Poole +5 1 - -
Bournemouth -8 1 £625 +11.11% 3
Architect
South West

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 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 Dorset region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 13 (65.00%) Customer Requirements
2 10 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 10 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (50.00%) SysML
2 10 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
3 9 (45.00%) MODAF
3 9 (45.00%) SC Cleared
3 9 (45.00%) UML
3 9 (45.00%) ArchiMate
3 9 (45.00%) DevOps
4 8 (40.00%) WAN
5 7 (35.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 6 (30.00%) TOGAF
7 5 (25.00%) Degree
7 5 (25.00%) Windows
7 5 (25.00%) Linux
7 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (25.00%) Information Assurance
7 5 (25.00%) NCSC
7 5 (25.00%) Sparx
7 5 (25.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 4 (20.00%) IT Strategy
8 4 (20.00%) Public Cloud
8 4 (20.00%) Azure
8 4 (20.00%) Waterfall
8 4 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
8 4 (20.00%) ITIL
8 4 (20.00%) HND
8 4 (20.00%) Middleware
8 4 (20.00%) LAN

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (40.00%) WAN
2 4 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (5.00%) 4G
3 1 (5.00%) 5G
3 1 (5.00%) Network Security
3 1 (5.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (20.00%) Finance
1 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Linux
1 5 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Customer Requirements
2 10 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 10 (50.00%) SysML
2 10 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
3 9 (45.00%) ArchiMate
3 9 (45.00%) DevOps
3 9 (45.00%) MODAF
3 9 (45.00%) UML
4 7 (35.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 6 (30.00%) TOGAF
6 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (25.00%) Information Assurance
7 4 (20.00%) Agile
7 4 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
7 4 (20.00%) Business Strategy
7 4 (20.00%) IT Strategy
7 4 (20.00%) ITIL
7 4 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
7 4 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (45.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (25.00%) Degree
4 4 (20.00%) HND
5 1 (5.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) NCSC
2 4 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Sparx
2 1 (5.00%) Databricks