Architect Contracts in Gloucestershire

Architect
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Architect daily rate in Gloucestershire is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 33 33
Rank change year-on-year +14 0 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 44 31 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 10.33% 6.54% 5.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.34% 7.00% 6.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 22 26
10th Percentile £472 £550 £539
25th Percentile £581 £563 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +23.81%
75th Percentile £740 £611 £747
90th Percentile £758 £686 £813
South West median daily rate £650 £665 £625
% change year-on-year -2.26% +6.40% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £68.53
% change year-on-year - +2.15% +14.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 388 443 514
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.08% 93.46% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 309 416
10th Percentile £300 £320 £178
25th Percentile £425 £440 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £588
90th Percentile £738 £700 £657
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 36 14
10th Percentile £14.90 £35.00 £11.83
25th Percentile £15.75 £49.38 £13.94
Median hourly rate £35.00 £71.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.05% +138.33% -40.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £79.33 £43.28
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.40 £53.50
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +38.30% +9.94%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Gloucestershire

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in Gloucestershire

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Gloucestershire

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Gloucestershire

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 29 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
Cheltenham +20 25 £705 +1.44%
Gloucester +12 10 £588 -2.08%
Cirencester - 1 £475 -
Architect
South West

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 24 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 22 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 19 (43.18%) Azure
4 13 (29.55%) SharePoint
5 10 (22.73%) Microsoft
6 9 (20.45%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (20.45%) Social Skills
7 8 (18.18%) Roadmaps
7 8 (18.18%) DevOps
7 8 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
7 8 (18.18%) Agile
7 8 (18.18%) Migration
8 7 (15.91%) C#
8 7 (15.91%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (13.64%) .NET
9 6 (13.64%) SQL Server
9 6 (13.64%) C
9 6 (13.64%) Degree
9 6 (13.64%) Business Transformation
10 5 (11.36%) Computer Science
10 5 (11.36%) Technical Architecture
10 5 (11.36%) Project Management
10 5 (11.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (9.09%) Technology Roadmap
11 4 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (9.09%) Cost Management
11 4 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (9.09%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
11 4 (9.09%) Performance Optimisation

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 13 (29.55%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.27%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 19 (43.18%) Azure
2 9 (20.45%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (15.91%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (9.09%) AWS
5 2 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.55%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.55%) Power Automate
5 2 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.55%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.27%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.82%) LAN
1 3 (6.82%) PBX
1 3 (6.82%) VoIP
1 3 (6.82%) WAN
2 2 (4.55%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.27%) Internet
3 1 (2.27%) Intranet
3 1 (2.27%) MPLS
3 1 (2.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.55%) Power BI
3 1 (2.27%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) ERwin
General
1 9 (20.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (6.82%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.55%) Finance
5 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.64%) .NET
2 1 (2.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) Legacy Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.82%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.55%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.27%) CMDB
4 1 (2.27%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.27%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.27%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (18.18%) Agile
1 8 (18.18%) DevOps
1 8 (18.18%) Migration
1 8 (18.18%) Roadmaps
1 8 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
2 6 (13.64%) Business Transformation
3 5 (11.36%) Computer Science
3 5 (11.36%) Project Management
3 5 (11.36%) Technical Architecture
4 4 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (9.09%) Cost Management
4 4 (9.09%) Data Modelling
4 4 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 4 (9.09%) Enterprise Modelling
4 4 (9.09%) Performance Optimisation
4 4 (9.09%) Performance Testing
4 4 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (9.09%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 4 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (9.09%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.91%) C#
2 6 (13.64%) C
3 1 (2.27%) Bicep
3 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 22 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 6 (13.64%) Degree
4 5 (11.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (9.09%) Master's Degree
6 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) COBIT
2 1 (2.27%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.82%) Cisco
3 2 (4.55%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.27%) Juniper
4 1 (2.27%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.27%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.27%) VMware