Architect Contracts in the North West

Architect
England > North West

The median Architect daily rate in the North West is £644 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 36 22
Rank change year-on-year +27 -14 -6
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 299 170 312
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 11.18% 5.53% 7.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.80% 5.82% 8.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 121 218
10th Percentile £471 £456 £500
25th Percentile £538 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £644 £625 £613
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +2.04% +7.27%
75th Percentile £738 £706 £675
90th Percentile £850 £800 £738
England median daily rate £650 £672 £650
% change year-on-year -3.27% +3.38% +10.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 2
10th Percentile £43.50 £35.00 -
25th Percentile - £66.00 £55.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +21.74% -
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile £72.35 - £64.00
England median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £68.00
% change year-on-year - +2.94% +16.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 2,534 2,919 3,896
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.73% 94.90% 96.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,641 2,068 2,839
10th Percentile £276 £300 £213
25th Percentile £393 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +13.10%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £574
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 125 175
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.59 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.50 £18.82 £15.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.54 £23.39
Median % change year-on-year -9.95% +30.57% +29.94%
75th Percentile £46.91 £48.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.50 £66.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +4.55%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the North West

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Architect in the North West

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in the North West over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in the North West

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in the North West

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in the North West over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in the North West

Architect
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the North West region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Manchester +19 173 £663 +1.92% 54
Cheshire +33 69 £620 +2.31% 8
Cumbria -7 30 £668 +37.35% 3
Merseyside +22 13 £650 +4.00% 7
Lancashire +7 7 £500 -16.32% 7
Architect
England

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 17 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 North West region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 87 (29.10%) Agile
2 69 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 68 (22.74%) DevOps
4 67 (22.41%) Risk Management
5 65 (21.74%) SC Cleared
5 65 (21.74%) Azure
6 60 (20.07%) Security Architecture
7 55 (18.39%) Windows
8 54 (18.06%) Firewall
9 50 (16.72%) Apple iOS
9 50 (16.72%) Android
9 50 (16.72%) CI/CD
10 49 (16.39%) Public Sector
11 47 (15.72%) VPN
12 46 (15.38%) Node.js
12 46 (15.38%) Windows Server
13 44 (14.72%) Mobile Device Management
13 44 (14.72%) Design Patterns
14 43 (14.38%) Zero Trust
15 41 (13.71%) Threat Intelligence
16 40 (13.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
17 37 (12.37%) Finance
18 36 (12.04%) Migration
18 36 (12.04%) TOGAF
18 36 (12.04%) Social Skills
19 35 (11.71%) Public Cloud
19 35 (11.71%) Microservices
20 33 (11.04%) AWS
20 33 (11.04%) Architectural Design
21 32 (10.70%) Business Strategy

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (2.01%) Confluence
1 6 (2.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.00%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.67%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 11 (3.68%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (2.34%) Temenos T24
2 3 (1.00%) Aareon QL
2 3 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.33%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.33%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 65 (21.74%) Azure
2 33 (11.04%) AWS
3 18 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (5.02%) SaaS
5 13 (4.35%) PaaS
6 12 (4.01%) IaaS
6 12 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (3.68%) Power Platform
8 9 (3.01%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.34%) Apigee
9 7 (2.34%) Kong
10 6 (2.01%) Azure Stack
10 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (2.01%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.34%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.34%) GCP
11 4 (1.34%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (1.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 54 (18.06%) Firewall
2 47 (15.72%) VPN
3 27 (9.03%) Network Security
4 4 (1.34%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (1.34%) LAN
4 4 (1.34%) WAN
5 3 (1.00%) MQTT
6 1 (0.33%) DHCP
6 1 (0.33%) DNS
6 1 (0.33%) Internet
6 1 (0.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (2.68%) MongoDB
3 7 (2.34%) OLAP
3 7 (2.34%) OLTP
4 6 (2.01%) Data Lake
4 6 (2.01%) Oracle OLAP
4 6 (2.01%) Power BI
4 6 (2.01%) Snowflake Schema
4 6 (2.01%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.67%) Metadata
6 3 (1.00%) DB2
6 3 (1.00%) GIS
7 2 (0.67%) Big Data
7 2 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.67%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.67%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.33%) Redis
8 1 (0.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 13 (4.35%) JIRA
2 6 (2.01%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.34%) Git
4 3 (1.00%) ERwin
5 2 (0.67%) GitLab
5 2 (0.67%) webpack
General
1 49 (16.39%) Public Sector
2 37 (12.37%) Finance
3 36 (12.04%) Social Skills
4 28 (9.36%) Banking
5 11 (3.68%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.68%) Manufacturing
6 10 (3.34%) Automotive
7 8 (2.68%) Legal
8 7 (2.34%) Local Government
9 6 (2.01%) Marketing
10 5 (1.67%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.34%) Electronics
12 3 (1.00%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.00%) Retail
12 3 (1.00%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.67%) Aviation
13 2 (0.67%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.67%) German Language
13 2 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (15.38%) Node.js
2 14 (4.68%) SOAP
3 13 (4.35%) REST
4 7 (2.34%) IBM Integration Bus
4 7 (2.34%) J2EE
4 7 (2.34%) Kafka
4 7 (2.34%) RabbitMQ
4 7 (2.34%) Web Services
5 6 (2.01%) Apache Camel
5 6 (2.01%) JSON
5 6 (2.01%) Middleware
5 6 (2.01%) Spring
5 6 (2.01%) Spring Boot
5 6 (2.01%) Spring Integration
5 6 (2.01%) XML
6 5 (1.67%) React
7 4 (1.34%) .NET
7 4 (1.34%) OAuth
8 3 (1.00%) RAML
9 2 (0.67%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.71%) Public Cloud
2 15 (5.02%) Product Ownership
3 8 (2.68%) Mobile App
4 7 (2.34%) DataPower
5 6 (2.01%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.01%) NHS
5 6 (2.01%) Reference Data
6 5 (1.67%) CMDB
6 5 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.67%) Industry 4.0
6 5 (1.67%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.34%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.34%) Taxonomies
8 3 (1.00%) IoT
8 3 (1.00%) Wiki
9 2 (0.67%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.67%) PKI
9 2 (0.67%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 55 (18.39%) Windows
2 50 (16.72%) Android
2 50 (16.72%) Apple iOS
3 46 (15.38%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.34%) Linux
4 4 (1.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (29.10%) Agile
2 68 (22.74%) DevOps
3 67 (22.41%) Risk Management
4 60 (20.07%) Security Architecture
5 50 (16.72%) CI/CD
6 44 (14.72%) Design Patterns
6 44 (14.72%) Mobile Device Management
7 43 (14.38%) Zero Trust
8 41 (13.71%) Threat Intelligence
9 40 (13.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 36 (12.04%) Migration
10 36 (12.04%) TOGAF
11 35 (11.71%) Microservices
12 33 (11.04%) Architectural Design
13 32 (10.70%) Business Strategy
14 31 (10.37%) IT Strategy
15 30 (10.03%) Enterprise Architecture
15 30 (10.03%) Roadmaps
16 29 (9.70%) Technology Strategy
17 28 (9.36%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.01%) Java
2 10 (3.34%) SQL
3 8 (2.68%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.34%) Python
5 3 (1.00%) C
6 2 (0.67%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.67%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.67%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.33%) Bicep
7 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 69 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 65 (21.74%) SC Cleared
3 29 (9.70%) Degree
4 8 (2.68%) CISSP
5 7 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.34%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.34%) CCIE
7 4 (1.34%) CCIE Security
7 4 (1.34%) CCNP
8 3 (1.00%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.00%) CISM
9 2 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.67%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.33%) CCNA
10 1 (0.33%) MCSE
10 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.33%) PMP
10 1 (0.33%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.35%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (4.01%) NIST
3 10 (3.34%) QA
4 8 (2.68%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.00%) GDPR
6 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.33%) SEPA
System Software
1 10 (3.34%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (2.01%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.00%) Docker
4 2 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (3.34%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (1.34%) Progress Chef
3 3 (1.00%) Terraform
4 2 (0.67%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.33%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 29 (9.70%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.34%) Oracle
3 9 (3.01%) Google
3 9 (3.01%) SAP
4 7 (2.34%) IBM
4 7 (2.34%) TSYS
5 6 (2.01%) Cisco
5 6 (2.01%) Databricks
5 6 (2.01%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.01%) VMware
6 5 (1.67%) Apple
6 5 (1.67%) Sparx
7 4 (1.34%) MuleSoft
7 4 (1.34%) Pega
8 3 (1.00%) Aareon
8 3 (1.00%) Northgate
8 3 (1.00%) Sophos
8 3 (1.00%) Thales
9 2 (0.67%) Adobe
9 2 (0.67%) Mitel