Architectural Design Contracts in the North West

Architectural Design
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Architectural Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Architectural Design over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 142 154
Rank change year-on-year +45 +12 -37
Contract jobs citing Architectural Design 40 11 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.45% 0.34% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 0.38% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 9 16
10th Percentile £450 £482 £519
25th Percentile £500 £550 £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £563 £631
Median % change year-on-year +19.89% -10.71% +5.97%
75th Percentile £738 £638 £644
90th Percentile £756 £705 £647
England median daily rate £600 £600 £631
% change year-on-year - -4.84% +12.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £33.18 - £96.07
25th Percentile £40.56 - £96.17
Median hourly rate £55.75 £35.00 £96.23
Median % change year-on-year +59.29% -63.63% -
75th Percentile £70.56 - -
90th Percentile £77.73 - -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £71.00 £88.00
% change year-on-year -4.93% -19.32% +101.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Architectural Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,385 2,910 3,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.32% 90.57% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,526 2,071 2,633
10th Percentile £306 £313 £230
25th Percentile £401 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £589 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 145 164
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.49 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.28 £21.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +68.72% +10.64%
75th Percentile £45.44 £48.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Architectural Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Architectural Design in the North West

Architectural Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Architectural Design in the North West

Architectural Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architectural Design in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architectural Design in the North West

Architectural Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Architectural Design in the North West

Architectural Design
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architectural Design in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Architectural Design in the North West

Architectural Design
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 Architectural Design within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 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
Manchester +40 29 £530 -18.46% 10
Cheshire +7 8 £725 +31.82% 1
Merseyside - 2 - -
Cumbria - 1 - -
Architectural Design
England

Architectural Design
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (27.50%) Azure
2 9 (22.50%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (15.00%) AWS
3 6 (15.00%) IaaS
4 3 (7.50%) PaaS
4 3 (7.50%) SaaS
5 2 (5.00%) Kong
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.50%) Firebase
6 1 (2.50%) Google Play
6 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.50%) Network Security
2 1 (2.50%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.50%) RDBMS
1 5 (12.50%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.50%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.50%) Metadata
2 1 (2.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Git
2 1 (2.50%) Crashlytics
2 1 (2.50%) Cypress.io
2 1 (2.50%) GoCD
2 1 (2.50%) Gradle
General
1 8 (20.00%) Banking
1 8 (20.00%) Finance
2 6 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 5 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.50%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (7.50%) Investment Banking
5 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.50%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (2.50%) French Language
6 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (72.50%) Architect
2 20 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (12.50%) Data Architect
3 5 (12.50%) ServiceNow Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Applications Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Commercial Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Payments Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Payments Solutions Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Security Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Senior
5 2 (5.00%) Android Developer
5 2 (5.00%) AWS Architect
5 2 (5.00%) Cloud Architect
5 2 (5.00%) Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Product Manager
5 2 (5.00%) ServiceNow Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Technical Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Technical Product Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Technical Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) Middleware
2 1 (2.50%) Android Jetpack
2 1 (2.50%) Dagger
2 1 (2.50%) Jest
2 1 (2.50%) Jetpack Compose
2 1 (2.50%) Material Design
2 1 (2.50%) Node.js
2 1 (2.50%) React
2 1 (2.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (12.50%) CMDB
3 3 (7.50%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.50%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.50%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (2.50%) IoT
5 1 (2.50%) Life Science
5 1 (2.50%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.50%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.50%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.50%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.50%) Android
2 1 (2.50%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.50%) Linux
2 1 (2.50%) Windows
2 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) Agile
2 15 (37.50%) Architectural Patterns
3 12 (30.00%) DevOps
3 12 (30.00%) Migration
4 10 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 10 (25.00%) Design Patterns
5 9 (22.50%) Architecture Governance
5 9 (22.50%) Data Management
5 9 (22.50%) Project Delivery
5 9 (22.50%) Service Design
6 8 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 8 (20.00%) Business Strategy
6 8 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
7 7 (17.50%) CRM
8 6 (15.00%) Technology Strategy
9 5 (12.50%) Content Management
9 5 (12.50%) ITSM
9 5 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (12.50%) Roadmaps
9 5 (12.50%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.00%) Java
1 2 (5.00%) Kotlin
2 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.50%) Python
2 1 (2.50%) SQL
2 1 (2.50%) TypeScript
2 1 (2.50%) X++
Qualifications
1 12 (30.00%) Degree
2 7 (17.50%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (7.50%) CISM
4 3 (7.50%) CISSP
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.50%) BC Cleared
5 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.50%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.50%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Grafana
1 1 (2.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.50%) Google
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft