Architect Contracts in the South West

Architect
England > South West

The median Architect daily rate in the South West is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 12 21
Rank change year-on-year +6 +9 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 435 447 312
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 13.74% 12.28% 8.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.71% 13.26% 8.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 361 220
10th Percentile £506 £553 £513
25th Percentile £575 £600 £557
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £665 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +6.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £695
90th Percentile £788 £788 £788
England median daily rate £650 £675 £650
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 18 12
10th Percentile - £68.80 £55.82
25th Percentile £67.50 - £60.93
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £68.53
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +14.21%
75th Percentile £85.00 £79.50 £69.05
90th Percentile £95.00 £81.15 £79.13
England median hourly rate £75.20 £70.00 £68.00
% change year-on-year +7.43% +2.94% +14.77%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 2,957 3,370 3,554
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 92.56% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,895 2,526 2,536
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £381 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £661
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 273 207
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.17 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £51.25 £17.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +9.30%
75th Percentile £70.66 £75.00 £63.05
90th Percentile £77.60 £85.00 £69.36
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the South West

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in the South West

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in the South West

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in the South West

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in the South West

Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South 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
Bristol +11 199 £650 -3.70% 52
Wiltshire -1 147 £675 - 1
Gloucestershire +14 44 £650 +8.33% 5
Dorset +13 20 £620 +3.33% 3
Devon -10 8 £665 -0.60% 3
Somerset +1 6 £530 -20.00% 10
Cornwall - 1 - - 1
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 South West region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 335 (77.01%) Security Cleared
2 193 (44.37%) SC Cleared
3 174 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 95 (21.84%) Public Sector
5 90 (20.69%) Telecoms
6 67 (15.40%) Azure
7 60 (13.79%) WAN
7 60 (13.79%) Strategic Thinking
8 59 (13.56%) Stakeholder Management
8 59 (13.56%) Degree
9 56 (12.87%) Network Management
10 55 (12.64%) Social Skills
11 52 (11.95%) Agile
11 52 (11.95%) Microsoft
12 50 (11.49%) Finance
13 47 (10.80%) PaaS
13 47 (10.80%) ArchiMate
14 46 (10.57%) SaaS
15 43 (9.89%) DevOps
15 43 (9.89%) Roadmaps
16 42 (9.66%) Zero Trust
16 42 (9.66%) Project Management
17 40 (9.20%) Migration
17 40 (9.20%) LAN
17 40 (9.20%) Enterprise Architecture
18 38 (8.74%) TOGAF
18 38 (8.74%) Business Intelligence
19 36 (8.28%) ITIL
19 36 (8.28%) Data Centre
20 35 (8.05%) SAP

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 15 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.30%) Confluence
3 2 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (0.46%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (2.99%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.23%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 9 (2.07%) Teamcenter
2 6 (1.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.69%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.23%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 67 (15.40%) Azure
2 47 (10.80%) PaaS
3 46 (10.57%) SaaS
4 33 (7.59%) IaaS
5 28 (6.44%) Cloud Computing
6 27 (6.21%) AWS
7 20 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (3.45%) Power Platform
9 10 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (1.84%) GCP
11 6 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (1.15%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.92%) Azure Stack
13 4 (0.92%) Entra ID
13 4 (0.92%) OCI
14 2 (0.46%) Azure Data Factory
14 2 (0.46%) Power Automate
15 1 (0.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 1 (0.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 60 (13.79%) WAN
2 40 (9.20%) LAN
3 23 (5.29%) VoIP
4 21 (4.83%) PBX
5 12 (2.76%) Firewall
6 11 (2.53%) SDH
6 11 (2.53%) Unified Communications
7 9 (2.07%) 4G
8 8 (1.84%) 3G
9 5 (1.15%) Junos
10 4 (0.92%) Network Security
10 4 (0.92%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.69%) VPN
12 2 (0.46%) DNS
12 2 (0.46%) MPLS
13 1 (0.23%) Internet
13 1 (0.23%) Intranet
13 1 (0.23%) IPsec
13 1 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.06%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (2.30%) Metadata
3 10 (2.30%) Oracle Database
4 8 (1.84%) Metadata Repository
5 7 (1.61%) Power BI
6 4 (0.92%) GIS
6 4 (0.92%) SAP HANA
6 4 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (0.69%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.46%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.46%) OLAP
8 2 (0.46%) OLTP
9 1 (0.23%) InterSystems Cache
9 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.23%) Redis
9 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.23%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (4.83%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (2.30%) JIRA
3 2 (0.46%) ERwin
4 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
General
1 95 (21.84%) Public Sector
2 90 (20.69%) Telecoms
3 55 (12.64%) Social Skills
4 50 (11.49%) Finance
5 34 (7.82%) Manufacturing
6 28 (6.44%) Marketing
7 24 (5.52%) Electronics
8 16 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
11 10 (2.30%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.61%) Digital Economy
13 5 (1.15%) Aeronautics
13 5 (1.15%) Banking
14 4 (0.92%) Legal
14 4 (0.92%) Military
15 3 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
17 1 (0.23%) General Ledger
17 1 (0.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.76%) XML
2 8 (1.84%) .NET
3 6 (1.38%) Middleware
4 5 (1.15%) REST
4 5 (1.15%) RESTful
5 4 (0.92%) JSON
6 3 (0.69%) SOAP
7 2 (0.46%) CSS
7 2 (0.46%) HTML
7 2 (0.46%) ModSecurity
7 2 (0.46%) React
8 1 (0.23%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.23%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.23%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (0.23%) Node.js
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.23%) Swagger
8 1 (0.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.28%) Data Centre
2 21 (4.83%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (3.91%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.76%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.76%) Public Cloud
4 12 (2.76%) Video Conferencing
5 10 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.07%) Blackberry
7 8 (1.84%) CESG
8 7 (1.61%) Blog
8 7 (1.61%) Replication
9 6 (1.38%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.15%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.15%) Verilog
10 5 (1.15%) VHDL
11 4 (0.92%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.92%) Reference Data
12 3 (0.69%) CMDB
12 3 (0.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.45%) Windows
2 8 (1.84%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.61%) Linux
4 1 (0.23%) VMS
4 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.23%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (13.79%) Strategic Thinking
2 59 (13.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 56 (12.87%) Network Management
4 52 (11.95%) Agile
5 47 (10.80%) ArchiMate
6 43 (9.89%) DevOps
6 43 (9.89%) Roadmaps
7 42 (9.66%) Project Management
7 42 (9.66%) Zero Trust
8 40 (9.20%) Enterprise Architecture
8 40 (9.20%) Migration
9 38 (8.74%) Business Intelligence
9 38 (8.74%) TOGAF
10 36 (8.28%) ITIL
11 35 (8.05%) Data Management
12 34 (7.82%) Business Strategy
13 33 (7.59%) Data Modelling
14 31 (7.13%) Identity Access Management
14 31 (7.13%) Systems Engineering
15 29 (6.67%) Architecture Governance
Programming Languages
1 16 (3.68%) SQL
2 11 (2.53%) C
3 7 (1.61%) C#
3 7 (1.61%) Python
4 6 (1.38%) PL/SQL
4 6 (1.38%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.15%) C++
6 2 (0.46%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.23%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 335 (77.01%) Security Cleared
2 193 (44.37%) SC Cleared
3 174 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 59 (13.56%) Degree
5 15 (3.45%) HND
6 14 (3.22%) CISSP
7 13 (2.99%) TOGAF Certification
8 12 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (2.30%) CCNP
9 10 (2.30%) CISM
9 10 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (2.07%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (1.84%) CEH
11 8 (1.84%) CISA
11 8 (1.84%) CISMP
11 8 (1.84%) ISACA
11 8 (1.84%) SSCP
12 6 (1.38%) ISTQB
12 6 (1.38%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.98%) JSP 440
2 16 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (3.68%) QA
3 13 (2.99%) GDPR
3 13 (2.99%) NIST
4 12 (2.76%) HIPAA
5 9 (2.07%) NCSC
5 9 (2.07%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.61%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.92%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.69%) GRC
8 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.46%) COBIT
10 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 19 (4.37%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.61%) Docker
4 2 (0.46%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.23%) XenApp
5 1 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (0.92%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.69%) Terraform
3 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.23%) Ansible
3 1 (0.23%) OPNET
3 1 (0.23%) PowerCLI
3 1 (0.23%) SCCM
3 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (11.95%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.05%) Cisco
2 35 (8.05%) SAP
3 24 (5.52%) Juniper
4 21 (4.83%) Nokia
5 20 (4.60%) IBM
6 16 (3.68%) Dell
7 15 (3.45%) Oracle
8 13 (2.99%) Google
8 13 (2.99%) VMware
9 9 (2.07%) Avaya
9 9 (2.07%) Ericsson
9 9 (2.07%) Ribbon
10 8 (1.84%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.84%) Sparx
11 6 (1.38%) Remedy
11 6 (1.38%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.15%) Adobe
12 5 (1.15%) Ciena
13 4 (0.92%) BiZZdesign