Architect Contracts in the West Midlands

Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Architect daily rate in the West Midlands is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 22 15
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 170 180 355
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.93% 7.76% 9.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.78% 8.18% 10.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 119 269
10th Percentile £450 £525 £450
25th Percentile £551 £613 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £750 £738 £700
90th Percentile £843 £750 £750
England median daily rate £650 £670 £650
% change year-on-year -2.99% +3.08% +10.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32.50 - -
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
75th Percentile £37.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £68.00
% change year-on-year - +2.94% +16.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,738 2,200 3,430
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 94.87% 96.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,174 1,504 2,491
10th Percentile £259 £250 £225
25th Percentile £363 £381 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +5.26% +15.15%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £715 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 64 76
10th Percentile £12.01 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.88 £14.46
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +7.94%
75th Percentile £41.44 £27.63 £19.90
90th Percentile £55.88 £56.38 £22.25
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +2.59%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the West Midlands

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in the West Midlands

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in the West Midlands

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in the West Midlands

Architect
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
Birmingham +8 69 £631 -15.27% 29
Warwickshire 0 47 £710 +4.41% 6
Coventry +25 22 £588 +11.90% 3
Solihull -6 10 £444 - 2
Shropshire +23 4 £450 -20.35% 1
Staffordshire -8 1 £550 -21.43%
Herefordshire - 1 £750 - 1
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 West Midlands region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 44 (25.88%) Social Skills
2 40 (23.53%) Agile
2 40 (23.53%) Azure
3 37 (21.76%) Roadmaps
4 34 (20.00%) Finance
5 25 (14.71%) WAN
6 23 (13.53%) Migration
6 23 (13.53%) Security Cleared
6 23 (13.53%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (12.94%) Analytics
7 22 (12.94%) LAN
8 20 (11.76%) Microsoft
9 18 (10.59%) Cisco
9 18 (10.59%) SC Cleared
10 17 (10.00%) TOGAF
10 17 (10.00%) IT Strategy
10 17 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (9.41%) Enterprise Architecture
11 16 (9.41%) AWS
11 16 (9.41%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (8.82%) MPLS
12 15 (8.82%) Degree
12 15 (8.82%) Data Analytics
13 14 (8.24%) Architectural Design
14 13 (7.65%) Business Strategy
14 13 (7.65%) Mentoring
14 13 (7.65%) Data Centre
14 13 (7.65%) Technical Architecture
14 13 (7.65%) Data Management
14 13 (7.65%) Microsoft 365

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (1.76%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.59%) Confluence
3 1 (0.59%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 6 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.18%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.59%) Revit
Business Applications
1 11 (6.47%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.59%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (0.59%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
4 1 (0.59%) RMDS
4 1 (0.59%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.59%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 40 (23.53%) Azure
2 16 (9.41%) AWS
3 13 (7.65%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (7.06%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.53%) Boomi
5 6 (3.53%) GCP
6 4 (2.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (1.76%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.76%) SaaS
7 3 (1.76%) Serverless
8 2 (1.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.18%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (1.18%) iPaaS
8 2 (1.18%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.59%) IaaS
9 1 (0.59%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 1 (0.59%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 25 (14.71%) WAN
2 22 (12.94%) LAN
3 15 (8.82%) MPLS
4 9 (5.29%) DNS
4 9 (5.29%) Firewall
4 9 (5.29%) VPN
5 8 (4.71%) BGP
5 8 (4.71%) PBX
5 8 (4.71%) VoIP
5 8 (4.71%) WLAN
6 6 (3.53%) IPsec
6 6 (3.53%) Junos
6 6 (3.53%) SD-WAN
7 5 (2.94%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (2.94%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (2.94%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (2.94%) DHCP
7 5 (2.94%) Internet
8 4 (2.35%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (2.35%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (5.29%) Data Mining
3 8 (4.71%) Power BI
4 5 (2.94%) Tableau
5 4 (2.35%) Metadata
5 4 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.76%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.76%) OLAP
6 3 (1.76%) OLTP
7 2 (1.18%) Big Data
7 2 (1.18%) Data Vault
7 2 (1.18%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.18%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.18%) MySQL
7 2 (1.18%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.18%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.59%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.59%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.59%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.18%) JIRA
1 2 (1.18%) kappa
2 1 (0.59%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.59%) Rational DOORS
General
1 44 (25.88%) Social Skills
2 34 (20.00%) Finance
3 23 (13.53%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.88%) Telecoms
5 9 (5.29%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (5.29%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.76%) Automotive
8 3 (1.76%) Law
8 3 (1.76%) Retail
9 2 (1.18%) Back Office
9 2 (1.18%) Banking
9 2 (1.18%) Billing
9 2 (1.18%) German Language
9 2 (1.18%) Local Government
10 1 (0.59%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.59%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.59%) Marketing
10 1 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.65%) Web Services
2 8 (4.71%) XML
3 6 (3.53%) HTML
3 6 (3.53%) JSON
4 4 (2.35%) CSS
4 4 (2.35%) OAuth
5 3 (1.76%) Middleware
5 3 (1.76%) SOAP
6 2 (1.18%) Node.js
6 2 (1.18%) React Native
6 2 (1.18%) REST
6 2 (1.18%) SAML
6 2 (1.18%) Visualforce
6 2 (1.18%) WSDL
6 2 (1.18%) XSD
6 2 (1.18%) XSLT
7 1 (0.59%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.59%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.59%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.65%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.71%) Public Cloud
4 7 (4.12%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.53%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.94%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.35%) NHS
7 4 (2.35%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.76%) Fat Client
8 3 (1.76%) Thin Client
9 2 (1.18%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.18%) IoT
9 2 (1.18%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.18%) Taxonomies
9 2 (1.18%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.59%) Grid Computing
10 1 (0.59%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.29%) Windows
2 5 (2.94%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.76%) Linux
3 3 (1.76%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (23.53%) Agile
2 37 (21.76%) Roadmaps
3 23 (13.53%) Migration
4 22 (12.94%) Analytics
5 17 (10.00%) IT Strategy
5 17 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (10.00%) TOGAF
6 16 (9.41%) Enterprise Architecture
7 15 (8.82%) Data Analytics
8 14 (8.24%) Architectural Design
9 13 (7.65%) Business Strategy
9 13 (7.65%) Data Management
9 13 (7.65%) Mentoring
9 13 (7.65%) Technical Architecture
10 12 (7.06%) Computer Science
10 12 (7.06%) Technology Strategy
11 11 (6.47%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (6.47%) ITIL
12 10 (5.88%) Data Architecture
12 10 (5.88%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.65%) SQL
2 7 (4.12%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.35%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.18%) Apex Code
4 2 (1.18%) SOQL
5 1 (0.59%) ABAP
5 1 (0.59%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.59%) VB
Qualifications
1 23 (13.53%) Security Cleared
2 18 (10.59%) SC Cleared
3 16 (9.41%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (8.82%) Degree
5 10 (5.88%) CCNP
6 9 (5.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (4.71%) CCIE
7 8 (4.71%) CCIE Data Center
8 7 (4.12%) CCNA
9 6 (3.53%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.94%) JNCIS
10 5 (2.94%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.76%) Azure Certification
13 2 (1.18%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.59%) CAPM
14 1 (0.59%) CISSP
14 1 (0.59%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.59%) JNCIA
14 1 (0.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.12%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.94%) QA
3 4 (2.35%) SLA
4 3 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.59%) GDPR
5 1 (0.59%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (4.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (3.53%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.35%) Docker
3 4 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.76%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (1.76%) XenApp
4 3 (1.76%) XenDesktop
5 2 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.18%) vSphere
6 1 (0.59%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (2.94%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (1.76%) Terraform
3 2 (1.18%) Grafana
3 2 (1.18%) Kibana
4 1 (0.59%) Ansible
4 1 (0.59%) PowerCLI
4 1 (0.59%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 20 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.59%) Cisco
3 11 (6.47%) Salesforce
4 10 (5.88%) Juniper
5 8 (4.71%) VMware
6 7 (4.12%) SAP
7 6 (3.53%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.94%) Autodesk
8 5 (2.94%) CheckPoint
8 5 (2.94%) Infoblox
8 5 (2.94%) Informatica
8 5 (2.94%) Symantec
8 5 (2.94%) Zscaler
9 4 (2.35%) Databricks
9 4 (2.35%) Oracle
9 4 (2.35%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.76%) Citrix
10 3 (1.76%) NetApp
11 2 (1.18%) Google
11 2 (1.18%) Guidewire