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 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 27 15
Rank change year-on-year +14 -12 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 173 181 342
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.96% 7.54% 9.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.81% 7.95% 9.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 115 265
10th Percentile £450 £540 £450
25th Percentile £559 £613 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £665 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +6.40% +19.05%
75th Percentile £731 £738 £700
90th Percentile £805 £750 £750
England median daily rate £650 £675 £650
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +13.04%
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 £80.00 £70.00 £68.00
% change year-on-year +14.29% +2.94% +14.77%

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 1,763 2,276 3,434
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.30% 94.79% 96.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,186 1,566 2,513
10th Percentile £258 £250 £213
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 68 85
10th Percentile £11.97 £12.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.07 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £42.50 £26.19 £20.00
90th Percentile £56.00 £54.88 £23.15
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

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 25 April 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 25 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
Birmingham +8 67 £625 -13.49% 26
Warwickshire 0 47 £710 +4.41% 11
Coventry +27 28 £600 +14.29% 2
Solihull -6 10 £444 - 1
Shropshire +36 3 £425 -29.17%
Worcestershire -2 1 £650 - 1
Staffordshire -6 1 £550 -15.38% 4
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 West Midlands region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 46 (26.59%) Social Skills
2 40 (23.12%) Azure
3 37 (21.39%) Agile
4 34 (19.65%) Finance
4 34 (19.65%) Roadmaps
5 28 (16.18%) WAN
6 25 (14.45%) LAN
6 25 (14.45%) Migration
7 23 (13.29%) Analytics
8 22 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
9 21 (12.14%) Cisco
10 20 (11.56%) Microsoft
10 20 (11.56%) Security Cleared
11 19 (10.98%) AWS
12 18 (10.40%) Problem-Solving
13 17 (9.83%) Data Analytics
13 17 (9.83%) TOGAF
13 17 (9.83%) Enterprise Architecture
14 16 (9.25%) SC Cleared
14 16 (9.25%) Cisco Certification
15 15 (8.67%) MPLS
15 15 (8.67%) Degree
15 15 (8.67%) IT Strategy
15 15 (8.67%) Data Centre
15 15 (8.67%) Architectural Design
16 14 (8.09%) Data Management
16 14 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
17 13 (7.51%) Technical Architecture
17 13 (7.51%) SQL
17 13 (7.51%) Web Services

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 4 (2.31%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.58%) Confluence
3 1 (0.58%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.16%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.58%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (5.78%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.58%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 1 (0.58%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
3 1 (0.58%) RMDS
3 1 (0.58%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.58%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 40 (23.12%) Azure
2 19 (10.98%) AWS
3 14 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.94%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.62%) GCP
6 6 (3.47%) Boomi
7 4 (2.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.73%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (1.73%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.73%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.73%) Serverless
9 2 (1.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (1.16%) iPaaS
9 2 (1.16%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.16%) SaaS
9 2 (1.16%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.58%) Miro
10 1 (0.58%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (16.18%) WAN
2 25 (14.45%) LAN
3 15 (8.67%) MPLS
4 9 (5.20%) DNS
4 9 (5.20%) Firewall
4 9 (5.20%) VPN
5 8 (4.62%) BGP
5 8 (4.62%) PBX
5 8 (4.62%) VoIP
5 8 (4.62%) WLAN
6 7 (4.05%) SD-WAN
7 6 (3.47%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (3.47%) IPsec
7 6 (3.47%) Junos
8 5 (2.89%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (2.89%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (2.89%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (2.89%) DHCP
8 5 (2.89%) Internet
9 4 (2.31%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.78%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (5.20%) Data Mining
3 8 (4.62%) Power BI
4 6 (3.47%) Metadata
5 5 (2.89%) Tableau
6 4 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.73%) Data Vault
7 3 (1.73%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.16%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.16%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.16%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.16%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.16%) MySQL
8 2 (1.16%) OLAP
8 2 (1.16%) OLTP
8 2 (1.16%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.58%) Big Data
9 1 (0.58%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.16%) JIRA
1 2 (1.16%) kappa
2 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 46 (26.59%) Social Skills
2 34 (19.65%) Finance
3 22 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.78%) Telecoms
5 9 (5.20%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (5.20%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.89%) Automotive
9 3 (1.73%) Retail
10 2 (1.16%) Back Office
10 2 (1.16%) Banking
10 2 (1.16%) Billing
10 2 (1.16%) German Language
10 2 (1.16%) Law
10 2 (1.16%) Local Government
11 1 (0.58%) Aeronautics
11 1 (0.58%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.58%) Marketing
11 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.51%) Web Services
2 8 (4.62%) XML
3 6 (3.47%) HTML
3 6 (3.47%) JSON
4 4 (2.31%) CSS
4 4 (2.31%) OAuth
5 3 (1.73%) Middleware
6 2 (1.16%) .NET
6 2 (1.16%) Node.js
6 2 (1.16%) React Native
6 2 (1.16%) REST
6 2 (1.16%) SAML
6 2 (1.16%) SOAP
6 2 (1.16%) Visualforce
6 2 (1.16%) WSDL
6 2 (1.16%) XSD
6 2 (1.16%) XSLT
7 1 (0.58%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.58%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.58%) React
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.67%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.78%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.62%) Public Cloud
4 7 (4.05%) Data Structures
4 7 (4.05%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.47%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.31%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.73%) Fat Client
7 3 (1.73%) NHS
7 3 (1.73%) Thin Client
8 2 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.16%) IoT
8 2 (1.16%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.16%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.16%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.20%) Windows
2 5 (2.89%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.73%) Linux
3 3 (1.73%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (21.39%) Agile
2 34 (19.65%) Roadmaps
3 25 (14.45%) Migration
4 23 (13.29%) Analytics
5 18 (10.40%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (9.83%) Data Analytics
6 17 (9.83%) Enterprise Architecture
6 17 (9.83%) TOGAF
7 15 (8.67%) Architectural Design
7 15 (8.67%) IT Strategy
8 14 (8.09%) Data Management
9 13 (7.51%) Mentoring
9 13 (7.51%) Technical Architecture
10 12 (6.94%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (6.94%) Business Strategy
10 12 (6.94%) Computer Science
11 11 (6.36%) Data Architecture
11 11 (6.36%) ITIL
12 10 (5.78%) Data Modelling
12 10 (5.78%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.51%) SQL
2 7 (4.05%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.31%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.16%) Apex Code
4 2 (1.16%) SOQL
5 1 (0.58%) ABAP
5 1 (0.58%) C#
Qualifications
1 20 (11.56%) Security Cleared
2 16 (9.25%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (9.25%) SC Cleared
3 15 (8.67%) Degree
4 10 (5.78%) CCNP
5 9 (5.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (4.62%) CCIE
6 8 (4.62%) CCIE Data Center
7 7 (4.05%) CCNA
8 6 (3.47%) Master's Degree
9 5 (2.89%) JNCIS
9 5 (2.89%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.73%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.58%) CAPM
12 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.58%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.58%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.62%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.89%) QA
3 4 (2.31%) SLA
4 2 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.58%) GDPR
5 1 (0.58%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (3.47%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.31%) Docker
3 4 (2.31%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.73%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (1.73%) XenApp
4 3 (1.73%) XenDesktop
5 2 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.16%) vSphere
6 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (2.89%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.89%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (1.73%) Terraform
3 2 (1.16%) Grafana
3 2 (1.16%) Kibana
4 1 (0.58%) Ansible
4 1 (0.58%) PowerCLI
4 1 (0.58%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 21 (12.14%) Cisco
2 20 (11.56%) Microsoft
3 10 (5.78%) Informatica
3 10 (5.78%) Juniper
3 10 (5.78%) Salesforce
4 8 (4.62%) VMware
5 6 (3.47%) Palo Alto
5 6 (3.47%) SAP
6 5 (2.89%) Autodesk
6 5 (2.89%) CheckPoint
6 5 (2.89%) Databricks
6 5 (2.89%) Infoblox
6 5 (2.89%) Symantec
6 5 (2.89%) Zscaler
7 4 (2.31%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.73%) Citrix
8 3 (1.73%) NetApp
9 2 (1.16%) Google
9 2 (1.16%) Oracle
10 1 (0.58%) Fortinet