Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Technical Architect
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The median Technical Architect daily rate in Barrow-in-Furness is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 30 15
Rank change year-on-year +12 -15 -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 14 4 19
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 11.97% 2.55% 13.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.28% 2.67% 13.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 19
10th Percentile £544 £459 £612
25th Percentile £577 £469 £648
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £672
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -25.60% -
75th Percentile £651 £555 £674
90th Percentile £690 £609 £674
Cumbria median daily rate £619 £500 £671
% change year-on-year +23.75% -25.48% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Barrow-in-Furness

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness. 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 Barrow-in-Furness with a recognized job title 114 150 138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.44% 95.54% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 76 114
10th Percentile £452 £400 £493
25th Percentile £465 £458 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £517 £627
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% -17.50% +46.84%
75th Percentile £606 £588 £674
90th Percentile £700 £671 £725
Cumbria median daily rate £515 £505 £625
% change year-on-year +1.98% -19.20% +46.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 14
10th Percentile £34.34 - £28.52
25th Percentile £38.59 £25.26 £34.70
Median hourly rate £63.14 £54.51 £44.07
Median % change year-on-year +15.82% +23.69% -21.94%
75th Percentile £65.25 £74.16 £46.91
90th Percentile £67.84 £80.59 £51.02
Cumbria median hourly rate £45.84 £40.88 £38.59
% change year-on-year +12.13% +5.93% -31.55%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

Technical Architect job vacancy trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Barrow-in-Furness

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect in Barrow-in-Furness over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Architect in Barrow-in-Furness

Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness

For the 6 months to 5 February 2026, Technical Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Barrow-in-Furness region featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 12 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 11 (78.57%) SC Cleared
3 7 (50.00%) BitLocker
3 7 (50.00%) DHCP
3 7 (50.00%) Disk Encryption
3 7 (50.00%) DNS
3 7 (50.00%) ITSM
3 7 (50.00%) LAN
3 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 7 (50.00%) SCCM
3 7 (50.00%) Service Management
3 7 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 7 (50.00%) Skype
3 7 (50.00%) Skype for Business
3 7 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 7 (50.00%) VB
3 7 (50.00%) VBScript
3 7 (50.00%) VLAN
3 7 (50.00%) VPN
3 7 (50.00%) WAN
3 7 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (50.00%) Windows
3 7 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 7 (50.00%) Windows 7
4 5 (35.71%) Application Virtualisation
4 5 (35.71%) Customer Service
4 5 (35.71%) DV Cleared

Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (50.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) DHCP
1 7 (50.00%) DNS
1 7 (50.00%) LAN
1 7 (50.00%) Skype
1 7 (50.00%) VLAN
1 7 (50.00%) VPN
1 7 (50.00%) WAN
1 7 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (35.71%) SAN
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Windows
1 7 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 7 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Disk Encryption
1 7 (50.00%) ITSM
1 7 (50.00%) Service Management
1 7 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 5 (35.71%) Application Virtualisation
2 5 (35.71%) Customer Service
3 4 (28.57%) Due Diligence
3 4 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 7 (50.00%) VB
1 7 (50.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 11 (78.57%) SC Cleared
3 5 (35.71%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 7 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (21.43%) Capita