Architect Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Architect
Essex > Basildon

The median Architect daily rate in Basildon is £485, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 2 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 8 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 38.10% 21.43% -
As % of the Job Titles category 38.10% 21.43% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £457 - -
25th Percentile £468 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% - -
75th Percentile £503 - -
90th Percentile £513 - -
Essex median daily rate £505 £663 £650
% change year-on-year -23.77% +2.00% +3.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Basildon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Basildon. 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 Basildon with a recognized job title 21 14 28
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 19
10th Percentile £152 £318 £222
25th Percentile £349 £340 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.19% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £561 £438 £583
90th Percentile £687 £494 £596
Essex median daily rate £356 £318 £450
% change year-on-year +12.03% -29.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £71.40 - £28.62
25th Percentile £72.75 - £38.43
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £51.63
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.19%
75th Percentile - - £56.63
90th Percentile - - £58.65
Essex median hourly rate £25.15 £33.75 £36.41
% change year-on-year -25.48% -7.29% +87.75%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Basildon

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Basildon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Basildon

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Basildon.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Basildon

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon

For the 6 months to 10 December 2025, 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 Basildon region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) ETL
1 7 (87.50%) Migration
2 6 (75.00%) Amazon S3
2 6 (75.00%) AWS
2 6 (75.00%) AWS Lambda
2 6 (75.00%) Data Migration
2 6 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 6 (75.00%) dbt
2 6 (75.00%) Python
2 6 (75.00%) Serverless
2 6 (75.00%) Snowflake
3 5 (62.50%) Amazon EMR
4 4 (50.00%) Data Architecture
4 4 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (50.00%) SQL
4 4 (50.00%) StreamSets
5 3 (37.50%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (37.50%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (37.50%) Data Engineering
5 3 (37.50%) Data Integration
5 3 (37.50%) Data Quality
5 3 (37.50%) Oracle
5 3 (37.50%) Oracle Database
5 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (37.50%) RDBMS
5 3 (37.50%) Relational Database
5 3 (37.50%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (25.00%) Data Pipeline

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon 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 3 (37.50%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Amazon S3
1 6 (75.00%) AWS
1 6 (75.00%) AWS Lambda
1 6 (75.00%) dbt
1 6 (75.00%) Serverless
1 6 (75.00%) Snowflake
2 5 (62.50%) Amazon EMR
3 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (37.50%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle Database
2 3 (37.50%) RDBMS
2 3 (37.50%) Relational Database
2 3 (37.50%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (12.50%) Power BI
3 1 (12.50%) Power Query
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) ETL
1 7 (87.50%) Migration
2 6 (75.00%) Data Migration
2 6 (75.00%) Data Modelling
3 4 (50.00%) Data Architecture
4 3 (37.50%) Data Engineering
4 3 (37.50%) Data Integration
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
5 2 (25.00%) High Availability
6 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
6 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (12.50%) Change Management
6 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
6 1 (12.50%) Project Governance
6 1 (12.50%) Project Management
6 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
6 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Python
2 4 (50.00%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) StreamSets
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft