Software Architect Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Software Architect
Essex > Basildon

The median Software Architect daily rate in Basildon is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
10 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Architect 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 8.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
Essex median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 37 20 47
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 95.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 12 14
10th Percentile £341 £315 £285
25th Percentile £500 £321 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £406 £575
Median % change year-on-year +28.62% -29.35% +13.86%
75th Percentile £600 £488 £600
90th Percentile - £488 £653
Essex median daily rate £415 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +3.75% -11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 28
10th Percentile £12.55 £32.00 £35.65
25th Percentile £46.25 £35.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 £40.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -42.86% +11.55%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £66.00 £48.00 -
Essex median hourly rate £22.04 £32.50 £37.98
% change year-on-year -32.19% -14.43% -4.15%

Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

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

Software Architect job vacancy trend in Basildon

Software Architect Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon

For the 6 months to 10 April 2026, Software 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 Software Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) GCP
1 3 (100.00%) Google
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Application Security
2 2 (66.67%) Architectural Design
2 2 (66.67%) BDD
2 2 (66.67%) Checkmarx
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Git
2 2 (66.67%) GitHub
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) IntelliJ
2 2 (66.67%) JUnit
2 2 (66.67%) Open Source
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) SonarQube
2 2 (66.67%) Spring
2 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
2 2 (66.67%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) TDD

Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
2 2 (66.67%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
1 2 (66.67%) IntelliJ
1 2 (66.67%) JUnit
1 2 (66.67%) SonarQube
General
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Spring
1 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Application Security
2 2 (66.67%) Architectural Design
2 2 (66.67%) BDD
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) Open Source
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Google
2 2 (66.67%) Checkmarx
Software Architect jobs