Architect Contracts in Basingstoke

Architect
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The median Architect daily rate in Basingstoke is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 2 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +7
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 54 271 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Basingstoke 32.14% 55.99% 21.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 32.93% 57.78% 22.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 168 17
10th Percentile £575 £575 £531
25th Percentile £600 £613 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £750
90th Percentile £688 £738 £780
Hampshire median daily rate £625 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -0.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Basingstoke

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Basingstoke. 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 Basingstoke with a recognized job title 164 469 186
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.62% 96.90% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 301 108
10th Percentile £475 £425 £228
25th Percentile £538 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £688 £653
90th Percentile £650 £738 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £575 £519
% change year-on-year -8.70% +10.84% +3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 11
10th Percentile - £12.25 -
25th Percentile - £35.00 £15.21
Median hourly rate £21.39 £47.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.97% +196.88% -29.67%
75th Percentile - £48.75 £19.13
90th Percentile - - £21.50
Hampshire median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £55.00
% change year-on-year -12.82% +4.27% +127.46%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Basingstoke

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in Basingstoke.

Daily rate trend for Architect in Basingstoke

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Basingstoke

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Basingstoke over the 6 months to 27 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Basingstoke

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in Basingstoke.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Basingstoke

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke

For the 6 months to 27 June 2025, 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 Basingstoke region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 54 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 45 (83.33%) DV Cleared
3 21 (38.89%) Windows
4 18 (33.33%) Agile
5 15 (27.78%) VMware
5 15 (27.78%) SQL
5 15 (27.78%) Microsoft
6 13 (24.07%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (24.07%) Active Directory
7 11 (20.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (20.37%) NetApp
7 11 (20.37%) MCSE
7 11 (20.37%) NFS
7 11 (20.37%) iSCSI
7 11 (20.37%) vSphere
7 11 (20.37%) Veeam
7 11 (20.37%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (20.37%) Fibre Channel
7 11 (20.37%) Splunk
7 11 (20.37%) Windows Server
7 11 (20.37%) Customer Requirements
7 11 (20.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (16.67%) Edge Virtualization
8 9 (16.67%) Social Skills
8 9 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
8 9 (16.67%) VCP6
8 9 (16.67%) VCP5
8 9 (16.67%) PowerShell
8 9 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 8 (14.81%) Problem-Solving

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke 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 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.26%) AWS
1 5 (9.26%) Azure
2 3 (5.56%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.37%) Fibre Channel
1 11 (20.37%) iSCSI
2 5 (9.26%) LAN
3 3 (5.56%) SSL
4 2 (3.70%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (3.70%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (3.70%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (3.70%) Junos
5 1 (1.85%) ATM
5 1 (1.85%) Frame Relay
5 1 (1.85%) SDH
5 1 (1.85%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) MSI
2 2 (3.70%) Git
2 2 (3.70%) GitLab
2 2 (3.70%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.26%) Public Sector
3 2 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (3.70%) Electronics
3 2 (3.70%) Finance
3 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.70%) Marketing
3 2 (3.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.41%) PKI
2 2 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 21 (38.89%) Windows
2 11 (20.37%) Windows Server
2 11 (20.37%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.33%) Agile
2 11 (20.37%) Customer Requirements
3 9 (16.67%) Edge Virtualization
3 9 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
4 8 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (9.26%) Presales
6 5 (9.26%) Test Automation
7 4 (7.41%) Change Management
7 4 (7.41%) Cryptography
7 4 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (7.41%) DevOps
8 3 (5.56%) Digital Identity
8 3 (5.56%) Key Management
8 3 (5.56%) Service Delivery
8 3 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (3.70%) Programme Management
9 2 (3.70%) Risk Assessment
9 2 (3.70%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (27.78%) SQL
2 9 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 3 (5.56%) Java
3 3 (5.56%) Python
4 2 (3.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 54 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 45 (83.33%) DV Cleared
3 11 (20.37%) MCSE
3 11 (20.37%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (16.67%) VCP5
4 9 (16.67%) VCP6
4 9 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 7 (12.96%) SC Cleared
6 3 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.41%) NIST
1 4 (7.41%) SLA
2 2 (3.70%) JSP 440
2 2 (3.70%) NIST 800
System Software
1 13 (24.07%) Active Directory
1 13 (24.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (20.37%) NFS
2 11 (20.37%) VMware ESXi
2 11 (20.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) WMI
2 2 (3.70%) Ansible
2 2 (3.70%) FortiGate
2 2 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (27.78%) Microsoft
1 15 (27.78%) VMware
2 11 (20.37%) NetApp
2 11 (20.37%) Splunk
2 11 (20.37%) Veeam
3 6 (11.11%) Cisco
4 5 (9.26%) Juniper
5 3 (5.56%) Thales
6 2 (3.70%) Citrix
6 2 (3.70%) F5
6 2 (3.70%) SAP