Senior Architect Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Senior Architect
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The median Senior Architect daily rate in Basingstoke is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
19 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 27 38
Rank change year-on-year -11 +11 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Architect 7 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 2.23% 2.38% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.38% 2.61% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £725 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% - -
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £475 -
% change year-on-year +15.79% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 294 153 240
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 91.07% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 131 66
10th Percentile - £413 £206
25th Percentile £500 £475 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £610
Median % change year-on-year - -5.74% +12.96%
75th Percentile £641 £628 £675
90th Percentile £725 £688 £738
Hampshire median daily rate £530 £540 £547
% change year-on-year -1.76% -1.37% +4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 13
10th Percentile £12.18 £28.15 £15.82
25th Percentile - £29.13 £22.75
Median hourly rate £17.00 £31.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.03% -3.08% +83.25%
75th Percentile - £34.13 £48.75
90th Percentile £25.15 £35.25 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £58.25
% change year-on-year -28.57% -39.91% +35.18%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

Senior Architect job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Senior Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in Basingstoke.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in Basingstoke

Senior Architect Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke

For the 6 months to 19 January 2026, Senior 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 Basingstoke region featuring Senior Architect in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) Endace
2 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) High Availability
2 3 (42.86%) Juniper
2 3 (42.86%) LAN
2 3 (42.86%) Requirements Management
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (42.86%) VPN
2 3 (42.86%) WAN

Senior Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
1 3 (42.86%) LAN
1 3 (42.86%) VPN
1 3 (42.86%) WAN
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) High Availability
1 3 (42.86%) Requirements Management
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Endace
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
1 3 (42.86%) Juniper
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