Architect Contract Job Trends in Bath

Architect
Somerset > Bath

The median Architect daily rate in Bath is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 14 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 +7
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bath 1.47% 3.08% 2.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 3.13% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £516 £568
25th Percentile £613 £539 £568
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £583 £588
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% -0.85% -26.56%
75th Percentile £638 £629 £608
90th Percentile - £655 £609
Somerset median daily rate £700 £665 £614
% change year-on-year +5.26% +8.35% -31.04%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bath

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bath. 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 Bath with a recognized job title 68 64 65
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 98.46% 97.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 47 58
10th Percentile £225 £204 £190
25th Percentile £325 £210 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £288 £431
Median % change year-on-year +60.87% -33.33% -3.31%
75th Percentile £649 £475 £538
90th Percentile £675 £542 £579
Somerset median daily rate £475 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +5.56% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £12.50 £18.38
Median hourly rate - £13.00 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year - -30.67% -65.28%
75th Percentile - £15.00 £19.13
90th Percentile - £15.90 -
Somerset median hourly rate £60.00 £30.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year +96.72% -41.22% +3.78%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bath

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Bath

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Bath

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Bath

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 Bath region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIP
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIE
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bath 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIE
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto