Architect Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Architect
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Architect daily rate in Birmingham is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 19 30
Rank change year-on-year -14 +11 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 36 54 41
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 5.54% 7.67% 5.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.14% 8.01% 5.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 38 32
10th Percentile £527 £554 £470
25th Percentile £563 £573 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £698
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -6.81% +7.31%
75th Percentile £663 £750 £745
90th Percentile £728 £775 -
West Midlands median daily rate £594 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -5.00% -3.85% +1.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 586 674 766
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.15% 95.74% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 438 519
10th Percentile £230 £200 £260
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £618 £600
90th Percentile £644 £738 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 13 22
10th Percentile - £15.38 £14.60
25th Percentile £12.62 £20.50 £15.75
Median hourly rate £19.25 £24.00 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -19.79% +5.49% +19.74%
75th Percentile £26.51 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £30.09 £56.85 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £22.20
% change year-on-year +14.32% -0.88% +25.25%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Birmingham

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Birmingham over the 6 months to 24 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Birmingham

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 24 October 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 Birmingham region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 17 (47.22%) Azure
2 16 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 15 (41.67%) Data Modelling
4 12 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 11 (30.56%) Analytics
6 10 (27.78%) AI
6 10 (27.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 10 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (27.78%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (25.00%) Power BI
7 9 (25.00%) Power Platform
7 9 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (22.22%) SaaS
9 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (19.44%) TOGAF
10 6 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (16.67%) Business Analysis
10 6 (16.67%) DevOps
10 6 (16.67%) Migration
10 6 (16.67%) Zachman Framework
11 5 (13.89%) Agile
11 5 (13.89%) Data Architecture
11 5 (13.89%) Data Mining
11 5 (13.89%) Data Protection
11 5 (13.89%) Records Management
11 5 (13.89%) Roadmaps
12 4 (11.11%) Cisco
12 4 (11.11%) Cisco Certification

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (5.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (47.22%) Azure
2 10 (27.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 10 (27.78%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 9 (25.00%) Power Platform
4 8 (22.22%) SaaS
5 6 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (8.33%) AWS
6 3 (8.33%) Entra ID
7 2 (5.56%) Azure Storage
7 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (5.56%) OneDrive
7 2 (5.56%) ShareGate
8 1 (2.78%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (2.78%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (2.78%) AWS Control Tower
8 1 (2.78%) Azure AKS
8 1 (2.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
1 3 (8.33%) Firewall
1 3 (8.33%) SD-WAN
1 3 (8.33%) WAN
1 3 (8.33%) Wireless
2 2 (5.56%) LAN
2 2 (5.56%) MPLS
2 2 (5.56%) Network Security
2 2 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (5.56%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.56%) Unified Communications
2 2 (5.56%) VoIP
3 1 (2.78%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (2.78%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (2.78%) DNS
3 1 (2.78%) NGFW
3 1 (2.78%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 9 (25.00%) Power BI
2 5 (13.89%) Data Mining
3 2 (5.56%) Data Lake
3 2 (5.56%) Metadata
4 1 (2.78%) Big Data
4 1 (2.78%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (2.78%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 7 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (16.67%) Finance
4 4 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 3 (8.33%) Legal
5 3 (8.33%) Marketing
5 3 (8.33%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.78%) Back Office
7 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) REST
1 3 (8.33%) SOAP
2 1 (2.78%) .NET
2 1 (2.78%) EDI
2 1 (2.78%) Kafka
2 1 (2.78%) Middleware
2 1 (2.78%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.33%) Taxonomies
3 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.78%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.78%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.78%) SCADA
4 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (41.67%) Data Modelling
2 12 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 11 (30.56%) Analytics
4 10 (27.78%) AI
4 10 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (19.44%) TOGAF
7 6 (16.67%) Business Analysis
7 6 (16.67%) DevOps
7 6 (16.67%) Migration
7 6 (16.67%) Zachman Framework
8 5 (13.89%) Agile
8 5 (13.89%) Data Architecture
8 5 (13.89%) Data Protection
8 5 (13.89%) Records Management
8 5 (13.89%) Roadmaps
9 4 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
10 3 (8.33%) Data Science
10 3 (8.33%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) SQL
2 1 (2.78%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (8.33%) CCIE
3 2 (5.56%) CCNP
3 2 (5.56%) Degree
4 1 (2.78%) CISSP
4 1 (2.78%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (2.78%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.78%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) QA
2 3 (8.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.78%) GDPR
3 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (2.78%) Ansible
2 1 (2.78%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.78%) Grafana
2 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.11%) Cisco
3 3 (8.33%) Fortinet
3 3 (8.33%) Pega
4 2 (5.56%) Autodesk
4 2 (5.56%) Databricks
4 2 (5.56%) Meraki
4 2 (5.56%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.78%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.78%) F5
5 1 (2.78%) JD Edwards
5 1 (2.78%) Juniper
5 1 (2.78%) NetScout
5 1 (2.78%) QAD
5 1 (2.78%) SAP
5 1 (2.78%) Splunk