Architect Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Architect
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Architect daily rate in Birmingham is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 37 16
Rank change year-on-year +13 -21 +15
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 55 27 63
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 6.00% 4.63% 8.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.59% 5.18% 9.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 19 47
10th Percentile £463 £490 £520
25th Percentile £563 £544 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -12.75%
75th Percentile £700 £656 £753
90th Percentile £725 £775 £925
West Midlands median daily rate £644 £599 £645
% change year-on-year +7.51% -7.13% -6.18%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 835 521 678
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 89.37% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 454 347 455
10th Percentile £313 £184 £206
25th Percentile £406 £350 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £540 £622
90th Percentile £688 £642 £729
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £487 £500
% change year-on-year +0.56% -2.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 45 16
10th Percentile £14.79 - £15.61
25th Percentile £16.25 £12.62 £20.00
Median hourly rate £28.09 £14.00 £31.81
Median % change year-on-year +100.64% -55.99% +51.70%
75th Percentile £55.00 £26.51 £50.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £33.72 £55.13
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £19.59
% change year-on-year +19.28% +28.38% -6.65%

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 8 September 2026.

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 8 September 2026, 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 19 (34.55%) Microsoft
2 17 (30.91%) Azure
3 12 (21.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (20.00%) Agile
4 11 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 11 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 10 (18.18%) SDLC
6 9 (16.36%) Security Architecture
7 8 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (12.73%) Architectural Design
8 7 (12.73%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 7 (12.73%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (12.73%) Middleware
8 7 (12.73%) Roadmaps
8 7 (12.73%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (12.73%) Waterfall
9 6 (10.91%) Enterprise Architecture
9 6 (10.91%) VMware
10 5 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
10 5 (9.09%) Migration
10 5 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (7.27%) Business Strategy
11 4 (7.27%) Cloud Security
11 4 (7.27%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (7.27%) Data Modelling
11 4 (7.27%) DevOps
11 4 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (7.27%) Network Security
11 4 (7.27%) Power Platform
11 4 (7.27%) Python

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 1 (1.82%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (30.91%) Azure
2 7 (12.73%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (7.27%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.64%) AWS
4 2 (3.64%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.64%) OpenShift
4 2 (3.64%) SaaS
5 1 (1.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (1.82%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.82%) GitHub
5 1 (1.82%) IaaS
5 1 (1.82%) PaaS
5 1 (1.82%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.27%) Network Security
2 3 (5.45%) DNS
3 2 (3.64%) VSAN
4 1 (1.82%) BIG-IP
4 1 (1.82%) DHCP
4 1 (1.82%) HTTPS
4 1 (1.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.82%) Metadata
1 1 (1.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.82%) JIRA
General
1 12 (21.82%) Finance
2 11 (20.00%) Banking
3 7 (12.73%) Investment Banking
4 6 (10.91%) Public Sector
4 6 (10.91%) Social Skills
5 2 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.64%) Law
5 2 (3.64%) Retail
6 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.82%) Legal
6 1 (1.82%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.73%) Middleware
2 2 (3.64%) EDI
2 2 (3.64%) Terraform
3 1 (1.82%) JSON
3 1 (1.82%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.82%) REST
3 1 (1.82%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.73%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.64%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.64%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.82%) EPoS
3 1 (1.82%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.82%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (20.00%) Agile
3 10 (18.18%) SDLC
4 9 (16.36%) Security Architecture
5 8 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (12.73%) Architectural Design
6 7 (12.73%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 7 (12.73%) Roadmaps
6 7 (12.73%) Technical Leadership
6 7 (12.73%) Waterfall
7 6 (10.91%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
8 5 (9.09%) Migration
8 5 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (7.27%) Business Strategy
9 4 (7.27%) Cloud Security
9 4 (7.27%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (7.27%) Data Modelling
9 4 (7.27%) DevOps
10 3 (5.45%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.27%) Python
2 2 (3.64%) Bash
2 2 (3.64%) SQL
3 1 (1.82%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.64%) CISSP
3 1 (1.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (5.45%) NCSC
2 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.82%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.82%) GRC
3 1 (1.82%) NIST
3 1 (1.82%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.45%) VMware NSX
1 3 (5.45%) vSphere
2 2 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.45%) Ansible
2 2 (3.64%) Grafana
2 2 (3.64%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.82%) Argo
3 1 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.82%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 19 (34.55%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.91%) VMware
3 3 (5.45%) Okta
4 2 (3.64%) Cisco
4 2 (3.64%) Meraki
4 2 (3.64%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.64%) Red Hat
4 2 (3.64%) Sparx
4 2 (3.64%) Splunk
5 1 (1.82%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.82%) F5
5 1 (1.82%) Infoblox
5 1 (1.82%) Oracle
5 1 (1.82%) Pure Storage
5 1 (1.82%) Salesforce