Architect Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Architect
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Architect daily rate in Birmingham is £673, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 37 18
Rank change year-on-year +20 -19 +15
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 75 33 59
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 8.33% 5.37% 8.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.11% 6.00% 8.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 23 41
10th Percentile £523 £524 £525
25th Percentile £625 £556 £567
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £673 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.08% - -19.46%
75th Percentile £725 £650 £750
90th Percentile £729 £725 £775
West Midlands median daily rate £650 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £52.50 - -

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 823 550 686
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.44% 89.58% 95.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 366 441
10th Percentile £313 £200 £200
25th Percentile £404 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £574 £614
90th Percentile £704 £649 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 40 14
10th Percentile £16.01 - £15.45
25th Percentile £17.02 £12.62 £20.69
Median hourly rate £30.55 £17.85 £34.56
Median % change year-on-year +71.20% -48.37% +68.60%
75th Percentile £55.00 £26.51 £51.88
90th Percentile £75.00 £30.86 £56.65
West Midlands median hourly rate £27.65 £25.15 £22.05
% change year-on-year +9.94% +14.08% -2.65%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 27 (36.00%) Azure
2 21 (28.00%) Microsoft
3 18 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (18.67%) SC Cleared
4 14 (18.67%) Security Cleared
5 12 (16.00%) Migration
5 12 (16.00%) Roadmaps
6 10 (13.33%) Enterprise Architecture
6 10 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (12.00%) DevOps
7 9 (12.00%) Technical Leadership
7 9 (12.00%) VMware
8 8 (10.67%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (9.33%) Agile
9 7 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (9.33%) Data Modelling
9 7 (9.33%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (9.33%) REST
9 7 (9.33%) Security Architecture
9 7 (9.33%) VMware NSX
10 6 (8.00%) Architectural Design
10 6 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (8.00%) Cisco
10 6 (8.00%) SDLC
11 5 (6.67%) Architectural Patterns
11 5 (6.67%) Architecture Governance
11 5 (6.67%) AWS
11 5 (6.67%) CI/CD
11 5 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
11 5 (6.67%) 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 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 27 (36.00%) Azure
2 8 (10.67%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (9.33%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (6.67%) AWS
5 4 (5.33%) Entra ID
5 4 (5.33%) IaaS
5 4 (5.33%) PaaS
5 4 (5.33%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.00%) GCP
6 3 (4.00%) GitHub
7 2 (2.67%) OCI
7 2 (2.67%) SaaS
8 1 (1.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.33%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.33%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.33%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.33%) Ethernet VPN
1 4 (5.33%) NX-OS
1 4 (5.33%) VSAN
1 4 (5.33%) VXLAN
2 3 (4.00%) BGP
2 3 (4.00%) TACACS
3 2 (2.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.33%) BigQuery
1 1 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.33%) Metadata
1 1 (1.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (5.33%) Git
2 3 (4.00%) GitLab
General
1 10 (13.33%) Public Sector
2 9 (12.00%) Finance
3 8 (10.67%) Social Skills
4 6 (8.00%) Banking
5 4 (5.33%) Investment Banking
5 4 (5.33%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.33%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.00%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.67%) Law
7 2 (2.67%) Retail
8 1 (1.33%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.33%) Legal
8 1 (1.33%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.33%) REST
2 4 (5.33%) Middleware
3 3 (4.00%) JSON
3 3 (4.00%) YAML
4 2 (2.67%) EDI
4 2 (2.67%) JWT
4 2 (2.67%) OAuth
4 2 (2.67%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (1.33%) SailPoint
5 1 (1.33%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.67%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.33%) Data Structures
2 4 (5.33%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.67%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.67%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.67%) Digital Wallet
4 2 (2.67%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.33%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.33%) EPoS
5 1 (1.33%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (16.00%) Migration
2 12 (16.00%) Roadmaps
3 10 (13.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 10 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 9 (12.00%) DevOps
4 9 (12.00%) Technical Leadership
5 7 (9.33%) Agile
5 7 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (9.33%) Data Modelling
5 7 (9.33%) Security Architecture
6 6 (8.00%) Architectural Design
6 6 (8.00%) SDLC
7 5 (6.67%) Architectural Patterns
7 5 (6.67%) Architecture Governance
7 5 (6.67%) CI/CD
7 5 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (6.67%) SFIA
8 4 (5.33%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (5.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.67%) Python
2 2 (2.67%) SQL
3 1 (1.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (18.67%) SC Cleared
1 14 (18.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.67%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.00%) NCSC
2 2 (2.67%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (2.67%) QA
3 1 (1.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.33%) GRC
3 1 (1.33%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (9.33%) VMware NSX
2 4 (5.33%) vSphere
3 3 (4.00%) Docker
3 3 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.33%) Ansible
2 1 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.00%) VMware
3 6 (8.00%) Cisco
4 4 (5.33%) ServiceNow
5 3 (4.00%) Infoblox
5 3 (4.00%) Oracle
5 3 (4.00%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.67%) Meraki
6 2 (2.67%) OneLogin
6 2 (2.67%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.67%) Sparx
7 1 (1.33%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.33%) Google
7 1 (1.33%) Okta
7 1 (1.33%) Salesforce