Architect Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Architect
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Architect daily rate in Birmingham is £615, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 25 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 -12 +12
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 57 29 65
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 6.11% 5.12% 8.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.54% 5.84% 8.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 21 52
10th Percentile £469 £505 £501
25th Percentile £525 £550 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £600 £631
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.95% -15.27%
75th Percentile £725 £709 £752
90th Percentile £844 £775 £910
West Midlands median daily rate £625 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -3.70%

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 872 497 729
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 87.81% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 332 508
10th Percentile £322 £163 £246
25th Percentile £413 £344 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £464 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.82% -2.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £543 £575
90th Percentile £687 £650 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £469 £500
% change year-on-year +4.48% -6.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 47 32
10th Percentile £16.25 - £13.90
25th Percentile £17.30 £12.62 £15.88
Median hourly rate £24.53 £14.00 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year +75.21% -39.78% +22.37%
75th Percentile £51.25 £22.91 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £28.02 £56.13
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.98 £24.34 £19.00
% change year-on-year +39.61% +28.11% -6.17%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 18 (31.58%) Agile
1 18 (31.58%) SDLC
2 16 (28.07%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (24.56%) Architectural Design
3 14 (24.56%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 14 (24.56%) Middleware
3 14 (24.56%) Waterfall
4 12 (21.05%) Microsoft
5 8 (14.04%) Data Architecture
5 8 (14.04%) SC Cleared
5 8 (14.04%) Security Cleared
6 7 (12.28%) Azure
6 7 (12.28%) Python
6 7 (12.28%) Security Architecture
6 7 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (10.53%) Data Modelling
7 6 (10.53%) DevOps
7 6 (10.53%) Migration
7 6 (10.53%) Roadmaps
7 6 (10.53%) VMware
8 5 (8.77%) Ansible
8 5 (8.77%) Compliance Audit
8 5 (8.77%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (8.77%) DNS
8 5 (8.77%) Logistics
8 5 (8.77%) Okta
8 5 (8.77%) RBAC
8 5 (8.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (8.77%) TOGAF
9 4 (7.02%) Bash

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 (3.51%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.75%) CMS
2 1 (1.75%) Confluence
2 1 (1.75%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.28%) Azure
2 4 (7.02%) OpenShift
2 4 (7.02%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (5.26%) GitHub
4 2 (3.51%) AWS
5 1 (1.75%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.75%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.75%) dbt
5 1 (1.75%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.75%) Serverless
5 1 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.77%) DNS
2 4 (7.02%) Network Security
3 1 (1.75%) BIG-IP
3 1 (1.75%) DHCP
3 1 (1.75%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.75%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.51%) Metadata
2 1 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.75%) Power BI
2 1 (1.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.75%) JIRA
General
1 18 (31.58%) Finance
2 16 (28.07%) Banking
3 14 (24.56%) Investment Banking
4 11 (19.30%) Social Skills
5 8 (14.04%) Public Sector
6 4 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.75%) Legal
8 1 (1.75%) Publishing
8 1 (1.75%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (24.56%) Middleware
2 3 (5.26%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.75%) EDI
3 1 (1.75%) JSON
3 1 (1.75%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.56%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.77%) Operational Technology
3 4 (7.02%) Cloud Native
3 4 (7.02%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.75%) SCADA
5 1 (1.75%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.58%) Agile
1 18 (31.58%) SDLC
2 16 (28.07%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (24.56%) Architectural Design
3 14 (24.56%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 14 (24.56%) Waterfall
4 8 (14.04%) Data Architecture
5 7 (12.28%) Security Architecture
5 7 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (10.53%) Data Modelling
6 6 (10.53%) DevOps
6 6 (10.53%) Migration
6 6 (10.53%) Roadmaps
7 5 (8.77%) Compliance Audit
7 5 (8.77%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (8.77%) Logistics
7 5 (8.77%) RBAC
7 5 (8.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (8.77%) TOGAF
8 4 (7.02%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.28%) Python
2 4 (7.02%) Bash
2 4 (7.02%) SQL
3 1 (1.75%) Java
3 1 (1.75%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.75%) Kotlin
3 1 (1.75%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (14.04%) SC Cleared
1 8 (14.04%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.26%) CISSP
2 3 (5.26%) Degree
2 3 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.51%) Data Quality
1 2 (3.51%) NCSC
2 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.75%) PMO
2 1 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 4 (7.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.26%) VMware NSX
2 3 (5.26%) vSphere
3 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (8.77%) Ansible
2 4 (7.02%) Grafana
2 4 (7.02%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.02%) Terraform
3 3 (5.26%) Argo
3 3 (5.26%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.53%) VMware
3 5 (8.77%) Okta
4 4 (7.02%) Red Hat
4 4 (7.02%) Splunk
5 3 (5.26%) Pure Storage
6 2 (3.51%) Sparx
7 1 (1.75%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.75%) F5
7 1 (1.75%) Infoblox
7 1 (1.75%) Oracle
7 1 (1.75%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.75%) Zscaler