Architect Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Architect
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Architect daily rate in Birmingham is £614, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 April 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 14 12
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 +7
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 78 47 64
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 8.72% 9.00% 8.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.54% 10.09% 9.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 39 49
10th Percentile £497 £415 £425
25th Percentile £563 £566 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £614 £620 £625
Median % change year-on-year -1.01% -0.80% -7.41%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £793 £750 £785
West Midlands median daily rate £600 £600 £625
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%

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 818 466 688
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.40% 89.27% 91.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 518 337 484
10th Percentile £313 £174 £250
25th Percentile £413 £325 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +7.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £484 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -0.69% +2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 23 38
10th Percentile £13.25 - £12.80
25th Percentile £17.09 £12.62 £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.00 £14.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -50.88% +42.50%
75th Percentile £26.91 £26.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £32.25 £30.68 £61.24
West Midlands median hourly rate £26.91 £18.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +49.49% -18.18% +15.79%

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 April 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 April 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 17 (21.79%) SDLC
2 16 (20.51%) Middleware
3 15 (19.23%) Agile
3 15 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (19.23%) Microsoft
4 14 (17.95%) Architectural Design
5 13 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 13 (16.67%) Python
5 13 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 12 (15.38%) Security Cleared
7 11 (14.10%) SC Cleared
8 10 (12.82%) Azure
8 10 (12.82%) DevOps
9 9 (11.54%) Data Architecture
9 9 (11.54%) Linux
9 9 (11.54%) SIEM
9 9 (11.54%) Splunk
9 9 (11.54%) Windows
10 8 (10.26%) CI/CD
10 8 (10.26%) Migration
11 7 (8.97%) PowerShell
12 6 (7.69%) Kubernetes
12 6 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
13 5 (6.41%) AI
13 5 (6.41%) Ansible
13 5 (6.41%) Coaching
13 5 (6.41%) Compliance Audit
13 5 (6.41%) Data Governance
13 5 (6.41%) Disaster Recovery
13 5 (6.41%) DNS

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 3 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.56%) CMS
2 2 (2.56%) Umbraco
3 1 (1.28%) Apache
3 1 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.28%) Confluence
3 1 (1.28%) Drupal
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.28%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.82%) Azure
2 5 (6.41%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.13%) AWS
3 4 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (5.13%) OpenShift
4 3 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (3.85%) GCP
4 3 (3.85%) GitHub
4 3 (3.85%) SaaS
5 2 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.28%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (1.28%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.28%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (1.28%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.28%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.28%) dbt
6 1 (1.28%) IaaS
6 1 (1.28%) PaaS
6 1 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.41%) DNS
2 4 (5.13%) Network Security
3 1 (1.28%) BIG-IP
3 1 (1.28%) DHCP
3 1 (1.28%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.28%) SSL
3 1 (1.28%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.56%) Power BI
2 1 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.28%) Data Hub
2 1 (1.28%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.28%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.28%) JIRA
General
1 19 (24.36%) Finance
2 18 (23.08%) Banking
3 16 (20.51%) Social Skills
4 13 (16.67%) Investment Banking
5 7 (8.97%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.13%) Legal
7 3 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.28%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (20.51%) Middleware
2 3 (3.85%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.28%) JSON
3 1 (1.28%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.95%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.41%) Operational Technology
3 4 (5.13%) Cloud Native
3 4 (5.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (5.13%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.28%) SCADA
5 1 (1.28%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.54%) Linux
1 9 (11.54%) Windows
2 5 (6.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (21.79%) SDLC
2 15 (19.23%) Agile
2 15 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (17.95%) Architectural Design
4 13 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 13 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 10 (12.82%) DevOps
6 9 (11.54%) Data Architecture
6 9 (11.54%) SIEM
7 8 (10.26%) CI/CD
7 8 (10.26%) Migration
8 6 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (6.41%) AI
9 5 (6.41%) Data Governance
9 5 (6.41%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (6.41%) Logistics
9 5 (6.41%) Project Management
9 5 (6.41%) Security Architecture
9 5 (6.41%) SOAR
9 5 (6.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.67%) Python
2 7 (8.97%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.13%) Bash
4 3 (3.85%) SQL
5 1 (1.28%) Java
5 1 (1.28%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.28%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 11 (14.10%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.85%) Degree
4 3 (3.85%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (2.56%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.85%) NIST
3 2 (2.56%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.28%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.28%) PMO
4 1 (1.28%) QA
4 1 (1.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.85%) VMware NSX
2 3 (3.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.41%) Ansible
3 4 (5.13%) Grafana
3 4 (5.13%) Terraform
4 3 (3.85%) Argo
4 3 (3.85%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.54%) Splunk
3 4 (5.13%) Okta
3 4 (5.13%) Red Hat
3 4 (5.13%) VMware
4 3 (3.85%) CyberArk
4 3 (3.85%) Google
4 3 (3.85%) Pure Storage
5 1 (1.28%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.28%) F5
5 1 (1.28%) Foundry
5 1 (1.28%) Infoblox
5 1 (1.28%) Oracle
5 1 (1.28%) Sage
5 1 (1.28%) SAP
5 1 (1.28%) Workday
5 1 (1.28%) Zscaler