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 23 March 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 14 20
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 79 46 55
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 9.16% 8.68% 7.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.08% 9.68% 7.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 38 40
10th Percentile £501 £413 £424
25th Percentile £566 £575 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £610 £625
Median % change year-on-year +0.82% -2.40% -7.41%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £679
90th Percentile £775 £733 £780
West Midlands median daily rate £600 £607 £625
% change year-on-year -1.15% -2.88% -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 784 475 702
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.95% 89.62% 91.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 495 346 498
10th Percentile £313 £181 £250
25th Percentile £407 £363 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% +9.72% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £673 £700 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -1.02% +3.16% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 16 39
10th Percentile £13.82 £12.62 £12.95
25th Percentile £17.15 £13.66 £17.00
Median hourly rate £23.00 £14.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -50.88% +42.50%
75th Percentile £26.37 £29.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £30.00 £30.68 £68.58
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £18.13 £22.00
% change year-on-year +38.72% -17.59% +17.76%

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 23 March 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 23 March 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 16 (20.25%) Agile
2 15 (18.99%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.99%) Middleware
3 14 (17.72%) SDLC
4 13 (16.46%) Architectural Design
4 13 (16.46%) Azure
4 13 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (15.19%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 12 (15.19%) Python
5 12 (15.19%) Waterfall
6 11 (13.92%) Data Architecture
6 11 (13.92%) DevOps
6 11 (13.92%) Security Cleared
7 10 (12.66%) SC Cleared
8 9 (11.39%) Enterprise Architecture
8 9 (11.39%) Linux
8 9 (11.39%) Splunk
8 9 (11.39%) Windows
9 8 (10.13%) AI
9 8 (10.13%) CI/CD
9 8 (10.13%) Data Modelling
9 8 (10.13%) Migration
9 8 (10.13%) Power Platform
9 8 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (8.86%) Analytics
10 7 (8.86%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (8.86%) Mentoring
10 7 (8.86%) PowerShell
10 7 (8.86%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (8.86%) SIEM

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 (2.53%) CMS
1 2 (2.53%) SharePoint
1 2 (2.53%) Umbraco
2 1 (1.27%) Apache
2 1 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.27%) Confluence
2 1 (1.27%) Drupal
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.27%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.46%) Azure
2 8 (10.13%) Power Platform
3 7 (8.86%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (6.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 4 (5.06%) AWS
5 4 (5.06%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (5.06%) OpenShift
5 4 (5.06%) SaaS
6 3 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.80%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (3.80%) GCP
6 3 (3.80%) GitHub
7 2 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.27%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.27%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.27%) dbt
8 1 (1.27%) IaaS
8 1 (1.27%) PaaS
8 1 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.06%) DNS
2 2 (2.53%) Network Security
3 1 (1.27%) SSL
3 1 (1.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.33%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (6.33%) Power BI
2 2 (2.53%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.27%) Data Hub
3 1 (1.27%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Jenkins
General
1 20 (25.32%) Finance
2 17 (21.52%) Social Skills
3 16 (20.25%) Banking
4 12 (15.19%) Investment Banking
5 8 (10.13%) Public Sector
6 7 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.06%) Legal
8 3 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.80%) Marketing
9 2 (2.53%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (18.99%) Middleware
2 3 (3.80%) OpenTelemetry
3 2 (2.53%) REST
3 2 (2.53%) SOAP
4 1 (1.27%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.46%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.33%) Operational Technology
3 4 (5.06%) Cloud Native
3 4 (5.06%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (5.06%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.80%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.53%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.53%) Taxonomies
6 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.27%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.27%) SCADA
6 1 (1.27%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.39%) Linux
1 9 (11.39%) Windows
2 5 (6.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (20.25%) Agile
2 14 (17.72%) SDLC
3 13 (16.46%) Architectural Design
3 13 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (15.19%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 12 (15.19%) Waterfall
5 11 (13.92%) Data Architecture
5 11 (13.92%) DevOps
6 9 (11.39%) Enterprise Architecture
7 8 (10.13%) AI
7 8 (10.13%) CI/CD
7 8 (10.13%) Data Modelling
7 8 (10.13%) Migration
7 8 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (8.86%) Analytics
8 7 (8.86%) Mentoring
8 7 (8.86%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (8.86%) SIEM
9 6 (7.59%) Roadmaps
10 5 (6.33%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.19%) Python
2 7 (8.86%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.06%) Bash
4 3 (3.80%) SQL
5 1 (1.27%) Java
5 1 (1.27%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 11 (13.92%) Security Cleared
2 10 (12.66%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.06%) Degree
4 3 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.80%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.27%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.80%) NIST
2 3 (3.80%) QA
3 2 (2.53%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.27%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.27%) GDPR
4 1 (1.27%) PMO
4 1 (1.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (3.80%) VMware NSX
1 3 (3.80%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (7.59%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.06%) Ansible
2 4 (5.06%) Grafana
2 4 (5.06%) Terraform
3 3 (3.80%) Argo
3 3 (3.80%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (18.99%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.39%) Splunk
3 4 (5.06%) Red Hat
4 3 (3.80%) CyberArk
4 3 (3.80%) Google
4 3 (3.80%) Pure Storage
4 3 (3.80%) VMware
5 2 (2.53%) Databricks
5 2 (2.53%) Okta
5 2 (2.53%) Pega
6 1 (1.27%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.27%) Foundry
6 1 (1.27%) Oracle
6 1 (1.27%) Sage
6 1 (1.27%) SAP
6 1 (1.27%) Workday
6 1 (1.27%) Zscaler