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 30 June 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 27 12
Rank change year-on-year +1 -15 +11
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 62 26 65
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 6.66% 5.02% 8.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.18% 5.73% 8.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 18 52
10th Percentile £478 £483 £501
25th Percentile £525 £550 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £614 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.29% -4.00% -16.11%
75th Percentile £684 £697 £752
90th Percentile £844 £758 £910
West Midlands median daily rate £625 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -2.51%

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 863 454 730
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 87.64% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 299 509
10th Percentile £320 £162 £237
25th Percentile £413 £363 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £474 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.49% -0.21% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £545 £575
90th Percentile £685 £641 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 45 38
10th Percentile £16.25 - £13.69
25th Percentile £17.30 £12.62 £18.50
Median hourly rate £24.53 £14.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.21% -50.88% +48.05%
75th Percentile £51.25 £23.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £28.78 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £32.50 £24.34 £19.00
% change year-on-year +33.53% +28.11% -8.82%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 (30.65%) SDLC
2 18 (29.03%) Agile
3 17 (27.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (25.81%) Middleware
5 15 (24.19%) Architectural Design
5 15 (24.19%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 15 (24.19%) Waterfall
6 12 (19.35%) Microsoft
7 10 (16.13%) SC Cleared
7 10 (16.13%) Security Cleared
8 8 (12.90%) Azure
8 8 (12.90%) Data Architecture
8 8 (12.90%) Python
9 7 (11.29%) DevOps
9 7 (11.29%) Migration
9 7 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (9.68%) Data Modelling
10 6 (9.68%) Security Architecture
10 6 (9.68%) VMware
11 5 (8.06%) Ansible
11 5 (8.06%) CI/CD
11 5 (8.06%) Compliance Audit
11 5 (8.06%) Data Governance
11 5 (8.06%) Disaster Recovery
11 5 (8.06%) DNS
11 5 (8.06%) Kubernetes
11 5 (8.06%) Logistics
11 5 (8.06%) Okta
11 5 (8.06%) RBAC
11 5 (8.06%) Roadmaps

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 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.61%) Apache
2 1 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.61%) CMS
2 1 (1.61%) Confluence
2 1 (1.61%) Umbraco
2 1 (1.61%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.90%) Azure
2 4 (6.45%) OpenShift
2 4 (6.45%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.84%) AWS
3 3 (4.84%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (4.84%) GitHub
4 1 (1.61%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (1.61%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (1.61%) dbt
4 1 (1.61%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.61%) SaaS
4 1 (1.61%) Serverless
4 1 (1.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.06%) DNS
2 4 (6.45%) Network Security
3 1 (1.61%) BIG-IP
3 1 (1.61%) DHCP
3 1 (1.61%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.61%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.61%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.23%) Metadata
2 1 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.61%) Power BI
2 1 (1.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.61%) JIRA
General
1 19 (30.65%) Finance
2 17 (27.42%) Banking
3 15 (24.19%) Investment Banking
4 11 (17.74%) Social Skills
5 8 (12.90%) Public Sector
6 4 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.84%) Legal
8 2 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Publishing
9 1 (1.61%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (25.81%) Middleware
2 3 (4.84%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.61%) JSON
3 1 (1.61%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 15 (24.19%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.06%) Operational Technology
3 4 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 4 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (4.84%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.61%) SCADA
5 1 (1.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.23%) Linux
1 2 (3.23%) Windows
2 1 (1.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (30.65%) SDLC
2 18 (29.03%) Agile
3 17 (27.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (24.19%) Architectural Design
4 15 (24.19%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 15 (24.19%) Waterfall
5 8 (12.90%) Data Architecture
6 7 (11.29%) DevOps
6 7 (11.29%) Migration
6 7 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (9.68%) Data Modelling
7 6 (9.68%) Security Architecture
8 5 (8.06%) CI/CD
8 5 (8.06%) Compliance Audit
8 5 (8.06%) Data Governance
8 5 (8.06%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (8.06%) Logistics
8 5 (8.06%) RBAC
8 5 (8.06%) Roadmaps
8 5 (8.06%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.90%) Python
2 5 (8.06%) SQL
3 4 (6.45%) Bash
4 1 (1.61%) Java
4 1 (1.61%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.61%) Kotlin
4 1 (1.61%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (16.13%) SC Cleared
1 10 (16.13%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.84%) CISSP
2 3 (4.84%) Degree
2 3 (4.84%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.23%) Accessibility
1 2 (3.23%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.61%) NCSC
2 1 (1.61%) NIST
2 1 (1.61%) PMO
2 1 (1.61%) QA
2 1 (1.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.84%) VMware NSX
2 3 (4.84%) vSphere
3 1 (1.61%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (8.06%) Ansible
1 5 (8.06%) Kubernetes
2 4 (6.45%) Grafana
2 4 (6.45%) Terraform
3 3 (4.84%) Argo
3 3 (4.84%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.68%) VMware
3 5 (8.06%) Okta
4 4 (6.45%) Red Hat
4 4 (6.45%) Splunk
5 3 (4.84%) Pure Storage
6 2 (3.23%) CyberArk
6 2 (3.23%) Oracle
6 2 (3.23%) Sparx
7 1 (1.61%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.61%) F5
7 1 (1.61%) Infoblox
7 1 (1.61%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.61%) Zscaler