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 22 September 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 33 15
Rank change year-on-year +14 -18 +12
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 62 33 65
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 6.80% 5.56% 9.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.43% 6.21% 9.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 23 48
10th Percentile £517 £524 £521
25th Percentile £588 £554 £567
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £673 £600 £613
Median % change year-on-year +12.08% -2.04% -17.79%
75th Percentile £719 £669 £750
90th Percentile £725 £770 £775
West Midlands median daily rate £650 £600 £628
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.38% -7.04%

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 834 531 682
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.45% 89.39% 96.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 351 445
10th Percentile £313 £175 £203
25th Percentile £404 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £623 £555 £625
90th Percentile £700 £649 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -0.41% -1.60% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 45 15
10th Percentile £14.79 - £15.53
25th Percentile £16.25 £12.62 £20.88
Median hourly rate £28.09 £14.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.64% -67.44% +126.32%
75th Percentile £55.00 £26.51 £53.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £33.72 £56.45
West Midlands median hourly rate £29.60 £25.15 £21.59
% change year-on-year +17.69% +16.49% -2.31%

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 22 September 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 22 September 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 22 (35.48%) Azure
2 20 (32.26%) Microsoft
3 17 (27.42%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (22.58%) SC Cleared
4 14 (22.58%) Security Cleared
5 10 (16.13%) Migration
6 9 (14.52%) Agile
6 9 (14.52%) Roadmaps
6 9 (14.52%) SDLC
6 9 (14.52%) Security Architecture
6 9 (14.52%) Technical Leadership
6 9 (14.52%) VMware
7 8 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (9.68%) Architectural Design
9 6 (9.68%) Data Modelling
9 6 (9.68%) DevOps
9 6 (9.68%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (9.68%) Enterprise Architecture
9 6 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (9.68%) VMware NSX
10 5 (8.06%) Architectural Patterns
10 5 (8.06%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 5 (8.06%) Cisco
10 5 (8.06%) Middleware
10 5 (8.06%) Python
10 5 (8.06%) Risk Management
10 5 (8.06%) Waterfall
11 4 (6.45%) Ansible
11 4 (6.45%) Business Strategy

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%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 22 (35.48%) Azure
2 6 (9.68%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.84%) AWS
3 3 (4.84%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.23%) GitHub
4 2 (3.23%) IaaS
4 2 (3.23%) PaaS
4 2 (3.23%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.23%) SaaS
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.61%) GCP
5 1 (1.61%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.45%) Network Security
1 4 (6.45%) VSAN
2 3 (4.84%) Ethernet VPN
2 3 (4.84%) NX-OS
2 3 (4.84%) VXLAN
3 2 (3.23%) BGP
3 2 (3.23%) TACACS
4 1 (1.61%) BIG-IP
4 1 (1.61%) DHCP
4 1 (1.61%) DNS
4 1 (1.61%) HTTPS
4 1 (1.61%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.61%) BigQuery
1 1 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.61%) Metadata
1 1 (1.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Git
2 2 (3.23%) GitLab
3 1 (1.61%) JIRA
General
1 10 (16.13%) Finance
2 8 (12.90%) Banking
2 8 (12.90%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.68%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.06%) Investment Banking
5 2 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.23%) Law
5 2 (3.23%) Retail
5 2 (3.23%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.61%) Legal
6 1 (1.61%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.06%) Middleware
2 4 (6.45%) REST
3 3 (4.84%) JSON
4 2 (3.23%) EDI
4 2 (3.23%) YAML
5 1 (1.61%) SailPoint
5 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.06%) Data Centre
1 5 (8.06%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.84%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (4.84%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.61%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.61%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.61%) EPoS
3 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (27.42%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (16.13%) Migration
3 9 (14.52%) Agile
3 9 (14.52%) Roadmaps
3 9 (14.52%) SDLC
3 9 (14.52%) Security Architecture
3 9 (14.52%) Technical Leadership
4 8 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (9.68%) Architectural Design
6 6 (9.68%) Data Modelling
6 6 (9.68%) DevOps
6 6 (9.68%) Enterprise Architecture
7 5 (8.06%) Architectural Patterns
7 5 (8.06%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 5 (8.06%) Risk Management
7 5 (8.06%) Waterfall
8 4 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (6.45%) Data Protection
8 4 (6.45%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.06%) Python
2 2 (3.23%) SQL
3 1 (1.61%) C#
3 1 (1.61%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (22.58%) SC Cleared
1 14 (22.58%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.23%) CISSP
3 1 (1.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.84%) NCSC
2 2 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (3.23%) QA
3 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.61%) GRC
3 1 (1.61%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (9.68%) VMware NSX
2 4 (6.45%) vSphere
3 3 (4.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.23%) Docker
5 1 (1.61%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (6.45%) Ansible
2 1 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (32.26%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.52%) VMware
3 5 (8.06%) Cisco
4 3 (4.84%) Infoblox
4 3 (4.84%) Okta
4 3 (4.84%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.23%) Meraki
5 2 (3.23%) Palo Alto
5 2 (3.23%) Red Hat
5 2 (3.23%) Sparx
6 1 (1.61%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.61%) F5
6 1 (1.61%) Google
6 1 (1.61%) Oracle
6 1 (1.61%) Salesforce