Architect Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Architect
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Architect daily rate in Birmingham is £623, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 8 29
Rank change year-on-year -8 +21 -14
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 73 69 44
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 8.74% 11.46% 5.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.80% 12.41% 6.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 53 31
10th Percentile £525 £445 £419
25th Percentile £585 £573 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £620 £625
Median % change year-on-year +0.40% -0.80% -3.85%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £713 £750 £745
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 745 556 705
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.22% 92.36% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 383 467
10th Percentile £263 £190 £224
25th Percentile £400 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £575
90th Percentile £675 £713 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 39
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.80 £12.95
25th Percentile £17.09 £27.25 £16.81
Median hourly rate £23.00 £30.45 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.47% +6.84% +75.79%
75th Percentile £25.95 £53.19 £67.50
90th Percentile £30.00 £57.05 £69.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £22.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +13.64% -2.22% +26.98%

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 12 February 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 12 February 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 (26.03%) Azure
2 14 (19.18%) Microsoft
3 13 (17.81%) AI
3 13 (17.81%) Data Modelling
3 13 (17.81%) Enterprise Architecture
4 11 (15.07%) Agile
4 11 (15.07%) Analytics
4 11 (15.07%) DevOps
4 11 (15.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (13.70%) Middleware
5 10 (13.70%) Security Cleared
6 9 (12.33%) Architectural Design
6 9 (12.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 9 (12.33%) Data Architecture
6 9 (12.33%) Linux
6 9 (12.33%) Python
6 9 (12.33%) SC Cleared
6 9 (12.33%) Windows
7 8 (10.96%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (10.96%) Mentoring
7 8 (10.96%) TOGAF
8 7 (9.59%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (9.59%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 7 (9.59%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (9.59%) CI/CD
8 7 (9.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (9.59%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (9.59%) Migration
8 7 (9.59%) Power BI
8 7 (9.59%) Power Platform

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 (2.74%) CMS
1 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.74%) SharePoint
1 2 (2.74%) Umbraco
2 1 (1.37%) Apache
2 1 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.37%) Drupal
2 1 (1.37%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.37%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (26.03%) Azure
2 9 (12.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 7 (9.59%) Azure Data Factory
3 7 (9.59%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (9.59%) Power Platform
3 7 (9.59%) SaaS
4 5 (6.85%) AWS
4 5 (6.85%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.11%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (4.11%) GCP
5 3 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.74%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.74%) GitHub
6 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (2.74%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.74%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (1.37%) IaaS
7 1 (1.37%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.11%) DNS
2 1 (1.37%) Firewall
2 1 (1.37%) Network Security
2 1 (1.37%) NGFW
2 1 (1.37%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (1.37%) SSL
2 1 (1.37%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.96%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (9.59%) Power BI
3 4 (5.48%) Data Mining
4 3 (4.11%) Metadata
5 1 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.37%) Data Hub
5 1 (1.37%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.37%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.37%) JIRA
General
1 16 (21.92%) Finance
1 16 (21.92%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.70%) Banking
2 10 (13.70%) Public Sector
3 8 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (9.59%) Investment Banking
5 4 (5.48%) Legal
5 4 (5.48%) Marketing
6 3 (4.11%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.37%) Back Office
8 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.70%) Middleware
2 3 (4.11%) REST
2 3 (4.11%) SOAP
3 2 (2.74%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (1.37%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.96%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.48%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.11%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (4.11%) Operational Technology
3 3 (4.11%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.11%) Taxonomies
4 2 (2.74%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.74%) SCADA
5 1 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.37%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.37%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.33%) Linux
1 9 (12.33%) Windows
2 5 (6.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (17.81%) AI
1 13 (17.81%) Data Modelling
1 13 (17.81%) Enterprise Architecture
2 11 (15.07%) Agile
2 11 (15.07%) Analytics
2 11 (15.07%) DevOps
2 11 (15.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (12.33%) Architectural Design
3 9 (12.33%) Data Architecture
4 8 (10.96%) Mentoring
4 8 (10.96%) TOGAF
5 7 (9.59%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 7 (9.59%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (9.59%) CI/CD
5 7 (9.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (9.59%) Migration
5 7 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (9.59%) SDLC
5 7 (9.59%) Waterfall
6 6 (8.22%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.33%) Python
2 7 (9.59%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.11%) SQL
4 2 (2.74%) Bash
5 1 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (13.70%) Security Cleared
2 9 (12.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.48%) Degree
4 3 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.11%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.37%) CCIE
5 1 (1.37%) CCNP
5 1 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.37%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (5.48%) QA
2 3 (4.11%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.11%) NIST
3 1 (1.37%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.37%) GDPR
3 1 (1.37%) PMO
3 1 (1.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (2.74%) VMware NSX
1 2 (2.74%) vSphere
2 1 (1.37%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (5.48%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.74%) Ansible
2 2 (2.74%) Argo
2 2 (2.74%) Grafana
2 2 (2.74%) Terraform
2 2 (2.74%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.37%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (19.18%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.59%) Splunk
3 3 (4.11%) CyberArk
3 3 (4.11%) Google
3 3 (4.11%) Pega
4 2 (2.74%) Databricks
4 2 (2.74%) Pure Storage
4 2 (2.74%) Red Hat
4 2 (2.74%) VMware
5 1 (1.37%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.37%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.37%) Foundry
5 1 (1.37%) Oracle
5 1 (1.37%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.37%) Sage
5 1 (1.37%) SAP
5 1 (1.37%) Workday