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 March 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 17 17
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 80 44 60
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 9.27% 8.43% 7.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.14% 9.42% 8.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 37 45
10th Percentile £501 £411 £425
25th Percentile £563 £575 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £614 £603 £625
Median % change year-on-year +1.78% -3.52% -7.41%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £781 £735 £775
West Midlands median daily rate £600 £603 £625
% change year-on-year -0.41% -3.60% -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 789 467 711
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.43% 89.46% 92.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 498 341 502
10th Percentile £313 £183 £250
25th Percentile £413 £363 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +7.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £662 £700 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -0.51% +2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 21 39
10th Percentile £14.10 - £12.95
25th Percentile £17.17 £12.62 £17.00
Median hourly rate £22.26 £14.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.00% -50.88% +42.50%
75th Percentile £26.10 £29.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £30.00 £30.68 £68.58
West Midlands median hourly rate £26.00 £18.13 £22.00
% change year-on-year +43.41% -17.59% +17.33%

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 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 30 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 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 16 (20.00%) SDLC
2 15 (18.75%) Agile
2 15 (18.75%) Middleware
3 14 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (16.25%) Architectural Design
5 12 (15.00%) Azure
5 12 (15.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 12 (15.00%) Python
5 12 (15.00%) Security Cleared
5 12 (15.00%) Waterfall
6 11 (13.75%) Data Architecture
6 11 (13.75%) DevOps
6 11 (13.75%) SC Cleared
7 9 (11.25%) Linux
7 9 (11.25%) SIEM
7 9 (11.25%) Splunk
7 9 (11.25%) Windows
8 8 (10.00%) CI/CD
8 8 (10.00%) Migration
9 7 (8.75%) Enterprise Architecture
9 7 (8.75%) Power Platform
9 7 (8.75%) PowerShell
9 7 (8.75%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (7.50%) AI
10 6 (7.50%) Analytics
10 6 (7.50%) Data Modelling
10 6 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (7.50%) Kubernetes
10 6 (7.50%) Mentoring

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 (3.75%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.50%) CMS
2 2 (2.50%) Umbraco
3 1 (1.25%) Apache
3 1 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.25%) Confluence
3 1 (1.25%) Drupal
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.25%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.00%) Azure
2 7 (8.75%) Power Platform
3 6 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (5.00%) AWS
4 4 (5.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 4 (5.00%) OpenShift
5 3 (3.75%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (3.75%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (3.75%) GCP
5 3 (3.75%) GitHub
5 3 (3.75%) SaaS
6 2 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.25%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.25%) IaaS
7 1 (1.25%) Intacct
7 1 (1.25%) PaaS
7 1 (1.25%) Serverless
7 1 (1.25%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.00%) DNS
1 4 (5.00%) Network Security
2 1 (1.25%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.25%) SSL
2 1 (1.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.00%) Power BI
2 3 (3.75%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.25%) Data Hub
3 1 (1.25%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.25%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (3.75%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (23.75%) Finance
2 17 (21.25%) Social Skills
3 16 (20.00%) Banking
4 12 (15.00%) Investment Banking
5 8 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 6 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.00%) Legal
8 3 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.50%) Marketing
10 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (18.75%) Middleware
2 3 (3.75%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.25%) OAuth
3 1 (1.25%) REST
3 1 (1.25%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.25%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.25%) Operational Technology
3 4 (5.00%) Cloud Native
3 4 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.25%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.25%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.25%) SCADA
5 1 (1.25%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.25%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.25%) Linux
1 9 (11.25%) Windows
2 5 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (20.00%) SDLC
2 15 (18.75%) Agile
3 14 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (16.25%) Architectural Design
5 12 (15.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 12 (15.00%) Waterfall
6 11 (13.75%) Data Architecture
6 11 (13.75%) DevOps
7 9 (11.25%) SIEM
8 8 (10.00%) CI/CD
8 8 (10.00%) Migration
9 7 (8.75%) Enterprise Architecture
9 7 (8.75%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (7.50%) AI
10 6 (7.50%) Analytics
10 6 (7.50%) Data Modelling
10 6 (7.50%) Mentoring
10 6 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (7.50%) Roadmaps
11 5 (6.25%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.00%) Python
2 7 (8.75%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.00%) Bash
4 3 (3.75%) SQL
5 1 (1.25%) Java
5 1 (1.25%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 12 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (13.75%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (5.00%) Degree
4 3 (3.75%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (2.50%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.75%) NIST
3 2 (2.50%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.50%) QA
4 1 (1.25%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.25%) GDPR
4 1 (1.25%) PMO
4 1 (1.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.75%) VMware NSX
2 3 (3.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (7.50%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.00%) Ansible
2 4 (5.00%) Grafana
2 4 (5.00%) Terraform
3 3 (3.75%) Argo
3 3 (3.75%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.25%) Splunk
3 4 (5.00%) Okta
3 4 (5.00%) Red Hat
3 4 (5.00%) VMware
4 3 (3.75%) CyberArk
4 3 (3.75%) Google
4 3 (3.75%) Pure Storage
5 2 (2.50%) Databricks
6 1 (1.25%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.25%) Foundry
6 1 (1.25%) Oracle
6 1 (1.25%) Pega
6 1 (1.25%) Sage
6 1 (1.25%) SAP
6 1 (1.25%) Workday
6 1 (1.25%) Zscaler