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 10 April 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 14 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +6
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 80 46 63
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 8.92% 8.95% 8.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.80% 10.07% 9.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 38 48
10th Percentile £500 £413 £425
25th Percentile £563 £562 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £612 £625
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% -2.16% -7.41%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £679
90th Percentile £788 £750 £790
West Midlands median daily rate £600 £603 £631
% change year-on-year -0.41% -4.55% -2.88%

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 816 457 691
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 88.91% 92.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 331 486
10th Percentile £313 £174 £250
25th Percentile £413 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +8.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £660 £700 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £483 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -0.89% +2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 24 38
10th Percentile £13.82 - £12.80
25th Percentile £17.15 £12.62 £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.00 £14.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -50.88% +42.50%
75th Percentile £28.45 £25.06 £48.75
90th Percentile £33.00 £30.68 £61.24
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £18.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +66.67% -18.18% +15.79%

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 10 April 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 10 April 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 18 (22.50%) SDLC
2 17 (21.25%) Middleware
3 16 (20.00%) Agile
3 16 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 15 (18.75%) Architectural Design
5 14 (17.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 14 (17.50%) Waterfall
6 13 (16.25%) Python
7 12 (15.00%) Security Cleared
8 11 (13.75%) Azure
8 11 (13.75%) SC Cleared
9 10 (12.50%) DevOps
10 9 (11.25%) Data Architecture
10 9 (11.25%) Linux
10 9 (11.25%) SIEM
10 9 (11.25%) Splunk
10 9 (11.25%) Windows
11 8 (10.00%) CI/CD
11 8 (10.00%) Migration
12 7 (8.75%) PowerShell
13 6 (7.50%) Kubernetes
13 6 (7.50%) Privileged Access Management
13 6 (7.50%) Roadmaps
13 6 (7.50%) Security Architecture
13 6 (7.50%) Stakeholder Management
14 5 (6.25%) AI
14 5 (6.25%) Ansible
14 5 (6.25%) Coaching
14 5 (6.25%) Compliance Audit

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%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.75%) Azure
2 5 (6.25%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.00%) AWS
3 4 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (5.00%) OpenShift
4 3 (3.75%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (3.75%) GCP
4 3 (3.75%) GitHub
4 3 (3.75%) SaaS
5 2 (2.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (2.50%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.25%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.25%) IaaS
6 1 (1.25%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.25%) PaaS
6 1 (1.25%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.25%) DNS
2 4 (5.00%) Network Security
3 1 (1.25%) BIG-IP
3 1 (1.25%) DHCP
3 1 (1.25%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.25%) SSL
3 1 (1.25%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.50%) Power BI
2 1 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.25%) Data Hub
2 1 (1.25%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.25%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (3.75%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 20 (25.00%) Finance
2 19 (23.75%) Banking
3 16 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 14 (17.50%) Investment Banking
5 7 (8.75%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.00%) Legal
7 3 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.25%) Marketing
9 1 (1.25%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (21.25%) Middleware
2 3 (3.75%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.25%) JSON
3 1 (1.25%) OAuth
3 1 (1.25%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.75%) 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%) SCADA
5 1 (1.25%) Security Posture
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 18 (22.50%) SDLC
2 16 (20.00%) Agile
2 16 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (18.75%) Architectural Design
4 14 (17.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 14 (17.50%) Waterfall
5 10 (12.50%) DevOps
6 9 (11.25%) Data Architecture
6 9 (11.25%) SIEM
7 8 (10.00%) CI/CD
7 8 (10.00%) Migration
8 6 (7.50%) Privileged Access Management
8 6 (7.50%) Roadmaps
8 6 (7.50%) Security Architecture
8 6 (7.50%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (6.25%) Coaching
9 5 (6.25%) Data Governance
9 5 (6.25%) Enterprise Architecture
9 5 (6.25%) Mentoring
9 5 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.25%) 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%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.25%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (13.75%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.75%) 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
4 1 (1.25%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.25%) PMO
4 1 (1.25%) QA
4 1 (1.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.75%) VMware NSX
2 3 (3.75%) vSphere
3 1 (1.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (7.50%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.25%) Ansible
3 4 (5.00%) Grafana
3 4 (5.00%) Terraform
4 3 (3.75%) Argo
4 3 (3.75%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.25%) Splunk
3 5 (6.25%) Okta
4 4 (5.00%) CyberArk
4 4 (5.00%) Red Hat
4 4 (5.00%) VMware
5 3 (3.75%) Google
5 3 (3.75%) Pure Storage
6 1 (1.25%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.25%) F5
6 1 (1.25%) Foundry
6 1 (1.25%) Infoblox
6 1 (1.25%) Oracle
6 1 (1.25%) Sage
6 1 (1.25%) SAP
6 1 (1.25%) Workday
6 1 (1.25%) Zscaler