The median contractor rate for an Architect was £600 per day in advertised job vacancies in Birmingham during the 6 months to 4 June 2020.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Architect |
|
|
6 months to
4 Jun 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
15 |
14 |
20 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-1 |
+6 |
-9 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Architect |
61 |
110 |
116 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham |
9.38% |
8.46% |
7.75% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
10.12% |
8.89% |
8.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
32 |
70 |
73 |
| Median daily rate |
£600 |
£550 |
£550 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+9.09% |
- |
+7.32% |
| 10th Percentile |
£500 |
£463 |
£440 |
| 90th Percentile |
£734 |
£690 |
£675 |
| West Midlands median daily rate |
£550 |
£575 |
£539 |
| % change year-on-year |
-4.35% |
+6.73% |
+4.87% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Median hourly rate |
£35.00 |
- |
- |
| West Midlands median hourly rate |
£35.00 |
£35.00 |
- |
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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.
| All Contract IT Job Vacancies Birmingham |
| Contract vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title |
603 |
1,237 |
1,418 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
92.77% |
95.15% |
94.72% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
345 |
861 |
944 |
| Median daily rate |
£425 |
£425 |
£400 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
- |
+6.25% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£179 |
£213 |
£213 |
| 90th Percentile |
£591 |
£575 |
£574 |
| West Midlands median daily rate |
£445 |
£425 |
£413 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.71% |
+3.03% |
+3.13% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
49 |
37 |
47 |
| Median hourly rate |
£19.00 |
£17.06 |
£15.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+11.37% |
+13.73% |
+5.52% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.71 |
£10.75 |
£10.50 |
| 90th Percentile |
£35.00 |
£45.00 |
£42.50 |
| Median hourly rate |
£18.00 |
£16.00 |
£15.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+12.50% |
+3.23% |
-9.49% |
