Architect Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Architect
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Architect daily rate in Birmingham is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 34 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 -18 +14
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 49 23 63
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 5.46% 4.01% 8.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.95% 4.49% 9.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 17 48
10th Percentile £463 £514 £521
25th Percentile £525 £550 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -12.75%
75th Percentile £700 £650 £750
90th Percentile £725 £775 £925
West Midlands median daily rate £644 £600 £640
% change year-on-year +7.33% -6.25% -5.19%

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 824 512 670
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.76% 89.20% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 338 458
10th Percentile £313 £165 £213
25th Percentile £406 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £538 £625
90th Percentile £675 £638 £725
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 48 20
10th Percentile £13.98 - £15.10
25th Percentile £17.20 £12.62 £17.88
Median hourly rate £25.12 £14.00 £31.81
Median % change year-on-year +79.43% -55.99% +36.83%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.31 £50.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £32.00 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.73 £25.08 £19.59
% change year-on-year +22.55% +28.00% -11.36%

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 25 August 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 25 August 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 15 (30.61%) Microsoft
2 14 (28.57%) Agile
2 14 (28.57%) Azure
3 12 (24.49%) SDLC
4 10 (20.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (18.37%) Architectural Design
5 9 (18.37%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 9 (18.37%) Middleware
5 9 (18.37%) Waterfall
6 8 (16.33%) SC Cleared
6 8 (16.33%) Security Architecture
6 8 (16.33%) Security Cleared
6 8 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (14.29%) Roadmaps
8 6 (12.24%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (12.24%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (12.24%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (10.20%) Data Modelling
9 5 (10.20%) Python
9 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (8.16%) Architectural Patterns
10 4 (8.16%) Network Security
10 4 (8.16%) Power Platform
10 4 (8.16%) VMware
11 3 (6.12%) Ansible
11 3 (6.12%) AWS
11 3 (6.12%) Business Strategy
11 3 (6.12%) Cloud Security
11 3 (6.12%) Data Architecture
11 3 (6.12%) DevOps

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 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.04%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 14 (28.57%) Azure
2 6 (12.24%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (8.16%) Power Platform
4 3 (6.12%) AWS
5 2 (4.08%) OpenShift
6 1 (2.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (2.04%) Azure Functions
6 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.04%) GitHub
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.04%) Serverless
6 1 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.16%) Network Security
2 3 (6.12%) DNS
3 1 (2.04%) BIG-IP
3 1 (2.04%) DHCP
3 1 (2.04%) HTTPS
3 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.04%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.04%) Metadata
1 1 (2.04%) Power BI
1 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 13 (26.53%) Banking
1 13 (26.53%) Finance
2 9 (18.37%) Investment Banking
3 6 (12.24%) Public Sector
3 6 (12.24%) Social Skills
4 2 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.08%) Retail
5 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (18.37%) Middleware
2 2 (4.08%) EDI
2 2 (4.08%) Terraform
3 1 (2.04%) JSON
3 1 (2.04%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (2.04%) REST
3 1 (2.04%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.37%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.04%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.57%) Agile
2 12 (24.49%) SDLC
3 10 (20.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (18.37%) Architectural Design
4 9 (18.37%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 9 (18.37%) Waterfall
5 8 (16.33%) Security Architecture
5 8 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 6 (12.24%) Enterprise Architecture
7 6 (12.24%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (10.20%) Data Modelling
8 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (8.16%) Architectural Patterns
10 3 (6.12%) Business Strategy
10 3 (6.12%) Cloud Security
10 3 (6.12%) DevOps
10 3 (6.12%) Network Architecture
10 3 (6.12%) RBAC
10 3 (6.12%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.20%) Python
2 2 (4.08%) Bash
2 2 (4.08%) SQL
3 1 (2.04%) Java
3 1 (2.04%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.04%) Kotlin
3 1 (2.04%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (16.33%) SC Cleared
1 8 (16.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.08%) CISSP
3 1 (2.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) NCSC
2 2 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.04%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) VMware NSX
2 1 (2.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (6.12%) Ansible
2 2 (4.08%) Grafana
2 2 (4.08%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.04%) Argo
3 1 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.04%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 15 (30.61%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.16%) VMware
3 3 (6.12%) Okta
4 2 (4.08%) Cisco
4 2 (4.08%) Meraki
4 2 (4.08%) Palo Alto
4 2 (4.08%) Red Hat
4 2 (4.08%) Sparx
4 2 (4.08%) Splunk
5 1 (2.04%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.04%) F5
5 1 (2.04%) Infoblox
5 1 (2.04%) Oracle
5 1 (2.04%) Pure Storage
5 1 (2.04%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.04%) Zscaler