Architect Contract Job Trends in Bournemouth

Architect
Dorset > Bournemouth

The median Architect daily rate in Bournemouth is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 11 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 5 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bournemouth 10.20% 10.17% -
As % of the Job Titles category 10.42% 10.71% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 £469 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £569 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -
75th Percentile £675 £700 -
90th Percentile £713 - -
Dorset median daily rate £650 £650 £625
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +6.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bournemouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bournemouth. 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 Bournemouth with a recognized job title 48 56 81
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.96% 94.92% 96.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 38 57
10th Percentile £146 £367 £159
25th Percentile £205 £396 £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £488 £363
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% +34.48% -26.77%
75th Percentile £525 £539 £750
90th Percentile £675 £675 £825
Dorset median daily rate £450 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 19
10th Percentile - - £13.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.41 £15.04
Median hourly rate £15.50 £15.22 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year +1.87% -2.56% -5.36%
75th Percentile £15.75 £15.62 £18.24
90th Percentile £26.56 £20.40 £21.50
Dorset median hourly rate £16.85 £15.22 £56.49
% change year-on-year +10.71% -73.07% +186.61%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth.

Architect job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Bournemouth.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Bournemouth

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Bournemouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Bournemouth over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Bournemouth

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth

For the 6 months to 9 December 2025, 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 Bournemouth region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) GCP
1 2 (40.00%) Java
1 2 (40.00%) Microservices
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) AI
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Confluence
2 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) Data Science
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Middleware
2 1 (20.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) OAuth
2 1 (20.00%) OAuth2
2 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (20.00%) RESTful
2 1 (20.00%) SOAP
2 1 (20.00%) Spring
2 1 (20.00%) Spring Boot

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) GCP
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) Middleware
1 1 (20.00%) OAuth
1 1 (20.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (20.00%) RESTful
1 1 (20.00%) SOAP
1 1 (20.00%) Spring
1 1 (20.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (20.00%) Spring Security
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Microservices
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) AI
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Data Science
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (20.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (20.00%) User Stories
2 1 (20.00%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Google
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft