Applications Architect Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Application Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Application Architect daily rate in Bristol is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 76 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.14% 0.33% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.34% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £573 -
25th Percentile £363 £588 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% - -
75th Percentile £388 £638 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £475 £625 £675
% change year-on-year -24.00% -7.41% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 676 876 1,012
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 95.22% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 474 682
10th Percentile £250 £226 £313
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £485 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.69% -7.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £595 £589 £643
90th Percentile £744 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £500 £513 £538
% change year-on-year -2.44% -4.65% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 165 113
10th Percentile £12.82 £17.50 £20.45
25th Percentile £18.51 £59.25 £45.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.14% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £79.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +9.09%

Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings that featured Applications Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Architect in Bristol

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Architect job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Architect job vacancies in Bristol

Applications Architect Skill Set
Top 3 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Applications Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring Applications Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector

Applications Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source