Architect Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Architect daily rate in Bristol is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 10 3
Rank change year-on-year -4 -7 +35
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 71 68 175
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 7.22% 11.43% 16.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.71% 11.76% 17.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 45 110
10th Percentile £536 - £504
25th Percentile £638 £450 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £560 £650
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -13.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £775 £638 £688
90th Percentile - £721 £753
South West median daily rate £706 £625 £655
% change year-on-year +12.96% -4.58% +0.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile - £62.85 £68.25
25th Percentile £66.25 £64.88 £80.00
Median hourly rate £72.50 £69.00 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.07% -23.33% +28.57%
75th Percentile £78.75 £72.38 £95.00
90th Percentile - £73.95 -
South West median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year +3.57% -12.50% +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 921 578 1,003
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.60% 97.14% 95.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 316 590
10th Percentile £272 £182 £269
25th Percentile £400 £320 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £638
90th Percentile £725 £688 £700
South West median daily rate £513 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 67 160
10th Percentile £17.87 £35.00 £33.00
25th Percentile £33.50 £59.38 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £68.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year -11.54% +20.93% -17.31%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Bristol

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Bristol

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Bristol over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Bristol

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 10 February 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 Bristol region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 43 (60.56%) Security Cleared
2 42 (59.15%) SC Cleared
3 26 (36.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (30.99%) Logistics
5 19 (26.76%) Visualisation
6 16 (22.54%) Identity Management
7 10 (14.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (12.68%) AWS
8 9 (12.68%) Roadmaps
9 8 (11.27%) Azure
9 8 (11.27%) Service Management
10 7 (9.86%) Data Architecture
11 6 (8.45%) Collaborative Working
11 6 (8.45%) Data Modelling
11 6 (8.45%) Identity Access Management
11 6 (8.45%) Technical Leadership
12 5 (7.04%) DevOps
12 5 (7.04%) Enterprise Architecture
12 5 (7.04%) Translating Business Requirements
13 4 (5.63%) Agile
13 4 (5.63%) Architectural Design
13 4 (5.63%) Architectural Patterns
13 4 (5.63%) CI/CD
13 4 (5.63%) Containerisation
13 4 (5.63%) Cybersecurity
13 4 (5.63%) Data Integration
13 4 (5.63%) Data Strategy
13 4 (5.63%) DV Cleared
13 4 (5.63%) Infrastructure as Code
13 4 (5.63%) Kubernetes

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 (2.82%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (4.23%) SAP PP
2 2 (2.82%) SAP EWM
2 2 (2.82%) SAP PM
2 2 (2.82%) SAP QM
2 2 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.41%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.68%) AWS
2 8 (11.27%) Azure
3 3 (4.23%) GCP
3 3 (4.23%) Serverless
4 2 (2.82%) Amazon ECS
4 2 (2.82%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (2.82%) AWS CodePipeline
4 2 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (2.82%) GitHub
4 2 (2.82%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.41%) Amazon Bedrock
5 1 (1.41%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.41%) Azure AI
5 1 (1.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.41%) Intacct
5 1 (1.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.82%) DNS
1 2 (2.82%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (1.41%) Firewall
2 1 (1.41%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.41%) VPN
2 1 (1.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Git
General
1 11 (15.49%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.45%) Public Sector
3 3 (4.23%) Finance
4 2 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.82%) Back Office
4 2 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.41%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.41%) Electronics
5 1 (1.41%) Legal
5 1 (1.41%) Local Government
5 1 (1.41%) Military
5 1 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) REST
1 2 (2.82%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.04%) Cloud Native
2 4 (5.63%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.82%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (2.82%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.41%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.41%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.41%) PKI
4 1 (1.41%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.41%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.63%) Linux
2 3 (4.23%) Windows
3 2 (2.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (2.82%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.41%) Unix
4 1 (1.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (36.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 22 (30.99%) Logistics
3 19 (26.76%) Visualisation
4 16 (22.54%) Identity Management
5 10 (14.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (12.68%) Roadmaps
7 8 (11.27%) Service Management
8 7 (9.86%) Data Architecture
9 6 (8.45%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (8.45%) Data Modelling
9 6 (8.45%) Identity Access Management
9 6 (8.45%) Technical Leadership
10 5 (7.04%) DevOps
10 5 (7.04%) Enterprise Architecture
10 5 (7.04%) Translating Business Requirements
11 4 (5.63%) Agile
11 4 (5.63%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (5.63%) Data Integration
11 4 (5.63%) Mentoring
11 4 (5.63%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.82%) Python
1 2 (2.82%) Ruby
2 1 (1.41%) Java
2 1 (1.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (60.56%) Security Cleared
2 42 (59.15%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.63%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.82%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.23%) Data Quality
1 3 (4.23%) NIST
2 2 (2.82%) JSP 440
2 2 (2.82%) NCSC
3 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (2.82%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (5.63%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.23%) SCOM
2 3 (4.23%) Terraform
3 1 (1.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.23%) SAP
2 3 (4.23%) VMware
3 2 (2.82%) Cisco
3 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.41%) Brocade
4 1 (1.41%) EMC
4 1 (1.41%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (1.41%) Foundry
4 1 (1.41%) IBM
4 1 (1.41%) NVIDIA
4 1 (1.41%) Sage
4 1 (1.41%) Salesforce