Architect Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Architect daily rate in Bristol is £677, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 8 3
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 +27
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 77 63 181
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 7.03% 12.12% 17.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.44% 12.68% 17.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 43 116
10th Percentile £518 - £508
25th Percentile £550 £450 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £677 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% -11.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile £775 £650 £700
90th Percentile £782 £725 £763
South West median daily rate £700 £625 £660
% change year-on-year +12.00% -5.30% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 6
10th Percentile - £62.85 £77.50
25th Percentile £66.25 £64.88 £85.00
Median hourly rate £82.50 £69.00 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -23.33% +28.57%
75th Percentile £102.69 £72.38 £95.00
90th Percentile £103.40 £73.95 -
South West median hourly rate £89.00 £69.00 £90.00
% change year-on-year +28.99% -23.33% +28.57%

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 1,035 497 1,007
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.52% 95.58% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 296 563
10th Percentile £281 £190 £250
25th Percentile £400 £320 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £564 £588 £628
90th Percentile £688 £675 £700
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 296 71 185
10th Percentile £17.87 £35.00 £36.25
25th Percentile £48.75 £60.63 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -4.58%
75th Percentile - £68.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £68.38 £75.00 £81.25
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year -11.54% +33.42% -25.05%

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 13 March 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in Bristol over the 6 months to 13 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 13 March 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 41 (53.25%) Security Cleared
2 37 (48.05%) SC Cleared
3 18 (23.38%) AWS
3 18 (23.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (19.48%) Roadmaps
5 12 (15.58%) Azure
5 12 (15.58%) Data Architecture
6 11 (14.29%) Logistics
6 11 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (11.69%) Agile
8 8 (10.39%) DevOps
8 8 (10.39%) Migration
8 8 (10.39%) TOGAF
9 7 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (9.09%) Data Modelling
9 7 (9.09%) Service Management
9 7 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (9.09%) Visualisation
10 6 (7.79%) Data Governance
10 6 (7.79%) DevSecOps
10 6 (7.79%) Identity Management
11 5 (6.49%) 3GPP
11 5 (6.49%) ArchiMate
11 5 (6.49%) Architectural Design
11 5 (6.49%) Architectural Patterns
11 5 (6.49%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (6.49%) Containerisation
11 5 (6.49%) Data Migration
11 5 (6.49%) Data Strategy
11 5 (6.49%) GCP

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 (2.60%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.90%) SAP PP
2 2 (2.60%) SAP EWM
2 2 (2.60%) SAP PM
2 2 (2.60%) SAP QM
2 2 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.30%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 18 (23.38%) AWS
2 12 (15.58%) Azure
3 5 (6.49%) GCP
4 4 (5.19%) Serverless
5 3 (3.90%) GitHub
6 2 (2.60%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (2.60%) AWS CodePipeline
6 2 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (2.60%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.30%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.49%) 3GPP
2 4 (5.19%) TETRA
3 2 (2.60%) DNS
3 2 (2.60%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (2.60%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (1.30%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.60%) Metadata
1 2 (2.60%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.30%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.30%) Looker
Development Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Git
General
1 15 (19.48%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.39%) Public Sector
3 3 (3.90%) Finance
4 2 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.30%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.30%) Back Office
5 1 (1.30%) Electronics
5 1 (1.30%) Legal
5 1 (1.30%) Local Government
5 1 (1.30%) Military
5 1 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) REST
1 2 (2.60%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.69%) Cloud Native
2 4 (5.19%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.60%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (2.60%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.30%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.30%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.30%) PKI
4 1 (1.30%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.30%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.19%) Linux
2 3 (3.90%) Windows
3 2 (2.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (2.60%) Ubuntu
3 2 (2.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (23.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (19.48%) Roadmaps
3 12 (15.58%) Data Architecture
4 11 (14.29%) Logistics
4 11 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (11.69%) Agile
6 8 (10.39%) DevOps
6 8 (10.39%) Migration
6 8 (10.39%) TOGAF
7 7 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (9.09%) Data Modelling
7 7 (9.09%) Service Management
7 7 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
7 7 (9.09%) Visualisation
8 6 (7.79%) Data Governance
8 6 (7.79%) DevSecOps
8 6 (7.79%) Identity Management
9 5 (6.49%) Architectural Design
9 5 (6.49%) Infrastructure as Code
9 5 (6.49%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.60%) Python
1 2 (2.60%) Ruby
2 1 (1.30%) Java
2 1 (1.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (53.25%) Security Cleared
2 37 (48.05%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.19%) AWS Certification
3 4 (5.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 4 (5.19%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 3 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.90%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (2.60%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) QA
2 3 (3.90%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.60%) NIST
3 2 (2.60%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.30%) GRC
4 1 (1.30%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.30%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.19%) Kubernetes
1 4 (5.19%) Terraform
2 3 (3.90%) SCOM
3 1 (1.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.90%) SAP
3 2 (2.60%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (2.60%) Google
3 2 (2.60%) Huawei
3 2 (2.60%) Qualys
3 2 (2.60%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.30%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.30%) EMC
4 1 (1.30%) IBM
4 1 (1.30%) NVIDIA
4 1 (1.30%) Sage
4 1 (1.30%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.30%) VMware