Architect Contracts in Bristol

Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Architect daily rate in Bristol is £568, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 3 14
Rank change year-on-year -4 +11 +12
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 68 207 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 12.66% 19.58% 9.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.28% 20.62% 10.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 115 89
10th Percentile - £500 £550
25th Percentile £450 £540 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -12.69% -3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £647 £706 £744
90th Percentile £725 £770 £800
South West median daily rate £600 £650 £665
% change year-on-year -7.69% -2.26% +6.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 31 11
10th Percentile £62.93 - £66.00
25th Percentile £65.06 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £71.25 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £76.25 £85.00 £80.13
90th Percentile £78.50 £95.00 £81.00
South West median hourly rate £71.25 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +1.79% - +2.15%

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 512 1,004 1,131
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.34% 94.99% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 541 805
10th Percentile £213 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £564 £613 £630
90th Percentile £650 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 218 142
10th Percentile £18.51 £36.25 £30.97
25th Percentile £43.75 £45.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% +55.95%
75th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £86.23
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Bristol

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Architect in Bristol

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Bristol

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Bristol

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in Bristol

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Architect in the job title.

1 46 (67.65%) Security Cleared
2 24 (35.29%) SC Cleared
3 13 (19.12%) Network Architecture
4 12 (17.65%) DV Cleared
4 12 (17.65%) Firewall
5 11 (16.18%) Technical Leadership
6 10 (14.71%) Data Centre
6 10 (14.71%) Public Sector
6 10 (14.71%) LAN
6 10 (14.71%) WAN
6 10 (14.71%) Microsoft
6 10 (14.71%) Network Security
6 10 (14.71%) Roadmaps
7 8 (11.76%) Social Skills
7 8 (11.76%) Active Directory
7 8 (11.76%) Azure
7 8 (11.76%) Enterprise Architecture
8 7 (10.29%) AWS
8 7 (10.29%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (8.82%) NIST
9 6 (8.82%) Privileged Access Management
9 6 (8.82%) Decision-Making
9 6 (8.82%) Banking
9 6 (8.82%) TOGAF
9 6 (8.82%) Windows
9 6 (8.82%) Linux
9 6 (8.82%) Data Modelling
9 6 (8.82%) Finance
9 6 (8.82%) VMware
9 6 (8.82%) Migration

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.47%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.47%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.76%) Azure
2 7 (10.29%) AWS
3 4 (5.88%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.41%) Amazon ELB
5 2 (2.94%) Azure App Service
5 2 (2.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (2.94%) Azure Storage
5 2 (2.94%) GCP
5 2 (2.94%) IaaS
5 2 (2.94%) PaaS
5 2 (2.94%) SaaS
6 1 (1.47%) Akamai
6 1 (1.47%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.47%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (1.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.47%) iPaaS
6 1 (1.47%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (17.65%) Firewall
2 10 (14.71%) LAN
2 10 (14.71%) Network Security
2 10 (14.71%) WAN
3 2 (2.94%) LTE
4 1 (1.47%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.47%) VPN
4 1 (1.47%) Wireless
4 1 (1.47%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.41%) Power BI
2 1 (1.47%) DB2
2 1 (1.47%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.47%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.47%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.47%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.41%) JIRA
2 1 (1.47%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.47%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 10 (14.71%) Public Sector
2 8 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.82%) Banking
3 6 (8.82%) Finance
4 3 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.94%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.47%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.47%) Automotive
6 1 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.47%) Electronics
6 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.47%) Law
6 1 (1.47%) Legal
6 1 (1.47%) Military
6 1 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.94%) ARM Templates
1 2 (2.94%) OAuth
1 2 (2.94%) OpenID
2 1 (1.47%) LDAP
2 1 (1.47%) Next.js
2 1 (1.47%) Node.js
2 1 (1.47%) OAuth2
2 1 (1.47%) Qt
2 1 (1.47%) React
2 1 (1.47%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.71%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.35%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (4.41%) Private Cloud
3 3 (4.41%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.94%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.94%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.47%) CESG
5 1 (1.47%) FMCG
5 1 (1.47%) PKI
5 1 (1.47%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.82%) Linux
1 6 (8.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (19.12%) Network Architecture
2 11 (16.18%) Technical Leadership
3 10 (14.71%) Roadmaps
4 8 (11.76%) Enterprise Architecture
5 7 (10.29%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (8.82%) Data Modelling
6 6 (8.82%) Decision-Making
6 6 (8.82%) Migration
6 6 (8.82%) Privileged Access Management
6 6 (8.82%) TOGAF
7 5 (7.35%) ArchiMate
7 5 (7.35%) Business Case
7 5 (7.35%) DevOps
8 4 (5.88%) Business Analysis
8 4 (5.88%) Data Architecture
8 4 (5.88%) DevSecOps
8 4 (5.88%) OWASP
8 4 (5.88%) Project Delivery
8 4 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (4.41%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.41%) SQL
2 2 (2.94%) Bicep
3 1 (1.47%) Ada
3 1 (1.47%) C++
3 1 (1.47%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 46 (67.65%) Security Cleared
2 24 (35.29%) SC Cleared
3 12 (17.65%) DV Cleared
4 4 (5.88%) CEH
4 4 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (5.88%) CISM
4 4 (5.88%) CISSP
5 3 (4.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (4.41%) CCSP
5 3 (4.41%) OSCP
6 2 (2.94%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.47%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.47%) CCIE
7 1 (1.47%) CISA
7 1 (1.47%) CISMP
7 1 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.47%) Degree
7 1 (1.47%) ISACA
7 1 (1.47%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.82%) NIST
2 3 (4.41%) COBIT
2 3 (4.41%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.94%) QA
4 1 (1.47%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.47%) Def Stans
4 1 (1.47%) GDPR
4 1 (1.47%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (1.47%) GRC
4 1 (1.47%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.47%) IEC 61508
4 1 (1.47%) JSP 440
4 1 (1.47%) MISRA
4 1 (1.47%) MISRA C
4 1 (1.47%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.47%) Docker
2 1 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.41%) Terraform
2 2 (2.94%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.82%) VMware
3 2 (2.94%) Pega
4 1 (1.47%) Cisco
4 1 (1.47%) F5
4 1 (1.47%) Foundry
4 1 (1.47%) Google
4 1 (1.47%) IBM
4 1 (1.47%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.47%) Palantir
4 1 (1.47%) SAP
4 1 (1.47%) SnapLogic