Architect Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Architect daily rate in Bristol is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 14 3
Rank change year-on-year +4 -11 +5
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 108 64 147
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 8.20% 9.30% 15.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.77% 10.02% 16.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 28 79
10th Percentile £515 £450 £450
25th Percentile £525 £469 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £656 £638
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +2.94% -5.56%
75th Percentile £681 £779 £725
90th Percentile £746 £807 £775
South West median daily rate £625 £640 £650
% change year-on-year -2.34% -1.54% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 31
10th Percentile £66.25 £64.00 -
25th Percentile £71.25 £66.25 £67.50
Median hourly rate £94.00 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.29% - -10.83%
75th Percentile £103.06 £78.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £103.50 £79.50 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £94.00 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +34.29% - -2.10%

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 1,231 639 899
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 92.88% 94.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 331 489
10th Percentile £377 £235 £248
25th Percentile £438 £355 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £445 £488
Median % change year-on-year +17.98% -8.72% -2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £588
90th Percentile £651 £650 £713
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 109 217
10th Percentile £20.53 £12.82 £31.97
25th Percentile £45.00 £18.51 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £32.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -53.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £66.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £75.34 £75.50 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £60.17 £25.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year +139.22% -61.31% +3.17%

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 11 August 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 11 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 11 August 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 71 (65.74%) Security Cleared
2 65 (60.19%) SC Cleared
3 34 (31.48%) Azure
4 25 (23.15%) AWS
4 25 (23.15%) Roadmaps
5 19 (17.59%) Microsoft
6 18 (16.67%) Data Governance
7 16 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (13.89%) Data Architecture
8 15 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (13.89%) TOGAF
9 14 (12.96%) DevOps
9 14 (12.96%) Migration
10 12 (11.11%) Agile
10 12 (11.11%) Architecture Governance
10 12 (11.11%) Data Modelling
11 11 (10.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (9.26%) GCP
12 10 (9.26%) Infrastructure Transformation
12 10 (9.26%) Security Architecture
12 10 (9.26%) Technical Leadership
13 9 (8.33%) Technology Roadmap
14 8 (7.41%) Architectural Patterns
14 8 (7.41%) Decision-Making
14 8 (7.41%) Entra ID
14 8 (7.41%) Metadata
14 8 (7.41%) Microservices
14 8 (7.41%) Serverless
15 7 (6.48%) AI
15 7 (6.48%) ArchiMate

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 (1.85%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.93%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (0.93%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (0.93%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 1 (0.93%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 34 (31.48%) Azure
2 25 (23.15%) AWS
3 10 (9.26%) GCP
4 8 (7.41%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.41%) Serverless
5 5 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 4 (3.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (3.70%) Azure Functions
6 4 (3.70%) Azure Key Vault
6 4 (3.70%) Azure Storage
6 4 (3.70%) OpenShift
6 4 (3.70%) PaaS
7 3 (2.78%) Cloud Functions
7 3 (2.78%) GitHub
7 3 (2.78%) OCI
7 3 (2.78%) SaaS
8 2 (1.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 2 (1.85%) IaaS
8 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.63%) 3GPP
1 5 (4.63%) WAN
2 4 (3.70%) DNS
2 4 (3.70%) TETRA
3 3 (2.78%) Firewall
4 2 (1.85%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.93%) BGP
5 1 (0.93%) Calico
5 1 (0.93%) IPsec
5 1 (0.93%) MPLS
5 1 (0.93%) Network Security
5 1 (0.93%) OSPF
5 1 (0.93%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.93%) VLAN
5 1 (0.93%) VSAN
5 1 (0.93%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.41%) Metadata
2 7 (6.48%) Data Lake
3 4 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (3.70%) BigQuery
4 3 (2.78%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.85%) Data Vault
5 2 (1.85%) EDRMS
5 2 (1.85%) Looker
6 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.93%) Power BI
6 1 (0.93%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 16 (14.81%) Social Skills
2 12 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 7 (6.48%) Finance
4 5 (4.63%) Military
5 3 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (2.78%) Legal
5 3 (2.78%) Local Government
6 2 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.85%) Aviation
7 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.93%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.85%) Kafka
1 2 (1.85%) Node.js
1 2 (1.85%) Spring Boot
1 2 (1.85%) Swagger
2 1 (0.93%) OAuth
2 1 (0.93%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.93%) OpenID
2 1 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.93%) Quarkus
2 1 (0.93%) React
2 1 (0.93%) React Native
2 1 (0.93%) RESTful
2 1 (0.93%) SAML
2 1 (0.93%) SOAP
2 1 (0.93%) Web Services
2 1 (0.93%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 5 (4.63%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.78%) Enterprise Cloud
3 3 (2.78%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.85%) CESG
4 2 (1.85%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.85%) Reference Data
4 2 (1.85%) Replication
4 2 (1.85%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.93%) Autonomous Agent
5 1 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.93%) Data Fabric
5 1 (0.93%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.93%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.93%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.70%) Windows
2 1 (0.93%) Linux
2 1 (0.93%) Unix
2 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (23.15%) Roadmaps
2 18 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 16 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (13.89%) Data Architecture
4 15 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (13.89%) TOGAF
5 14 (12.96%) DevOps
5 14 (12.96%) Migration
6 12 (11.11%) Agile
6 12 (11.11%) Architecture Governance
6 12 (11.11%) Data Modelling
7 11 (10.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (9.26%) Infrastructure Transformation
8 10 (9.26%) Security Architecture
8 10 (9.26%) Technical Leadership
9 9 (8.33%) Technology Roadmap
10 8 (7.41%) Architectural Patterns
10 8 (7.41%) Decision-Making
10 8 (7.41%) Microservices
11 7 (6.48%) ArchiMate
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.56%) SQL
2 3 (2.78%) Java
Qualifications
1 71 (65.74%) Security Cleared
2 65 (60.19%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.48%) DV Cleared
3 7 (6.48%) TOGAF Certification
4 5 (4.63%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (3.70%) AWS Certification
5 4 (3.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 4 (3.70%) CISM
5 4 (3.70%) CISSP
6 3 (2.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.78%) CEH
7 2 (1.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (1.85%) CCNA
7 2 (1.85%) CCSP
7 2 (1.85%) CISA
7 2 (1.85%) CISMP
7 2 (1.85%) MCSE
7 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.85%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.48%) QA
2 6 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (5.56%) NIST
3 5 (4.63%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.78%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.85%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.85%) GDPR
5 2 (1.85%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.85%) NCSC
6 1 (0.93%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.93%) COBIT
6 1 (0.93%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.93%) GRC
6 1 (0.93%) IFRS
6 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 5 (4.63%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.70%) Docker
2 4 (3.70%) Hyper-V
2 4 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.93%) KVM
3 1 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.93%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.93%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (6.48%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.70%) Terraform
3 2 (1.85%) Argo
4 1 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.93%) Ansible
4 1 (0.93%) CASB
4 1 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.93%) Istio
4 1 (0.93%) QRadar
4 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.93%) Suricata
4 1 (0.93%) VxRail
Vendors
1 19 (17.59%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.56%) Oracle
3 5 (4.63%) Google
3 5 (4.63%) VMware
4 4 (3.70%) Databricks
5 3 (2.78%) Red Hat
5 3 (2.78%) SAP
6 2 (1.85%) BiZZdesign
6 2 (1.85%) Cisco
6 2 (1.85%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.85%) Huawei
6 2 (1.85%) IBM
6 2 (1.85%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.85%) Qualys
7 1 (0.93%) Ariba
7 1 (0.93%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.93%) Informatica
7 1 (0.93%) Splunk
7 1 (0.93%) webMethods