Architect Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Architect daily rate in Bristol is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 13 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 -4 +18
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 73 75 129
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 9.08% 10.04% 12.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.72% 10.49% 13.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 52 81
10th Percentile £535 - £556
25th Percentile £628 £450 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £585 £650
Median % change year-on-year +23.93% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £775 £687 £700
90th Percentile £801 £773 £750
South West median daily rate £700 £625 £650
% change year-on-year +12.00% -3.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 8
10th Percentile - £61.95 £61.25
25th Percentile £66.25 £62.63 £67.81
Median hourly rate £72.50 £67.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -15.63% +14.29%
75th Percentile £78.75 £73.13 £87.24
90th Percentile - £74.25 £95.00
South West median hourly rate £80.75 £70.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year +15.36% -12.50% +14.29%

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 751 715 987
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 95.72% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 398 616
10th Percentile £233 £212 £275
25th Percentile £400 £375 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £725 £729 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £520 £538
% change year-on-year +0.96% -3.26% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 94 124
10th Percentile £15.00 £35.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £21.06 £60.75 £58.13
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £76.44
90th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £56.91
% change year-on-year -48.46% +14.22% -12.45%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025, 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 48 (65.75%) Security Cleared
2 46 (63.01%) SC Cleared
3 28 (38.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (27.40%) Logistics
5 19 (26.03%) Visualisation
6 16 (21.92%) Identity Management
7 9 (12.33%) AWS
8 8 (10.96%) Roadmaps
8 8 (10.96%) Service Management
8 8 (10.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (9.59%) Agile
9 7 (9.59%) Azure
10 6 (8.22%) CI/CD
10 6 (8.22%) Enterprise Architecture
10 6 (8.22%) ITIL
10 6 (8.22%) SIEM
11 5 (6.85%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (6.85%) DV Cleared
11 5 (6.85%) Identity Access Management
11 5 (6.85%) NCSC
11 5 (6.85%) NIST
11 5 (6.85%) Technical Leadership
12 4 (5.48%) AI
12 4 (5.48%) Data Modelling
12 4 (5.48%) Decision-Making
12 4 (5.48%) DevOps
12 4 (5.48%) JSP 440
12 4 (5.48%) Kubernetes
12 4 (5.48%) Linux
12 4 (5.48%) Machine Learning

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:

Business Applications
1 3 (4.11%) SAP PP
2 2 (2.74%) SAP EWM
2 2 (2.74%) SAP PM
2 2 (2.74%) SAP QM
2 2 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.37%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.33%) AWS
2 7 (9.59%) Azure
3 2 (2.74%) Amazon ECS
3 2 (2.74%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (2.74%) AWS CodePipeline
3 2 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (2.74%) GCP
3 2 (2.74%) GitHub
3 2 (2.74%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (2.74%) Serverless
4 1 (1.37%) Akamai
4 1 (1.37%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (1.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (1.37%) IaaS
4 1 (1.37%) Intacct
4 1 (1.37%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.37%) SaaS
4 1 (1.37%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (1.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.74%) DNS
1 2 (2.74%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (1.37%) Network Security
2 1 (1.37%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.37%) VPN
2 1 (1.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.37%) Metadata
1 1 (1.37%) Power BI
1 1 (1.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Git
2 1 (1.37%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.37%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (15.07%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.59%) Public Sector
3 4 (5.48%) Back Office
4 3 (4.11%) Finance
5 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Legal
5 2 (2.74%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.37%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.37%) Banking
6 1 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.37%) Local Government
6 1 (1.37%) Military
6 1 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.74%) Node.js
1 2 (2.74%) React
2 1 (1.37%) ADO
2 1 (1.37%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (1.37%) REST
2 1 (1.37%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.37%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.48%) Cloud Native
1 4 (5.48%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (2.74%) Operational Technology
2 2 (2.74%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.37%) IoT
3 1 (1.37%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.37%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.37%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.37%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.48%) Linux
2 2 (2.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (2.74%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.37%) Windows
3 1 (1.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (38.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (27.40%) Logistics
3 19 (26.03%) Visualisation
4 16 (21.92%) Identity Management
5 8 (10.96%) Roadmaps
5 8 (10.96%) Service Management
5 8 (10.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (9.59%) Agile
7 6 (8.22%) CI/CD
7 6 (8.22%) Enterprise Architecture
7 6 (8.22%) ITIL
7 6 (8.22%) SIEM
8 5 (6.85%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (6.85%) Identity Access Management
8 5 (6.85%) Technical Leadership
9 4 (5.48%) DevOps
9 4 (5.48%) Machine Learning
9 4 (5.48%) Mentoring
9 4 (5.48%) Microservices
9 4 (5.48%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.11%) Python
2 2 (2.74%) Ruby
2 2 (2.74%) TypeScript
3 1 (1.37%) Java
3 1 (1.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (65.75%) Security Cleared
2 46 (63.01%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.85%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.37%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.85%) NCSC
1 5 (6.85%) NIST
2 4 (5.48%) JSP 440
3 2 (2.74%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.37%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.48%) Kubernetes
1 4 (5.48%) Terraform
2 2 (2.74%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (4.11%) Salesforce
1 3 (4.11%) SAP
1 3 (4.11%) VMware
2 2 (2.74%) Cisco
2 2 (2.74%) IBM
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.37%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (1.37%) Brocade
3 1 (1.37%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (1.37%) F5
3 1 (1.37%) Foundry
3 1 (1.37%) Google
3 1 (1.37%) NVIDIA
3 1 (1.37%) Okta
3 1 (1.37%) Oracle
3 1 (1.37%) Sage
3 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow