Architect Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Architect daily rate in Bristol is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 November 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 17 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -9 +26
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 73 68 130
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 9.14% 8.83% 12.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.83% 9.24% 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 42 83
10th Percentile £552 - £561
25th Percentile £656 £450 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% -11.54% -
75th Percentile £775 £720 £700
90th Percentile £802 £775 £750
South West median daily rate £688 £650 £650
% change year-on-year +5.77% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 8
10th Percentile - £62.18 £61.25
25th Percentile £66.25 £63.19 £67.81
Median hourly rate £72.50 £68.75 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -14.06% +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 743 736 997
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.99% 95.58% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 373 392 627
10th Percentile £230 £210 £275
25th Percentile £385 £367 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +6.60%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £639
90th Percentile £725 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £520 £538
% change year-on-year +0.96% -3.26% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 106 123
10th Percentile £13.46 £25.26 £35.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £50.88 £59.23
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £80.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £33.17 £65.00 £57.33
% change year-on-year -48.97% +13.38% -11.80%

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 25 November 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 25 November 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 45 (61.64%) SC Cleared
3 29 (39.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (26.03%) Logistics
4 19 (26.03%) Visualisation
5 16 (21.92%) Identity Management
6 8 (10.96%) AWS
6 8 (10.96%) Roadmaps
7 7 (9.59%) ITIL
7 7 (9.59%) Service Management
8 6 (8.22%) Agile
8 6 (8.22%) CI/CD
8 6 (8.22%) DV Cleared
8 6 (8.22%) SIEM
8 6 (8.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (6.85%) AI
9 5 (6.85%) Azure
9 5 (6.85%) Decision-Making
9 5 (6.85%) Enterprise Architecture
9 5 (6.85%) Identity Access Management
9 5 (6.85%) Linux
9 5 (6.85%) NCSC
10 4 (5.48%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (5.48%) JSP 440
10 4 (5.48%) Kubernetes
10 4 (5.48%) Machine Learning
10 4 (5.48%) Mentoring
10 4 (5.48%) Microservices
10 4 (5.48%) Migration
10 4 (5.48%) NIST

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 8 (10.96%) AWS
2 5 (6.85%) Azure
3 2 (2.74%) Akamai
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%) GitHub
3 2 (2.74%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (2.74%) Serverless
4 1 (1.37%) Amazon Bedrock
4 1 (1.37%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (1.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (1.37%) GCP
4 1 (1.37%) IaaS
4 1 (1.37%) Intacct
4 1 (1.37%) Power Platform
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%) Network Security
1 2 (2.74%) Reverse Proxy
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 10 (13.70%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.59%) Public Sector
3 4 (5.48%) Back Office
3 4 (5.48%) Finance
4 3 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (4.11%) Legal
5 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Banking
5 2 (2.74%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.37%) Aerospace
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
1 2 (2.74%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.37%) ADO
2 1 (1.37%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.48%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (4.11%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.74%) Operational Technology
3 2 (2.74%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.74%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.37%) IoT
4 1 (1.37%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.37%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.37%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.85%) Linux
2 2 (2.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (2.74%) Ubuntu
2 2 (2.74%) Windows
3 1 (1.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (39.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 19 (26.03%) Logistics
2 19 (26.03%) Visualisation
3 16 (21.92%) Identity Management
4 8 (10.96%) Roadmaps
5 7 (9.59%) ITIL
5 7 (9.59%) Service Management
6 6 (8.22%) Agile
6 6 (8.22%) CI/CD
6 6 (8.22%) SIEM
6 6 (8.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (6.85%) AI
7 5 (6.85%) Decision-Making
7 5 (6.85%) Enterprise Architecture
7 5 (6.85%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (5.48%) Machine Learning
8 4 (5.48%) Mentoring
8 4 (5.48%) Microservices
8 4 (5.48%) Migration
8 4 (5.48%) Technical Leadership
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 45 (61.64%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.22%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.37%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.85%) NCSC
2 4 (5.48%) JSP 440
2 4 (5.48%) NIST
3 2 (2.74%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.74%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.37%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (5.48%) Kubernetes
1 4 (5.48%) Terraform
2 2 (2.74%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (5.48%) VMware
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.11%) Salesforce
2 3 (4.11%) SAP
3 2 (2.74%) Cisco
3 2 (2.74%) F5
3 2 (2.74%) Google
3 2 (2.74%) IBM
4 1 (1.37%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (1.37%) Brocade
4 1 (1.37%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (1.37%) Foundry
4 1 (1.37%) NVIDIA
4 1 (1.37%) Okta
4 1 (1.37%) Oracle
4 1 (1.37%) Sage