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 31 January 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 9 3
Rank change year-on-year -8 -6 +28
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 69 70 169
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 7.21% 11.73% 16.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.69% 12.05% 16.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 45 106
10th Percentile £538 - £525
25th Percentile £663 £450 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% -11.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile £775 £650 £688
90th Percentile £805 £736 £744
South West median daily rate £708 £625 £660
% change year-on-year +13.20% -5.30% +1.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 11
10th Percentile - £62.85 £61.25
25th Percentile £66.25 £64.88 £73.45
Median hourly rate £72.50 £69.00 £80.78
Median % change year-on-year +5.07% -14.58% +15.39%
75th Percentile £78.75 £72.38 £95.00
90th Percentile - £73.95 -
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 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 897 581 1,003
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 97.32% 95.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 316 599
10th Percentile £263 £182 £269
25th Percentile £400 £324 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £594 £593 £640
90th Percentile £738 £700 £700
South West median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 66 162
10th Percentile £17.87 £30.38 £33.00
25th Percentile £33.50 £58.81 £52.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £68.75 £73.50
90th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -15.38%

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

For the 6 months to 31 January 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 44 (63.77%) SC Cleared
1 44 (63.77%) Security Cleared
2 25 (36.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 22 (31.88%) Logistics
4 19 (27.54%) Visualisation
5 16 (23.19%) Identity Management
6 9 (13.04%) Roadmaps
6 9 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (10.14%) Service Management
8 6 (8.70%) AWS
8 6 (8.70%) Azure
8 6 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (8.70%) Data Architecture
8 6 (8.70%) NIST
9 5 (7.25%) Data Modelling
9 5 (7.25%) Identity Access Management
9 5 (7.25%) NCSC
9 5 (7.25%) Technical Leadership
10 4 (5.80%) CI/CD
10 4 (5.80%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (5.80%) Data Integration
10 4 (5.80%) DevOps
10 4 (5.80%) Enterprise Architecture
10 4 (5.80%) JSP 440
10 4 (5.80%) Kubernetes
10 4 (5.80%) Linux
10 4 (5.80%) Mentoring
10 4 (5.80%) SIEM
10 4 (5.80%) Translating Business Requirements
10 4 (5.80%) Zero Trust

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 (2.90%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (4.35%) SAP PP
2 2 (2.90%) SAP EWM
2 2 (2.90%) SAP PM
2 2 (2.90%) SAP QM
2 2 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.45%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.70%) AWS
1 6 (8.70%) Azure
2 2 (2.90%) Amazon ECS
2 2 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
2 2 (2.90%) AWS CodePipeline
2 2 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (2.90%) GCP
2 2 (2.90%) GitHub
2 2 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (2.90%) Serverless
3 1 (1.45%) Amazon Bedrock
3 1 (1.45%) AWS Direct Connect
3 1 (1.45%) Azure AI
3 1 (1.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (1.45%) Intacct
3 1 (1.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.90%) DNS
1 2 (2.90%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (1.45%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.45%) VPN
2 1 (1.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.45%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Git
General
1 12 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.25%) Public Sector
3 4 (5.80%) Back Office
4 3 (4.35%) Finance
5 2 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.45%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.45%) Legal
6 1 (1.45%) Local Government
6 1 (1.45%) Military
6 1 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) REST
1 1 (1.45%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.80%) Cloud Native
1 4 (5.80%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.90%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (2.90%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.45%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.45%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.45%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.80%) Linux
2 2 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (2.90%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.45%) Windows
3 1 (1.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (36.23%) Stakeholder Management
2 22 (31.88%) Logistics
3 19 (27.54%) Visualisation
4 16 (23.19%) Identity Management
5 9 (13.04%) Roadmaps
5 9 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (10.14%) Service Management
7 6 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (8.70%) Data Architecture
8 5 (7.25%) Data Modelling
8 5 (7.25%) Identity Access Management
8 5 (7.25%) Technical Leadership
9 4 (5.80%) CI/CD
9 4 (5.80%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (5.80%) Data Integration
9 4 (5.80%) DevOps
9 4 (5.80%) Enterprise Architecture
9 4 (5.80%) Mentoring
9 4 (5.80%) SIEM
9 4 (5.80%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.90%) Python
1 2 (2.90%) Ruby
2 1 (1.45%) Java
2 1 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (63.77%) SC Cleared
1 44 (63.77%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.35%) DV Cleared
3 2 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.70%) NIST
2 5 (7.25%) NCSC
3 4 (5.80%) JSP 440
4 3 (4.35%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (2.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.80%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.90%) SCOM
2 2 (2.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (4.35%) SAP
2 2 (2.90%) Cisco
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.90%) Salesforce
2 2 (2.90%) VMware
3 1 (1.45%) Brocade
3 1 (1.45%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (1.45%) Foundry
3 1 (1.45%) IBM
3 1 (1.45%) NVIDIA
3 1 (1.45%) Oracle
3 1 (1.45%) Sage
3 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow