Architectural Patterns Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Architectural Patterns
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Architectural Patterns skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 67 73
Rank change year-on-year +3 +6 +30
Contract jobs citing Architectural Patterns 6 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.76% 0.39% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.46% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £488
25th Percentile - £725 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £120 £750 £600
Median % change year-on-year -84.00% +25.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile - £775 £675
90th Percentile - - £713
South West median daily rate £625 £663 £638
% change year-on-year -5.66% +3.92% -1.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Median hourly rate £119.00 - £87.00
South West median hourly rate £119.00 - £87.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Architectural Patterns falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 695 651 910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 88.09% 84.11% 87.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 348 570
10th Percentile £230 £225 £300
25th Percentile £385 £400 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £530
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -10.38% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £650
90th Percentile £746 £750 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 90 122
10th Percentile £15.12 £35.00 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £50.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

Architectural Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Architectural Patterns relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Architectural Patterns job vacancy trend in Bristol

Architectural Patterns
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Architectural Patterns.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Architectural Patterns

Architectural Patterns
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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) System Design Authority
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) API Design
1 6 (100.00%) API Integration
1 6 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 6 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 6 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 6 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 6 (100.00%) OCR
1 6 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 6 (100.00%) Software Architecture
2 5 (83.33%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
4 1 (16.67%) AI
4 1 (16.67%) Image Processing
4 1 (16.67%) Observability
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 6 (100.00%) SCOM
2 1 (16.67%) Cilium
2 1 (16.67%) Podman
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) NVIDIA
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat