Infrastructure Architect Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Infrastructure Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Infrastructure Architect daily rate in Bristol is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 51 79
Rank change year-on-year -16 +28 +5
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 10 7 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.85% 1.32% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 1.39% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 2
10th Percentile - £613 £614
25th Percentile £550 £625 £617
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £663 £631
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% +4.95% -6.48%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £642
90th Percentile - - £643
South West median daily rate £600 £700 £690
% change year-on-year -14.29% +1.45% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
South West median hourly rate - £75.00 -

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 1,108 504 992
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 95.09% 95.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 306 568
10th Percentile £316 £213 £247
25th Percentile £405 £355 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £652 £675 £700
South West median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 76 181
10th Percentile £17.87 £21.88 £36.25
25th Percentile £53.53 £55.22 £44.94
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -4.58%
75th Percentile £67.25 £68.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £64.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -6.98% +35.79% -26.92%

Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Infrastructure Architect job vacancy trend in Bristol

Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in Bristol

Infrastructure Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in Bristol

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 10 April 2026, Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) AWS
2 5 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
3 4 (40.00%) Windows
4 3 (30.00%) Architectural Design
4 3 (30.00%) Containerisation
4 3 (30.00%) DevOps
4 3 (30.00%) Digital Strategy
4 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (30.00%) Migration
4 3 (30.00%) PCI DSS
4 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (30.00%) Serverless
5 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Unix
6 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
6 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
6 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) Firewall
6 1 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
6 1 (10.00%) SCCM
6 1 (10.00%) SCOM
6 1 (10.00%) Terraform
6 1 (10.00%) Validation
6 1 (10.00%) VMware

Infrastructure 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) AWS
2 3 (30.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (10.00%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (30.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (10.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (30.00%) Architectural Design
2 3 (30.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (30.00%) DevOps
2 3 (30.00%) Digital Strategy
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (10.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (30.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
1 1 (10.00%) SCOM
1 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) VMware