Senior Architect Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Senior Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Senior Architect daily rate in Bristol is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026.

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

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	84	64	-
Rank change year-on-year	-20	-	-
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Architect	3	6	0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol	0.22%	0.77%	-
As % of the Job Titles category	0.24%	0.83%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	1	0	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£700	-	-
South West median daily rate	£650	£640	£778
% change year-on-year	+1.56%	-17.68%	+34.17%

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.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies in Bristol with a recognized job title	1,237	727	799
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title	92.11%	92.85%	95.57%
Number of daily rates quoted	623	361	425
10^th Percentile	£381	£250	£213
25^th Percentile	£450	£385	£375
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£500	£475
Median % change year-on-year	+5.00%	+5.26%	-9.52%
75^th Percentile	£625	£600	£584
90^th Percentile	£688	£750	£700
South West median daily rate	£538	£520	£510
% change year-on-year	+3.37%	+1.96%	-5.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted	306	148	134
10^th Percentile	£22.75	£12.82	£17.50
25^th Percentile	£46.61	£18.87	£49.25
Median hourly rate	£65.00	£33.50	£67.50
Median % change year-on-year	+94.03%	-50.37%	+3.85%
75^th Percentile	£70.00	£65.00	£72.19
90^th Percentile	£75.74	£68.00	£74.00
South West median hourly rate	£60.00	£25.15	£65.50
% change year-on-year	+138.57%	-61.60%	+14.25%

Senior Architect Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Senior Architect Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Senior Architect Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Senior Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, Senior 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 Senior Architect in the job title.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Technical Leadership	100.0%	3
2	Architecture Governance	66.7%	2
2	CI/CD	66.7%	2
2	Event-Driven	66.7%	2
2	Event-Driven Architecture	66.7%	2
2	GCP	66.7%	2
2	Google Kubernetes Engine	66.7%	2
2	Java	66.7%	2
2	Kubernetes	66.7%	2
2	Microservices	66.7%	2
2	Stakeholder Management	66.7%	2
12	A/B Testing	33.3%	1
12	Agile	33.3%	1
12	AI	33.3%	1
12	Analytics	33.3%	1
12	ArchiMate	33.3%	1
12	Architectural Patterns	33.3%	1
12	Argo	33.3%	1
12	AWS	33.3%	1
12	Azure	33.3%	1
12	BigQuery	33.3%	1
12	BiZZdesign	33.3%	1
12	Cloud Functions	33.3%	1
12	Cloud Run	33.3%	1
12	Containerisation	33.3%	1
12	Conversational AI	33.3%	1
12	Conversational UI	33.3%	1
12	Data Architecture	33.3%	1
12	Data Governance	33.3%	1
12	Data Integration	33.3%	1

Senior Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

Rank	Job Title	Share	Job Ads
1	Senior Solutions Architect	66.7%	2
2	GCP Architect	33.3%	1