Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Technical Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Technical Architect daily rate in Bristol is £693, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 49 -
Rank change year-on-year -19 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 5 10 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.47% 1.76% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 1.83% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £539 £461 -
25th Percentile £671 £478 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £693 £513 -
Median % change year-on-year +35.12% - -
75th Percentile £725 £553 -
90th Percentile - £574 -
South West median daily rate £700 £625 £700
% change year-on-year +12.00% -10.71% -

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 996 546 979
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.41% 96.30% 95.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 302 548
10th Percentile £275 £181 £258
25th Percentile £402 £308 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £514
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -12.37% +2.70%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £633
90th Percentile £719 £675 £700
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 72 171
10th Percentile £17.87 £35.10 £36.25
25th Percentile £34.38 £60.94 £45.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £70.63
90th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year -11.54% +33.42% -22.67%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Technical Architect job vacancy trend in Bristol

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect in Bristol over the 6 months to 26 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Architect in Bristol

Technical Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 26 February 2026, Technical 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 Technical Architect in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Application Security
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) Amazon ECS
2 2 (40.00%) AWS CloudFormation
2 2 (40.00%) AWS CodePipeline
2 2 (40.00%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Git
2 2 (40.00%) GitHub
2 2 (40.00%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) RBAC
2 2 (40.00%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (40.00%) Ruby
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Serverless
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (40.00%) Terraform
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Azure

Technical 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 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) Amazon ECS
2 2 (40.00%) AWS CloudFormation
2 2 (40.00%) AWS CodePipeline
2 2 (40.00%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (40.00%) GitHub
2 2 (40.00%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (40.00%) Serverless
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Git
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Application Security
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) RBAC
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Cryptography
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Microservices
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Debt
3 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
1 2 (40.00%) Ruby
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (40.00%) Terraform