Technical Architecture Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Technical Architecture
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Technical Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 62 80
Rank change year-on-year -12 +18 +22
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.10% 0.33% 0.095%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.37% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £700 £600 £664
% change year-on-year +16.67% -9.64% -3.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £76.90
Median hourly rate - - £80.78
75th Percentile - - £84.65
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - - £80.78

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Technical Architecture 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 811 539 873
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 83.61% 89.98% 83.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 299 528
10th Percentile £325 £208 £300
25th Percentile £400 £353 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £640
90th Percentile £744 £700 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.37% -0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 62 143
10th Percentile £17.69 £35.00 £33.40
25th Percentile £38.94 £58.81 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £57.35 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -11.77% +18.18% -10.57%

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Technical Architecture job vacancy trend in Bristol

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Technical Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Technical Architecture

Technical Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Technical Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Technical Architecture

Technical Architecture
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 1 (100.00%) Amazon Bedrock
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AI
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Foundry