Architect Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Architect
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Architect daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 28 15
Rank change year-on-year +11 -13 +40
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 21 12 45
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 5.40% 4.80% 9.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.03% 5.94% 10.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 28
10th Percentile £402 £573 £493
25th Percentile £510 £663 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £731
90th Percentile - - £800
East of England median daily rate £563 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -6.25% -7.69% -5.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile - - £59.25
25th Percentile £46.00 - £61.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 - £62.50
75th Percentile £48.00 - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £60.00 £66.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.76% -7.20%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 348 202 418
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.46% 80.80% 85.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 112 166
10th Percentile £200 £315 £225
25th Percentile £335 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £478 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% +0.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £540 £550 £563
90th Percentile £675 £650 £694
East of England median daily rate £492 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -1.60% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 36 184
10th Percentile - £14.84 -
25th Percentile £13.33 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £17.12 £16.52 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% +1.35% +5.16%
75th Percentile £30.24 £21.53 £25.76
90th Percentile £39.50 £51.25 £57.50
East of England median hourly rate £28.00 £55.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -49.09% +27.91% +30.30%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Cambridgeshire

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 18 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge -1 12 £650 -7.14% 7
Huntingdon - 7 £450 - 4
Peterborough +7 4 £588 -12.96%
Architect
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 2026, 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 5 (23.81%) SAP
2 4 (19.05%) Azure
3 3 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 3 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (14.29%) CRUD
3 3 (14.29%) ERP
3 3 (14.29%) Firewall
3 3 (14.29%) Rockwell
3 3 (14.29%) Validation
4 2 (9.52%) 4G
4 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
4 2 (9.52%) CCNA
4 2 (9.52%) CCNP
4 2 (9.52%) Cisco
4 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (9.52%) Data Protection
4 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
4 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
4 2 (9.52%) IPsec
4 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
4 2 (9.52%) MPLS
4 2 (9.52%) Qualys
4 2 (9.52%) Roadmaps
4 2 (9.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
4 2 (9.52%) SIEM
4 2 (9.52%) Siemens
4 2 (9.52%) VLAN
4 2 (9.52%) VPN

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 1 (4.76%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Firewall
2 2 (9.52%) 4G
2 2 (9.52%) IPsec
2 2 (9.52%) MPLS
2 2 (9.52%) VLAN
2 2 (9.52%) VPN
3 1 (4.76%) Ethernet
3 1 (4.76%) LAN
3 1 (4.76%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
General
1 2 (9.52%) Finance
1 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) .NET
1 1 (4.76%) Blazor
1 1 (4.76%) GraphQL
1 1 (4.76%) Next.js
1 1 (4.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Operational Technology
2 3 (14.29%) SCADA
3 2 (9.52%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.76%) FPGA
4 1 (4.76%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (4.76%) IoT
4 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (4.76%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (14.29%) Asset Management
1 3 (14.29%) CRUD
1 3 (14.29%) ERP
1 3 (14.29%) Validation
2 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (9.52%) Data Protection
2 2 (9.52%) Roadmaps
2 2 (9.52%) SIEM
2 2 (9.52%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (4.76%) Data Analysis
3 1 (4.76%) Data Architecture
3 1 (4.76%) Data Management
3 1 (4.76%) Data Validation
3 1 (4.76%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (4.76%) Electronic Design Automation
3 1 (4.76%) Machine Learning
3 1 (4.76%) Software Engineering
3 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (4.76%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (9.52%) CCNA
2 2 (9.52%) CCNP
2 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) GDPR
1 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (4.76%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) SAP
2 3 (14.29%) Rockwell
3 2 (9.52%) Cisco
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.52%) Qualys
3 2 (9.52%) Siemens
4 1 (4.76%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (4.76%) Ariba
4 1 (4.76%) Cadence
4 1 (4.76%) Databricks
4 1 (4.76%) Kepware