Architect
South Wales > Cardiff
The median Architect daily rate in Cardiff is £478, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 11 | 26 | 12 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +15 | -14 | +10 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Architect | 18 | 6 | 34 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff | 10.71% | 2.88% | 11.72% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 11.04% | 3.09% | 12.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 16 | 3 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £250 | £585 | £509 |
| 25th Percentile | £389 | £600 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £478 | £650 | £565 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.54% | +15.04% | +0.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £644 |
| 90th Percentile | £696 | - | £718 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £480 | £613 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.63% | +2.08% | +4.35% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title | 163 | 194 | 281 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 97.02% | 93.27% | 96.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 129 | 159 | 218 |
| 10th Percentile | £177 | £157 | £184 |
| 25th Percentile | £263 | £363 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £490 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.37% | +8.89% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £480 | £550 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £616 | £641 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £389 | £450 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.61% | -9.09% | +4.21% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.21 | £11.46 | £13.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £12.43 | £12.00 | £14.61 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.80 | £18.57 | £18.06 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.94% | +2.82% | -6.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £22.44 | £21.67 | £22.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £23.75 | - | £24.25 |
| South Wales median hourly rate | £22.50 | £20.35 | £18.14 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.55% | +12.20% | -8.89% |
Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in Cardiff.
Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Cardiff over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in Cardiff.
Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff
For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Architect in the job title.
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Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: