Senior Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Senior Technical Architect
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Senior Technical Architect daily rate in Cardiff is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Technical Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.74% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £750 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 261 156 213
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.96% 95.71% 93.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 127 177
10th Percentile £234 £169 £160
25th Percentile £305 £240 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +5.26%
75th Percentile £515 £534 £550
90th Percentile £660 £625 £617
South Wales median daily rate £425 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 5
10th Percentile - £15.99 £11.32
25th Percentile - £19.88 £11.75
Median hourly rate £12.21 £22.50 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.73% +66.67% -17.91%
75th Percentile £18.62 £27.00 £18.00
90th Percentile £21.00 £38.00 £39.45
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £24.00 £22.59
% change year-on-year -11.46% +6.24% +24.53%

Senior Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Senior Technical Architect job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Senior Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Technical Architect job vacancies in Cardiff

Senior Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 8 April 2026, Senior 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 Cardiff region featuring Senior Technical Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Zachman Framework

Senior Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce