Software Architect Contracts in Cheadle

Software Architect
Manchester > Cheadle

The median Software Architect daily rate in Cheadle is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Software Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheadle 20.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £625 - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Cheadle

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheadle. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Cheadle with a recognized job title 5 0 5
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £160
Median % change year-on-year - - -62.35%
75th Percentile £650 - £165
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £458 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -8.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.17%
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median hourly rate £21.10 £35.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -39.71% +79.49% +14.44%

Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheadle

Job postings that featured Software Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheadle.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architect in Cheadle

Software Architect Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheadle

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, Software 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 Cheadle region featuring Software Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (100.00%) Artifactory
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 26262
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 62304
1 1 (100.00%) FMEA
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems

Software Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheadle 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Artifactory
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) FMEA
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 62304
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 26262
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (100.00%) SAP