Architect Contracts in Cheltenham

Architect
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Architect daily rate in Cheltenham is £548, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 13 33
Rank change year-on-year +6 +20 -19
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 16 25 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 25.81% 13.44% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 26.23% 14.79% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 2
10th Percentile £516 £474 £587
25th Percentile £545 £635 £624
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £705 £695
Median % change year-on-year -22.34% +1.44% +9.45%
75th Percentile £548 £755 £764
90th Percentile £568 £780 £799
Gloucestershire median daily rate £548 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -15.69% +8.33% -7.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 61 169 151
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.39% 90.86% 96.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 88 108
10th Percentile £513 £363 £319
25th Percentile £546 £469 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £643 £671 £700
90th Percentile £734 £743 £729
Gloucestershire median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 2
10th Percentile - £48.20 £67.05
25th Percentile £55.00 £70.25 £67.13
Median hourly rate £60.00 £71.00 £74.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.49% -4.70% +484.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.63 £88.13
90th Percentile - £74.25 £91.95
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £67.50 £37.50 £71.50
% change year-on-year +80.00% -47.55% +138.33%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Cheltenham

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in Cheltenham.

Daily rate trend for Architect in Cheltenham

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheltenham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Cheltenham

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Cheltenham region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 13 (81.25%) .NET
1 13 (81.25%) DNS
1 13 (81.25%) Security Cleared
2 12 (75.00%) Data Centre
2 12 (75.00%) RBAC
2 12 (75.00%) Kerberos
2 12 (75.00%) Firewall
2 12 (75.00%) Replication
2 12 (75.00%) PKI
2 12 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 10 (62.50%) Aerospace
4 2 (12.50%) Migration
4 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
4 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Terraform
5 1 (6.25%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.25%) Azure
5 1 (6.25%) AWS
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (6.25%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (6.25%) Identity Management
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
5 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
5 1 (6.25%) Data Management

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (81.25%) DNS
2 12 (75.00%) Firewall
2 12 (75.00%) Kerberos
General
1 10 (62.50%) Aerospace
2 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (81.25%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 12 (75.00%) Data Centre
1 12 (75.00%) PKI
1 12 (75.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) RBAC
2 2 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (6.25%) Data Management
3 1 (6.25%) Identity Management
3 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.25%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (6.25%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 13 (81.25%) Security Cleared
2 12 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
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