Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Technical Architect
North West > Cheshire

The median Technical Architect daily rate in Cheshire is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 54 -
Rank change year-on-year -18 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.43% 0.41% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.46% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £383 - -
25th Percentile £394 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% - -
75th Percentile £519 £638 -
90th Percentile £538 - -
North West median daily rate £550 £500 £650
% change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% +8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 623 439 348
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.13% 90.14% 87.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 253 224
10th Percentile £273 £323 £265
25th Percentile £358 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £551 £565 £553
90th Percentile £688 £640 £595
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 26 25
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.49 £17.28
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.36 £20.07
Median hourly rate £22.85 £22.09 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.44% -33.06% +53.49%
75th Percentile £35.38 £35.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £43.75 £43.00
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £32.00 £33.54
% change year-on-year -7.50% -4.59% +67.70%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Technical Architect job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in Cheshire

Technical Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in Cheshire

Technical Architect
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Architect within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 18 November 2025. 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
Northwich - 2 £450 -
Chester - 1 - -
Technical Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 18 November 2025, 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 Cheshire region featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
1 2 (66.67%) Hudson
1 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) NetScaler
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Anypoint
2 1 (33.33%) AppDynamics
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Dynatrace
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (33.33%) J2EE
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JSON
2 1 (33.33%) Kafka
2 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Mule
2 1 (33.33%) Mule ESB
2 1 (33.33%) OpenShift
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Anypoint
1 1 (33.33%) Mule
1 1 (33.33%) Mule ESB
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Hudson
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) J2EE
1 1 (33.33%) JSON
1 1 (33.33%) Kafka
1 1 (33.33%) Spring
1 1 (33.33%) Spring Boot
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) AppDynamics
2 1 (33.33%) Dynatrace
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk