Architectural Design Contracts in Chester

Architectural Design
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester requiring Architectural Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Architectural Design over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 8 20
Rank change year-on-year -8 +12 -5
Contract jobs citing Architectural Design 4 6 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 5.88% 11.11% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.97% 15.79% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £679 - -
25th Percentile £684 £713 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £725 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% +45.00% -19.19%
75th Percentile £734 £738 £510
90th Percentile £736 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £725 £550
% change year-on-year -38.34% +31.82% -12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Chester

Architectural Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67 38 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 98.53% 70.37% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 43
10th Percentile £325 £266 £288
25th Percentile £405 £445 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £638 £400
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +59.38% -7.51%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £525
90th Percentile £738 - £680
Cheshire median daily rate £455 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 11
10th Percentile £19.00 - £23.15
25th Percentile £26.49 £41.25 £29.58
Median hourly rate £50.00 £42.50 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +39.16% +77.48%
75th Percentile £86.00 £47.50 £35.00
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.20 £26.66 £30.54
% change year-on-year +32.03% -12.70% +29.96%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Job postings citing Architectural Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Job vacancy trend for Architectural Design in Chester

Architectural Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architectural Design in Chester.

Daily rate trend for Architectural Design in Chester

Architectural Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Payment Gateway
General
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Payments Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Payments Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (50.00%) SDLC
1 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree