Architectural Design Contract Job Trends in Chester

Architectural Design
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Architectural Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Architectural Design 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 2.42% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £557 £445 £525
% change year-on-year +25.06% -15.24% -16.67%

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 92 63 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 74.19% 88.73% 88.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 27 9
10th Percentile £190 £405 £388
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +31.25%
75th Percentile £617 £588 £600
90th Percentile £688 £642 £712
Cheshire median daily rate £446 £478 £500
% change year-on-year -6.69% -4.40% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 11 9
10th Percentile £19.00 - £16.91
25th Percentile £21.70 £16.00 £17.14
Median hourly rate £23.50 £20.00 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -15.29% +50.77%
75th Percentile £34.17 £29.60 £35.00
90th Percentile £78.25 £86.00 £40.00
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £24.18 £21.84
% change year-on-year -5.50% +10.71% +43.21%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Architectural Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Architectural Design job vacancy trend in Chester

Architectural Design
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Architectural Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Architectural Design

Architectural Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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%) Apache
1 1 (33.33%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Apache Hive
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
1 1 (33.33%) Hadoop
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
General
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 1 (33.33%) Middleware
1 1 (33.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) API Design
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (66.67%) Business Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Big Data Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) AWS Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 20022
1 1 (33.33%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cloudera