Architect Contracts in Coventry

Architect
West Midlands > Coventry

The median Architect daily rate in Coventry is £606, 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 4 29
Rank change year-on-year -3 +25 -11
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 12 28 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Coventry 12.37% 19.58% 3.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.48% 20.29% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 21 5
10th Percentile £479 £425 £460
25th Percentile £541 £555 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £606 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.04% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £725 £650 £650
90th Percentile - £688 £725
West Midlands median daily rate £600 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% +8.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Coventry

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Coventry. 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 Coventry with a recognized job title 89 138 269
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 96.50% 97.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 112 188
10th Percentile £200 £351 £222
25th Percentile £236 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £432 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% +9.38% +2.13%
75th Percentile £519 £616 £550
90th Percentile £635 £675 £666
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate - - £18.11
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.73%
75th Percentile - - £24.42
90th Percentile - - £26.57
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Coventry

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in Coventry

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Coventry

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

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Coventry

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Coventry

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in Coventry.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Coventry

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry

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 Coventry region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Operational Technology
2 6 (50.00%) SCADA
3 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (33.33%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 4 (33.33%) NCSC
4 3 (25.00%) Zero Trust
4 3 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 3 (25.00%) Modbus
4 3 (25.00%) IoT
4 3 (25.00%) Azure
5 2 (16.67%) AWS
5 2 (16.67%) Open Source
5 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
5 2 (16.67%) High Availability
5 2 (16.67%) SIEM
5 2 (16.67%) MQTT
5 2 (16.67%) TOGAF
5 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (16.67%) Firewall
5 2 (16.67%) Finance
5 2 (16.67%) Migration
5 2 (16.67%) VPN
5 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 2 (16.67%) 5G
5 2 (16.67%) NIST 800
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (16.67%) Edge Computing
5 2 (16.67%) LoRaWAN

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

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Modbus
2 2 (16.67%) 5G
2 2 (16.67%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) LoRaWAN
2 2 (16.67%) MQTT
2 2 (16.67%) VPN
3 1 (8.33%) Ethernet
3 1 (8.33%) Internet
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security
3 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (8.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Banking
2 1 (8.33%) General Ledger
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Operational Technology
2 6 (50.00%) SCADA
3 4 (33.33%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 3 (25.00%) IoT
5 2 (16.67%) NB-IoT
6 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (8.33%) Mainframe
6 1 (8.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (25.00%) Zero Trust
3 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (16.67%) Edge Computing
3 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) High Availability
3 2 (16.67%) Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (16.67%) Open Source
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) SIEM
3 2 (16.67%) TOGAF
4 1 (8.33%) Agile
4 1 (8.33%) Network Design
4 1 (8.33%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
4 1 (8.33%) Security Management
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (8.33%) AWS Certification
2 1 (8.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) NCSC
2 2 (16.67%) NIST
2 2 (16.67%) NIST 800
3 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) CASB
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Bloomberg
2 1 (8.33%) Databricks
2 1 (8.33%) MuleSoft
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle