Systems Architect Contracts in Coventry

System Architect
West Midlands > Coventry

The median System Architect daily rate in Coventry is £650, 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 16 26 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Architect 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Coventry 3.09% 0.70% -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.37% 0.72% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £555 - -
25th Percentile £563 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% - -
75th Percentile £725 £438 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £625 £425 £650
% change year-on-year +47.06% -34.62% +36.84%

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%

Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Architect in Coventry

Systems Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Architect in Coventry

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Systems 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 Systems Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SCADA
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) NCSC
1 3 (100.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (66.67%) 5G
2 2 (66.67%) Zero Trust
2 2 (66.67%) LoRaWAN
2 2 (66.67%) NB-IoT
2 2 (66.67%) IoT
2 2 (66.67%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) Modbus
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Predictive Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Network Management
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Network Design
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) Internet
3 1 (33.33%) NIST 800

Systems 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) 5G
1 2 (66.67%) LoRaWAN
1 2 (66.67%) Modbus
2 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) MQTT
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (100.00%) SCADA
2 2 (66.67%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 2 (66.67%) IoT
2 2 (66.67%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) Zero Trust
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Acquisition
3 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Edge Computing
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Low Latency
3 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Network Design
3 1 (33.33%) Network Management
3 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (33.33%) Predictive Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Predictive Maintenance
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) NCSC
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) NIST 800