Architect Contract Job Trends in Crawley

Architect
West Sussex > Crawley

The median Architect daily rate in Crawley is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 6 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 5 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Crawley 6.17% 13.16% -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.20% 13.51% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £530 - -
25th Percentile £538 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £616 £638 -
90th Percentile £640 - -
West Sussex median daily rate £720 £625 £680
% change year-on-year +15.20% -8.09% +0.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Crawley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Crawley. 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 Crawley with a recognized job title 61 37 38
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 75.31% 97.37% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 26 28
10th Percentile - £200 £257
25th Percentile £205 £410 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £494
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -3.80% +9.72%
75th Percentile £497 £606 £627
90th Percentile £575 £694 £706
West Sussex median daily rate £482 £450 £518
% change year-on-year +7.00% -13.13% +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £55.50 - £65.51
25th Percentile £60.00 - £66.27
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £67.54
75th Percentile £67.50 - £68.80
90th Percentile - - £69.56
West Sussex median hourly rate £18.82 £15.00 £48.00
% change year-on-year +25.47% -68.75% +136.74%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Crawley

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Crawley

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Crawley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Crawley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Crawley

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

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, 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 Crawley region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) AI
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (60.00%) Databricks
1 3 (60.00%) Delta Lake
1 3 (60.00%) Generative AI
1 3 (60.00%) LLM
1 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (60.00%) MLflow
1 3 (60.00%) MLOps
1 3 (60.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 3 (60.00%) Observability
1 3 (60.00%) PySpark
1 3 (60.00%) Python
1 3 (60.00%) PyTorch
1 3 (60.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 3 (60.00%) scikit-learn
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (60.00%) TensorFlow
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Feature Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) OpenAI
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) CRM

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Crawley 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Azure Key Vault
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MLflow
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) PySpark
1 3 (60.00%) PyTorch
1 3 (60.00%) scikit-learn
1 3 (60.00%) TensorFlow
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) AI
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (60.00%) Generative AI
1 3 (60.00%) LLM
1 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (60.00%) MLOps
1 3 (60.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 3 (60.00%) Observability
1 3 (60.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Feature Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Debt
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Databricks
2 2 (40.00%) OpenAI
3 1 (20.00%) Salesforce