Architect Contracts in Cumbria

Architect
North West > Cumbria

The median Architect daily rate in Cumbria is £615, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 July 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
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 11 7
Rank change year-on-year -5 -4 +8
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 15 34 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 8.29% 13.49% 20.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.88% 14.41% 21.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 25 15
10th Percentile £450 £613 £448
25th Percentile £495 £655 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £669 £486
Median % change year-on-year -8.07% +37.65% -1.82%
75th Percentile £638 £672 £487
90th Percentile £651 £688 £650
North West median daily rate £600 £625 £606
% change year-on-year -4.00% +3.14% -1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £75.40 -
North West median hourly rate - £60.00 £66.00
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +14.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cumbria. 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 Cumbria with a recognized job title 169 236 78
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 93.65% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 114 49
10th Percentile £278 £317 £413
25th Percentile £431 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £594 £588 £488
90th Percentile £638 £670 £575
North West median daily rate £450 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 68 5
10th Percentile £25.26 - £32.31
25th Percentile £27.14 £10.95 £51.75
Median hourly rate £42.40 £23.50 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year +80.41% -57.66% +8.17%
75th Percentile £58.91 £55.25 £59.25
90th Percentile £73.25 £67.90 £73.74
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £29.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year -2.54% +11.32% +6.00%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Cumbria

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in Cumbria

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Cumbria over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Cumbria

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Cumbria

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 16 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Barrow-in-Furness -11 12 £625 -6.58% 4
Carlisle - 1 - -
Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 16 July 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 Cumbria region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 12 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (73.33%) SC Cleared
3 9 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (33.33%) Due Diligence
4 5 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 5 (33.33%) Customer Service
5 4 (26.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (26.67%) Knowledge Transfer
5 4 (26.67%) Business Strategy
5 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
5 4 (26.67%) Coaching
5 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (26.67%) Siemens NX
5 4 (26.67%) DBS Check
5 4 (26.67%) CAD
5 4 (26.67%) Aerospace
5 4 (26.67%) PLM
5 4 (26.67%) Teamcenter
5 4 (26.67%) Manufacturing
5 4 (26.67%) Visualisation
5 4 (26.67%) Use Case
5 4 (26.67%) Knowledge Management
6 3 (20.00%) Siemens
7 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
8 1 (6.67%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (6.67%) Palo Alto
8 1 (6.67%) Cisco Wireless

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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 4 (26.67%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) BGP
1 1 (6.67%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (6.67%) EIGRP
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) Network Security
1 1 (6.67%) OSPF
1 1 (6.67%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (6.67%) VPN
1 1 (6.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) MongoDB
1 1 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Aerospace
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 5 (33.33%) Due Diligence
2 5 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 5 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (26.67%) Business Strategy
3 4 (26.67%) CAD
3 4 (26.67%) Coaching
3 4 (26.67%) Knowledge Management
3 4 (26.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
3 4 (26.67%) PLM
3 4 (26.67%) Use Case
3 4 (26.67%) Visualisation
4 1 (6.67%) Data Encryption
4 1 (6.67%) Network Design
4 1 (6.67%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (6.67%) Security Architecture
4 1 (6.67%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (73.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (26.67%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Siemens
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Palo Alto