Senior Architect Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Senior Architect
North West > Cumbria

The median Senior Architect daily rate in Cumbria is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 26 43
Rank change year-on-year +14 +17 -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Architect 8 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 7.69% 0.51% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.00% 0.56% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £573 - £535
25th Percentile £588 - £551
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £589
75th Percentile £644 - £614
90th Percentile £648 - £622
North West median daily rate £670 £446 £589
% change year-on-year +50.28% -24.24% -1.92%

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 100 177 177
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.15% 90.31% 93.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 86 130
10th Percentile £331 £200 £409
25th Percentile £431 £453 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% -13.04% +34.35%
75th Percentile £546 £570 £638
90th Percentile £629 £671 £672
North West median daily rate £450 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 26 6
10th Percentile £25.34 £23.25 £51.25
25th Percentile £32.14 £45.22 £52.19
Median hourly rate £54.51 £58.78 £55.43
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +6.06% +12.22%
75th Percentile £63.40 £69.83 £62.71
90th Percentile £69.49 £72.23 £74.20
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £33.54
% change year-on-year -28.16% +4.35% +43.39%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Senior Architect job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Senior Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in Cumbria.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in Cumbria

Senior 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 Senior Architect within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 3 October 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 7 £625 - 1
Carlisle - 1 - -
Senior Architect
North West

Senior Architect Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria

For the 6 months to 3 October 2025, Senior 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 Cumbria region featuring Senior Architect in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Stakeholder Management
1 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
1 7 (87.50%) Business Strategy
2 3 (37.50%) DBS Check
3 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (12.50%) Data Encryption
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) AWS
4 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) MongoDB
4 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL

Senior Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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 1 (12.50%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MongoDB
1 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
General
1 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Business Strategy
1 7 (87.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Data Encryption
2 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) DBS Check