Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Technical Architect
North West > Cumbria

The median Technical Architect daily rate in Cumbria is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 38 17
Rank change year-on-year +17 -21 -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 14 5 28
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 9.40% 2.26% 12.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.46% 2.45% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 24
10th Percentile £516 £462 £608
25th Percentile £569 £475 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £671
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -25.48% -
75th Percentile £651 £525 £674
90th Percentile £690 £597 £682
North West median daily rate £570 £550 £670
% change year-on-year +3.64% -17.91% -4.29%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 148 204 213
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 99.33% 92.31% 96.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 93 145
10th Percentile £410 £367 £461
25th Percentile £460 £430 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £625
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -19.20% +46.20%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £672
90th Percentile £690 £666 £725
North West median daily rate £455 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 42
10th Percentile £14.36 £20.27 £10.95
25th Percentile £17.35 £25.26 £13.00
Median hourly rate £41.68 £43.14 £26.39
Median % change year-on-year -3.37% +63.45% -53.26%
75th Percentile £63.40 £74.45 £44.74
90th Percentile £67.32 £82.56 £51.41
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £31.64 £26.39
% change year-on-year +42.23% +19.89% -12.03%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Technical Architect job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

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

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect in Cumbria over the 6 months to 3 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Architect in Cumbria

Technical 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 Technical Architect within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 3 March 2026. 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 +13 11 £626 +25.10% 2
Technical Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 3 March 2026, Technical 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 Technical Architect in the job title.

1 10 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 9 (64.29%) SC Cleared
3 7 (50.00%) BitLocker
3 7 (50.00%) DHCP
3 7 (50.00%) Disk Encryption
3 7 (50.00%) DNS
3 7 (50.00%) ITSM
3 7 (50.00%) LAN
3 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 7 (50.00%) SCCM
3 7 (50.00%) Service Management
3 7 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 7 (50.00%) Skype
3 7 (50.00%) Skype for Business
3 7 (50.00%) VB
3 7 (50.00%) VBScript
3 7 (50.00%) VLAN
3 7 (50.00%) VPN
3 7 (50.00%) WAN
3 7 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (50.00%) Windows
3 7 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 7 (50.00%) Windows 7
4 5 (35.71%) DV Cleared
4 5 (35.71%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (28.57%) SAN
6 2 (14.29%) Application Virtualisation

Technical 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (50.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) DHCP
1 7 (50.00%) DNS
1 7 (50.00%) LAN
1 7 (50.00%) Skype
1 7 (50.00%) VLAN
1 7 (50.00%) VPN
1 7 (50.00%) WAN
1 7 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (28.57%) SAN
3 1 (7.14%) Structured Cabling
General
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Windows
1 7 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 7 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Disk Encryption
1 7 (50.00%) ITSM
1 7 (50.00%) Service Management
2 5 (35.71%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (14.29%) Application Virtualisation
3 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 2 (14.29%) Due Diligence
3 2 (14.29%) Migration
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Transformation
4 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 7 (50.00%) VB
1 7 (50.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 9 (64.29%) SC Cleared
3 5 (35.71%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 7 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.14%) Capita