Architect Contract Job Trends in Derby

Architect
Derbyshire > Derby

The median Architect daily rate in Derby is £800, 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 19 20
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 -7
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 9 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 7.38% 1.74% 2.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.74% 1.79% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £570 - £518
25th Percentile £656 £613 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile - £638 £575
90th Percentile - - £583
Derbyshire median daily rate £663 £613 £550
% change year-on-year +8.16% +11.36% -8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Derby

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Derby. 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 Derby with a recognized job title 103 112 106
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.43% 97.39% 97.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 54 66
10th Percentile £147 £250 £184
25th Percentile £355 £322 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £598 £544 £588
90th Percentile £656 £588 £657
Derbyshire median daily rate £465 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +9.35% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 17
10th Percentile £16.35 - £16.73
25th Percentile £16.83 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £25.08 £21.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +16.14% +21.84% +14.32%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £20.00
90th Percentile £29.00 - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £25.08 £24.18 £18.86
% change year-on-year +3.70% +28.21% +21.68%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Derby

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Derby

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Derby

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Derby over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Derby

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Derby.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Derby

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

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 Derby region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) AWS
1 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) TOGAF
2 4 (44.44%) ArchiMate
2 4 (44.44%) Architecture Governance
2 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 3 (33.33%) BPMN
3 3 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (33.33%) ISO 9001
3 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
3 3 (33.33%) Service Design
3 3 (33.33%) Service Management
3 3 (33.33%) UML
3 3 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
4 2 (22.22%) Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) CyberArk
4 2 (22.22%) SailPoint
4 2 (22.22%) ShareGate
4 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
4 2 (22.22%) Workflow
5 1 (11.11%) Alfresco

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) Alfresco
2 1 (11.11%) CMS
2 1 (11.11%) Documentum
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) FrameMaker
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) AWS
2 4 (44.44%) Azure
3 2 (22.22%) ShareGate
4 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Metadata
General
1 4 (44.44%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
3 1 (11.11%) Military
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) SailPoint
2 1 (11.11%) LDAP
2 1 (11.11%) OAuth
2 1 (11.11%) SAML
2 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
1 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) TOGAF
2 4 (44.44%) ArchiMate
2 4 (44.44%) Architecture Governance
2 4 (44.44%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 3 (33.33%) BPMN
3 3 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
3 3 (33.33%) Service Design
3 3 (33.33%) Service Management
3 3 (33.33%) UML
3 3 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
4 2 (22.22%) Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Workflow
5 1 (11.11%) Information Security
5 1 (11.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) AWS Certification
2 1 (11.11%) CISA
2 1 (11.11%) CISSP
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) GIAC
2 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
2 1 (11.11%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) ISO 9001
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) HIPAA
2 1 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) CyberArk
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) OpenText
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
2 1 (11.11%) Workday