Architect Contract Job Trends in Devon

Architect
South West > Devon

The median Architect daily rate in Devon is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 30 28
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 -8
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 3 8 9
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 1.76% 3.24% 4.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.27% 3.39% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - £796 £661
25th Percentile £638 £828 £664
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £880 £670
Median % change year-on-year -23.30% +31.44% -6.04%
75th Percentile £713 - £670
90th Percentile - - £679
South West median daily rate £675 £650 £650
% change year-on-year +3.85% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% -
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year - -10.26% +11.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Devon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Devon. 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 Devon with a recognized job title 132 236 202
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 77.65% 95.55% 91.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 142 156
10th Percentile £173 £200 £300
25th Percentile £275 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -17.39% +15.00%
75th Percentile £508 £600 £669
90th Percentile £575 £685 £700
South West median daily rate £523 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.55% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 16
10th Percentile £15.74 £16.90 £13.88
25th Percentile £20.49 £46.25 £20.13
Median hourly rate £22.84 £65.00 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -64.86% +67.74% +118.31%
75th Percentile £26.97 £72.50 £42.50
90th Percentile £63.00 - £53.13
South West median hourly rate £28.79 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -55.71% +15.06% -8.15%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Devon

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Devon

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Devon

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Devon region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Exeter +10 2 - - 2
Plymouth 0 1 £675 - 5
Architect
South West

Architect Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon

For the 6 months to 5 November 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 Devon region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) NCSC
3 1 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Security Posture
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft