Architect Contracts in Dorset

Architect
South West > Dorset

The median Architect daily rate in Dorset is £620, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 16 16
Rank change year-on-year +8 0 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 21 21 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 11.67% 9.21% 8.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.86% 9.91% 9.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 19 14
10th Percentile £525 - £499
25th Percentile £568 £613 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £650 £613
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +6.12% +16.67%
75th Percentile £694 £731 £684
90th Percentile £769 £740 £746
South West median daily rate £650 £667 £650
% change year-on-year -2.48% +2.62% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £60.92
25th Percentile - £71.42 £60.93
Median hourly rate - £76.71 £68.22
Median % change year-on-year - +12.45% +9.14%
75th Percentile - £81.99 £82.24
90th Percentile - - £85.83
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year - +12.00% +7.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 177 212 195
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.33% 92.98% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 125 114
10th Percentile £175 £200 £205
25th Percentile £175 £288 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% - +18.75%
75th Percentile £630 £575 £597
90th Percentile £731 £672 £688
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 52 36
10th Percentile £11.87 £13.25 £19.88
25th Percentile £13.69 £17.44 £43.33
Median hourly rate £18.00 £54.25 £53.70
Median % change year-on-year -66.82% +1.02% -2.07%
75th Percentile £56.49 £60.03 £67.54
90th Percentile £62.50 £68.56 £79.64
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £63.23 £47.64
% change year-on-year -13.02% +32.74% +10.78%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Dorset

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in Dorset

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Dorset over the 6 months to 15 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Dorset

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Dorset

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 15 June 2024. 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
Poole +1 2 £700 +12.00%
Bournemouth -1 2 £625 -3.85% 2
Architect
South West

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

For the 6 months to 15 June 2024, 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 Dorset region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 13 (61.90%) Customer Requirements
2 9 (42.86%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 9 (42.86%) ArchiMate
2 9 (42.86%) DevOps
2 9 (42.86%) Systems Engineering
2 9 (42.86%) UML
2 9 (42.86%) WAN
2 9 (42.86%) MODAF
2 9 (42.86%) SysML
2 9 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 8 (38.10%) SC Cleared
4 7 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 5 (23.81%) Agile
5 5 (23.81%) TOGAF
5 5 (23.81%) Degree
5 5 (23.81%) QA
5 5 (23.81%) Finance
5 5 (23.81%) Azure
5 5 (23.81%) Waterfall
5 5 (23.81%) LAN
5 5 (23.81%) Middleware
5 5 (23.81%) Windows
5 5 (23.81%) Linux
5 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
5 5 (23.81%) Technology Strategy
5 5 (23.81%) Business Strategy
5 5 (23.81%) Architectural Patterns
5 5 (23.81%) IT Strategy
5 5 (23.81%) NCSC
5 5 (23.81%) Cybersecurity

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (42.86%) WAN
2 5 (23.81%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
General
1 5 (23.81%) Finance
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Linux
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Customer Requirements
2 9 (42.86%) ArchiMate
2 9 (42.86%) DevOps
2 9 (42.86%) MODAF
2 9 (42.86%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 9 (42.86%) SysML
2 9 (42.86%) Systems Engineering
2 9 (42.86%) UML
3 7 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 5 (23.81%) Agile
4 5 (23.81%) Architectural Patterns
4 5 (23.81%) Business Strategy
4 5 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (23.81%) Information Assurance
4 5 (23.81%) IT Strategy
4 5 (23.81%) Technology Strategy
4 5 (23.81%) TOGAF
4 5 (23.81%) Translating Business Requirements
4 5 (23.81%) Waterfall
5 4 (19.05%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 8 (38.10%) SC Cleared
3 5 (23.81%) Degree
4 4 (19.05%) HND
5 1 (4.76%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) NCSC
1 5 (23.81%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Sparx
2 2 (9.52%) Databricks