Product Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Product Architect
UK > England

The median Product Architect daily rate in England is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 524 513 585
Rank change year-on-year -11 +72 +180
Contract jobs requiring a Product Architect 4 15 4
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.014% 0.046% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.050% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 3
10th Percentile - £392 £453
25th Percentile - £466 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile - £538 £556
90th Percentile - £689 £598
UK median daily rate £350 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -30.00% -6.98% -6.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 25,491 30,015 39,142
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 92.96% 94.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,452 18,397 27,353
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -2.48% -4.11% -0.45%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £728 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,389 1,357 1,375
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.33 £21.37 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% -0.46% +71.64%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.82% +70.19%

Product Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Product Architect job vacancy trend in England

Product Architect
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Architect job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Architect job vacancies in England

Product Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Architect job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Architect job vacancies in England

Product Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East - 4 £350 - 2
Product Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, Product 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 England region featuring Product Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Network Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Meraki
2 3 (75.00%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (75.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (75.00%) BGP
3 2 (50.00%) Software-Defined Networking
3 2 (50.00%) Network Design
4 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (25.00%) Juniper
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) API Development
4 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
4 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
4 1 (25.00%) Product Backlog
4 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (25.00%) Product Management

Product Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (75.00%) Network Architecture
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Network Design
3 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) API Development
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (25.00%) Product Backlog
3 1 (25.00%) Product Management
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Meraki
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (25.00%) Juniper