Architect Contract Job Trends in Fareham

Architect
Hampshire > Fareham

The median Architect daily rate in Fareham is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 13 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Fareham 25.00% 16.13% -
As % of the Job Titles category 28.89% 16.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 0
10th Percentile £500 £605 -
25th Percentile £505 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.40% - -
75th Percentile £555 £669 -
90th Percentile £681 £763 -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -3.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Fareham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Fareham. 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 Fareham with a recognized job title 45 30 20
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.54% 96.77% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 12 3
10th Percentile £363 £306 £250
25th Percentile £388 £419 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +18.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £549 £638 £519
90th Percentile £625 £666 £590
Hampshire median daily rate £530 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -3.64% +2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 0
10th Percentile - £28.78 -
25th Percentile £16.17 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £16.34 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -76.66% - -
75th Percentile £16.50 £78.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.00 £62.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +40.45% -1.11%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Fareham

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Fareham

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Fareham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Fareham

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Fareham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Fareham over the 6 months to 4 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Fareham

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 Fareham region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) Business Strategy
3 5 (38.46%) COBIT
3 5 (38.46%) Google Ads
3 5 (38.46%) ISEB
3 5 (38.46%) IT4IT
3 5 (38.46%) ITIL
4 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (30.77%) TOGAF
5 3 (23.08%) Architectural Design
5 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
5 3 (23.08%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (15.38%) Conflict Resolution
6 2 (15.38%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (15.38%) Digital Strategy
7 1 (7.69%) Architectural Patterns
7 1 (7.69%) AWS
7 1 (7.69%) Azure
7 1 (7.69%) Commercial Awareness
7 1 (7.69%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
7 1 (7.69%) Design Patterns
7 1 (7.69%) GCP
7 1 (7.69%) Integration Patterns
7 1 (7.69%) Microservices
7 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
7 1 (7.69%) NIST

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fareham 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 5 (38.46%) Google Ads
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) GCP
2 1 (7.69%) SAP Commerce Cloud
General
1 2 (15.38%) Legal
2 1 (7.69%) Marketing
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Retail
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
1 1 (7.69%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Business Strategy
1 5 (38.46%) IT4IT
1 5 (38.46%) ITIL
2 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (30.77%) TOGAF
3 3 (23.08%) Architectural Design
3 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
3 3 (23.08%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (15.38%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (15.38%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (15.38%) Digital Strategy
5 1 (7.69%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (7.69%) Commercial Awareness
5 1 (7.69%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.69%) Design Patterns
5 1 (7.69%) Integration Patterns
5 1 (7.69%) Microservices
5 1 (7.69%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) ISEB
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (7.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) COBIT
2 1 (7.69%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft