Architect Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Architect
Hampshire > Farnborough

The median Architect daily rate in Farnborough is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 13 16
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 +10
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 6 19 9
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 5.88% 11.45% 7.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.74% 14.18% 8.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 2
10th Percentile £608 £599 £528
25th Percentile £611 £633 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £672 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% +22.18% -10.20%
75th Percentile £661 £681 £569
90th Percentile £681 £732 £573
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £674 £650
% change year-on-year -10.91% +3.62% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £74.00
25th Percentile - - £76.25
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £83.00 £92.19 £77.50
% change year-on-year -9.96% +18.95% -3.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Farnborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Farnborough. 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 Farnborough with a recognized job title 89 134 112
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.25% 80.72% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 91 72
10th Percentile £368 £341 £308
25th Percentile £434 £503 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £667
90th Percentile £675 £750 £668
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 15
10th Percentile - £69.00 £21.02
25th Percentile £60.75 £74.06 £24.28
Median hourly rate £61.50 £75.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +36.36% +22.22%
75th Percentile £62.25 - £60.00
90th Percentile - - £79.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £66.68 £51.96
% change year-on-year -62.28% +28.32% +19.45%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Farnborough

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Farnborough

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Farnborough

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

For the 6 months to 22 October 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 Farnborough region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Architectural Design
3 3 (50.00%) Linux
3 3 (50.00%) Windows
4 2 (33.33%) Firewall
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
4 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto
4 2 (33.33%) VMware
5 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco
5 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
5 1 (16.67%) Cryptography
5 1 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
5 1 (16.67%) Microservices
5 1 (16.67%) NCSC
5 1 (16.67%) Nokia
5 1 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) SAN
5 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) SAN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
2 1 (16.67%) Cryptography
2 1 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Microservices
2 1 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto
1 2 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Nokia