Technical Architect Contracts in Gloucestershire

Technical Architect
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Technical Architect daily rate in Gloucestershire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 50 53
Rank change year-on-year +11 +3 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 2 8 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 0.73% 1.86% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 2.05% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 9
10th Percentile - - £590
25th Percentile - £581 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £588 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% -2.08% +6.67%
75th Percentile - £594 -
90th Percentile - - £610
South West median daily rate £600 £713 £625
% change year-on-year -15.79% +14.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
South West median hourly rate - - £78.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 254 390 442
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 90.91% 93.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 237 308
10th Percentile £133 £300 £320
25th Percentile £365 £425 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 38 36
10th Percentile £24.99 £15.05 £35.00
25th Percentile £33.75 £15.79 £49.38
Median hourly rate £67.50 £37.50 £71.50
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -47.55% +138.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.69 £79.33
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architect in Gloucestershire

Technical Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Architect in Gloucestershire

Technical Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Architect in Gloucestershire

Technical Architect
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Architect within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Gloucester -7 1 - -
Technical Architect
South West

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technical 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Symantec
2 1 (50.00%) McAfee
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Aruba
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) BitLocker
2 1 (50.00%) FireEye
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC

Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (50.00%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Publishing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) VB
1 1 (50.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) MCP
1 1 (50.00%) MCSA
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) BitLocker
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Symantec
2 1 (50.00%) Aruba
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) FireEye
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) McAfee
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) VMware