Architect Contracts in Guildford

Architect
Surrey > Guildford

The median Architect daily rate in Guildford is £600, 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 10 12 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 +11
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 4 5 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Guildford 9.52% 6.02% 21.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.52% 6.67% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 10
10th Percentile £515 £579 £574
25th Percentile £538 £753 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £850 £575
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +47.83% +15.00%
75th Percentile £688 - £705
90th Percentile £725 - £763
Surrey median daily rate £675 £650 £575
% change year-on-year +3.85% +13.04% -1.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Guildford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Guildford. 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 Guildford with a recognized job title 42 75 52
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 90.36% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 67 40
10th Percentile £250 £310 £263
25th Percentile £273 £390 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% -2.38% +31.25%
75th Percentile £581 £647 £602
90th Percentile £588 £768 £738
Surrey median daily rate £463 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £23.00 - -
25th Percentile £26.50 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% - -
75th Percentile - £18.75 -
90th Percentile £30.30 - -
Surrey median hourly rate £25.15 £28.37 £45.00
% change year-on-year -11.33% -36.97% +109.64%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Guildford

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in Guildford

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Guildford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Guildford over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Guildford

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

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

1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) LAN
1 3 (75.00%) WAN
1 3 (75.00%) Middleware
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) API Management
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) MuleSoft
2 2 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Data Science
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) LAN
1 3 (75.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) API Management
1 2 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (50.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Data Science
2 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) MuleSoft
2 1 (25.00%) Databricks