Architect Contracts in Hertfordshire

Architect
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Architect daily rate in Hertfordshire 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 13 17 17
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 +12
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 34 68 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 10.59% 8.15% 9.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.45% 9.07% 10.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 48
10th Percentile £530 £563 £493
25th Percentile - £600 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +7.61%
75th Percentile £703 £847 £791
90th Percentile £784 £894 £915
East of England median daily rate £600 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 15
10th Percentile - £57.00 £39.68
25th Percentile £61.50 - £61.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £60.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile £80.80 - -
East of England median hourly rate £70.00 £61.25 £70.00
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 297 750 744
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 89.93% 91.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 309 406
10th Percentile £330 £235 £210
25th Percentile £425 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £763
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 285 148
10th Percentile £27.96 £37.91 £20.31
25th Percentile £50.31 £43.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -20.00% +27.55%
75th Percentile £79.82 £65.00 £66.69
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £74.95
East of England median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.40
% change year-on-year +16.28% +21.47% +128.39%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Hertfordshire

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in Hertfordshire

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Hertfordshire

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Hertfordshire

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in Hertfordshire

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage +11 18 £540 -28.00% 26
Hatfield +12 6 £600 +4.35% 4
Welwyn Garden City -1 2 £775 -
Hemel Hempstead +12 1 £550 -6.38% 22
Hertford - 1 £400 -
Architect
East of England

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

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 Hertfordshire region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 15 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 14 (41.18%) SC Cleared
2 14 (41.18%) Security Cleared
3 11 (32.35%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (26.47%) Roadmaps
4 9 (26.47%) Management Information System
4 9 (26.47%) SQL
5 8 (23.53%) Agile
6 7 (20.59%) Active Directory
7 6 (17.65%) Data Modelling
7 6 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (17.65%) Project Management
7 6 (17.65%) QA
7 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (17.65%) Logical Data Model
8 5 (14.71%) Metadata Management
8 5 (14.71%) Translating Business Requirements
8 5 (14.71%) Business Transformation
8 5 (14.71%) Degree
8 5 (14.71%) Information Management
8 5 (14.71%) WebSphere
8 5 (14.71%) Data Architecture
8 5 (14.71%) Business Analysis
8 5 (14.71%) Oracle
8 5 (14.71%) DB2
8 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
8 5 (14.71%) Oracle Certification
8 5 (14.71%) Metadata
8 5 (14.71%) Legacy Systems

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 5 (14.71%) WebSphere
2 4 (11.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.94%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.82%) Azure
2 2 (5.88%) AWS
3 1 (2.94%) Cohesity
3 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) Network Security
2 3 (8.82%) Firewall
3 2 (5.88%) LAN
3 2 (5.88%) WAN
4 1 (2.94%) BGP-4
4 1 (2.94%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (2.94%) EIGRP
4 1 (2.94%) Junos
4 1 (2.94%) OSPF
4 1 (2.94%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.94%) Skype
4 1 (2.94%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (2.94%) VPN
4 1 (2.94%) VSAN
4 1 (2.94%) Wireless
4 1 (2.94%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) DB2
1 5 (14.71%) Metadata
2 4 (11.76%) Data Mining
3 1 (2.94%) Big Data
3 1 (2.94%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.94%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.94%) RDBMS
3 1 (2.94%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) ER Studio
1 1 (2.94%) ERwin
1 1 (2.94%) GitLab
General
1 15 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Retail
4 2 (5.88%) Aerospace
4 2 (5.88%) Aviation
5 1 (2.94%) Finance
5 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Law
5 1 (2.94%) Legal
5 1 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 9 (26.47%) Management Information System
2 5 (14.71%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (11.76%) Reference Data
4 2 (5.88%) Cloud Native
4 2 (5.88%) Mobile App
4 2 (5.88%) Private Cloud
4 2 (5.88%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.94%) Blackberry
5 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.94%) Data Fabric
5 1 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.94%) EPoS
5 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.94%) PKI
5 1 (2.94%) PropTech
5 1 (2.94%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
1 2 (5.88%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.94%) Linux
2 1 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (26.47%) Roadmaps
3 8 (23.53%) Agile
4 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (17.65%) Data Modelling
4 6 (17.65%) Logical Data Model
4 6 (17.65%) Project Management
4 6 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (14.71%) Business Analysis
5 5 (14.71%) Business Transformation
5 5 (14.71%) Conceptual Models
5 5 (14.71%) Data Architecture
5 5 (14.71%) Data Strategy
5 5 (14.71%) Information Management
5 5 (14.71%) Metadata Management
5 5 (14.71%) Translating Business Requirements
6 4 (11.76%) Data Science
6 4 (11.76%) Digital Transformation Strategy
6 4 (11.76%) Requirements Workshops
6 4 (11.76%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 9 (26.47%) SQL
2 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (41.18%) SC Cleared
1 14 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 5 (14.71%) Degree
2 5 (14.71%) Oracle Certification
3 3 (8.82%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.88%) CCNP
4 2 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.94%) CCIE
5 1 (2.94%) CCIE Data Center
5 1 (2.94%) CISSP
5 1 (2.94%) JNCIE
5 1 (2.94%) JNCIP
5 1 (2.94%) JNCIS
5 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.94%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.65%) QA
2 2 (5.88%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.94%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (20.59%) Active Directory
2 5 (14.71%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.94%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Ansible
1 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.94%) SCOM
1 1 (2.94%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
1 5 (14.71%) Oracle
2 3 (8.82%) Cisco
3 2 (5.88%) VMware
4 1 (2.94%) Cognizant
4 1 (2.94%) HP
4 1 (2.94%) Juniper
4 1 (2.94%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.94%) Red Hat