Architect Contracts in Hertfordshire

Architect
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Architect daily rate in Hertfordshire is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 June 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
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 14 12
Rank change year-on-year -7 -2 +8
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 26 79 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.49% 9.10% 10.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.70% 10.19% 11.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 55
10th Percentile - £555 £500
25th Percentile £600 £581 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £676
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -0.15% +2.00%
75th Percentile £744 £794 £838
90th Percentile £789 £883 £895
East of England median daily rate £600 £600 £650
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 16 9
10th Percentile £60.90 £56.25 £61.50
25th Percentile £66.38 - £66.00
Median hourly rate £72.50 £60.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -14.29% +40.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile £82.25 - -
East of England median hourly rate £72.50 £60.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +20.83% -14.29% +40.00%

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 299 775 717
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.17% 89.29% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 309 414
10th Percentile £244 £240 £234
25th Percentile £425 £313 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +23.88% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £675
90th Percentile £675 £655 £775
East of England median daily rate £489 £440 £475
% change year-on-year +11.33% -7.47% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 300 127
10th Percentile £20.51 £38.13 £19.78
25th Percentile £33.82 £43.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £50.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £73.75 £65.00 £68.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.43 £77.00
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £43.00 £36.03
% change year-on-year -1.16% +19.36% +105.86%

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 14 June 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 14 June 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 14 June 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 +1 15 £800 +6.67% 13
Hatfield +9 5 £600 +4.35% 2
Welwyn Garden City -3 1 £775 -
Architect
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 14 June 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 12 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 11 (42.31%) SC Cleared
2 11 (42.31%) Security Cleared
3 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (26.92%) Agile
5 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (23.08%) QA
5 6 (23.08%) Management Information System
5 6 (23.08%) SQL
5 6 (23.08%) Oracle
5 6 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (19.23%) Logical Data Model
6 5 (19.23%) Data Architecture
6 5 (19.23%) Metadata
6 5 (19.23%) Business Transformation
6 5 (19.23%) Metadata Management
6 5 (19.23%) Translating Business Requirements
6 5 (19.23%) Data Strategy
6 5 (19.23%) Data Modelling
6 5 (19.23%) Oracle Certification
6 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
6 5 (19.23%) Degree
7 4 (15.38%) Scrum
7 4 (15.38%) Release Management
7 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
7 4 (15.38%) Reference Data
7 4 (15.38%) SOA
7 4 (15.38%) Data Mining
7 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
7 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills

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 4 (15.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (7.69%) WebSphere
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.85%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) AWS
1 2 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (3.85%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Firewall
1 1 (3.85%) Network Security
1 1 (3.85%) Skype
1 1 (3.85%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) Metadata
2 4 (15.38%) Data Mining
3 2 (7.69%) DB2
4 1 (3.85%) Big Data
4 1 (3.85%) Data Lake
4 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.85%) NoSQL
4 1 (3.85%) RDBMS
4 1 (3.85%) Relational Database
4 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) ER Studio
1 1 (3.85%) ERwin
1 1 (3.85%) GitLab
General
1 12 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
3 2 (7.69%) Aviation
4 1 (3.85%) Finance
4 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Law
4 1 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) CSS
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 4 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (15.38%) Reference Data
3 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.85%) Blackberry
4 1 (3.85%) Data Fabric
4 1 (3.85%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.85%) PKI
4 1 (3.85%) Private Cloud
4 1 (3.85%) PropTech
4 1 (3.85%) Public Cloud
4 1 (3.85%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
1 2 (7.69%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.85%) Linux
2 1 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (26.92%) Agile
3 6 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (19.23%) Business Transformation
4 5 (19.23%) Data Architecture
4 5 (19.23%) Data Modelling
4 5 (19.23%) Data Strategy
4 5 (19.23%) Logical Data Model
4 5 (19.23%) Metadata Management
4 5 (19.23%) Translating Business Requirements
5 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
5 4 (15.38%) Conceptual Models
5 4 (15.38%) Data Science
5 4 (15.38%) Data Visualisation
5 4 (15.38%) Release Management
5 4 (15.38%) Scrum
5 4 (15.38%) SDLC
5 4 (15.38%) SOA
5 4 (15.38%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) SQL
2 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (42.31%) SC Cleared
1 11 (42.31%) Security Cleared
2 5 (19.23%) Degree
2 5 (19.23%) Oracle Certification
3 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) CCNP
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.85%) CISSP
4 1 (3.85%) MCSA
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (23.08%) QA
2 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (3.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Ansible
1 1 (3.85%) SCOM
1 1 (3.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Oracle
2 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.69%) VMware
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco
4 1 (3.85%) HP
4 1 (3.85%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.85%) Salesforce