Architectural Design Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Architectural Design
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Architectural Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 - 70
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing Architectural Design 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.42% - 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% - 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £683 - -
25th Percentile £694 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £700 - £458
% change year-on-year - - -27.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Architectural Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 594 334 660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 83.54% 86.98% 88.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 146 324
10th Percentile £206 £265 £276
25th Percentile £400 £390 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £488
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -11.36%
75th Percentile £638 £622 £650
90th Percentile £738 £681 £750
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 77 183
10th Percentile £16.45 £22.16 £37.91
25th Percentile £18.50 £46.31 £47.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £66.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.58% +1.54% -
75th Percentile £67.63 £75.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £86.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £20.16 £40.00 £30.48
% change year-on-year -49.60% +31.26% +35.44%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Architectural Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Architectural Design job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Architectural Design
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Architectural Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Architectural Design

Architectural Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Architectural Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Architectural Design

Architectural Design
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 Architectural Design within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 10 February 2026. 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
Watford - 1 £675 - 1
Stevenage - 1 £725 - 3
Architectural Design
East of England

Architectural Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Perl Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) API Integration
2 1 (33.33%) API Management
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) Salesforce
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft