Principal Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Principal Technical Architect
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Principal Technical Architect daily rate in Hertfordshire is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Technical Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £725 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 731 347 702
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.04% 89.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 178 322
10th Percentile £263 £306 £251
25th Percentile £413 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £519 £430
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% +20.64% -14.00%
75th Percentile £638 £609 £588
90th Percentile £738 £675 £725
East of England median daily rate £475 £490 £450
% change year-on-year -3.06% +8.89% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 96 223
10th Percentile £17.00 £27.96 £37.91
25th Percentile £18.84 £47.50 £45.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.95% +9.58% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67.25 £77.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £85.00
East of England median hourly rate £23.75 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -60.42% +50.00% +21.21%

Principal Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Principal Technical Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Principal Technical Architect job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Principal Technical 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 Principal Technical Architect within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 26 March 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
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £725 - 2
Principal Technical Architect
East of England

Principal Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 26 March 2026, Principal Technical Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hertfordshire region featuring Principal Technical Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Forcepoint
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) vRealize
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Principal Technical Architect Skill Set
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Forcepoint
1 1 (100.00%) VMware