Architect Contracts in the Home Counties

Architect
South East > Home Counties

The median Architect daily rate in the Home Counties is £644, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +8
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Architect 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Home Counties 20.00% 20.00% 18.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.00% 20.00% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £644 - £1,100
Median % change year-on-year - - +57.14%
South East median daily rate £600 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Home Counties

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Home Counties. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the Home Counties with a recognized job title 5 5 15
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 13
10th Percentile £569 - £430
25th Percentile £597 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £644 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +35.58% -13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £897 £488 £800
90th Percentile £1,049 - £1,100
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the Home Counties

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the Home Counties

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in the Home Counties.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in the Home Counties

Architect Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Home Counties

For the 6 months to 28 August 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 Home Counties region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Home Counties 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow