Technical Architecture Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Technical Architecture
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring Technical Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 19 21
Rank change year-on-year +9 +2 -
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 2.33% 2.00% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% 2.44% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £511
25th Percentile - £413 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £425 £563
Median % change year-on-year +64.71% -24.44% -
75th Percentile - £438 £603
90th Percentile - - £624
Suffolk median daily rate £700 £425 £563
% change year-on-year +64.71% -24.44% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Ipswich

Technical Architecture 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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36 41 81
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 83.72% 82.00% 97.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 20 50
10th Percentile £350 £300 £248
25th Percentile £419 £347 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £413 £475
Median % change year-on-year +16.36% -13.16% -20.83%
75th Percentile £550 £506 £647
90th Percentile £580 £610 £745
Suffolk median daily rate £438 £438 £475
% change year-on-year - -7.89% -20.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £15.84 - £16.23
25th Percentile £16.36 - £20.31
Median hourly rate £17.46 £70.00 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year -75.06% +152.25% +73.44%
75th Percentile £18.32 - £35.31
90th Percentile £18.68 - £39.48
Suffolk median hourly rate £23.75 £61.25 £41.50
% change year-on-year -61.22% +47.59% +159.38%

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Technical Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich.

Technical Architecture job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Technical Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Technical Architecture

Technical Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared