Architect Contracts in Lancashire

Architect
North West > Lancashire

The median Architect daily rate in Lancashire is £620, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 25 26
Rank change year-on-year +12 +1 -5
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 16 7 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 9.14% 3.59% 3.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.58% 4.19% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 5 6
10th Percentile - - £444
25th Percentile £585 £450 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £500 £598
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% -16.32% -8.08%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £675
90th Percentile £769 - £838
North West median daily rate £600 £650 £640
% change year-on-year -7.69% +1.56% +4.49%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 167 167 220
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 85.64% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 81 124
10th Percentile £204 £200 £240
25th Percentile £445 £363 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £591 £650 £625
90th Percentile £630 £750 £700
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 53 36
10th Percentile £14.34 £15.00 £23.05
25th Percentile £22.98 £25.60 £28.40
Median hourly rate £28.75 £42.91 £41.37
Median % change year-on-year -33.00% +3.72% +16.13%
75th Percentile £31.52 £46.18 £52.13
90th Percentile £43.83 £49.69 £54.91
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Lancashire

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in Lancashire.

Daily rate trend for Architect in Lancashire

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Lancashire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Lancashire

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in Lancashire.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Lancashire

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Lancaster - 6 £620 -
Preston - 3 £775 - 25
Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Lancashire region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 8 (50.00%) Virgin Media
2 6 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 6 (37.50%) Technology Roadmap
2 6 (37.50%) Roadmaps
2 6 (37.50%) Integration Patterns
3 5 (31.25%) Architectural Patterns
3 5 (31.25%) Architecture Roadmap
3 5 (31.25%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (25.00%) TOGAF
4 4 (25.00%) Java
4 4 (25.00%) .NET
4 4 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (25.00%) Serverless
4 4 (25.00%) Data Integration
4 4 (25.00%) Docker
4 4 (25.00%) DevOps
4 4 (25.00%) Microservices
4 4 (25.00%) Kubernetes
4 4 (25.00%) Onboarding
4 4 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 4 (25.00%) Event-Driven
4 4 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
6 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
6 2 (12.50%) Legal
6 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (12.50%) Azure
6 2 (12.50%) Information Architecture
6 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (12.50%) SFIA

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Serverless
2 2 (12.50%) Azure
3 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
General
1 6 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (6.25%) OAuth
2 1 (6.25%) REST
2 1 (6.25%) RESTful
2 1 (6.25%) SOAP
2 1 (6.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.25%) CESG
2 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Integration Patterns
1 6 (37.50%) Roadmaps
1 6 (37.50%) Technology Roadmap
2 5 (31.25%) Architectural Patterns
2 5 (31.25%) Architecture Roadmap
2 5 (31.25%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 4 (25.00%) Data Integration
3 4 (25.00%) DevOps
3 4 (25.00%) Event-Driven
3 4 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (25.00%) Microservices
3 4 (25.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 2 (12.50%) Information Architecture
4 2 (12.50%) IT Strategy
4 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (12.50%) SFIA
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (6.25%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) CISM
1 1 (6.25%) CISSP
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
1 1 (6.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.25%) COBIT
1 1 (6.25%) GDPR
1 1 (6.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.25%) JSP 440
1 1 (6.25%) NIST
1 1 (6.25%) NIST 800
1 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
1 1 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Virgin Media
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Okta
2 1 (6.25%) Ping Identity
2 1 (6.25%) Salesforce