Architect Contracts in Lancashire

Architect
North West > Lancashire

The median Architect daily rate in Lancashire is £644, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 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
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 24 34
Rank change year-on-year +3 +10 -22
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Architect 12 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 6.06% 1.93% 3.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.49% 2.11% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 6
10th Percentile £566 - -
25th Percentile £608 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £644 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.50%
75th Percentile £681 - £716
90th Percentile £700 - £725
North West median daily rate £600 £638 £606
% change year-on-year -5.88% +5.20% -1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
North West median hourly rate - £60.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -14.29% +27.27%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Lancashire with a recognized job title 185 190 242
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 91.79% 92.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 69 129
10th Percentile £250 £205 £310
25th Percentile £412 £313 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -5.08% +0.08%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £671 £650 £688
North West median daily rate £450 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 59 55
10th Percentile £18.87 £16.58 £20.40
25th Percentile £23.32 £18.00 £25.75
Median hourly rate £41.06 £40.33 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -12.68% +31.39%
75th Percentile £70.16 £46.18 £48.92
90th Percentile £75.79 £76.75 £69.34
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -28.14% +14.60% +34.24%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Lancashire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Lancashire

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Lancashire over the 6 months to 24 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Lancashire

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Lancashire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Lancashire

Architect
DemandTrendContract 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 24 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Preston -3 4 £669 - 6
Lancaster - 3 £620 -
Blackpool 0 1 £600 - 3
Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 Lancashire region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 5 (41.67%) TOGAF
1 5 (41.67%) Technology Roadmap
1 5 (41.67%) Architecture Roadmap
1 5 (41.67%) Roadmaps
2 4 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (25.00%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (16.67%) IPsec
4 2 (16.67%) Internet
4 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 2 (16.67%) Legal
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Zscaler
4 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Virgin Media
4 2 (16.67%) IT Strategy
4 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) Azure
4 2 (16.67%) Information Architecture
4 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
4 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
5 1 (8.33%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (8.33%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (8.33%) Business Strategy
5 1 (8.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security

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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) NetSuite
1 1 (8.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Internet
1 2 (16.67%) IPsec
General
1 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (16.67%) Legal
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (8.33%) CESG
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Architecture Roadmap
1 5 (41.67%) Roadmaps
1 5 (41.67%) Technology Roadmap
1 5 (41.67%) TOGAF
2 4 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (25.00%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (16.67%) Information Architecture
4 2 (16.67%) IT Strategy
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) Coaching
5 1 (8.33%) Data Strategy
5 1 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
5 1 (8.33%) SABSA
5 1 (8.33%) SDLC
5 1 (8.33%) Service Design
5 1 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) CISM
2 1 (8.33%) CISSP
2 1 (8.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (8.33%) COBIT
1 1 (8.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) JSP 440
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
1 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
1 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
1 1 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Virgin Media
1 2 (16.67%) Zscaler
2 1 (8.33%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) Siemens