Architectural Patterns Contracts in Lancashire

Architectural Patterns
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire requiring Architectural Patterns skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Architectural Patterns over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs citing Architectural Patterns 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 2.86% - 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.16% - 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £585 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.85%
75th Percentile £615 - -
90th Percentile £651 - -
North West median daily rate £600 £525 £638
% change year-on-year +14.29% -17.65% +2.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Architectural Patterns 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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 158 154 211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 90.29% 78.97% 87.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 74 118
10th Percentile £400 £313 £339
25th Percentile £463 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £538 £533
Median % change year-on-year -0.93% +0.94% +11.52%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £630 £747 £700
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 51 42
10th Percentile £14.62 - £22.31
25th Percentile £23.87 £16.06 £28.85
Median hourly rate £28.75 £19.18 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.90% -54.87% +7.59%
75th Percentile £43.94 £46.03 £49.52
90th Percentile £60.59 £48.00 £53.43
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Architectural Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing Architectural Patterns as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Architectural Patterns in Lancashire

Architectural Patterns
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Architectural Patterns in Lancashire

Architectural Patterns
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 Architectural Patterns 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
Preston - 1 £650 - 2
Architectural Patterns
North West

Architectural Patterns
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 (80.00%) Serverless
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
General
1 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Architect
2 4 (80.00%) .NET Architect
2 4 (80.00%) .NET Technical Architect
2 4 (80.00%) Applications Architect
2 4 (80.00%) Java Applications Architect
2 4 (80.00%) Java Architect
2 4 (80.00%) Java Technical Architect
2 4 (80.00%) Technical Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) OAuth
2 1 (20.00%) REST
2 1 (20.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
2 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (80.00%) Containerisation
2 4 (80.00%) Data Integration
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) Event-Driven
2 4 (80.00%) Microservices
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) Apex Code
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Virgin Media
2 1 (20.00%) Okta
2 1 (20.00%) Ping Identity
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce