Architect Contracts in Liverpool

Architect
Merseyside > Liverpool

The median Architect daily rate in Liverpool is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 17 35
Rank change year-on-year -5 +18 -18
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 4 9 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Liverpool 3.13% 5.52% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.33% 5.77% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £595 £543
25th Percentile £725 £625 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £775 £675 £669
90th Percentile - - £688
Merseyside median daily rate £638 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -1.92% +18.18% -8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Liverpool

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Liverpool. 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 Liverpool with a recognized job title 120 156 236
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 95.71% 96.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 79 165
10th Percentile £140 £143 £246
25th Percentile £203 £213 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% -21.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £494 £538
90th Percentile £638 £605 £600
Merseyside median daily rate £434 £375 £475
% change year-on-year +15.59% -21.00% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 25 10
10th Percentile £15.35 - -
25th Percentile - £15.50 £10.09
Median hourly rate £17.44 £18.00 £16.19
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% +11.21% +15.61%
75th Percentile £18.72 £34.32 £18.75
90th Percentile £25.64 £37.18 £19.61
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.44 £21.43 £16.37
% change year-on-year -18.62% +30.91% +9.13%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Liverpool

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in Liverpool

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Liverpool

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 Liverpool region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) C#
1 3 (75.00%) PHP
1 3 (75.00%) .NET
1 3 (75.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (75.00%) Web Development
1 3 (75.00%) .NET Framework
1 3 (75.00%) Magento
1 3 (75.00%) Open Source
1 3 (75.00%) Sage 200
1 3 (75.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Siebel EIM
2 1 (25.00%) JMS
2 1 (25.00%) EAI
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) SOAP

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

Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Magento
1 3 (75.00%) Sage 200
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Siebel EIM
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) .NET
1 3 (75.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (25.00%) JMS
2 1 (25.00%) SOAP
2 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (75.00%) Open Source
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (75.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 3 (75.00%) Web Development
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) EAI
2 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C#
1 3 (75.00%) PHP
2 1 (25.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Siebel