Technical Architecture Contract Job Trends in Merseyside
Technical Architecture
North West > Merseyside
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside citing Technical Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 41 | - | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside | 0.65% | - | 0.88% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.80% | - | 1.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £485 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £490 | - | £500 |
| 75th Percentile | £495 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £550 | £553 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.45% | +5.24% | -23.64% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside
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 citing process or methodology skills in Merseyside.
| 6 months to 25 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 249 | 189 | 157 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside | 80.58% | 88.32% | 69.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 134 | 109 | 71 |
| 10th Percentile | £150 | £129 | £153 |
| 25th Percentile | £300 | £163 | £206 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £438 | £405 | £420 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.15% | -3.57% | -8.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £547 | £500 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £600 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -5.26% | -5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 17 | 15 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.57 | - | £15.99 |
| 25th Percentile | £24.72 | £12.21 | £18.35 |
| Median hourly rate | £43.96 | £15.18 | £22.88 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +189.59% | -33.64% | +20.39% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £32.86 | £29.76 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £51.02 | £37.60 |
| North West median hourly rate | £45.00 | £25.15 | £40.33 |
| % change year-on-year | +78.93% | -37.63% | +14.35% |
Technical Architecture Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Technical Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.
Technical Architecture Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Technical Architecture.
Technical Architecture Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Technical Architecture.
Technical Architecture Contract Job Locations in Merseyside
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Architecture within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 25 October 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Technical Architecture North West |
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Technical Architecture Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Capacity Planning | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Commercial Awareness | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Cybersecurity | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Decision-Making | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Development Roadmap | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | ITSM | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Knowledge Transfer | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Observability | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Problem Management | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Roadmaps | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Service Catalogue | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Service Design | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Service Management | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | SIAM | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Stakeholder Engagement | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Target Operating Model | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1 | User Experience | 50.0% | 1 |