Architect Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Architect
England > Midlands

The median Architect daily rate in the Midlands is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 17 15
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 +17
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 241 196 225
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 7.65% 8.49% 8.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.56% 9.13% 9.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 123 166
10th Percentile £416 £444 £466
25th Percentile £503 £519 £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -5.14%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £725
90th Percentile £725 £750 £754
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £86.25
Median hourly rate - - £90.00
75th Percentile - - £93.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £83.82 £66.00 £76.53
% change year-on-year +27.00% -13.76% +9.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,814 2,147 2,413
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.28% 93.02% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,769 1,364 1,673
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £365 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 83 108
10th Percentile £13.72 £13.95 £14.22
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.92
Median hourly rate £22.50 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.54% +19.10% +13.70%
75th Percentile £27.21 £30.99 £33.56
90th Percentile £39.76 £48.75 £67.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Architect job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in the Midlands

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in the Midlands

Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
West Midlands -9 185 £582 -3.04% 95
East Midlands -7 56 £519 -5.68% 60
Architect
England

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 56 (23.24%) Azure
2 52 (21.58%) Data Modelling
3 47 (19.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 46 (19.09%) Security Cleared
5 45 (18.67%) Roadmaps
6 41 (17.01%) Enterprise Architecture
7 40 (16.60%) Agile
8 39 (16.18%) AWS
9 36 (14.94%) Microsoft
10 34 (14.11%) Migration
11 32 (13.28%) Data Governance
11 32 (13.28%) Problem-Solving
12 31 (12.86%) SC Cleared
13 29 (12.03%) Mentoring
13 29 (12.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 29 (12.03%) Technical Leadership
14 28 (11.62%) GDPR
15 27 (11.20%) Integration Patterns
16 26 (10.79%) SaaS
17 24 (9.96%) Salesforce
18 23 (9.54%) Architectural Design
18 23 (9.54%) Data Architecture
18 23 (9.54%) SAP
18 23 (9.54%) TOGAF
19 22 (9.13%) Degree
20 21 (8.71%) AI
20 21 (8.71%) VMware
21 20 (8.30%) Business Intelligence
21 20 (8.30%) Data Warehouse
21 20 (8.30%) DevOps

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 15 (6.22%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.90%) SAS
4 6 (2.49%) Confluence
5 4 (1.66%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.83%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.41%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.41%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.41%) CMS
7 1 (0.41%) Documentum
7 1 (0.41%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.41%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.41%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.41%) PowerFactory
7 1 (0.41%) SAP EP
Applications
1 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.66%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.41%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.41%) Revit
3 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (3.73%) Workday HCM
2 7 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.66%) SAP CO
3 4 (1.66%) SAP FI
3 4 (1.66%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (1.66%) SAP HR
3 4 (1.66%) SAP PM
4 3 (1.24%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.83%) SAP CRM
5 2 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.41%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.41%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.41%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 56 (23.24%) Azure
2 39 (16.18%) AWS
3 26 (10.79%) SaaS
4 15 (6.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 14 (5.81%) Dynamics 365
5 14 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (5.81%) Power Platform
6 13 (5.39%) GCP
6 13 (5.39%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 12 (4.98%) Entra ID
8 11 (4.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (4.56%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (4.15%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (3.32%) OneDrive
12 6 (2.49%) GitHub
13 5 (2.07%) Amazon S3
13 5 (2.07%) SuccessFactors
13 5 (2.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 4 (1.66%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.30%) Firewall
2 12 (4.98%) WAN
3 11 (4.56%) SD-WAN
4 10 (4.15%) DNS
5 8 (3.32%) VPN
6 7 (2.90%) FTP
6 7 (2.90%) Network Security
7 6 (2.49%) LAN
7 6 (2.49%) MPLS
7 6 (2.49%) Wireless
8 5 (2.07%) BGP
8 5 (2.07%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (2.07%) IPv4
8 5 (2.07%) IPv6
8 5 (2.07%) NGFW
8 5 (2.07%) OSPF
8 5 (2.07%) VXLAN
8 5 (2.07%) WLAN
9 4 (1.66%) DHCP
9 4 (1.66%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.30%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (6.64%) Metadata
3 11 (4.56%) Power BI
4 8 (3.32%) Metadata Repository
5 5 (2.07%) Data Mining
5 5 (2.07%) SAP BW
5 5 (2.07%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 5 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.66%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.66%) Tableau
7 3 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.83%) Big Data
8 2 (0.83%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.83%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.41%) EDMS
9 1 (0.41%) GIS
9 1 (0.41%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.41%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.56%) JIRA
2 3 (1.24%) Git
2 3 (1.24%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.83%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.83%) SonarQube
3 2 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
General
1 83 (34.44%) Social Skills
2 31 (12.86%) Finance
3 27 (11.20%) Public Sector
4 18 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.05%) Marketing
6 15 (6.22%) Banking
7 13 (5.39%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (4.56%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.07%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.24%) Legal
11 3 (1.24%) Military
11 3 (1.24%) Retail
12 2 (0.83%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.83%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.41%) Advertising
13 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.41%) Back Office
13 1 (0.41%) Publishing
13 1 (0.41%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.05%) SOAP
2 16 (6.64%) REST
3 15 (6.22%) Lightning Web Components
3 15 (6.22%) Middleware
3 15 (6.22%) Visualforce
4 10 (4.15%) SAP PI
5 5 (2.07%) GraphQL
5 5 (2.07%) OAuth
5 5 (2.07%) SAP Fiori
5 5 (2.07%) Web Services
6 4 (1.66%) .NET
6 4 (1.66%) IDoc
6 4 (1.66%) Kafka
7 3 (1.24%) AWS CDK
7 3 (1.24%) BAPI
7 3 (1.24%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.24%) SailPoint
7 3 (1.24%) SAML
8 2 (0.83%) RAML
8 2 (0.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.47%) Onboarding
1 18 (7.47%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.81%) Data Centre
3 12 (4.98%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (4.56%) Cloud Native
4 11 (4.56%) SCADA
5 10 (4.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.32%) Operational Technology
7 5 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.66%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.66%) Taxonomies
9 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.41%) Blockchain
11 1 (0.41%) CCTV
11 1 (0.41%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.41%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.41%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.41%) Smart City
11 1 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.22%) Windows
2 11 (4.56%) Linux
3 9 (3.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.83%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.83%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.41%) Unix
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (21.58%) Data Modelling
2 47 (19.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 45 (18.67%) Roadmaps
4 41 (17.01%) Enterprise Architecture
5 40 (16.60%) Agile
6 34 (14.11%) Migration
7 32 (13.28%) Data Governance
7 32 (13.28%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (12.03%) Mentoring
8 29 (12.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 29 (12.03%) Technical Leadership
9 27 (11.20%) Integration Patterns
10 23 (9.54%) Architectural Design
10 23 (9.54%) Data Architecture
10 23 (9.54%) TOGAF
11 21 (8.71%) AI
12 20 (8.30%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (8.30%) DevOps
13 19 (7.88%) Analytics
13 19 (7.88%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.64%) Apex Code
2 10 (4.15%) Python
3 7 (2.90%) Java
3 7 (2.90%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.90%) SQL
4 5 (2.07%) ABAP
4 5 (2.07%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.83%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.41%) Bash
6 1 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 46 (19.09%) Security Cleared
2 31 (12.86%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.13%) Degree
4 11 (4.56%) AWS Certification
5 8 (3.32%) CCNP
5 8 (3.32%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.90%) CCIE
6 7 (2.90%) CISSP
6 7 (2.90%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.07%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.66%) CCSP
9 4 (1.66%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (1.24%) CCIE Security
10 3 (1.24%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.83%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.62%) GDPR
2 20 (8.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (7.05%) Data Quality
4 11 (4.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 10 (4.15%) NIST
6 9 (3.73%) QA
7 6 (2.49%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.24%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.83%) GRC
9 2 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.41%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 19 (7.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (4.98%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.07%) Docker
4 4 (1.66%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.24%) Dovecot
5 3 (1.24%) Postfix
6 1 (0.41%) HDFS
6 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (5.81%) Terraform
2 13 (5.39%) Ansible
3 7 (2.90%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.83%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.83%) Istio
5 2 (0.83%) Puppet
5 2 (0.83%) SCCM
6 1 (0.41%) Kibana
6 1 (0.41%) logstash
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.41%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 36 (14.94%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.96%) Salesforce
3 23 (9.54%) SAP
4 21 (8.71%) VMware
5 15 (6.22%) Broadcom
6 14 (5.81%) Cisco
7 12 (4.98%) Virgin Media
8 11 (4.56%) Palo Alto
8 11 (4.56%) Workday
9 9 (3.73%) MuleSoft
10 8 (3.32%) F5
10 8 (3.32%) Oracle
11 7 (2.90%) Ariba
11 7 (2.90%) Fortinet
12 6 (2.49%) Juniper
12 6 (2.49%) Meraki
13 5 (2.07%) Autodesk
13 5 (2.07%) ServiceNow
13 5 (2.07%) Splunk
14 4 (1.66%) Remedy