Technical Architecture Contracts in the Midlands

Technical Architecture
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Technical Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Technical Architecture 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 106 117 151
Rank change year-on-year +11 +34 +26
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 5 16 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.26% 0.58% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.71% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 4
10th Percentile - £524 £524
25th Percentile £419 £619 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £750 £550
Median % change year-on-year -35.87% +36.36% -2.22%
75th Percentile £556 £825 £613
90th Percentile £610 £875 £725
England median daily rate £615 £575 £605
% change year-on-year +6.96% -4.96% -3.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Technical Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architecture in the Midlands

Technical Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Architecture in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Technical Architecture in the Midlands

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Architecture in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Architecture in the Midlands

Technical Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Architecture in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Architecture in the Midlands

Technical Architecture
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 Technical Architecture within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +3 4 £459 -38.77% 17
East Midlands +10 1 £538 -32.81% 12
Technical Architecture
England

Technical Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
1 1 (20.00%) NetWeaver
1 1 (20.00%) SAP EP
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
1 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (40.00%) Unified Communications
1 2 (40.00%) VoIP
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
1 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) UniData
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Network Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Network Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Applications Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Architect
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Technical Architect
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (20.00%) SAP PI
1 1 (20.00%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Network Design
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) ABAP
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) UniBasic
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Aruba
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Mitel
2 1 (20.00%) Ariba
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) SAP