Architect Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Architect
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Architect daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 September 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
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 21 25
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 16 8 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 8.08% 5.41% 3.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.65% 5.97% 3.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 1
10th Percentile £595 £480 -
25th Percentile £650 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% -8.33% -5.88%
75th Percentile £750 £644 -
90th Percentile - £663 -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £725 £561 £600
% change year-on-year +29.18% -6.46% -5.88%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 185 134 153
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 90.54% 92.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 74 102
10th Percentile £200 £312 £264
25th Percentile £385 £377 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £547 £648
90th Percentile £625 £648 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £460 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +2.22% -14.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 4
10th Percentile £13.64 £17.34 £14.20
25th Percentile £14.31 £18.25 £16.00
Median hourly rate £19.25 £50.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.50% +104.08% +68.97%
75th Percentile £24.47 £70.00 £32.44
90th Percentile £40.80 - £33.23
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £17.63 £50.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -64.75% +104.08% +75.00%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Newcastle upon Tyne

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 6 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Newcastle upon Tyne

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 6 September 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 11 (68.75%) Security Cleared
2 10 (62.50%) SC Cleared
2 10 (62.50%) AWS
2 10 (62.50%) MongoDB
3 9 (56.25%) Microservices
3 9 (56.25%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (43.75%) Security Architecture
5 6 (37.50%) QA
5 6 (37.50%) CISSP
6 5 (31.25%) Architectural Patterns
7 4 (25.00%) Technical Analysis
7 4 (25.00%) Cloud Security
7 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
7 4 (25.00%) Application Security
7 4 (25.00%) Database Security
8 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
9 2 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
9 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
9 2 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (12.50%) Operational Technology
9 2 (12.50%) Salesforce
9 2 (12.50%) Military
9 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
10 1 (6.25%) NoSQL
10 1 (6.25%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 1 (6.25%) Converged Infrastructure
10 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
10 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
10 1 (6.25%) Azure
10 1 (6.25%) Capacity Planning

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 10 (62.50%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (62.50%) MongoDB
2 9 (56.25%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (6.25%) NoSQL
General
1 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Military
4 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Microservices
2 7 (43.75%) Security Architecture
3 5 (31.25%) Architectural Patterns
4 4 (25.00%) Application Security
4 4 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 4 (25.00%) Database Security
4 4 (25.00%) Technical Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
5 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 2 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (6.25%) Architectural Design
6 1 (6.25%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (6.25%) Converged Infrastructure
6 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (6.25%) Event-Driven
6 1 (6.25%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 1 (6.25%) Product Roadmap
6 1 (6.25%) Roadmaps
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Debt
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) Security Cleared
2 10 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 6 (37.50%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (6.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Salesforce
2 1 (6.25%) Dell
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) VMware