Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Technical Architect
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Technical Architect daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 31 28
Rank change year-on-year -13 -3 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 7 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.71% 1.75% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.75% 1.94% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile £575 £467 -
25th Percentile - £521 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £624 £570
Median % change year-on-year +28.15% +9.52% -12.31%
75th Percentile - £631 £580
90th Percentile - £635 -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £800 £624 £570
% change year-on-year +28.15% +9.52% -12.31%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 399 206 180
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.56% 90.35% 91.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 145 91
10th Percentile £163 £240 £220
25th Percentile £343 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £430 £485
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% -11.34% -14.16%
75th Percentile £524 £575 £584
90th Percentile £593 £633 £650
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £438 £435 £450
% change year-on-year +0.57% -3.33% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 3 21
10th Percentile £20.24 £14.70 £12.26
25th Percentile £44.50 £14.72 £16.25
Median hourly rate £53.75 £16.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +225.76% -65.26% +280.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £33.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.61 £42.65 £68.75
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £52.50 £14.69 £15.00
% change year-on-year +257.39% -2.03% +19.96%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Technical Architect job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

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

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Architect in Newcastle upon Tyne

Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 27 February 2026, Technical 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Roadmaps
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) Architectural Patterns
2 5 (71.43%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (71.43%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) Microservices
4 2 (28.57%) SQL
4 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (14.29%) API Design
5 1 (14.29%) ArchiMate
5 1 (14.29%) AWS
5 1 (14.29%) Azure
5 1 (14.29%) BPEL
5 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) Design Patterns
5 1 (14.29%) DevOps
5 1 (14.29%) Document Management
5 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Event-Driven
5 1 (14.29%) Firebird
5 1 (14.29%) IaaS
5 1 (14.29%) IPsec

Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) IaaS
1 1 (14.29%) PaaS
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
1 1 (14.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) IPsec
1 1 (14.29%) Kerberos
1 1 (14.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Firebird
1 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) OAuth
1 1 (14.29%) OAuth2
1 1 (14.29%) OpenID
1 1 (14.29%) REST
1 1 (14.29%) RESTful
1 1 (14.29%) SAML
1 1 (14.29%) Web Services
1 1 (14.29%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Roadmaps
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) Architectural Patterns
2 5 (71.43%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (71.43%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) Microservices
4 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (14.29%) BPEL
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) Document Management
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) SOA
5 1 (14.29%) Software Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft