Architect Contracts in the North East

Architect
England > North East

The median Architect daily rate in the North East is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 July 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
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 24 27
Rank change year-on-year +6 +3 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 18 11 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 6.06% 4.37% 3.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.57% 4.82% 4.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 7
10th Percentile £526 £510 £508
25th Percentile £613 £550 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £750 £955 £666
90th Percentile - - £675
England median daily rate £625 £650 £663
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.89% +1.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 274 228 271
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 90.48% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 116 194
10th Percentile £191 £263 £234
25th Percentile £348 £363 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year - -7.22% -3.00%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 28 7
10th Percentile - £10.42 £16.70
25th Percentile £11.60 £11.44 £24.13
Median hourly rate £13.00 £21.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.53% -33.85% +91.18%
75th Percentile £20.30 £47.14 £39.97
90th Percentile £47.34 £70.00 £46.18
England median hourly rate £26.30 £43.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -38.84% -1.71% +70.37%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the North East

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Architect in the North East

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in the North East over the 6 months to 27 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in the North East

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in the North East.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in the North East

Architect
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the North East region over the 6 months to 27 July 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
Tyne and Wear +9 18 £700 +27.27% 14
Architect
England

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 27 July 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 North East region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 11 (61.11%) Security Cleared
1 11 (61.11%) AWS
2 10 (55.56%) SC Cleared
2 10 (55.56%) MongoDB
2 10 (55.56%) Microservices
3 9 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (44.44%) Security Architecture
5 7 (38.89%) CISSP
6 6 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
6 6 (33.33%) QA
6 6 (33.33%) Public Sector
7 4 (22.22%) Application Security
7 4 (22.22%) Technical Analysis
7 4 (22.22%) Database Security
7 4 (22.22%) Cloud Security
8 3 (16.67%) Operational Technology
8 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
9 2 (11.11%) Salesforce
9 2 (11.11%) Agile
9 2 (11.11%) Asset Management
9 2 (11.11%) Military
9 2 (11.11%) Azure
9 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
9 2 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
9 2 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
9 2 (11.11%) NCSC
9 2 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
9 2 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
10 1 (5.56%) Event-Driven

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 11 (61.11%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (55.56%) MongoDB
2 9 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (5.56%) NoSQL
General
1 6 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Military
4 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 2 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Microservices
2 8 (44.44%) Security Architecture
3 6 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
4 4 (22.22%) Application Security
4 4 (22.22%) Cloud Security
4 4 (22.22%) Database Security
4 4 (22.22%) Technical Analysis
5 2 (11.11%) Agile
5 2 (11.11%) Asset Management
5 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
5 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 2 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
6 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (5.56%) Event-Driven
6 1 (5.56%) Identity Management
6 1 (5.56%) Incident Response
6 1 (5.56%) Integration Patterns
6 1 (5.56%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) Security Cleared
2 10 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 7 (38.89%) CISSP
4 1 (5.56%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (11.11%) NCSC
3 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
3 1 (5.56%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.56%) Dell
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) VMware