Architect Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Architect
England > North of England

The median Architect daily rate in the North of England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 20 17
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 +9
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 610 275 413
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 10.17% 8.62% 8.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.00% 9.23% 9.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 380 193 287
10th Percentile £447 £450 £470
25th Percentile £500 £500 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -
75th Percentile £678 £700 £725
90th Percentile £738 £762 £825
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 3 4
10th Percentile £39.88 £73.13 £40.75
25th Percentile £49.40 £77.51 £53.13
Median hourly rate £61.57 £85.78 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.23% +42.97% +10.74%
75th Percentile £78.75 £92.17 -
90th Percentile - £96.00 -
England median hourly rate £71.27 £71.25 £83.63
% change year-on-year +0.03% -14.81% +19.48%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 5,545 2,979 4,436
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 93.41% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,460 1,997 2,821
10th Percentile £265 £250 £256
25th Percentile £385 £363 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £477
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% -2.52% -4.60%
75th Percentile £565 £563 £575
90th Percentile £650 £647 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 401 156 395
10th Percentile £17.88 £12.63 £11.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £16.93 £12.63
Median hourly rate £45.46 £24.50 £20.74
Median % change year-on-year +85.55% +18.13% -32.31%
75th Percentile £69.45 £46.82 £46.09
90th Percentile £77.50 £79.67 £57.50
England median hourly rate £44.00 £32.50 £34.23
% change year-on-year +35.38% -5.05% -21.54%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 North of England.

Architect job vacancy trend in the North of England

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in the North of England

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in the North of England

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in the North of England

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in the North of England

Architect
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 10 April 2026. 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
North West +8 354 £610 +1.67% 100
Yorkshire +8 231 £560 -6.63% 70
North East +3 34 £575 -7.95% 28
Architect
England

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 10 April 2026, 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 North of England region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 135 (22.13%) Azure
2 103 (16.89%) Microsoft
3 102 (16.72%) AWS
3 102 (16.72%) Security Cleared
4 92 (15.08%) Roadmaps
5 80 (13.11%) CI/CD
5 80 (13.11%) DevOps
6 77 (12.62%) Stakeholder Management
7 75 (12.30%) Agile
8 70 (11.48%) Migration
9 68 (11.15%) GCP
10 67 (10.98%) Microservices
11 65 (10.66%) SC Cleared
11 65 (10.66%) Technical Leadership
12 64 (10.49%) Enterprise Architecture
13 63 (10.33%) Architectural Design
14 58 (9.51%) Architectural Patterns
15 53 (8.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 53 (8.69%) Technical Architecture
16 52 (8.52%) Security Architecture
17 49 (8.03%) Python
18 46 (7.54%) ServiceNow
19 45 (7.38%) Continuous Improvement
19 45 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
20 44 (7.21%) Data Modelling
21 43 (7.05%) Data Architecture
22 42 (6.89%) Decision-Making
23 40 (6.56%) Business Strategy
23 40 (6.56%) Containerisation
23 40 (6.56%) GDPR

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 35 (5.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (5.08%) SharePoint
3 27 (4.43%) Confluence
4 7 (1.15%) SAS
4 7 (1.15%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.16%) nginx
6 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 18 (2.95%) Payment Gateway
2 10 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.98%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.33%) Maximo
6 2 (0.33%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Actimize
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.16%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.16%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 135 (22.13%) Azure
2 102 (16.72%) AWS
3 68 (11.15%) GCP
4 45 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (5.08%) Entra ID
6 27 (4.43%) Microsoft Purview
7 25 (4.10%) OneDrive
7 25 (4.10%) OpenShift
7 25 (4.10%) Serverless
8 20 (3.28%) SaaS
9 15 (2.46%) GitHub
9 15 (2.46%) IaaS
9 15 (2.46%) PaaS
10 14 (2.30%) Power Platform
11 13 (2.13%) Rubrik
12 9 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.15%) Azure API Management
14 6 (0.98%) Power Automate
15 5 (0.82%) Azure Data Factory
15 5 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.08%) Firewall
1 31 (5.08%) Network Security
2 30 (4.92%) DNS
3 18 (2.95%) DHCP
3 18 (2.95%) WAN
4 17 (2.79%) VPN
5 15 (2.46%) SAN
6 12 (1.97%) VLAN
7 11 (1.80%) Kerberos
7 11 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (1.48%) LAN
9 8 (1.31%) NAS
9 8 (1.31%) Structured Cabling
10 7 (1.15%) BIG-IP
10 7 (1.15%) SD-WAN
10 7 (1.15%) Skype
11 6 (0.98%) SSL
11 6 (0.98%) Wireless
12 5 (0.82%) IPsec
12 5 (0.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.95%) Tableau
2 11 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.48%) Power BI
4 7 (1.15%) Metadata
5 6 (0.98%) Data Lake
6 5 (0.82%) DynamoDB
7 4 (0.66%) Big Data
7 4 (0.66%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.66%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.49%) DocumentDB
9 2 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.33%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.33%) GIS
9 2 (0.33%) MySQL
9 2 (0.33%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.33%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 35 (5.74%) JIRA
2 22 (3.61%) Jenkins
3 11 (1.80%) GitLab
4 4 (0.66%) ERwin
4 4 (0.66%) Selenium
5 3 (0.49%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.49%) Git
5 3 (0.49%) Postman
5 3 (0.49%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.33%) Gatling
6 2 (0.33%) JMeter
6 2 (0.33%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.33%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.16%) Hudson
General
1 129 (21.15%) Finance
2 112 (18.36%) Social Skills
3 103 (16.89%) Banking
4 57 (9.34%) Public Sector
5 24 (3.93%) Documentation Skills
6 23 (3.77%) Investment Banking
6 23 (3.77%) Retail
7 21 (3.44%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (2.30%) Legal
9 13 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (1.48%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.31%) Corporate Banking
11 8 (1.31%) Military
12 5 (0.82%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.66%) Billing
13 4 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.49%) Back Office
15 2 (0.33%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.33%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.26%) Middleware
2 21 (3.44%) REST
3 17 (2.79%) OpenID
4 16 (2.62%) OAuth
5 14 (2.30%) Microsoft Graph
6 12 (1.97%) OAuth2
7 11 (1.80%) JSON
7 11 (1.80%) LDAP
7 11 (1.80%) SailPoint
8 10 (1.64%) SAML
9 9 (1.48%) Kafka
10 8 (1.31%) .NET
10 8 (1.31%) Web Services
11 7 (1.15%) YAML
12 6 (0.98%) Spring
12 6 (0.98%) Spring Boot
13 5 (0.82%) OpenTelemetry
13 5 (0.82%) XACML
14 4 (0.66%) JWT
14 4 (0.66%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.38%) Cloud Native
2 25 (4.10%) Data Centre
3 24 (3.93%) Management Information System
4 23 (3.77%) Product Ownership
5 20 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
6 13 (2.13%) Onboarding
7 12 (1.97%) AI Agents
8 11 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
9 10 (1.64%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.64%) Operational Technology
10 9 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.48%) Private Cloud
11 8 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.31%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.15%) CMDB
12 7 (1.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 6 (0.98%) IVR
13 6 (0.98%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.61%) Windows
2 10 (1.64%) Windows 10
3 7 (1.15%) Windows 7
4 6 (0.98%) Linux
5 3 (0.49%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.49%) VMS
6 2 (0.33%) Data ONTAP
6 2 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Android
7 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (15.08%) Roadmaps
2 80 (13.11%) CI/CD
2 80 (13.11%) DevOps
3 77 (12.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 75 (12.30%) Agile
5 70 (11.48%) Migration
6 67 (10.98%) Microservices
7 65 (10.66%) Technical Leadership
8 64 (10.49%) Enterprise Architecture
9 63 (10.33%) Architectural Design
10 58 (9.51%) Architectural Patterns
11 53 (8.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 53 (8.69%) Technical Architecture
12 52 (8.52%) Security Architecture
13 45 (7.38%) Continuous Improvement
14 44 (7.21%) Data Modelling
15 43 (7.05%) Data Architecture
16 42 (6.89%) Decision-Making
17 40 (6.56%) Business Strategy
17 40 (6.56%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 49 (8.03%) Python
2 32 (5.25%) PowerShell
3 29 (4.75%) Java
4 20 (3.28%) SQL
5 12 (1.97%) Bash
6 10 (1.64%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.64%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (1.15%) VB
7 7 (1.15%) VBScript
8 6 (0.98%) R
9 5 (0.82%) Scala
9 5 (0.82%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.66%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.66%) VBA
11 3 (0.49%) Bicep
11 3 (0.49%) C#
11 3 (0.49%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.33%) C
12 2 (0.33%) C++
12 2 (0.33%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 102 (16.72%) Security Cleared
2 65 (10.66%) SC Cleared
3 20 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (2.79%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.62%) CISSP
5 16 (2.62%) Degree
6 15 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.13%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.80%) CCNP
9 9 (1.48%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.31%) CISM
11 7 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (0.98%) CCNA
12 6 (0.98%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (0.82%) Server+ Certification
14 4 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.66%) CCIE
14 4 (0.66%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (6.56%) GDPR
2 22 (3.61%) NIST
3 20 (3.28%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.97%) FINRA
5 12 (1.97%) MiFID
6 8 (1.31%) ISO 20022
6 8 (1.31%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.98%) NCSC
8 5 (0.82%) PSD2
9 4 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.33%) CRD IV
10 2 (0.33%) FINREP
10 2 (0.33%) IFRS
10 2 (0.33%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.33%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.33%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.33%) QA
10 2 (0.33%) SEPA
11 1 (0.16%) COBIT
System Software
1 19 (3.11%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.79%) Docker
3 15 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.97%) VMware NSX
4 12 (1.97%) vSphere
5 7 (1.15%) BitLocker
6 5 (0.82%) RACF
6 5 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 2 (0.33%) NFS
9 1 (0.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.16%) ProxySG
9 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.16%) Snort
9 1 (0.16%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 37 (6.07%) Kubernetes
2 32 (5.25%) Terraform
3 28 (4.59%) Ansible
4 12 (1.97%) SCCM
5 11 (1.80%) vCenter Server
6 10 (1.64%) Argo
6 10 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.98%) Grafana
7 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.33%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.33%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.33%) Istio
9 2 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.33%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.33%) SnapMirror
9 2 (0.33%) SnapVault
10 1 (0.16%) CASB
10 1 (0.16%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 103 (16.89%) Microsoft
2 46 (7.54%) ServiceNow
3 31 (5.08%) Google
4 29 (4.75%) SAP
5 21 (3.44%) VMware
6 18 (2.95%) Red Hat
7 17 (2.79%) Cisco
8 14 (2.30%) Pure Storage
8 14 (2.30%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.80%) Databricks
10 9 (1.48%) F5
11 8 (1.31%) BiZZdesign
11 8 (1.31%) Oracle
11 8 (1.31%) Palo Alto
11 8 (1.31%) Pega
12 7 (1.15%) Infoblox
13 6 (0.98%) CyberArk
13 6 (0.98%) Guidewire
13 6 (0.98%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.82%) Splunk