Architectural Design Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Architectural Design
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Architectural Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 124 129
Rank change year-on-year -27 +5 +66
Contract jobs citing Architectural Design 81 42 56
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 1.32% 1.28% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 1.41% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 24 30
10th Percentile £413 £448 £443
25th Percentile £447 £473 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £525 £588
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% -10.64% -2.08%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £738
90th Percentile £707 £734 £747
England median daily rate £575 £614 £600
% change year-on-year -6.31% +2.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £65.50 - £33.18
25th Percentile - - £40.56
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £55.75
75th Percentile £111.15 - £70.56
90th Percentile - - £77.73
England median hourly rate £70.00 - £67.50
% change year-on-year - - -4.93%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Architectural Design 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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,200 2,969 4,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 84.86% 90.13% 85.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,296 1,911 2,506
10th Percentile £304 £263 £300
25th Percentile £400 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £569 £565 £588
90th Percentile £650 £650 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 154 357
10th Percentile £16.99 £13.83 £11.04
25th Percentile £22.89 £18.20 £12.50
Median hourly rate £51.01 £28.75 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +77.43% +62.25% -36.03%
75th Percentile £70.00 £55.76 £44.07
90th Percentile £80.00 £82.56 £53.85
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.67% -4.00%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Architectural Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Architectural Design job vacancy trend in the North of England

Architectural Design
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Architectural Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Architectural Design

Architectural Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architectural Design in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Architectural Design in the North of England

Architectural Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Architectural Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Architectural Design

Architectural Design
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architectural Design in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Architectural Design in the North of England

Architectural Design
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 Architectural Design within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 -9 60 £475 -9.52% 7
Yorkshire -45 18 £507 +3.17% 1
North East -18 3 - - 6
Architectural Design
England

Architectural Design
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 10 (12.35%) Confluence
2 1 (1.23%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (9.88%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.23%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.05%) AWS
2 12 (14.81%) Azure
3 6 (7.41%) GCP
4 4 (4.94%) Serverless
5 3 (3.70%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.70%) IaaS
5 3 (3.70%) OpenShift
5 3 (3.70%) PaaS
5 3 (3.70%) SaaS
6 2 (2.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.47%) Firebase
6 2 (2.47%) GitHub
6 2 (2.47%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.23%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.23%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.23%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.94%) DNS
2 2 (2.47%) DHCP
2 2 (2.47%) Internet
2 2 (2.47%) Kerberos
2 2 (2.47%) VPN
2 2 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.23%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.11%) Tableau
2 3 (3.70%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.47%) DB2
3 2 (2.47%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.47%) MySQL
3 2 (2.47%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.23%) Data Hub
4 1 (1.23%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.23%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 9 (11.11%) JIRA
2 3 (3.70%) Git
2 3 (3.70%) GitLab
3 2 (2.47%) JMeter
3 2 (2.47%) Postman
3 2 (2.47%) Selenium
4 1 (1.23%) CocoaPods
4 1 (1.23%) Crashlytics
4 1 (1.23%) fastlane
4 1 (1.23%) Gradle
General
1 41 (50.62%) Banking
2 29 (35.80%) Finance
3 16 (19.75%) Investment Banking
4 14 (17.28%) Social Skills
5 11 (13.58%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.17%) Corporate Banking
7 4 (4.94%) Military
8 3 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.47%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.23%) Law
10 1 (1.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 62 (76.54%) Architect
2 38 (46.91%) Solutions Architect
3 27 (33.33%) Payments Architect
4 26 (32.10%) Payments Solutions Architect
5 11 (13.58%) Lead
6 9 (11.11%) Lead Architect
7 7 (8.64%) Technical Architect
8 6 (7.41%) Senior
9 4 (4.94%) Business Architect
9 4 (4.94%) Software Engineer
10 3 (3.70%) Project Manager
11 2 (2.47%) DB2 Specialist
11 2 (2.47%) Developer
11 2 (2.47%) Lead Solutions Architect
11 2 (2.47%) Network Architect
11 2 (2.47%) Security Architect
11 2 (2.47%) Senior Software Engineer
11 2 (2.47%) Software Architect
11 2 (2.47%) Technical Leader
11 2 (2.47%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (22.22%) Middleware
2 5 (6.17%) OAuth
3 4 (4.94%) REST
3 4 (4.94%) Spring
3 4 (4.94%) Spring Boot
4 3 (3.70%) Kafka
4 3 (3.70%) OpenID
4 3 (3.70%) React
4 3 (3.70%) RESTful
5 2 (2.47%) AWS CDK
5 2 (2.47%) GraphQL
5 2 (2.47%) LDAP
5 2 (2.47%) Node.js
5 2 (2.47%) OAuth2
5 2 (2.47%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (2.47%) SAML
6 1 (1.23%) ARM Templates
6 1 (1.23%) Dagger
6 1 (1.23%) Jetpack Compose
6 1 (1.23%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.75%) Management Information System
2 15 (18.52%) Product Ownership
3 6 (7.41%) Operational Technology
4 5 (6.17%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (6.17%) Private Cloud
5 4 (4.94%) Cloud Native
5 4 (4.94%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.47%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.47%) Mobile App
7 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.23%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.23%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.23%) Learning Management System
8 1 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (1.23%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.47%) MVS
1 2 (2.47%) VMS
1 2 (2.47%) zOS
2 1 (1.23%) Android
2 1 (1.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (33.33%) Agile
2 26 (32.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 23 (28.40%) Roadmaps
4 20 (24.69%) SDLC
5 19 (23.46%) Technical Architecture
6 17 (20.99%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 17 (20.99%) DevOps
6 17 (20.99%) Waterfall
7 15 (18.52%) Design Patterns
8 13 (16.05%) Technical Leadership
9 12 (14.81%) CI/CD
9 12 (14.81%) Project Delivery
9 12 (14.81%) Regulatory Compliance
10 11 (13.58%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
11 9 (11.11%) Integration Patterns
11 9 (11.11%) Microservices
11 9 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (11.11%) Records Management
12 8 (9.88%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.11%) Java
2 7 (8.64%) JavaScript
3 6 (7.41%) TypeScript
4 4 (4.94%) Python
5 2 (2.47%) Bicep
5 2 (2.47%) Go
5 2 (2.47%) JCL
5 2 (2.47%) Kotlin
5 2 (2.47%) SQL
6 1 (1.23%) ActionScript
6 1 (1.23%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (1.23%) C#
6 1 (1.23%) CLIST
6 1 (1.23%) Objective-C
6 1 (1.23%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.23%) R
6 1 (1.23%) REXX
6 1 (1.23%) Swift
Qualifications
1 14 (17.28%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.17%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.70%) AWS Certification
3 3 (3.70%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.47%) Degree
5 1 (1.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.23%) CCSP
5 1 (1.23%) CEH
5 1 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.23%) CISM
5 1 (1.23%) CISSP
5 1 (1.23%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.23%) OSCP
5 1 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.70%) NIST
2 2 (2.47%) GDPR
2 2 (2.47%) ISO 20022
2 2 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.23%) COBIT
3 1 (1.23%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.23%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.23%) PSD2
System Software
1 4 (4.94%) Docker
2 2 (2.47%) ACF2
2 2 (2.47%) RACF
3 1 (1.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (9.88%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.94%) Grafana
3 3 (3.70%) Terraform
4 2 (2.47%) Prometheus
4 2 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (8.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.70%) IBM
2 3 (3.70%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.47%) Broadcom
3 2 (2.47%) Oracle
3 2 (2.47%) PagerDuty
3 2 (2.47%) SAP
4 1 (1.23%) Adobe
4 1 (1.23%) Databricks
4 1 (1.23%) Google
4 1 (1.23%) Pega
4 1 (1.23%) Snow
4 1 (1.23%) Temenos