Architect Contracts in the North West

Architect
England > North West

The median Architect daily rate in the North West is £596, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 June 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
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 8 30
Rank change year-on-year -6 +22 -9
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 201 323 171
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 10.15% 11.66% 5.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.93% 12.32% 5.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 220 120
10th Percentile £450 £474 £450
25th Percentile £492 £538 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £596 £625 £614
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% +1.83% -0.20%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £700
90th Percentile £738 £850 £800
England median daily rate £625 £650 £668
% change year-on-year -3.85% -2.73% +2.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 10
10th Percentile - £43.50 £35.00
25th Percentile - - £66.00
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +21.74%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £72.35 -
England median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +14.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,839 2,622 2,874
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 94.69% 94.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,230 1,640 2,037
10th Percentile £267 £268 £300
25th Percentile £375 £385 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £586
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
England median daily rate £514 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -4.55% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 305 130
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.38 £14.52
25th Percentile £14.13 £14.13 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.01 £32.90 £29.65
Median % change year-on-year -11.81% +10.94% +21.02%
75th Percentile £60.00 £48.00 £44.92
90th Percentile £80.78 £71.26 £66.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £38.14 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.33% -15.26% +88.21%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the North West

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in the North West

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in the North West over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in the North West

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in the North West

Architect
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Manchester -11 91 £550 -15.38% 144
Cheshire -4 71 £537 -13.39% 44
Lancashire +11 17 £620 +24.00% 10
Cumbria -7 13 £625 -6.58% 7
Merseyside -10 6 £638 +4.08% 6
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 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 West region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 61 (30.35%) Social Skills
2 50 (24.88%) Security Cleared
3 46 (22.89%) AWS
3 46 (22.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 41 (20.40%) SC Cleared
5 38 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (18.41%) Azure
7 34 (16.92%) Banking
7 34 (16.92%) Microsoft
8 33 (16.42%) Roadmaps
9 31 (15.42%) Analytical Skills
10 29 (14.43%) Agile
11 27 (13.43%) Finance
12 26 (12.94%) Migration
13 25 (12.44%) Architectural Design
14 23 (11.44%) Technical Leadership
15 22 (10.95%) CI/CD
16 21 (10.45%) Public Sector
16 21 (10.45%) Enterprise Architecture
16 21 (10.45%) Degree
17 20 (9.95%) Java
17 20 (9.95%) Microservices
18 19 (9.45%) DevOps
19 18 (8.96%) TOGAF
20 17 (8.46%) Analytics
20 17 (8.46%) Containerisation
21 16 (7.96%) Software Engineering
21 16 (7.96%) Legal
22 15 (7.46%) Kubernetes
23 14 (6.97%) Stakeholder Engagement

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.98%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.99%) SAS
3 4 (1.99%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.49%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.00%) CICS
6 1 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.50%) Apache
6 1 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.50%) Appian
6 1 (0.50%) CMS
6 1 (0.50%) Confluence
6 1 (0.50%) JBoss
6 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.50%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.50%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (1.00%) Chatbot
1 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (3.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.49%) Magento
2 3 (1.49%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (1.49%) Sage 200
3 2 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.00%) Maximo
3 2 (1.00%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.50%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 46 (22.89%) AWS
2 37 (18.41%) Azure
3 13 (6.47%) GCP
4 12 (5.97%) Serverless
5 8 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (3.98%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
6 6 (2.99%) Amazon S3
6 6 (2.99%) GitHub
6 6 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (2.49%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.49%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (1.99%) Amazon Glacier
8 4 (1.99%) Amazon Kinesis
8 4 (1.99%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.99%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (1.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (1.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.99%) Firewall
2 2 (1.00%) FlexRay
2 2 (1.00%) Network Security
3 1 (0.50%) ATM
3 1 (0.50%) BGP
3 1 (0.50%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (0.50%) DNS
3 1 (0.50%) EIGRP
3 1 (0.50%) Internet
3 1 (0.50%) NetScaler
3 1 (0.50%) OSPF
3 1 (0.50%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.50%) VPN
3 1 (0.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.47%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (3.48%) Hadoop
3 5 (2.49%) Big Data
3 5 (2.49%) DynamoDB
3 5 (2.49%) Metadata
4 4 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.49%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.00%) Apache Hive
6 2 (1.00%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.00%) DB2
6 2 (1.00%) MySQL
6 2 (1.00%) Power BI
6 2 (1.00%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.00%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.50%) Siebel EIM
7 1 (0.50%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (3.98%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.49%) JIRA
3 2 (1.00%) ERwin
3 2 (1.00%) Hudson
3 2 (1.00%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.00%) Selenium
3 2 (1.00%) SOAtest
4 1 (0.50%) GitLab
General
1 61 (30.35%) Social Skills
2 34 (16.92%) Banking
3 31 (15.42%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (13.43%) Finance
5 21 (10.45%) Public Sector
6 16 (7.96%) Legal
7 7 (3.48%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.99%) Automotive
8 6 (2.99%) Corporate Banking
8 6 (2.99%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.99%) Military
11 3 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.49%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.00%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.00%) German Language
12 2 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.00%) Marketing
12 2 (1.00%) Retail
12 2 (1.00%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.97%) Kafka
2 11 (5.47%) .NET
2 11 (5.47%) OAuth
3 9 (4.48%) Middleware
3 9 (4.48%) OAuth2
4 6 (2.99%) .NET Framework
4 6 (2.99%) OpenID
4 6 (2.99%) RESTful
5 5 (2.49%) REST
5 5 (2.49%) SAML
5 5 (2.49%) Web Services
6 4 (1.99%) ActiveMQ
6 4 (1.99%) Node.js
7 3 (1.49%) Apache NiFi
7 3 (1.49%) JSON
7 3 (1.49%) React
7 3 (1.49%) SOAP
7 3 (1.49%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.00%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.47%) Public Cloud
2 9 (4.48%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.48%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.48%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.49%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (2.49%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.99%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.49%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.49%) Mainframe
6 3 (1.49%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.00%) CSOC
7 2 (1.00%) Data Fabric
7 2 (1.00%) EMV
7 2 (1.00%) IVR
7 2 (1.00%) Replication
7 2 (1.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.00%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.98%) Android
1 8 (3.98%) Apple iOS
2 7 (3.48%) Windows
3 3 (1.49%) Linux
3 3 (1.49%) Unix
4 2 (1.00%) HPUX
4 2 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.00%) Solaris
5 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.50%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (22.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 38 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (16.42%) Roadmaps
4 29 (14.43%) Agile
5 26 (12.94%) Migration
6 25 (12.44%) Architectural Design
7 23 (11.44%) Technical Leadership
8 22 (10.95%) CI/CD
9 21 (10.45%) Enterprise Architecture
10 20 (9.95%) Microservices
11 19 (9.45%) DevOps
12 18 (8.96%) TOGAF
13 17 (8.46%) Analytics
13 17 (8.46%) Containerisation
14 16 (7.96%) Software Engineering
15 14 (6.97%) Business Strategy
15 14 (6.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 14 (6.97%) Technical Architecture
16 13 (6.47%) Data Governance
16 13 (6.47%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.95%) Java
2 7 (3.48%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.49%) SQL
4 4 (1.99%) C#
5 3 (1.49%) PHP
6 2 (1.00%) Bicep
6 2 (1.00%) COBOL
6 2 (1.00%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.00%) JCL
6 2 (1.00%) REXX
7 1 (0.50%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.50%) C++
7 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.50%) Python
7 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.50%) VB
7 1 (0.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 50 (24.88%) Security Cleared
2 41 (20.40%) SC Cleared
3 21 (10.45%) Degree
4 12 (5.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (3.98%) AWS Certification
5 8 (3.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 8 (3.98%) Azure Certification
5 8 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.99%) TOGAF Certification
7 5 (2.49%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.99%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.49%) CISM
9 3 (1.49%) CISSP
10 1 (0.50%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.50%) MCP
10 1 (0.50%) MCSA
10 1 (0.50%) MCSE
10 1 (0.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.47%) QA
2 8 (3.98%) GDPR
2 8 (3.98%) SEPA
3 5 (2.49%) NIST
3 5 (2.49%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 4 (1.99%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.49%) NCSC
6 2 (1.00%) COBIT
6 2 (1.00%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.00%) GRC
6 2 (1.00%) ISO 8583
6 2 (1.00%) PSD2
6 2 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.50%) GxP
7 1 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.50%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.50%) NIST 800
System Software
1 13 (6.47%) Docker
2 3 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.50%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (7.46%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.98%) Terraform
3 3 (1.49%) Ansible
3 3 (1.49%) Kibana
4 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.50%) Grafana
5 1 (0.50%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 34 (16.92%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.98%) SAP
2 10 (4.98%) Virgin Media
3 9 (4.48%) Google
3 9 (4.48%) MuleSoft
4 5 (2.49%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.49%) Splunk
5 4 (1.99%) Cloudera
5 4 (1.99%) IBM
5 4 (1.99%) Informatica
5 4 (1.99%) Oracle
5 4 (1.99%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.00%) Ab Initio
6 2 (1.00%) Adobe
6 2 (1.00%) Ariba
6 2 (1.00%) Concur
6 2 (1.00%) ForgeRock
6 2 (1.00%) Parasoft
6 2 (1.00%) Sun
6 2 (1.00%) VMware