Information Architecture Contracts in the North West

Information Architecture
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Information Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 129 148
Rank change year-on-year +26 +19 +20
Contract jobs citing Information Architecture 17 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.86% 0.29% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 0.34% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 8
10th Percentile £515 - £578
25th Percentile £608 £325 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £350 £606
Median % change year-on-year +92.86% -42.27% +51.56%
75th Percentile £700 £375 £625
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £554 £480 £550
% change year-on-year +15.42% -12.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £19.80 - -
25th Percentile £20.63 £37.63 -
Median hourly rate £22.13 £46.18 -
Median % change year-on-year -52.08% - -
75th Percentile £23.51 - -
90th Percentile £24.26 - -
England median hourly rate £22.13 £46.18 -
% change year-on-year -52.08% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Information Architecture 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,776 2,377 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.24% 86.28% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,519 2,058
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 244 144
10th Percentile £15.97 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.66 £13.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.22 £48.91
90th Percentile £83.96 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Information Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Information Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Information Architecture in the North West

Information Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Information Architecture in the North West

Information Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Architecture in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Architecture in the North West

Information Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Architecture in the North West

Information Architecture
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 Information Architecture within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Cheshire - 8 £688 - 3
Lancashire +2 5 £620 - 2
Manchester +18 3 £613 +75.00% 4
Information Architecture
England

Information Architecture
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 2 (11.76%) CMS
2 1 (5.88%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (5.88%) Apache Spark
2 1 (5.88%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
1 1 (5.88%) AWS Data Pipeline
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) Figma
1 1 (5.88%) GCP
1 1 (5.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Metadata
2 1 (5.88%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (5.88%) BigQuery
2 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (41.18%) Pharmaceutical
2 6 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
4 4 (23.53%) Finance
4 4 (23.53%) Legal
4 4 (23.53%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.88%) Local Government
5 1 (5.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Data Migration Expert
2 3 (17.65%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Data Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Data Migration Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Designer
4 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Migration Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.88%) SAP Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Supply Chain Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) UX Designer
4 1 (5.88%) Web Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Web Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) CSS
1 1 (5.88%) HTML
1 1 (5.88%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
1 3 (17.65%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.76%) Data Structures
2 2 (11.76%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (11.76%) Taxonomies
3 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Data Migration
1 8 (47.06%) Migration
2 6 (35.29%) Data Design
2 6 (35.29%) ETL
2 6 (35.29%) Project Management
3 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (23.53%) Business Analysis
4 4 (23.53%) User Experience
5 3 (17.65%) Agile
5 3 (17.65%) Analytics
5 3 (17.65%) Data Management
6 2 (11.76%) Architectural Design
6 2 (11.76%) Architecture Roadmap
6 2 (11.76%) Content Management
6 2 (11.76%) Privileged Access Management
6 2 (11.76%) Roadmaps
6 2 (11.76%) Service Delivery
6 2 (11.76%) Supply Chain Planning
6 2 (11.76%) Technology Roadmap
6 2 (11.76%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) Degree
1 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) Accessibility
2 2 (11.76%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) SAP
2 1 (5.88%) Adobe
2 1 (5.88%) Ariba
2 1 (5.88%) Virgin Media