Information Architecture Contract Job Trends in the North West

Information Architecture
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Information Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 109 126
Rank change year-on-year -31 +17 +29
Contract jobs citing Information Architecture 11 14 12
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.43% 0.66% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.75% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 5
10th Percentile £365 £381 £390
25th Percentile £386 £466 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £675 £575
Median % change year-on-year -40.44% +17.39% -4.17%
75th Percentile £617 £697 £600
90th Percentile £678 £750 -
England median daily rate £425 £533 £525
% change year-on-year -20.26% +1.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £19.80 -
25th Percentile - £20.63 £37.63
Median hourly rate - £22.13 £43.22
Median % change year-on-year - -48.79% -
75th Percentile - £23.51 £46.18
90th Percentile - £24.26 -
England median hourly rate £63.00 £24.76 £43.22
% change year-on-year +154.44% -42.71% -

All Process & 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 2,268 1,861 2,403
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 87.67% 88.28% 87.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,486 1,071 1,612
10th Percentile £213 £275 £306
25th Percentile £358 £389 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £594
90th Percentile £650 £656 £685
England median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 97 192
10th Percentile £16.47 £16.04 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.75 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.40 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.96% -16.71% -2.14%
75th Percentile £57.50 £51.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.85 £61.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £37.75
% change year-on-year -26.03% -9.93% +8.51%

Information Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Information Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Information Architecture job vacancy trend in the North West

Information Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Information Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Information Architecture

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 23 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Information Architecture in the North West

Information Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Information Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Information Architecture

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 23 January 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
Manchester -14 7 £402 +0.50% 2
Cheshire -22 3 £312 -54.69%
Lancashire -13 1 £500 - 1
Information Architecture
England

Information Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (9.09%) CMS
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
5 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Designer
3 2 (18.18%) Information Architect
3 2 (18.18%) SailPoint Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Service Designer
3 2 (18.18%) User Experience Researcher
3 2 (18.18%) UX Designer
3 2 (18.18%) UX Service Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Data Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Information Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Identity Management Architect
4 1 (9.09%) SharePoint Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) SailPoint
2 1 (9.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) Data Structures
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 1 (9.09%) Data Fabric
3 1 (9.09%) Graphic Design
3 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) Taxonomies
3 1 (9.09%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Service Design
2 6 (54.55%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) Decision-Making
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (36.36%) Time Management
3 4 (36.36%) Usability Testing
3 4 (36.36%) User Experience
3 4 (36.36%) User Research
3 4 (36.36%) UX Design
3 4 (36.36%) UX Research
4 3 (27.27%) Architectural Design
4 3 (27.27%) Business Analysis
4 3 (27.27%) Experimental Design
4 3 (27.27%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (27.27%) IT Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) Quantitative Analysis
4 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
5 2 (18.18%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) Accessibility
2 1 (9.09%) GMP
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft