Senior Architect Contracts in the North West

Senior Architect
England > North West

The median Senior Architect daily rate in the North West is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 131 152
Rank change year-on-year +24 +21 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Architect 13 6 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.66% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.23% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 2
10th Percentile - £312 £624
25th Percentile £613 £418 £633
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £613 £656
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +0.96%
75th Percentile £638 £703 £670
90th Percentile £668 £746 £673
England median daily rate £640 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -5.19% -3.57% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate - £35.00 £35.00

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 1,821 2,603 3,030
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 94.48% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,205 1,698 2,172
10th Percentile £250 £281 £300
25th Percentile £378 £393 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £588
90th Percentile £652 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 266 133
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%
75th Percentile £59.24 £46.18 £47.50
90th Percentile £83.41 £63.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Architect in the North West

Senior Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Architect in the North West

Senior Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Architect in the North West

Senior 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 Senior Architect 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
Cumbria - 4 £625 -
Manchester +15 3 - - 35
Merseyside - 3 £625 - 5
Cheshire - 1 £725 - 9
Senior Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Architect in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) DBS Check
3 5 (38.46%) Business Strategy
4 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 4 (30.77%) Performance Optimisation
4 4 (30.77%) GCP
4 4 (30.77%) Banking
5 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
5 3 (23.08%) SQL
5 3 (23.08%) Oracle
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling
5 3 (23.08%) Data Mining
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
5 3 (23.08%) Logical Data Model
5 3 (23.08%) Database Optimisation
5 3 (23.08%) Data Science
5 3 (23.08%) Conceptual Models
5 3 (23.08%) Data Strategy
5 3 (23.08%) Migration
5 3 (23.08%) Tableau
5 3 (23.08%) D3.js
5 3 (23.08%) Data Visualisation
5 3 (23.08%) Data Architecture
5 3 (23.08%) Visualisation
5 3 (23.08%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
6 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps

Senior 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 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) GCP
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) Akamai
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Data Mining
1 3 (23.08%) Tableau
General
1 4 (30.77%) Banking
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Military
4 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) D3.js
2 1 (7.69%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (38.46%) Business Strategy
3 4 (30.77%) Performance Optimisation
4 3 (23.08%) Conceptual Models
4 3 (23.08%) Data Architecture
4 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling
4 3 (23.08%) Data Science
4 3 (23.08%) Data Strategy
4 3 (23.08%) Data Visualisation
4 3 (23.08%) Database Optimisation
4 3 (23.08%) Logical Data Model
4 3 (23.08%) Migration
4 3 (23.08%) Visualisation
5 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
5 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
5 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
5 2 (15.38%) Design Patterns
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) DBS Check
4 1 (7.69%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) Degree
4 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GRC
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle
2 2 (15.38%) Google
3 1 (7.69%) F5