Software Architecture Contracts in the North West

Software Architecture
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Software Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Architecture over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 155 173
Rank change year-on-year +24 +18 -34
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 8 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.29% 0.093% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.10% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £449 £371 £479
25th Percentile £485 £448 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £505
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +13.86% -9.30%
75th Percentile £556 £613 £521
90th Percentile £568 £635 £524
England median daily rate £650 £600 £550
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% +0.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Software Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,404 2,934 3,524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.35% 91.06% 88.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,552 2,091 2,592
10th Percentile £306 £313 £230
25th Percentile £406 £410 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £569
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 151 166
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.85 £10.64
25th Percentile £13.27 £20.74 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +15.21%
75th Percentile £45.00 £48.38 £43.75
90th Percentile £55.75 £65.00 £59.38
England median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
% change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in the North West

Software Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Software Architecture in the North West

Software Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Architecture in the North West

Software 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 Software Architecture within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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 +18 4 £550 +20.22% 10
Merseyside - 4 £510 -
Software Architecture
England

Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Terragrunt
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Development Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Software Development Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Software Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Full Stack Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Principal Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Python Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (62.50%) .NET
2 2 (25.00%) CSS
2 2 (25.00%) HTML
2 2 (25.00%) React
3 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
3 1 (12.50%) FastAPI
3 1 (12.50%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) CI/CD
2 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
3 4 (50.00%) Coaching
3 4 (50.00%) Scrum
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (25.00%) Full Stack Development
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (12.50%) API Design
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Microservices
5 1 (12.50%) Mob Programming
5 1 (12.50%) OO
5 1 (12.50%) Pair Programming
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) TDD
5 1 (12.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) JavaScript
2 4 (50.00%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform