Architect Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Architect
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The median Architect daily rate in Oxford is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 8 17
Rank change year-on-year -7 +9 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 3.85% 8.77% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.00% 9.26% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -13.33%
Oxfordshire median daily rate £550 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -15.38% - -13.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxford. 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 Oxford with a recognized job title 50 54 92
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.15% 94.74% 90.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 40 75
10th Percentile £222 £179 £153
25th Percentile £242 £344 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £463 £375
Median % change year-on-year -21.62% +23.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £519 £541 £475
90th Percentile £600 £575 £600
Oxfordshire median daily rate £425 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -8.11% +2.78% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.15 £19.25 -
Median hourly rate £26.33 £20.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.41% - -
75th Percentile £84.66 £21.75 -
90th Percentile £89.63 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £25.15 £20.50 £32.31
% change year-on-year +22.68% -36.55% +90.06%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

Architect job vacancy trend in Oxford

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Oxford.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Oxford

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Oxford.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Oxford

Architect Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford

For the 6 months to 25 October 2025, Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Oxford region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) RBAC
1 2 (100.00%) Runbook
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Sophos
1 2 (100.00%) VPN

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) RBAC
1 2 (100.00%) Runbook
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Sophos