Architect Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Architect
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Architect daily rate in Oxfordshire is £690, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 23 9
Rank change year-on-year -16 -14 +8
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 13 6 13
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 2.90% 4.14% 7.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.49% 4.58% 8.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 11
10th Percentile £625 - £488
25th Percentile £669 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £690 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year +25.45% -12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £825 £600 £650
90th Percentile £838 - -
South East median daily rate £625 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 373 131 155
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.07% 90.34% 92.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 74 98
10th Percentile £225 £177 £172
25th Percentile £353 £229 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £419 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.43% -6.94% -
75th Percentile £550 £550 £522
90th Percentile £675 £660 £611
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 13 13
10th Percentile £13.62 £21.71 -
25th Percentile £18.25 - £12.18
Median hourly rate £37.00 £25.15 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.12% +22.68% -32.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £83.00 £25.99
90th Percentile £63.75 £89.63 £29.90
South East median hourly rate £52.21 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +107.60% -56.15% +14.70%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 6 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Oxfordshire

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 6 September 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
Oxford -2 3 £675 +12.50% 10
Bicester - 2 £675 - 1
Abingdon - 1 - - 2
Architect
South East

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 6 September 2026, 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 7 (53.85%) Event-Driven
1 7 (53.85%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 7 (53.85%) SOA
2 6 (46.15%) Technical Debt
3 5 (38.46%) Microservices
3 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (30.77%) Agile
4 4 (30.77%) Java
4 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
5 3 (23.08%) Configuration Management
5 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling
5 3 (23.08%) DevOps
5 3 (23.08%) Integration Patterns
5 3 (23.08%) Metadata
5 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
5 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
5 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
5 3 (23.08%) Test Automation
6 2 (15.38%) Architectural Patterns
6 2 (15.38%) Azure
6 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Delivery
6 2 (15.38%) Data Management
6 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (15.38%) GraphQL
6 2 (15.38%) Integration Testing
6 2 (15.38%) MuleSoft
6 2 (15.38%) Salesforce
6 2 (15.38%) Software Delivery

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Ethernet
1 1 (7.69%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Metadata
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Marketing
3 2 (15.38%) Retail
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) GraphQL
2 1 (7.69%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (15.38%) Cloud Native
4 1 (7.69%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Event-Driven
1 7 (53.85%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 7 (53.85%) SOA
2 6 (46.15%) Technical Debt
3 5 (38.46%) Microservices
3 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (30.77%) Agile
4 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
5 3 (23.08%) Configuration Management
5 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling
5 3 (23.08%) DevOps
5 3 (23.08%) Integration Patterns
5 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
5 3 (23.08%) Test Automation
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Delivery
6 2 (15.38%) Integration Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Software Delivery
6 2 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (15.38%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (7.69%) CEH
3 1 (7.69%) CISSP
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) MuleSoft
1 2 (15.38%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.69%) NVIDIA