Architect Contract Job Trends in Peterborough

Architect
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The median Architect daily rate in Peterborough is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 20 36
Rank change year-on-year +9 +16 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 4 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Peterborough 5.00% 2.82% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.33% 4.00% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £514 - -
25th Percentile £534 £555 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £570 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.07% -0.87% -5.35%
75th Percentile £659 £585 £613
90th Percentile £691 - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £650 £648 £575
% change year-on-year +0.39% +12.61% -8.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Peterborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Peterborough. 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 Peterborough with a recognized job title 75 50 155
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 70.42% 74.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 18
10th Percentile £225 £328 £200
25th Percentile £285 £372 £287
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £440 £438
Median % change year-on-year +13.57% +0.63% +27.27%
75th Percentile - £540 £609
90th Percentile £628 £586 £613
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £488 £473 £471
% change year-on-year +3.17% +0.27% +4.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 20 129
10th Percentile - £14.98 £13.88
25th Percentile £13.33 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £14.75 £20.98 £14.80
Median % change year-on-year -29.69% +41.76% +1.44%
75th Percentile £16.00 £21.46 £21.46
90th Percentile £38.78 £25.55 £34.40
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £16.30
% change year-on-year -25.44% +31.66% +5.16%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Peterborough

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Peterborough

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Peterborough

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Peterborough

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Peterborough over the 6 months to 7 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Peterborough

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

For the 6 months to 7 March 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 Peterborough region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) ERP
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Siemens
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) Allen-Bradley
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Ariba
3 1 (25.00%) Blazor
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Data Collection
3 1 (25.00%) Data Discovery
3 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) Databricks
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) GDPR
3 1 (25.00%) GraphQL
3 1 (25.00%) Kepware
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) Modbus

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

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) Blazor
1 1 (25.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (25.00%) Next.js
1 1 (25.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (25.00%) Industry 4.0
2 1 (25.00%) IoT
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ERP
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Data Collection
3 1 (25.00%) Data Discovery
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Siemens
2 1 (25.00%) Allen-Bradley
2 1 (25.00%) Ariba
2 1 (25.00%) Databricks
2 1 (25.00%) Kepware
2 1 (25.00%) Rockwell
2 1 (25.00%) SAP