Architect Contracts in Portsmouth

Architect
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Architect daily rate in Portsmouth is £575, 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 21 26 21
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 -9
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 7 20 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 5.69% 6.69% 8.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.09% 7.27% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 16
10th Percentile £533 £486 £506
25th Percentile £538 £514 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £540 £569
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% -5.17% -10.68%
75th Percentile £619 £668 £659
90th Percentile £667 £779 £800
Hampshire median daily rate £625 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £91.00 -
Hampshire median hourly rate - £91.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - +30.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 115 275 234
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 91.97% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 115 145
10th Percentile £200 £400 £202
25th Percentile £400 £450 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £560 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.68% +12.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £570
90th Percentile £626 £840 £638
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 103 20
10th Percentile £25.19 £48.61 £43.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £53.40 £51.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £59.00 £57.20
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% +3.14% +36.20%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £68.13
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.86 £70.13
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +141.38%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Portsmouth

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in Portsmouth.

Daily rate trend for Architect in Portsmouth

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Portsmouth

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in Portsmouth.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Portsmouth

Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Portsmouth region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (71.43%) DV Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) CCNP
2 5 (71.43%) CCNA
2 5 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (71.43%) Juniper
2 5 (71.43%) Network Design
2 5 (71.43%) Cisco
2 5 (71.43%) JNCIS
2 5 (71.43%) Fortinet
3 4 (57.14%) Fujitsu
3 4 (57.14%) Network Architecture
3 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Debt
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Edge Computing
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (14.29%) IoT
4 1 (14.29%) SCADA
4 1 (14.29%) AWS
4 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 1 (14.29%) AWS
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) IoT
1 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
1 1 (14.29%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Network Design
2 4 (57.14%) Network Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Edge Computing
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Debt
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) CCNA
2 5 (71.43%) CCNP
2 5 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (71.43%) DV Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) JNCIS
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco
1 5 (71.43%) Fortinet
1 5 (71.43%) Juniper
2 4 (57.14%) Fujitsu
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
177 Architect jobs in Hampshire