Architect Contracts in Portsmouth

Architect
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Architect daily rate in Portsmouth is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 August 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
22 Aug 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 32 36
Rank change year-on-year +23 +4 -13
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Architect 28 7 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 14.21% 3.37% 2.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.36% 3.48% 3.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 2 7
10th Percentile - - £508
25th Percentile £519 £615 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £630 £625
Median % change year-on-year -14.68% +0.80% -0.40%
75th Percentile £556 £645 £700
90th Percentile £573 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £650 £637
% change year-on-year -7.69% +2.12% -5.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £92.19 -
Hampshire median hourly rate - £92.19 £77.50
% change year-on-year - +18.95% -3.13%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Portsmouth with a recognized job title 195 201 261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.98% 96.63% 94.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 86 159
10th Percentile £200 £380 £273
25th Percentile £213 £445 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £568 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.56% +13.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £556 £688 £581
90th Percentile £625 £825 £676
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 80 19
10th Percentile £24.81 £51.06 £19.84
25th Percentile £31.67 £53.40 £45.53
Median hourly rate £48.75 £57.35 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +4.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £70.00 £68.65
90th Percentile £59.63 £76.86 £70.26
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.75 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -15.00% +9.24% +55.56%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Portsmouth

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Portsmouth

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Portsmouth

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 22 August 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 27 (96.43%) Security Cleared
1 27 (96.43%) SC Cleared
2 25 (89.29%) Service Design
2 25 (89.29%) IT4IT
2 25 (89.29%) Project Delivery
2 25 (89.29%) ITIL
2 25 (89.29%) Service Management
2 25 (89.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Cisco
3 2 (7.14%) CCNP
3 2 (7.14%) CCNA
3 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (7.14%) Juniper
3 2 (7.14%) Network Design
3 2 (7.14%) JNCIS
3 2 (7.14%) Fortinet
3 2 (7.14%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) Edge Computing
4 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.57%) AWS
4 1 (3.57%) Security Architecture
4 1 (3.57%) Network Architecture
4 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (3.57%) IoT
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Fujitsu
4 1 (3.57%) SCADA
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.57%) 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 (3.57%) AWS
General
1 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.57%) IoT
1 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
1 1 (3.57%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (89.29%) IT4IT
1 25 (89.29%) ITIL
1 25 (89.29%) Project Delivery
1 25 (89.29%) Service Design
1 25 (89.29%) Service Management
2 2 (7.14%) Network Design
3 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (3.57%) Edge Computing
3 1 (3.57%) Network Architecture
3 1 (3.57%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 27 (96.43%) SC Cleared
1 27 (96.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) CCNA
2 2 (7.14%) CCNP
2 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (7.14%) DV Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (89.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) Cisco
1 2 (7.14%) Fortinet
1 2 (7.14%) Juniper
2 1 (3.57%) Fujitsu
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft
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