Architectural Design Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Architectural Design
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Architectural Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - 37
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Architectural Design 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 1.07% - 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% - 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £650 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £448 -
% change year-on-year +34.08% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £59.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £52.50 - £59.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

Architectural Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 143 93 229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 76.47% 80.87% 87.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 52 121
10th Percentile £278 £325 £400
25th Percentile £418 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £556 £613 £665
90th Percentile £596 £688 £800
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 20 44
10th Percentile £16.60 £31.25 £22.23
25th Percentile £20.50 £34.06 £48.91
Median hourly rate £36.33 £56.13 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.28% -6.46% -1.92%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £51.81 £65.63 £70.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £55.70
% change year-on-year -40.83% -37.16% +29.26%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Architectural Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Architectural Design job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Architectural Design
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Architectural Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Architectural Design

Architectural Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Architectural Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Architectural Design

Architectural Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared