Architect Contract Job Trends in Preston

Architect
Lancashire > Preston

The median Architect daily rate in Preston is £825, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 14 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 5 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 6.25% 4.92% -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.41% 5.08% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £723 £653 -
25th Percentile £756 £694 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 £775 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% - -
75th Percentile £869 £788 -
90th Percentile £888 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £798 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +32.92% -7.69% -7.14%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 78 59 42
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.50% 96.72% 97.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 36 17
10th Percentile £77 £156 £241
25th Percentile £394 £388 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +24.71% -2.86%
75th Percentile £680 £568 £525
90th Percentile £742 £646 £593
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £530 £500
% change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 8 22
10th Percentile £37.93 £15.31 £11.77
25th Percentile £40.13 £22.44 £20.94
Median hourly rate £42.31 £29.58 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +43.07% -35.96% +13.77%
75th Percentile £62.53 £32.89 £49.50
90th Percentile £75.02 £46.35 £51.35
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £34.26 £46.18
% change year-on-year +32.69% -25.81% +13.77%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Preston

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Preston

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Preston over the 6 months to 15 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Preston

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Preston

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

For the 6 months to 15 February 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 Preston region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (40.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Application Security
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (20.00%) Budget Responsibility
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) DAMA
3 1 (20.00%) DAMA DMBOK
3 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 (20.00%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
1 1 (20.00%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SAP BW
General
1 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) ERD
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Logical Data Model
3 1 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (20.00%) Physical Data Model
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) JSP 440
2 1 (20.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) SAP
1 1 (20.00%) Zscaler