Architectural Patterns Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Architectural Patterns
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Architectural Patterns skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Architectural Patterns 24 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 6.20% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 19 0 0
10th Percentile £503 - -
25th Percentile £518 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 - -
75th Percentile £560 - -
90th Percentile £582 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £537 £700 £750
% change year-on-year -23.29% -6.67% +20.97%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Shropshire

Architectural Patterns 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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 329 111 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 85.01% 90.24% 61.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 73 25
10th Percentile £400 £301 £303
25th Percentile £450 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £410
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +15.85% -23.79%
75th Percentile £538 £529 £500
90th Percentile £554 £567 £536
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.89% +4.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £22.81 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £12.18 £14.87
Median % change year-on-year +106.49% -18.09% -13.10%
75th Percentile - £17.89 -
90th Percentile - £21.32 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.44 £21.59 £28.34
% change year-on-year -9.98% -23.80% +63.62%

Architectural Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Architectural Patterns job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Architectural Patterns
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Architectural Patterns.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Architectural Patterns

Architectural Patterns
Daily Rate Histogram in Shropshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architectural Patterns in Shropshire over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Architectural Patterns in Shropshire

Architectural Patterns
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architectural Patterns within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Telford - 23 £540 - 2
Architectural Patterns
West Midlands

Architectural Patterns
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (87.50%) SAS
2 2 (8.33%) Apache
2 2 (8.33%) WebLogic
3 1 (4.17%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) AWS
1 5 (20.83%) OpenShift
2 4 (16.67%) Azure
3 2 (8.33%) SaaS
4 1 (4.17%) GCP
4 1 (4.17%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (75.00%) Oracle Database
1 18 (75.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 7 (29.17%) Pentaho
3 4 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (16.67%) Metadata
4 3 (12.50%) Metadata Repository
5 1 (4.17%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 12 (50.00%) Git
2 11 (45.83%) Jenkins
3 6 (25.00%) GitLab
3 6 (25.00%) JIRA
3 6 (25.00%) JUnit
4 5 (20.83%) Selenium
5 1 (4.17%) Maven
5 1 (4.17%) Mockito
General
1 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Architect
2 5 (20.83%) Release Manager
2 5 (20.83%) Test Specialist
3 4 (16.67%) Data Architect
4 3 (12.50%) SAS Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Data Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Java Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Lead
6 1 (4.17%) Lead Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Lead Java Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Network Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) SAS Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Test Automation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.83%) pytest
1 5 (20.83%) REST
2 1 (4.17%) .NET
2 1 (4.17%) JPA
2 1 (4.17%) Node.js
2 1 (4.17%) OpenAPI
2 1 (4.17%) Spring
2 1 (4.17%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
1 1 (4.17%) Data Structures
1 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Linux
1 2 (8.33%) Unix
1 2 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (91.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 19 (79.17%) CI/CD
2 19 (79.17%) Integration Patterns
2 19 (79.17%) Risk Assessment
3 16 (66.67%) Scrum
4 13 (54.17%) Agile
4 13 (54.17%) Analytics
5 12 (50.00%) DevOps
6 11 (45.83%) Data Integration
6 11 (45.83%) Data Pipeline
6 11 (45.83%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (45.83%) Test Automation
7 10 (41.67%) Data Modelling
8 9 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (37.50%) Validation
9 8 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (25.00%) Business Analytics
10 6 (25.00%) Data Analytics
10 6 (25.00%) Data Virtualisation
10 6 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) SQL
2 5 (20.83%) Python
3 2 (8.33%) Java
4 1 (4.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (95.83%) Security Cleared
2 22 (91.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 11 (45.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (58.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.17%) Kibana
Vendors
1 22 (91.67%) Oracle
2 7 (29.17%) Denodo
3 6 (25.00%) Talend
4 2 (8.33%) Dynatrace
5 1 (4.17%) Remedy