Systems Architect Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

System Architect
West Midlands > Shropshire

The median System Architect daily rate in Shropshire is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Architect 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.49% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £455 - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile £495 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £625 £625 £475
% change year-on-year - +31.58% -26.92%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Shropshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Shropshire. 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 Shropshire with a recognized job title 573 137 111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 91.33% 86.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 84 73
10th Percentile £351 £314 £260
25th Percentile £402 £431 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £484 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.07% -3.30% -7.06%
75th Percentile £514 £532 £536
90th Percentile £569 £541 £538
West Midlands median daily rate £478 £488 £485
% change year-on-year -1.95% +0.52% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 2 6
10th Percentile £25.15 - £14.94
25th Percentile £31.68 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £12.18 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +331.03% -18.80% -72.73%
75th Percentile £65.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £18.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +66.67% -20.00% +18.42%

Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Systems Architect job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Systems Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Architect job vacancies in Shropshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Architect job vacancies in Shropshire

Systems Architect
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 Systems Architect within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 24 April 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 - 3 £475 -
Systems Architect
West Midlands

Systems Architect Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire

For the 6 months to 24 April 2026, Systems 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 Shropshire region featuring Systems Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Case Management
1 3 (100.00%) Pega
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) JMS
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (66.67%) REST
2 2 (66.67%) SFIA
2 2 (66.67%) SOAP
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements

Systems Architect Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) JMS
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Case Management
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (66.67%) SFIA
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Pega