Architect Contracts in Somerset

Architect
South West > Somerset

The median Architect daily rate in Somerset is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 May 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 20 25
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 6 7 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 3.95% 3.43% 3.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.55% 3.72% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 7
10th Percentile - - £623
25th Percentile £575 £490 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £530 £675
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -21.48% +22.73%
75th Percentile £625 £570 £749
90th Percentile - - £800
South West median daily rate £600 £650 £668
% change year-on-year -7.69% -2.69% +6.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 132 188 186
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.84% 92.16% 98.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 116 142
10th Percentile £263 £200 £193
25th Percentile £411 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £481
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -6.49% +12.70%
75th Percentile £675 £588 £650
90th Percentile £775 £609 £736
South West median daily rate £500 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -2.63% -2.19% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 32 15
10th Percentile £13.66 £12.28 £23.60
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.23 £34.95
Median hourly rate £18.51 £25.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.96% -50.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile £19.76 £40.00 £62.06
90th Percentile £20.51 £48.00 £77.97
South West median hourly rate £61.25 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +11.36% -15.38% +38.30%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Somerset

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in Somerset.

Daily rate trend for Architect in Somerset

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in Somerset.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Somerset

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 18 May 2025. 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
Bath -8 3 £600 +20.00% 10
Bridgwater +4 2 - -
Yeovil - 1 - - 1
Architect
South West

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 Somerset region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
3 3 (50.00%) Azure
3 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (33.33%) ArchiMate
4 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (33.33%) AWS Certification
4 2 (33.33%) GCP
4 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
4 2 (33.33%) Scorecard
4 2 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (33.33%) Business Case
4 2 (33.33%) SD-WAN
4 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (33.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (33.33%) Azure Certification
4 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 2 (33.33%) Budget Management
4 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto
4 2 (33.33%) Network Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) AWS
4 2 (33.33%) Process Management
4 2 (33.33%) Firewall
4 2 (33.33%) Management Information System

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (16.67%) PaaS
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) BGP
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) MPLS
1 2 (33.33%) OSPF
1 2 (33.33%) SD-WAN
1 2 (33.33%) VLAN
1 2 (33.33%) VPN
1 2 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) ArchiMate
3 2 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Business Case
3 2 (33.33%) Business Development
3 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (33.33%) IT Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (33.33%) Scorecard
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (33.33%) Supplier Management
3 2 (33.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) AWS Certification
1 2 (33.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (33.33%) CCIE
1 2 (33.33%) CCNP
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) JNCIE
1 2 (33.33%) JNCIP
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco
1 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 2 (33.33%) Google
1 2 (33.33%) Juniper
1 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto