Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Technical Architect
South West > Somerset

The median Technical Architect daily rate in Somerset is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 1.97% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
South West median daily rate £700 £600 £713
% change year-on-year +16.67% -15.79% +7.95%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 283 121 191
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.09% 90.98% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 88 120
10th Percentile £215 £239 £160
25th Percentile £261 £400 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +11.11% -2.70%
75th Percentile £575 £656 £578
90th Percentile £614 £687 £606
South West median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 3 32
10th Percentile £32.50 £13.66 £12.28
25th Percentile £50.00 £15.48 £15.23
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +210.64% -25.96% -44.44%
75th Percentile £58.75 £19.76 £40.00
90th Percentile - £20.51 £47.70
South West median hourly rate £58.75 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -9.62% +36.84% -26.92%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Technical Architect job vacancy trend in Somerset

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in Somerset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in Somerset

Technical 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 Technical Architect within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 8 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
Taunton - 6 £450 - 1
Technical Architect
South West

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

For the 6 months to 8 April 2026, Technical 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 Somerset region featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
4 2 (33.33%) .NET
4 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
4 2 (33.33%) AWS
4 2 (33.33%) C#
4 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 2 (33.33%) DevOps
4 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
4 2 (33.33%) Microservices
4 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) .NET Core
5 1 (16.67%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (16.67%) Azure AKS
5 1 (16.67%) Bicep
5 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
5 1 (16.67%) Cost Optimisation
5 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
5 1 (16.67%) Database Optimisation
5 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 1 (16.67%) DevSecOps
5 1 (16.67%) Docker
5 1 (16.67%) Event-Driven
5 1 (16.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) High Availability
5 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (16.67%) NoSQL
5 1 (16.67%) Observability

Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (16.67%) Azure AKS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) NoSQL
General
1 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (16.67%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Database Optimisation
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) DevSecOps
3 1 (16.67%) Event-Driven
3 1 (16.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) High Availability
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (16.67%) Observability
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft