Architect Contracts in South Wales

Architect
Wales > South Wales

The median Architect daily rate in South Wales is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 14 33
Rank change year-on-year -19 +19 -19
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 10 51 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 2.94% 9.75% 5.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.30% 10.24% 5.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 26 41
10th Percentile £503 £456 £413
25th Percentile £513 £516 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.65% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £675 £664 £669
90th Percentile - £713 £775
Wales median daily rate £638 £570 £575
% change year-on-year +11.84% -0.87% +6.73%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 303 498 875
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.12% 95.22% 97.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 386 650
10th Percentile £173 £173 £200
25th Percentile £350 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £563 £571 £575
90th Percentile £644 £650 £638
Wales median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 27 36
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.85 £11.15
25th Percentile £15.20 £16.60 £11.97
Median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +25.03% -8.89% +10.61%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.98 £26.06
90th Percentile £87.80 £49.25 £47.14
Wales median hourly rate £19.09 £18.14 £19.91
% change year-on-year +5.21% -8.89% +20.67%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in South Wales

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in South Wales

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in South Wales over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in South Wales

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in South Wales

Architect
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Newport +2 5 £525 -20.75%
Cardiff -22 5 £650 +18.18% 11
Architect
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 South Wales region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (20.00%) SAP HCM
3 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (20.00%) PLM
3 2 (20.00%) SAP
3 2 (20.00%) PBX
3 2 (20.00%) VoIP
3 2 (20.00%) SAP HR
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Presales
3 2 (20.00%) Service Design
3 2 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Value Proposition
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) SAP HCM
1 2 (20.00%) SAP HR
1 2 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) PBX
1 2 (20.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Metadata
General
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (20.00%) PLM
1 2 (20.00%) Presales
1 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (20.00%) Project Management
1 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (20.00%) Service Design
1 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (20.00%) Value Proposition
2 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (10.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (10.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (10.00%) Metadata Management
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) SAP