Software Architecture
Wales > South Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring Software Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 51 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +19 |
| Contract jobs citing Software Architecture | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales | - | - | 0.22% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +35.29% |
| Wales median daily rate | - | - | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +35.29% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales
Software Architecture 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 South Wales.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 215 | 267 | 403 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales | 90.72% | 74.58% | 88.96% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 150 | 174 | 310 |
| 10th Percentile | £190 | £143 | £190 |
| 25th Percentile | £287 | £269 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £450 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.11% | -10.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £486 | £553 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £634 | £650 |
| Wales median daily rate | £400 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.95% | -2.50% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 19 | 30 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.91 | £11.69 | £16.45 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.23 | £15.48 | £16.98 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.00 | £20.24 | £18.82 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.93% | +7.55% | -7.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £32.50 | £49.50 | £24.06 |
| 90th Percentile | £45.00 | £86.18 | £49.63 |
| Wales median hourly rate | £22.50 | £20.24 | £18.14 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.19% | +11.55% | -9.84% |
Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales
Job postings citing Software Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.
Software Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Architecture in South Wales.