Distributed Architecture Contract Job Trends in the South West

Distributed Architecture
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Architecture in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	155	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing Distributed Architecture	3	0	0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West	0.081%	-	-
As % of the Miscellaneous category	0.30%	-	-
Number of daily rates quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	£611	-	-
25^th Percentile	£628	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£663	-	-
75^th Percentile	£703	-	-
90^th Percentile	£724	-	-
England median daily rate	£550	£700	£386
% change year-on-year	-21.43%	+81.35%	-33.45%

All Generic Skills
South West

Distributed Architecture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South West.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	997	674	681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West	27.00%	33.47%	27.42%
Number of daily rates quoted	546	402	366
10^th Percentile	£312	£225	£208
25^th Percentile	£421	£359	£440
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£533	£525	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+1.43%	-4.55%	-
75^th Percentile	£669	£638	£675
90^th Percentile	£750	£715	£725
England median daily rate	£525	£525	£545
% change year-on-year	-	-3.67%	-0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted	135	85	87
10^th Percentile	£14.04	£6.00	£21.43
25^th Percentile	£17.55	£15.48	£66.25
Median hourly rate	£25.75	£20.36	£70.00
Median % change year-on-year	+26.47%	-70.91%	-10.26%
75^th Percentile	£64.38	£63.75	£72.50
90^th Percentile	£85.75	£74.00	£74.25
England median hourly rate	£33.79	£28.13	£53.50
% change year-on-year	+20.14%	-47.43%	+16.61%

Distributed Architecture Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Distributed Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Distributed Architecture Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Distributed Architecture.

Distributed Architecture Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Distributed Architecture.

Distributed Architecture Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Distributed Architecture within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
Bristol	-	1	-	-
Wiltshire	-	1	£600	-
Distributed Architecture England

Distributed Architecture Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Distributed Architecture also mentioned 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 South West region with a requirement for Distributed Architecture.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microservices	66.7%	2
1	Stakeholder Management	66.7%	2
3	Agile	33.3%	1
3	API Testing	33.3%	1
3	Architectural Patterns	33.3%	1
3	AWS	33.3%	1
3	Azure	33.3%	1
3	CI/CD	33.3%	1
3	Continuous Improvement	33.3%	1
3	Cypress.io	33.3%	1
3	Data Architecture	33.3%	1
3	Data Governance	33.3%	1
3	Data Migration	33.3%	1
3	Digital Transformation Programme	33.3%	1
3	Domain-Driven Design	33.3%	1
3	End-to-End Testing	33.3%	1
3	Event-Driven	33.3%	1
3	Event-Driven Architecture	33.3%	1
3	Gatling	33.3%	1
3	Integration Patterns	33.3%	1
3	Kafka	33.3%	1
3	Kotlin	33.3%	1
3	Load Testing	33.3%	1
3	Microsoft	33.3%	1
3	Migration	33.3%	1
3	Playwright	33.3%	1
3	PostgreSQL	33.3%	1
3	Resilience Testing	33.3%	1
3	SC Cleared	33.3%	1
3	Security Cleared	33.3%	1

Distributed Architecture Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cloud Native	33.3%	1
1	Distributed Systems	33.3%	1
1	Enterprise Software	33.3%	1
1	Legacy Applications	33.3%	1
1	Legacy Systems	33.3%	1