Platform Architect Contract Job Trends in the South West

Platform Architect
England > South West

The median Platform Architect daily rate in the South West is £589, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 - 143
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Architect 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.056% - 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% - 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £503 - -
25th Percentile £531 - £921
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £589 - £943
Median % change year-on-year - - +42.26%
75th Percentile £653 - £964
90th Percentile £685 - -
England median daily rate £600 £600 £625
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 3,329 1,692 2,617
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 88.77% 92.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,810 984 1,690
10th Percentile £331 £227 £250
25th Percentile £425 £363 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.38% -1.43%
75th Percentile £618 £619 £613
90th Percentile £706 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 547 184 348
10th Percentile £17.25 £13.50 £15.17
25th Percentile £32.50 £18.13 £39.80
Median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +138.57% -61.31% +3.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £70.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £26.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +73.08% -42.22% +4.65%

Platform Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Platform Architect job vacancy trend in the South West

Platform Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Platform Architect job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Platform Architect job vacancies in the South West

Platform Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Platform Architect in the South West over the 6 months to 2 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Platform Architect in the South West

Platform Architect
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 Platform Architect within the South West region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
Devon - 1 £688 - 3
Gloucestershire - 1 £490 -
Platform Architect
England

Platform Architect Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 2 August 2026, Platform 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 South West region featuring Platform Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SnowPro
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements

Platform Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Kanban
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SnowPro
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft