Technical Architect Contracts in the South West

Technical Architect
England > South West

The median Technical Architect daily rate in the South West is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 123 108
Rank change year-on-year +37 -15 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 25 34 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.49% 1.06% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.62% 1.14% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 31 51
10th Percentile £450 £538 £550
25th Percentile £525 £581 £579
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £713 £625
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +14.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £688 £778 £723
90th Percentile £792 £788 £763
England median daily rate £625 £675 £675
% change year-on-year -7.46% - +6.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
England median hourly rate - - £35.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,546 2,986 3,354
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 93.34% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,007 1,903 2,516
10th Percentile £220 £208 £263
25th Percentile £386 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £614 £620 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 400 267
10th Percentile £18.51 £14.00 £18.09
25th Percentile £26.62 £27.50 £50.62
Median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £85.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architect in the South West

Technical Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Architect in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Technical Architect in the South West

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Architect in the South West

Technical Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Architect in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Architect in the South West

Technical 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 Technical Architect within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Bristol +27 12 £450 -10.00% 1
Wiltshire +26 10 £638 -17.74% 2
Gloucestershire +11 2 £525 -10.64%
Dorset +1 1 £700 -8.20% 1
Technical Architect
England

Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technical 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 West region featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 21 (84.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (44.00%) SC Cleared
2 11 (44.00%) WAN
3 10 (40.00%) LAN
3 10 (40.00%) Firewall
4 9 (36.00%) Network Security
4 9 (36.00%) Network Architecture
4 9 (36.00%) Data Centre
4 9 (36.00%) Technical Leadership
5 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
6 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
7 6 (24.00%) Roadmaps
7 6 (24.00%) Azure
7 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
8 5 (20.00%) Windows
9 4 (16.00%) Migration
9 4 (16.00%) Apple iOS
10 3 (12.00%) Entra ID
10 3 (12.00%) Product Roadmap
10 3 (12.00%) Apple
10 3 (12.00%) Architectural Patterns
11 2 (8.00%) Product Ownership
11 2 (8.00%) Technology Strategy
11 2 (8.00%) Business Strategy
11 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (8.00%) Cisco
11 2 (8.00%) Symantec
11 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification

Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (4.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (24.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (44.00%) WAN
2 10 (40.00%) Firewall
2 10 (40.00%) LAN
3 9 (36.00%) Network Security
4 2 (8.00%) DNS
4 2 (8.00%) VPN
5 1 (4.00%) DHCP
5 1 (4.00%) SD-WAN
5 1 (4.00%) Skype
5 1 (4.00%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (4.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Finance
2 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Electronics
3 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.00%) Marketing
3 1 (4.00%) Military
3 1 (4.00%) Publishing
3 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) PKI
3 1 (4.00%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
2 4 (16.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (8.00%) Android
3 2 (8.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (8.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (4.00%) Linux
4 1 (4.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Network Architecture
1 9 (36.00%) Technical Leadership
2 6 (24.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (16.00%) Migration
4 3 (12.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (12.00%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (8.00%) Agile
5 2 (8.00%) Analytics
5 2 (8.00%) Business Strategy
5 2 (8.00%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (8.00%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (8.00%) IT Strategy
5 2 (8.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (8.00%) Project Governance
5 2 (8.00%) Technology Strategy
6 1 (4.00%) Customer-Centricity
6 1 (4.00%) Data Strategy
6 1 (4.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 1 (4.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.00%) VB
1 1 (4.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 21 (84.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (44.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) MCSA
3 2 (8.00%) MCSE
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.00%) Degree
4 1 (4.00%) MCP
4 1 (4.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) NCSC
1 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) BitLocker
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.00%) SCCM
3 1 (4.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (4.00%) OPNET
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Apple
3 2 (8.00%) Aruba
3 2 (8.00%) Cisco
3 2 (8.00%) Juniper
3 2 (8.00%) Symantec
4 1 (4.00%) Databricks
4 1 (4.00%) F5
4 1 (4.00%) FireEye
4 1 (4.00%) HP
4 1 (4.00%) McAfee
4 1 (4.00%) Meraki
4 1 (4.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.00%) SAP
4 1 (4.00%) VMware