Technical Architect Contracts in the South West

Technical Architect
England > South West

The median Technical Architect daily rate in the South West is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 June 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
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 109 112
Rank change year-on-year +12 +3 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 17 45 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.96% 1.37% 1.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.48% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 39 41
10th Percentile £441 £531 £550
25th Percentile £450 £581 £579
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £688 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +10.00% -5.49%
75th Percentile £888 £772 £738
90th Percentile £950 £788 £763
England median daily rate £600 £650 £677
% change year-on-year -7.69% -3.92% +4.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
England median hourly rate - - £56.50

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 1,583 3,033 3,243
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.84% 92.50% 93.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 968 1,910 2,344
10th Percentile £225 £250 £300
25th Percentile £368 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £613 £650
90th Percentile £683 £700 £723
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 459 262
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.86 £17.70
25th Percentile £18.60 £27.75 £44.44
Median hourly rate £33.67 £55.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.33% -11.20% +29.48%
75th Percentile £67.88 £71.25 £74.69
90th Percentile £72.68 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £28.50 £39.55 £43.86
% change year-on-year -27.94% -9.83% +77.50%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 +21 10 £450 -16.28% 17
Wiltshire +23 7 £900 +16.13% 12
Technical Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 June 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 14 (82.35%) Security Cleared
2 7 (41.18%) SC Cleared
3 6 (35.29%) Roadmaps
4 5 (29.41%) Public Sector
4 5 (29.41%) DV Cleared
4 5 (29.41%) Data Centre
4 5 (29.41%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (29.41%) Network Security
4 5 (29.41%) Network Architecture
4 5 (29.41%) LAN
4 5 (29.41%) WAN
4 5 (29.41%) Firewall
5 3 (17.65%) Programme Management
5 3 (17.65%) Marketing
5 3 (17.65%) Electronics
5 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
5 3 (17.65%) Finance
5 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
5 3 (17.65%) Migration
5 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (17.65%) SAP
5 3 (17.65%) Project Governance
5 3 (17.65%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (17.65%) Product Roadmap
5 3 (17.65%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (11.76%) MobileIron
6 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
6 2 (11.76%) Windows
6 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
6 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity

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:

Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) Firewall
1 5 (29.41%) LAN
1 5 (29.41%) Network Security
1 5 (29.41%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 5 (29.41%) Public Sector
2 3 (17.65%) Electronics
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
2 3 (17.65%) Marketing
2 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Data Centre
2 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Android
2 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Roadmaps
2 5 (29.41%) Network Architecture
2 5 (29.41%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (17.65%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (17.65%) Migration
3 3 (17.65%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (17.65%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (17.65%) Programme Management
3 3 (17.65%) Project Governance
4 2 (11.76%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
5 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.88%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
5 1 (5.88%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (5.88%) Requirements Workshops
5 1 (5.88%) Service Migration
5 1 (5.88%) SFIA
5 1 (5.88%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 14 (82.35%) Security Cleared
2 7 (41.18%) SC Cleared
3 5 (29.41%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
1 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) MobileIron
3 1 (5.88%) Apple
3 1 (5.88%) Aruba
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco
3 1 (5.88%) HP
3 1 (5.88%) Juniper
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) VMware