Principal Architect Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Principal Architect
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

As of 27 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Architect daily rate in South Yorkshire.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.099% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 917 306 385
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 90.00% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 210 232
10th Percentile £336 £219 £250
25th Percentile £405 £388 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% - -13.64%
75th Percentile £540 £574 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £460 £463
% change year-on-year +5.98% -0.54% -11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 16
10th Percentile - £16.37 £10.90
25th Percentile - £18.10 £12.26
Median hourly rate - £18.21 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year - +37.60% -29.85%
75th Percentile - £18.50 £23.75
90th Percentile - £18.51 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £42.50 £21.24 £14.20
% change year-on-year +100.09% +49.55% -42.03%

Principal Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Principal Architect job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Principal Architect
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Principal Architect job vacancies in South Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Principal Architect job vacancies in South Yorkshire

Principal Architect
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Architect within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 27 March 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
Sheffield - 1 - -
Principal Architect
Yorkshire

Principal Architect Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 27 March 2026, Principal 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 Yorkshire region featuring Principal Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Actimize
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Apple Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Expense Management
1 1 (100.00%) FIS
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Google Pay
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 8583
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) TSYS
1 1 (100.00%) VisionPLUS

Principal Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Actimize
1 1 (100.00%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Apple Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Google Pay
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Expense Management
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 8583
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) FIS
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) TSYS