Architect Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Architect
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Architect daily rate in Southampton is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 11 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 +25
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 8 12 20
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 4.73% 8.45% 12.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.63% 8.63% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 20
10th Percentile £520 £425 £531
25th Percentile £525 £463 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £500 £633
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -20.98% -12.72%
75th Percentile £850 £638 £650
90th Percentile - £714 -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £650 £649
% change year-on-year -7.69% +0.19% -3.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 142 139 148
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.02% 97.89% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 92 106
10th Percentile £163 £208 £222
25th Percentile £353 £322 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £521
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -23.22% +2.16%
75th Percentile £550 £578 £614
90th Percentile £650 £638 £657
Hampshire median daily rate £535 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -2.73% +2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 12
10th Percentile £22.50 - -
25th Percentile £25.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.72%
75th Percentile £72.25 - £33.94
90th Percentile £74.87 - £39.45
Hampshire median hourly rate £23.89 £55.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.56% +10.00% +14.94%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Southampton

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Southampton.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Southampton

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Southampton over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Southampton

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Southampton.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Southampton

Architect Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, 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 Southampton region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Algolia
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) Coaching
1 3 (37.50%) Commercetools
1 3 (37.50%) Contentful
1 3 (37.50%) CRM
1 3 (37.50%) E-Commerce
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 2 (25.00%) HubSpot
2 2 (25.00%) JSP 440
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) COBIT
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (12.50%) ISEB
3 1 (12.50%) IT4IT
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 1 (12.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
3 1 (12.50%) Zachman Framework

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Algolia
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) Commercetools
1 3 (37.50%) Contentful
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Coaching
1 3 (37.50%) CRM
1 3 (37.50%) E-Commerce
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (12.50%) IT4IT
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
3 1 (12.50%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ISEB
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 2 (25.00%) JSP 440
2 1 (12.50%) COBIT
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) HubSpot
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud