Architect Contract Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

Architect
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The median Architect daily rate in Stoke-on-Trent is £590, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 3 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stoke-on-Trent 2.86% 7.69% -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.26% 7.69% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £585 £863 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £875 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.57% - -
75th Percentile £595 £888 -
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median daily rate £625 £663 -
% change year-on-year -5.66% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Stoke-on-Trent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent. 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 Stoke-on-Trent with a recognized job title 19 13 32
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 54.29% 100.00% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 24
10th Percentile - £313 -
25th Percentile £183 £350 £110
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £450 £299
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% +50.50% -42.50%
75th Percentile £469 £500 £414
90th Percentile £596 £688 £476
Staffordshire median daily rate £450 £350 £371
% change year-on-year +28.57% -5.77% -25.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
Median hourly rate £13.10 £12.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.80% - -
Staffordshire median hourly rate £19.41 £30.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year -35.30% -17.24% +31.82%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent

Architect Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent

For the 6 months to 20 August 2026, 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 Stoke-on-Trent region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) BAPI
1 1 (100.00%) Boomi
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) MuleSoft
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP MDG
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Smartsheet
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Work Breakdown Structure

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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%) SAP MDG
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Boomi
1 1 (100.00%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) BAPI
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) MuleSoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow