Architect Contracts in Swindon

Architect
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Architect daily rate in Swindon is £625, 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 10 11 18
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 -7
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 12 11 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Swindon 12.24% 8.94% 7.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.04% 10.00% 7.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 10
10th Percentile £488 £485 £438
25th Percentile £546 £604 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £850 £604
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% +40.85% -7.96%
75th Percentile £688 - £734
90th Percentile £738 - £754
Wiltshire median daily rate £625 £675 £675
% change year-on-year -7.41% - +3.93%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 92 110 233
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 89.43% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 69 190
10th Percentile £248 £143 £200
25th Percentile £354 £200 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £593 £538 £588
90th Percentile £650 £682 £694
Wiltshire median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +6.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 0
Median hourly rate - £16.50 -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £18.87 £20.75 £65.50
% change year-on-year -9.06% -68.32% +19.09%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Swindon

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in Swindon.

Daily rate trend for Architect in Swindon

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Swindon

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

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Swindon

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon

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

1 6 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (25.00%) Banking
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 2 (16.67%) Digital Wallet
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (16.67%) AWS
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Microservices
3 2 (16.67%) Degree
3 2 (16.67%) Business Process Modelling
3 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle
3 2 (16.67%) TOGAF
3 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 2 (16.67%) QA
3 2 (16.67%) Wealth Management
3 2 (16.67%) Data Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Pega
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (16.67%) Migration
3 2 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (8.33%) Data Modelling
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (8.33%) CISSP
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (8.33%) Middleware

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) GCP
General
1 3 (25.00%) Banking
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (8.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (16.67%) Digital Wallet
3 1 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (16.67%) Business Process Modelling
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 2 (16.67%) ERP
2 2 (16.67%) Microservices
2 2 (16.67%) Migration
2 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (16.67%) TOGAF
2 2 (16.67%) Wealth Management
3 1 (8.33%) API Management
3 1 (8.33%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (8.33%) Containerisation
3 1 (8.33%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (8.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Debt
3 1 (8.33%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
1 2 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (8.33%) AWS Certification
2 1 (8.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (8.33%) CISM
2 1 (8.33%) CISSP
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
1 2 (16.67%) Pega
2 1 (8.33%) Databricks
2 1 (8.33%) Google
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) SAP