Architect Contracts in Swindon

Architect
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Architect daily rate in Swindon is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 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
25 Jun 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 4 17
Rank change year-on-year -7 +13 -8
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 9 21 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Swindon 9.00% 16.28% 7.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.23% 19.27% 7.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 10
10th Percentile £507 £376 £438
25th Percentile £514 £575 £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £618 £700
Median % change year-on-year -14.98% -11.79% +3.70%
75th Percentile £564 £850 £738
90th Percentile £587 - £788
Wiltshire median daily rate £625 £675 £675
% change year-on-year -7.41% - +3.85%

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 88 109 198
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.00% 84.50% 98.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 74 151
10th Percentile £241 £180 £200
25th Percentile £308 £244 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -16.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £572 £536 £622
90th Percentile £619 £626 £694
Wiltshire median daily rate £569 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +5.72% -2.18% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £22.50 -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £21.75 £15.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year +40.32% -75.40% +15.60%

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

For the 6 months to 25 June 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 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) CISSP
2 3 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (33.33%) CISM
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 3 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 3 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (33.33%) GDPR
2 3 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (22.22%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Wallet
3 2 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (22.22%) Pega
3 2 (22.22%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
4 1 (11.11%) Master Data Management
4 1 (11.11%) User Stories
4 1 (11.11%) Data Privacy
4 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
4 1 (11.11%) Microservices
4 1 (11.11%) Minimum Viable Product
4 1 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (11.11%) Epics
4 1 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (11.11%) Business Case
4 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Databricks

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 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Digital Wallet
1 2 (22.22%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 3 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 3 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (11.11%) Business Case
4 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
4 1 (11.11%) Data Privacy
4 1 (11.11%) Epics
4 1 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (11.11%) Master Data Management
4 1 (11.11%) Microservices
4 1 (11.11%) Minimum Viable Product
4 1 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
4 1 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
4 1 (11.11%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CISM
1 3 (33.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) GDPR
1 3 (33.33%) PCI DSS
1 3 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Pega
2 1 (11.11%) Databricks
42 Architect jobs in Wiltshire