Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in Taunton

Technical Architect
Somerset > Taunton

The median Technical Architect daily rate in Taunton is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Taunton 12.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 12.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
Somerset median daily rate £450 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Taunton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Taunton. 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 Taunton with a recognized job title 50 4 35
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 3 29
10th Percentile £400 £668 £463
25th Percentile £431 £739 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £865 £600
Median % change year-on-year -47.98% +44.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £578 £886 £613
90th Percentile £615 £895 £625
Somerset median daily rate £410 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -18.00% +11.11% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37.25 - £12.50
Median hourly rate £40.54 £12.45 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +225.62% -4.23% -22.10%
75th Percentile £43.84 - £14.25
90th Percentile - - £15.60
Somerset median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £25.00
% change year-on-year +210.64% -25.96% -44.44%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

Technical Architect job vacancy trend in Taunton

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Taunton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in Taunton.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in Taunton

Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton

For the 6 months to 8 April 2026, Technical 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 Taunton region featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
4 2 (33.33%) .NET
4 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
4 2 (33.33%) AWS
4 2 (33.33%) C#
4 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 2 (33.33%) DevOps
4 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
4 2 (33.33%) Microservices
4 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) .NET Core
5 1 (16.67%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (16.67%) Azure AKS
5 1 (16.67%) Bicep
5 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
5 1 (16.67%) Cost Optimisation
5 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
5 1 (16.67%) Database Optimisation
5 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 1 (16.67%) DevSecOps
5 1 (16.67%) Docker
5 1 (16.67%) Event-Driven
5 1 (16.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) High Availability
5 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (16.67%) NoSQL
5 1 (16.67%) Observability

Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (16.67%) Azure AKS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) NoSQL
General
1 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (16.67%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Database Optimisation
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) DevSecOps
3 1 (16.67%) Event-Driven
3 1 (16.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) High Availability
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (16.67%) Observability
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft