Software Architect Contract Job Trends in Telford

Software Architect
Shropshire > Telford

The median Software Architect daily rate in Telford is £540, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026.

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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 0.34% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 - -
Shropshire median daily rate £540 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Telford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Telford. 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 Telford with a recognized job title 562 103 103
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 94.50% 84.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 71 73
10th Percentile £358 £400 £300
25th Percentile £408 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.20% - -7.06%
75th Percentile £512 £538 £536
90th Percentile £575 £541 £538
Shropshire median daily rate £456 £493 £488
% change year-on-year -7.45% +0.97% -9.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 0 5
10th Percentile £25.15 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -72.73%
75th Percentile £61.00 - -
90th Percentile £65.25 - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £52.50 £12.18 £15.00
% change year-on-year +331.03% -18.80% -72.73%

Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Software Architect job vacancy trend in Telford

Software Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Telford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Architect job vacancies in Telford.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Architect job vacancies in Telford

Software Architect Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford

For the 6 months to 5 May 2026, Software 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 Telford region featuring Software Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Artifactory
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Denodo
1 2 (100.00%) GitLab
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Talend
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
2 1 (50.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture

Software Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford 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 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Artifactory
1 2 (100.00%) GitLab
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Denodo
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Talend