Blockchain Architect Contract Job Trends

Blockchain Architect
UK

The median Blockchain Architect daily rate in the UK is £479, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 579 - 608
Rank change year-on-year - - +191
Contract jobs requiring a Blockchain Architect 7 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.019% - 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% - 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £457 - £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 - £750
75th Percentile £508 - £775
90th Percentile £513 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £503 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 33,152 31,803 41,481
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 92.76% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,996 19,553 27,898
10th Percentile £290 £300 £290
25th Percentile £404 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £724 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,961 1,029 1,466
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.49 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.98 £21.05 £19.14
Median hourly rate £25.25 £34.00 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.74% -24.02% +46.72%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £72.90 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%

Blockchain Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Blockchain Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Blockchain Architect
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Blockchain Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Blockchain Architect job vacancies in the UK

Blockchain Architect
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blockchain Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 15 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home - 6 £479 - 1
England - 5 £479 - 1
UK excluding London - 2 £503 -
London - 2 £479 - 1
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
South East - 1 £503 -

Blockchain Architect Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, Blockchain 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 featuring Blockchain Architect in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Anti-Money Laundering
1 6 (85.71%) Digital Identity
1 6 (85.71%) Ethereum
1 6 (85.71%) Hyperledger
1 6 (85.71%) KYC
1 6 (85.71%) R3 Corda
2 5 (71.43%) AI
2 5 (71.43%) Data Privacy
2 5 (71.43%) Distributed Ledger
2 5 (71.43%) Smart Contracts
3 2 (28.57%) AI Transformation
3 2 (28.57%) Client Onboarding
3 2 (28.57%) Cryptography
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 1 (14.29%) AWS
4 1 (14.29%) DAML
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) Microservices
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership

Blockchain Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 6 (85.71%) Ethereum
1 6 (85.71%) Hyperledger
Business Applications
1 6 (85.71%) R3 Corda
2 5 (71.43%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Blockchain
2 5 (71.43%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Anti-Money Laundering
1 6 (85.71%) Digital Identity
1 6 (85.71%) KYC
2 5 (71.43%) AI
2 5 (71.43%) Data Privacy
3 2 (28.57%) AI Transformation
3 2 (28.57%) Client Onboarding
3 2 (28.57%) Cryptography
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) Microservices
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) DAML
1 1 (14.29%) Java