Technical Design Architect Contract Job Trends

Technical Design Architect
UK

The median Technical Design Architect daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 579 541 -
Rank change year-on-year -38 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Design Architect 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.006% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.006% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £440 - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

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 32,988 33,120 42,501
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.74% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,924 20,243 28,641
10th Percentile £285 £300 £294
25th Percentile £403 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,924 1,136 1,517
10th Percentile £14.22 £15.36 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%
75th Percentile £56.81 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £73.66 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +78.00%

Technical Design Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Technical Design Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Technical Design Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Technical Design Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Design Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Design Architect job vacancies in the UK

Technical Design Architect
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Design Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England -36 3 £500 -
London - 3 £500 -

Technical Design Architect Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Technical Design 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 Technical Design Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared

Technical Design 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Fortinet