Architect Contracts in Wiltshire

Architect
South West > Wiltshire

The median Architect daily rate in Wiltshire is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 10 9
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 58 146 224
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 12.92% 15.47% 20.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.46% 16.98% 21.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 95 186
10th Percentile £513 £557 £557
25th Percentile £566 £625 £579
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% - +3.93%
75th Percentile £688 £775 £725
90th Percentile £738 £845 £781
South West median daily rate £600 £650 £665
% change year-on-year -7.69% -2.26% +6.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 401 860 1,040
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.31% 91.10% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 641 866
10th Percentile £270 £263 £338
25th Percentile £463 £460 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.18%
75th Percentile £626 £650 £651
90th Percentile £688 £725 £723
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 24 16
10th Percentile £18.58 - £40.63
25th Percentile £18.69 £14.25 £61.13
Median hourly rate £18.87 £20.75 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.06% -68.32% +19.09%
75th Percentile £39.44 £74.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £51.77 - £83.75
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Wiltshire

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in Wiltshire.

Daily rate trend for Architect in Wiltshire

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Wiltshire

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in Wiltshire.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Wiltshire

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Corsham 0 28 £625 -16.67% 8
Swindon +1 12 £625 -26.47% 4
Salisbury -15 2 £663 +12.57% 3
Architect
South West

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Wiltshire region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 35 (60.34%) Security Cleared
2 29 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 21 (36.21%) Social Skills
4 19 (32.76%) DV Cleared
5 17 (29.31%) AWS
6 14 (24.14%) Azure
7 13 (22.41%) Microsoft
7 13 (22.41%) Roadmaps
8 9 (15.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (13.79%) Windows
9 8 (13.79%) Agile
9 8 (13.79%) Cloud Security
9 8 (13.79%) Public Sector
9 8 (13.79%) AWS Certification
10 7 (12.07%) Finance
11 6 (10.34%) Active Directory
11 6 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (10.34%) Data Centre
11 6 (10.34%) Threat Modelling
11 6 (10.34%) Workshop Facilitation
11 6 (10.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (8.62%) Incident Response
12 5 (8.62%) Architectural Design
12 5 (8.62%) Product Roadmap
12 5 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (8.62%) GDPR
12 5 (8.62%) Security Operations
12 5 (8.62%) Kubernetes
12 5 (8.62%) Microservices
12 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Intune

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.45%) SharePoint
1 2 (3.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (29.31%) AWS
2 14 (24.14%) Azure
3 3 (5.17%) Entra ID
3 3 (5.17%) Serverless
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Functions
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Storage
4 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.72%) GCP
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.17%) Skype
2 2 (3.45%) DHCP
2 2 (3.45%) DNS
2 2 (3.45%) VPN
3 1 (1.72%) Extranet
3 1 (1.72%) Firewall
3 1 (1.72%) Intranet
3 1 (1.72%) Network Security
3 1 (1.72%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.72%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.72%) MongoDB
General
1 21 (36.21%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.79%) Public Sector
3 7 (12.07%) Finance
4 3 (5.17%) Banking
5 2 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.45%) Electronics
5 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.45%) Marketing
5 2 (3.45%) Military
5 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.72%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (1.72%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) .NET
1 2 (3.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.72%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.72%) LDAP
2 1 (1.72%) Middleware
2 1 (1.72%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.34%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.17%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (5.17%) PKI
4 2 (3.45%) Digital Wallet
4 2 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.72%) CMDB
5 1 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.72%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.79%) Windows
2 5 (8.62%) Linux
3 3 (5.17%) Apple iOS
3 3 (5.17%) Windows 10
3 3 (5.17%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.72%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.41%) Roadmaps
2 9 (15.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 8 (13.79%) Agile
3 8 (13.79%) Cloud Security
4 6 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (10.34%) Threat Modelling
4 6 (10.34%) Workshop Facilitation
5 5 (8.62%) Architectural Design
5 5 (8.62%) Cryptography
5 5 (8.62%) Incident Response
5 5 (8.62%) Microservices
5 5 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (8.62%) Product Roadmap
5 5 (8.62%) Security Architecture
5 5 (8.62%) Security Operations
6 4 (6.90%) Architectural Patterns
6 4 (6.90%) Migration
6 4 (6.90%) Requirements Workshops
6 4 (6.90%) Service Management
6 4 (6.90%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 35 (60.34%) Security Cleared
2 29 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 19 (32.76%) DV Cleared
4 8 (13.79%) AWS Certification
5 6 (10.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (5.17%) Azure Certification
6 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (5.17%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.45%) Degree
7 2 (3.45%) MCSA
7 2 (3.45%) MCSE
8 1 (1.72%) CISM
8 1 (1.72%) CISSP
8 1 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) GDPR
1 5 (8.62%) PCI DSS
2 2 (3.45%) QA
3 1 (1.72%) NCSC
3 1 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.90%) vCloud
2 4 (6.90%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.72%) Docker
3 1 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (8.62%) Kubernetes
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.17%) OPNET
3 2 (3.45%) SCCM
4 1 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.72%) Ansible
4 1 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.72%) Puppet
Vendors
1 13 (22.41%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.62%) VMware
3 3 (5.17%) Apple
3 3 (5.17%) SAP
4 2 (3.45%) Cisco
4 2 (3.45%) Databricks
4 2 (3.45%) Juniper
4 2 (3.45%) Oracle
4 2 (3.45%) Pega
5 1 (1.72%) Aruba
5 1 (1.72%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.72%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.72%) Google
5 1 (1.72%) HP
5 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow