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 27 June 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
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 8 6
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 52 149 229
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 11.69% 16.23% 21.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.13% 18.22% 22.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 107 176
10th Percentile £521 £600 £557
25th Percentile £575 £625 £579
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £673 £775 £725
90th Percentile £691 £827 £794
South West median daily rate £606 £650 £660
% change year-on-year -6.73% -1.52% +1.54%

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 396 818 1,015
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.99% 89.11% 93.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 629 813
10th Percentile £263 £315 £365
25th Percentile £458 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.88% -2.18% +3.77%
75th Percentile £638 £646 £668
90th Percentile £688 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 30 12
10th Percentile - £12.79 £23.55
25th Percentile £18.87 £13.16 £56.06
Median hourly rate £21.75 £15.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.32% -75.40% +15.60%
75th Percentile £25.15 £30.25 £77.50
90th Percentile - £74.00 £86.50
South West median hourly rate £33.67 £55.25 £62.78
% change year-on-year -39.06% -11.99% +30.05%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 -1 26 £625 -15.25% 5
Swindon -4 13 £550 -10.93% 11
Salisbury -2 1 £675 - 12
Architect
South West

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

For the 6 months to 27 June 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 33 (63.46%) Security Cleared
2 25 (48.08%) DV Cleared
3 18 (34.62%) SC Cleared
4 16 (30.77%) Roadmaps
5 15 (28.85%) Social Skills
6 13 (25.00%) Finance
7 10 (19.23%) Azure
7 10 (19.23%) AWS
8 9 (17.31%) Public Sector
9 8 (15.38%) Cloud Security
9 8 (15.38%) Threat Modelling
10 7 (13.46%) Microservices
10 7 (13.46%) AWS Certification
10 7 (13.46%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (13.46%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (13.46%) Network Security
10 7 (13.46%) VMware
10 7 (13.46%) Onboarding
10 7 (13.46%) NCSC
11 6 (11.54%) Agile
11 6 (11.54%) Banking
11 6 (11.54%) TOGAF
11 6 (11.54%) Network Design
11 6 (11.54%) Microsoft
11 6 (11.54%) BGP
12 5 (9.62%) Windows
12 5 (9.62%) Security Architecture
12 5 (9.62%) Security Operations
12 5 (9.62%) Product Roadmap
12 5 (9.62%) Incident Response

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:

Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (19.23%) AWS
1 10 (19.23%) Azure
2 2 (3.85%) Serverless
3 1 (1.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (1.92%) Azure Functions
3 1 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (1.92%) Azure Storage
3 1 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.46%) Network Security
2 6 (11.54%) BGP
3 1 (1.92%) Firewall
3 1 (1.92%) Skype
3 1 (1.92%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.92%) MongoDB
General
1 15 (28.85%) Social Skills
2 13 (25.00%) Finance
3 9 (17.31%) Public Sector
4 6 (11.54%) Banking
5 3 (5.77%) Electronics
5 3 (5.77%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.77%) Marketing
5 3 (5.77%) Military
5 3 (5.77%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.92%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) .NET
2 1 (1.92%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.92%) LDAP
2 1 (1.92%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.46%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.77%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (5.77%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.85%) Digital Wallet
4 1 (1.92%) CMDB
4 1 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.92%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.92%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.62%) Windows
2 2 (3.85%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.92%) Android
3 1 (1.92%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.92%) Linux
3 1 (1.92%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (30.77%) Roadmaps
2 8 (15.38%) Cloud Security
2 8 (15.38%) Threat Modelling
3 7 (13.46%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (13.46%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (13.46%) Microservices
4 6 (11.54%) Agile
4 6 (11.54%) Network Design
4 6 (11.54%) TOGAF
5 5 (9.62%) Incident Response
5 5 (9.62%) Product Roadmap
5 5 (9.62%) Security Architecture
5 5 (9.62%) Security Operations
6 4 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
6 4 (7.69%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (7.69%) Zachman Framework
7 3 (5.77%) Cryptography
7 3 (5.77%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (5.77%) Migration
7 3 (5.77%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 33 (63.46%) Security Cleared
2 25 (48.08%) DV Cleared
3 18 (34.62%) SC Cleared
4 7 (13.46%) AWS Certification
5 5 (9.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (5.77%) CISM
6 3 (5.77%) CISSP
7 2 (3.85%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.46%) NCSC
2 3 (5.77%) GDPR
2 3 (5.77%) PCI DSS
2 3 (5.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (1.92%) Ansible
1 1 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (1.92%) OPNET
1 1 (1.92%) Puppet
Vendors
1 7 (13.46%) VMware
2 6 (11.54%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.77%) SAP
4 2 (3.85%) Cisco
4 2 (3.85%) Databricks
4 2 (3.85%) Juniper
4 2 (3.85%) MobileIron
4 2 (3.85%) Pega
5 1 (1.92%) Apple
5 1 (1.92%) Aruba
5 1 (1.92%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.92%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.92%) F5
5 1 (1.92%) HP
5 1 (1.92%) ServiceNow