Senior Architect Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Senior Architect
South West > Wiltshire

The median Senior Architect daily rate in Wiltshire is £640, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 60 69
Rank change year-on-year +16 +9 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Architect 9 2 9
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 2.20% 0.33% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.41% 0.38% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 5
10th Percentile £605 - £547
25th Percentile £633 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 - £579
Median % change year-on-year - - -35.67%
75th Percentile £692 - £580
90th Percentile £825 - £697
South West median daily rate £640 £778 £637
% change year-on-year -17.68% +22.15% -17.87%

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 374 520 807
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 86.96% 95.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 380 599
10th Percentile £308 £315 £306
25th Percentile £475 £455 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £644 £638 £635
90th Percentile £725 £702 £719
South West median daily rate £513 £508 £538
% change year-on-year +0.99% -5.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 11 22
10th Percentile £18.87 - £44.45
25th Percentile £19.69 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £12.79 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +87.65% -74.42% -7.41%
75th Percentile £25.15 £15.58 £61.88
90th Percentile - £25.00 £69.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +4.35%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Senior Architect job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Senior Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in Wiltshire

Senior Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Architect in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Architect in Wiltshire

Senior 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 Senior Architect within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 5 October 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 - 7 £643 - 2
Senior Architect
South West

Senior Architect Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 5 October 2025, Senior 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 Wiltshire region featuring Senior Architect in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) DV Cleared
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) BGP
2 5 (55.56%) VMware
2 5 (55.56%) Network Design
2 5 (55.56%) Network Security
2 5 (55.56%) NCSC
3 4 (44.44%) Onboarding
4 3 (33.33%) PKI
5 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Register
5 2 (22.22%) Commercial Awareness
5 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
6 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 1 (11.11%) Open Source
6 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 1 (11.11%) Military
6 1 (11.11%) Agile

Senior Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 5 (55.56%) BGP
1 5 (55.56%) Network Security
General
1 1 (11.11%) Military
1 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Onboarding
2 3 (33.33%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Network Design
2 2 (22.22%) Commercial Awareness
2 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Register
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 1 (11.11%) Open Source
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) DV Cleared
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) NCSC
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) VMware