Architect Contracts in Gloucestershire

Architect
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Architect daily rate in Gloucestershire is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 26 30
Rank change year-on-year +10 +4 -6
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 46 32 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 10.50% 7.37% 5.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.50% 7.79% 5.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 22 25
10th Percentile £555 £513 £537
25th Percentile £581 £550 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £740 £611 £738
90th Percentile £758 £787 £813
South West median daily rate £650 £668 £633
% change year-on-year -2.69% +5.61% +5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £65.25
% change year-on-year - +7.28% +10.42%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 400 411 503
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 94.70% 95.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 264 401
10th Percentile £300 £316 £169
25th Percentile £425 £436 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +12.70% +2.74%
75th Percentile £668 £650 £588
90th Percentile £725 £725 £650
South West median daily rate £515 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 38 14
10th Percentile £15.35 £35.00 £11.83
25th Percentile £15.86 £48.13 £12.81
Median hourly rate £40.00 £73.00 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -45.21% +207.37% -52.50%
75th Percentile £71.50 £83.31 £42.83
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.40 £53.50
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £64.00 £45.60
% change year-on-year -14.06% +40.35% +2.47%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Gloucestershire

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in Gloucestershire

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Gloucestershire

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Gloucestershire

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Cheltenham +16 29 £700 -12.50% 2
Gloucester +7 10 £588 -2.08% 1
Architect
South West

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 30 (65.22%) Security Cleared
2 24 (52.17%) DV Cleared
3 20 (43.48%) Azure
4 15 (32.61%) SharePoint
5 12 (26.09%) Microsoft
6 11 (23.91%) DevOps
7 9 (19.57%) Agile
8 8 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (17.39%) Migration
8 8 (17.39%) C#
8 8 (17.39%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (17.39%) Strategic Thinking
8 8 (17.39%) Social Skills
8 8 (17.39%) Roadmaps
9 7 (15.22%) .NET
9 7 (15.22%) SQL Server
9 7 (15.22%) C
10 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (13.04%) Business Transformation
10 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
11 5 (10.87%) Technical Architecture
11 5 (10.87%) Degree
11 5 (10.87%) Project Management
11 5 (10.87%) AWS
12 4 (8.70%) Performance Optimisation
12 4 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
12 4 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (8.70%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
12 4 (8.70%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 4 (8.70%) Master's Degree

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 15 (32.61%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.17%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 20 (43.48%) Azure
2 8 (17.39%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (10.87%) AWS
4 1 (2.17%) IaaS
4 1 (2.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.52%) LAN
1 3 (6.52%) PBX
1 3 (6.52%) VoIP
1 3 (6.52%) WAN
2 2 (4.35%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.17%) Internet
3 1 (2.17%) Intranet
3 1 (2.17%) MPLS
3 1 (2.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.22%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
General
1 8 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.52%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
2 3 (6.52%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.17%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (15.22%) .NET
2 1 (2.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) Legacy Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.52%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.35%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.17%) CMDB
4 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.17%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.91%) DevOps
2 9 (19.57%) Agile
3 8 (17.39%) Migration
3 8 (17.39%) Roadmaps
3 8 (17.39%) Strategic Thinking
4 6 (13.04%) Business Transformation
4 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (10.87%) Project Management
5 5 (10.87%) Technical Architecture
6 4 (8.70%) Architectural Patterns
6 4 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (8.70%) Computer Science
6 4 (8.70%) Cost Management
6 4 (8.70%) Enterprise Modelling
6 4 (8.70%) Performance Optimisation
6 4 (8.70%) Performance Testing
6 4 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (8.70%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (8.70%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 4 (8.70%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) C#
2 7 (15.22%) C
3 1 (2.17%) Bicep
3 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (65.22%) Security Cleared
2 24 (52.17%) DV Cleared
3 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
4 5 (10.87%) Degree
5 4 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (8.70%) Master's Degree
6 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.17%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) COBIT
2 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (2.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.52%) Cisco
3 2 (4.35%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.17%) Juniper
4 1 (2.17%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.17%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.17%) VMware