Architect Contracts in the North West

Architect
England > North West

The median Architect daily rate in the North West is £636 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 30 20
Rank change year-on-year +22 -10 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 310 170 322
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 11.32% 5.61% 7.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.96% 5.91% 8.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 119 227
10th Percentile £465 £450 £500
25th Percentile £536 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £636 £615 £625
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -1.60% +8.70%
75th Percentile £738 £700 £688
90th Percentile £850 £800 £750
England median daily rate £650 £670 £650
% change year-on-year -2.99% +3.08% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 2
10th Percentile £43.50 £35.00 -
25th Percentile - £66.00 £55.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +21.74% +40.67%
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile £72.35 - £64.00
England median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £61.72
% change year-on-year - +13.42% +4.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 2,591 2,877 3,911
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 94.92% 96.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,638 2,039 2,853
10th Percentile £272 £300 £213
25th Percentile £385 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £586 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 131 164
10th Percentile £11.13 £14.55 £11.83
25th Percentile £14.06 £18.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £32.90 £30.00 £24.10
Median % change year-on-year +9.65% +24.48% +33.89%
75th Percentile £48.00 £45.62 £52.60
90th Percentile £71.02 £66.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the North West

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Architect in the North West

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in the North West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in the North West

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in the North West

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in the North West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in the North West

Architect
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Manchester +18 182 £650 - 63
Cheshire +37 74 £610 +0.66% 3
Cumbria -8 27 £669 +37.65% 2
Merseyside +24 13 £650 +18.18% 13
Lancashire +6 7 £500 -16.32% 14
Architect
England

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 North West region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 88 (28.39%) Agile
2 69 (22.26%) DevOps
3 68 (21.94%) Risk Management
4 66 (21.29%) Security Cleared
4 66 (21.29%) Azure
5 62 (20.00%) SC Cleared
6 60 (19.35%) Security Architecture
7 55 (17.74%) Windows
8 54 (17.42%) Firewall
9 51 (16.45%) CI/CD
10 50 (16.13%) Apple iOS
10 50 (16.13%) Android
11 47 (15.16%) VPN
12 46 (14.84%) Node.js
12 46 (14.84%) Windows Server
13 44 (14.19%) Mobile Device Management
13 44 (14.19%) Public Sector
13 44 (14.19%) Design Patterns
14 43 (13.87%) Zero Trust
15 41 (13.23%) Threat Intelligence
16 40 (12.90%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
17 38 (12.26%) AWS
17 38 (12.26%) Finance
18 37 (11.94%) Migration
19 36 (11.61%) Social Skills
20 35 (11.29%) Architectural Design
20 35 (11.29%) Public Cloud
20 35 (11.29%) Microservices
20 35 (11.29%) TOGAF
21 33 (10.65%) Business Strategy

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 6 (1.94%) Confluence
1 6 (1.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (1.61%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.97%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.65%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 11 (3.55%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (2.26%) Temenos T24
2 5 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.97%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.32%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.32%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 66 (21.29%) Azure
2 38 (12.26%) AWS
3 19 (6.13%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (4.52%) SaaS
5 13 (4.19%) Power Platform
6 12 (3.87%) PaaS
7 11 (3.55%) IaaS
7 11 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.26%) Apigee
9 7 (2.26%) Kong
10 6 (1.94%) Azure Stack
10 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (1.94%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.61%) Boomi
12 4 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.29%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.29%) GCP
12 4 (1.29%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 54 (17.42%) Firewall
2 47 (15.16%) VPN
3 28 (9.03%) Network Security
4 4 (1.29%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (1.29%) LAN
4 4 (1.29%) WAN
5 3 (0.97%) MQTT
6 1 (0.32%) DHCP
6 1 (0.32%) DNS
6 1 (0.32%) Internet
6 1 (0.32%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (2.58%) MongoDB
3 7 (2.26%) OLAP
3 7 (2.26%) OLTP
4 6 (1.94%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.94%) Oracle OLAP
4 6 (1.94%) Power BI
4 6 (1.94%) Snowflake Schema
4 6 (1.94%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.97%) DB2
5 3 (0.97%) GIS
5 3 (0.97%) Metadata
6 2 (0.65%) Big Data
6 2 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.65%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.65%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.32%) Redis
7 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 15 (4.84%) JIRA
2 5 (1.61%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.29%) Git
4 2 (0.65%) GitLab
4 2 (0.65%) webpack
5 1 (0.32%) ERwin
General
1 44 (14.19%) Public Sector
2 38 (12.26%) Finance
3 36 (11.61%) Social Skills
4 29 (9.35%) Banking
5 11 (3.55%) Automotive
6 10 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.23%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.58%) Legal
8 7 (2.26%) Local Government
9 3 (0.97%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (0.97%) Investment Banking
9 3 (0.97%) Marketing
9 3 (0.97%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.65%) Aviation
10 2 (0.65%) German Language
10 2 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.65%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (14.84%) Node.js
2 15 (4.84%) SOAP
3 14 (4.52%) REST
4 7 (2.26%) IBM Integration Bus
4 7 (2.26%) J2EE
4 7 (2.26%) Kafka
4 7 (2.26%) RabbitMQ
4 7 (2.26%) Web Services
5 6 (1.94%) Apache Camel
5 6 (1.94%) JSON
5 6 (1.94%) Middleware
5 6 (1.94%) Spring
5 6 (1.94%) Spring Boot
5 6 (1.94%) Spring Integration
5 6 (1.94%) XML
6 5 (1.61%) React
7 4 (1.29%) .NET
7 4 (1.29%) OAuth
7 4 (1.29%) RAML
8 2 (0.65%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.29%) Public Cloud
2 15 (4.84%) Product Ownership
3 8 (2.58%) Mobile App
4 7 (2.26%) DataPower
4 7 (2.26%) Security Posture
5 6 (1.94%) Data Structures
5 6 (1.94%) NHS
5 6 (1.94%) Reference Data
6 5 (1.61%) CMDB
6 5 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.61%) Industry 4.0
7 4 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.29%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.29%) Taxonomies
8 3 (0.97%) IoT
9 2 (0.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (0.65%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.65%) Industrial Internet of Things
Operating Systems
1 55 (17.74%) Windows
2 50 (16.13%) Android
2 50 (16.13%) Apple iOS
3 46 (14.84%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.29%) Linux
4 4 (1.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (28.39%) Agile
2 69 (22.26%) DevOps
3 68 (21.94%) Risk Management
4 60 (19.35%) Security Architecture
5 51 (16.45%) CI/CD
6 44 (14.19%) Design Patterns
6 44 (14.19%) Mobile Device Management
7 43 (13.87%) Zero Trust
8 41 (13.23%) Threat Intelligence
9 40 (12.90%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 37 (11.94%) Migration
11 35 (11.29%) Architectural Design
11 35 (11.29%) Microservices
11 35 (11.29%) TOGAF
12 33 (10.65%) Business Strategy
13 32 (10.32%) Roadmaps
14 31 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
15 30 (9.68%) IT Strategy
16 28 (9.03%) Project Delivery
16 28 (9.03%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.87%) Java
2 10 (3.23%) SQL
3 8 (2.58%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.29%) Python
5 3 (0.97%) C
6 2 (0.65%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.65%) Bicep
6 2 (0.65%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.65%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 66 (21.29%) Security Cleared
2 62 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 29 (9.35%) Degree
4 8 (2.58%) CISSP
5 7 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.29%) CCIE
7 4 (1.29%) CCIE Security
7 4 (1.29%) CCNP
8 3 (0.97%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.97%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.97%) CISM
9 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.65%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.32%) CCNA
10 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.32%) PMP
10 1 (0.32%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.52%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.19%) NIST
3 12 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.23%) QA
5 9 (2.90%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.32%) GDPR
6 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.32%) SEPA
System Software
1 10 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (1.94%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.97%) Docker
4 2 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (1.29%) Progress Chef
3 3 (0.97%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.97%) Terraform
4 1 (0.32%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 32 (10.32%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.23%) Oracle
3 9 (2.90%) Google
4 7 (2.26%) IBM
4 7 (2.26%) SAP
4 7 (2.26%) TSYS
5 6 (1.94%) Cisco
5 6 (1.94%) Databricks
5 6 (1.94%) Salesforce
5 6 (1.94%) VMware
6 5 (1.61%) Apple
7 4 (1.29%) MuleSoft
7 4 (1.29%) Pega
8 3 (0.97%) Aareon
8 3 (0.97%) Northgate
8 3 (0.97%) Sophos
8 3 (0.97%) Sparx
8 3 (0.97%) Thales
9 2 (0.65%) Adobe
9 2 (0.65%) Mitel