Architect Contracts in the South West

Architect
England > South West

The median Architect daily rate in the South West is £650 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 6 10 18
Rank change year-on-year +4 +8 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 463 447 309
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 14.24% 13.21% 8.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.38% 14.27% 8.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 349 230
10th Percentile £523 £557 £513
25th Percentile £575 £600 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £668 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% +2.81% +8.29%
75th Percentile £736 £725 £738
90th Percentile £788 £788 £801
England median daily rate £650 £670 £650
% change year-on-year -2.99% +3.08% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 21 8
10th Percentile - £66.25 £58.24
25th Percentile £67.50 - £60.93
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £65.25
Median % change year-on-year - +7.28% +10.42%
75th Percentile £85.00 £78.00 £71.85
90th Percentile £89.50 £81.00 £82.64
England median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £61.72
% change year-on-year - +13.42% +4.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 3,011 3,132 3,497
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 92.58% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,894 2,325 2,533
10th Percentile £213 £281 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £600
90th Percentile £700 £719 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 440 250 210
10th Percentile £13.86 £17.72 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £50.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £64.15 £45.20
Median % change year-on-year -14.26% +41.91% +1.57%
75th Percentile £71.25 £74.69 £63.33
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.40 £68.38
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the South West

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in the South West

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Architect in the South West

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in the South West

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in the South West

Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South 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
Bristol +8 200 £648 -4.00% 27
Wiltshire -2 167 £675 - 19
Gloucestershire +13 47 £650 +8.33% 10
Dorset +8 22 £620 -4.62% 5
Devon -11 8 £665 -0.45% 2
Somerset +1 7 £530 -18.46% 11
Cornwall - 1 - -
Architect
England

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 South West region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 342 (73.87%) Security Cleared
2 194 (41.90%) SC Cleared
3 177 (38.23%) DV Cleared
4 97 (20.95%) Public Sector
5 92 (19.87%) Telecoms
6 77 (16.63%) Azure
7 66 (14.25%) Strategic Thinking
8 64 (13.82%) Degree
8 64 (13.82%) Agile
9 62 (13.39%) Stakeholder Management
9 62 (13.39%) Microsoft
10 61 (13.17%) Network Management
11 56 (12.10%) WAN
12 54 (11.66%) Social Skills
13 53 (11.45%) DevOps
14 52 (11.23%) Finance
15 51 (11.02%) PaaS
16 48 (10.37%) ArchiMate
17 45 (9.72%) SaaS
18 44 (9.50%) Roadmaps
19 42 (9.07%) Zero Trust
19 42 (9.07%) TOGAF
19 42 (9.07%) Project Management
20 41 (8.86%) LAN
20 41 (8.86%) Enterprise Architecture
20 41 (8.86%) Data Centre
21 39 (8.42%) Cisco
21 39 (8.42%) Business Strategy
22 38 (8.21%) Migration
23 37 (7.99%) Business Intelligence

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 20 (4.32%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.59%) Confluence
3 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.43%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 18 (3.89%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.43%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.22%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 8 (1.73%) Teamcenter
2 5 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.08%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.65%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.22%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 77 (16.63%) Azure
2 51 (11.02%) PaaS
3 45 (9.72%) SaaS
4 34 (7.34%) AWS
5 33 (7.13%) IaaS
6 27 (5.83%) Cloud Computing
7 21 (4.54%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (3.02%) Power Platform
9 12 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (2.38%) GCP
11 7 (1.51%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.08%) Entra ID
13 4 (0.86%) Azure Stack
13 4 (0.86%) OCI
13 4 (0.86%) OpenShift
14 3 (0.65%) PowerApps
15 2 (0.43%) Amazon EC2
15 2 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
15 2 (0.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 56 (12.10%) WAN
2 41 (8.86%) LAN
3 22 (4.75%) VoIP
4 21 (4.54%) PBX
5 12 (2.59%) SD-WAN
6 11 (2.38%) 4G
7 10 (2.16%) 3G
7 10 (2.16%) SDH
8 9 (1.94%) Firewall
9 8 (1.73%) NX-OS
10 7 (1.51%) VPN
11 5 (1.08%) Unified Communications
12 4 (0.86%) Junos
12 4 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (0.65%) MPLS
13 3 (0.65%) Network Security
14 2 (0.43%) DNS
15 1 (0.22%) FTP
15 1 (0.22%) Intranet
15 1 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.18%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (2.16%) Oracle Database
4 8 (1.73%) Metadata
5 7 (1.51%) Metadata Repository
6 5 (1.08%) Power BI
7 4 (0.86%) Snowflake Schema
8 3 (0.65%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.65%) GIS
8 3 (0.65%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.43%) OLAP
9 2 (0.43%) OLTP
10 1 (0.22%) Cognos Framework Manager
10 1 (0.22%) InterSystems Cache
10 1 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.22%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (4.32%) Rational DOORS
2 12 (2.59%) JIRA
3 4 (0.86%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
General
1 97 (20.95%) Public Sector
2 92 (19.87%) Telecoms
3 54 (11.66%) Social Skills
4 52 (11.23%) Finance
5 33 (7.13%) Manufacturing
6 28 (6.05%) Marketing
7 24 (5.18%) Electronics
8 16 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (2.16%) Aerospace
11 8 (1.73%) Analytical Skills
12 7 (1.51%) Digital Economy
13 5 (1.08%) Aeronautics
13 5 (1.08%) Banking
14 2 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.22%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.22%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.59%) .NET
2 11 (2.38%) XML
3 7 (1.51%) Middleware
4 6 (1.30%) REST
5 5 (1.08%) ModSecurity
5 5 (1.08%) RESTful
6 4 (0.86%) .NET Framework
6 4 (0.86%) JSON
7 2 (0.43%) CSS
7 2 (0.43%) HTML
7 2 (0.43%) OAuth
7 2 (0.43%) React
7 2 (0.43%) SAML
7 2 (0.43%) SOAP
8 1 (0.22%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.22%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (0.22%) Kafka
8 1 (0.22%) Node.js
8 1 (0.22%) OpenID
8 1 (0.22%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.86%) Data Centre
2 26 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (3.67%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.46%) Public Cloud
5 12 (2.59%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (1.94%) Blackberry
7 9 (1.94%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.73%) CESG
8 8 (1.73%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.51%) Blog
9 7 (1.51%) Replication
9 7 (1.51%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.30%) SCADA
11 5 (1.08%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (1.08%) PKI
11 5 (1.08%) Verilog
11 5 (1.08%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.67%) Linux
1 17 (3.67%) Windows
2 10 (2.16%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.22%) VMS
5 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (14.25%) Strategic Thinking
2 64 (13.82%) Agile
3 62 (13.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 61 (13.17%) Network Management
5 53 (11.45%) DevOps
6 48 (10.37%) ArchiMate
7 44 (9.50%) Roadmaps
8 42 (9.07%) Project Management
8 42 (9.07%) TOGAF
8 42 (9.07%) Zero Trust
9 41 (8.86%) Enterprise Architecture
10 39 (8.42%) Business Strategy
11 38 (8.21%) Migration
12 37 (7.99%) Business Intelligence
13 34 (7.34%) Data Management
13 34 (7.34%) Systems Engineering
14 33 (7.13%) ITIL
15 31 (6.70%) Data Modelling
16 30 (6.48%) Identity Access Management
16 30 (6.48%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 16 (3.46%) SQL
2 12 (2.59%) C
3 10 (2.16%) Python
4 9 (1.94%) PowerShell
5 8 (1.73%) C#
6 6 (1.30%) PL/SQL
7 5 (1.08%) C++
8 2 (0.43%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.22%) Bicep
9 1 (0.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 342 (73.87%) Security Cleared
2 194 (41.90%) SC Cleared
3 177 (38.23%) DV Cleared
4 64 (13.82%) Degree
5 15 (3.24%) HND
6 13 (2.81%) TOGAF Certification
7 11 (2.38%) CISSP
8 9 (1.94%) CCNP
8 9 (1.94%) CISA
8 9 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.94%) CISM
8 9 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.73%) CEH
9 8 (1.73%) CISMP
9 8 (1.73%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (1.73%) ISACA
9 8 (1.73%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.73%) SSCP
10 5 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.86%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.62%) JSP 440
2 14 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (2.81%) NIST
4 12 (2.59%) PCI DSS
4 12 (2.59%) QA
5 11 (2.38%) GDPR
5 11 (2.38%) HIPAA
6 9 (1.94%) NCSC
7 7 (1.51%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.86%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.65%) GRC
9 3 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.43%) COBIT
11 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 20 (4.32%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.81%) VMware NSX
4 11 (2.38%) Docker
5 8 (1.73%) vSphere
6 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.22%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.22%) XenApp
7 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (1.94%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.51%) CSIRT
3 6 (1.30%) Terraform
4 4 (0.86%) Ansible
4 4 (0.86%) OPNET
4 4 (0.86%) PowerCLI
5 3 (0.65%) SCCM
6 2 (0.43%) SCDPM
6 2 (0.43%) SCVMM
6 2 (0.43%) WSUS
7 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.22%) Autotask
7 1 (0.22%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.22%) HP SIM
7 1 (0.22%) NetIQ Identity Manager
7 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.22%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 62 (13.39%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.42%) Cisco
3 31 (6.70%) SAP
4 24 (5.18%) Juniper
5 21 (4.54%) VMware
6 20 (4.32%) Nokia
7 19 (4.10%) IBM
8 16 (3.46%) Dell
8 16 (3.46%) Oracle
9 15 (3.24%) Google
10 9 (1.94%) Avaya
10 9 (1.94%) Ericsson
10 9 (1.94%) Ribbon
11 8 (1.73%) Sparx
12 7 (1.51%) Palo Alto
12 7 (1.51%) Remedy
12 7 (1.51%) Salesforce
13 6 (1.30%) Red Hat
14 5 (1.08%) Adobe
14 5 (1.08%) ServiceNow