Architect Contracts in the West Midlands

Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Architect daily rate in the West Midlands 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 14 20 17
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 174 183 340
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.95% 8.18% 9.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.78% 8.66% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 121 248
10th Percentile £450 £525 £496
25th Percentile £575 £613 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £669 £630
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% +6.11% +14.55%
75th Percentile £750 £738 £700
90th Percentile £795 £745 £754
England median daily rate £650 £670 £650
% change year-on-year -2.99% +3.08% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32.50 - -
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
75th Percentile £37.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £61.72
% change year-on-year - +13.42% +4.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,780 2,112 3,435
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 94.41% 96.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,207 1,444 2,476
10th Percentile £250 £257 £233
25th Percentile £363 £387 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +2.56% +14.71%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 59 74
10th Percentile £12.14 £12.50 £12.42
25th Percentile £14.88 £14.43 £14.63
Median hourly rate £19.77 £20.00 £17.24
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +16.01% +14.21%
75th Percentile £40.38 £27.32 £20.00
90th Percentile £56.13 £59.00 £23.75
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the West Midlands

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in the West Midlands

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Architect in the West Midlands

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in the West Midlands

Architect
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +8 69 £638 -14.43% 37
Warwickshire +3 61 £675 -0.74% 21
Coventry +16 14 £588 +11.90% 7
Solihull -2 9 £463 - 10
Shropshire -3 3 £515 -8.85%
Staffordshire -10 1 £550 -21.43% 5
Herefordshire - 1 £750 - 1
Architect
England

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

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 West Midlands region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 41 (23.56%) Social Skills
2 38 (21.84%) Security Cleared
3 37 (21.26%) Azure
4 33 (18.97%) SC Cleared
4 33 (18.97%) Agile
5 32 (18.39%) Roadmaps
6 29 (16.67%) Finance
7 25 (14.37%) Cisco
8 23 (13.22%) Migration
8 23 (13.22%) WAN
8 23 (13.22%) Analytical Skills
9 20 (11.49%) LAN
9 20 (11.49%) Microsoft
10 19 (10.92%) Analytics
10 19 (10.92%) Data Centre
11 16 (9.20%) VMware Infrastructure
11 16 (9.20%) TOGAF
11 16 (9.20%) VMware
12 15 (8.62%) Salesforce
12 15 (8.62%) MPLS
12 15 (8.62%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (8.62%) SD-WAN
13 14 (8.05%) Architectural Design
13 14 (8.05%) Mentoring
13 14 (8.05%) Enterprise Architecture
13 14 (8.05%) Degree
14 13 (7.47%) NetSuite
14 13 (7.47%) AWS
14 13 (7.47%) Microsoft 365

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (1.72%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.15%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.57%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (7.47%) NetSuite
2 4 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.57%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (0.57%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.57%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 37 (21.26%) Azure
2 13 (7.47%) AWS
2 13 (7.47%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (5.75%) Power Platform
4 7 (4.02%) Boomi
5 4 (2.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 4 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (2.30%) GCP
6 3 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (1.72%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.72%) SaaS
6 3 (1.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 3 (1.72%) Serverless
7 2 (1.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.15%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (1.15%) iPaaS
7 2 (1.15%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.57%) OCI
8 1 (0.57%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (13.22%) WAN
2 20 (11.49%) LAN
3 15 (8.62%) MPLS
3 15 (8.62%) SD-WAN
4 9 (5.17%) DNS
4 9 (5.17%) Firewall
4 9 (5.17%) NX-OS
4 9 (5.17%) VPN
5 8 (4.60%) BGP
5 8 (4.60%) PBX
5 8 (4.60%) VoIP
5 8 (4.60%) WLAN
6 6 (3.45%) IPsec
6 6 (3.45%) Junos
7 5 (2.87%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (2.87%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (2.87%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (2.87%) DHCP
7 5 (2.87%) Internet
8 4 (2.30%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.17%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (4.60%) Data Mining
2 8 (4.60%) Power BI
3 5 (2.87%) Tableau
4 4 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.72%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.72%) Metadata
5 3 (1.72%) OLAP
5 3 (1.72%) OLTP
6 2 (1.15%) Big Data
6 2 (1.15%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.15%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.15%) MySQL
7 1 (0.57%) DB2
7 1 (0.57%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.57%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.57%) Oracle OLAP
7 1 (0.57%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.57%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.15%) kappa
2 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.57%) JIRA
2 1 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
General
1 41 (23.56%) Social Skills
2 29 (16.67%) Finance
3 23 (13.22%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.75%) Public Sector
4 10 (5.75%) Telecoms
5 9 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.30%) Law
8 3 (1.72%) Retail
9 2 (1.15%) Banking
9 2 (1.15%) Billing
9 2 (1.15%) German Language
9 2 (1.15%) Local Government
9 2 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.57%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.57%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.57%) Automotive
10 1 (0.57%) Back Office
10 1 (0.57%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.47%) Web Services
2 8 (4.60%) XML
3 6 (3.45%) HTML
3 6 (3.45%) JSON
4 4 (2.30%) CSS
4 4 (2.30%) OAuth
5 3 (1.72%) Middleware
5 3 (1.72%) SOAP
6 2 (1.15%) Node.js
6 2 (1.15%) React Native
6 2 (1.15%) REST
6 2 (1.15%) SAML
6 2 (1.15%) Visualforce
6 2 (1.15%) WSDL
6 2 (1.15%) XSD
6 2 (1.15%) XSLT
7 1 (0.57%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.57%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.57%) React
7 1 (0.57%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.92%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.75%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.60%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.60%) Public Cloud
4 7 (4.02%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (4.02%) SCADA
5 6 (3.45%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.30%) NHS
7 3 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.72%) Fat Client
7 3 (1.72%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.72%) Thin Client
8 2 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.15%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.15%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.15%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.15%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.57%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.75%) Linux
2 9 (5.17%) Windows
3 8 (4.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (2.87%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (18.97%) Agile
2 32 (18.39%) Roadmaps
3 23 (13.22%) Migration
4 19 (10.92%) Analytics
5 16 (9.20%) TOGAF
6 15 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (8.05%) Architectural Design
7 14 (8.05%) Enterprise Architecture
7 14 (8.05%) Mentoring
8 13 (7.47%) Data Analytics
8 13 (7.47%) DevOps
8 13 (7.47%) IT Strategy
9 12 (6.90%) Customer Requirements
10 11 (6.32%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (6.32%) Business Strategy
10 11 (6.32%) Computer Science
10 11 (6.32%) ITIL
10 11 (6.32%) Network Virtualisation
11 10 (5.75%) Data Architecture
11 10 (5.75%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.90%) SQL
2 7 (4.02%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.72%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.15%) Apex Code
4 2 (1.15%) SOQL
5 1 (0.57%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 38 (21.84%) Security Cleared
2 33 (18.97%) SC Cleared
3 15 (8.62%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (8.05%) Degree
5 9 (5.17%) CCNP
6 8 (4.60%) CCIE
6 8 (4.60%) CCIE Data Center
6 8 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (4.02%) TOGAF Certification
8 6 (3.45%) CCNA
8 6 (3.45%) Master's Degree
9 5 (2.87%) JNCIS
10 4 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.72%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.72%) DV Cleared
12 2 (1.15%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.87%) Data Quality
1 5 (2.87%) QA
2 3 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.72%) SLA
3 1 (0.57%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (0.57%) ISO 22301
3 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (9.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (6.32%) VMware NSX
2 11 (6.32%) vSphere
3 6 (3.45%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.72%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 3 (1.72%) Docker
5 3 (1.72%) XenApp
5 3 (1.72%) XenDesktop
6 2 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.57%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (4.60%) CSIRT
2 5 (2.87%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (2.30%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.72%) Terraform
5 2 (1.15%) Grafana
5 2 (1.15%) Kibana
6 1 (0.57%) Ansible
6 1 (0.57%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 25 (14.37%) Cisco
2 20 (11.49%) Microsoft
3 16 (9.20%) VMware
4 15 (8.62%) Salesforce
5 9 (5.17%) Juniper
6 8 (4.60%) Red Hat
7 6 (3.45%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.87%) Autodesk
8 5 (2.87%) CheckPoint
8 5 (2.87%) Infoblox
8 5 (2.87%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.87%) Symantec
8 5 (2.87%) Zscaler
9 4 (2.30%) Databricks
9 4 (2.30%) Oracle
10 3 (1.72%) Citrix
10 3 (1.72%) NetApp
10 3 (1.72%) SAP
11 2 (1.15%) Dell
11 2 (1.15%) Google