Architect Contracts in Birmingham

Architect
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Architect daily rate in Birmingham is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 20 16
Rank change year-on-year +9 -4 -9
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 67 65 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 8.75% 7.31% 8.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.31% 7.57% 8.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 41 75
10th Percentile £500 £600 £480
25th Percentile £550 £613 £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £745 £650
Median % change year-on-year -14.43% +14.62% +18.18%
75th Percentile £753 - £713
90th Percentile £925 - £750
West Midlands median daily rate £650 £650 £638
% change year-on-year - +1.96% +15.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 720 859 1,250
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 96.63% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 572 903
10th Percentile £250 £263 £225
25th Percentile £335 £375 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -2.50% +2.56% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 37 18
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.30 £12.72
25th Percentile £18.50 £13.70 £14.08
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +15.94% +7.81%
75th Percentile £48.75 £25.00 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £58.25 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -2.05% +14.29% +16.67%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Birmingham

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in Birmingham

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Birmingham over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Birmingham

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 Birmingham region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 24 (35.82%) Social Skills
2 22 (32.84%) Agile
3 18 (26.87%) Roadmaps
4 13 (19.40%) Salesforce
4 13 (19.40%) NetSuite
5 12 (17.91%) Azure
5 12 (17.91%) Finance
6 11 (16.42%) TOGAF
6 11 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (14.93%) IT Strategy
8 9 (13.43%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (13.43%) Enterprise Architecture
9 8 (11.94%) XML
9 8 (11.94%) CRM
9 8 (11.94%) Business Strategy
10 7 (10.45%) Technology Strategy
10 7 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (10.45%) Boomi
10 7 (10.45%) JavaScript
10 7 (10.45%) AWS
11 6 (8.96%) JSON
11 6 (8.96%) HTML
11 6 (8.96%) WAN
11 6 (8.96%) Project Management
11 6 (8.96%) Matrix Organization
11 6 (8.96%) Business Transformation
11 6 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (8.96%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (8.96%) Architectural Design
12 5 (7.46%) Single Sign-On

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 2 (2.99%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (19.40%) NetSuite
2 3 (4.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.91%) Azure
2 7 (10.45%) AWS
2 7 (10.45%) Boomi
3 3 (4.48%) GCP
3 3 (4.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 2 (2.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (2.99%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (2.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (2.99%) iPaaS
4 2 (2.99%) SaaS
5 1 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.49%) IaaS
5 1 (1.49%) OCI
5 1 (1.49%) PaaS
5 1 (1.49%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.96%) WAN
2 4 (5.97%) LAN
3 2 (2.99%) BGP
3 2 (2.99%) Firewall
3 2 (2.99%) MPLS
4 1 (1.49%) IPsec
4 1 (1.49%) Kerberos
4 1 (1.49%) SDH
4 1 (1.49%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.97%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.99%) DynamoDB
2 2 (2.99%) MySQL
3 1 (1.49%) Big Data
3 1 (1.49%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.49%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.49%) DB2
3 1 (1.49%) OLAP
3 1 (1.49%) OLTP
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle OLAP
3 1 (1.49%) Power BI
3 1 (1.49%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.49%) JIRA
1 1 (1.49%) Rational DOORS
General
1 24 (35.82%) Social Skills
2 12 (17.91%) Finance
3 11 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (13.43%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (5.97%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.48%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.99%) Banking
7 2 (2.99%) Billing
7 2 (2.99%) German Language
7 2 (2.99%) Local Government
7 2 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Aeronautics
8 1 (1.49%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.49%) Back Office
8 1 (1.49%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.94%) XML
2 6 (8.96%) HTML
2 6 (8.96%) JSON
3 5 (7.46%) Web Services
4 4 (5.97%) CSS
4 4 (5.97%) OAuth
5 3 (4.48%) Middleware
5 3 (4.48%) SOAP
6 2 (2.99%) Node.js
6 2 (2.99%) REST
6 2 (2.99%) SAML
6 2 (2.99%) Visualforce
6 2 (2.99%) WSDL
6 2 (2.99%) XSD
6 2 (2.99%) XSLT
7 1 (1.49%) .NET
7 1 (1.49%) .NET Core
7 1 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (1.49%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.48%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (4.48%) Management Information System
1 3 (4.48%) NHS
2 2 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (2.99%) Public Cloud
2 2 (2.99%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.49%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.49%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.99%) Linux
1 2 (2.99%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (32.84%) Agile
2 18 (26.87%) Roadmaps
3 11 (16.42%) TOGAF
4 10 (14.93%) IT Strategy
5 9 (13.43%) Enterprise Architecture
6 8 (11.94%) Business Strategy
6 8 (11.94%) CRM
7 7 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (10.45%) Technology Strategy
8 6 (8.96%) Architectural Design
8 6 (8.96%) Business Transformation
8 6 (8.96%) Matrix Organization
8 6 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (8.96%) Project Management
9 5 (7.46%) Architectural Patterns
9 5 (7.46%) Data Modelling
9 5 (7.46%) ITIL
9 5 (7.46%) Scrum
9 5 (7.46%) Translating Business Requirements
10 4 (5.97%) Architecture Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.45%) JavaScript
2 5 (7.46%) SQL
3 2 (2.99%) Apex Code
3 2 (2.99%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 6 (8.96%) TOGAF Certification
2 5 (7.46%) Degree
2 5 (7.46%) SC Cleared
2 5 (7.46%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.48%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.48%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.99%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.99%) CCNA
4 2 (2.99%) CCNP
4 2 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.99%) JNCIS
5 1 (1.49%) CAPM
5 1 (1.49%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (1.49%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.97%) QA
2 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.49%) ISO 22301
3 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (7.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (19.40%) Salesforce
2 5 (7.46%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.99%) Databricks
3 2 (2.99%) Dell
3 2 (2.99%) Google
3 2 (2.99%) Oracle
4 1 (1.49%) Cisco
4 1 (1.49%) IBM
4 1 (1.49%) Juniper
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.49%) Nokia
4 1 (1.49%) SAP
4 1 (1.49%) Snow