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 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 9 20
Rank change year-on-year +3 +11 -5
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 466 454 299
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 14.24% 13.42% 8.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.36% 14.49% 8.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 348 221
10th Percentile £520 £557 £515
25th Percentile £575 £600 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £667 £638
Median % change year-on-year -2.48% +4.55% +6.25%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £738
90th Percentile £788 £788 £813
England median daily rate £650 £668 £650
% change year-on-year -2.69% +2.77% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 20 7
10th Percentile - £66.23 £57.35
25th Percentile £67.50 - £60.93
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +12.00% +5.77%
75th Percentile £85.00 £78.50 £74.13
90th Percentile £89.50 £81.05 £83.44
England median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £61.72
% change year-on-year - +13.42% +2.86%

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 3,033 3,134 3,488
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 92.61% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,888 2,303 2,525
10th Percentile £214 £285 £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 £624 £644 £600
90th Percentile £700 £720 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.19% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 448 253 211
10th Percentile £13.85 £17.72 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £49.00 £18.16
Median hourly rate £55.00 £64.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +36.17% +10.59%
75th Percentile £71.25 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.40 £68.30
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -12.22% +88.21% +13.59%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +7 204 £646 -4.30% 25
Wiltshire -2 167 £675 - 15
Gloucestershire +8 46 £600 - 9
Dorset +7 21 £620 -4.62% 8
Devon -11 8 £665 -0.45% 2
Somerset -1 7 £530 -18.46% 10
Cornwall - 1 - -
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 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.

1 346 (74.25%) Security Cleared
2 195 (41.85%) SC Cleared
3 183 (39.27%) DV Cleared
4 102 (21.89%) Public Sector
5 92 (19.74%) Telecoms
6 77 (16.52%) Azure
7 69 (14.81%) Agile
8 67 (14.38%) Degree
9 65 (13.95%) Strategic Thinking
10 62 (13.30%) Microsoft
11 60 (12.88%) Network Management
12 58 (12.45%) Stakeholder Management
13 55 (11.80%) WAN
13 55 (11.80%) DevOps
13 55 (11.80%) Social Skills
14 51 (10.94%) PaaS
15 50 (10.73%) Finance
16 48 (10.30%) ArchiMate
16 48 (10.30%) Roadmaps
17 45 (9.66%) SaaS
18 44 (9.44%) TOGAF
19 42 (9.01%) Data Centre
19 42 (9.01%) Zero Trust
20 41 (8.80%) Project Management
21 40 (8.58%) Cisco
21 40 (8.58%) LAN
21 40 (8.58%) Enterprise Architecture
21 40 (8.58%) Business Strategy
22 38 (8.15%) Migration
23 37 (7.94%) ITIL

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 21 (4.51%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.58%) Confluence
3 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.43%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 18 (3.86%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.43%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.21%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 8 (1.72%) Teamcenter
2 5 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.07%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.64%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.21%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 77 (16.52%) Azure
2 51 (10.94%) PaaS
3 45 (9.66%) SaaS
4 33 (7.08%) AWS
4 33 (7.08%) IaaS
5 27 (5.79%) Cloud Computing
6 22 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (3.00%) Power Platform
8 13 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (2.36%) GCP
10 7 (1.50%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.07%) Entra ID
12 4 (0.86%) Azure Stack
12 4 (0.86%) OpenShift
13 3 (0.64%) OCI
13 3 (0.64%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
14 2 (0.43%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 55 (11.80%) WAN
2 40 (8.58%) LAN
3 21 (4.51%) PBX
3 21 (4.51%) VoIP
4 14 (3.00%) SD-WAN
5 10 (2.15%) 3G
5 10 (2.15%) 4G
5 10 (2.15%) NX-OS
5 10 (2.15%) SDH
6 8 (1.72%) Firewall
7 7 (1.50%) VPN
8 5 (1.07%) Unified Communications
9 4 (0.86%) Junos
9 4 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.64%) MPLS
11 2 (0.43%) DNS
11 2 (0.43%) Network Security
12 1 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (0.21%) IPsec
12 1 (0.21%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.36%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (2.15%) Oracle Database
4 9 (1.93%) Metadata
5 8 (1.72%) Metadata Repository
6 5 (1.07%) Power BI
7 4 (0.86%) Snowflake Schema
8 3 (0.64%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.64%) GIS
8 3 (0.64%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.21%) Cognos Framework Manager
10 1 (0.21%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.21%) InterSystems Cache
10 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.21%) Redis
10 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (4.29%) Rational DOORS
2 12 (2.58%) JIRA
3 4 (0.86%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
General
1 102 (21.89%) Public Sector
2 92 (19.74%) Telecoms
3 55 (11.80%) Social Skills
4 50 (10.73%) Finance
5 33 (7.08%) Manufacturing
6 28 (6.01%) Marketing
7 24 (5.15%) Electronics
8 16 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (1.93%) Aerospace
11 8 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
12 7 (1.50%) Digital Economy
13 5 (1.07%) Aeronautics
13 5 (1.07%) Banking
14 2 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.21%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.21%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.79%) .NET
2 11 (2.36%) XML
3 7 (1.50%) Middleware
4 6 (1.29%) REST
5 5 (1.07%) ModSecurity
5 5 (1.07%) 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 (0.21%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.21%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (0.21%) Kafka
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.21%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.21%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.01%) Data Centre
2 26 (5.58%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (4.08%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.43%) Public Cloud
5 12 (2.58%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (1.93%) Blackberry
7 9 (1.93%) Cloud Native
7 9 (1.93%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.72%) CESG
9 7 (1.50%) Blog
9 7 (1.50%) Replication
9 7 (1.50%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.29%) SCADA
11 5 (1.07%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (1.07%) PKI
11 5 (1.07%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.07%) Verilog
11 5 (1.07%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.43%) Linux
1 16 (3.43%) Windows
2 10 (2.15%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.21%) Android
5 1 (0.21%) VMS
5 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.21%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (14.81%) Agile
2 65 (13.95%) Strategic Thinking
3 60 (12.88%) Network Management
4 58 (12.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 55 (11.80%) DevOps
6 48 (10.30%) ArchiMate
6 48 (10.30%) Roadmaps
7 44 (9.44%) TOGAF
8 42 (9.01%) Zero Trust
9 41 (8.80%) Project Management
10 40 (8.58%) Business Strategy
10 40 (8.58%) Enterprise Architecture
11 38 (8.15%) Migration
12 37 (7.94%) ITIL
13 36 (7.73%) Business Intelligence
14 34 (7.30%) Data Management
15 33 (7.08%) Systems Engineering
16 31 (6.65%) Computer Science
17 30 (6.44%) Open Source
18 29 (6.22%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 16 (3.43%) SQL
2 13 (2.79%) C
3 10 (2.15%) Python
4 9 (1.93%) C#
4 9 (1.93%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.29%) PL/SQL
6 5 (1.07%) C++
7 2 (0.43%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.21%) Bicep
8 1 (0.21%) Java
Qualifications
1 346 (74.25%) Security Cleared
2 195 (41.85%) SC Cleared
3 183 (39.27%) DV Cleared
4 67 (14.38%) Degree
5 16 (3.43%) TOGAF Certification
6 15 (3.22%) HND
7 12 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.36%) CISSP
8 11 (2.36%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.93%) CCNP
9 9 (1.93%) CISA
9 9 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.93%) CISM
10 8 (1.72%) CEH
10 8 (1.72%) CISMP
10 8 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (1.72%) ISACA
10 8 (1.72%) SSCP
11 6 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.86%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.94%) JSP 440
2 14 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (2.79%) NIST
4 12 (2.58%) PCI DSS
5 11 (2.36%) GDPR
5 11 (2.36%) HIPAA
5 11 (2.36%) QA
6 9 (1.93%) NCSC
7 6 (1.29%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.86%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.64%) GRC
9 3 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.43%) COBIT
11 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 20 (4.29%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.22%) VMware NSX
4 11 (2.36%) Docker
5 10 (2.15%) vSphere
6 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.21%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.21%) XenApp
7 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (1.93%) CSIRT
1 9 (1.93%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.29%) Terraform
3 4 (0.86%) Ansible
3 4 (0.86%) OPNET
3 4 (0.86%) PowerCLI
4 3 (0.64%) SCCM
5 2 (0.43%) SCDPM
5 2 (0.43%) SCVMM
5 2 (0.43%) WSUS
6 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.21%) Autotask
6 1 (0.21%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.21%) HP SIM
6 1 (0.21%) NetIQ Identity Manager
6 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.21%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 62 (13.30%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.58%) Cisco
3 31 (6.65%) SAP
4 24 (5.15%) Juniper
5 22 (4.72%) VMware
6 20 (4.29%) Nokia
7 19 (4.08%) IBM
8 16 (3.43%) Dell
9 15 (3.22%) Google
9 15 (3.22%) Oracle
10 9 (1.93%) Avaya
10 9 (1.93%) Ericsson
10 9 (1.93%) Ribbon
11 8 (1.72%) Sparx
12 7 (1.50%) Palo Alto
12 7 (1.50%) Remedy
13 6 (1.29%) Red Hat
13 6 (1.29%) Salesforce
14 5 (1.07%) Adobe
14 5 (1.07%) ServiceNow