Architect Contracts in Manchester

Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Architect daily rate in Manchester is £625 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 26 22
Rank change year-on-year +20 -4 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 191 108 203
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 13.20% 6.14% 7.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.84% 6.40% 7.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 73 148
10th Percentile £500 £450 £500
25th Percentile £538 £550 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £613
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +6.12% +9.13%
75th Percentile £800 £725 £679
90th Percentile £850 £800 £738
North West median daily rate £625 £609 £613
% change year-on-year +2.59% -0.53% +6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 2
10th Percentile £40.75 £35.00 -
25th Percentile £53.13 £50.50 £55.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £66.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +14.78% -
75th Percentile - £70.00 £62.50
90th Percentile - - £64.00
North West median hourly rate £60.00 £66.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -9.09% +14.78% +40.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,380 1,687 2,569
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.37% 95.96% 97.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 940 1,261 1,993
10th Percentile £313 £313 £230
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +2.56% +13.11%
75th Percentile £575 £590 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 45 61
10th Percentile £12.12 £14.41 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.36 £16.85 £14.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.71 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.65% +6.18% +17.36%
75th Percentile £62.50 £37.50 £33.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £65.60 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £32.95 £29.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year +13.61% +17.17% +37.50%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Manchester

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in Manchester

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Manchester over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Manchester

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Manchester

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in Manchester over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in Manchester

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Manchester 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
Salford +2 2 - - 3
Bolton -6 1 £525 -
Architect
North West

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

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 Manchester region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 76 (39.79%) Agile
2 55 (28.80%) DevOps
3 50 (26.18%) Firewall
3 50 (26.18%) CI/CD
4 49 (25.65%) Windows
5 47 (24.61%) Android
5 47 (24.61%) Apple iOS
6 46 (24.08%) Node.js
6 46 (24.08%) Security Architecture
6 46 (24.08%) Risk Management
7 45 (23.56%) Windows Server
8 44 (23.04%) Mobile Device Management
9 43 (22.51%) VPN
9 43 (22.51%) Zero Trust
10 41 (21.47%) Azure
11 40 (20.94%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 40 (20.94%) Threat Intelligence
12 37 (19.37%) Security Cleared
13 36 (18.85%) Design Patterns
14 34 (17.80%) SC Cleared
14 34 (17.80%) Public Cloud
15 29 (15.18%) Microsoft
16 26 (13.61%) Migration
17 25 (13.09%) Roadmaps
17 25 (13.09%) Public Sector
18 20 (10.47%) Social Skills
18 20 (10.47%) Data Management
18 20 (10.47%) Microservices
19 19 (9.95%) Data Architecture
20 18 (9.42%) Degree

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (2.09%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.57%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.05%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 4 (2.09%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.52%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (3.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.52%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.52%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.52%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.52%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 41 (21.47%) Azure
2 17 (8.90%) AWS
3 16 (8.38%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (6.81%) Power Platform
5 11 (5.76%) PaaS
6 10 (5.24%) IaaS
6 10 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (5.24%) SaaS
7 6 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.62%) Boomi
8 5 (2.62%) PowerApps
9 4 (2.09%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (2.09%) Azure Stack
9 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.57%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (1.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (1.05%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (1.05%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 50 (26.18%) Firewall
2 43 (22.51%) VPN
3 15 (7.85%) Network Security
4 4 (2.09%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.52%) Internet
5 1 (0.52%) LAN
5 1 (0.52%) MQTT
5 1 (0.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (2.62%) Power BI
3 4 (2.09%) Snowflake Schema
4 3 (1.57%) GIS
4 3 (1.57%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.05%) Big Data
5 2 (1.05%) Data Hub
5 2 (1.05%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.05%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.05%) Metadata
5 2 (1.05%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.52%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.52%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.52%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.52%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.52%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.05%) GitLab
1 2 (1.05%) webpack
General
1 25 (13.09%) Public Sector
2 20 (10.47%) Social Skills
3 13 (6.81%) Finance
4 9 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.66%) Legal
6 4 (2.09%) Banking
7 3 (1.57%) Retail Banking
8 2 (1.05%) Aviation
8 2 (1.05%) German Language
8 2 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Automotive
9 1 (0.52%) Billing
9 1 (0.52%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.52%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.52%) Marketing
9 1 (0.52%) Military
9 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (24.08%) Node.js
2 12 (6.28%) REST
3 8 (4.19%) SOAP
4 5 (2.62%) Middleware
5 4 (2.09%) JSON
5 4 (2.09%) RAML
5 4 (2.09%) XML
6 2 (1.05%) Express.js
6 2 (1.05%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (1.05%) React
6 2 (1.05%) React Native
6 2 (1.05%) Redux
7 1 (0.52%) .NET
7 1 (0.52%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.52%) SAP PI
7 1 (0.52%) SAP TM
7 1 (0.52%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 34 (17.80%) Public Cloud
2 13 (6.81%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.19%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.62%) Reference Data
5 4 (2.09%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.57%) CMDB
6 3 (1.57%) NHS
6 3 (1.57%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.05%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.05%) PKI
8 1 (0.52%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.52%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.52%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.52%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.52%) IoT
8 1 (0.52%) Life Science
8 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 49 (25.65%) Windows
2 47 (24.61%) Android
2 47 (24.61%) Apple iOS
3 45 (23.56%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.57%) Linux
4 3 (1.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (39.79%) Agile
2 55 (28.80%) DevOps
3 50 (26.18%) CI/CD
4 46 (24.08%) Risk Management
4 46 (24.08%) Security Architecture
5 44 (23.04%) Mobile Device Management
6 43 (22.51%) Zero Trust
7 40 (20.94%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 40 (20.94%) Threat Intelligence
8 36 (18.85%) Design Patterns
9 26 (13.61%) Migration
10 25 (13.09%) Roadmaps
11 20 (10.47%) Data Management
11 20 (10.47%) Microservices
12 19 (9.95%) Data Architecture
13 18 (9.42%) Architectural Design
14 17 (8.90%) Analytics
14 17 (8.90%) Project Delivery
14 17 (8.90%) Strategic Roadmap
15 16 (8.38%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.24%) SQL
2 3 (1.57%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.05%) Apex Code
3 2 (1.05%) Bicep
3 2 (1.05%) Java
3 2 (1.05%) Kotlin
3 2 (1.05%) Python
Qualifications
1 37 (19.37%) Security Cleared
2 34 (17.80%) SC Cleared
3 18 (9.42%) Degree
4 8 (4.19%) CISSP
5 4 (2.09%) CCIE
5 4 (2.09%) CCIE Security
5 4 (2.09%) CCNP
5 4 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.57%) CISM
7 2 (1.05%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.52%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.52%) RIBA
8 1 (0.52%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.76%) Data Quality
2 9 (4.71%) Accessibility
2 9 (4.71%) QA
3 2 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.52%) NIST
4 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.52%) Docker
2 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.57%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (15.18%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.66%) Google
2 7 (3.66%) SAP
3 6 (3.14%) Cisco
3 6 (3.14%) Databricks
4 5 (2.62%) Apple
5 4 (2.09%) Pega
5 4 (2.09%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.57%) Oracle
6 3 (1.57%) Sophos
6 3 (1.57%) Sparx
6 3 (1.57%) Thales
7 2 (1.05%) Mapbox
7 2 (1.05%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.05%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.52%) Mitel
8 1 (0.52%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.52%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.52%) VMware