Architect Contracts in the Midlands

Architect
England > Midlands

The median Architect daily rate in the Midlands is £624 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 21 19
Rank change year-on-year +9 -2 -6
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 239 271 425
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.88% 8.26% 8.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.63% 8.74% 8.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 190 320
10th Percentile £445 £524 £462
25th Percentile £525 £600 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £624 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £720 £725 £700
90th Percentile £786 £750 £750
England median daily rate £650 £675 £650
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +10.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £34.25 - -
25th Percentile £36.88 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £54.38 - -
90th Percentile £57.75 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £68.00
% change year-on-year - +2.94% +16.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,482 3,101 4,798
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.54% 96.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,687 2,180 3,495
10th Percentile £213 £223 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +14.91%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £563
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 116 164
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £10.87
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.00 £14.58
Median hourly rate £19.13 £20.41 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.30% +16.63% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.50 £22.88
90th Percentile £52.45 £61.25 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +6.38%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Contract Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
West Midlands +5 165 £650 -3.70% 64
East Midlands +1 74 £598 -9.47% 39
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 Midlands region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 60 (25.10%) Azure
2 58 (24.27%) Finance
3 50 (20.92%) Social Skills
4 49 (20.50%) Agile
5 42 (17.57%) Roadmaps
6 37 (15.48%) Security Cleared
7 35 (14.64%) AWS
7 35 (14.64%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (14.23%) Migration
9 32 (13.39%) Microsoft
10 31 (12.97%) Architectural Design
11 30 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
12 27 (11.30%) SC Cleared
13 26 (10.88%) Analytics
14 25 (10.46%) WAN
15 24 (10.04%) IT Strategy
16 22 (9.21%) LAN
17 21 (8.79%) Banking
18 20 (8.37%) Enterprise Architecture
18 20 (8.37%) Firewall
19 19 (7.95%) Windows
19 19 (7.95%) Technical Leadership
19 19 (7.95%) Power Platform
19 19 (7.95%) Technology Strategy
20 18 (7.53%) Business Strategy
20 18 (7.53%) Single Sign-On
20 18 (7.53%) Continuous Improvement
20 18 (7.53%) Web Services
20 18 (7.53%) SQL
20 18 (7.53%) Cisco

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 (1.26%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.42%) Confluence
3 1 (0.42%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 6 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.84%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.42%) CATIA
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) Revit
Business Applications
1 12 (5.02%) NetSuite
2 9 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.67%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.84%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
5 2 (0.84%) RMDS
6 1 (0.42%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.42%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.42%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 60 (25.10%) Azure
2 35 (14.64%) AWS
3 19 (7.95%) Power Platform
4 13 (5.44%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (4.60%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (2.93%) Entra ID
6 7 (2.93%) GCP
6 7 (2.93%) SaaS
7 6 (2.51%) Boomi
8 4 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (1.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.26%) Serverless
10 2 (0.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.84%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (0.84%) IaaS
10 2 (0.84%) iPaaS
10 2 (0.84%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.84%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.42%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.46%) WAN
2 22 (9.21%) LAN
3 20 (8.37%) Firewall
4 18 (7.53%) MPLS
5 13 (5.44%) VPN
6 11 (4.60%) BGP
7 9 (3.77%) DNS
8 8 (3.35%) PBX
8 8 (3.35%) VoIP
8 8 (3.35%) WLAN
9 6 (2.51%) IPsec
9 6 (2.51%) Junos
9 6 (2.51%) SD-WAN
10 5 (2.09%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (2.09%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (2.09%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (2.09%) DHCP
10 5 (2.09%) Internet
11 4 (1.67%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (1.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.44%) Data Lake
2 12 (5.02%) SQL Server
3 11 (4.60%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (4.18%) Power BI
5 9 (3.77%) Data Mining
6 6 (2.51%) Big Data
7 5 (2.09%) DB2
7 5 (2.09%) NoSQL
7 5 (2.09%) Tableau
8 4 (1.67%) Metadata
8 4 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.26%) OLAP
9 3 (1.26%) OLTP
10 2 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.84%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.84%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.84%) MySQL
10 2 (0.84%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 9 (3.77%) JIRA
2 8 (3.35%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.93%) Git
4 2 (0.84%) kappa
5 1 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
General
1 58 (24.27%) Finance
2 50 (20.92%) Social Skills
3 30 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.79%) Banking
5 13 (5.44%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.18%) Telecoms
7 9 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.26%) Law
10 3 (1.26%) Marketing
10 3 (1.26%) Retail
11 2 (0.84%) Automotive
11 2 (0.84%) Back Office
11 2 (0.84%) Billing
11 2 (0.84%) German Language
11 2 (0.84%) Local Government
11 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.42%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.53%) Web Services
2 17 (7.11%) OAuth
3 15 (6.28%) SAML
4 13 (5.44%) LDAP
4 13 (5.44%) OpenID
5 8 (3.35%) XML
6 6 (2.51%) HTML
6 6 (2.51%) JSON
6 6 (2.51%) RESTful
7 5 (2.09%) .NET
7 5 (2.09%) RAML
7 5 (2.09%) React
8 4 (1.67%) CSS
8 4 (1.67%) OpenAPI
8 4 (1.67%) SailPoint
8 4 (1.67%) SOAP
8 4 (1.67%) Swagger
9 3 (1.26%) Middleware
10 2 (0.84%) Node.js
10 2 (0.84%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.11%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.02%) Public Cloud
3 10 (4.18%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.51%) Credit Risk
5 6 (2.51%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.67%) Mainframe
6 4 (1.67%) NHS
6 4 (1.67%) Operational Technology
6 4 (1.67%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.26%) Fat Client
7 3 (1.26%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.26%) Thin Client
7 3 (1.26%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.84%) IoT
8 2 (0.84%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.95%) Windows
2 6 (2.51%) Linux
2 6 (2.51%) Windows 10
2 6 (2.51%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.67%) Android
3 4 (1.67%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.42%) VMS
4 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (20.50%) Agile
2 42 (17.57%) Roadmaps
3 35 (14.64%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (14.23%) Migration
5 31 (12.97%) Architectural Design
6 26 (10.88%) Analytics
7 24 (10.04%) IT Strategy
8 20 (8.37%) Enterprise Architecture
9 19 (7.95%) Technical Leadership
9 19 (7.95%) Technology Strategy
10 18 (7.53%) Business Strategy
10 18 (7.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (7.11%) DevOps
11 17 (7.11%) Mentoring
11 17 (7.11%) TOGAF
12 16 (6.69%) Data Analytics
13 15 (6.28%) Data Management
13 15 (6.28%) Project Management
14 14 (5.86%) ETL
14 14 (5.86%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.53%) SQL
2 8 (3.35%) Java
2 8 (3.35%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.93%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.67%) C
4 4 (1.67%) C#
5 3 (1.26%) Bash
5 3 (1.26%) Python
6 2 (0.84%) ABAP
6 2 (0.84%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.84%) SOQL
7 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.42%) VB
7 1 (0.42%) X++
Qualifications
1 37 (15.48%) Security Cleared
2 27 (11.30%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.11%) Degree
4 16 (6.69%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (4.18%) CCNP
6 9 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (3.35%) CCIE
7 8 (3.35%) CCIE Data Center
8 7 (2.93%) CCNA
9 6 (2.51%) DV Cleared
9 6 (2.51%) Master's Degree
9 6 (2.51%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (2.09%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.09%) JNCIS
11 4 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.84%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.42%) CISSP
14 1 (0.42%) JNCIA
14 1 (0.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.93%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.51%) QA
3 4 (1.67%) SLA
4 3 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.26%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.26%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.42%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.42%) GDPR
5 1 (0.42%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (4.18%) Active Directory
1 10 (4.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (2.51%) Docker
3 4 (1.67%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.26%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (1.26%) XenApp
4 3 (1.26%) XenDesktop
5 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.84%) vSphere
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (7.53%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (3.77%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.35%) Progress Chef
4 4 (1.67%) Terraform
5 3 (1.26%) Ansible
6 2 (0.84%) Grafana
6 2 (0.84%) Kibana
7 1 (0.42%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 32 (13.39%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.53%) Cisco
3 13 (5.44%) Salesforce
4 11 (4.60%) Juniper
5 10 (4.18%) ForgeRock
5 10 (4.18%) VMware
6 8 (3.35%) SAP
7 7 (2.93%) Databricks
8 6 (2.51%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.09%) Autodesk
9 5 (2.09%) CheckPoint
9 5 (2.09%) Infoblox
9 5 (2.09%) Oracle
9 5 (2.09%) Symantec
9 5 (2.09%) Zscaler
10 4 (1.67%) Citrix
11 3 (1.26%) Informatica
11 3 (1.26%) NetApp
11 3 (1.26%) Okta
11 3 (1.26%) SolarWinds