Systems Architect Contracts in England

System Architect
UK > England

The median System Architect daily rate in England is £620 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 482 628 734
Rank change year-on-year +146 +106 -162
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Architect 63 31 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.061% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.065% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 9 23
10th Percentile £199 £397 £425
25th Percentile £531 £500 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £560 £625
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -10.40% +19.05%
75th Percentile £697 £572 £675
90th Percentile £775 £690 £750
UK median daily rate £620 £565 £625
% change year-on-year +9.83% -9.68% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 3
10th Percentile £60.00 £62.10 £56.38
25th Percentile £67.50 - £58.09
Median hourly rate £70.00 £66.00 £60.92
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +8.34% +0.96%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £60.93
90th Percentile £95.00 - £60.93
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £66.00 £60.92
% change year-on-year +6.06% +8.34% +0.96%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,467 47,939 67,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.60% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,885 33,999 48,181
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,421 1,437 1,912
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.62
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.35 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Architect in England

Systems Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Architect in England

Systems Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Architect in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Architect in England

Systems Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Architect in England

Systems Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Architect in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Architect in England

Systems Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
South West +54 38 £620 +9.83% 4
London +118 11 £750 +52.28% 4
North of England +35 10 £500 - 1
North West +27 9 £500 - 1
South East +18 3 £675 +35.00% 4
North East - 1 £650 -
Systems Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Systems 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 England region featuring Systems Architect in the job title.

1 37 (58.73%) Security Cleared
2 33 (52.38%) SC Cleared
3 24 (38.10%) Systems Engineering
4 23 (36.51%) Degree
5 22 (34.92%) Telecoms
5 22 (34.92%) Network Management
6 18 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (23.81%) Strategic Thinking
8 13 (20.63%) Active Directory
9 12 (19.05%) Microsoft
10 10 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (15.87%) Social Skills
11 9 (14.29%) ITIL
11 9 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
12 8 (12.70%) Windows
13 7 (11.11%) Data Modelling
13 7 (11.11%) Finance
14 6 (9.52%) Migration
14 6 (9.52%) Data Management
14 6 (9.52%) JSON
14 6 (9.52%) SysML
14 6 (9.52%) SQL
14 6 (9.52%) SQL Server
14 6 (9.52%) UML
14 6 (9.52%) XML
14 6 (9.52%) Power BI
14 6 (9.52%) Database Optimisation
14 6 (9.52%) Windows Server
14 6 (9.52%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
14 6 (9.52%) Data Migration

Systems Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (7.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (4.76%) Aareon QL
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.52%) Power Platform
2 5 (7.94%) Azure
2 5 (7.94%) Azure Key Vault
2 5 (7.94%) Entra ID
2 5 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (7.94%) Power Automate
2 5 (7.94%) PowerApps
3 1 (1.59%) Boomi
3 1 (1.59%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.17%) Network Security
2 1 (1.59%) 4G
2 1 (1.59%) 5G
2 1 (1.59%) DHCP
2 1 (1.59%) DNS
2 1 (1.59%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.59%) Firewall
2 1 (1.59%) SAN
2 1 (1.59%) VoIP
2 1 (1.59%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.52%) Power BI
1 6 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.59%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.59%) GIS
2 1 (1.59%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 22 (34.92%) Telecoms
2 10 (15.87%) Social Skills
3 7 (11.11%) Finance
4 5 (7.94%) Financial Institution
4 5 (7.94%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.76%) Local Government
6 1 (1.59%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.59%) Banking
6 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.52%) JSON
1 6 (9.52%) REST
1 6 (9.52%) XML
2 5 (7.94%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.59%) SOAP
3 1 (1.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (4.76%) NHS
3 2 (3.17%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.70%) Windows
2 6 (9.52%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.10%) Systems Engineering
2 22 (34.92%) Network Management
3 15 (23.81%) Strategic Thinking
4 10 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
5 9 (14.29%) ITIL
6 7 (11.11%) Data Modelling
7 6 (9.52%) Data Management
7 6 (9.52%) Data Migration
7 6 (9.52%) Database Optimisation
7 6 (9.52%) Migration
7 6 (9.52%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 6 (9.52%) SysML
7 6 (9.52%) UML
8 5 (7.94%) ArchiMate
8 5 (7.94%) Computer Science
8 5 (7.94%) DevOps
8 5 (7.94%) MODAF
8 5 (7.94%) Network Virtualisation
8 5 (7.94%) XML Parsing
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.52%) SQL
2 5 (7.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (58.73%) Security Cleared
2 33 (52.38%) SC Cleared
3 23 (36.51%) Degree
4 5 (7.94%) DV Cleared
5 4 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.59%) CCIE
7 1 (1.59%) CCNP
7 1 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.59%) JNCIE
7 1 (1.59%) JNCIS
7 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.17%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.59%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (20.63%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.94%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 12 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.94%) Sparx
3 3 (4.76%) Aareon
3 3 (4.76%) Northgate
3 3 (4.76%) Thales
4 2 (3.17%) SAP
5 1 (1.59%) Cisco
5 1 (1.59%) ESRI
5 1 (1.59%) IFS
5 1 (1.59%) Juniper
5 1 (1.59%) Pega