Architect Contracts in Essex

Architect
East of England > Essex

The median Architect daily rate in Essex is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 9 35
Rank change year-on-year -12 +26 -13
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 13 30 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 5.78% 12.45% 6.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.07% 13.33% 6.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 20 24
10th Percentile £550 £233 £443
25th Percentile £613 £422 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £527 £588
Median % change year-on-year +23.46% -10.38% +12.98%
75th Percentile £675 £635 £696
90th Percentile £690 £742 £750
East of England median daily rate £650 £700 £625
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% +21.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £86.20 £39.63 -
25th Percentile £86.50 £44.71 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £53.21 -
Median % change year-on-year +64.44% - -
75th Percentile £88.00 £61.76 -
90th Percentile - £66.86 -
East of England median hourly rate £62.50 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year -10.71% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Essex

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 214 225 369
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.11% 93.36% 94.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 136 228
10th Percentile £250 £160 £186
25th Percentile £350 £236 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £494
Median % change year-on-year - -8.81% +16.12%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £578
90th Percentile £600 £619 £631
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 16 38
10th Percentile £12.86 £20.40 £14.53
25th Percentile £16.65 £24.09 £16.83
Median hourly rate £37.98 £43.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.32% +73.26% +9.22%
75th Percentile £80.00 £63.31 £35.15
90th Percentile - £69.51 £67.97
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +22.86% +125.81% -7.32%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Essex

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in Essex

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Essex over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Essex

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Essex

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Essex region over the 6 months to 27 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
Basildon -3 4 £675 +28.21%
Chelmsford +2 1 £575 +15.00% 1
Brentwood -10 1 - -
Colchester - 1 £700 -
Architect
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 Essex region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) TOGAF
1 9 (69.23%) Roadmaps
2 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 8 (61.54%) Enterprise Architecture
2 8 (61.54%) Degree
3 7 (53.85%) Cloud Computing
3 7 (53.85%) Migration
3 7 (53.85%) Banking
3 7 (53.85%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (53.85%) Business Strategy
3 7 (53.85%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (46.15%) Data Science
4 6 (46.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (46.15%) Technology Transformation
4 6 (46.15%) Zachman Framework
4 6 (46.15%) Google
4 6 (46.15%) Java
4 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
4 6 (46.15%) DevOps
4 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (46.15%) GCP
4 6 (46.15%) Fintech
5 5 (38.46%) Identity Management
5 5 (38.46%) Agile
5 5 (38.46%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (23.08%) Local Government
6 3 (23.08%) Azure
6 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
7 2 (15.38%) Social Skills

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SAP ERP
1 1 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (7.69%) SAP SD
1 1 (7.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (46.15%) GCP
3 3 (23.08%) Azure
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) LAN
1 1 (7.69%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) GitLab
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 7 (53.85%) Banking
3 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (23.08%) Local Government
4 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
5 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
6 1 (7.69%) Automotive
6 1 (7.69%) French Language
6 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) CentOS
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Roadmaps
1 9 (69.23%) TOGAF
2 8 (61.54%) Enterprise Architecture
3 7 (53.85%) Business Strategy
3 7 (53.85%) Migration
3 7 (53.85%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
4 6 (46.15%) Data Science
4 6 (46.15%) DevOps
4 6 (46.15%) Fintech
4 6 (46.15%) Technology Transformation
4 6 (46.15%) Zachman Framework
5 5 (38.46%) Agile
5 5 (38.46%) Identity Management
5 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (38.46%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 2 (15.38%) ArchiMate
6 2 (15.38%) BPMN
6 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (15.38%) IT4IT
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) Bash
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Degree
2 6 (46.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.69%) CISSP
3 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) COBIT
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) ISO 22301
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (7.69%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Ansible
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.69%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Google
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) SAP
3 1 (7.69%) Sparx
3 1 (7.69%) Splunk