Applications Architect Contracts in London

Application Architect
England > London

The median Application Architect daily rate in London is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 439 540
Rank change year-on-year +54 +101 -99
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 16 56 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.090% 0.21% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.22% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 44 39
10th Percentile £524 £563 £523
25th Percentile £635 £609 £590
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £713 £700
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +1.79% +14.29%
75th Percentile £738 £800 £825
90th Percentile £771 £835 £900
England median daily rate £660 £675 £640
% change year-on-year -2.22% +5.47% +11.30%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,596 25,593 37,134
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.26% 95.28% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,994 18,537 27,104
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £441 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £680
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 292 449
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.45
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.60 £22.03
Median hourly rate £27.66 £35.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.55% +0.71% +11.13%
75th Percentile £43.75 £62.13 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.72 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Architect in London

Applications Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Architect in London

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Architect in London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Architect in London

Applications Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Architect in London

Applications Architect
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Central London +48 3 £538 -10.42%
Applications Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Applications 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 London region featuring Applications Architect in the job title.

1 9 (56.25%) Roadmaps
2 5 (31.25%) Technology Roadmap
2 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Azure
3 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (25.00%) Information Security
3 4 (25.00%) Java
3 4 (25.00%) Static Application Security Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Application Security
3 4 (25.00%) Interactive Application Security Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 4 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (25.00%) Secure Coding
3 4 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
4 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (18.75%) Microservices
4 3 (18.75%) DevSecOps
4 3 (18.75%) C++
4 3 (18.75%) Security Architecture
4 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
5 2 (12.50%) AWS
5 2 (12.50%) Agile
5 2 (12.50%) TOGAF
5 2 (12.50%) Degree
5 2 (12.50%) Application Packaging
5 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 2 (12.50%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (12.50%) Citrix
5 2 (12.50%) SQL

Applications Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (6.25%) Confluence
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (6.25%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) IaaS
3 1 (6.25%) PaaS
3 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) HTTP
1 1 (6.25%) HTTPS
1 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (6.25%) Kerberos
1 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Data Lake
1 1 (6.25%) MySQL
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
1 1 (6.25%) MSI
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) JSON
1 1 (6.25%) RESTful
1 1 (6.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Android
1 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Unix
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Roadmaps
2 5 (31.25%) Technology Roadmap
3 4 (25.00%) Application Security
3 4 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
3 4 (25.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Information Security
3 4 (25.00%) Interactive Application Security Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Secure Coding
3 4 (25.00%) Static Application Security Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (18.75%) DevSecOps
4 3 (18.75%) Microservices
4 3 (18.75%) Security Architecture
5 2 (12.50%) Agile
5 2 (12.50%) Application Packaging
5 2 (12.50%) Design Patterns
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (12.50%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Java
2 3 (18.75%) C++
2 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
3 2 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) CCNP
2 1 (6.25%) CEH
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.25%) CISSP
2 1 (6.25%) GCIA
2 1 (6.25%) GCIH
2 1 (6.25%) GIAC
2 1 (6.25%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Ansible
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Citrix
2 1 (6.25%) Atlassian
2 1 (6.25%) Databricks
2 1 (6.25%) IBM
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle
2 1 (6.25%) SAP