Chief Architect Contracts in London

Chief Architect
England > London

The median Chief Architect daily rate in London is £900 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 373 481 590
Rank change year-on-year +108 +109 -131
Contract jobs requiring a Chief Architect 28 14 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.16% 0.052% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.055% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 11 5
10th Percentile £841 £650 £710
25th Percentile £875 £769 £763
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £850 £850
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - +12.40%
75th Percentile £944 £1,019 £900
90th Percentile £975 £1,075 £945
England median daily rate £900 £913 £798
% change year-on-year -1.37% +14.42% -0.31%

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%

Chief Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Chief Architect in London

Chief Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Chief Architect in London

Chief 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 Chief 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 +45 2 £938 -5.06%
Chief Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Chief 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 Chief Architect in the job title.

1 26 (92.86%) Data Modelling
1 26 (92.86%) Data Architecture
1 26 (92.86%) Data Strategy
2 25 (89.29%) Data Design
3 24 (85.71%) Metadata
3 24 (85.71%) Metadata Repository
3 24 (85.71%) Data Vault
3 24 (85.71%) NoSQL
3 24 (85.71%) UML
4 21 (75.00%) Data Integration
4 21 (75.00%) Data Governance
5 20 (71.43%) Business Strategy
5 20 (71.43%) Reference Data
6 19 (67.86%) SC Cleared
6 19 (67.86%) Security Cleared
7 16 (57.14%) Digital Marketing
7 16 (57.14%) Marketing
7 16 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
7 16 (57.14%) SAP
7 16 (57.14%) Electronics
7 16 (57.14%) Telecoms
7 16 (57.14%) Finance
7 16 (57.14%) Manufacturing
7 16 (57.14%) Programme Management
7 16 (57.14%) Public Sector
8 7 (25.00%) Sparx
8 7 (25.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
10 4 (14.29%) Onboarding
11 2 (7.14%) Data Analysis

Chief 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:

Business Applications
1 7 (25.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (85.71%) Data Vault
1 24 (85.71%) Metadata
1 24 (85.71%) Metadata Repository
1 24 (85.71%) NoSQL
General
1 16 (57.14%) Electronics
1 16 (57.14%) Finance
1 16 (57.14%) Manufacturing
1 16 (57.14%) Marketing
1 16 (57.14%) Public Sector
1 16 (57.14%) Telecoms
2 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 20 (71.43%) Reference Data
2 4 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (92.86%) Data Architecture
1 26 (92.86%) Data Modelling
1 26 (92.86%) Data Strategy
2 25 (89.29%) Data Design
3 24 (85.71%) UML
4 21 (75.00%) Data Governance
4 21 (75.00%) Data Integration
5 20 (71.43%) Business Strategy
6 16 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (57.14%) Digital Marketing
6 16 (57.14%) Programme Management
7 2 (7.14%) Data Analysis
8 1 (3.57%) Data Management
8 1 (3.57%) Data Security
8 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (3.57%) ITIL
8 1 (3.57%) Migration
8 1 (3.57%) Problem Management
8 1 (3.57%) Strategic Thinking
8 1 (3.57%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 19 (67.86%) SC Cleared
1 19 (67.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.57%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 16 (57.14%) SAP
2 7 (25.00%) Sparx