Systems Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

System Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median System Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £620 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 22 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
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 333 421 486
Rank change year-on-year +88 +65 -72
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Architect 58 23 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.10% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.11% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 8 12
10th Percentile £361 £500 £425
25th Percentile £506 £543 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £675 £588
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +14.89% -5.47%
75th Percentile £676 £725 £642
90th Percentile £713 £733 £675
UK median daily rate £625 £650 £620
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.84% +10.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 14 3
10th Percentile £61.25 £61.80 £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 £69.69 £60.93
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £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
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,741 21,586 29,136
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.28% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,456 15,029 20,438
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £594 £598 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,282 1,102 1,451
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.72 £18.04 £14.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Architect in the UK excluding London

Systems Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Architect in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Systems Architect in the UK excluding London

Systems Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Architect in the UK excluding London

Systems Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Architect in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Architect in the UK excluding London

Systems Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Architect in the UK excluding London

Systems Architect
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 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
South West +49 43 £620 -11.43% 3
North of England +42 10 £500 -
North West +27 9 £500 -
Midlands +27 3 £588 -9.62% 4
West Midlands +25 3 £588 -9.62% 2
South East +12 2 £750 +50.00% 6
North East - 1 £650 -
Systems Architect
UK

Systems Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 22 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Systems Architect in the job title.

1 41 (70.69%) Security Cleared
2 38 (65.52%) SC Cleared
3 30 (51.72%) Systems Engineering
4 29 (50.00%) Degree
5 27 (46.55%) Network Management
6 26 (44.83%) Telecoms
7 25 (43.10%) Self-Motivation
8 22 (37.93%) Strategic Thinking
9 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (15.52%) Social Skills
9 9 (15.52%) Customer Requirements
10 8 (13.79%) Windows
10 8 (13.79%) Active Directory
11 7 (12.07%) ITIL
11 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
12 6 (10.34%) Data Modelling
12 6 (10.34%) SQL
12 6 (10.34%) SQL Server
12 6 (10.34%) SysML
12 6 (10.34%) Migration
12 6 (10.34%) Data Migration
12 6 (10.34%) Database Optimisation
12 6 (10.34%) Windows Server
12 6 (10.34%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 5 (8.62%) DV Cleared
13 5 (8.62%) ArchiMate
13 5 (8.62%) DevOps
13 5 (8.62%) Sparx
13 5 (8.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
13 5 (8.62%) Identity Management

Systems Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (5.17%) Aareon QL
3 1 (1.72%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.45%) Network Security
2 1 (1.72%) 4G
2 1 (1.72%) 5G
2 1 (1.72%) DHCP
2 1 (1.72%) DNS
2 1 (1.72%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.72%) Firewall
2 1 (1.72%) SAN
2 1 (1.72%) VoIP
2 1 (1.72%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.72%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.72%) GIS
General
1 26 (44.83%) Telecoms
2 9 (15.52%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.17%) Local Government
5 2 (3.45%) Finance
6 1 (1.72%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.72%) Automotive
6 1 (1.72%) Banking
6 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 25 (43.10%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.17%) NHS
3 2 (3.45%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.79%) Windows
2 6 (10.34%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (51.72%) Systems Engineering
2 27 (46.55%) Network Management
3 22 (37.93%) Strategic Thinking
4 9 (15.52%) Customer Requirements
4 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (12.07%) ITIL
6 6 (10.34%) Data Migration
6 6 (10.34%) Data Modelling
6 6 (10.34%) Database Optimisation
6 6 (10.34%) Migration
6 6 (10.34%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 6 (10.34%) SysML
7 5 (8.62%) ArchiMate
7 5 (8.62%) Data Management
7 5 (8.62%) DevOps
7 5 (8.62%) Identity Management
7 5 (8.62%) MODAF
7 5 (8.62%) UML
8 4 (6.90%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (6.90%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.34%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (70.69%) Security Cleared
2 38 (65.52%) SC Cleared
3 29 (50.00%) Degree
4 5 (8.62%) DV Cleared
5 4 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.72%) CCIE
7 1 (1.72%) CCNP
7 1 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.72%) JNCIE
7 1 (1.72%) JNCIS
7 1 (1.72%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.72%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (1.72%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (13.79%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.62%) Sparx
3 3 (5.17%) Aareon
3 3 (5.17%) Northgate
3 3 (5.17%) Thales
4 1 (1.72%) Cisco
4 1 (1.72%) ESRI
4 1 (1.72%) Juniper
4 1 (1.72%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.72%) SAP
4 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow