Applications Architect Contracts

Application Architect
UK

The median Application Architect daily rate in the UK is £625 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 560 606 686
Rank change year-on-year +46 +80 -85
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 38 113 164
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.088% 0.19% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.20% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 74 120
10th Percentile £504 £547 £517
25th Percentile £572 £571 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £643
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +5.06% +11.74%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £738
90th Percentile £850 £825 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England +59 31 £635 -7.64% 13
UK excluding London +50 16 £625 -3.85% 2
London +55 13 £700 - 10
Work from Home +99 12 £583 -10.38% 4
North of England +37 9 £544 -25.77% 1
North West +20 6 £544 -25.77%
West Midlands +28 3 £625 -
Yorkshire +20 3 - -
Midlands +13 3 £625 +2.04%
East of England - 2 - -
South West +21 1 £635 -8.27%
South East +17 1 £500 -13.79% 1

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

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

1 11 (28.95%) Azure
2 10 (26.32%) DevOps
2 10 (26.32%) Finance
3 9 (23.68%) Agile
4 8 (21.05%) Roadmaps
5 7 (18.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (18.42%) Application Security
5 7 (18.42%) Microservices
6 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (15.79%) Degree
6 6 (15.79%) Architectural Design
6 6 (15.79%) Threat Modelling
6 6 (15.79%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (13.16%) Technology Roadmap
7 5 (13.16%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (13.16%) Migration
7 5 (13.16%) Java
7 5 (13.16%) SQL
7 5 (13.16%) CRM
7 5 (13.16%) Computer Science
7 5 (13.16%) AWS
7 5 (13.16%) Security Cleared
7 5 (13.16%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (10.53%) PowerShell
8 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared
8 4 (10.53%) .NET
8 4 (10.53%) DevSecOps
8 4 (10.53%) Cloud Native
8 4 (10.53%) Architectural Patterns
9 3 (7.89%) Static Application Security Testing

Applications Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (5.26%) Confluence
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.63%) WebLogic
2 1 (2.63%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (7.89%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (28.95%) Azure
2 6 (15.79%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (13.16%) AWS
4 2 (5.26%) PaaS
4 2 (5.26%) SaaS
5 1 (2.63%) Apigee
5 1 (2.63%) Azure API Management
5 1 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.63%) Azure Functions
5 1 (2.63%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.63%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.63%) IaaS
5 1 (2.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) Firewall
1 1 (2.63%) HTTP
1 1 (2.63%) HTTPS
1 1 (2.63%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (2.63%) Kerberos
1 1 (2.63%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.89%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.26%) MySQL
3 1 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.63%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.63%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.63%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (7.89%) JIRA
2 1 (2.63%) Git
2 1 (2.63%) Maven
2 1 (2.63%) MSI
2 1 (2.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (26.32%) Finance
2 7 (18.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (5.26%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Banking
4 1 (2.63%) Legal
4 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.63%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) .NET
2 2 (5.26%) JSON
2 2 (5.26%) REST
2 2 (5.26%) SOAP
3 1 (2.63%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.63%) Angular 2
3 1 (2.63%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.63%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.63%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (2.63%) J2EE
3 1 (2.63%) J2SE
3 1 (2.63%) Middleware
3 1 (2.63%) OAuth
3 1 (2.63%) OpenID
3 1 (2.63%) RESTful
3 1 (2.63%) Spring
3 1 (2.63%) Swagger
3 1 (2.63%) Web Services
3 1 (2.63%) XML
3 1 (2.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (10.53%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.63%) Blog
3 1 (2.63%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.63%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.63%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.63%) Android
1 1 (2.63%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.63%) Linux
1 1 (2.63%) Unix
1 1 (2.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (26.32%) DevOps
2 9 (23.68%) Agile
3 8 (21.05%) Roadmaps
4 7 (18.42%) Application Security
4 7 (18.42%) Microservices
5 6 (15.79%) Architectural Design
5 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (15.79%) Threat Modelling
6 5 (13.16%) Computer Science
6 5 (13.16%) CRM
6 5 (13.16%) Migration
6 5 (13.16%) Technology Roadmap
7 4 (10.53%) Architectural Patterns
7 4 (10.53%) DevSecOps
8 3 (7.89%) Architecture Governance
8 3 (7.89%) Business Strategy
8 3 (7.89%) Deployment Automation
8 3 (7.89%) Project Delivery
8 3 (7.89%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (7.89%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.16%) Java
1 5 (13.16%) SQL
2 4 (10.53%) PowerShell
3 3 (7.89%) C#
4 2 (5.26%) C++
5 1 (2.63%) Python
5 1 (2.63%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (15.79%) Degree
2 5 (13.16%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.63%) CCNP
5 1 (2.63%) CEH
5 1 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.63%) CISSP
5 1 (2.63%) GCIA
5 1 (2.63%) GCIH
5 1 (2.63%) GIAC
5 1 (2.63%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.26%) Docker
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.63%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (5.26%) Citrix
1 2 (5.26%) IBM
1 2 (5.26%) Oracle
2 1 (2.63%) Atlassian
2 1 (2.63%) Databricks
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft