Blockchain Architect Contracts

Blockchain Architect
UK

The median Blockchain Architect daily rate in the UK is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 588 704 850
Rank change year-on-year +116 +146 -167
Contract jobs requiring a Blockchain Architect 10 8 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.013% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.014% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 3
10th Percentile - £580 £555
25th Percentile £663 £625 £619
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £713 £750
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% -5.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £788 £738 £863
90th Percentile - £816 £915
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

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 40,362 56,304 84,700
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.61% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,261 39,350 59,476
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £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 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,668 1,565 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.40 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.02 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.95% +91.49% +3.14%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.75 £48.88
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £42.43 £19.50
% change year-on-year -6.91% +117.60% +2.63%

Blockchain Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Blockchain Architect in the UK

Blockchain Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Blockchain Architect in the UK

Blockchain Architect
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blockchain Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
Work from Home +130 9 £700 -3.45%
England +132 7 £700 -
London +100 7 £700 -

Blockchain Architect Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Blockchain 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 Blockchain Architect in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Blockchain
2 7 (70.00%) Finance
3 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (60.00%) Distributed Ledger
3 6 (60.00%) Fintech
4 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
5 4 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (40.00%) Degree
5 4 (40.00%) Mathematics
5 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (40.00%) Cryptography
6 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
6 3 (30.00%) C++
6 3 (30.00%) Java
6 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
6 3 (30.00%) Python
6 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (30.00%) Smart Contracts
6 3 (30.00%) Web Development
6 3 (30.00%) Clojure
7 2 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
7 2 (20.00%) Web3
7 2 (20.00%) DeFi
8 1 (10.00%) CBDC
8 1 (10.00%) Banking
8 1 (10.00%) Cryptocurrency

Blockchain 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:

Business Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Distributed Ledger
General
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Blockchain
2 2 (20.00%) Web3
3 1 (10.00%) CBDC
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Fintech
2 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (40.00%) Cryptography
2 4 (40.00%) Mathematics
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (30.00%) Web Development
4 2 (20.00%) DeFi
4 2 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (10.00%) Cryptocurrency
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) C++
1 3 (30.00%) Clojure
1 3 (30.00%) Java
1 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (30.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Degree