Chief Architect Contracts

Chief Architect
UK

The median Chief Architect daily rate in the UK is £900 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 571 696 837
Rank change year-on-year +125 +141 -172
Contract jobs requiring a Chief Architect 27 23 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.038% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.041% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 12
10th Percentile £838 £650 £679
25th Percentile £875 £781 £722
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £913 £799
Median % change year-on-year -1.37% +14.24% -0.16%
75th Percentile £950 £1,075 £919
90th Percentile £975 £1,115 £998
UK excluding London median daily rate - £1,050 £774
% change year-on-year - +35.70% -3.28%

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%

Chief Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Chief Architect in the UK

Chief Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Chief Architect in the UK

Chief 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 Chief 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 +132 27 £900 -1.37% 3
London +114 27 £900 +5.88% 3
Work from Home +121 3 £938 +10.29%

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

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

1 25 (92.59%) Data Modelling
1 25 (92.59%) Data Architecture
1 25 (92.59%) Data Strategy
2 24 (88.89%) Data Design
3 23 (85.19%) Metadata
3 23 (85.19%) Metadata Repository
3 23 (85.19%) Data Vault
3 23 (85.19%) NoSQL
3 23 (85.19%) UML
4 20 (74.07%) Data Integration
4 20 (74.07%) Data Governance
5 19 (70.37%) Business Strategy
5 19 (70.37%) SC Cleared
5 19 (70.37%) Security Cleared
5 19 (70.37%) Reference Data
6 15 (55.56%) Digital Marketing
6 15 (55.56%) Marketing
6 15 (55.56%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (55.56%) SAP
6 15 (55.56%) Electronics
6 15 (55.56%) Telecoms
6 15 (55.56%) Finance
6 15 (55.56%) Manufacturing
6 15 (55.56%) Programme Management
6 15 (55.56%) Public Sector
7 7 (25.93%) Sparx
7 7 (25.93%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
9 4 (14.81%) Onboarding
10 2 (7.41%) Data Analysis

Chief 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 7 (25.93%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (85.19%) Data Vault
1 23 (85.19%) Metadata
1 23 (85.19%) Metadata Repository
1 23 (85.19%) NoSQL
General
1 15 (55.56%) Electronics
1 15 (55.56%) Finance
1 15 (55.56%) Manufacturing
1 15 (55.56%) Marketing
1 15 (55.56%) Public Sector
1 15 (55.56%) Telecoms
2 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 19 (70.37%) Reference Data
2 4 (14.81%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (92.59%) Data Architecture
1 25 (92.59%) Data Modelling
1 25 (92.59%) Data Strategy
2 24 (88.89%) Data Design
3 23 (85.19%) UML
4 20 (74.07%) Data Governance
4 20 (74.07%) Data Integration
5 19 (70.37%) Business Strategy
6 15 (55.56%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (55.56%) Digital Marketing
6 15 (55.56%) Programme Management
7 2 (7.41%) Data Analysis
8 1 (3.70%) Data Management
8 1 (3.70%) Data Security
8 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (3.70%) ITIL
8 1 (3.70%) Migration
8 1 (3.70%) Problem Management
8 1 (3.70%) Strategic Thinking
8 1 (3.70%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 19 (70.37%) SC Cleared
1 19 (70.37%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 15 (55.56%) SAP
2 7 (25.93%) Sparx