IT Architect Contracts

IT Architect
UK

The median IT Architect daily rate in the UK is £675 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 525 642 748
Rank change year-on-year +117 +106 -126
Contract jobs requiring an IT Architect 73 77 101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.14% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 50 67
10th Percentile £493 £600 £471
25th Percentile £606 £663 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £700 £615
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +13.82% +2.50%
75th Percentile £704 £750 £739
90th Percentile £734 £792 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £680 £555
% change year-on-year -4.41% +22.52% -7.50%

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%

IT Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Architect in the UK

IT Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IT Architect in the UK

IT Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Architect in the UK

IT Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Architect in the UK

IT Architect
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT 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
Work from Home +131 47 £675 -2.53% 5
England +119 45 £675 -3.57% 21
London +97 25 £675 -10.00% 12
UK excluding London +59 25 £650 -4.41% 9
South West +29 8 £575 +1.86% 2
Scotland +33 7 £675 -10.00%
South East +29 6 £613 -30.00%
West Midlands +24 3 £755 +11.03% 2
Midlands +17 3 £755 +11.03% 3
North of England +30 2 £346 -54.64% 3
North West +16 2 £346 -58.08% 2

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, IT 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 IT Architect in the job title.

1 29 (39.73%) Finance
2 21 (28.77%) Banking
3 20 (27.40%) Security Cleared
4 19 (26.03%) Change Management
5 16 (21.92%) Telecoms
5 16 (21.92%) Azure
6 13 (17.81%) ITIL
7 12 (16.44%) TOGAF
8 11 (15.07%) Service Management
8 11 (15.07%) SC Cleared
8 11 (15.07%) DV Cleared
9 10 (13.70%) ITSM
10 9 (12.33%) AWS
11 8 (10.96%) Roadmaps
12 7 (9.59%) Agile
12 7 (9.59%) Asset Management
12 7 (9.59%) ERP
12 7 (9.59%) Microsoft
12 7 (9.59%) SaaS
12 7 (9.59%) ServiceNow
13 6 (8.22%) Analytics
13 6 (8.22%) CISSP
13 6 (8.22%) VMware
13 6 (8.22%) Migration
13 6 (8.22%) NCSC
13 6 (8.22%) NIST
14 5 (6.85%) IT Strategy
14 5 (6.85%) Public Cloud
14 5 (6.85%) Social Skills
14 5 (6.85%) Information Security

IT 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 3 (4.11%) Confluence
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.74%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 16 (21.92%) Azure
2 9 (12.33%) AWS
3 7 (9.59%) SaaS
4 4 (5.48%) GCP
4 4 (5.48%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.74%) IaaS
5 2 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.37%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.48%) Firewall
2 3 (4.11%) LAN
2 3 (4.11%) Network Security
2 3 (4.11%) SAN
3 1 (1.37%) 4G
3 1 (1.37%) 5G
3 1 (1.37%) DHCP
3 1 (1.37%) DNS
3 1 (1.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.37%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) JIRA
General
1 29 (39.73%) Finance
2 21 (28.77%) Banking
3 16 (21.92%) Telecoms
4 5 (6.85%) Social Skills
5 4 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.48%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.74%) Back Office
7 2 (2.74%) Legal
8 1 (1.37%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.37%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.37%) Law
8 1 (1.37%) Marketing
8 1 (1.37%) Police
8 1 (1.37%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.85%) Public Cloud
2 4 (5.48%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.11%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.74%) CMDB
4 2 (2.74%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.37%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.37%) NHS
5 1 (1.37%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.37%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.11%) Linux
1 3 (4.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.03%) Change Management
2 13 (17.81%) ITIL
3 12 (16.44%) TOGAF
4 11 (15.07%) Service Management
5 10 (13.70%) ITSM
6 8 (10.96%) Roadmaps
7 7 (9.59%) Agile
7 7 (9.59%) Asset Management
7 7 (9.59%) ERP
8 6 (8.22%) Analytics
8 6 (8.22%) Migration
9 5 (6.85%) ArchiMate
9 5 (6.85%) Information Security
9 5 (6.85%) IT Strategy
9 5 (6.85%) Project Management
10 4 (5.48%) Architectural Patterns
10 4 (5.48%) Cloud Security
10 4 (5.48%) Configuration Management
10 4 (5.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (5.48%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.37%) Java
1 1 (1.37%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (27.40%) Security Cleared
2 11 (15.07%) DV Cleared
2 11 (15.07%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.22%) CISSP
4 4 (5.48%) Degree
5 3 (4.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (4.11%) CCSK
5 3 (4.11%) CISA
5 3 (4.11%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.11%) CRISC
5 3 (4.11%) GIAC
6 2 (2.74%) CISM
6 2 (2.74%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.74%) PhD
7 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.37%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.37%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.37%) FFIEC
7 1 (1.37%) SANS
7 1 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.22%) NCSC
1 6 (8.22%) NIST
2 3 (4.11%) GDPR
2 3 (4.11%) Government Security Classifications
3 2 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.74%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.37%) COBIT
4 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (1.37%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.37%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.74%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (9.59%) Microsoft
1 7 (9.59%) ServiceNow
2 6 (8.22%) VMware
3 2 (2.74%) Oracle
3 2 (2.74%) Sparx
4 1 (1.37%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (1.37%) Citrix
4 1 (1.37%) Guidewire
4 1 (1.37%) Murex