Technical Architecture Contracts

Technical Architecture
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Technical Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Technical Architecture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 405 374 358
Rank change year-on-year -31 -16 -59
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 196 386 661
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.65% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.72% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 226 453
10th Percentile £445 £433 £463
25th Percentile £506 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £603 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.49% -3.60% +13.64%
75th Percentile £675 £686 £725
90th Percentile £775 £775 £785
UK excluding London median daily rate £588 £614 £600
% change year-on-year -4.24% +2.25% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 8
10th Percentile - £66.45 -
25th Percentile - £67.13 -
Median hourly rate £61.60 £68.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.07% +95.71% -39.13%
75th Percentile - £70.13 -
90th Percentile - £70.95 £39.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.60 - £35.00
% change year-on-year - - -39.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Technical Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Technical Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architecture in the UK

Technical Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Architecture.

Daily rate trend for Technical Architecture in the UK

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Architecture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Architecture in the UK

Technical Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Architecture.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Architecture in the UK

Technical Architecture
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Architecture 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 -21 155 £581 -3.13% 97
London +24 93 £594 -1.00% 39
UK excluding London -21 70 £588 -4.24% 64
Work from Home +40 67 £550 -8.33% 51
Midlands +23 16 £750 +36.36% 3
South East +3 16 £400 -34.96% 11
West Midlands +34 15 £750 +36.36% 1
Scotland +31 13 £638 +3.66% 9
South West +17 12 £588 -9.62% 9
East of England +4 11 £565 -13.08% 6
North of England -12 2 £685 +24.55% 24
East Midlands +14 1 £800 +52.38% 2
Yorkshire +7 1 - - 8
North West -15 1 £685 +37.00% 11

Technical Architecture
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 11 (5.61%) Confluence
2 5 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.02%) CMS
3 2 (1.02%) IIS
3 2 (1.02%) Kentico
3 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.06%) MS Visio
2 5 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.55%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (2.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.53%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.53%) RMDS
4 2 (1.02%) HFM
4 2 (1.02%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
4 2 (1.02%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.51%) SAP R/3
5 1 (0.51%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 63 (32.14%) Azure
2 58 (29.59%) AWS
3 20 (10.20%) GCP
4 16 (8.16%) SaaS
5 12 (6.12%) Serverless
6 11 (5.61%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (4.08%) GitHub
9 7 (3.57%) IaaS
10 6 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (2.55%) Power Platform
12 4 (2.04%) AWS CodeBuild
12 4 (2.04%) AWS CodeDeploy
12 4 (2.04%) AWS CodePipeline
12 4 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (2.04%) PaaS
13 3 (1.53%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.53%) PowerApps
14 2 (1.02%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 2 (1.02%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.65%) WAN
2 14 (7.14%) Firewall
3 13 (6.63%) LAN
4 11 (5.61%) Cisco ASA
5 8 (4.08%) SD-WAN
5 8 (4.08%) VPN
6 7 (3.57%) MPLS
6 7 (3.57%) WLAN
7 6 (3.06%) Internet
7 6 (3.06%) PBX
7 6 (3.06%) VoIP
8 5 (2.55%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (2.55%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (2.55%) DHCP
8 5 (2.55%) DNS
9 4 (2.04%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (1.53%) SAN
10 3 (1.53%) Unified Communications
11 2 (1.02%) Kerberos
11 2 (1.02%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.63%) Oracle Database
2 11 (5.61%) Amazon Aurora
3 9 (4.59%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (3.06%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.55%) Oracle BI EE
5 5 (2.55%) Oracle Database 11g
5 5 (2.55%) Oracle ODI
5 5 (2.55%) RDBMS
5 5 (2.55%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.55%) SAP HANA
6 4 (2.04%) Power BI
7 3 (1.53%) Big Data
7 3 (1.53%) Star Schema
7 3 (1.53%) Tableau
8 2 (1.02%) Essbase
8 2 (1.02%) Metadata
9 1 (0.51%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.51%) KDB
9 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (5.61%) JIRA
2 6 (3.06%) Git
3 4 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.02%) Gatling
4 2 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.51%) JMeter
5 1 (0.51%) NeoLoad
5 1 (0.51%) Selenium
5 1 (0.51%) SoapUI
General
1 66 (33.67%) Social Skills
2 36 (18.37%) Finance
3 30 (15.31%) Public Sector
4 11 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (4.08%) Retail
6 7 (3.57%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.06%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.06%) Local Government
8 5 (2.55%) Back Office
8 5 (2.55%) Banking
8 5 (2.55%) Billing
8 5 (2.55%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.53%) Front Office
10 3 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.02%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.02%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.02%) Military
12 1 (0.51%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 119 (60.71%) Architect
2 37 (18.88%) Technical Architect
3 34 (17.35%) Solutions Architect
4 20 (10.20%) Developer
5 19 (9.69%) Lead
6 16 (8.16%) Consultant
7 13 (6.63%) SailPoint Architect
8 12 (6.12%) Cloud Architect
9 11 (5.61%) AWS Architect
10 10 (5.10%) Project Manager
10 10 (5.10%) Senior
10 10 (5.10%) Technical Leader
11 9 (4.59%) Enterprise Architect
12 7 (3.57%) Technical Consultant
13 6 (3.06%) .NET Developer
13 6 (3.06%) Network Architect
14 5 (2.55%) Analyst
14 5 (2.55%) SAP Basis Consultant
14 5 (2.55%) SAP Consultant
14 5 (2.55%) SAP Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (15.31%) HTML
2 20 (10.20%) SOAP
3 19 (9.69%) XML
4 18 (9.18%) SailPoint
5 17 (8.67%) .NET
5 17 (8.67%) CSS
6 14 (7.14%) LDAP
7 13 (6.63%) JSP
7 13 (6.63%) Servlets
7 13 (6.63%) SPML
8 12 (6.12%) React
9 11 (5.61%) .NET Framework
9 11 (5.61%) Web Services
10 9 (4.59%) GraphQL
11 8 (4.08%) AngularJS
11 8 (4.08%) REST
12 7 (3.57%) JSON
12 7 (3.57%) Node.js
12 7 (3.57%) RESTful
13 6 (3.06%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.63%) Mainframe
2 10 (5.10%) Data Centre
3 9 (4.59%) Management Information System
4 8 (4.08%) Public Cloud
5 6 (3.06%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.06%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (2.55%) Algorithms
6 5 (2.55%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.04%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.53%) CMDB
8 3 (1.53%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.02%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.02%) IoT
9 2 (1.02%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.02%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.51%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.51%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.51%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.12%) Linux
2 9 (4.59%) Windows
3 4 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.02%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (18.37%) Roadmaps
2 30 (15.31%) Agile
3 29 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (13.78%) Data Modelling
5 25 (12.76%) DevOps
6 24 (12.24%) Analytics
6 24 (12.24%) Mentoring
6 24 (12.24%) TOGAF
7 21 (10.71%) Architectural Design
8 19 (9.69%) Project Management
8 19 (9.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (9.18%) Security Architecture
10 17 (8.67%) Business Analysis
10 17 (8.67%) CI/CD
10 17 (8.67%) Containerisation
11 16 (8.16%) Migration
11 16 (8.16%) Project Delivery
12 15 (7.65%) Design Patterns
12 15 (7.65%) RBAC
13 14 (7.14%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 34 (17.35%) JavaScript
2 24 (12.24%) SQL
3 23 (11.73%) Java
4 22 (11.22%) Python
5 18 (9.18%) C#
6 6 (3.06%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.53%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.02%) Bash
8 2 (1.02%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.51%) Perl
9 1 (0.51%) R
9 1 (0.51%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 27 (13.78%) Security Cleared
2 24 (12.24%) SC Cleared
3 22 (11.22%) Degree
4 14 (7.14%) AWS Certification
5 12 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (4.59%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (4.59%) DV Cleared
7 8 (4.08%) Master's Degree
8 6 (3.06%) CCIE
8 6 (3.06%) CCIE Data Center
9 3 (1.53%) ACCA
9 3 (1.53%) CCNA
9 3 (1.53%) CCNP
9 3 (1.53%) CIMA
10 2 (1.02%) CSPO
10 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.02%) PhD
11 1 (0.51%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.51%) MCP
11 1 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.08%) NCSC
1 8 (4.08%) QA
2 6 (3.06%) GDPR
2 6 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.55%) COBIT
3 5 (2.55%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.55%) ISO 22301
3 5 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 4 (2.04%) Government Security Classifications
5 3 (1.53%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.02%) NIST
7 1 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.51%) NIST 800
System Software
1 20 (10.20%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.63%) ACF2
2 13 (6.63%) IAG
2 13 (6.63%) RACF
3 10 (5.10%) Docker
4 5 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.51%) Firmware
6 1 (0.51%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (6.12%) Kubernetes
2 11 (5.61%) Terraform
3 3 (1.53%) SCCM
4 2 (1.02%) Docker Swarm
4 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.51%) Consul
5 1 (0.51%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.51%) Kibana
5 1 (0.51%) logstash
5 1 (0.51%) PingFederate
5 1 (0.51%) SCOM
5 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (16.33%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.20%) ServiceNow
3 17 (8.67%) Cisco
3 17 (8.67%) Oracle
4 16 (8.16%) SAP
5 14 (7.14%) CyberArk
6 13 (6.63%) BeyondTrust
7 12 (6.12%) Palo Alto
8 11 (5.61%) VMware
9 7 (3.57%) Zscaler
10 6 (3.06%) Splunk
11 5 (2.55%) CheckPoint
11 5 (2.55%) Infoblox
11 5 (2.55%) Informatica
11 5 (2.55%) Salesforce
11 5 (2.55%) Sparx
11 5 (2.55%) Symantec
12 4 (2.04%) F5
13 2 (1.02%) Talend
13 2 (1.02%) Veeam