Architect Contracts in the City of London

The median contractor rate for an Architect was £583 per day in advertised job vacancies in the City of London during the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Architect London / City of London
Location	3 months to 22 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	34	29	24
Rank change year-on-year	-5	-5
Contract jobs requiring an Architect	187	224	370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London	5.67%	6.58%	6.37%
As % of the Job Titles category	5.94%	6.87%	6.72%
Number of daily rates quoted	141	192	295
Median daily rate	£583	£544	£550
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+7.21%	-1.13%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£475	£450	£450
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£675	£750	£650
UK excluding London median daily rate	£525	£500	£500
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	0
Median hourly rate	-	-	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£57.50	£47.50	£37.80
% change year-on-year	+21.05%	+25.66%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract IT Job Roles City of London
Contract job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	3148	3259	5509
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London	95.51%	95.74%	94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted	2405	2639	4250
Median daily rate	£500	£475	£450
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.26%	+5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£325	£310	£280
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£650	£625	£625
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£400	£373
% change year-on-year	-	+7.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted	39	40	99
Median hourly rate	£17.77	£20.00	£19.72
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-11.15%	+1.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.93	£12.94	£10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£30.00	£43.57	£37.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£17.45	£16.00
% change year-on-year	+0.28%	+9.06%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the City of London that featured Architect in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the City of London

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Architect in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate trend for Architect in the City of London

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Architect in the City of London over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Architect in the City of London

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Architect in the City of London

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London

For the 6 months to 22 June 2017, Architect contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the City of London region featuring Architect in the job title.

1	128 (33.16%)	Finance
2	73 (18.91%)	Banking
3	66 (17.10%)	TOGAF
4	62 (16.06%)	Agile Software Development
5	61 (15.80%)	Java
6	53 (13.73%)	Microsoft
7	49 (12.69%)	Stakeholder Management
8	45 (11.66%)	Oracle
8	45 (11.66%)	Windows
9	41 (10.62%)	Data Modelling
10	39 (10.10%)	Big Data
11	38 (9.84%)	Microsoft Azure
12	37 (9.59%)	SQL
13	36 (9.33%)	Analytics
14	35 (9.07%)	SOA

15	33 (8.55%)	.NET
16	32 (8.29%)	SQL Server
16	32 (8.29%)	Migration
16	32 (8.29%)	Amazon AWS
17	31 (8.03%)	Enterprise Architecture
17	31 (8.03%)	Cisco
18	30 (7.77%)	Citrix
18	30 (7.77%)	Business Intelligence
19	29 (7.51%)	Active Directory
19	29 (7.51%)	Retail
20	28 (7.25%)	Data Architecture
20	28 (7.25%)	Web Services
21	27 (6.99%)	Data Warehouse
22	26 (6.74%)	Linux
23	25 (6.48%)	ETL

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	15 (3.89%)	SharePoint
2	13 (3.37%)	Oracle SOA Suite
3	9 (2.33%)	Apache
3	9 (2.33%)	Apache Spark
3	9 (2.33%)	BizTalk Server
3	9 (2.33%)	MS Exchange
4	8 (2.07%)	JBoss
4	8 (2.07%)	Skype for Business
5	6 (1.55%)	Confluence
5	6 (1.55%)	WebSphere
6	5 (1.30%)	Exchange Server 2013
7	4 (1.04%)	Drupal
7	4 (1.04%)	Exchange Server 2010
8	3 (0.78%)	Adobe Experience Manager
8	3 (0.78%)	CMS
8	3 (0.78%)	IIS
8	3 (0.78%)	Mule
8	3 (0.78%)	OpenStack
8	3 (0.78%)	WebLogic
9	2 (0.52%)	Kentico

Applications
1	9 (2.33%)	Microsoft Excel
2	7 (1.81%)	Microsoft Office
3	5 (1.30%)	MS Visio
4	1 (0.26%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
4	1 (0.26%)	Microsoft Project
4	1 (0.26%)	Photoshop
4	1 (0.26%)	SPSS

Business Applications
1	7 (1.81%)	Dynamics CRM
2	3 (0.78%)	Dynamics AX
2	3 (0.78%)	Oracle Retail
3	2 (0.52%)	Dynamics NAV
3	2 (0.52%)	Magento
3	2 (0.52%)	Oracle EBS
3	2 (0.52%)	Relativity
3	2 (0.52%)	SAP Oil and Gas
3	2 (0.52%)	Sentinel
4	1 (0.26%)	Exstream
4	1 (0.26%)	NetSuite
4	1 (0.26%)	OpenText VIM for SAP
4	1 (0.26%)	Oracle EBS R12
4	1 (0.26%)	Oracle iProcurement
4	1 (0.26%)	Pega PRPC
4	1 (0.26%)	SAP Hybris
4	1 (0.26%)	SAP Retail
4	1 (0.26%)	SAP S/4HANA
4	1 (0.26%)	Summit
4	1 (0.26%)	Temenos T24

Cloud Services
1	38 (9.84%)	Microsoft Azure
2	32 (8.29%)	Amazon AWS
3	25 (6.48%)	Office 365
4	13 (3.37%)	PaaS
4	13 (3.37%)	SaaS
5	12 (3.11%)	IaaS
6	9 (2.33%)	Google Cloud Platform
7	6 (1.55%)	Google Analytics
8	5 (1.30%)	Salesforce Service Cloud
9	4 (1.04%)	GitHub
10	3 (0.78%)	AWS CloudFormation
10	3 (0.78%)	Cloud Computing
10	3 (0.78%)	Dynamics 365
10	3 (0.78%)	Heroku
11	2 (0.52%)	Amazon EC2
11	2 (0.52%)	Amazon EMR
11	2 (0.52%)	Amazon S3
11	2 (0.52%)	OneDrive
12	1 (0.26%)	SuccessFactors
12	1 (0.26%)	Trello

Communications & Networking
1	14 (3.63%)	Unified Communications
2	12 (3.11%)	Firewall
2	12 (3.11%)	WAN
3	11 (2.85%)	VPN
4	10 (2.59%)	DNS
4	10 (2.59%)	HTTP
5	9 (2.33%)	LDAP
5	9 (2.33%)	Network Security
6	8 (2.07%)	TCP/IP
7	7 (1.81%)	Skype
7	7 (1.81%)	SSL
8	5 (1.30%)	LAN
9	4 (1.04%)	BGP
9	4 (1.04%)	MPLS
9	4 (1.04%)	OSPF
9	4 (1.04%)	SAN
9	4 (1.04%)	Wi-Fi
9	4 (1.04%)	Wireless
10	3 (0.78%)	FTP
10	3 (0.78%)	Internet

Database & Business Intelligence
1	39 (10.10%)	Big Data
2	32 (8.29%)	SQL Server
3	27 (6.99%)	Data Warehouse
4	18 (4.66%)	Hadoop
5	10 (2.59%)	NoSQL
5	10 (2.59%)	Relational Database
6	8 (2.07%)	MongoDB
7	7 (1.81%)	BusinessObjects
7	7 (1.81%)	DB2
8	6 (1.55%)	BigQuery
8	6 (1.55%)	HBase
8	6 (1.55%)	Looker
8	6 (1.55%)	PostgreSQL
8	6 (1.55%)	QlikView
9	4 (1.04%)	Apache Cassandra
9	4 (1.04%)	Apache Hive
9	4 (1.04%)	Oracle Database
9	4 (1.04%)	RDBMS
9	4 (1.04%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
9	4 (1.04%)	Sqoop

Development Applications
1	9 (2.33%)	Talend Open Studio
2	7 (1.81%)	JIRA
3	4 (1.04%)	Jenkins
4	3 (0.78%)	Bitbucket
4	3 (0.78%)	Eclipse
4	3 (0.78%)	ERwin
4	3 (0.78%)	Git (software)
4	3 (0.78%)	Gradle
4	3 (0.78%)	Oracle APEX
4	3 (0.78%)	Team Foundation Server
4	3 (0.78%)	TeamCity
4	3 (0.78%)	Visual Studio
4	3 (0.78%)	webpack
5	2 (0.52%)	Atlassian Bamboo
5	2 (0.52%)	Oracle Forms
6	1 (0.26%)	Ant
6	1 (0.26%)	Maven
6	1 (0.26%)	Selenium
6	1 (0.26%)	Visual Studio Team System
6	1 (0.26%)	XMLSpy

General
1	128 (33.16%)	Finance
2	73 (18.91%)	Banking
3	29 (7.51%)	Retail
4	24 (6.22%)	Legal
5	18 (4.66%)	Investment Banking
6	17 (4.40%)	Law
7	9 (2.33%)	Back Office
7	9 (2.33%)	Front Office
8	8 (2.07%)	Telecoms
9	5 (1.30%)	Retail Banking
10	4 (1.04%)	Advertising
11	3 (0.78%)	Digital Economy
11	3 (0.78%)	Financial Institution
11	3 (0.78%)	Marketing
12	2 (0.52%)	Automotive
12	2 (0.52%)	Mandarin Language
13	1 (0.26%)	Corporate Banking
13	1 (0.26%)	Electronics
13	1 (0.26%)	Manufacturing
13	1 (0.26%)	Military

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	33 (8.55%)	.NET
2	28 (7.25%)	Web Services
3	21 (5.44%)	REST
4	19 (4.92%)	Middleware
5	16 (4.15%)	HTML
6	13 (3.37%)	CSS
6	13 (3.37%)	SOAP
6	13 (3.37%)	XML
7	11 (2.85%)	Node.js
8	10 (2.59%)	AngularJS
9	8 (2.07%)	JSON
10	7 (1.81%)	HTML5
10	7 (1.81%)	jQuery
10	7 (1.81%)	Spring
11	6 (1.55%)	ASP.NET
11	6 (1.55%)	React
11	6 (1.55%)	Visualforce
12	5 (1.30%)	RESTful
12	5 (1.30%)	XML Schema
12	5 (1.30%)	XMPP

Miscellaneous
1	24 (6.22%)	Data Centre
2	21 (5.44%)	Analytical Skills
3	14 (3.63%)	Market Risk
4	10 (2.59%)	Enterprise Software
4	10 (2.59%)	Management Information System
5	8 (2.07%)	Mobile App
6	7 (1.81%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
6	7 (1.81%)	Public Cloud
6	7 (1.81%)	SWIFT
7	6 (1.55%)	Equities
7	6 (1.55%)	User Experience
8	5 (1.30%)	CESG
8	5 (1.30%)	Data Structures
8	5 (1.30%)	Fixed Income
8	5 (1.30%)	Mainframe
9	4 (1.04%)	Data Protection Act
9	4 (1.04%)	NHS
9	4 (1.04%)	Private Cloud
10	3 (0.78%)	Hybrid Cloud
10	3 (0.78%)	Video on Demand

Operating Systems
1	45 (11.66%)	Windows
2	26 (6.74%)	Linux
3	18 (4.66%)	Unix
4	14 (3.63%)	Windows Server
5	6 (1.55%)	Windows 10
6	5 (1.30%)	Android
7	4 (1.04%)	Windows Server 2012
8	3 (0.78%)	AIX
8	3 (0.78%)	Apple iOS
8	3 (0.78%)	CoreOS
8	3 (0.78%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	3 (0.78%)	Windows 7
9	2 (0.52%)	Solaris
9	2 (0.52%)	Ubuntu
10	1 (0.26%)	Mac OS X
10	1 (0.26%)	pSOS
10	1 (0.26%)	Windows Server 2008

Processes & Methodologies
1	66 (17.10%)	TOGAF
2	62 (16.06%)	Agile Software Development
3	49 (12.69%)	Stakeholder Management
4	41 (10.62%)	Data Modelling
5	36 (9.33%)	Analytics
6	35 (9.07%)	SOA
7	32 (8.29%)	Migration
8	31 (8.03%)	Enterprise Architecture
9	30 (7.77%)	Business Intelligence
10	28 (7.25%)	Data Architecture
11	25 (6.48%)	DevOps
11	25 (6.48%)	ETL
12	22 (5.70%)	SDLC
13	20 (5.18%)	ITIL
13	20 (5.18%)	Network Design
14	19 (4.92%)	CRM
14	19 (4.92%)	E-Commerce
15	18 (4.66%)	Microservices
16	17 (4.40%)	Open Source
17	15 (3.89%)	Scrum

Programming Languages
1	61 (15.80%)	Java
2	37 (9.59%)	SQL
3	19 (4.92%)	C#
4	13 (3.37%)	Python
5	12 (3.11%)	JavaScript
6	7 (1.81%)	PowerShell
6	7 (1.81%)	R
7	6 (1.55%)	Apex Code
8	5 (1.30%)	C
8	5 (1.30%)	C++
8	5 (1.30%)	SOQL
8	5 (1.30%)	SOSL
8	5 (1.30%)	T-SQL
9	3 (0.78%)	Groovy
9	3 (0.78%)	Perl
10	2 (0.52%)	MATLAB
10	2 (0.52%)	PL/SQL
10	2 (0.52%)	Shell Script
10	2 (0.52%)	VB
10	2 (0.52%)	VBA

Qualifications
1	21 (5.44%)	Security Cleared
2	16 (4.15%)	Degree
3	15 (3.89%)	SC Cleared
4	9 (2.33%)	Cisco Certification
5	6 (1.55%)	CCIE
5	6 (1.55%)	Microsoft Certification
6	5 (1.30%)	ITIL Certification
7	4 (1.04%)	DV Cleared
7	4 (1.04%)	MCSE
7	4 (1.04%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
8	3 (0.78%)	CCNP
8	3 (0.78%)	JNCIE
8	3 (0.78%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9	2 (0.52%)	CITP
9	2 (0.52%)	Computer Science Degree
9	2 (0.52%)	Master's Degree
9	2 (0.52%)	MBCS
9	2 (0.52%)	MCSD
10	1 (0.26%)	BPSS Clearance
10	1 (0.26%)	CCIE Routing and Switching

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	16 (4.15%)	Data Quality
2	13 (3.37%)	MiFID
3	10 (2.59%)	QA
4	7 (1.81%)	SEPA
5	5 (1.30%)	ISO/IEC 27001
5	5 (1.30%)	PCI DSS
6	3 (0.78%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6	3 (0.78%)	Solvency II
7	2 (0.52%)	COBIT
7	2 (0.52%)	Cyber Essentials
8	1 (0.26%)	FedRAMP
8	1 (0.26%)	GDPR
8	1 (0.26%)	IFRS
8	1 (0.26%)	ISO 20022
8	1 (0.26%)	ISO/IEC 27005
8	1 (0.26%)	SLA

System Software
1	29 (7.51%)	Active Directory
2	10 (2.59%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	8 (2.07%)	Docker
4	3 (0.78%)	Hyper-V
4	3 (0.78%)	Microsoft App-V
4	3 (0.78%)	vCloud
4	3 (0.78%)	vSphere
4	3 (0.78%)	XenApp
4	3 (0.78%)	XenDesktop
5	2 (0.52%)	Apache Flume
5	2 (0.52%)	Apache ZooKeeper
5	2 (0.52%)	BitLocker
5	2 (0.52%)	HDFS
5	2 (0.52%)	Oracle RAC
6	1 (0.26%)	KVM
6	1 (0.26%)	VirtualBox
6	1 (0.26%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	12 (3.11%)	SCCM
2	7 (1.81%)	Ansible
2	7 (1.81%)	OpenIDM
3	6 (1.55%)	Cisco CUCM
3	6 (1.55%)	MOM
3	6 (1.55%)	Terraform
4	5 (1.30%)	OpenAM
5	4 (1.04%)	Kubernetes
5	4 (1.04%)	Microsoft Intune
5	4 (1.04%)	Puppet
6	3 (0.78%)	Docker Swarm
7	2 (0.52%)	Forefront Identity Manager
7	2 (0.52%)	Hadoop YARN
7	2 (0.52%)	Opscode Chef
8	1 (0.26%)	Nagios
8	1 (0.26%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
8	1 (0.26%)	SCOM
8	1 (0.26%)	vCenter Server

Vendors
1	53 (13.73%)	Microsoft
2	45 (11.66%)	Oracle
3	31 (8.03%)	Cisco
4	30 (7.77%)	Citrix
5	24 (6.22%)	VMware
6	16 (4.15%)	IBM
6	16 (4.15%)	SAP
7	11 (2.85%)	Salesforce.com
7	11 (2.85%)	Tableau
8	9 (2.33%)	Google
8	9 (2.33%)	Talend
9	7 (1.81%)	ForgeRock
10	6 (1.55%)	SnapLogic
10	6 (1.55%)	Splunk
11	5 (1.30%)	Bloomberg
11	5 (1.30%)	HP
11	5 (1.30%)	Informatica
11	5 (1.30%)	Teradata
12	4 (1.04%)	CheckPoint
12	4 (1.04%)	Reuters