Architectural Design Contracts in England

Architectural Design
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Architectural Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Architectural Design over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 267 345
Rank change year-on-year -45 +78 +10
Contract jobs citing Architectural Design 177 312 348
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.73% 0.84% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 0.97% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 213 223
10th Percentile £449 £411 £468
25th Percentile £498 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £614 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.29% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £750 £731 £729
90th Percentile £829 £798 £798
UK median daily rate £588 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -2.08% - -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 13
10th Percentile - £49.78 £40.00
25th Percentile - £59.00 £64.50
Median hourly rate - £67.50 £71.00
Median % change year-on-year - -4.93% -19.32%
75th Percentile - £72.90 £76.50
90th Percentile - £75.78 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £45.02 £70.00 £71.50
% change year-on-year -35.69% -2.10% -18.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Architectural Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Architectural Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Architectural Design in England

Architectural Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architectural Design in England.

Daily rate trend for Architectural Design in England

Architectural Design
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architectural Design in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architectural Design in England

Architectural Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architectural Design in England.

Hourly rate trend for Architectural Design in England

Architectural Design
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architectural Design within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London -39 84 £744 +23.96% 113
North of England +5 42 £525 -10.64% 32
North West +3 28 £525 -0.94% 14
South East +28 19 £550 -12.00% 55
Midlands -2 15 £500 -9.09% 14
West Midlands +4 12 £500 -28.57% 7
Yorkshire +7 11 £491 -26.05% 17
South West +38 10 £525 +16.67% 25
East Midlands -3 3 £380 -22.37% 4
North East -2 2 £625 +51.43% 2
Architectural Design
UK

Architectural Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (3.95%) Confluence
2 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.26%) OpenStack
3 4 (2.26%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.69%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (1.69%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (1.69%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (1.69%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (1.69%) Office Communications Server
4 3 (1.69%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (1.69%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.56%) Apache
5 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.56%) Appian
5 1 (0.56%) CMS
5 1 (0.56%) JBoss
5 1 (0.56%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.56%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Maximo
2 1 (0.56%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 66 (37.29%) AWS
2 44 (24.86%) Azure
3 20 (11.30%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (7.91%) GCP
4 14 (7.91%) GitHub
5 11 (6.21%) Serverless
6 9 (5.08%) SaaS
7 6 (3.39%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (3.39%) Amazon S3
7 6 (3.39%) Azure AKS
7 6 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (3.39%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 6 (3.39%) PaaS
7 6 (3.39%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.82%) Amazon ELB
8 5 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (2.82%) CloudBees
9 4 (2.26%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.26%) IaaS
9 4 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.82%) DNS
2 4 (2.26%) DHCP
2 4 (2.26%) Firewall
3 3 (1.69%) DDNS
3 3 (1.69%) SAN
3 3 (1.69%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.69%) VPN
4 2 (1.13%) HTTP
4 2 (1.13%) Internet
4 2 (1.13%) MQTT
4 2 (1.13%) SSL
4 2 (1.13%) WAN
4 2 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.56%) ATM
5 1 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.56%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (0.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (0.56%) LAN
5 1 (0.56%) Multicast
5 1 (0.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.30%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (7.34%) Redis
3 6 (3.39%) Metadata
4 5 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.82%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.82%) Power BI
4 5 (2.82%) RDBMS
4 5 (2.82%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.69%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.69%) MySQL
5 3 (1.69%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.13%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.13%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.13%) Metadata Repository
6 2 (1.13%) OLTP
6 2 (1.13%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.13%) Power Query
7 1 (0.56%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.56%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 11 (6.21%) Jenkins
2 10 (5.65%) JIRA
3 8 (4.52%) Git
4 6 (3.39%) JUnit
4 6 (3.39%) Mockito
5 2 (1.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (1.13%) Maven
5 2 (1.13%) Postman
5 2 (1.13%) REST Assured
5 2 (1.13%) SoapUI
5 2 (1.13%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.13%) Subversion
5 2 (1.13%) Xcode
5 2 (1.13%) XCTest
6 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.56%) GitLab
6 1 (0.56%) Hudson
6 1 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 63 (35.59%) Social Skills
2 43 (24.29%) Banking
3 42 (23.73%) Finance
4 30 (16.95%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (8.47%) Investment Banking
6 11 (6.21%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.82%) Corporate Banking
7 5 (2.82%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.26%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.69%) Military
10 2 (1.13%) Automotive
10 2 (1.13%) Aviation
10 2 (1.13%) Electronics
10 2 (1.13%) Retail
11 1 (0.56%) Front Office
11 1 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Legal
11 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 115 (64.97%) Architect
2 44 (24.86%) Solutions Architect
3 24 (13.56%) Lead
4 23 (12.99%) Developer
5 20 (11.30%) Senior
6 16 (9.04%) Senior Architect
7 15 (8.47%) Java Developer
8 12 (6.78%) Lead Developer
9 11 (6.21%) Lead Java Developer
9 11 (6.21%) Security Architect
10 10 (5.65%) ServiceNow Architect
11 9 (5.08%) Cloud Architect
12 8 (4.52%) Applications Architect
12 8 (4.52%) AWS Architect
12 8 (4.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 8 (4.52%) Technical Architect
13 7 (3.95%) Data Architect
13 7 (3.95%) Lead Architect
13 7 (3.95%) Payments Architect
13 7 (3.95%) Payments Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (11.30%) Kafka
2 15 (8.47%) CSS
2 15 (8.47%) HTML
3 12 (6.78%) AngularJS
3 12 (6.78%) REST
4 10 (5.65%) ActiveMQ
4 10 (5.65%) Spring
5 8 (4.52%) .NET
5 8 (4.52%) Spring Boot
6 7 (3.95%) SAML
7 6 (3.39%) Hibernate
7 6 (3.39%) OAuth
7 6 (3.39%) OpenID
7 6 (3.39%) Web Services
8 5 (2.82%) React
8 5 (2.82%) SOAP
9 4 (2.26%) CSS3
9 4 (2.26%) jQuery
9 4 (2.26%) Middleware
9 4 (2.26%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.78%) Cloud Native
1 12 (6.78%) IoT
2 8 (4.52%) Algorithms
2 8 (4.52%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (3.95%) Blockchain
3 7 (3.95%) Derivative
3 7 (3.95%) Embedded Systems
3 7 (3.95%) Market Risk
4 6 (3.39%) Data Structures
4 6 (3.39%) Device Driver
4 6 (3.39%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.82%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.82%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.26%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.69%) CMDB
7 3 (1.69%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.69%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.47%) Linux
2 14 (7.91%) Windows
3 11 (6.21%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.69%) Android
4 3 (1.69%) Unix
4 3 (1.69%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (44.07%) Agile
2 48 (27.12%) DevOps
3 44 (24.86%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (16.95%) Microservices
5 29 (16.38%) CI/CD
6 28 (15.82%) Migration
7 27 (15.25%) Computer Science
8 26 (14.69%) TDD
9 25 (14.12%) Enterprise Architecture
10 24 (13.56%) Architectural Patterns
10 24 (13.56%) Technical Leadership
11 21 (11.86%) Roadmaps
12 19 (10.73%) BDD
12 19 (10.73%) SDLC
13 18 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (9.60%) Software Engineering
15 16 (9.04%) Analytics
15 16 (9.04%) Stakeholder Management
16 15 (8.47%) Risk Management
16 15 (8.47%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 39 (22.03%) Java
2 24 (13.56%) JavaScript
3 20 (11.30%) Python
4 10 (5.65%) SQL
5 9 (5.08%) C#
5 9 (5.08%) Kotlin
6 7 (3.95%) Shell Script
7 6 (3.39%) Embedded C
8 5 (2.82%) C
8 5 (2.82%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.26%) Groovy
9 4 (2.26%) Haskell
10 3 (1.69%) Go
10 3 (1.69%) Scala
11 2 (1.13%) Bash
11 2 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.56%) C++
12 1 (0.56%) COBOL
12 1 (0.56%) JCL
12 1 (0.56%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (20.34%) Security Cleared
2 31 (17.51%) Degree
3 26 (14.69%) SC Cleared
4 14 (7.91%) Numerate Degree
5 10 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (4.52%) CISSP
7 6 (3.39%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.82%) CISM
9 3 (1.69%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.69%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (1.13%) SAFe Agilist
11 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.56%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.56%) MCSE
11 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.56%) PMP
11 1 (0.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.95%) QA
2 5 (2.82%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.26%) NIST
4 3 (1.69%) GDPR
4 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.13%) GRC
5 2 (1.13%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.13%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.13%) NCSC
5 2 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.13%) SEPA
6 1 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.56%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.56%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.56%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.56%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 17 (9.60%) Docker
2 11 (6.21%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.39%) Firmware
4 4 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.69%) Brightmail
5 3 (1.69%) ISA Server
5 3 (1.69%) vCloud
5 3 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.69%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (17.51%) Kubernetes
2 15 (8.47%) Terraform
3 5 (2.82%) Ansible
3 5 (2.82%) Grafana
4 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (1.69%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.13%) CASB
5 2 (1.13%) SCCM
5 2 (1.13%) SCOrch
5 2 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (11.86%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.60%) ServiceNow
3 10 (5.65%) Google
4 7 (3.95%) VMware
5 6 (3.39%) Oracle
6 5 (2.82%) Databricks
6 5 (2.82%) SAP
7 4 (2.26%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.69%) F5
8 3 (1.69%) ForgeRock
8 3 (1.69%) Okta
9 2 (1.13%) Adobe
9 2 (1.13%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (1.13%) Cisco
9 2 (1.13%) Dell
9 2 (1.13%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.13%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.13%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.13%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.13%) Splunk