Architectural Design Contracts in England

Architectural Design
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Architectural Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Architectural Design over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 336 350
Rank change year-on-year +59 +14 -71
Contract jobs citing Architectural Design 274 342 529
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.75% 0.71% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.78% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 222 355
10th Percentile £440 £491 £455
25th Percentile £490 £519 £535
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £631
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -0.95% +11.93%
75th Percentile £700 £745 £725
90th Percentile £808 £800 £825
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 5
10th Percentile £49.78 £37.95 £75.15
25th Percentile £59.00 £65.06 £96.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £71.50 £96.23
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% -25.70% +102.59%
75th Percentile £72.90 £76.88 -
90th Percentile £75.78 £78.00 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £72.00 £96.23
% change year-on-year -2.78% -25.18% +119.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Architectural Design 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,426 43,648 64,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.34% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,611 30,630 45,872
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,247 1,533 1,757
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.13 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

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 20 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architectural Design in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 20 May 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
London +46 139 £600 -7.69% 103
North of England +55 48 £528 -8.26% 22
Midlands +46 40 £515 -20.77% 19
North West +42 37 £525 -6.75% 9
South East +19 31 £675 +8.00% 36
West Midlands +33 21 £700 +9.80% 7
East Midlands +33 19 £460 -31.85% 12
South West -9 17 £450 -33.33% 12
Yorkshire +16 9 £588 -11.32% 6
North East - 4 £413 - 7
East of England +7 3 £575 +7.48% 14
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 3 (1.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.73%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.73%) CMS
3 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.36%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.36%) Confluence
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.36%) MTS
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.09%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.36%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.36%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.73%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.36%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 94 (34.31%) Azure
2 78 (28.47%) AWS
3 30 (10.95%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (9.12%) GCP
5 19 (6.93%) Serverless
6 17 (6.20%) GitHub
7 16 (5.84%) SaaS
8 12 (4.38%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (3.28%) Azure Functions
10 8 (2.92%) Azure AKS
10 8 (2.92%) Azure Service Bus
10 8 (2.92%) IaaS
10 8 (2.92%) PaaS
11 7 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.82%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (1.46%) AWS CodeBuild
13 4 (1.46%) AWS CodePipeline
13 4 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (1.46%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.46%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.11%) VPN
1 14 (5.11%) WAN
2 12 (4.38%) Firewall
2 12 (4.38%) LAN
3 9 (3.28%) MPLS
3 9 (3.28%) PBX
3 9 (3.28%) VoIP
3 9 (3.28%) WLAN
4 7 (2.55%) Network Security
5 6 (2.19%) Internet
6 5 (1.82%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (1.82%) Cisco Firepower
6 5 (1.82%) Cisco ISE
6 5 (1.82%) DHCP
6 5 (1.82%) DNS
6 5 (1.82%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.46%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (1.09%) SAN
9 2 (0.73%) RS-232
10 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.20%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (5.84%) SQL Server
3 15 (5.47%) NoSQL
3 15 (5.47%) Oracle Database
4 13 (4.74%) Oracle Database 11g
5 10 (3.65%) Data Lake
6 7 (2.55%) Apache Cassandra
7 5 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.82%) DB2
7 5 (1.82%) OLAP
7 5 (1.82%) OLTP
7 5 (1.82%) Redis
8 4 (1.46%) Amazon QuickSight
9 3 (1.09%) CockroachDB
9 3 (1.09%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.09%) Power BI
10 2 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.73%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.73%) Tableau
11 1 (0.36%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 14 (5.11%) Git
1 14 (5.11%) Jenkins
2 9 (3.28%) JIRA
3 8 (2.92%) Cypress.io
3 8 (2.92%) JMeter
4 6 (2.19%) Mockito
5 4 (1.46%) Gatling
5 4 (1.46%) ScalaTest
6 3 (1.09%) LabVIEW
7 2 (0.73%) Gradle
8 1 (0.36%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.36%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.36%) GoCD
8 1 (0.36%) JUnit
8 1 (0.36%) Maven
8 1 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.36%) Spock
8 1 (0.36%) TeamCity
General
1 71 (25.91%) Finance
2 49 (17.88%) Social Skills
3 41 (14.96%) Banking
4 25 (9.12%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.74%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (4.38%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.92%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.82%) Retail
10 4 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.46%) Legal
10 4 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.09%) Local Government
11 3 (1.09%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.73%) Automotive
12 2 (0.73%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.73%) Marketing
12 2 (0.73%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 168 (61.31%) Architect
2 95 (34.67%) Solutions Architect
3 42 (15.33%) Developer
4 21 (7.66%) Enterprise Architect
5 20 (7.30%) Senior
6 14 (5.11%) Security Architect
7 13 (4.74%) Lead
7 13 (4.74%) PostgreSQL Developer
8 11 (4.01%) Senior Architect
9 10 (3.65%) Project Manager
10 8 (2.92%) Applications Architect
10 8 (2.92%) C# Developer
10 8 (2.92%) Cloud Architect
10 8 (2.92%) Data Architect
10 8 (2.92%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (2.92%) Software Engineer
10 8 (2.92%) Technical Architect
11 7 (2.55%) Azure Architect
11 7 (2.55%) Java Developer
12 6 (2.19%) SIEM Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.39%) Kafka
2 21 (7.66%) Web Services
3 15 (5.47%) .NET
3 15 (5.47%) React
4 14 (5.11%) RESTful
5 13 (4.74%) SailPoint
6 12 (4.38%) HTML
7 11 (4.01%) REST
7 11 (4.01%) Spring
8 9 (3.28%) Node.js
9 7 (2.55%) JPA
9 7 (2.55%) SOAP
9 7 (2.55%) Spring Boot
9 7 (2.55%) XML
10 6 (2.19%) .NET Core
10 6 (2.19%) LDAP
10 6 (2.19%) RAML
10 6 (2.19%) Swagger
11 5 (1.82%) Akka
11 5 (1.82%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.93%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.57%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.74%) Mainframe
4 9 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.19%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.19%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.82%) Credit Risk
6 5 (1.82%) Machine to Machine
6 5 (1.82%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.09%) Derivative
8 3 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.09%) IoT
8 3 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.73%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.73%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.57%) Linux
2 14 (5.11%) Windows
3 7 (2.55%) Android
4 6 (2.19%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.19%) Unix
5 3 (1.09%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.73%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (31.75%) Agile
2 81 (29.56%) DevOps
3 71 (25.91%) Migration
4 46 (16.79%) Architectural Patterns
5 42 (15.33%) Computer Science
5 42 (15.33%) Project Delivery
6 41 (14.96%) Roadmaps
7 39 (14.23%) Microservices
7 39 (14.23%) TOGAF
8 36 (13.14%) Software Engineering
9 35 (12.77%) CI/CD
10 33 (12.04%) Enterprise Architecture
11 31 (11.31%) Risk Management
12 30 (10.95%) Mentoring
12 30 (10.95%) Service Design
13 29 (10.58%) Data Management
14 26 (9.49%) Technical Leadership
15 25 (9.12%) Design Patterns
16 23 (8.39%) Problem-Solving
17 22 (8.03%) Architecture Governance
Programming Languages
1 43 (15.69%) SQL
2 42 (15.33%) Java
3 20 (7.30%) Python
4 18 (6.57%) C#
5 14 (5.11%) JavaScript
6 13 (4.74%) PL/SQL
7 9 (3.28%) Scala
8 7 (2.55%) C
9 5 (1.82%) Go
10 3 (1.09%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.73%) Bicep
11 2 (0.73%) C++
11 2 (0.73%) Haskell
11 2 (0.73%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.73%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.36%) ABAP
12 1 (0.36%) Groovy
12 1 (0.36%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 51 (18.61%) Degree
2 36 (13.14%) Security Cleared
3 32 (11.68%) SC Cleared
4 15 (5.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (4.74%) CISSP
6 10 (3.65%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (3.28%) CCIE
7 9 (3.28%) CCIE Data Center
7 9 (3.28%) CISM
8 8 (2.92%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.46%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.46%) CCNP
9 4 (1.46%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (1.46%) CISA
9 4 (1.46%) CITP
9 4 (1.46%) SANS
9 4 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.09%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.73%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.74%) NIST
2 9 (3.28%) QA
3 7 (2.55%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.09%) COBIT
4 3 (1.09%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.73%) GDPR
5 2 (0.73%) PSD2
6 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.36%) GRC
6 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.36%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.36%) NCSC
6 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (9.12%) Docker
2 7 (2.55%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.82%) ACF2
3 5 (1.82%) IAG
3 5 (1.82%) RACF
4 3 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 30 (10.95%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.11%) Terraform
3 7 (2.55%) Argo
3 7 (2.55%) Grafana
3 7 (2.55%) Progress Chef
4 6 (2.19%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.73%) Ansible
5 2 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.36%) CASB
6 1 (0.36%) Kibana
6 1 (0.36%) rkt
6 1 (0.36%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.36%) SCCM
6 1 (0.36%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 25 (9.12%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.76%) Oracle
3 16 (5.84%) ServiceNow
4 12 (4.38%) BeyondTrust
4 12 (4.38%) Cisco
4 12 (4.38%) CyberArk
4 12 (4.38%) SAP
5 10 (3.65%) LogRhythm
6 9 (3.28%) Informatica
7 6 (2.19%) Google
7 6 (2.19%) Palo Alto
7 6 (2.19%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.82%) CheckPoint
8 5 (1.82%) Infoblox
8 5 (1.82%) Symantec
8 5 (1.82%) Zscaler
9 4 (1.46%) VMware
10 3 (1.09%) Sparx
11 2 (0.73%) Databricks
11 2 (0.73%) Genesys