Architecture Governance Contracts in England

Architecture Governance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Architecture Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Architecture Governance 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 458 477 561
Rank change year-on-year +19 +84 +65
Contract jobs citing Architecture Governance 27 65 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.20% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 39 61
10th Percentile £488 £450 £525
25th Percentile £587 £504 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% -3.70% -
75th Percentile £750 £700 £775
90th Percentile £785 £780 £799
UK median daily rate £615 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -5.38% -3.70% +2.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £92.50 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year +23.33% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Architecture Governance 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%

Architecture Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Architecture Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Architecture Governance in England

Architecture Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Architecture Governance in England

Architecture Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Architecture Governance in England

Architecture Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Architecture Governance in England

Architecture Governance
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 Architecture Governance 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 +34 15 £620 +20.39% 35
Midlands +24 4 £613 +6.99% 6
West Midlands +16 4 £613 +6.99% 6
South West +20 3 £525 -19.23% 8
South East +46 2 £725 +11.54% 20
Architecture Governance
UK

Architecture Governance
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 (11.11%) OpenStack
2 2 (7.41%) Confluence
3 1 (3.70%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (3.70%) SAP GRC
1 1 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) AWS
2 3 (11.11%) OpenShift
3 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.70%) Azure App Service
4 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.70%) GCP
4 1 (3.70%) SaaS
4 1 (3.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (3.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (3.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) Network Security
1 1 (3.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Metadata
1 2 (7.41%) NoSQL
1 2 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.70%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.70%) Delta Lake
2 1 (3.70%) Ingres
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.70%) Parquet
2 1 (3.70%) Power BI
2 1 (3.70%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) JIRA
General
1 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 9 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
4 3 (11.11%) Military
4 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Marketing
6 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (62.96%) Architect
2 8 (29.63%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (14.81%) Enterprise Architect
3 4 (14.81%) Security Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Lead
5 2 (7.41%) Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Azure Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Data Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Data Centre Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Data Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Governance Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Governance Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Programme Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Programme Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Risk Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Salesforce Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) .NET
1 2 (7.41%) .NET Framework
1 2 (7.41%) Middleware
2 1 (3.70%) JSON
2 1 (3.70%) Kafka
2 1 (3.70%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (3.70%) MACH
2 1 (3.70%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (3.70%) XML
2 1 (3.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Private Cloud
2 3 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 2 (7.41%) Public Cloud
4 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.70%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.70%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Migration
2 9 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 8 (29.63%) Roadmaps
4 7 (25.93%) DevOps
5 6 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (18.52%) CI/CD
6 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (18.52%) Security Architecture
6 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (14.81%) Agile
7 4 (14.81%) Containerisation
7 4 (14.81%) Data Governance
7 4 (14.81%) Data Modelling
7 4 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (14.81%) Resource Management
7 4 (14.81%) Technical Architecture
7 4 (14.81%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (14.81%) Translating Business Requirements
8 3 (11.11%) Benchmarking
8 3 (11.11%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) SQL
2 1 (3.70%) Apex Code
2 1 (3.70%) PL/SQL
2 1 (3.70%) Python
2 1 (3.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) RHCSA
2 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification
3 2 (7.41%) CISSP
3 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.41%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.70%) AWS Certification
4 1 (3.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) GIAC
4 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.70%) SANS
4 1 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) Data Quality
2 3 (11.11%) QA
3 2 (7.41%) GRC
3 2 (7.41%) NIST
4 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.70%) GDPR
4 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.70%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.70%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Docker
2 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.70%) IAG
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) Kubernetes
2 3 (11.11%) Ansible
2 3 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Red Hat
2 3 (11.11%) VMware
3 2 (7.41%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.70%) Actian
4 1 (3.70%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (3.70%) Databricks
4 1 (3.70%) Google
4 1 (3.70%) Oracle
4 1 (3.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 1 (3.70%) SAP