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 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 449 496 549
Rank change year-on-year +47 +53 +80
Contract jobs citing Architecture Governance 34 57 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.15% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.18% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 34 67
10th Percentile £461 £450 £525
25th Percentile £575 £500 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% - -
75th Percentile £716 £712 £763
90th Percentile £809 £809 £818
UK median daily rate £625 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -
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 22,825 31,956 42,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.34% 85.23% 89.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,747 20,674 29,622
10th Percentile £300 £303 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £502 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.33% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,101 2,390 1,546
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £11.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £26.45 £37.75 £35.03
Median % change year-on-year -29.93% +7.76% +36.41%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.30 £64.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £72.50 £75.67
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +48 16 £625 +12.11% 132
Midlands - 7 £600 - 7
West Midlands - 6 £600 - 6
South West +25 5 £702 +7.96% 17
South East +47 2 £725 +11.54% 28
East Midlands - 1 £395 -
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 1 (2.94%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (2.94%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (41.18%) Azure
2 5 (14.71%) AWS
3 3 (8.82%) GCP
3 3 (8.82%) PaaS
3 3 (8.82%) Power Platform
3 3 (8.82%) SaaS
4 2 (5.88%) Azure Key Vault
4 2 (5.88%) IaaS
5 1 (2.94%) Alation
5 1 (2.94%) Azure API Management
5 1 (2.94%) Azure App Service
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Functions
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.94%) Collibra
5 1 (2.94%) dbt
5 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.94%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Firewall
1 1 (2.94%) Network Security
1 1 (2.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.82%) NoSQL
1 3 (8.82%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (5.88%) Big Data
2 2 (5.88%) Data Lake
2 2 (5.88%) Delta Lake
2 2 (5.88%) Power BI
2 2 (5.88%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.94%) Ingres
3 1 (2.94%) Metadata
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.94%) Parquet
3 1 (2.94%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) MLflow
General
1 14 (41.18%) Finance
2 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Banking
3 4 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.82%) Military
5 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Marketing
5 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (88.24%) Architect
2 10 (29.41%) Solutions Architect
3 9 (26.47%) Enterprise Architect
4 5 (14.71%) Azure Architect
4 5 (14.71%) Data Architect
5 3 (8.82%) Security Architect
5 3 (8.82%) Technical Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Salesforce Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Senior
7 1 (2.94%) Azure Data Architect
7 1 (2.94%) Data Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Technical Architect
7 1 (2.94%) GCP Architect
7 1 (2.94%) GCP Data Architect
7 1 (2.94%) Payments Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.94%) Salesforce Solution Architect
7 1 (2.94%) Senior Data Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Service Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) .NET
1 2 (5.88%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.94%) JSON
2 1 (2.94%) Kafka
2 1 (2.94%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (2.94%) MACH
2 1 (2.94%) Middleware
2 1 (2.94%) XML
2 1 (2.94%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.94%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.94%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) Enterprise Architecture
2 11 (32.35%) Roadmaps
3 8 (23.53%) Agile
3 8 (23.53%) Decision-Making
3 8 (23.53%) Security Architecture
4 7 (20.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (20.59%) TOGAF
5 6 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (17.65%) DevOps
5 6 (17.65%) Strategic Thinking
6 5 (14.71%) CI/CD
6 5 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (14.71%) Data Modelling
6 5 (14.71%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (14.71%) Information Architecture
6 5 (14.71%) Integration Patterns
7 4 (11.76%) ITIL
7 4 (11.76%) Migration
7 4 (11.76%) Risk Management
7 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) SQL
2 2 (5.88%) Python
3 1 (2.94%) Apex Code
3 1 (2.94%) Bicep
3 1 (2.94%) Java
3 1 (2.94%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.94%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.76%) Degree
2 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.82%) DV Cleared
3 3 (8.82%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (5.88%) CISSP
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.94%) GIAC
5 1 (2.94%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.65%) NIST
2 3 (8.82%) GDPR
3 2 (5.88%) Data Quality
3 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (2.94%) GRC
4 1 (2.94%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.94%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.94%) Kubeflow
2 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.76%) Databricks
3 2 (5.88%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.94%) Actian
4 1 (2.94%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (2.94%) Informatica
4 1 (2.94%) Oracle
4 1 (2.94%) Qualys
4 1 (2.94%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud