Chief Architect Contracts in England

Chief Architect
UK > England

The median Chief Architect daily rate in England is £900 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

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

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 644 773
Rank change year-on-year +123 +129 -168
Contract jobs requiring a Chief Architect 27 24 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.073% 0.047% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.050% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 19 7
10th Percentile £838 £650 £705
25th Percentile £875 £788 £750
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £925 £798
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +15.99% -0.31%
75th Percentile £950 £1,075 £863
90th Percentile £975 £1,110 £930
UK median daily rate £900 £925 £798
% change year-on-year -2.70% +15.99% -0.31%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,517 47,965 67,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.58% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,960 34,010 48,090
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,411 1,443 1,914
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.31 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.67 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.45 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Chief Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Chief Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Chief Architect in England

Chief Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Chief Architect in England.

Daily rate trend for Chief Architect in England

Chief Architect
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 Chief Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 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 +118 27 £900 +2.86% 1
Chief Architect
UK

Chief Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Chief Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Chief Architect in the job title.

1 25 (92.59%) Data Modelling
1 25 (92.59%) Data Architecture
1 25 (92.59%) Data Strategy
2 24 (88.89%) Data Design
3 23 (85.19%) Metadata
3 23 (85.19%) Metadata Repository
3 23 (85.19%) Data Vault
3 23 (85.19%) NoSQL
3 23 (85.19%) UML
4 20 (74.07%) Data Integration
4 20 (74.07%) Data Governance
5 19 (70.37%) Business Strategy
5 19 (70.37%) SC Cleared
5 19 (70.37%) Security Cleared
5 19 (70.37%) Reference Data
6 15 (55.56%) Digital Marketing
6 15 (55.56%) Marketing
6 15 (55.56%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (55.56%) SAP
6 15 (55.56%) Electronics
6 15 (55.56%) Telecoms
6 15 (55.56%) Finance
6 15 (55.56%) Manufacturing
6 15 (55.56%) Programme Management
6 15 (55.56%) Public Sector
7 7 (25.93%) Sparx
7 7 (25.93%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
9 4 (14.81%) Onboarding
10 2 (7.41%) Data Analysis

Chief Architect Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 7 (25.93%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (85.19%) Data Vault
1 23 (85.19%) Metadata
1 23 (85.19%) Metadata Repository
1 23 (85.19%) NoSQL
General
1 15 (55.56%) Electronics
1 15 (55.56%) Finance
1 15 (55.56%) Manufacturing
1 15 (55.56%) Marketing
1 15 (55.56%) Public Sector
1 15 (55.56%) Telecoms
2 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 19 (70.37%) Reference Data
2 4 (14.81%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (92.59%) Data Architecture
1 25 (92.59%) Data Modelling
1 25 (92.59%) Data Strategy
2 24 (88.89%) Data Design
3 23 (85.19%) UML
4 20 (74.07%) Data Governance
4 20 (74.07%) Data Integration
5 19 (70.37%) Business Strategy
6 15 (55.56%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (55.56%) Digital Marketing
6 15 (55.56%) Programme Management
7 2 (7.41%) Data Analysis
8 1 (3.70%) Data Management
8 1 (3.70%) Data Security
8 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (3.70%) ITIL
8 1 (3.70%) Migration
8 1 (3.70%) Problem Management
8 1 (3.70%) Strategic Thinking
8 1 (3.70%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 19 (70.37%) SC Cleared
1 19 (70.37%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 15 (55.56%) SAP
2 7 (25.93%) Sparx