Head of Architecture Contracts in England

Head of Architecture
UK > England

The median Head of Architecture daily rate in England is £900 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 528 647 783
Rank change year-on-year +119 +136 -171
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Architecture 13 14 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.035% 0.028% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.030% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 7
10th Percentile £826 £713 £731
25th Percentile £838 £725 £749
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £800 £860
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -6.98% +14.67%
75th Percentile £925 £838 £1,119
90th Percentile - £840 £1,188
UK median daily rate £900 £763 £818
% change year-on-year +18.03% -6.73% +9.00%

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 34,183 47,267 67,930
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,703 33,560 48,361
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,401 1,881
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.82 £77.00 £62.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Head of Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Architecture in England

Head of Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Head of Architecture in England

Head of Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Architecture in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Architecture in England

Head of Architecture
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 Head of Architecture within the England region over the 6 months to 5 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 +118 12 £900 +16.13% 10
Midlands - 1 £800 - 3
West Midlands - 1 £800 - 1
Head of Architecture
UK

Head of Architecture Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Head of Architecture 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 Head of Architecture in the job title.

1 11 (84.62%) Data Architecture
2 10 (76.92%) NoSQL
2 10 (76.92%) Data Governance
2 10 (76.92%) Reference Data
2 10 (76.92%) Data Integration
2 10 (76.92%) UML
2 10 (76.92%) Data Modelling
2 10 (76.92%) Data Strategy
2 10 (76.92%) Data Vault
2 10 (76.92%) Metadata
2 10 (76.92%) Metadata Repository
2 10 (76.92%) Business Strategy
2 10 (76.92%) Data Design
3 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
3 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
4 8 (61.54%) Finance
5 7 (53.85%) Manufacturing
5 7 (53.85%) SAP
5 7 (53.85%) Programme Management
5 7 (53.85%) Electronics
5 7 (53.85%) Telecoms
5 7 (53.85%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (53.85%) Marketing
5 7 (53.85%) Digital Marketing
5 7 (53.85%) Public Sector
6 1 (7.69%) Technology Strategy
6 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
6 1 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (7.69%) Remediation Plan
6 1 (7.69%) IT Strategy

Head of Architecture 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (76.92%) Data Vault
1 10 (76.92%) Metadata
1 10 (76.92%) Metadata Repository
1 10 (76.92%) NoSQL
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 7 (53.85%) Electronics
2 7 (53.85%) Manufacturing
2 7 (53.85%) Marketing
2 7 (53.85%) Public Sector
2 7 (53.85%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (76.92%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Data Architecture
2 10 (76.92%) Business Strategy
2 10 (76.92%) Data Design
2 10 (76.92%) Data Governance
2 10 (76.92%) Data Integration
2 10 (76.92%) Data Modelling
2 10 (76.92%) Data Strategy
2 10 (76.92%) UML
3 7 (53.85%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (53.85%) Digital Marketing
3 7 (53.85%) Programme Management
4 1 (7.69%) Agile
4 1 (7.69%) Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
4 1 (7.69%) IT Strategy
4 1 (7.69%) Open Source
4 1 (7.69%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (7.69%) SDLC
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) C#
1 1 (7.69%) PHP
1 1 (7.69%) Ruby
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
1 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft