Head of Architecture Contracts in England

Head of Architecture
UK > England

The median Head of Architecture daily rate in England is £838, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 474 531 639
Rank change year-on-year +57 +108 +127
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Architecture 11 11 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.045% 0.030% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.032% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 9
10th Percentile £741 £825 £713
25th Percentile £766 £838 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £838 £900 £800
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% +12.50% -6.98%
75th Percentile £916 £925 £838
90th Percentile £944 - £840
UK median daily rate £838 £900 £763
% change year-on-year -6.94% +18.03% -6.73%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

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 1 May 2025.

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 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
South East - 6 - - 5
London +32 4 £838 -6.94% 13
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
Head of Architecture
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 7 (63.64%) Information Security
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (54.55%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (54.55%) GDPR
2 6 (54.55%) COBIT
2 6 (54.55%) Network Security
2 6 (54.55%) OWASP
2 6 (54.55%) ITIL
2 6 (54.55%) Risk Management
2 6 (54.55%) NIST
3 5 (45.45%) Strategic Roadmap
3 5 (45.45%) Roadmaps
4 4 (36.36%) Security Architecture
4 4 (36.36%) Finance
5 3 (27.27%) SQL
5 3 (27.27%) Python
5 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
5 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
5 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
5 3 (27.27%) Agile
5 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
5 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
5 3 (27.27%) Budgeting
5 3 (27.27%) Azure
5 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
6 2 (18.18%) Azure Functions
6 2 (18.18%) Contract Negotiation
6 2 (18.18%) 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Maximo
1 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Azure AKS
2 2 (18.18%) Azure API Management
2 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Functions
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 2 (18.18%) Serverless
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (9.09%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Network Security
1 6 (54.55%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Hadoop
2 1 (9.09%) Data Lake
2 1 (9.09%) Power BI
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (9.09%) Police
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) ARM Templates
1 2 (18.18%) Kafka
1 2 (18.18%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (9.09%) .NET
2 1 (9.09%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (63.64%) Information Security
2 6 (54.55%) ITIL
2 6 (54.55%) OWASP
2 6 (54.55%) Risk Management
3 5 (45.45%) Roadmaps
3 5 (45.45%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (36.36%) Security Architecture
5 3 (27.27%) Agile
5 3 (27.27%) Budgeting
5 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
5 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (18.18%) API Management
6 2 (18.18%) Containerisation
6 2 (18.18%) Contract Negotiation
6 2 (18.18%) Data Strategy
6 2 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
6 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (18.18%) IT Strategy
6 2 (18.18%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Python
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) Bicep
2 2 (18.18%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) Java
2 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
2 2 (18.18%) Scala
2 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) ISACA
3 1 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) COBIT
1 6 (54.55%) GDPR
1 6 (54.55%) NIST
2 2 (18.18%) QA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
1 2 (18.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Databricks
2 1 (9.09%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow