OSS Architect Contract Job Trends in England

OSS Architect
UK > England

The median OSS Architect daily rate in England is £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 544 492 550
Rank change year-on-year -52 +58 +177
Contract jobs requiring an OSS Architect 4 5 6
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.013% 0.018% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.019% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £650 £750
Median % change year-on-year -40.38% -13.33% +0.03%
75th Percentile £412 £675 -
90th Percentile £433 - -
UK median daily rate £388 £650 £750
% change year-on-year -40.38% -13.33% +0.03%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 28,971 25,853 34,065
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 92.86% 93.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,558 16,013 23,269
10th Percentile £300 £300 £281
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,739 810 1,452
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.92 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -22.22% +36.36%
75th Percentile £61.38 £64.74 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.45 £74.47 £76.95
UK median hourly rate £26.11 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.66% -27.78% +41.02%

OSS Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'OSS Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

OSS Architect job vacancy trend in England

OSS Architect
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for OSS Architect job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for OSS Architect job vacancies in England

OSS 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 OSS Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. 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 -18 3 £375 -42.31%
London - 1 £400 -
OSS Architect
UK

OSS Architect Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 January 2026, OSS Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring OSS Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) CRM
1 3 (75.00%) Order Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) BPMN
2 1 (25.00%) Ciena
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) PHP
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) UML
2 1 (25.00%) Use Case

OSS Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Billing
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) CRM
1 3 (75.00%) Order Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) BPMN
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) UML
2 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) PHP
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Ciena
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow