Senior Architect Contracts in England

Senior Architect
UK > England

The median Senior Architect daily rate in England is £640, 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 337 367 427
Rank change year-on-year +30 +60 +66
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Architect 148 177 234
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.61% 0.48% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.51% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 93 159
10th Percentile £513 £525 £573
25th Percentile £588 £561 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -5.19% -3.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £754 £780 £775
90th Percentile £800 £850 £838
UK median daily rate £675 £675 £700
% change year-on-year - -3.57% +4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £35.00
UK median hourly rate - £35.00 £35.00

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%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Architect in England

Senior Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Architect in England

Senior Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Architect in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Architect in England

Senior Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Architect in England.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Architect in England

Senior 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 Senior Architect 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
London +21 82 £675 -11.48% 92
South East +26 26 £625 +2.04% 57
North of England +30 19 £625 +2.04% 45
North West +24 13 £625 +2.04% 30
Midlands +25 10 £613 -9.26% 15
West Midlands +18 10 £613 -9.26% 9
South West +44 7 £625 -7.41% 21
Yorkshire +9 3 £675 +3.53% 13
North East - 3 £825 - 3
East of England +29 1 £751 - 7
Senior Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Architect in the job title.

1 53 (35.81%) AWS
2 50 (33.78%) Security Cleared
3 49 (33.11%) Azure
4 47 (31.76%) Social Skills
5 40 (27.03%) SC Cleared
6 35 (23.65%) Finance
7 31 (20.95%) TOGAF
8 30 (20.27%) Migration
9 27 (18.24%) Agile
10 25 (16.89%) Microsoft
11 24 (16.22%) Public Sector
12 23 (15.54%) Roadmaps
12 23 (15.54%) CI/CD
12 23 (15.54%) Stakeholder Management
12 23 (15.54%) ITIL
13 21 (14.19%) Cloud Security
14 20 (13.51%) Infrastructure as Code
14 20 (13.51%) NIST
14 20 (13.51%) Windows
15 19 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
15 19 (12.84%) Microservices
15 19 (12.84%) Public Cloud
16 18 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
16 18 (12.16%) Data Modelling
16 18 (12.16%) SQL
16 18 (12.16%) Cisco
16 18 (12.16%) SaaS
17 17 (11.49%) Security Architecture
18 16 (10.81%) Data Architecture
18 16 (10.81%) Identity Access Management

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.38%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.35%) Apache
2 2 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.35%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 53 (35.81%) AWS
2 49 (33.11%) Azure
3 18 (12.16%) SaaS
4 15 (10.14%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (9.46%) IaaS
5 14 (9.46%) PaaS
6 13 (8.78%) GCP
7 11 (7.43%) Entra ID
7 11 (7.43%) Serverless
8 6 (4.05%) Power Platform
9 5 (3.38%) Azure AKS
9 5 (3.38%) GitHub
9 5 (3.38%) Snowflake
10 4 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (2.03%) Amazon S3
11 3 (2.03%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.76%) Firewall
1 10 (6.76%) VSAN
2 9 (6.08%) VPN
3 7 (4.73%) Network Security
4 6 (4.05%) DNS
4 6 (4.05%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.03%) BGP
5 3 (2.03%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (2.03%) MPLS
5 3 (2.03%) NGFW
5 3 (2.03%) OSPF
5 3 (2.03%) SD-WAN
5 3 (2.03%) WAN
6 2 (1.35%) SAN
6 2 (1.35%) VLAN
7 1 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.68%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.68%) HTTP
7 1 (0.68%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.73%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (4.05%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (3.38%) Data Mining
3 5 (3.38%) Metadata
4 4 (2.70%) Tableau
5 3 (2.03%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (2.03%) Big Data
5 3 (2.03%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.35%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.35%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.35%) Data Vault
6 2 (1.35%) Metadata Repository
6 2 (1.35%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.35%) Power BI
6 2 (1.35%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.68%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.68%) OLAP
7 1 (0.68%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 3 (2.03%) CircleCI
2 1 (0.68%) AppScan
2 1 (0.68%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.68%) ERwin
2 1 (0.68%) Git
2 1 (0.68%) GitLab
2 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.68%) JUnit
2 1 (0.68%) Selenium
2 1 (0.68%) SpecFlow
General
1 47 (31.76%) Social Skills
2 35 (23.65%) Finance
3 24 (16.22%) Public Sector
4 18 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (8.78%) Banking
6 6 (4.05%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.38%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.70%) Legal
8 4 (2.70%) Military
9 3 (2.03%) Police
9 3 (2.03%) Retail
10 2 (1.35%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.35%) Law
10 2 (1.35%) Local Government
11 1 (0.68%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.68%) Marketing
11 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.38%) .NET
1 5 (3.38%) ARM Templates
2 4 (2.70%) CSS
2 4 (2.70%) HTML
3 3 (2.03%) Azure Blueprints
3 3 (2.03%) D3.js
4 2 (1.35%) Kafka
4 2 (1.35%) REST
4 2 (1.35%) SailPoint
4 2 (1.35%) Shiny
4 2 (1.35%) Web Services
5 1 (0.68%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.68%) Ajax
5 1 (0.68%) Jinja
5 1 (0.68%) MACH
5 1 (0.68%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.68%) SOAP
5 1 (0.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.84%) Public Cloud
2 14 (9.46%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (7.43%) Management Information System
4 10 (6.76%) PKI
5 6 (4.05%) Private Cloud
6 5 (3.38%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.70%) IoT
7 4 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.03%) Data Structures
8 3 (2.03%) Device Driver
8 3 (2.03%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (2.03%) Hedge funds
8 3 (2.03%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (2.03%) Reinsurance
9 2 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.35%) Mainframe
9 2 (1.35%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.35%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.68%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 20 (13.51%) Windows
2 14 (9.46%) Linux
3 11 (7.43%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (20.95%) TOGAF
2 30 (20.27%) Migration
3 27 (18.24%) Agile
4 23 (15.54%) CI/CD
4 23 (15.54%) ITIL
4 23 (15.54%) Roadmaps
4 23 (15.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (14.19%) Cloud Security
6 20 (13.51%) Infrastructure as Code
7 19 (12.84%) Microservices
7 19 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (12.16%) Data Modelling
9 17 (11.49%) Security Architecture
10 16 (10.81%) Architectural Design
10 16 (10.81%) Data Architecture
10 16 (10.81%) Identity Access Management
11 15 (10.14%) Continuous Integration
11 15 (10.14%) DevSecOps
12 14 (9.46%) Decision-Making
12 14 (9.46%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 18 (12.16%) SQL
2 15 (10.14%) Python
3 11 (7.43%) PowerShell
4 7 (4.73%) Java
5 6 (4.05%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.70%) Bash
6 4 (2.70%) Bicep
7 3 (2.03%) C
7 3 (2.03%) Embedded C
7 3 (2.03%) Kotlin
7 3 (2.03%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.35%) C++
8 2 (1.35%) R
9 1 (0.68%) C#
9 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (33.78%) Security Cleared
2 40 (27.03%) SC Cleared
3 14 (9.46%) CISSP
4 13 (8.78%) DV Cleared
5 12 (8.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (7.43%) Degree
7 10 (6.76%) MCSE
7 10 (6.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 8 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (4.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (3.38%) AWS Certification
10 5 (3.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (3.38%) CISA
10 5 (3.38%) CISM
10 5 (3.38%) DBS Check
10 5 (3.38%) SANS
11 4 (2.70%) CCSK
11 4 (2.70%) CRISC
11 4 (2.70%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (13.51%) NIST
2 11 (7.43%) GDPR
3 10 (6.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (6.76%) NCSC
4 8 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.70%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.70%) Government Security Classifications
5 4 (2.70%) NIST 800
5 4 (2.70%) SOC 2
6 3 (2.03%) QA
7 2 (1.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (1.35%) GRC
8 1 (0.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.68%) IFRS
8 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (7.43%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.43%) VMware NSX
3 6 (4.05%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (3.38%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.03%) Firmware
6 1 (0.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (6.76%) Terraform
2 8 (5.41%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.03%) CASB
3 3 (2.03%) Grafana
3 3 (2.03%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.35%) Ansible
5 1 (0.68%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.68%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.68%) Puppet
Vendors
1 25 (16.89%) Microsoft
2 18 (12.16%) Cisco
3 12 (8.11%) VMware
4 11 (7.43%) Oracle
4 11 (7.43%) Palo Alto
5 7 (4.73%) Google
6 5 (3.38%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.70%) Databricks
7 4 (2.70%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.03%) AlgoSec
8 3 (2.03%) Informatica
8 3 (2.03%) SAP
8 3 (2.03%) Tufin
8 3 (2.03%) Workday
9 2 (1.35%) Bloomberg
9 2 (1.35%) F5
9 2 (1.35%) Sage
9 2 (1.35%) Talend
9 2 (1.35%) TOWER Software
10 1 (0.68%) Salesforce