Senior Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Senior Architect
UK > England

The median Senior Architect daily rate in England is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 396 333 362
Rank change year-on-year -63 +29 +127
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Architect 141 163 202
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.45% 0.56% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.61% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 101 121
10th Percentile £525 £513 £493
25th Percentile £572 £581 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £750 £788 £750
90th Percentile £875 £825 £813
UK median daily rate £650 £724 £675
% change year-on-year -10.19% +7.22% -2.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £64.50 £74.88
25th Percentile £42.50 £67.50 £75.64
Median hourly rate £45.00 £75.00 £80.78
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% -7.15% -
75th Percentile £47.50 £82.50 £85.13
90th Percentile - £85.50 £85.42
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £75.00 £80.78
% change year-on-year -40.00% -7.15% -

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 28,730 26,847 34,730
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.95% 93.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,314 16,727 23,863
10th Percentile £293 £300 £288
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% -1.50% -3.09%
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 1,773 846 1,347
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.83 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% -22.22% +40.63%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.93% -25.56% +50.00%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Senior Architect job vacancy trend in England

Senior Architect
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Senior Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Architect in England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Architect in England

Senior Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies 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 20 December 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 +5 75 £662 -8.37% 19
North of England -36 29 £660 +5.60% 21
North West -19 17 £650 +15.50% 8
South East -46 17 £595 -11.85% 12
Midlands -44 8 £600 -12.73% 7
Yorkshire -44 7 £600 -11.11% 12
North East -5 6 £725 -12.12% 2
South West -5 6 £800 +28.00% 5
West Midlands -34 6 £925 +32.14% 5
East Midlands -22 2 £464 -25.84% 2
Senior Architect
UK

Senior Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Senior 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 Senior Architect in the job title.

1 52 (36.88%) Security Cleared
2 49 (34.75%) AWS
3 46 (32.62%) Azure
4 37 (26.24%) SC Cleared
5 28 (19.86%) Agile
6 26 (18.44%) Stakeholder Management
7 24 (17.02%) Microservices
8 23 (16.31%) Microsoft
9 22 (15.60%) Migration
10 18 (12.77%) Enterprise Architecture
11 17 (12.06%) Roadmaps
11 17 (12.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 16 (11.35%) DevOps
12 16 (11.35%) GCP
12 16 (11.35%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (11.35%) Python
12 16 (11.35%) Technical Leadership
13 15 (10.64%) Mentoring
14 14 (9.93%) AI
14 14 (9.93%) Cloud Security
14 14 (9.93%) Security Architecture
15 13 (9.22%) Data Modelling
15 13 (9.22%) Machine Learning
16 12 (8.51%) CISSP
16 12 (8.51%) Data Architecture
16 12 (8.51%) JIRA
16 12 (8.51%) PostgreSQL
17 11 (7.80%) CI/CD
17 11 (7.80%) Data Governance
17 11 (7.80%) Kubernetes

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (5.67%) Confluence
2 4 (2.84%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.42%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.71%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.71%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (2.13%) Endur
2 3 (2.13%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 49 (34.75%) AWS
2 46 (32.62%) Azure
3 16 (11.35%) GCP
4 7 (4.96%) SaaS
5 6 (4.26%) GitHub
6 5 (3.55%) IaaS
6 5 (3.55%) PaaS
6 5 (3.55%) Serverless
7 4 (2.84%) Azure Key Vault
7 4 (2.84%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.84%) OpenShift
7 4 (2.84%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.42%) Azure Machine Learning
9 2 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.96%) Firewall
2 6 (4.26%) SSL
3 4 (2.84%) Internet
3 4 (2.84%) Network Security
3 4 (2.84%) WAN
4 3 (2.13%) PCoIP
4 3 (2.13%) SD-WAN
4 3 (2.13%) VPN
4 3 (2.13%) VSAN
5 2 (1.42%) DNS
5 2 (1.42%) HTTP
5 2 (1.42%) LAN
5 2 (1.42%) MPLS
6 1 (0.71%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.71%) Broadband
6 1 (0.71%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.71%) DHCP
6 1 (0.71%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.71%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.71%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.51%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (4.96%) MongoDB
3 6 (4.26%) DB2
4 5 (3.55%) Data Lake
4 5 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.55%) Delta Lake
5 4 (2.84%) Power BI
6 3 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (2.13%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.42%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (1.42%) Metadata
7 2 (1.42%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.42%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.42%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.42%) Tableau
8 1 (0.71%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.71%) HDInsight
8 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.71%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (8.51%) JIRA
2 3 (2.13%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.13%) MLflow
3 1 (0.71%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.71%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.71%) Git
3 1 (0.71%) GitLab
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.71%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.71%) Spinnaker
General
1 30 (21.28%) Public Sector
2 29 (20.57%) Social Skills
3 27 (19.15%) Finance
4 13 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.22%) Banking
5 9 (6.38%) Telecoms
6 7 (4.96%) Military
7 5 (3.55%) Legal
8 4 (2.84%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.13%) Marketing
9 3 (2.13%) Retail
10 2 (1.42%) Back Office
10 2 (1.42%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.71%) German Language
11 1 (0.71%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.71%) Police
11 1 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.09%) REST
2 8 (5.67%) SOAP
3 6 (4.26%) SAML
4 5 (3.55%) AngularJS
4 5 (3.55%) Apache Camel
4 5 (3.55%) HTML
4 5 (3.55%) HTML5
4 5 (3.55%) JDBC
4 5 (3.55%) jQuery
4 5 (3.55%) JSON
4 5 (3.55%) LDAP
4 5 (3.55%) ODBC
4 5 (3.55%) PySpark
4 5 (3.55%) RabbitMQ
4 5 (3.55%) Web Services
5 4 (2.84%) .NET
5 4 (2.84%) PyTorch
5 4 (2.84%) React
5 4 (2.84%) scikit-learn
5 4 (2.84%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.93%) Cloud Native
2 12 (8.51%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.96%) PKI
4 6 (4.26%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.26%) Taxonomies
5 5 (3.55%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.84%) Replication
7 3 (2.13%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.42%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.42%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.42%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.42%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.71%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.71%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.71%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.55%) Linux
2 1 (0.71%) Unix
2 1 (0.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (19.86%) Agile
2 26 (18.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 24 (17.02%) Microservices
4 22 (15.60%) Migration
5 18 (12.77%) Enterprise Architecture
6 17 (12.06%) Roadmaps
6 17 (12.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 16 (11.35%) DevOps
7 16 (11.35%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (11.35%) Technical Leadership
8 15 (10.64%) Mentoring
9 14 (9.93%) AI
9 14 (9.93%) Cloud Security
9 14 (9.93%) Security Architecture
10 13 (9.22%) Data Modelling
10 13 (9.22%) Machine Learning
11 12 (8.51%) Data Architecture
12 11 (7.80%) CI/CD
12 11 (7.80%) Data Governance
12 11 (7.80%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.35%) Python
2 11 (7.80%) SQL
3 8 (5.67%) Java
4 5 (3.55%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.13%) Bash
5 3 (2.13%) Bicep
5 3 (2.13%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.13%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.42%) PHP
6 2 (1.42%) R
7 1 (0.71%) ANSI SQL
7 1 (0.71%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.71%) C
7 1 (0.71%) Korn
7 1 (0.71%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.71%) Ruby
7 1 (0.71%) Scala
7 1 (0.71%) X++
Qualifications
1 52 (36.88%) Security Cleared
2 37 (26.24%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.51%) CISSP
4 8 (5.67%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (4.96%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (2.84%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.84%) CCIE
6 4 (2.84%) Degree
7 3 (2.13%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.13%) CEH
7 3 (2.13%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.13%) ISEB
7 3 (2.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.42%) GIAC
8 2 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.71%) CISM
9 1 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.09%) QA
2 7 (4.96%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.96%) GDPR
3 5 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.84%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.13%) COBIT
5 3 (2.13%) EU AI Act
5 3 (2.13%) GRC
5 3 (2.13%) HIPAA
5 3 (2.13%) NIST
5 3 (2.13%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.42%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.42%) SOC 1
7 1 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.71%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.71%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.71%) NCSC
7 1 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.71%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.55%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.55%) Docker
2 3 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.13%) vSphere
3 2 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (7.80%) Kubernetes
1 11 (7.80%) Terraform
2 7 (4.96%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (3.55%) Ansible
4 3 (2.13%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.71%) Endace
5 1 (0.71%) Istio
5 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.71%) Puppet
5 1 (0.71%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (16.31%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.67%) Databricks
3 7 (4.96%) Google
4 6 (4.26%) Oracle
5 5 (3.55%) BMC
5 5 (3.55%) Cisco
5 5 (3.55%) HP
5 5 (3.55%) Ivanti
5 5 (3.55%) Remedy
5 5 (3.55%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.84%) OpenAI
7 3 (2.13%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.13%) Pega
7 3 (2.13%) SAP
7 3 (2.13%) Splunk
7 3 (2.13%) VMware
8 2 (1.42%) F5
8 2 (1.42%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.42%) Juniper
8 2 (1.42%) OpenLink