Technical Architect Contracts in England

Technical Architect
UK > England

The median Technical Architect daily rate in England is £625, 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 256 252 260
Rank change year-on-year -4 +8 +72
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 244 342 511
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.00% 0.92% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 0.99% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 263 354
10th Percentile £471 £500 £510
25th Percentile £525 £558 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year -7.46% - +6.30%
75th Percentile £708 £775 £745
90th Percentile £788 £850 £800
UK median daily rate £630 £650 £670
% change year-on-year -3.08% -2.99% +6.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
75th Percentile - - £56.50
90th Percentile - - £69.40
UK median hourly rate - - £35.00
% change year-on-year - - -46.97%

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%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architect in England

Technical Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Architect in England

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Technical Architect in England

Technical Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Architect in England

Technical 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 Technical 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 -17 125 £625 - 45
South East +66 41 £625 -16.67% 15
North of England -15 33 £600 -25.00% 12
South West +37 25 £600 -15.79% 4
North West -22 21 £600 -27.27% 4
Midlands +16 7 £603 -13.93% 17
Yorkshire +9 7 £488 -17.37% 3
East of England +26 6 £775 +26.53% 1
West Midlands +11 6 £630 +5.00% 13
North East +3 4 £624 +18.91% 5
East Midlands +7 1 £550 -27.87% 4
Technical Architect
UK

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

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

1 96 (39.34%) Security Cleared
2 83 (34.02%) SC Cleared
3 77 (31.56%) Azure
3 77 (31.56%) Social Skills
4 58 (23.77%) AWS
5 52 (21.31%) Public Sector
6 51 (20.90%) Java
7 50 (20.49%) Roadmaps
8 46 (18.85%) Technical Architecture
9 45 (18.44%) Microsoft
10 41 (16.80%) TOGAF
11 37 (15.16%) Microservices
11 37 (15.16%) Technical Leadership
12 32 (13.11%) DevOps
12 32 (13.11%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (12.70%) CI/CD
14 29 (11.89%) Finance
15 28 (11.48%) Agile
15 28 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
16 26 (10.66%) Enterprise Architecture
17 25 (10.25%) Migration
17 25 (10.25%) Windows
18 24 (9.84%) Infrastructure as Code
19 23 (9.43%) Architectural Patterns
19 23 (9.43%) WAN
19 23 (9.43%) Continuous Delivery
20 22 (9.02%) IT Strategy
20 22 (9.02%) PaaS
20 22 (9.02%) ITIL
20 22 (9.02%) Oracle

Technical 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 7 (2.87%) NetWeaver
1 7 (2.87%) SAP EP
2 4 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.23%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (0.82%) Camunda
4 2 (0.82%) Confluence
4 2 (0.82%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.41%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.41%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.41%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (6.97%) MS Visio
2 14 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (3.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (2.87%) SAP CRM
2 6 (2.46%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.23%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.82%) assyst
4 2 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.82%) Magento
4 2 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 77 (31.56%) Azure
2 58 (23.77%) AWS
3 22 (9.02%) PaaS
4 20 (8.20%) SaaS
5 18 (7.38%) GCP
6 16 (6.56%) Serverless
7 12 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (4.51%) Entra ID
8 11 (4.51%) IaaS
9 8 (3.28%) OCI
10 7 (2.87%) GitHub
10 7 (2.87%) SuccessFactors
11 5 (2.05%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (2.05%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.64%) AWS Fargate
12 4 (1.64%) AWS KMS
12 4 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.43%) WAN
2 18 (7.38%) LAN
3 17 (6.97%) Firewall
4 15 (6.15%) Network Security
5 12 (4.92%) VPN
5 12 (4.92%) VSAN
6 11 (4.51%) DNS
7 9 (3.69%) TCP/IP
8 5 (2.05%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.64%) BGP
9 4 (1.64%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (1.64%) DHCP
9 4 (1.64%) MPLS
9 4 (1.64%) NGFW
9 4 (1.64%) OSPF
9 4 (1.64%) Unified Communications
10 3 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (1.23%) IPsec
10 3 (1.23%) VLAN
11 2 (0.82%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.05%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.64%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.64%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.64%) Power BI
4 3 (1.23%) Hadoop
4 3 (1.23%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.82%) Metadata
5 2 (0.82%) Metadata Repository
5 2 (0.82%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.41%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.41%) GIS
6 1 (0.41%) MySQL
6 1 (0.41%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.05%) GitLab
1 5 (2.05%) JIRA
2 4 (1.64%) CircleCI
3 3 (1.23%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.82%) Maven
4 2 (0.82%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
General
1 77 (31.56%) Social Skills
2 52 (21.31%) Public Sector
3 29 (11.89%) Finance
4 16 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.51%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.28%) Retail
8 4 (1.64%) Military
8 4 (1.64%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.23%) Aviation
9 3 (1.23%) Banking
9 3 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.23%) Marketing
9 3 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.82%) Law
10 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.82%) Publishing
11 1 (0.41%) Back Office
11 1 (0.41%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.33%) .NET
2 9 (3.69%) Kafka
2 9 (3.69%) Node.js
3 7 (2.87%) Middleware
3 7 (2.87%) SAP Fiori
3 7 (2.87%) SAP PI
3 7 (2.87%) SAPUI5
4 5 (2.05%) React
4 5 (2.05%) Spring
4 5 (2.05%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.64%) REST
6 3 (1.23%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.23%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.23%) CSS
6 3 (1.23%) J2EE
6 3 (1.23%) OAuth
6 3 (1.23%) OAuth2
6 3 (1.23%) SAML
6 3 (1.23%) Web Services
7 2 (0.82%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.20%) Public Cloud
2 18 (7.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (5.74%) PKI
4 12 (4.92%) Data Centre
5 10 (4.10%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (3.28%) Private Cloud
8 7 (2.87%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.87%) Mobile App
8 7 (2.87%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.87%) Operational Technology
9 5 (2.05%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.23%) BYOD
11 3 (1.23%) CMDB
11 3 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 2 (0.82%) NHS
12 2 (0.82%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.25%) Windows
2 19 (7.79%) Linux
3 9 (3.69%) Unix
4 6 (2.46%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.05%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.23%) Android
6 3 (1.23%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.82%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (20.49%) Roadmaps
2 46 (18.85%) Technical Architecture
3 41 (16.80%) TOGAF
4 37 (15.16%) Microservices
4 37 (15.16%) Technical Leadership
5 32 (13.11%) DevOps
5 32 (13.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 31 (12.70%) CI/CD
7 28 (11.48%) Agile
7 28 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (10.66%) Enterprise Architecture
9 25 (10.25%) Migration
10 24 (9.84%) Infrastructure as Code
11 23 (9.43%) Architectural Patterns
11 23 (9.43%) Continuous Delivery
12 22 (9.02%) Containerisation
12 22 (9.02%) IT Strategy
12 22 (9.02%) ITIL
13 21 (8.61%) DevSecOps
14 20 (8.20%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 51 (20.90%) Java
2 18 (7.38%) SQL
3 15 (6.15%) JavaScript
4 13 (5.33%) C#
5 10 (4.10%) Python
6 9 (3.69%) PowerShell
7 7 (2.87%) ABAP
8 5 (2.05%) PL/SQL
8 5 (2.05%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.64%) VB
10 3 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.23%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.23%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.82%) Ruby
11 2 (0.82%) VBScript
12 1 (0.41%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.41%) X++
Qualifications
1 96 (39.34%) Security Cleared
2 83 (34.02%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (5.74%) MCSE
5 12 (4.92%) Degree
6 11 (4.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 8 (3.28%) AWS Certification
7 8 (3.28%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (2.46%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (1.64%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.23%) CCNP
11 3 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.23%) MCSA
11 3 (1.23%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.23%) PMP
12 2 (0.82%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.82%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.56%) NCSC
2 11 (4.51%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (4.51%) NIST
3 5 (2.05%) QA
4 4 (1.64%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.64%) Government Security Classifications
5 3 (1.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 3 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (8.20%) Active Directory
2 19 (7.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (5.33%) Docker
3 13 (5.33%) VMware NSX
4 12 (4.92%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.82%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.82%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.82%) RACF
5 2 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (8.61%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (4.10%) Terraform
4 6 (2.46%) SCCM
5 5 (2.05%) Data Guard
6 4 (1.64%) Grafana
6 4 (1.64%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.82%) Ansible
8 2 (0.82%) Packer
9 1 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.41%) OPNET
9 1 (0.41%) QRadar
9 1 (0.41%) SCOM
Vendors
1 45 (18.44%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.02%) Oracle
3 21 (8.61%) Cisco
3 21 (8.61%) VMware
4 14 (5.74%) Palo Alto
5 13 (5.33%) ServiceNow
6 11 (4.51%) SAP
7 9 (3.69%) Salesforce
7 9 (3.69%) Veritas
8 8 (3.28%) Ariba
8 8 (3.28%) Databricks
9 7 (2.87%) Virgin Media
10 5 (2.05%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.64%) Google
12 3 (1.23%) Adobe
12 3 (1.23%) Apple
12 3 (1.23%) Fortinet
12 3 (1.23%) Juniper
12 3 (1.23%) Symantec
12 3 (1.23%) Workday