Technical Architecture Contracts in England

Technical Architecture
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Technical Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Technical Architecture over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 398 351 368
Rank change year-on-year -47 +17 -53
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 158 318 501
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.43% 0.65% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.72% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 193 337
10th Percentile £421 £425 £463
25th Percentile £500 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £610 £625
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% -2.40% +11.11%
75th Percentile £688 £678 £725
90th Percentile £775 £763 £780
UK median daily rate £588 £610 £625
% change year-on-year -3.69% -2.40% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £70.50 -
Median hourly rate £61.60 £71.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.24% +102.86% -39.13%
75th Percentile - £71.50 -
90th Percentile - - £39.50
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £68.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.07% +95.71% -39.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Technical Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,870 44,294 64,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,878 31,074 45,519
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £674 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,246 1,569 1,736
10th Percentile £12.90 £10.73 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Technical Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architecture in England

Technical Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Architecture in England

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Architecture in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Architecture in England

Technical Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Architecture in England

Technical 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 Technical Architecture within the England region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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 +38 90 £575 -6.12% 36
South East -4 21 £500 -25.93% 10
Midlands +30 16 £750 +39.53% 6
West Midlands +30 15 £750 +36.36% 1
South West +13 12 £588 -9.62% 12
East of England -1 11 £565 -11.37% 5
North of England -17 2 £685 +24.55% 23
Yorkshire +14 1 - - 5
East Midlands +14 1 £800 +52.38% 5
North West -8 1 £685 +24.55% 11
Technical Architecture
UK

Technical Architecture
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 9 (5.70%) Confluence
2 2 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (3.16%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (5.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (2.53%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.90%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.90%) RMDS
5 2 (1.27%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
6 1 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.63%) HFM
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.63%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 47 (29.75%) AWS
2 44 (27.85%) Azure
3 14 (8.86%) GCP
4 12 (7.59%) Serverless
5 11 (6.96%) AWS Lambda
6 8 (5.06%) GitHub
7 6 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (3.16%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.53%) SaaS
10 3 (1.90%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.90%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.27%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.27%) PaaS
11 2 (1.27%) Route 53
11 2 (1.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 1 (0.63%) IaaS
12 1 (0.63%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.86%) Firewall
1 14 (8.86%) WAN
2 11 (6.96%) Cisco ASA
2 11 (6.96%) LAN
3 9 (5.70%) SD-WAN
4 8 (5.06%) VPN
5 7 (4.43%) MPLS
5 7 (4.43%) WLAN
6 6 (3.80%) Internet
6 6 (3.80%) PBX
6 6 (3.80%) VoIP
7 5 (3.16%) 4G
7 5 (3.16%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (3.16%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (3.16%) DHCP
7 5 (3.16%) DNS
8 4 (2.53%) 5G
8 4 (2.53%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (2.53%) Radio Access Network
9 3 (1.90%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.96%) Amazon Aurora
2 10 (6.33%) Oracle Database
3 6 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (3.80%) SAP HANA
4 5 (3.16%) RDBMS
4 5 (3.16%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.16%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.53%) Oracle BI EE
5 4 (2.53%) Oracle Database 11g
5 4 (2.53%) Oracle ODI
5 4 (2.53%) Power BI
5 4 (2.53%) Tableau
6 3 (1.90%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.63%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.63%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.63%) Essbase
7 1 (0.63%) KDB
7 1 (0.63%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (6.33%) JIRA
2 3 (1.90%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.27%) Gatling
3 2 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.63%) Git
4 1 (0.63%) JMeter
4 1 (0.63%) NeoLoad
4 1 (0.63%) Selenium
4 1 (0.63%) SoapUI
General
1 47 (29.75%) Social Skills
2 30 (18.99%) Finance
3 19 (12.03%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.06%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.43%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.80%) Local Government
7 5 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.16%) Billing
8 4 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.27%) Banking
10 2 (1.27%) Front Office
10 2 (1.27%) Retail
11 1 (0.63%) Automotive
11 1 (0.63%) French Language
11 1 (0.63%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.63%) Military
11 1 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (53.80%) Architect
2 26 (16.46%) Solutions Architect
2 26 (16.46%) Technical Architect
3 17 (10.76%) Developer
4 16 (10.13%) Lead
5 14 (8.86%) Consultant
6 10 (6.33%) Technical Leader
7 9 (5.70%) Project Manager
7 9 (5.70%) Senior
8 8 (5.06%) Enterprise Architect
8 8 (5.06%) SailPoint Architect
9 7 (4.43%) AWS Architect
9 7 (4.43%) Technical Consultant
10 6 (3.80%) Network Architect
10 6 (3.80%) SAP Basis Consultant
10 6 (3.80%) SAP Consultant
10 6 (3.80%) SAP Technical Consultant
11 5 (3.16%) Cloud Architect
12 4 (2.53%) Business Project Manager
12 4 (2.53%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (15.82%) HTML
2 17 (10.76%) CSS
3 15 (9.49%) .NET
4 14 (8.86%) XML
5 13 (8.23%) React
6 11 (6.96%) .NET Framework
6 11 (6.96%) Web Services
7 10 (6.33%) SailPoint
8 9 (5.70%) AngularJS
8 9 (5.70%) GraphQL
8 9 (5.70%) LDAP
8 9 (5.70%) SOAP
9 8 (5.06%) JSP
9 8 (5.06%) Servlets
9 8 (5.06%) SPML
10 7 (4.43%) JSON
10 7 (4.43%) Node.js
10 7 (4.43%) RESTful
11 6 (3.80%) SAP Basis
11 6 (3.80%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.70%) Data Centre
2 8 (5.06%) Mainframe
2 8 (5.06%) Public Cloud
3 7 (4.43%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.43%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.80%) IoT
5 4 (2.53%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.53%) NB-IoT
5 4 (2.53%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.53%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.90%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.27%) CMDB
7 2 (1.27%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.27%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.27%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.63%) Blog
8 1 (0.63%) Clustering
8 1 (0.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.96%) Linux
2 6 (3.80%) Windows
3 3 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.63%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (13.92%) Agile
1 22 (13.92%) Analytics
1 22 (13.92%) Mentoring
2 20 (12.66%) Data Modelling
2 20 (12.66%) Roadmaps
2 20 (12.66%) TOGAF
3 19 (12.03%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (11.39%) Architectural Design
5 15 (9.49%) Data Management
5 15 (9.49%) DevOps
6 13 (8.23%) Business Analysis
6 13 (8.23%) Microservices
6 13 (8.23%) Project Management
6 13 (8.23%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (7.59%) Computer Science
7 12 (7.59%) Design Patterns
7 12 (7.59%) ITIL
7 12 (7.59%) PRINCE2
7 12 (7.59%) Project Delivery
7 12 (7.59%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 29 (18.35%) JavaScript
2 20 (12.66%) Python
3 16 (10.13%) SQL
4 15 (9.49%) C#
5 14 (8.86%) Java
6 6 (3.80%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.63%) Perl
7 1 (0.63%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.63%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.63%) R
7 1 (0.63%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 26 (16.46%) Security Cleared
2 22 (13.92%) SC Cleared
3 17 (10.76%) Degree
4 14 (8.86%) AWS Certification
5 11 (6.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (5.06%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (5.06%) DV Cleared
7 7 (4.43%) Master's Degree
8 6 (3.80%) CCIE
8 6 (3.80%) CCIE Data Center
9 2 (1.27%) CCNA
9 2 (1.27%) CCNP
9 2 (1.27%) CISM
9 2 (1.27%) CISSP
9 2 (1.27%) CSPO
9 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.27%) PhD
9 2 (1.27%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.63%) MCP
10 1 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.06%) QA
2 7 (4.43%) NCSC
3 6 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.16%) COBIT
4 5 (3.16%) GDPR
4 5 (3.16%) ISO 22301
4 5 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 4 (2.53%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.53%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (1.90%) NIST
7 2 (1.27%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.63%) GxP
8 1 (0.63%) NIST 800
System Software
1 13 (8.23%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.06%) ACF2
2 8 (5.06%) IAG
2 8 (5.06%) RACF
3 4 (2.53%) Docker
3 4 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.63%) Firmware
4 1 (0.63%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (5.06%) Terraform
2 6 (3.80%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.63%) Consul
3 1 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (0.63%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (0.63%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.63%) Kibana
3 1 (0.63%) logstash
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.63%) PingFederate
3 1 (0.63%) SCCM
3 1 (0.63%) SCOM
3 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (17.09%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.76%) Cisco
3 14 (8.86%) ServiceNow
4 12 (7.59%) Palo Alto
5 11 (6.96%) Oracle
6 10 (6.33%) SAP
7 9 (5.70%) CyberArk
7 9 (5.70%) VMware
8 8 (5.06%) BeyondTrust
9 7 (4.43%) Zscaler
10 6 (3.80%) Splunk
11 5 (3.16%) CheckPoint
11 5 (3.16%) Infoblox
11 5 (3.16%) Sparx
11 5 (3.16%) Symantec
12 4 (2.53%) Informatica
13 3 (1.90%) Talend
13 3 (1.90%) Veeam
14 2 (1.27%) Atlassian
14 2 (1.27%) F5