Architect Contracts in the South East

Architect
England > South East

The median Architect daily rate in the South East is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 8 16
Rank change year-on-year -3 +8 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 314 661 520
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 10.45% 12.01% 9.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.41% 13.02% 9.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 339 367
10th Percentile £500 £513 £500
25th Percentile £550 £600 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +4.63%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £741
90th Percentile £750 £800 £800
England median daily rate £625 £650 £672
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.27% +3.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 24 7
10th Percentile £69.96 - £58.90
25th Percentile £72.50 £81.88 £64.38
Median hourly rate £82.00 £87.46 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.24% +24.94% +18.64%
75th Percentile £85.50 £87.53 £80.25
90th Percentile £86.70 £92.26 -
England median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +2.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 2,753 5,078 5,388
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 92.24% 94.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,826 3,058 3,765
10th Percentile £248 £213 £224
25th Percentile £393 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.94%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £606
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 482 239
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £16.45
25th Percentile £20.00 £18.32 £21.44
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.08
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.21% +140.40%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.45 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.32 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -18.45% -17.38% +99.60%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the South East

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Architect in the South East

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in the South East

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in the South East

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in the South East

Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Thames Valley +6 188 £625 - 105
Berkshire +4 155 £625 +1.21% 70
Hampshire -7 88 £625 -3.85% 75
Buckinghamshire +11 30 £600 -4.00% 28
West Sussex +18 19 £624 -16.83% 11
Surrey +7 13 £700 +4.17% 17
Kent +5 5 £701 -11.05% 16
Oxfordshire 0 3 £625 +13.64% 23
Architect
England

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, 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 South East region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 147 (46.82%) Security Cleared
2 101 (32.17%) Social Skills
3 82 (26.11%) DV Cleared
4 75 (23.89%) Agile
5 71 (22.61%) Azure
6 67 (21.34%) SC Cleared
7 57 (18.15%) Windows
8 56 (17.83%) AWS
9 54 (17.20%) Active Directory
10 51 (16.24%) Roadmaps
11 50 (15.92%) Microsoft
12 49 (15.61%) Telecoms
13 45 (14.33%) Finance
13 45 (14.33%) Public Sector
14 42 (13.38%) SAP
15 41 (13.06%) Migration
15 41 (13.06%) VMware
16 40 (12.74%) Stakeholder Management
17 39 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
18 38 (12.10%) PowerShell
19 36 (11.46%) Enterprise Architecture
20 33 (10.51%) Business Intelligence
21 32 (10.19%) TOGAF
22 30 (9.55%) Linux
22 30 (9.55%) VMware Infrastructure
22 30 (9.55%) Test Automation
22 30 (9.55%) Identity Access Management
23 28 (8.92%) Cisco
24 26 (8.28%) Manufacturing
24 26 (8.28%) Decision-Making

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (1.91%) NetWeaver
1 6 (1.91%) SAP EP
2 4 (1.27%) Camunda
2 4 (1.27%) Confluence
2 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.64%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.64%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.32%) Documentum
4 1 (0.32%) SAS
4 1 (0.32%) Smallworld
4 1 (0.32%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 3 (0.96%) EngageOne
1 3 (0.96%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.64%) Adobe Captivate
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.91%) SAP CRM
3 3 (0.96%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.64%) Avolution ABACUS
4 2 (0.64%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 71 (22.61%) Azure
2 56 (17.83%) AWS
3 18 (5.73%) SaaS
4 13 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.82%) Entra ID
6 11 (3.50%) PaaS
7 9 (2.87%) GCP
8 8 (2.55%) IaaS
9 7 (2.23%) Power Platform
10 6 (1.91%) Serverless
10 6 (1.91%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (1.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.96%) AWS KMS
12 3 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.96%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.96%) OpenShift
12 3 (0.96%) Tricentis Tosca
13 2 (0.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 2 (0.64%) AWS Data Pipeline
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.10%) WAN
2 15 (4.78%) Firewall
3 14 (4.46%) SD-WAN
4 11 (3.50%) VPN
5 10 (3.18%) Network Security
6 9 (2.87%) BGP
6 9 (2.87%) TCP/IP
7 8 (2.55%) LAN
8 7 (2.23%) NGFW
8 7 (2.23%) SSL
9 6 (1.91%) HTTP
9 6 (1.91%) MPLS
9 6 (1.91%) VSAN
10 5 (1.59%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (1.59%) DNS
10 5 (1.59%) OSPF
10 5 (1.59%) VoIP
11 4 (1.27%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (1.27%) iSCSI
11 4 (1.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (2.55%) Big Data
3 5 (1.59%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.27%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.27%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (0.96%) Metadata
5 3 (0.96%) Power BI
5 3 (0.96%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.64%) GIS
6 2 (0.64%) MySQL
6 2 (0.64%) NewSQL
6 2 (0.64%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.64%) Oracle Database 12c
6 2 (0.64%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.64%) SAP Data Services
6 2 (0.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.27%) ERwin
2 3 (0.96%) MSI
2 3 (0.96%) PowerDesigner
3 2 (0.64%) GCC
3 2 (0.64%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.64%) JIRA
3 2 (0.64%) Terragrunt
General
1 101 (32.17%) Social Skills
2 49 (15.61%) Telecoms
3 45 (14.33%) Finance
3 45 (14.33%) Public Sector
4 26 (8.28%) Manufacturing
5 25 (7.96%) Electronics
5 25 (7.96%) Marketing
6 20 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.23%) Retail
10 5 (1.59%) Billing
10 5 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.27%) Legal
12 3 (0.96%) Back Office
13 2 (0.64%) Automotive
13 2 (0.64%) Banking
13 2 (0.64%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.64%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.32%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.55%) Middleware
2 7 (2.23%) REST
2 7 (2.23%) Web Services
3 6 (1.91%) Kafka
3 6 (1.91%) SAML
3 6 (1.91%) SAP Fiori
3 6 (1.91%) SAP PI
3 6 (1.91%) SAPUI5
3 6 (1.91%) XML
4 4 (1.27%) Ajax
4 4 (1.27%) CSS
4 4 (1.27%) HTML
4 4 (1.27%) SOAP
5 3 (0.96%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.96%) Apache Axis
5 3 (0.96%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (0.96%) OAuth
5 3 (0.96%) OpenID
6 2 (0.64%) Keycloak
6 2 (0.64%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.78%) Hybrid Cloud
1 15 (4.78%) Public Cloud
2 14 (4.46%) PKI
3 12 (3.82%) Data Centre
3 12 (3.82%) Data Protection Act
3 12 (3.82%) Onboarding
4 9 (2.87%) CMDB
4 9 (2.87%) IoT
5 7 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.91%) Algorithms
6 6 (1.91%) Device Driver
6 6 (1.91%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.91%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.59%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.59%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.59%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.27%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.27%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 57 (18.15%) Windows
2 30 (9.55%) Linux
3 9 (2.87%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.96%) MVS
5 3 (0.96%) Unix
6 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.64%) VMS
6 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (23.89%) Agile
2 51 (16.24%) Roadmaps
3 41 (13.06%) Migration
4 40 (12.74%) Stakeholder Management
5 39 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (11.46%) Enterprise Architecture
7 33 (10.51%) Business Intelligence
8 32 (10.19%) TOGAF
9 30 (9.55%) Identity Access Management
9 30 (9.55%) Test Automation
10 26 (8.28%) Decision-Making
11 25 (7.96%) Digital Marketing
11 25 (7.96%) ITIL
11 25 (7.96%) Programme Management
12 23 (7.32%) IT Strategy
13 22 (7.01%) Microservices
14 21 (6.69%) Risk Management
15 20 (6.37%) CI/CD
15 20 (6.37%) Cybersecurity
15 20 (6.37%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 38 (12.10%) PowerShell
2 24 (7.64%) SQL
3 20 (6.37%) Java
4 17 (5.41%) Python
5 9 (2.87%) ABAP
6 7 (2.23%) C#
7 6 (1.91%) Embedded C
8 5 (1.59%) C
9 4 (1.27%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.96%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.96%) Bash
11 2 (0.64%) C++
11 2 (0.64%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.64%) Ruby
11 2 (0.64%) Scala
12 1 (0.32%) Magik
12 1 (0.32%) Perl
12 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 147 (46.82%) Security Cleared
2 82 (26.11%) DV Cleared
3 67 (21.34%) SC Cleared
4 24 (7.64%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (7.32%) CCNP
6 16 (5.10%) Degree
7 15 (4.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (4.46%) CCNA
8 14 (4.46%) MCSE
9 11 (3.50%) CISSP
9 11 (3.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 7 (2.23%) JNCIS
11 5 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.27%) CISM
12 4 (1.27%) VCP5
12 4 (1.27%) VCP6
13 3 (0.96%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.96%) CEH
13 3 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.37%) NIST
2 15 (4.78%) NCSC
3 11 (3.50%) GDPR
4 10 (3.18%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.27%) QA
8 3 (0.96%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.96%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.64%) COBIT
9 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.32%) GRC
10 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 54 (17.20%) Active Directory
2 30 (9.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.18%) VMware NSX
4 6 (1.91%) Firmware
4 6 (1.91%) vSphere
5 4 (1.27%) NFS
5 4 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.64%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.32%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (1.59%) Kubernetes
1 5 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (1.27%) Terraform
3 3 (0.96%) WMI
4 2 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.64%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.64%) vRealize
4 2 (0.64%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 1 (0.32%) CASB
5 1 (0.32%) Iperf
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 50 (15.92%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.38%) SAP
3 41 (13.06%) VMware
4 28 (8.92%) Cisco
5 12 (3.82%) Salesforce
5 12 (3.82%) ServiceNow
6 10 (3.18%) Juniper
7 9 (2.87%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.55%) Oracle
9 7 (2.23%) Fortinet
10 6 (1.91%) Ariba
10 6 (1.91%) Splunk
11 5 (1.59%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.59%) Databricks
11 5 (1.59%) Google
11 5 (1.59%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.59%) OpenAI
12 4 (1.27%) Fujitsu
12 4 (1.27%) NetApp
12 4 (1.27%) Sparx