Software Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £713 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 359 452 484
Rank change year-on-year +93 +32 -61
Contract jobs requiring a Software Architect 32 5 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.021% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.022% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 24
10th Percentile - £355 £512
25th Percentile £550 £550 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £600 £605
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -0.83% +0.83%
75th Percentile £800 £650 £678
90th Percentile - £658 £800
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 2
10th Percentile - - £63.17
25th Percentile £61.25 - £66.04
Median hourly rate £80.00 - £71.45
75th Percentile £85.00 - £76.24
90th Percentile £90.60 - £78.74
UK median hourly rate £80.00 - £71.45
% change year-on-year - - -2.72%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,029 22,515 29,590
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.22% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,794 20,727
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,162 1,474
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.81 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Software Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architect in the UK excluding London

Software Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Architect in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Software Architect in the UK excluding London

Software Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Architect in the UK excluding London

Software Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Architect in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Software Architect in the UK excluding London

Software Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Architect in the UK excluding London

Software Architect
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
East of England - 18 £675 - 6
South West - 7 - - 6
South East +24 5 - - 15
Midlands +30 2 £713 +185.00% 4
West Midlands - 2 £713 -
Software Architect
UK

Software Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Software 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 UK excluding London region featuring Software Architect in the job title.

1 19 (59.38%) Software Architecture
2 14 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (40.63%) Master's Degree
3 13 (40.63%) Degree
3 13 (40.63%) C
3 13 (40.63%) C++
4 10 (31.25%) PhD
4 10 (31.25%) OpenGL
4 10 (31.25%) DirectX
4 10 (31.25%) 3D Graphics
4 10 (31.25%) OpenGL ES
4 10 (31.25%) Vulkan
4 10 (31.25%) Ray Tracing
5 8 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 7 (21.88%) Radio Access Network
6 7 (21.88%) Software-Defined Radio
7 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
8 5 (15.63%) RESTful
8 5 (15.63%) Agile
8 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (15.63%) Docker
8 5 (15.63%) DevOps
8 5 (15.63%) Telecoms
8 5 (15.63%) VHDL
8 5 (15.63%) Verilog
8 5 (15.63%) XML
8 5 (15.63%) Python
8 5 (15.63%) Software Delivery
8 5 (15.63%) Product Ownership
9 4 (12.50%) Synthetic Environment

Software Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.88%) Radio Access Network
1 7 (21.88%) Software-Defined Radio
General
1 5 (15.63%) Telecoms
2 2 (6.25%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (31.25%) DirectX
1 10 (31.25%) OpenGL
1 10 (31.25%) OpenGL ES
1 10 (31.25%) Vulkan
2 5 (15.63%) RESTful
2 5 (15.63%) XML
3 1 (3.13%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (31.25%) 3D Graphics
1 10 (31.25%) Ray Tracing
2 5 (15.63%) Product Ownership
2 5 (15.63%) Verilog
2 5 (15.63%) VHDL
3 4 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (59.38%) Software Architecture
2 14 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (15.63%) Agile
3 5 (15.63%) DevOps
3 5 (15.63%) Software Delivery
3 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (12.50%) Configuration Management
4 4 (12.50%) Synthetic Environment
5 3 (9.38%) Business Development
5 3 (9.38%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (9.38%) Line Management
5 3 (9.38%) Prototyping
5 3 (9.38%) Roadmaps
6 2 (6.25%) Model Validation
6 2 (6.25%) Requirements Management
6 2 (6.25%) SDLC
6 2 (6.25%) Validation
7 1 (3.13%) Architectural Design
7 1 (3.13%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 13 (40.63%) C
1 13 (40.63%) C++
2 5 (15.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (40.63%) Degree
1 13 (40.63%) Master's Degree
2 10 (31.25%) PhD
3 8 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 5 (15.63%) Docker