Technical Architecture Contracts in the UK excluding London

Technical Architecture
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Technical Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Technical Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 247 326 307
Rank change year-on-year +79 -19 +9
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 89 73 157
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.70% 0.35% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.41% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 57 116
10th Percentile £416 £400 £425
25th Percentile £459 £513 £482
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £614
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -6.28% +2.25%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £682
90th Percentile £790 £795 £716
UK median daily rate £603 £588 £605
% change year-on-year +2.68% -2.89% -3.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 0
10th Percentile £42.44 - -
25th Percentile £60.63 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £68.50
% change year-on-year +13.64% -10.07% +95.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Technical Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Technical Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architecture in the UK excluding London

Technical Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Architecture in the UK excluding London

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Architecture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Architecture in the UK excluding London

Technical Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Architecture in the UK excluding London

Technical Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Architecture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Architecture in the UK excluding London

Technical Architecture
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 Technical Architecture within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +44 27 £602 -12.19% 105
South East +47 20 £625 +38.89% 114
North West +35 19 £618 -9.85% 51
South West +48 14 £550 -6.38% 63
Scotland +11 11 £525 -17.65% 29
East of England +28 9 £404 -28.42% 63
Yorkshire +12 5 £550 - 42
Midlands +11 5 £481 -35.87% 91
West Midlands +3 4 £459 -38.77% 49
Wales - 2 £462 - 10
North East - 2 £590 - 12
East Midlands +10 1 £538 -32.81% 36
Northern Ireland - 1 £492 - 5
Technical Architecture
UK

Technical Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (7.87%) NetWeaver
1 7 (7.87%) SAP EP
2 6 (6.74%) Confluence
3 5 (5.62%) SharePoint
4 4 (4.49%) Apache
4 4 (4.49%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (4.49%) Camunda
5 3 (3.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (1.12%) Apache Spark
6 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 7 (7.87%) SAP CRM
2 2 (2.25%) Finacle
2 2 (2.25%) Workday HCM
3 1 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.12%) Maximo
3 1 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 18 (20.22%) Azure
2 11 (12.36%) AWS
3 9 (10.11%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (8.99%) SuccessFactors
5 7 (7.87%) GCP
5 7 (7.87%) Power Platform
6 5 (5.62%) GitHub
6 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (5.62%) OneDrive
7 4 (4.49%) SaaS
8 3 (3.37%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (3.37%) dbt
8 3 (3.37%) PaaS
8 3 (3.37%) Vertex AI
9 2 (2.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (2.25%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (2.25%) AWS Fargate
9 2 (2.25%) Serverless
10 1 (1.12%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.37%) DNS
1 3 (3.37%) Unified Communications
1 3 (3.37%) VoIP
2 2 (2.25%) Firewall
2 2 (2.25%) LAN
2 2 (2.25%) Network Security
2 2 (2.25%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.25%) WAN
2 2 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.12%) 4G
3 1 (1.12%) 5G
3 1 (1.12%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.99%) Oracle Database
1 8 (8.99%) SAP HANA
2 5 (5.62%) Metadata
2 5 (5.62%) Power BI
2 5 (5.62%) Tableau
3 4 (4.49%) Apache Hive
3 4 (4.49%) BigQuery
3 4 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (4.49%) Hadoop
4 3 (3.37%) Looker
4 3 (3.37%) MySQL
4 3 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.25%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.25%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.25%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.25%) UniData
6 1 (1.12%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (1.12%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (7.87%) JIRA
2 4 (4.49%) Git
3 3 (3.37%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.25%) Artifactory
4 2 (2.25%) Bitbucket
4 2 (2.25%) Bitbucket Server
4 2 (2.25%) Terragrunt
5 1 (1.12%) GitLab
5 1 (1.12%) Hudson
5 1 (1.12%) Maven
5 1 (1.12%) SonarQube
General
1 51 (57.30%) Social Skills
2 16 (17.98%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (14.61%) Public Sector
4 10 (11.24%) Finance
5 9 (10.11%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (6.74%) Banking
7 4 (4.49%) Retail
8 3 (3.37%) Legal
8 3 (3.37%) Military
9 2 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.25%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.25%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.25%) Private Banking
10 1 (1.12%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.12%) Automotive
10 1 (1.12%) Back Office
10 1 (1.12%) Electronics
10 1 (1.12%) Front Office
10 1 (1.12%) Local Government
10 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (55.06%) Architect
2 26 (29.21%) Technical Architect
3 9 (10.11%) Consultant
3 9 (10.11%) SAP Architect
3 9 (10.11%) SAP Technical Architect
4 8 (8.99%) Senior
5 5 (5.62%) Data Engineer
5 5 (5.62%) Developer
5 5 (5.62%) Enterprise Architect
5 5 (5.62%) IFS Consultant
5 5 (5.62%) Lead
5 5 (5.62%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (4.49%) Network Engineer
7 3 (3.37%) Analyst
7 3 (3.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (3.37%) Lead Architect
7 3 (3.37%) Linux Engineer
7 3 (3.37%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (3.37%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (3.37%) Technology Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.99%) PySpark
2 7 (7.87%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (7.87%) SAP PI
2 7 (7.87%) SAPUI5
3 6 (6.74%) AngularJS
3 6 (6.74%) Kafka
4 5 (5.62%) React
5 4 (4.49%) Spring Boot
6 3 (3.37%) NumPy
6 3 (3.37%) Pandas
7 2 (2.25%) .NET
7 2 (2.25%) Keycloak
7 2 (2.25%) LDAP
7 2 (2.25%) Node.js
7 2 (2.25%) OpenJDK
7 2 (2.25%) RESTful
7 2 (2.25%) Spring
7 2 (2.25%) Web Services
8 1 (1.12%) .NET Core
8 1 (1.12%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.99%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.49%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.37%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (2.25%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.25%) Derivative
4 2 (2.25%) Distributed Architecture
4 2 (2.25%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.25%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.12%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.12%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.12%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.12%) FMCG
5 1 (1.12%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.12%) IoT
5 1 (1.12%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.12%) NHS
5 1 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.87%) Linux
2 4 (4.49%) Windows
3 3 (3.37%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (28.09%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (20.22%) Agile
2 18 (20.22%) Enterprise Architecture
2 18 (20.22%) ERP
3 17 (19.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (19.10%) Technical Leadership
4 15 (16.85%) Data Governance
4 15 (16.85%) Roadmaps
5 13 (14.61%) Microservices
6 12 (13.48%) Mentoring
7 11 (12.36%) CI/CD
7 11 (12.36%) CRM
7 11 (12.36%) Data Management
7 11 (12.36%) Strategic Thinking
8 10 (11.24%) Analytics
8 10 (11.24%) Data Protection
8 10 (11.24%) Migration
9 9 (10.11%) Change Management
9 9 (10.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (10.11%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 16 (17.98%) Java
2 15 (16.85%) SQL
3 8 (8.99%) PL/SQL
4 7 (7.87%) ABAP
5 6 (6.74%) PowerShell
6 5 (5.62%) Python
7 4 (4.49%) Bash
7 4 (4.49%) Perl
8 2 (2.25%) C#
8 2 (2.25%) UniBasic
9 1 (1.12%) COBOL
9 1 (1.12%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.12%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.12%) X++
Qualifications
1 30 (33.71%) Security Cleared
2 27 (30.34%) SC Cleared
3 13 (14.61%) Degree
4 4 (4.49%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.37%) AWS Certification
5 3 (3.37%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (2.25%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (2.25%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.25%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.12%) CCNP
7 1 (1.12%) CEH
7 1 (1.12%) CISM
7 1 (1.12%) CISSP
7 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.12%) GIAC
7 1 (1.12%) IIBA
7 1 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.74%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.49%) GDPR
3 3 (3.37%) NCSC
3 3 (3.37%) QA
4 2 (2.25%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.12%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 4 (4.49%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.12%) Apache Flume
3 1 (1.12%) Docker
3 1 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (7.87%) Terraform
2 2 (2.25%) FortiGate
2 2 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.12%) Ansible
3 1 (1.12%) Grafana
3 1 (1.12%) Graylog
3 1 (1.12%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.12%) Packer
3 1 (1.12%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.12%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (21.35%) SAP
2 16 (17.98%) Microsoft
3 10 (11.24%) Oracle
4 8 (8.99%) Ariba
5 6 (6.74%) Cisco
6 5 (5.62%) Google
6 5 (5.62%) IFS
7 3 (3.37%) Cloudera
7 3 (3.37%) VMware
8 2 (2.25%) Adobe
8 2 (2.25%) Aruba
8 2 (2.25%) Avaloq
8 2 (2.25%) Citrix
8 2 (2.25%) Databricks
8 2 (2.25%) Mitel
8 2 (2.25%) Temenos
8 2 (2.25%) Workday
9 1 (1.12%) Checkmarx
9 1 (1.12%) F5
9 1 (1.12%) StreamSets