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 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 252 302 297
Rank change year-on-year +50 -5 +13
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 86 76 140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.67% 0.37% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.44% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 58 103
10th Percentile £413 £400 £419
25th Percentile £456 £513 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £614
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -6.28% +2.25%
75th Percentile £645 £687 £680
90th Percentile £788 £779 £706
UK median daily rate £615 £581 £625
% change year-on-year +5.81% -7.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 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 11,628 17,095 20,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.68% 83.93% 89.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,259 10,219 14,066
10th Percentile £234 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £377 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.63%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 824 2,090 1,248
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.37 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.19 £15.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.38% +7.86% +75.00%
75th Percentile £62.24 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.63
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.61% - +40.19%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 +37 26 £576 -15.95% 156
North West +28 19 £618 -9.85% 74
South East +38 18 £625 +19.00% 216
South West +46 16 £575 -2.13% 93
Scotland +2 11 £525 -8.70% 43
East of England +20 7 £404 -28.42% 97
Yorkshire +14 5 £550 - 61
Midlands -1 5 £481 -35.87% 133
West Midlands +1 4 £459 -38.77% 74
North East - 2 £590 - 21
Wales - 2 £462 - 22
East Midlands - 1 £538 - 51
Northern Ireland - 1 £492 - 8
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 (8.14%) NetWeaver
1 7 (8.14%) SAP EP
2 6 (6.98%) Confluence
3 5 (5.81%) SharePoint
4 4 (4.65%) Apache
4 4 (4.65%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (4.65%) Camunda
5 3 (3.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (1.16%) Apache Spark
6 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 7 (8.14%) SAP CRM
2 2 (2.33%) Finacle
2 2 (2.33%) Workday HCM
3 1 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.16%) Maximo
3 1 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 18 (20.93%) Azure
2 11 (12.79%) AWS
3 9 (10.47%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (9.30%) SuccessFactors
5 7 (8.14%) GCP
5 7 (8.14%) Power Platform
6 5 (5.81%) GitHub
6 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (5.81%) OneDrive
7 4 (4.65%) SaaS
8 3 (3.49%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (3.49%) dbt
8 3 (3.49%) PaaS
8 3 (3.49%) Vertex AI
9 2 (2.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (2.33%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (2.33%) AWS Fargate
9 2 (2.33%) Serverless
10 1 (1.16%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.49%) DNS
1 3 (3.49%) Unified Communications
1 3 (3.49%) VoIP
2 2 (2.33%) Firewall
2 2 (2.33%) LAN
2 2 (2.33%) Network Security
2 2 (2.33%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.33%) WAN
2 2 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.16%) 4G
3 1 (1.16%) 5G
3 1 (1.16%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.30%) SAP HANA
2 5 (5.81%) Metadata
2 5 (5.81%) Power BI
2 5 (5.81%) Tableau
3 4 (4.65%) Apache Hive
3 4 (4.65%) BigQuery
3 4 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (4.65%) Hadoop
3 4 (4.65%) Oracle Database
4 3 (3.49%) Looker
4 3 (3.49%) MySQL
4 3 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.33%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.33%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.33%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.33%) UniData
6 1 (1.16%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (1.16%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (8.14%) JIRA
2 4 (4.65%) Git
3 3 (3.49%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.33%) Artifactory
4 2 (2.33%) Bitbucket
4 2 (2.33%) Bitbucket Server
4 2 (2.33%) Terragrunt
5 1 (1.16%) GitLab
5 1 (1.16%) Hudson
5 1 (1.16%) Maven
5 1 (1.16%) SonarQube
General
1 47 (54.65%) Social Skills
2 15 (17.44%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (17.44%) Public Sector
3 10 (11.63%) Finance
4 9 (10.47%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (6.98%) Banking
6 3 (3.49%) Legal
6 3 (3.49%) Military
6 3 (3.49%) Retail
7 2 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.33%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.33%) Private Banking
8 1 (1.16%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.16%) Automotive
8 1 (1.16%) Back Office
8 1 (1.16%) Electronics
8 1 (1.16%) Front Office
8 1 (1.16%) Local Government
8 1 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (52.33%) Architect
2 23 (26.74%) Technical Architect
3 8 (9.30%) SAP Architect
3 8 (9.30%) SAP Technical Architect
3 8 (9.30%) Senior
4 6 (6.98%) Lead
5 5 (5.81%) Consultant
5 5 (5.81%) Data Engineer
5 5 (5.81%) Developer
5 5 (5.81%) Enterprise Architect
5 5 (5.81%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (4.65%) Network Engineer
7 3 (3.49%) Analyst
7 3 (3.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (3.49%) Lead Architect
7 3 (3.49%) Linux Engineer
7 3 (3.49%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (3.49%) Security Architect
7 3 (3.49%) Technical Leader
7 3 (3.49%) Technology Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.30%) PySpark
2 7 (8.14%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (8.14%) SAP PI
2 7 (8.14%) SAPUI5
3 6 (6.98%) AngularJS
3 6 (6.98%) Kafka
4 5 (5.81%) React
5 4 (4.65%) Spring Boot
6 3 (3.49%) NumPy
6 3 (3.49%) Pandas
7 2 (2.33%) .NET
7 2 (2.33%) Keycloak
7 2 (2.33%) LDAP
7 2 (2.33%) Node.js
7 2 (2.33%) OpenJDK
7 2 (2.33%) RESTful
7 2 (2.33%) Spring
7 2 (2.33%) Web Services
8 1 (1.16%) .NET Core
8 1 (1.16%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.30%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.65%) Cloud Native
2 4 (4.65%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.49%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (2.33%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.33%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.33%) Derivative
4 2 (2.33%) Distributed Architecture
4 2 (2.33%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (2.33%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.16%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.16%) FMCG
5 1 (1.16%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.16%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.16%) NHS
5 1 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.14%) Linux
2 4 (4.65%) Windows
3 3 (3.49%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (20.93%) Agile
2 18 (20.93%) Enterprise Architecture
3 17 (19.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (19.77%) Technical Leadership
4 15 (17.44%) Data Governance
4 15 (17.44%) ERP
4 15 (17.44%) Roadmaps
5 13 (15.12%) Mentoring
5 13 (15.12%) Microservices
6 11 (12.79%) CI/CD
6 11 (12.79%) CRM
6 11 (12.79%) Strategic Thinking
7 10 (11.63%) Analytics
7 10 (11.63%) Data Protection
8 9 (10.47%) Change Management
8 9 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (10.47%) DevOps
8 9 (10.47%) Incident Management
9 8 (9.30%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (18.60%) Java
2 11 (12.79%) SQL
3 7 (8.14%) ABAP
4 6 (6.98%) PowerShell
5 5 (5.81%) Python
6 4 (4.65%) Bash
6 4 (4.65%) Perl
6 4 (4.65%) PL/SQL
7 2 (2.33%) C#
7 2 (2.33%) UniBasic
8 1 (1.16%) COBOL
8 1 (1.16%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.16%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.16%) X++
Qualifications
1 29 (33.72%) Security Cleared
2 26 (30.23%) SC Cleared
3 9 (10.47%) Degree
4 4 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.49%) AWS Certification
5 3 (3.49%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (2.33%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (2.33%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.33%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.16%) CCNP
7 1 (1.16%) CEH
7 1 (1.16%) CISM
7 1 (1.16%) CISSP
7 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.16%) GIAC
7 1 (1.16%) IIBA
7 1 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.98%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.65%) GDPR
3 3 (3.49%) NCSC
3 3 (3.49%) QA
4 2 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.16%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 4 (4.65%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.16%) Apache Flume
3 1 (1.16%) Docker
3 1 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (8.14%) Terraform
2 2 (2.33%) FortiGate
2 2 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.16%) Ansible
3 1 (1.16%) Grafana
3 1 (1.16%) Graylog
3 1 (1.16%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.16%) Packer
3 1 (1.16%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.16%) Puppet
Vendors
1 18 (20.93%) SAP
2 16 (18.60%) Microsoft
3 7 (8.14%) Ariba
4 6 (6.98%) Cisco
4 6 (6.98%) Oracle
5 5 (5.81%) Google
6 3 (3.49%) Cloudera
6 3 (3.49%) VMware
7 2 (2.33%) Adobe
7 2 (2.33%) Aruba
7 2 (2.33%) Avaloq
7 2 (2.33%) Citrix
7 2 (2.33%) Databricks
7 2 (2.33%) IFS
7 2 (2.33%) Mitel
7 2 (2.33%) Temenos
7 2 (2.33%) Workday
8 1 (1.16%) Ericsson
8 1 (1.16%) F5
8 1 (1.16%) Nokia