Architectural Design Contracts

Architectural Design
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Architectural Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Architectural Design over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 324 339
Rank change year-on-year +47 +15 -50
Contract jobs citing Architectural Design 363 465 681
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.83% 0.77% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 0.86% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 313 453
10th Percentile £412 £469 £463
25th Percentile £500 £513 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £730 £694 £700
90th Percentile £788 £785 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £579 £625
% change year-on-year +3.63% -7.36% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 16 8
10th Percentile £52.85 £35.00 £58.63
25th Percentile £59.00 £63.38 £71.56
Median hourly rate £70.00 £71.50 £88.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -18.75% +120.00%
75th Percentile £72.90 £76.88 £96.23
90th Percentile £83.20 £80.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £63.37 £96.12
% change year-on-year +10.46% -34.07% +140.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Architectural Design 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,653 53,977 80,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.28% 89.91% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,313 37,392 56,301
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,429 1,779 1,937
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.54 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.98 £35.90 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.21% +79.50% -8.09%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Architectural Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Architectural Design in the UK

Architectural Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architectural Design.

Daily rate trend for Architectural Design in the UK

Architectural Design
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architectural Design over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architectural Design in the UK

Architectural Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architectural Design.

Hourly rate trend for Architectural Design in the UK

Architectural Design
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architectural Design over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Architectural Design in the UK

Architectural Design
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architectural Design within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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
England +84 319 £600 - 174
London +84 167 £600 -3.23% 89
UK excluding London +40 154 £600 +3.63% 89
Work from Home +65 145 £625 +4.17% 77
North of England +62 55 £650 +8.33% 17
Midlands +52 41 £550 +2.80% 13
North West +46 41 £650 +15.45% 13
South East +5 37 £625 +9.76% 26
West Midlands +36 23 £663 +23.83% 9
South West +1 18 £450 -29.63% 10
East Midlands - 17 £490 - 4
Yorkshire +25 12 £665 +9.38% 3
Scotland -10 8 £600 +9.19% 6
North East +22 4 £413 -36.54% 1
East of England +6 3 £575 -8.73% 16
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 3
Wales +10 1 - - 3

Architectural Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (0.83%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.55%) CMS
2 2 (0.55%) Confluence
2 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.28%) Apache
3 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.28%) Camunda
3 1 (0.28%) IBM Domino
3 1 (0.28%) IBM Notes
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.28%) MTS
3 1 (0.28%) Mule
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 8 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.10%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.28%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.55%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.28%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.28%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.28%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 135 (37.19%) Azure
2 95 (26.17%) AWS
3 39 (10.74%) GCP
4 35 (9.64%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (6.34%) Serverless
6 17 (4.68%) GitHub
6 17 (4.68%) IaaS
6 17 (4.68%) SaaS
7 13 (3.58%) PaaS
8 11 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (2.75%) Azure Service Bus
9 10 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (2.48%) Azure Functions
11 8 (2.20%) Azure AKS
11 8 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (1.38%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.38%) AWS CodeBuild
13 5 (1.38%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.13%) VPN
2 14 (3.86%) LAN
2 14 (3.86%) WAN
3 12 (3.31%) Firewall
4 9 (2.48%) MPLS
4 9 (2.48%) PBX
4 9 (2.48%) VoIP
4 9 (2.48%) WLAN
5 7 (1.93%) Network Security
6 6 (1.65%) DNS
6 6 (1.65%) SAN
7 5 (1.38%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (1.38%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (1.38%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (1.38%) DHCP
7 5 (1.38%) Internet
7 5 (1.38%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.10%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.55%) RS-232
9 2 (0.55%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.51%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (4.96%) Oracle Database
3 17 (4.68%) Oracle Database 11g
4 14 (3.86%) NoSQL
5 12 (3.31%) RDBMS
5 12 (3.31%) Relational Database
6 11 (3.03%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.93%) Apache Cassandra
8 5 (1.38%) Amazon QuickSight
8 5 (1.38%) OLAP
8 5 (1.38%) OLTP
8 5 (1.38%) Redis
9 4 (1.10%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.10%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.83%) CockroachDB
10 3 (0.83%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.55%) Big Data
11 2 (0.55%) Metadata
11 2 (0.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (3.03%) JIRA
2 9 (2.48%) Git
2 9 (2.48%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.20%) Cypress.io
3 8 (2.20%) JMeter
4 6 (1.65%) Mockito
5 4 (1.10%) Gatling
5 4 (1.10%) ScalaTest
6 3 (0.83%) LabVIEW
7 2 (0.55%) Gradle
8 1 (0.28%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.28%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.28%) GoCD
8 1 (0.28%) JUnit
8 1 (0.28%) Maven
8 1 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.28%) Spock
8 1 (0.28%) TeamCity
General
1 79 (21.76%) Finance
2 68 (18.73%) Social Skills
3 48 (13.22%) Public Sector
4 35 (9.64%) Banking
5 25 (6.89%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.96%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.58%) Telecoms
8 12 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.93%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.65%) Retail
13 4 (1.10%) Legal
13 4 (1.10%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.83%) Local Government
14 3 (0.83%) Police
15 2 (0.55%) Financial Institution
16 1 (0.28%) Electronics
16 1 (0.28%) Pharmaceutical
16 1 (0.28%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 223 (61.43%) Architect
2 118 (32.51%) Solutions Architect
3 43 (11.85%) Developer
4 30 (8.26%) Senior
5 26 (7.16%) Enterprise Architect
6 20 (5.51%) Security Architect
7 19 (5.23%) Data Architect
8 16 (4.41%) Lead
8 16 (4.41%) Technical Architect
9 15 (4.13%) PostgreSQL Developer
10 14 (3.86%) Senior Architect
11 12 (3.31%) ServiceNow Architect
12 11 (3.03%) Cloud Architect
13 10 (2.75%) DevOps Engineer
13 10 (2.75%) Project Manager
13 10 (2.75%) SailPoint Architect
13 10 (2.75%) Salesforce Architect
13 10 (2.75%) Software Engineer
14 8 (2.20%) Azure Architect
14 8 (2.20%) Salesforce Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.16%) SailPoint
2 22 (6.06%) Kafka
3 20 (5.51%) Web Services
4 15 (4.13%) HTML
5 14 (3.86%) RESTful
6 13 (3.58%) .NET
6 13 (3.58%) REST
7 11 (3.03%) React
7 11 (3.03%) Spring
8 10 (2.75%) SOAP
9 9 (2.48%) Node.js
9 9 (2.48%) XML
10 8 (2.20%) ADO
10 8 (2.20%) LDAP
11 7 (1.93%) JPA
11 7 (1.93%) JSP
11 7 (1.93%) Servlets
11 7 (1.93%) SPML
11 7 (1.93%) Spring Boot
12 6 (1.65%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.06%) Management Information System
2 21 (5.79%) Data Centre
3 11 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (2.75%) CMDB
4 10 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (2.75%) Mainframe
5 9 (2.48%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (1.93%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.38%) Machine to Machine
9 5 (1.38%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.83%) Derivative
11 3 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.83%) PKI
12 2 (0.55%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.79%) Linux
1 21 (5.79%) Windows
2 6 (1.65%) Unix
3 5 (1.38%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.10%) Android
5 2 (0.55%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.55%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (30.30%) DevOps
2 105 (28.93%) Migration
3 103 (28.37%) Agile
4 66 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
5 56 (15.43%) Roadmaps
6 54 (14.88%) CI/CD
6 54 (14.88%) Computer Science
7 52 (14.33%) Project Delivery
7 52 (14.33%) TOGAF
8 41 (11.29%) Software Engineering
9 40 (11.02%) Design Patterns
10 38 (10.47%) Enterprise Architecture
10 38 (10.47%) Risk Management
10 38 (10.47%) Service Design
11 37 (10.19%) Mentoring
11 37 (10.19%) Problem-Solving
12 34 (9.37%) Data Management
12 34 (9.37%) Microservices
13 31 (8.54%) Cloud Security
14 28 (7.71%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 47 (12.95%) SQL
2 41 (11.29%) Java
3 28 (7.71%) Python
4 19 (5.23%) C#
5 17 (4.68%) JavaScript
5 17 (4.68%) PL/SQL
6 9 (2.48%) Scala
7 6 (1.65%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.38%) Go
9 2 (0.55%) Bicep
9 2 (0.55%) C
9 2 (0.55%) C++
9 2 (0.55%) Haskell
9 2 (0.55%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.55%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.28%) ABAP
10 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.28%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.28%) X++
10 1 (0.28%) XAML
Qualifications
1 68 (18.73%) Degree
2 58 (15.98%) Security Cleared
3 46 (12.67%) SC Cleared
4 21 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (5.23%) CISSP
6 15 (4.13%) TOGAF Certification
7 14 (3.86%) CISM
8 12 (3.31%) Azure Certification
8 12 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (2.48%) AWS Certification
9 9 (2.48%) CCIE
9 9 (2.48%) CCIE Data Center
9 9 (2.48%) Master's Degree
10 8 (2.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (2.20%) CISA
11 7 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.93%) SANS
12 4 (1.10%) CCNP
12 4 (1.10%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.13%) NIST
2 13 (3.58%) QA
3 8 (2.20%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.83%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.55%) COBIT
6 2 (0.55%) GDPR
6 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.55%) PSD2
7 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.28%) GRC
7 1 (0.28%) IFRS
7 1 (0.28%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.28%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (7.16%) Docker
2 14 (3.86%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.93%) ACF2
3 7 (1.93%) IAG
3 7 (1.93%) RACF
4 3 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.28%) HDFS
5 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (7.71%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.96%) Terraform
3 7 (1.93%) Argo
3 7 (1.93%) Grafana
4 6 (1.65%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.10%) Ansible
6 1 (0.28%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.28%) Hadoop YARN
6 1 (0.28%) Kibana
6 1 (0.28%) Oozie
6 1 (0.28%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.28%) rkt
6 1 (0.28%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (12.40%) ServiceNow
2 33 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 26 (7.16%) BeyondTrust
3 26 (7.16%) CyberArk
4 25 (6.89%) Oracle
5 13 (3.58%) Cisco
6 12 (3.31%) LogRhythm
6 12 (3.31%) Salesforce
7 11 (3.03%) SAP
8 8 (2.20%) Informatica
9 7 (1.93%) Google
10 6 (1.65%) Zscaler
11 5 (1.38%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.38%) Infoblox
11 5 (1.38%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.38%) Symantec
12 4 (1.10%) Sparx
12 4 (1.10%) VMware
13 2 (0.55%) Databricks
13 2 (0.55%) Guidewire