Digital Architect Contracts

Digital Architect
UK

The median Digital Architect daily rate in the UK is £675 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 April 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 539 624 727
Rank change year-on-year +85 +103 -165
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Architect 50 96 142
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.16% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.17% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 65 98
10th Percentile - £575 £550
25th Percentile £563 £625 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £700 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £750 £788 £738
90th Percentile £1,250 £808 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £580 £675 £650
% change year-on-year -14.07% +3.85% +23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,676 58,105 85,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.57% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,585 40,497 60,269
10th Percentile £275 £308 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £745 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,604 1,648 2,131
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.06 £15.37
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.33 £75.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -17.38% +117.26% +2.63%

Digital Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Architect in the UK

Digital Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Architect.

Daily rate trend for Digital Architect in the UK

Digital Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Architect over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Architect in the UK

Digital Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Architect.

Hourly rate trend for Digital Architect in the UK

Digital Architect
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 +75 39 £663 -5.36% 15
Work from Home +98 21 £1,075 +65.38% 3
London +98 21 £750 +3.45% 7
UK excluding London +33 19 £580 -14.07% 7
North of England +37 7 £575 -14.81% 2
North West +37 6 - - 1
South East +13 5 £568 -18.93%
South West +16 4 £590 +1.81% 2
Midlands +39 2 - - 3
West Midlands +32 2 - - 1
Scotland +38 1 £650 -
Yorkshire +20 1 £575 -22.03% 1

Digital Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, Digital 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 featuring Digital Architect in the job title.

1 16 (32.00%) Finance
2 13 (26.00%) Microservices
2 13 (26.00%) Agile
3 11 (22.00%) Social Skills
4 10 (20.00%) Digital Twin
4 10 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 9 (18.00%) DevOps
6 8 (16.00%) Security Cleared
6 8 (16.00%) Change Management
6 8 (16.00%) Design Patterns
7 7 (14.00%) CI/CD
7 7 (14.00%) Azure
7 7 (14.00%) Node.js
7 7 (14.00%) Mobile App
8 6 (12.00%) NoSQL
8 6 (12.00%) Apple iOS
8 6 (12.00%) Android
8 6 (12.00%) SC Cleared
8 6 (12.00%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (12.00%) Firewall
8 6 (12.00%) Public Sector
8 6 (12.00%) Identity Access Management
9 5 (10.00%) Windows Server
9 5 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 5 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
9 5 (10.00%) Zero Trust
9 5 (10.00%) Architectural Patterns
9 5 (10.00%) Risk Management
9 5 (10.00%) VPN
9 5 (10.00%) Windows

Digital Architect Skill Set
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 2 (4.00%) CMS
2 1 (2.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.00%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.00%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (2.00%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (2.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.00%) Azure
2 5 (10.00%) AWS
3 3 (6.00%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (6.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.00%) Serverless
5 1 (2.00%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.00%) Firewall
2 5 (10.00%) VPN
3 1 (2.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.00%) DynamoDB
2 1 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.00%) Redis
General
1 16 (32.00%) Finance
2 11 (22.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 5 (10.00%) Banking
5 4 (8.00%) Retail
6 3 (6.00%) Wholesale Banking
7 2 (4.00%) Legal
7 2 (4.00%) Marketing
8 1 (2.00%) Advertising
8 1 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Automotive
8 1 (2.00%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.00%) Military
8 1 (2.00%) Publishing
8 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.00%) Node.js
2 5 (10.00%) REST
3 3 (6.00%) DAO
4 2 (4.00%) .NET
4 2 (4.00%) AngularJS
4 2 (4.00%) React
5 1 (2.00%) FHIR
5 1 (2.00%) HTML
5 1 (2.00%) HTML5
5 1 (2.00%) MACH
5 1 (2.00%) React Native
5 1 (2.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Mobile App
2 4 (8.00%) Public Cloud
3 3 (6.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.00%) Blockchain
4 2 (4.00%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.00%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (4.00%) Web3
5 1 (2.00%) CBDC
5 1 (2.00%) Digital Media
5 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.00%) Low-Code
5 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.00%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (2.00%) Reference Data
5 1 (2.00%) TM Forum
5 1 (2.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.00%) Android
1 6 (12.00%) Apple iOS
2 5 (10.00%) Windows
2 5 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.00%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.00%) Agile
1 13 (26.00%) Microservices
2 10 (20.00%) Digital Twin
2 10 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 9 (18.00%) DevOps
4 8 (16.00%) Change Management
4 8 (16.00%) Design Patterns
5 7 (14.00%) CI/CD
6 6 (12.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 6 (12.00%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (10.00%) Architectural Patterns
7 5 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 5 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
7 5 (10.00%) Risk Management
7 5 (10.00%) Security Architecture
7 5 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 5 (10.00%) Zero Trust
8 4 (8.00%) Business Strategy
8 4 (8.00%) Containerisation
8 4 (8.00%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (6.00%) SQL
2 2 (4.00%) Java
3 1 (2.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (16.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.00%) Degree
3 1 (2.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.00%) DICOM
1 1 (2.00%) HL7
Vendors
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (6.00%) SAP
2 2 (4.00%) Adobe
2 2 (4.00%) Sitecore
2 2 (4.00%) Sparx
3 1 (2.00%) Optimizely
3 1 (2.00%) Roku
3 1 (2.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.00%) Samsung