Head of Technical Architecture Contract Job Trends

Head of Technical Architecture
UK

The median Head of Technical Architecture daily rate in the UK is £900, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 675 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Technical Architecture 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.007% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £885 - -
25th Percentile £891 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £900 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 50,598 30,120 35,393
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 90.94% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,800 19,028 21,472
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £631 £623 £638
90th Percentile £734 £725 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,975 1,619 1,553
10th Percentile £14.45 £13.75 £14.88
25th Percentile £19.78 £17.30 £20.75
Median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £51.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £68.31 £74.97
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.87 £25.08 £43.00
% change year-on-year +66.97% -41.69% -1.88%

Head of Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Head of Technical Architecture' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Head of Technical Architecture job vacancy trend in the UK

Head of Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Technical Architecture job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Technical Architecture job vacancies in the UK

Head of Technical Architecture
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Technical Architecture within the UK over the 6 months to 2 October 2026. 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 - 3 £900 - 3
UK excluding London - 2 £900 - 1
North of England - 2 £900 -
North West - 2 £900 -
South West - 2 £900 -
London - 1 - - 3
Work from Home - 1 £888 - 2

Head of Technical Architecture Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 October 2026, Head of Technical Architecture contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Head of Technical Architecture in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Serverless
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) Amazon Bedrock
2 3 (75.00%) AWS
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) NCSC
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Amazon EventBridge
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (50.00%) AWS Step Functions
3 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (50.00%) Data Science
3 2 (50.00%) DynamoDB
3 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Event-Driven
3 2 (50.00%) Generative AI
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) TDD
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration

Head of Technical Architecture Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Serverless
2 3 (75.00%) Amazon Bedrock
2 3 (75.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Amazon EventBridge
3 2 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (50.00%) AWS Step Functions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) DynamoDB
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (50.00%) Data Science
3 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Event-Driven
3 2 (50.00%) Generative AI
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) TDD
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) NCSC