Information Architecture Contracts

Information Architecture
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Information Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information 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 465 509 589
Rank change year-on-year +44 +80 +5
Contract jobs citing Information Architecture 55 73 129
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.17% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.19% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 51 77
10th Percentile £321 £291 £378
25th Percentile £506 £398 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £480 £538
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -10.70% +2.38%
75th Percentile £641 £569 £625
90th Percentile £709 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £458 £550
% change year-on-year +31.15% -16.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 1
10th Percentile £19.80 £37.63 -
25th Percentile £20.63 £39.76 -
Median hourly rate £22.13 £46.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.08% +2.62% +7.14%
75th Percentile £23.51 - -
90th Percentile £24.26 £65.32 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.13 £46.18 -
% change year-on-year -52.08% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Information 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Information Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Information Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Architecture in the UK

Information Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Architecture.

Daily rate trend for Information Architecture in the UK

Information Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Architecture over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Architecture in the UK

Information Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Architecture.

Hourly rate trend for Information Architecture in the UK

Information Architecture
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Architecture within the UK 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
England +39 44 £554 +15.42% 55
UK excluding London +67 34 £600 +31.15% 24
North of England +28 18 £648 +85.00% 12
North West +26 17 £675 +92.86% 9
Work from Home +25 16 £560 +6.67% 34
London +15 13 £515 +0.49% 33
South East +45 5 £775 +61.46% 4
South West +43 5 £533 +15.24% 7
Midlands +24 4 £461 -2.95% 1
Scotland +10 3 £325 -30.22% 1
West Midlands +14 2 £613 +28.95% 1
East Midlands - 2 £318 -
Yorkshire +8 1 £538 +19.44% 3
East of England - 1 £675 -

Information Architecture
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 4 (7.27%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.45%) Confluence
3 2 (3.64%) CMS
3 2 (3.64%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.82%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.82%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (7.27%) Adobe XD
1 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (5.45%) MS Visio
2 3 (5.45%) Sketch
3 2 (3.64%) InVision
3 2 (3.64%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.64%) SAP SCM
3 1 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.00%) Figma
2 6 (10.91%) Azure
3 4 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.45%) GCP
5 2 (3.64%) AWS
5 2 (3.64%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.64%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.82%) AWS Data Pipeline
6 1 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.82%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.82%) Miro
6 1 (1.82%) ShareGate
6 1 (1.82%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.64%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.64%) Metadata
1 2 (3.64%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.82%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (1.82%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.82%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Axure RP
1 3 (5.45%) Balsamiq
2 2 (3.64%) Git
2 2 (3.64%) JIRA
2 2 (3.64%) Postman
General
1 14 (25.45%) Social Skills
2 13 (23.64%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (18.18%) Finance
4 7 (12.73%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (9.09%) Banking
5 5 (9.09%) Legal
6 4 (7.27%) Manufacturing
7 3 (5.45%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.64%) Automotive
8 2 (3.64%) Back Office
8 2 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.64%) Publishing
8 2 (3.64%) Retail
9 1 (1.82%) Games
9 1 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.82%) Local Government
9 1 (1.82%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (32.73%) Architect
1 18 (32.73%) Designer
2 11 (20.00%) UX Designer
3 9 (16.36%) Senior
4 8 (14.55%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (12.73%) Analyst
5 7 (12.73%) Business Analyst
6 5 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
6 5 (9.09%) Senior Designer
7 4 (7.27%) Information Architect
7 4 (7.27%) Product Designer
7 4 (7.27%) Senior UX Designer
8 3 (5.45%) Content Designer
8 3 (5.45%) Data Migration Expert
8 3 (5.45%) SAP Architect
9 2 (3.64%) Interaction Designer
9 2 (3.64%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.64%) Senior Architect
9 2 (3.64%) UI Designer
9 2 (3.64%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.91%) HTML
2 4 (7.27%) CSS
2 4 (7.27%) XML
3 2 (3.64%) JSON
3 2 (3.64%) Middleware
3 2 (3.64%) OAuth
3 2 (3.64%) OAuth2
3 2 (3.64%) OpenAPI
3 2 (3.64%) RESTful
3 2 (3.64%) Swagger
4 1 (1.82%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.45%) Management Information System
2 6 (10.91%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (9.09%) Mobile App
4 4 (7.27%) Onboarding
4 4 (7.27%) Product Ownership
4 4 (7.27%) Taxonomies
5 3 (5.45%) Data Structures
6 2 (3.64%) Fixed Income
6 2 (3.64%) Graphic Design
7 1 (1.82%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.82%) Sports Betting
7 1 (1.82%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.82%) Android
1 1 (1.82%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.18%) User Experience
2 20 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (27.27%) Migration
3 15 (27.27%) UX Design
4 14 (25.45%) Agile
5 12 (21.82%) User Research
6 11 (20.00%) Data Migration
6 11 (20.00%) Wireframes
7 10 (18.18%) Analytics
8 8 (14.55%) Interaction Design
8 8 (14.55%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (14.55%) Usability Testing
8 8 (14.55%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 7 (12.73%) Project Management
9 7 (12.73%) Prototyping
10 6 (10.91%) Data Modelling
10 6 (10.91%) Decision-Making
10 6 (10.91%) ETL
10 6 (10.91%) Strategic Thinking
10 6 (10.91%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.27%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.64%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.64%) Python
3 1 (1.82%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (12.73%) Degree
2 4 (7.27%) SC Cleared
2 4 (7.27%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.64%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.82%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.82%) CISSP
4 1 (1.82%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.82%) GIAC
4 1 (1.82%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (27.27%) Accessibility
2 4 (7.27%) QA
3 2 (3.64%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.64%) GDPR
3 2 (3.64%) NIST
3 2 (3.64%) PMO
3 2 (3.64%) WCAG
4 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.82%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 10 (18.18%) SAP
2 9 (16.36%) Microsoft
3 5 (9.09%) Adobe
4 2 (3.64%) Databricks
4 2 (3.64%) Oracle
5 1 (1.82%) Ariba
5 1 (1.82%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (1.82%) Google
5 1 (1.82%) Hotjar
5 1 (1.82%) Virgin Media