Microsoft Architect Contracts

Microsoft Architect
UK

As of 30 April 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Microsoft Architect daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 581 716 -
Rank change year-on-year +135 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Architect 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.003% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.004% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

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 40,410 56,464 84,709
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.61% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,305 39,470 59,485
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £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 £750 £750 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.70% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,664 1,570 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.29 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.07% +91.49% +3.14%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.75 £48.88
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.55 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -6.94% +117.95% +2.63%

Microsoft Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Architect in the UK

Microsoft Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Architect in the UK

Microsoft Architect
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
Work from Home +132 1 - -
England +111 1 - -
London - 1 - -

Microsoft Architect Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Microsoft 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 Microsoft Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification

Microsoft 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft