OSS Architect Contracts

OSS Architect
UK

The median OSS Architect daily rate in the UK is £413 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 596 706 836
Rank change year-on-year +110 +130 -157
Contract jobs requiring an OSS Architect 2 6 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.010% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.011% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - £535
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £570
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.80%
75th Percentile £419 - £605
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £570
% change year-on-year - - -8.80%

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 40,362 56,304 84,700
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.61% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,261 39,350 59,476
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 -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,668 1,565 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.40 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.02 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.95% +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 £39.50 £42.43 £19.50
% change year-on-year -6.91% +117.60% +2.63%

OSS Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for OSS Architect in the UK

OSS Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for OSS Architect in the UK

OSS Architect
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSS Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +127 1 - - 1
London - 1 - -

OSS Architect Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, OSS 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 OSS Architect in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) API Design
1 1 (50.00%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cramer
1 1 (50.00%) Amdocs
1 1 (50.00%) NGN
1 1 (50.00%) JSON
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
1 1 (50.00%) XML
1 1 (50.00%) UML
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) CDMA
1 1 (50.00%) GSM
1 1 (50.00%) SDH
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Netcool
1 1 (50.00%) DWDM
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS

OSS 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) CDMA
1 1 (50.00%) DWDM
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) GSM
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) NGN
1 1 (50.00%) SDH
General
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) JSON
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) API Design
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) UML
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (50.00%) Netcool
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Amdocs
1 1 (50.00%) Cramer
1 1 (50.00%) HP