Senior Architect
UK
The median Senior Architect daily rate in the UK is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 341 | 374 | 457 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +33 | +83 | +75 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Architect | 169 | 208 | 268 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.58% | 0.48% | 0.45% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.62% | 0.52% | 0.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 107 | 113 | 171 |
| 10th Percentile | £513 | £513 | £563 |
| 25th Percentile | £595 | £561 | £613 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £675 | £675 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -3.57% | +3.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £781 | £775 | £775 |
| 90th Percentile | £800 | £850 | £825 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £625 | £643 | £698 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.81% | -7.87% | +16.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £35.00 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £35.00 | £35.00 |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 | 27,103 | 40,251 | 55,892 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.50% | 92.75% | 94.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,687 | 26,220 | 39,044 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £409 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,052 | 2,676 | 1,569 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.13 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £36.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.55% | -18.89% | +88.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £76.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.00 | £40.00 | £42.16 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.00% | -5.11% | +115.96% |
Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Architect.
Senior Architect
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Architect over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.
Senior Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Architect.
Senior Architect
Top 15 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 |
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| England | +42 | 143 | £650 | -3.70% | 222 |
| London | +41 | 79 | £700 | -8.20% | 90 |
| UK excluding London | +31 | 60 | £625 | -2.81% | 151 |
| Work from Home | +20 | 55 | £681 | +1.38% | 134 |
| South East | +8 | 21 | £601 | -1.84% | 51 |
| North of England | +26 | 17 | £625 | +2.04% | 42 |
| North West | +21 | 11 | £625 | +2.04% | 24 |
| Midlands | +25 | 10 | £694 | +2.78% | 13 |
| West Midlands | +22 | 10 | £694 | +2.78% | 7 |
| South West | +33 | 8 | £613 | -9.26% | 20 |
| Yorkshire | +16 | 3 | £675 | +3.53% | 14 |
| Scotland | +10 | 3 | - | - | 9 |
| North East | - | 3 | £825 | - | 6 |
| East of England | +30 | 1 | £751 | - | 8 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | £700 | - | 10 |
Senior Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Architect in the job title.
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Senior 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:
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