Service Architect
UK
The median Service Architect daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 June 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 30 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 507 | 486 | 595 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -21 | +109 | +126 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Service Architect | 27 | 99 | 89 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.088% | 0.23% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.096% | 0.25% | 0.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 13 | 73 | 74 |
| 10th Percentile | £503 | £533 | £531 |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | £600 | £600 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £650 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | -7.14% | +12.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £688 | £743 |
| 90th Percentile | £748 | £730 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £625 | £625 | £688 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -9.09% | +19.05% |
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 | 28,211 | 40,139 | 52,625 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.03% | 92.98% | 94.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,028 | 25,767 | 36,553 |
| 10th Percentile | £288 | £283 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | +1.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.65% | -1.40% | +4.38% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,262 | 2,867 | 1,530 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.78 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.33 | £16.50 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.00 | £37.50 | £43.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -28.00% | -12.79% | +71.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £56.25 | £62.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £74.00 | £76.03 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.13% | - | +100.00% |
Service Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Service Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Service Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Architect.
Service Architect
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Architect over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.
Service Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Architect.
Service Architect
Top 11 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 30 June 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 | -9 | 22 | £600 | -7.69% | 20 |
| UK excluding London | -4 | 11 | £625 | - | 9 |
| London | +29 | 10 | £588 | -9.62% | 13 |
| Work from Home | +27 | 10 | £625 | -7.41% | 13 |
| South West | +40 | 7 | - | - | 1 |
| South East | +20 | 1 | £725 | +16.00% | 3 |
| North of England | +8 | 1 | £625 | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | +4 | 1 | £625 | -9.09% | |
| Midlands | +3 | 1 | £625 | -3.85% | |
| Yorkshire | +2 | 1 | £625 | - | |
| Scotland | - | 1 | £625 | - |
Service Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 June 2025, Service 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 Service Architect in the job title.
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Service 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: