SOA Architect Contract Job Trends

SOA Architect
UK

The median SOA Architect daily rate in the UK is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 624 517 583
Rank change year-on-year -107 +66 +132
Contract jobs requiring a SOA Architect 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.003% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.004% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 £488 £677
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £500 £704
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -28.98% +17.33%
75th Percentile £675 £513 £731
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 - £704

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 41,358 26,984 40,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 92.80% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,778 17,737 26,805
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.45%
75th Percentile £613 £629 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £486 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +2.37% -2.86% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,581 943 2,528
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.85 £20.47 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -1.52% -25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.16 £31.64 £33.00
% change year-on-year +26.91% -4.12% -21.43%

SOA Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SOA Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SOA Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

SOA Architect
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SOA Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SOA Architect job vacancies in the UK

SOA Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SOA Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SOA Architect job vacancies in the UK

SOA Architect
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOA Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 3 April 2026. 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 -36 1 £650 +30.00% 1
UK excluding London - 1 £650 - 1
South East - 1 £650 - 1
England - 1 £650 - 1

SOA Architect Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 April 2026, SOA Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SOA Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt

SOA Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt