Software Architect
UK
The median Software Architect daily rate in the UK is £675 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 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 18 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 545 | 682 | 791 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +137 | +109 | -133 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Software Architect | 42 | 33 | 69 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.096% | 0.054% | 0.077% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.10% | 0.057% | 0.080% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 27 | 41 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £485 | £513 |
| 25th Percentile | £550 | £523 | £540 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £675 | £615 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.76% | +2.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £750 | £650 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £800 | £850 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £713 | £625 | £605 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.00% | +3.31% | +0.83% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £63.17 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.25 | - | £66.04 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | - | £71.45 |
| 75th Percentile | £85.00 | - | £76.24 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £78.74 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | - | £71.45 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +29.91% |
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 | 40,554 | 57,501 | 85,863 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.77% | 94.56% | 95.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,500 | 40,089 | 60,302 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £310 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £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 | £745 | £750 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £493 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.40% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,611 | 1,615 | 2,125 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.36 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.25 | £19.25 | £15.38 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £45.00 | £22.88 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.22% | +96.68% | -0.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.65 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £36.27 | £42.26 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.17% | +116.72% | +2.63% |
Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Software Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Architect.
Software Architect
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Architect over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.
Software Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Architect.
Software Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Architect over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.
Software Architect
Top 9 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 |
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| England | +142 | 42 | £675 | +14.41% | 41 |
| UK excluding London | +68 | 26 | £713 | +14.00% | 41 |
| East of England | +28 | 16 | £675 | +7.14% | 4 |
| London | +107 | 15 | £650 | +13.04% | 9 |
| Work from Home | +130 | 12 | £550 | -12.00% | 25 |
| South West | - | 5 | - | - | 8 |
| Midlands | +39 | 3 | £713 | +185.00% | 3 |
| West Midlands | - | 3 | £713 | - | 1 |
| South East | +23 | 2 | - | - | 9 |
Software Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Software 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 Software Architect in the job title.
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Software 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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