System Architect
UK
The median System Architect daily rate in the UK is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 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 20 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 518 | 502 | 654 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -16 | +152 | +140 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Systems Architect | 14 | 86 | 30 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.047% | 0.20% | 0.054% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.051% | 0.21% | 0.057% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 44 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £550 | £450 | £500 |
| 25th Percentile | £575 | £591 | £554 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | £649 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.15% | -0.15% | +6.12% |
| 75th Percentile | £725 | £725 | £713 |
| 90th Percentile | £743 | £775 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £650 | £620 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.84% | -4.62% | +13.04% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 32 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £61.95 | £62.63 | £61.70 |
| 25th Percentile | £62.63 | £67.50 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £64.50 | £70.00 | £66.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.86% | +6.06% | +19.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.63 | £72.50 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.85 | £95.00 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £64.50 | £70.00 | £66.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.86% | +6.06% | +19.00% |
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 | 27,579 | 40,770 | 52,426 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.19% | 92.90% | 94.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,714 | 26,114 | 36,541 |
| 10th Percentile | £288 | £281 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £408 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | +2.38% |
| 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 | 1,186 | 2,993 | 1,489 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.85 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.46 | £16.37 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.45 | £37.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.80% | -16.67% | +76.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £62.50 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £73.95 | £77.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £41.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.13% | -3.61% | +107.50% |
Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Architect.
Systems Architect
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Architect over the 6 months to 20 June 2025.
Systems Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Architect.
Systems Architect
Top 10 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 |
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| England | -10 | 14 | £650 | - | 74 |
| UK excluding London | -2 | 10 | £650 | +4.84% | 59 |
| Work from Home | +9 | 5 | £600 | +9.09% | 44 |
| West Midlands | +12 | 4 | £625 | +6.38% | 2 |
| Midlands | +9 | 4 | £625 | +6.38% | 3 |
| East of England | +35 | 3 | - | - | 20 |
| London | +33 | 3 | £650 | -10.34% | 22 |
| North of England | +7 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Yorkshire | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| South East | +39 | 1 | £701 | +0.07% | 18 |
Systems Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 June 2025, Systems 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 Systems Architect in the job title.
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Systems 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: