Architect Contracts in Essex

Architect
East of England > Essex

The median Architect daily rate in Essex is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 11 33
Rank change year-on-year -8 +22 -9
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 13 30 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 5.60% 11.95% 5.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.94% 12.61% 5.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 20 21
10th Percentile £550 £233 £513
25th Percentile £600 £422 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £527 £641
Median % change year-on-year +18.71% -17.89% +23.61%
75th Percentile £675 £631 £720
90th Percentile £688 £742 £750
East of England median daily rate £600 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +22.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £86.20 £39.63 -
25th Percentile £86.50 £44.71 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £53.21 -
Median % change year-on-year +64.44% - -
75th Percentile £88.00 £61.76 -
90th Percentile - £66.86 -
East of England median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% +40.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 219 238 377
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 94.82% 93.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 140 230
10th Percentile £250 £200 £193
25th Percentile £338 £347 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +1.01% +32.35%
75th Percentile £556 £575 £577
90th Percentile £600 £645 £638
East of England median daily rate £440 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -7.47% - +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 18 39
10th Percentile £12.86 £20.91 £14.80
25th Percentile £16.65 £24.62 £20.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £44.08 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +24.77% +63.38% +17.59%
75th Percentile £79.38 £64.94 £50.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.98 £76.64
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £41.80 £17.50
% change year-on-year +2.87% +138.86% +9.38%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Essex

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in Essex.

Daily rate trend for Architect in Essex

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Essex over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Essex

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in Essex.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Essex

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Essex region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Basildon -5 4 £675 +28.21% 1
Harlow +4 1 £725 -1.36%
Chelmsford +2 1 £575 +48.39%
Brentwood -5 1 - -
Architect
East of England

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 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 across the Essex region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) TOGAF
2 8 (61.54%) Enterprise Architecture
2 8 (61.54%) Migration
3 7 (53.85%) Finance
3 7 (53.85%) Banking
3 7 (53.85%) Cloud Computing
3 7 (53.85%) Technical Leadership
3 7 (53.85%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (53.85%) Business Strategy
3 7 (53.85%) Roadmaps
4 6 (46.15%) Technology Transformation
4 6 (46.15%) Data Science
4 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (46.15%) Fintech
4 6 (46.15%) DevOps
4 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (46.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
4 6 (46.15%) GCP
4 6 (46.15%) Degree
4 6 (46.15%) Zachman Framework
4 6 (46.15%) Google
4 6 (46.15%) Java
5 5 (38.46%) Identity Management
5 5 (38.46%) Agile
5 5 (38.46%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
6 3 (23.08%) ArchiMate
6 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (15.38%) BPMN

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (46.15%) GCP
3 2 (15.38%) Azure
4 1 (7.69%) AWS
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) LAN
1 1 (7.69%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) GitLab
General
1 7 (53.85%) Banking
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
2 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (15.38%) Local Government
5 1 (7.69%) Automotive
5 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) CentOS
2 1 (7.69%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) TOGAF
2 8 (61.54%) Enterprise Architecture
2 8 (61.54%) Migration
3 7 (53.85%) Business Strategy
3 7 (53.85%) Roadmaps
3 7 (53.85%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
4 6 (46.15%) Data Science
4 6 (46.15%) DevOps
4 6 (46.15%) Fintech
4 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (46.15%) Technology Transformation
4 6 (46.15%) Zachman Framework
5 5 (38.46%) Agile
5 5 (38.46%) Identity Management
5 5 (38.46%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 3 (23.08%) ArchiMate
6 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (15.38%) BPMN
7 2 (15.38%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) COBIT
2 1 (7.69%) ISO 22301
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Ansible
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.69%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Google
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Sparx
3 1 (7.69%) Splunk