Applications Architect Contracts in London

Application Architect
England > London

The median Application Architect daily rate in London is £758 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 359 432 569
Rank change year-on-year +73 +137 -108
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 27 55 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.21% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.22% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 43 33
10th Percentile £569 £563 £524
25th Percentile £672 £600 £605
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £758 £725 £700
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% +3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £823 £800 £900
90th Percentile £889 £835 -
England median daily rate £700 £675 £625
% change year-on-year +3.70% +8.00% +8.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,330 24,760 37,101
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 95.17% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,815 17,998 27,187
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 281 441
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.07 £22.50 £23.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +13.45%
75th Percentile £46.05 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.32 £82.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.18 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.94% +94.63% +5.80%

Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Architect in London

Applications Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Architect in London

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Architect in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Architect in London

Applications Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Architect in London

Applications Architect
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Central London +42 3 £538 -10.42% 2
Applications Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Applications 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 London region featuring Applications Architect in the job title.

1 15 (55.56%) Finance
2 13 (48.15%) Threat Modelling
2 13 (48.15%) Static Application Security Testing
2 13 (48.15%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 13 (48.15%) Application Security
2 13 (48.15%) Interactive Application Security Testing
3 12 (44.44%) Information Security
4 11 (40.74%) Roadmaps
4 11 (40.74%) Azure
5 8 (29.63%) AWS
5 8 (29.63%) Agile
6 7 (25.93%) QA
6 7 (25.93%) CISSP
6 7 (25.93%) Java
6 7 (25.93%) Secure Coding
6 7 (25.93%) Technology Roadmap
7 6 (22.22%) Deployment Automation
7 6 (22.22%) DevSecOps
7 6 (22.22%) CI/CD
7 6 (22.22%) Business Strategy
7 6 (22.22%) GCP
7 6 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (22.22%) C++
7 6 (22.22%) Front Office
7 6 (22.22%) CISA
7 6 (22.22%) CISM
7 6 (22.22%) Software Engineering
7 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (18.52%) Security Architecture
9 4 (14.81%) Design Patterns

Applications Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (3.70%) Confluence
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.70%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 11 (40.74%) Azure
2 8 (29.63%) AWS
3 6 (22.22%) GCP
4 1 (3.70%) IaaS
4 1 (3.70%) PaaS
4 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) HTTP
1 1 (3.70%) HTTPS
1 1 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (3.70%) Kerberos
1 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.70%) MySQL
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
1 1 (3.70%) MSI
General
1 15 (55.56%) Finance
2 6 (22.22%) Front Office
3 3 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.70%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) JSON
1 1 (3.70%) RESTful
1 1 (3.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Blockchain
1 2 (7.41%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (7.41%) IoT
2 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.70%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Android
1 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Unix
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Application Security
1 13 (48.15%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 13 (48.15%) Interactive Application Security Testing
1 13 (48.15%) Static Application Security Testing
1 13 (48.15%) Threat Modelling
2 12 (44.44%) Information Security
3 11 (40.74%) Roadmaps
4 8 (29.63%) Agile
5 7 (25.93%) Secure Coding
5 7 (25.93%) Technology Roadmap
6 6 (22.22%) Business Strategy
6 6 (22.22%) CI/CD
6 6 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (22.22%) Deployment Automation
6 6 (22.22%) DevSecOps
6 6 (22.22%) Software Engineering
6 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (18.52%) Security Architecture
8 4 (14.81%) Design Patterns
8 4 (14.81%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.93%) Java
2 6 (22.22%) C++
3 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
4 2 (7.41%) SQL
5 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) CISSP
2 6 (22.22%) CISA
2 6 (22.22%) CISM
3 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.41%) Degree
4 1 (3.70%) CCNP
4 1 (3.70%) CEH
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.70%) GCIA
4 1 (3.70%) GCIH
4 1 (3.70%) GIAC
4 1 (3.70%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) QA
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Ansible
1 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) SAP
2 3 (11.11%) Oracle
3 2 (7.41%) Citrix
4 1 (3.70%) Atlassian
4 1 (3.70%) Databricks
4 1 (3.70%) IBM