Head of Architecture Contracts in London

Head of Architecture
England > London

The median Head of Architecture daily rate in London is £900, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 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
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 375 426 570
Rank change year-on-year +51 +144 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Architecture 6 5 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.038% 0.024% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.026% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 6
10th Percentile £705 £200 £650
25th Percentile £713 £350 £716
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £600 £988
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -39.24% +3.95%
75th Percentile £925 £775 £1,147
90th Percentile £1,000 £880 £1,150
England median daily rate £900 £1,050 £988
% change year-on-year -14.29% +6.33% +83.72%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 14,705 19,194 35,324
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 93.86% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,509 13,971 25,561
10th Percentile £338 £350 £375
25th Percentile £450 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £790 £800 £788
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 212 302
10th Percentile £17.25 £18.02 £15.75
25th Percentile £24.50 £21.94 £20.25
Median hourly rate £39.00 £40.50 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +25.58% +7.50%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.94 £57.50
90th Percentile £80.75 £76.25 £75.00
England median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
% change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%

Head of Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Architecture in London

Head of Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Architecture in London.

Daily rate trend for Head of Architecture in London

Head of Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Architecture in London over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Architecture in London

Head of Architecture Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Head of Architecture 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 Head of Architecture in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Data Architecture
2 3 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (33.33%) SAP
3 2 (33.33%) UML
3 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Electronics
3 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (33.33%) Reference Data
3 2 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Private Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Marketing
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (33.33%) NoSQL
3 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (33.33%) Data Vault
3 2 (33.33%) Metadata
3 2 (33.33%) Metadata Repository
3 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Data Design
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps

Head of Architecture 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Data Vault
1 2 (33.33%) Metadata
1 2 (33.33%) Metadata Repository
1 2 (33.33%) NoSQL
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Electronics
3 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (33.33%) Marketing
3 2 (33.33%) Private Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Reference Data
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Data Architecture
2 3 (50.00%) Data Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Data Design
3 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 2 (33.33%) UML
4 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Investment Management
4 1 (16.67%) People Management
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Management
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Databricks
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft