Software Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £513, 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 362 405 467
Rank change year-on-year +43 +62 +37
Contract jobs requiring a Software Architect 7 8 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.042% 0.038% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.041% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 18
10th Percentile £471 £475 £514
25th Percentile £484 £513 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £615
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -12.64% +11.86%
75th Percentile £534 £596 £631
90th Percentile £544 £626 £638
UK median daily rate £588 £585 £613
% change year-on-year +0.43% -4.53% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £67.47 - -
25th Percentile £76.81 - £40.25
Median hourly rate £92.37 - £40.50
75th Percentile - - £40.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £92.37 - £40.50
% change year-on-year - - -43.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 15,430 19,609 28,575
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 93.93% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,847 13,032 20,128
10th Percentile £220 £213 £215
25th Percentile £375 £381 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,078 1,268 1,341
10th Percentile £14.73 £14.25 £12.48
25th Percentile £19.41 £18.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% +89.36% +31.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £70.30
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Architect in the UK excluding London

Software Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Architect in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Software Architect in the UK excluding London

Software Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Architect in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Software Architect in the UK excluding London

Software Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Architect in the UK excluding London

Software Architect
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
South East +42 3 - - 3
East of England - 2 £475 - 4
North of England +29 1 £550 -2.22% 1
South West +25 1 - -
North West - 1 £550 - 1
Software Architect
UK

Software Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Software Architect in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Python
2 3 (42.86%) OpenShift
2 3 (42.86%) Master's Degree
2 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
3 2 (28.57%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
3 2 (28.57%) Synthetic Environment
3 2 (28.57%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) Linux
3 2 (28.57%) Prototyping
3 2 (28.57%) Terraform
3 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) AWS
3 2 (28.57%) Software Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) Ansible
3 2 (28.57%) Docker
3 2 (28.57%) Line Management
3 2 (28.57%) GitLab
3 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
3 2 (28.57%) React
3 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management

Software Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 (14.29%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) OpenShift
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) GCP
3 1 (14.29%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) GitLab
2 1 (14.29%) Bitbucket
2 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
2 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) React
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
2 1 (14.29%) Kafka
2 1 (14.29%) Laravel
2 1 (14.29%) ModSecurity
2 1 (14.29%) OAuth
2 1 (14.29%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 1 (14.29%) Distributed Applications
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 1 (14.29%) PKI
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Public Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
1 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (28.57%) Business Development
2 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Line Management
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Prototyping
2 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
2 2 (28.57%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Software Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Synthetic Environment
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) C++
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Master's Degree
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Docker
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Ansible
1 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
1 2 (28.57%) Terraform
2 1 (14.29%) Argo
2 1 (14.29%) Grafana
2 1 (14.29%) Kibana
2 1 (14.29%) OPNET
2 1 (14.29%) PowerCLI
2 1 (14.29%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Atlassian
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco
1 1 (14.29%) Google
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Red Hat
1 1 (14.29%) VMware