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 £713 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 365 433 471
Rank change year-on-year +68 +38 -46
Contract jobs requiring a Software Architect 34 5 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.022% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.023% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 27
10th Percentile - £355 £500
25th Percentile £550 £550 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% - +8.35%
75th Percentile £800 £650 £656
90th Percentile - £658 £800
UK median daily rate £575 £608 £600
% change year-on-year -5.35% +1.25% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 0 3
10th Percentile - - £44.45
25th Percentile £61.25 - £50.75
Median hourly rate £80.00 - £62.50
75th Percentile £86.25 - £72.08
90th Percentile £92.04 - £77.07
UK median hourly rate £80.00 - £62.50
% change year-on-year - - -14.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,202 21,479 29,126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.24% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,609 14,946 20,475
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,406 1,077 1,407
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £43.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +115.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.02
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.06
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram 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 May 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 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
East of England - 19 £675 - 7
South West - 8 - - 1
South East +13 5 - - 5
Midlands +23 2 £713 +185.00% 5
West Midlands - 2 £713 -
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 May 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 20 (58.82%) Software Architecture
2 15 (44.12%) Degree
2 15 (44.12%) Master's Degree
2 15 (44.12%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (38.24%) C
3 13 (38.24%) C++
4 10 (29.41%) PhD
4 10 (29.41%) OpenGL
4 10 (29.41%) DirectX
4 10 (29.41%) 3D Graphics
4 10 (29.41%) OpenGL ES
4 10 (29.41%) Security Cleared
4 10 (29.41%) Vulkan
4 10 (29.41%) Ray Tracing
5 8 (23.53%) SC Cleared
6 7 (20.59%) Radio Access Network
6 7 (20.59%) Software-Defined Radio
7 6 (17.65%) Python
7 6 (17.65%) Agile
7 6 (17.65%) Docker
7 6 (17.65%) Product Ownership
8 5 (14.71%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (14.71%) Synthetic Environment
8 5 (14.71%) DevOps
8 5 (14.71%) Software Delivery
8 5 (14.71%) RESTful
8 5 (14.71%) VHDL
8 5 (14.71%) Verilog
8 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (14.71%) Telecoms

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 (2.94%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.94%) AWS
1 1 (2.94%) Azure
1 1 (2.94%) GCP
1 1 (2.94%) OpenShift
1 1 (2.94%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.59%) Radio Access Network
1 7 (20.59%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (2.94%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 5 (14.71%) Telecoms
2 2 (5.88%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (29.41%) DirectX
1 10 (29.41%) OpenGL
1 10 (29.41%) OpenGL ES
1 10 (29.41%) Vulkan
2 5 (14.71%) RESTful
2 5 (14.71%) XML
3 1 (2.94%) .NET
3 1 (2.94%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.94%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 10 (29.41%) 3D Graphics
1 10 (29.41%) Ray Tracing
2 6 (17.65%) Product Ownership
3 5 (14.71%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (14.71%) Verilog
3 5 (14.71%) VHDL
4 3 (8.82%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.94%) PKI
5 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (58.82%) Software Architecture
2 15 (44.12%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (17.65%) Agile
4 5 (14.71%) Configuration Management
4 5 (14.71%) DevOps
4 5 (14.71%) Software Delivery
4 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (14.71%) Synthetic Environment
5 4 (11.76%) Business Development
5 4 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (11.76%) Line Management
5 4 (11.76%) Prototyping
5 4 (11.76%) Roadmaps
6 2 (5.88%) Model Validation
6 2 (5.88%) Requirements Management
6 2 (5.88%) SDLC
6 2 (5.88%) Validation
7 1 (2.94%) DevSecOps
7 1 (2.94%) NsoIT
Programming Languages
1 13 (38.24%) C
1 13 (38.24%) C++
2 6 (17.65%) Python
3 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (44.12%) Degree
1 15 (44.12%) Master's Degree
2 10 (29.41%) PhD
2 10 (29.41%) Security Cleared
3 8 (23.53%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) Docker
2 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.94%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Ansible
1 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.94%) OPNET
1 1 (2.94%) PowerCLI
1 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (2.94%) Atlassian
1 1 (2.94%) Cisco
1 1 (2.94%) Google
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.94%) VMware