Applications Architect Contracts

Application Architect
UK

The median Application Architect daily rate in the UK is £674 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 537 594 717
Rank change year-on-year +57 +123 -112
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 49 104 149
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.18% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.19% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 66 111
10th Percentile £513 £553 £525
25th Percentile £613 £578 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £674 £675 £625
Median % change year-on-year -0.22% +8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £806 £758 £738
90th Percentile £850 £830 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £692 £585
% change year-on-year -9.71% +18.33% +1.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 39,893 55,060 83,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,957 38,445 58,715
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,534 2,047
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.89
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +2.56%

Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Architect over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England +59 42 £675 -3.57% 17
London +61 22 £713 -1.72% 11
UK excluding London +55 18 £625 -9.71% 5
Work from Home +89 15 £625 -3.66% 3
North of England +28 9 £544 -25.77% 2
North West +26 6 £544 -25.77%
Midlands +23 3 £625 +3.09% 1
Yorkshire +21 3 - -
West Midlands +15 3 £625 - 1
South East +13 3 £672 -10.40% 1
East of England - 2 - - 1
South West +11 1 £635 -11.74%

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 featuring Applications Architect in the job title.

1 20 (40.82%) Finance
2 14 (28.57%) Azure
3 12 (24.49%) Application Security
4 11 (22.45%) Threat Modelling
5 10 (20.41%) DevOps
5 10 (20.41%) Agile
5 10 (20.41%) Roadmaps
6 8 (16.33%) Interactive Application Security Testing
6 8 (16.33%) Static Application Security Testing
6 8 (16.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
6 8 (16.33%) Architectural Design
6 8 (16.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (16.33%) Java
7 7 (14.29%) SAP
7 7 (14.29%) Information Security
7 7 (14.29%) AWS
7 7 (14.29%) DevSecOps
8 6 (12.24%) Technology Roadmap
8 6 (12.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (12.24%) Secure Coding
8 6 (12.24%) Microservices
8 6 (12.24%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (12.24%) Degree
9 5 (10.20%) Dynamics CRM
9 5 (10.20%) Computer Science
9 5 (10.20%) Security Cleared
9 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (10.20%) C++
9 5 (10.20%) SQL
9 5 (10.20%) CRM

Applications Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (4.08%) Confluence
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.04%) WebLogic
2 1 (2.04%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (2.04%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (6.12%) Teamcenter
3 1 (2.04%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 14 (28.57%) Azure
2 7 (14.29%) AWS
3 6 (12.24%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.08%) GCP
4 2 (4.08%) PaaS
4 2 (4.08%) SaaS
5 1 (2.04%) Apigee
5 1 (2.04%) Azure API Management
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Functions
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.04%) IaaS
5 1 (2.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.04%) Firewall
1 1 (2.04%) HTTP
1 1 (2.04%) HTTPS
1 1 (2.04%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (2.04%) Kerberos
1 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.08%) MySQL
3 1 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.04%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.04%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) JIRA
2 1 (2.04%) Git
2 1 (2.04%) Maven
2 1 (2.04%) MSI
2 1 (2.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (40.82%) Finance
2 6 (12.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (6.12%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.08%) Banking
4 2 (4.08%) Front Office
4 2 (4.08%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.16%) .NET
2 2 (4.08%) JSON
2 2 (4.08%) REST
2 2 (4.08%) SOAP
3 1 (2.04%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.04%) Angular 2
3 1 (2.04%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.04%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.04%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (2.04%) J2EE
3 1 (2.04%) J2SE
3 1 (2.04%) Middleware
3 1 (2.04%) OAuth
3 1 (2.04%) OpenID
3 1 (2.04%) RESTful
3 1 (2.04%) Spring
3 1 (2.04%) Swagger
3 1 (2.04%) Web Services
3 1 (2.04%) XML
3 1 (2.04%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) Cloud Native
1 4 (8.16%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.08%) Blockchain
2 2 (4.08%) IoT
3 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.04%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.04%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Android
1 1 (2.04%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.04%) Linux
1 1 (2.04%) Unix
1 1 (2.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.49%) Application Security
2 11 (22.45%) Threat Modelling
3 10 (20.41%) Agile
3 10 (20.41%) DevOps
3 10 (20.41%) Roadmaps
4 8 (16.33%) Architectural Design
4 8 (16.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 8 (16.33%) Interactive Application Security Testing
4 8 (16.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (16.33%) Static Application Security Testing
5 7 (14.29%) DevSecOps
5 7 (14.29%) Information Security
6 6 (12.24%) Microservices
6 6 (12.24%) Secure Coding
6 6 (12.24%) Technology Roadmap
7 5 (10.20%) Business Strategy
7 5 (10.20%) Computer Science
7 5 (10.20%) CRM
7 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (10.20%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.33%) Java
2 5 (10.20%) C++
2 5 (10.20%) SQL
3 4 (8.16%) PowerShell
4 3 (6.12%) C#
5 1 (2.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (12.24%) Degree
2 5 (10.20%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.16%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.12%) CISSP
5 2 (4.08%) CISA
5 2 (4.08%) CISM
5 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.04%) CCNP
6 1 (2.04%) CEH
6 1 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.04%) GCIA
6 1 (2.04%) GCIH
6 1 (2.04%) GIAC
6 1 (2.04%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Docker
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.04%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (14.29%) SAP
2 4 (8.16%) Oracle
3 2 (4.08%) Citrix
3 2 (4.08%) IBM
4 1 (2.04%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.04%) Databricks
4 1 (2.04%) Microsoft