Architectural Patterns Contracts

Architectural Patterns
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Architectural Patterns skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Architectural Patterns over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 329 340 286
Rank change year-on-year +11 -54 -34
Contract jobs citing Architectural Patterns 277 412 828
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.71% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.79% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 278 580
10th Percentile £449 £425 £475
25th Percentile £515 £513 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £775 £725 £738
90th Percentile £825 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £638 £638 £620
% change year-on-year - +2.82% +16.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £68.70 -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate £81.00 £75.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +57.89% +20.25%
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - £84.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £81.00 £90.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -10.00% +89.47% +20.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Architectural Patterns is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,094 51,920 79,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,889 35,981 55,625
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,716 1,886
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.24 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Architectural Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Architectural Patterns as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Architectural Patterns in the UK

Architectural Patterns
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architectural Patterns.

Daily rate trend for Architectural Patterns in the UK

Architectural Patterns
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architectural Patterns over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architectural Patterns in the UK

Architectural Patterns
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architectural Patterns.

Hourly rate trend for Architectural Patterns in the UK

Architectural Patterns
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architectural Patterns within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 +29 246 £650 +4.00% 112
London +34 146 £660 +6.45% 48
Work from Home +56 102 £640 -0.93% 55
UK excluding London +24 96 £638 - 62
North of England +41 37 £528 -6.31% 33
South West +22 28 £588 -9.62% 1
North West +27 27 £500 -21.57% 17
South East +24 24 £638 -1.96% 13
Midlands +14 12 £688 +14.58% 9
West Midlands +3 10 £700 -3.45% 6
Yorkshire +13 9 £625 +16.28% 10
Scotland +34 4 £700 +7.69% 4
North East +17 3 £588 -11.32% 6
East Midlands +18 2 £550 -7.37% 3
East of England +1 1 - - 1

Architectural Patterns
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 9 (3.25%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.44%) CMS
2 4 (1.44%) Confluence
3 3 (1.08%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.08%) Drupal
3 3 (1.08%) Mule
4 2 (0.72%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.72%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.36%) Apache Pulsar
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (4.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (4.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (3.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.08%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 144 (51.99%) Azure
2 80 (28.88%) AWS
3 53 (19.13%) Azure DevOps
4 31 (11.19%) GCP
5 26 (9.39%) Power Platform
5 26 (9.39%) SaaS
6 25 (9.03%) PaaS
6 25 (9.03%) Serverless
7 23 (8.30%) IaaS
8 19 (6.86%) GitHub
9 12 (4.33%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (2.89%) PowerApps
11 7 (2.53%) Azure Functions
11 7 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (2.53%) OpenShift
12 6 (2.17%) Azure API Management
12 6 (2.17%) Azure Batch
12 6 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (2.17%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (2.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.14%) Network Security
2 16 (5.78%) VPN
3 14 (5.05%) Firewall
4 12 (4.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 12 (4.33%) DMZ
5 10 (3.61%) LAN
6 9 (3.25%) WAN
7 8 (2.89%) SSL
8 3 (1.08%) DNS
9 2 (0.72%) SCCP
10 1 (0.36%) 4G
10 1 (0.36%) ATM
10 1 (0.36%) HTTP
10 1 (0.36%) IPsec
10 1 (0.36%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.36%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.83%) NoSQL
2 24 (8.66%) SQL Server
3 20 (7.22%) Big Data
4 17 (6.14%) Metadata
5 15 (5.42%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (5.05%) Data Lake
7 12 (4.33%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (4.33%) Power BI
8 10 (3.61%) OLTP
9 8 (2.89%) Data Vault
9 8 (2.89%) Pentaho
9 8 (2.89%) Qlik Sense
9 8 (2.89%) QlikView
9 8 (2.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (2.53%) Relational Database
11 6 (2.17%) Apache Cassandra
11 6 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (2.17%) Redis
12 5 (1.81%) DynamoDB
12 5 (1.81%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 22 (7.94%) Git
2 15 (5.42%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.89%) JIRA
4 6 (2.17%) Bitbucket
4 6 (2.17%) Visual Studio Team System
5 5 (1.81%) Mockito
6 4 (1.44%) Gatling
6 4 (1.44%) ScalaTest
6 4 (1.44%) Subversion
7 3 (1.08%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.08%) JUnit
7 3 (1.08%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (1.08%) Selenium
8 2 (0.72%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.72%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.72%) Gradle
8 2 (0.72%) Maven
8 2 (0.72%) Postman
8 2 (0.72%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.36%) kappa
General
1 71 (25.63%) Finance
2 55 (19.86%) Social Skills
3 34 (12.27%) Banking
4 22 (7.94%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.78%) Investment Banking
6 12 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (3.25%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.25%) Marketing
8 8 (2.89%) Publishing
9 7 (2.53%) Front Office
9 7 (2.53%) Legal
9 7 (2.53%) Retail
9 7 (2.53%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.17%) Electronics
11 5 (1.81%) Law
12 4 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.44%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.08%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.08%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 163 (58.84%) Architect
2 64 (23.10%) Solutions Architect
3 58 (20.94%) Developer
4 39 (14.08%) Security Architect
5 31 (11.19%) Senior
6 28 (10.11%) Technical Architect
7 22 (7.94%) Data Architect
8 18 (6.50%) Cloud Architect
9 13 (4.69%) Azure Architect
9 13 (4.69%) Enterprise Architect
9 13 (4.69%) Lead
9 13 (4.69%) Senior Architect
9 13 (4.69%) Senior Developer
10 12 (4.33%) Blue Coat Engineer
10 12 (4.33%) Cisco Engineer
10 12 (4.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 12 (4.33%) Juniper Engineer
10 12 (4.33%) Network Engineer
11 10 (3.61%) Android Developer
12 9 (3.25%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (13.00%) .NET
2 17 (6.14%) RESTful
2 17 (6.14%) Spring
2 17 (6.14%) XML
3 15 (5.42%) Kafka
4 14 (5.05%) Middleware
4 14 (5.05%) Web Services
5 11 (3.97%) .NET Framework
6 10 (3.61%) SOAP
7 8 (2.89%) JSON
7 8 (2.89%) REST
7 8 (2.89%) Spring Boot
8 7 (2.53%) NumPy
8 7 (2.53%) Pandas
8 7 (2.53%) SciPy
9 6 (2.17%) ARM Templates
9 6 (2.17%) ASP.NET
9 6 (2.17%) React
10 5 (1.81%) HTML
10 5 (1.81%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.11%) Mobile App
2 20 (7.22%) Public Cloud
3 18 (6.50%) Management Information System
4 14 (5.05%) IoT
5 12 (4.33%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.61%) Reference Data
7 9 (3.25%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.89%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.53%) Derivative
10 6 (2.17%) Algorithms
10 6 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.81%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.81%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.44%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (1.44%) Security Posture
13 3 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (1.08%) Low-Code
14 2 (0.72%) Data Centre
14 2 (0.72%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.50%) Linux
2 13 (4.69%) Android
3 11 (3.97%) Windows
4 9 (3.25%) Unix
5 2 (0.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (37.18%) Agile
2 86 (31.05%) DevOps
3 78 (28.16%) Design Patterns
4 58 (20.94%) Computer Science
5 51 (18.41%) Architectural Design
6 48 (17.33%) Microservices
7 46 (16.61%) Roadmaps
8 43 (15.52%) Migration
9 40 (14.44%) Data Management
10 38 (13.72%) Project Delivery
11 35 (12.64%) CI/CD
12 32 (11.55%) Service Design
12 32 (11.55%) TOGAF
13 31 (11.19%) Cloud Security
14 29 (10.47%) Architecture Governance
15 28 (10.11%) Enterprise Architecture
15 28 (10.11%) IT Strategy
16 26 (9.39%) Information Security
16 26 (9.39%) Scrum
16 26 (9.39%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 53 (19.13%) Java
2 45 (16.25%) SQL
3 35 (12.64%) Python
4 29 (10.47%) C#
5 15 (5.42%) Kotlin
6 12 (4.33%) C++
6 12 (4.33%) PowerShell
7 9 (3.25%) JavaScript
7 9 (3.25%) Shell Script
8 8 (2.89%) T-SQL
9 7 (2.53%) C
9 7 (2.53%) Rust
9 7 (2.53%) Scala
10 4 (1.44%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.08%) Bash
11 3 (1.08%) Go
12 2 (0.72%) PHP
13 1 (0.36%) Jython
13 1 (0.36%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.36%) Swift
Qualifications
1 68 (24.55%) Degree
2 41 (14.80%) Security Cleared
3 36 (13.00%) SC Cleared
4 19 (6.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (4.69%) CISSP
5 13 (4.69%) TOGAF Certification
6 12 (4.33%) CISM
7 11 (3.97%) Master's Degree
8 9 (3.25%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.89%) CISA
9 8 (2.89%) CREST Certified
10 5 (1.81%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.44%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.44%) HND
12 3 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.08%) FFIEC
13 2 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.72%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.39%) NIST
2 20 (7.22%) QA
3 18 (6.50%) NCSC
4 11 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (3.61%) Data Quality
6 9 (3.25%) GDPR
7 6 (2.17%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.08%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.08%) COBIT
8 3 (1.08%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (6.86%) Docker
2 6 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.44%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.08%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.36%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.36%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 25 (9.03%) Terraform
2 22 (7.94%) Kubernetes
3 11 (3.97%) Grafana
4 9 (3.25%) Ansible
5 5 (1.81%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.44%) OPNET
7 3 (1.08%) Kibana
8 2 (0.72%) Argo
8 2 (0.72%) CloudHub
8 2 (0.72%) Istio
8 2 (0.72%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.36%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.36%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.36%) Oozie
9 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.36%) Rancher
9 1 (0.36%) SCOM
Vendors
1 51 (18.41%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.39%) Oracle
3 14 (5.05%) Cisco
4 13 (4.69%) Informatica
4 13 (4.69%) Sparx
5 12 (4.33%) Blue Coat
5 12 (4.33%) CheckPoint
5 12 (4.33%) Fortinet
5 12 (4.33%) Juniper
6 11 (3.97%) Databricks
6 11 (3.97%) ServiceNow
7 10 (3.61%) Google
7 10 (3.61%) SAP
8 9 (3.25%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.53%) VMware
10 5 (1.81%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.81%) Talend
11 4 (1.44%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.44%) SEEBURGER
11 4 (1.44%) Varonis