System Architect
UK
The median System Architect daily rate in the UK is £620 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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 6 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 506 | 683 | 825 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +177 | +142 | -187 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Systems Architect | 72 | 33 | 42 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.17% | 0.056% | 0.047% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.18% | 0.059% | 0.050% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 41 | 12 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | £242 | £421 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | £500 | £491 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £620 | £565 | £620 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.83% | -8.95% | +10.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £681 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £723 | £769 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £620 | £565 | £581 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.83% | -2.88% | -6.48% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 25 | 15 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £61.00 | £61.90 | £56.38 |
| 25th Percentile | £67.50 | - | £58.09 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £66.00 | £60.92 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.06% | +8.34% | +0.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.50 | £70.00 | £60.93 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.00 | - | £60.93 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £66.00 | £60.92 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.06% | +8.34% | +0.96% |
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 | 40,246 | 55,892 | 84,695 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.74% | 94.62% | 95.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,216 | 39,044 | 59,517 |
| 10th Percentile | £279 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £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 | 2,676 | 1,569 | 2,074 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.25 | £15.72 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £64.60 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.16 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.11% | +115.96% | +2.74% |
Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Architect.
Systems Architect
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Architect over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.
Systems Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Architect.
Systems Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Architect over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.
Systems 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 Systems Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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 | +151 | 69 | £620 | +10.71% | 28 |
| UK excluding London | +93 | 59 | £620 | +9.83% | 27 |
| South West | +60 | 44 | £620 | +9.83% | 4 |
| Work from Home | +138 | 30 | £460 | -17.86% | 9 |
| London | +119 | 11 | £750 | +52.28% | 4 |
| North of England | +35 | 10 | £500 | - | 1 |
| North West | +33 | 9 | £500 | - | 1 |
| South East | +18 | 3 | £675 | +35.00% | 8 |
| Scotland | +39 | 1 | £460 | -34.29% | 2 |
| Midlands | +31 | 1 | £425 | -34.62% | 5 |
| West Midlands | +20 | 1 | £425 | -34.62% | 3 |
| North East | - | 1 | £650 | - |
Systems Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Systems 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 Systems Architect in the job title.
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Systems 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: