IT Architect Contracts in London

IT Architect
England > London

The median IT Architect daily rate in London is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 June 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
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 456 549
Rank change year-on-year +83 +93 -75
Contract jobs requiring an IT Architect 25 29 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.14% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.12% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 19 41
10th Percentile £400 £663 £563
25th Percentile £485 £691 £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £750 £650
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +15.38% +5.69%
75th Percentile £688 - £738
90th Percentile £800 £787 £775
England median daily rate £650 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +20.37%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,563 23,913 36,718
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.66% 95.07% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,941 17,446 27,031
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 328 279 404
10th Percentile £15.98 £17.88 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.17 £22.57 £23.75
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +6.54%
75th Percentile £46.59 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.30 £80.45 £67.50
England median hourly rate £38.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -14.44% +87.50% +14.01%

IT Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Architect in London

IT Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Architect in London

IT Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Architect in London over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Architect in London

IT Architect
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
West London - 2 £395 -
IT Architect
England

IT Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 10 June 2024, IT 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 London region featuring IT Architect in the job title.

1 10 (40.00%) ITIL
1 10 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (36.00%) Service Management
2 9 (36.00%) ITSM
2 9 (36.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (16.00%) CISSP
3 4 (16.00%) LAN
3 4 (16.00%) Configuration Management
3 4 (16.00%) Firewall
3 4 (16.00%) Finance
3 4 (16.00%) Azure
3 4 (16.00%) SaaS
3 4 (16.00%) ServiceNow
3 4 (16.00%) CMDB
3 4 (16.00%) Kalman Filter
3 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (12.00%) Architectural Design
4 3 (12.00%) Data Protection
4 3 (12.00%) TOGAF
5 2 (8.00%) Information Security
5 2 (8.00%) SABSA
5 2 (8.00%) DevOps
5 2 (8.00%) CRISC
5 2 (8.00%) Security Architecture
5 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (8.00%) AWS
5 2 (8.00%) CISA
5 2 (8.00%) GIAC
5 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (8.00%) ERP

IT Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) Azure
1 4 (16.00%) SaaS
2 2 (8.00%) AWS
3 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.00%) GCP
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) Firewall
1 4 (16.00%) LAN
2 1 (4.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (16.00%) Finance
2 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Banking
2 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (4.00%) Legal
2 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) CMDB
2 2 (8.00%) Blockchain
2 2 (8.00%) IoT
3 1 (4.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) ITIL
2 9 (36.00%) ITSM
2 9 (36.00%) Service Management
3 4 (16.00%) Configuration Management
3 4 (16.00%) Kalman Filter
3 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (12.00%) Architectural Design
4 3 (12.00%) Data Protection
4 3 (12.00%) TOGAF
5 2 (8.00%) DevOps
5 2 (8.00%) ERP
5 2 (8.00%) Information Security
5 2 (8.00%) SABSA
5 2 (8.00%) Security Architecture
5 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (4.00%) Agile
6 1 (4.00%) Migration
6 1 (4.00%) Risk Management
6 1 (4.00%) Scrum
6 1 (4.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Java
1 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (36.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (16.00%) CISSP
4 2 (8.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (8.00%) CCSK
4 2 (8.00%) CISA
4 2 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (8.00%) CRISC
4 2 (8.00%) GIAC
5 1 (4.00%) CISM
5 1 (4.00%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (4.00%) DBS Check
5 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) NIST
2 1 (4.00%) COBIT
2 1 (4.00%) GDPR
2 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) Oracle
2 2 (8.00%) SAP