Systems Architect Contracts in the Midlands

System Architect
England > Midlands

The median System Architect daily rate in the Midlands is £588 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 156 201
Rank change year-on-year +23 +45 -48
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Architect 3 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.10% 0.062% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.066% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £444 - -
25th Percentile £491 £625 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £650 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.62% +30.00% -1.48%
75th Percentile £691 £675 £675
90th Percentile £741 - -
England median daily rate £649 £565 £625
% change year-on-year +14.97% -9.68% +19.05%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,663 3,044 4,827
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 94.48% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,785 2,148 3,520
10th Percentile £213 £228 £208
25th Percentile £338 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% +1.05% +16.42%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £569
90th Percentile £675 £691 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.19% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 111 146
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.63
25th Percentile £14.15 £15.12 £14.67
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.97 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.39% +14.90% +21.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -12.22% +88.21% +13.59%

Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Architect in the Midlands

Systems Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Architect in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Systems Architect in the Midlands

Systems Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Architect in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Architect in the Midlands

Systems Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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 Midlands +15 3 £588 -9.62% 2
Systems Architect
England

Systems Architect Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 across the Midlands region featuring Systems Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) NetSuite
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
2 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Release Train
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (33.33%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce

Systems Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) NetSuite
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Release Train
2 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) AUTOSAR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow