Applications Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

Application Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Application Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 379 413 474
Rank change year-on-year +34 +61 -75
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 21 25 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.12% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 39
10th Percentile £556 £549 £494
25th Percentile £613 £589 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £658 £585
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +12.39% +1.74%
75th Percentile £649 £729 £675
90th Percentile £672 £744 £775
UK median daily rate £674 £675 £625
% change year-on-year -0.22% +8.00% +8.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,247 21,469 29,158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.25% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,616 14,937 20,515
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,085 1,398
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Architect in the UK excluding London

Applications Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Applications Architect in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Applications Architect in the UK excluding London

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Architect in the UK excluding London

Applications Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Applications Architect in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Applications Architect in the UK excluding London

Applications Architect
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
North of England +30 9 £544 -
North West - 6 £544 -
Midlands +19 5 £625 +3.09% 1
West Midlands +14 5 £625 - 1
Yorkshire +19 3 - -
South West +4 3 £625 -13.13%
South East +5 2 £672 +15.86% 3
East of England - 2 - - 5
Applications Architect
UK

Applications Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Applications Architect in the job title.

1 9 (42.86%) Finance
2 7 (33.33%) Agile
2 7 (33.33%) DevOps
3 6 (28.57%) Architectural Design
3 6 (28.57%) Azure
4 5 (23.81%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (23.81%) Application Security
5 4 (19.05%) Project Delivery
5 4 (19.05%) CRM
6 3 (14.29%) Migration
6 3 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (14.29%) Degree
6 3 (14.29%) AWS
6 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 3 (14.29%) Thought Leadership
6 3 (14.29%) DevSecOps
6 3 (14.29%) Architecture Governance
6 3 (14.29%) Service Design
6 3 (14.29%) Cloud Native
6 3 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
6 3 (14.29%) Data Management
6 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
7 2 (9.52%) API Management
7 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
7 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (9.52%) Translating Business Requirements
7 2 (9.52%) Microservices

Applications Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (4.76%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) Azure
2 5 (23.81%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (14.29%) AWS
4 1 (4.76%) Apigee
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 9 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) .NET
1 1 (4.76%) .NET Core
1 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (4.76%) Middleware
1 1 (4.76%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Cloud Native
1 3 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.76%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Agile
1 7 (33.33%) DevOps
2 6 (28.57%) Architectural Design
3 5 (23.81%) Application Security
4 4 (19.05%) CRM
4 4 (19.05%) Project Delivery
5 3 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (14.29%) Architecture Governance
5 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 3 (14.29%) Data Management
5 3 (14.29%) DevSecOps
5 3 (14.29%) Migration
5 3 (14.29%) Service Design
5 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (14.29%) Thought Leadership
5 3 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (9.52%) API Management
6 2 (9.52%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (9.52%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) SAP
2 1 (4.76%) IBM
2 1 (4.76%) Salesforce