Architectural Design Contracts

Architectural Design
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Architectural Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Architectural Design over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 291 330 341
Rank change year-on-year +39 +11 -47
Contract jobs citing Architectural Design 314 431 688
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.74% 0.75% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.84% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 289 462
10th Percentile £414 £486 £463
25th Percentile £500 £519 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £620 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -0.80% +13.64%
75th Percentile £725 £734 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £585 £595 £625
% change year-on-year -1.68% -4.80% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 16 7
10th Percentile £52.85 £35.00 £69.50
25th Percentile £59.00 £63.38 £75.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £71.50 £96.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -25.52% +119.43%
75th Percentile £72.90 £76.88 £96.23
90th Percentile £83.20 £80.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £63.37 £96.23
% change year-on-year +10.46% -34.15% +119.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Architectural Design 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 36,687 51,295 79,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 89.83% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,611 35,552 55,630
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £476
% change year-on-year - +5.04% +8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,428 1,693 1,906
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.77 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Architectural Design in the UK

Architectural Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Architectural Design in the UK

Architectural Design
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architectural Design over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architectural Design in the UK

Architectural Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Architectural Design in the UK

Architectural Design
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architectural Design over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Architectural Design in the UK

Architectural Design
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architectural Design within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 +52 273 £600 -3.23% 170
London +64 146 £600 -3.96% 83
Work from Home +77 134 £625 -0.32% 84
UK excluding London +21 127 £585 -1.68% 91
North of England +41 43 £530 -7.83% 20
Midlands +56 35 £550 -8.33% 13
North West +40 32 £530 -5.86% 11
South East +14 31 £675 +12.50% 24
West Midlands +30 21 £700 +12.00% 4
South West +1 17 £450 -30.77% 12
East Midlands +28 14 £467 -18.78% 9
Yorkshire +17 9 £588 -11.32% 3
Scotland +15 6 £600 +6.76% 3
North East - 4 £413 - 6
East of England +8 3 £575 +7.48% 13
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 1
Wales +16 1 - - 7

Architectural Design
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 3 (0.96%) Apache Spark
1 3 (0.96%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.64%) Anypoint
2 2 (0.64%) CMS
2 2 (0.64%) Confluence
2 2 (0.64%) Mule
3 1 (0.32%) Apache
3 1 (0.32%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.32%) MTS
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 6 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.27%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.32%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.32%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.64%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.32%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 117 (37.26%) Azure
2 89 (28.34%) AWS
3 36 (11.46%) GCP
4 34 (10.83%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (7.01%) Serverless
6 18 (5.73%) GitHub
7 17 (5.41%) SaaS
8 12 (3.82%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (2.87%) Azure Functions
9 9 (2.87%) Azure Service Bus
9 9 (2.87%) IaaS
9 9 (2.87%) PaaS
10 8 (2.55%) Azure AKS
11 7 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (1.91%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.59%) AWS CodeBuild
13 5 (1.59%) AWS CodePipeline
13 5 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.46%) VPN
2 13 (4.14%) WAN
3 12 (3.82%) LAN
4 11 (3.50%) Firewall
5 9 (2.87%) MPLS
5 9 (2.87%) PBX
5 9 (2.87%) VoIP
5 9 (2.87%) WLAN
6 8 (2.55%) Network Security
7 5 (1.59%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (1.59%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (1.59%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (1.59%) DHCP
7 5 (1.59%) DNS
7 5 (1.59%) Internet
7 5 (1.59%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.27%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (1.27%) SAN
9 2 (0.64%) RS-232
10 1 (0.32%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (5.10%) SQL Server
3 15 (4.78%) Oracle Database
4 14 (4.46%) NoSQL
5 13 (4.14%) Oracle Database 11g
6 7 (2.23%) Apache Cassandra
7 5 (1.59%) Amazon QuickSight
7 5 (1.59%) DB2
7 5 (1.59%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.59%) OLAP
7 5 (1.59%) OLTP
7 5 (1.59%) Redis
8 3 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.96%) CockroachDB
8 3 (0.96%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.96%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.96%) Power BI
9 2 (0.64%) Big Data
9 2 (0.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (3.50%) Jenkins
2 8 (2.55%) Cypress.io
2 8 (2.55%) JMeter
3 7 (2.23%) Git
4 6 (1.91%) JIRA
4 6 (1.91%) Mockito
5 4 (1.27%) Gatling
5 4 (1.27%) ScalaTest
6 3 (0.96%) LabVIEW
7 2 (0.64%) Gradle
8 1 (0.32%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.32%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.32%) GoCD
8 1 (0.32%) JUnit
8 1 (0.32%) Maven
8 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.32%) Spock
8 1 (0.32%) TeamCity
General
1 74 (23.57%) Finance
2 55 (17.52%) Social Skills
3 39 (12.42%) Public Sector
4 34 (10.83%) Banking
5 18 (5.73%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.10%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.82%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.23%) Investment Banking
9 7 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.23%) Retail
10 4 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.27%) Legal
11 3 (0.96%) Local Government
11 3 (0.96%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.64%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.64%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.32%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.32%) Marketing
13 1 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 194 (61.78%) Architect
2 112 (35.67%) Solutions Architect
3 42 (13.38%) Developer
4 25 (7.96%) Enterprise Architect
4 25 (7.96%) Senior
5 15 (4.78%) Lead
5 15 (4.78%) Security Architect
6 13 (4.14%) PostgreSQL Developer
7 11 (3.50%) Senior Architect
8 10 (3.18%) Data Architect
8 10 (3.18%) Project Manager
8 10 (3.18%) SailPoint Architect
8 10 (3.18%) Technical Architect
9 9 (2.87%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (2.55%) Applications Architect
10 8 (2.55%) Cloud Architect
10 8 (2.55%) Software Engineer
11 7 (2.23%) Azure Architect
11 7 (2.23%) Java Developer
12 6 (1.91%) SIEM Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.64%) SailPoint
2 22 (7.01%) Kafka
3 21 (6.69%) Web Services
4 16 (5.10%) React
5 15 (4.78%) .NET
6 14 (4.46%) HTML
6 14 (4.46%) RESTful
7 11 (3.50%) REST
7 11 (3.50%) Spring
8 9 (2.87%) Node.js
8 9 (2.87%) SOAP
8 9 (2.87%) XML
9 8 (2.55%) LDAP
10 7 (2.23%) JPA
10 7 (2.23%) JSP
10 7 (2.23%) Servlets
10 7 (2.23%) SPML
10 7 (2.23%) Spring Boot
11 6 (1.91%) RAML
11 6 (1.91%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.73%) Data Centre
1 18 (5.73%) Management Information System
2 15 (4.78%) Mainframe
3 9 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (2.55%) Public Cloud
5 6 (1.91%) Cloud Native
5 6 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.59%) Machine to Machine
6 5 (1.59%) PKI
6 5 (1.59%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.96%) Derivative
8 3 (0.96%) IoT
9 2 (0.64%) Blockchain
9 2 (0.64%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (0.64%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.41%) Linux
2 14 (4.46%) Windows
3 8 (2.55%) Android
4 7 (2.23%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.91%) Unix
6 2 (0.64%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.64%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (32.80%) Agile
2 97 (30.89%) DevOps
3 91 (28.98%) Migration
4 51 (16.24%) Project Delivery
5 48 (15.29%) Architectural Patterns
5 48 (15.29%) Computer Science
5 48 (15.29%) Roadmaps
6 46 (14.65%) CI/CD
7 44 (14.01%) TOGAF
8 40 (12.74%) Microservices
9 38 (12.10%) Service Design
10 36 (11.46%) Enterprise Architecture
10 36 (11.46%) Software Engineering
11 35 (11.15%) Risk Management
12 34 (10.83%) Data Management
13 33 (10.51%) Mentoring
14 31 (9.87%) Problem-Solving
15 29 (9.24%) Cloud Security
15 29 (9.24%) Design Patterns
16 28 (8.92%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 46 (14.65%) Java
2 45 (14.33%) SQL
3 25 (7.96%) Python
4 18 (5.73%) C#
5 17 (5.41%) JavaScript
6 13 (4.14%) PL/SQL
7 9 (2.87%) Scala
8 7 (2.23%) C
9 5 (1.59%) Go
10 2 (0.64%) Bicep
10 2 (0.64%) C++
10 2 (0.64%) Haskell
10 2 (0.64%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.64%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.64%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.32%) ABAP
11 1 (0.32%) Groovy
11 1 (0.32%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 58 (18.47%) Degree
2 44 (14.01%) Security Cleared
3 38 (12.10%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (4.46%) CISSP
6 10 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (3.18%) CISM
7 9 (2.87%) CCIE
7 9 (2.87%) CCIE Data Center
7 9 (2.87%) Master's Degree
7 9 (2.87%) TOGAF Certification
8 6 (1.91%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.59%) CISA
9 5 (1.59%) SANS
10 4 (1.27%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.27%) CCNP
10 4 (1.27%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (1.27%) CITP
11 3 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.14%) NIST
2 11 (3.50%) QA
3 7 (2.23%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.27%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.64%) COBIT
6 2 (0.64%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.64%) PSD2
7 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.32%) GDPR
7 1 (0.32%) GRC
7 1 (0.32%) IFRS
7 1 (0.32%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.32%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (7.96%) Docker
2 8 (2.55%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.23%) ACF2
3 7 (2.23%) IAG
3 7 (2.23%) RACF
4 3 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.32%) HDFS
5 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (8.92%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.73%) Terraform
3 7 (2.23%) Argo
3 7 (2.23%) Grafana
4 6 (1.91%) Ansible
4 6 (1.91%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.64%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.32%) Hadoop YARN
6 1 (0.32%) Kibana
6 1 (0.32%) Oozie
6 1 (0.32%) rkt
6 1 (0.32%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (8.60%) ServiceNow
2 25 (7.96%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.96%) Oracle
3 23 (7.32%) BeyondTrust
3 23 (7.32%) CyberArk
4 12 (3.82%) Cisco
4 12 (3.82%) SAP
5 10 (3.18%) LogRhythm
6 9 (2.87%) Informatica
7 7 (2.23%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.91%) Google
8 6 (1.91%) Zscaler
9 5 (1.59%) CheckPoint
9 5 (1.59%) Infoblox
9 5 (1.59%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.59%) Symantec
10 4 (1.27%) Sparx
10 4 (1.27%) VMware
11 3 (0.96%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.64%) Guidewire