Architecture Governance Contracts

Architecture Governance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Architecture Governance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Architecture Governance over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 522 625 684
Rank change year-on-year +103 +59 -63
Contract jobs citing Architecture Governance 78 91 179
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.15% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.17% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 62 124
10th Percentile £454 £525 £490
25th Percentile £502 £600 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £653
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +3.37% +17.03%
75th Percentile £688 £772 £775
90th Percentile £756 £800 £823
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £663 £675
% change year-on-year -1.89% -1.85% +35.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Architecture Governance 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 37,268 53,074 80,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,016 36,805 56,451
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,749 1,911
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
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%

Architecture Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Architecture Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Architecture Governance in the UK

Architecture Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architecture Governance.

Daily rate trend for Architecture Governance in the UK

Architecture Governance
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architecture Governance over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architecture Governance in the UK

Architecture Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architecture Governance.

Hourly rate trend for Architecture Governance in the UK

Architecture Governance
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architecture Governance within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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 +100 65 £650 -1.89% 30
UK excluding London +68 52 £650 -1.89% 17
South West +47 28 £650 -2.80% 3
Work from Home +113 23 £675 -2.70% 14
London +93 20 £515 -25.77% 13
North of England +49 19 £515 -26.43% 2
North West - 12 £500 - 1
Scotland +49 9 £544 -16.35% 2
Yorkshire +26 8 £800 +14.29%
Midlands +24 2 £573 -4.58% 5
West Midlands +18 2 £573 -4.58% 5
South East 0 2 £650 -3.70% 5
North East - 1 - - 1

Architecture Governance
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 2 (2.56%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.28%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 42 (53.85%) Azure
2 28 (35.90%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (12.82%) AWS
3 10 (12.82%) PaaS
4 8 (10.26%) SaaS
5 3 (3.85%) IaaS
5 3 (3.85%) iPaaS
5 3 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.85%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.56%) Azure AKS
6 2 (2.56%) Serverless
7 1 (1.28%) Kong
7 1 (1.28%) OCI
7 1 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.28%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.54%) WAN
2 7 (8.97%) PBX
2 7 (8.97%) VoIP
3 6 (7.69%) SDH
4 4 (5.13%) Junos
5 3 (3.85%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.69%) Metadata
2 3 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.85%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.85%) OLAP
2 3 (3.85%) OLTP
3 2 (2.56%) GIS
4 1 (1.28%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (1.28%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (1.28%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.28%) Redis
Development Applications
1 15 (19.23%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (2.56%) kappa
3 1 (1.28%) JIRA
General
1 21 (26.92%) Public Sector
2 18 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 17 (21.79%) Telecoms
4 8 (10.26%) Aerospace
4 8 (10.26%) Finance
5 7 (8.97%) Digital Economy
6 4 (5.13%) Aeronautics
6 4 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.13%) Banking
6 4 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.13%) Retail
7 1 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 76 (97.44%) Architect
2 58 (74.36%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (8.97%) Data Architect
3 7 (8.97%) Technical Architect
4 5 (6.41%) Enterprise Architect
5 4 (5.13%) Senior
5 4 (5.13%) Senior Architect
5 4 (5.13%) Senior Technical Architect
6 3 (3.85%) Applications Architect
6 3 (3.85%) Enterprise Data Architect
6 3 (3.85%) Security Architect
7 2 (2.56%) Azure Architect
7 2 (2.56%) GIS Architect
7 2 (2.56%) Information Architect
7 2 (2.56%) Network Architect
8 1 (1.28%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 1 (1.28%) IT Analyst
8 1 (1.28%) Lead
8 1 (1.28%) Security Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.28%) Security Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.97%) .NET
2 3 (3.85%) J2EE
2 3 (3.85%) Web Services
3 2 (2.56%) Middleware
4 1 (1.28%) Node.js
4 1 (1.28%) Spring
4 1 (1.28%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.97%) Blackberry
1 7 (8.97%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (6.41%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.13%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.85%) Client/Server
4 3 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.85%) N-Tier
4 3 (3.85%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.28%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.28%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.28%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.28%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.28%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (46.15%) Computer Science
2 33 (42.31%) Data Management
3 32 (41.03%) Agile
3 32 (41.03%) Project Delivery
3 32 (41.03%) Roadmaps
4 31 (39.74%) Enterprise Architecture
5 29 (37.18%) Architectural Patterns
6 28 (35.90%) DevOps
7 26 (33.33%) Architectural Design
7 26 (33.33%) Migration
8 25 (32.05%) Service Design
9 24 (30.77%) TOGAF
10 20 (25.64%) ArchiMate
10 20 (25.64%) Strategic Roadmap
11 19 (24.36%) Decision-Making
12 15 (19.23%) BPMN
13 14 (17.95%) Risk Management
14 13 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
14 13 (16.67%) ITIL
15 11 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.28%) Java
1 1 (1.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (52.56%) Degree
2 18 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 14 (17.95%) SC Cleared
4 11 (14.10%) DV Cleared
4 11 (14.10%) HND
4 11 (14.10%) TOGAF Certification
5 7 (8.97%) CCNP
5 7 (8.97%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (5.13%) JNCIA
7 3 (3.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.28%) CISM
8 1 (1.28%) CISSP
8 1 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.28%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.28%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.28%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (1.28%) GRC
System Software
1 6 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.85%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 19 (24.36%) Microsoft
2 17 (21.79%) Cisco
2 17 (21.79%) Juniper
2 17 (21.79%) Nokia
3 15 (19.23%) IBM
4 7 (8.97%) Avaya
4 7 (8.97%) Ericsson
4 7 (8.97%) Google
4 7 (8.97%) Ribbon
5 6 (7.69%) VMware
6 4 (5.13%) Ciena
6 4 (5.13%) Palo Alto
7 3 (3.85%) Sparx
8 2 (2.56%) Mapbox
9 1 (1.28%) ESRI
9 1 (1.28%) MuleSoft
9 1 (1.28%) Oracle
9 1 (1.28%) Salesforce