Architectural Patterns Contracts

Architectural Patterns
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Architectural Patterns skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Architectural Patterns over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 322 332 291
Rank change year-on-year +10 -41 -49
Contract jobs citing Architectural Patterns 284 410 822
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.67% 0.72% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.80% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 276 574
10th Percentile £448 £425 £475
25th Percentile £513 £513 £549
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +9.17%
75th Percentile £775 £725 £738
90th Percentile £823 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £588 £638 £620
% change year-on-year -7.84% +2.82% +15.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £68.70 -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate £81.00 £75.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +57.89% +20.25%
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - £84.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £81.00 £90.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -10.00% +89.47% +20.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Architectural Patterns 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 36,679 51,168 79,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.19% 89.82% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,608 35,479 55,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £429
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 £479
% change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,692 1,900
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
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% -6.21%

Architectural Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Architectural Patterns in the UK

Architectural Patterns
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Architectural Patterns in the UK

Architectural Patterns
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architectural Patterns over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architectural Patterns in the UK

Architectural Patterns
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Architectural Patterns in the UK

Architectural Patterns
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architectural Patterns within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 +36 255 £650 +4.00% 114
London +39 146 £660 +6.45% 54
UK excluding London +33 105 £588 -7.84% 61
Work from Home +59 100 £640 -1.04% 56
North of England +37 41 £511 -9.19% 25
North West +33 31 £500 -21.57% 15
South West +19 27 £588 -9.62% 4
South East +18 24 £638 -1.96% 15
Midlands +19 19 £675 +12.50% 8
West Midlands +14 11 £700 -3.45% 3
Yorkshire +10 9 £625 +16.28% 6
East Midlands +17 8 £455 -23.37% 5
Scotland +26 4 £700 +7.69% 5
North East +12 3 £588 -11.32% 4
East of England -1 2 - - 3

Architectural Patterns
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 9 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.41%) CMS
2 4 (1.41%) Confluence
3 3 (1.06%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.06%) Drupal
3 3 (1.06%) Mule
4 2 (0.70%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.70%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Pulsar
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (4.23%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (3.87%) Dynamics CRM
1 11 (3.87%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (1.06%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 144 (50.70%) Azure
2 88 (30.99%) AWS
3 54 (19.01%) Azure DevOps
4 31 (10.92%) GCP
5 27 (9.51%) SaaS
6 26 (9.15%) Power Platform
6 26 (9.15%) Serverless
7 24 (8.45%) PaaS
8 21 (7.39%) IaaS
9 19 (6.69%) GitHub
10 12 (4.23%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (2.82%) PowerApps
12 7 (2.46%) Azure Functions
12 7 (2.46%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (2.46%) OpenShift
13 6 (2.11%) Azure Key Vault
13 6 (2.11%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (2.11%) Azure Storage
13 6 (2.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.34%) Network Security
2 16 (5.63%) VPN
3 14 (4.93%) Firewall
4 12 (4.23%) Cisco Nexus
4 12 (4.23%) DMZ
5 10 (3.52%) LAN
6 9 (3.17%) WAN
7 8 (2.82%) SSL
8 3 (1.06%) DNS
9 2 (0.70%) SCCP
10 1 (0.35%) 4G
10 1 (0.35%) ATM
10 1 (0.35%) HTTP
10 1 (0.35%) IPsec
10 1 (0.35%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.35%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (11.97%) NoSQL
2 24 (8.45%) SQL Server
3 22 (7.75%) Data Lake
4 20 (7.04%) Big Data
5 17 (5.99%) Metadata
6 15 (5.28%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (4.23%) Power BI
9 10 (3.52%) OLTP
10 8 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (2.82%) Data Vault
10 8 (2.82%) Pentaho
10 8 (2.82%) Qlik Sense
10 8 (2.82%) QlikView
10 8 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (2.46%) Apache Cassandra
11 7 (2.46%) Relational Database
12 6 (2.11%) Redis
13 5 (1.76%) DynamoDB
13 5 (1.76%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 31 (10.92%) Git
2 23 (8.10%) Jenkins
3 18 (6.34%) JIRA
4 7 (2.46%) Bitbucket
5 6 (2.11%) Visual Studio Team System
6 5 (1.76%) Mockito
7 4 (1.41%) Gatling
7 4 (1.41%) ScalaTest
7 4 (1.41%) Subversion
8 3 (1.06%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.06%) JUnit
8 3 (1.06%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (1.06%) Selenium
9 2 (0.70%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.70%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.70%) Gradle
9 2 (0.70%) Maven
9 2 (0.70%) Postman
9 2 (0.70%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.35%) ERwin
General
1 71 (25.00%) Finance
2 56 (19.72%) Social Skills
3 43 (15.14%) Banking
4 22 (7.75%) Public Sector
5 17 (5.99%) Investment Banking
6 12 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (3.17%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.17%) Marketing
8 8 (2.82%) Publishing
8 8 (2.82%) Retail
9 7 (2.46%) Front Office
9 7 (2.46%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.11%) Electronics
10 6 (2.11%) Legal
11 5 (1.76%) Law
11 5 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.41%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.06%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 166 (58.45%) Architect
2 69 (24.30%) Solutions Architect
3 62 (21.83%) Developer
4 39 (13.73%) Security Architect
5 31 (10.92%) Senior
6 26 (9.15%) Technical Architect
7 21 (7.39%) Data Architect
8 19 (6.69%) Cloud Architect
9 14 (4.93%) Senior Developer
10 13 (4.58%) Enterprise Architect
10 13 (4.58%) Lead
11 12 (4.23%) Blue Coat Engineer
11 12 (4.23%) Cisco Engineer
11 12 (4.23%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 12 (4.23%) Juniper Engineer
11 12 (4.23%) Network Engineer
11 12 (4.23%) Senior Architect
12 11 (3.87%) Azure Architect
13 10 (3.52%) Android Developer
13 10 (3.52%) Cloud Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (13.03%) .NET
2 18 (6.34%) Kafka
2 18 (6.34%) Spring
3 17 (5.99%) RESTful
3 17 (5.99%) XML
4 14 (4.93%) Middleware
4 14 (4.93%) Web Services
5 11 (3.87%) .NET Framework
6 10 (3.52%) SOAP
7 9 (3.17%) REST
7 9 (3.17%) Spring Boot
8 8 (2.82%) JSON
9 7 (2.46%) NumPy
9 7 (2.46%) Pandas
9 7 (2.46%) React
9 7 (2.46%) SciPy
10 6 (2.11%) ARM Templates
10 6 (2.11%) ASP.NET
10 6 (2.11%) HTML
11 5 (1.76%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.86%) Mobile App
2 18 (6.34%) Management Information System
2 18 (6.34%) Public Cloud
3 14 (4.93%) IoT
4 13 (4.58%) Cloud Native
5 10 (3.52%) Reference Data
6 9 (3.17%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.82%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.46%) Derivative
9 6 (2.11%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.76%) Credit Risk
10 5 (1.76%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.76%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.41%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.06%) Low-Code
13 2 (0.70%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.34%) Linux
2 13 (4.58%) Android
3 11 (3.87%) Windows
4 9 (3.17%) Unix
5 2 (0.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (37.32%) Agile
2 94 (33.10%) DevOps
3 80 (28.17%) Design Patterns
4 58 (20.42%) Computer Science
5 56 (19.72%) Architectural Design
6 48 (16.90%) Microservices
7 47 (16.55%) Roadmaps
8 40 (14.08%) Data Management
8 40 (14.08%) Migration
9 38 (13.38%) Project Delivery
10 34 (11.97%) CI/CD
11 32 (11.27%) Service Design
12 30 (10.56%) TOGAF
13 29 (10.21%) Architecture Governance
13 29 (10.21%) Cloud Security
13 29 (10.21%) Enterprise Architecture
14 27 (9.51%) IT Strategy
14 27 (9.51%) TDD
15 26 (9.15%) Scrum
16 25 (8.80%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 54 (19.01%) Java
2 48 (16.90%) SQL
3 36 (12.68%) Python
4 32 (11.27%) C#
5 15 (5.28%) Kotlin
6 12 (4.23%) C++
6 12 (4.23%) PowerShell
7 11 (3.87%) JavaScript
8 9 (3.17%) Shell Script
9 8 (2.82%) T-SQL
10 7 (2.46%) C
10 7 (2.46%) Rust
10 7 (2.46%) Scala
11 5 (1.76%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.06%) Bash
12 3 (1.06%) Go
13 2 (0.70%) PHP
14 1 (0.35%) Jython
14 1 (0.35%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.35%) Swift
Qualifications
1 68 (23.94%) Degree
2 39 (13.73%) Security Cleared
3 36 (12.68%) SC Cleared
4 19 (6.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (4.58%) TOGAF Certification
6 12 (4.23%) CISSP
7 11 (3.87%) CISM
7 11 (3.87%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.82%) CISA
8 8 (2.82%) CREST Certified
9 7 (2.46%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.76%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.41%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.41%) HND
12 3 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.06%) FFIEC
13 2 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.51%) NIST
2 19 (6.69%) QA
3 18 (6.34%) NCSC
4 11 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (3.52%) Data Quality
6 9 (3.17%) GDPR
7 6 (2.11%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.06%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.06%) COBIT
8 3 (1.06%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (7.04%) Docker
2 5 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.41%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.70%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.35%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 25 (8.80%) Terraform
2 23 (8.10%) Kubernetes
3 11 (3.87%) Grafana
4 9 (3.17%) Ansible
4 9 (3.17%) Progress Chef
5 5 (1.76%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.41%) OPNET
7 3 (1.06%) Kibana
8 2 (0.70%) Argo
8 2 (0.70%) CloudHub
8 2 (0.70%) Istio
8 2 (0.70%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.35%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.35%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.35%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.35%) Oozie
9 1 (0.35%) Rancher
9 1 (0.35%) SCOM
Vendors
1 50 (17.61%) Microsoft
2 27 (9.51%) Oracle
3 14 (4.93%) Cisco
4 13 (4.58%) Informatica
5 12 (4.23%) Blue Coat
5 12 (4.23%) CheckPoint
5 12 (4.23%) Fortinet
5 12 (4.23%) Juniper
5 12 (4.23%) Sparx
6 11 (3.87%) Databricks
6 11 (3.87%) ServiceNow
7 10 (3.52%) Google
7 10 (3.52%) SAP
8 9 (3.17%) Salesforce
9 6 (2.11%) VMware
10 5 (1.76%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.76%) Talend
11 4 (1.41%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.41%) SEEBURGER
11 4 (1.41%) Varonis