Digital Architect Contracts

Digital Architect
UK

The median Digital Architect daily rate in the UK is £688 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 524 585 690
Rank change year-on-year +61 +105 -97
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Architect 47 102 155
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.18% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.19% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 73 112
10th Percentile £559 £565 £550
25th Percentile £577 £638 £593
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £675 £625
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £740
90th Percentile £1,250 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £675 £573
% change year-on-year -14.81% +17.90% +9.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 39,507 53,867 83,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,620 58,687
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,498 2,036
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.29 £19.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Digital Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Architect in the UK

Digital Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Architect.

Daily rate trend for Digital Architect in the UK

Digital Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Architect over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Architect in the UK

Digital Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Architect.

Hourly rate trend for Digital Architect in the UK

Digital Architect
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +57 38 £663 -5.36% 8
London +82 20 £750 +3.45% 4
Work from Home +80 18 £1,250 +92.31% 1
UK excluding London +37 18 £575 -14.81% 3
North of England +36 9 £575 -11.54%
North West +28 8 - -
South East +24 5 £568 -18.93% 1
South West -4 3 £590 +1.81%
West Midlands +22 1 - -
Midlands +22 1 - - 2
Yorkshire +11 1 £575 -11.54%

Digital Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Digital 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 featuring Digital Architect in the job title.

1 15 (31.91%) Finance
2 13 (27.66%) Microservices
3 11 (23.40%) Agile
3 11 (23.40%) Social Skills
4 10 (21.28%) Digital Twin
5 9 (19.15%) Roadmaps
5 9 (19.15%) DevOps
6 8 (17.02%) Change Management
6 8 (17.02%) Public Sector
6 8 (17.02%) Design Patterns
7 7 (14.89%) CI/CD
7 7 (14.89%) Mobile App
7 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
7 7 (14.89%) Node.js
8 6 (12.77%) AWS
8 6 (12.77%) NoSQL
8 6 (12.77%) Apple iOS
8 6 (12.77%) Android
8 6 (12.77%) Identity Access Management
9 5 (10.64%) Windows Server
9 5 (10.64%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 5 (10.64%) Threat Intelligence
9 5 (10.64%) Zero Trust
9 5 (10.64%) Architectural Patterns
9 5 (10.64%) Azure
9 5 (10.64%) SC Cleared
9 5 (10.64%) Security Architecture
9 5 (10.64%) Machine Learning
9 5 (10.64%) Mobile Device Management
9 5 (10.64%) Risk Management

Digital Architect Skill Set
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 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.13%) CMS
2 1 (2.13%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (4.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.13%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (2.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.77%) AWS
2 5 (10.64%) Azure
3 3 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (4.26%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.64%) Firewall
1 5 (10.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.77%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.13%) DynamoDB
2 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.13%) Redis
General
1 15 (31.91%) Finance
2 11 (23.40%) Social Skills
3 8 (17.02%) Public Sector
4 5 (10.64%) Banking
5 4 (8.51%) Retail
6 3 (6.38%) Wholesale Banking
7 2 (4.26%) Legal
7 2 (4.26%) Marketing
8 1 (2.13%) Advertising
8 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.13%) Automotive
8 1 (2.13%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.13%) Military
8 1 (2.13%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.89%) Node.js
2 4 (8.51%) REST
3 3 (6.38%) .NET
3 3 (6.38%) DAO
3 3 (6.38%) React
4 2 (4.26%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.13%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.13%) CSS
5 1 (2.13%) FHIR
5 1 (2.13%) MACH
5 1 (2.13%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Mobile App
2 4 (8.51%) Public Cloud
3 3 (6.38%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.26%) Blockchain
4 2 (4.26%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.26%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (4.26%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.26%) Web3
5 1 (2.13%) CBDC
5 1 (2.13%) Digital Media
5 1 (2.13%) Low-Code
5 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.13%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (2.13%) Reference Data
5 1 (2.13%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.77%) Android
1 6 (12.77%) Apple iOS
2 5 (10.64%) Windows
2 5 (10.64%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.13%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.66%) Microservices
2 11 (23.40%) Agile
3 10 (21.28%) Digital Twin
4 9 (19.15%) DevOps
4 9 (19.15%) Roadmaps
5 8 (17.02%) Change Management
5 8 (17.02%) Design Patterns
6 7 (14.89%) CI/CD
7 6 (12.77%) Identity Access Management
8 5 (10.64%) Architectural Patterns
8 5 (10.64%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 5 (10.64%) Machine Learning
8 5 (10.64%) Mobile Device Management
8 5 (10.64%) Risk Management
8 5 (10.64%) Security Architecture
8 5 (10.64%) Threat Intelligence
8 5 (10.64%) Zero Trust
9 4 (8.51%) Business Strategy
9 4 (8.51%) Containerisation
9 4 (8.51%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.51%) SQL
2 3 (6.38%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.26%) C#
4 1 (2.13%) Java
4 1 (2.13%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.64%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) Degree
4 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) DICOM
1 1 (2.13%) HL7
Vendors
1 3 (6.38%) SAP
2 2 (4.26%) Sitecore
3 1 (2.13%) Adobe
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.13%) Optimizely
3 1 (2.13%) Roku
3 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.13%) Samsung
3 1 (2.13%) Sparx