Architect Contracts in the South East

Architect
England > South East

The median Architect daily rate in the South East is £650 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 8 13 17
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 679 556 706
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 12.03% 9.86% 9.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.06% 10.42% 9.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 361 397 496
10th Percentile £520 £500 £510
25th Percentile £600 £563 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £725 £730 £688
90th Percentile £794 £799 £766
England median daily rate £650 £670 £650
% change year-on-year -2.99% +3.08% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 8 3
10th Percentile - £59.80 -
25th Percentile £81.88 £69.19 £56.50
Median hourly rate £87.46 £75.34 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.09% +27.69% -15.11%
75th Percentile £89.38 £80.25 £70.95
90th Percentile £94.94 - £76.62
England median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £61.72
% change year-on-year - +13.42% +4.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,201 5,337 7,358
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 94.61% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,081 3,698 5,052
10th Percentile £234 £218 £206
25th Percentile £400 £388 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £603 £589
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 523 237 309
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.11
Median hourly rate £48.00 £50.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +150.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the South East

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Architect in the South East

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in the South East

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in the South East

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in the South East

Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the South East 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
Hampshire +8 394 £650 - 27
Thames Valley +2 230 £613 -2.00% 55
Berkshire +2 190 £605 -6.92% 30
Buckinghamshire +4 32 £613 +7.46% 18
Surrey -20 24 £675 +1.89% 13
West Sussex -24 10 £750 +7.45% 5
East Sussex +2 9 £800 +7.38% 5
Oxfordshire +4 8 £650 +4.00% 7
Kent -5 4 £788 +7.51% 3
Middlesex - 3 £625 -
M4 Corridor - 2 £540 -
Sussex -5 1 £550 -18.52% 1
Architect
England

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 South East region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 497 (73.20%) Security Cleared
2 270 (39.76%) DV Cleared
3 122 (17.97%) Agile
4 113 (16.64%) SC Cleared
5 89 (13.11%) Azure
6 82 (12.08%) Windows
7 81 (11.93%) Social Skills
8 77 (11.34%) PKI
9 76 (11.19%) Cisco
10 75 (11.05%) Microsoft
10 75 (11.05%) SSL
11 74 (10.90%) WAN
11 74 (10.90%) Juniper
12 68 (10.01%) Active Directory
13 67 (9.87%) AWS
14 65 (9.57%) DevOps
15 61 (8.98%) Prototyping
15 61 (8.98%) Problem-Solving
16 60 (8.84%) Public Sector
17 59 (8.69%) Customer Requirements
17 59 (8.69%) Network Management
18 57 (8.39%) Security Architecture
19 56 (8.25%) Degree
20 54 (7.95%) VMware
20 54 (7.95%) LAN
20 54 (7.95%) Finance
21 51 (7.51%) Cybersecurity
22 50 (7.36%) Firewall
23 49 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
24 46 (6.77%) Service Management

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (1.33%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.74%) CMS
3 4 (0.59%) Confluence
4 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.15%) Apache
5 1 (0.15%) Drupal
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.15%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 11 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.59%) SAP EWM
3 3 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.44%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.15%) Maximo
5 1 (0.15%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.15%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 1 (0.15%) SAP MII
5 1 (0.15%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.15%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 89 (13.11%) Azure
2 67 (9.87%) AWS
3 11 (1.62%) Power Platform
4 7 (1.03%) IaaS
5 6 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (0.88%) PaaS
6 5 (0.74%) Azure Stack
6 5 (0.74%) SaaS
6 5 (0.74%) Snowflake
7 3 (0.44%) Amazon Neptune
7 3 (0.44%) Amazon S3
7 3 (0.44%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (0.44%) AWS Step Functions
7 3 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (0.44%) Figma
7 3 (0.44%) GitHub
7 3 (0.44%) Serverless
8 2 (0.29%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.29%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 75 (11.05%) SSL
2 74 (10.90%) WAN
3 54 (7.95%) LAN
4 50 (7.36%) Firewall
5 33 (4.86%) MPLS
6 31 (4.57%) Intrusion Detection
7 27 (3.98%) BGP
8 26 (3.83%) Cisco Firepower
9 22 (3.24%) VPN
10 20 (2.95%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (2.36%) SD-WAN
12 11 (1.62%) DHCP
12 11 (1.62%) DNS
12 11 (1.62%) Network Security
13 10 (1.47%) SAN
14 6 (0.88%) NX-OS
14 6 (0.88%) VLAN
15 5 (0.74%) Internet
15 5 (0.74%) iSCSI
16 3 (0.44%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.03%) Big Data
1 7 (1.03%) Data Lake
1 7 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (0.88%) Oracle Database
3 4 (0.59%) Metadata
4 3 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (0.44%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.29%) Cloudera CDH
5 2 (0.29%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.29%) Power BI
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.15%) DTS
6 1 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.15%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.15%) HDInsight
6 1 (0.15%) Impala
6 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.15%) Redis
6 1 (0.15%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 13 (1.91%) MSI
1 13 (1.91%) Robot Framework
1 13 (1.91%) Sonatype Nexus
2 7 (1.03%) JIRA
3 4 (0.59%) GitLab
3 4 (0.59%) Selenium
4 3 (0.44%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.44%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.44%) REST Assured
4 3 (0.44%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.29%) kappa
6 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.15%) Git
6 1 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
General
1 81 (11.93%) Social Skills
2 60 (8.84%) Public Sector
3 54 (7.95%) Finance
4 49 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (3.83%) Telecoms
6 9 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (1.18%) Banking
7 8 (1.18%) Retail
8 6 (0.88%) Legal
8 6 (0.88%) Manufacturing
8 6 (0.88%) Marketing
9 5 (0.74%) Electronics
9 5 (0.74%) Local Government
10 4 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.44%) Aviation
11 3 (0.44%) Billing
12 2 (0.29%) Advertising
12 2 (0.29%) Back Office
13 1 (0.15%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.15%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (5.89%) Web Services
2 8 (1.18%) .NET
3 4 (0.59%) J2EE
3 4 (0.59%) Middleware
4 3 (0.44%) ARM Templates
4 3 (0.44%) Java EE
4 3 (0.44%) JSON
4 3 (0.44%) REST
4 3 (0.44%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.29%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.29%) GraphQL
5 2 (0.29%) Kafka
5 2 (0.29%) OAuth
5 2 (0.29%) OpenID
5 2 (0.29%) SAML
5 2 (0.29%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.15%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.15%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.15%) RESTful
6 1 (0.15%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 77 (11.34%) PKI
2 32 (4.71%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.68%) Data Centre
4 12 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (1.18%) Cloud Native
5 8 (1.18%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.03%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.03%) Public Cloud
6 7 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (0.88%) Private Cloud
8 5 (0.74%) SCADA
9 3 (0.44%) IoT
9 3 (0.44%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.29%) CSOC
10 2 (0.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (0.29%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.29%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.29%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 82 (12.08%) Windows
2 30 (4.42%) Linux
3 20 (2.95%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.21%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (1.33%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.59%) Unix
8 2 (0.29%) Android
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.29%) Solaris
8 2 (0.29%) VMS
9 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (17.97%) Agile
2 65 (9.57%) DevOps
3 61 (8.98%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (8.98%) Prototyping
4 59 (8.69%) Customer Requirements
4 59 (8.69%) Network Management
5 57 (8.39%) Security Architecture
6 51 (7.51%) Cybersecurity
7 46 (6.77%) Service Management
8 41 (6.04%) Roadmaps
9 40 (5.89%) Cryptography
10 38 (5.60%) Key Management
10 38 (5.60%) Network Design
10 38 (5.60%) Technical Leadership
11 37 (5.45%) Presales
12 36 (5.30%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (4.57%) SIEM
14 30 (4.42%) Migration
14 30 (4.42%) Project Management
15 29 (4.27%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 42 (6.19%) PowerShell
2 32 (4.71%) Java
3 24 (3.53%) Python
4 9 (1.33%) SQL
5 5 (0.74%) C
5 5 (0.74%) C#
5 5 (0.74%) C++
6 4 (0.59%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.29%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.29%) Apex Code
7 2 (0.29%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.29%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.15%) R
8 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 497 (73.20%) Security Cleared
2 270 (39.76%) DV Cleared
3 113 (16.64%) SC Cleared
4 56 (8.25%) Degree
5 11 (1.62%) Master's Degree
6 10 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.03%) CCNP
8 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.59%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.59%) ISACA
10 3 (0.44%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.44%) CCNA
10 3 (0.44%) CISSP
10 3 (0.44%) JNCIA
10 3 (0.44%) MCSE
11 2 (0.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.29%) CCIE
11 2 (0.29%) PhD
11 2 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.06%) QA
2 13 (1.91%) NIST
3 11 (1.62%) NCSC
3 11 (1.62%) SLA
4 8 (1.18%) GDPR
5 7 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 7 (1.03%) RMADS
6 5 (0.74%) COBIT
7 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.29%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.29%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 68 (10.01%) Active Directory
2 38 (5.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.06%) vSphere
4 9 (1.33%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.44%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.44%) Docker
6 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.29%) KVM
6 2 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.15%) HDFS
7 1 (0.15%) UAG
7 1 (0.15%) vCloud
7 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (3.83%) Endace
2 21 (3.09%) Terraform
3 18 (2.65%) Ansible
4 14 (2.06%) WMI
5 7 (1.03%) Kubernetes
6 6 (0.88%) SCCM
7 5 (0.74%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.44%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.44%) Podman
8 3 (0.44%) SCOM
9 2 (0.29%) vRealize
9 2 (0.29%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.15%) Nessus
10 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 76 (11.19%) Cisco
2 75 (11.05%) Microsoft
3 74 (10.90%) Juniper
4 54 (7.95%) VMware
5 30 (4.42%) F5
6 20 (2.95%) SAP
7 12 (1.77%) Oracle
8 8 (1.18%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.03%) Fortinet
10 6 (0.88%) Dell
10 6 (0.88%) Salesforce
10 6 (0.88%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.59%) Databricks
11 4 (0.59%) Splunk
12 3 (0.44%) Ariba
12 3 (0.44%) CA
12 3 (0.44%) IBM
12 3 (0.44%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.44%) Sparx
13 2 (0.29%) JDA