Technical Architect Contracts

Technical Architect
UK

The median Technical Architect daily rate in the UK is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 256 250 327
Rank change year-on-year -6 +77 -96
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 410 601 738
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.95% 1.08% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 1.14% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 417 502
10th Percentile £493 £500 £500
25th Percentile £558 £563 £557
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £678 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.13% +4.31% +13.04%
75th Percentile £775 £745 £738
90th Percentile £825 £790 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £650 £625
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% +12.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year - -46.97% +14.78%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £56.50 -

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 40,232 52,519 83,570
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 94.52% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,887 36,654 58,907
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,899 1,488 1,954
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.60
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.39 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.88 £65.75 £49.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.33 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +7.17%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architect in the UK

Technical Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Architect in the UK

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Architect in the UK

Technical Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Architect in the UK

Technical Architect
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 Technical Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England -1 355 £650 -5.45% 105
London +17 192 £630 -13.10% 40
UK excluding London +5 180 £700 +7.69% 68
Work from Home +2 173 £688 +1.40% 69
North of England +27 61 £800 +12.68% 16
North West +39 55 £850 +41.67% 12
South West -3 43 £688 +10.00% 10
Midlands -3 24 £625 -16.11% 9
West Midlands -5 23 £613 -17.79% 5
Scotland +43 22 £675 +3.85% 4
South East -6 21 £700 +3.24% 15
East of England -30 10 £613 -12.50% 10
Yorkshire -16 4 £590 -20.81% 1
Northern Ireland +3 2 £513 - 2
Wales +19 1 £600 - 7
East Midlands -12 1 £775 +4.03% 4
North East - 1 £525 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Technical 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 Technical Architect in the job title.

1 145 (35.37%) Security Cleared
2 127 (30.98%) Azure
3 118 (28.78%) SC Cleared
4 102 (24.88%) Agile
5 93 (22.68%) Social Skills
6 89 (21.71%) Public Sector
7 83 (20.24%) Microsoft
8 78 (19.02%) AWS
9 74 (18.05%) Roadmaps
10 71 (17.32%) DevOps
11 69 (16.83%) Windows
12 66 (16.10%) Firewall
13 65 (15.85%) Migration
14 64 (15.61%) Finance
15 60 (14.63%) Mobile Device Management
15 60 (14.63%) CI/CD
16 58 (14.15%) Security Architecture
17 57 (13.90%) Design Patterns
18 55 (13.41%) Microservices
19 54 (13.17%) Public Cloud
20 50 (12.20%) Zero Trust
21 49 (11.95%) Android
21 49 (11.95%) Apple iOS
22 48 (11.71%) Node.js
23 47 (11.46%) VPN
24 46 (11.22%) Windows Server
25 45 (10.98%) Risk Management
25 45 (10.98%) Problem-Solving
26 42 (10.24%) Stakeholder Management
26 42 (10.24%) Technical Architecture

Technical 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 26 (6.34%) SharePoint
2 20 (4.88%) Confluence
3 3 (0.73%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (0.73%) CMS
3 3 (0.73%) IIS
3 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.73%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.49%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.49%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.24%) Drupal
5 1 (0.24%) JBoss
5 1 (0.24%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (3.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.24%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 127 (30.98%) Azure
2 78 (19.02%) AWS
3 26 (6.34%) Dynamics 365
4 24 (5.85%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (4.39%) GCP
6 15 (3.66%) Entra ID
6 15 (3.66%) GitHub
6 15 (3.66%) Serverless
7 14 (3.41%) SaaS
8 13 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (2.93%) PaaS
10 11 (2.68%) IaaS
11 10 (2.44%) Power Platform
12 8 (1.95%) Azure Functions
13 6 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (1.22%) Amazon EC2
14 5 (1.22%) Amazon S3
14 5 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
14 5 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (1.22%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 66 (16.10%) Firewall
2 47 (11.46%) VPN
3 27 (6.59%) LAN
4 22 (5.37%) WAN
5 10 (2.44%) 3G
5 10 (2.44%) 4G
6 5 (1.22%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (1.22%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.73%) BGP
7 3 (0.73%) OSPF
7 3 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.49%) Network Security
8 2 (0.49%) WLAN
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.24%) EIGRP
9 1 (0.24%) IPsec
9 1 (0.24%) MPLS
9 1 (0.24%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.24%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.68%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.44%) RDBMS
2 10 (2.44%) Relational Database
3 7 (1.71%) Amazon Aurora
4 6 (1.46%) Big Data
5 5 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.98%) Power BI
7 3 (0.73%) DB2
8 2 (0.49%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.49%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.49%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.49%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.49%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.49%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.24%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.24%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 22 (5.37%) JIRA
2 5 (1.22%) Git
2 5 (1.22%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.98%) GitLab
4 3 (0.73%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.73%) REST Assured
4 3 (0.73%) Selenium
4 3 (0.73%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.24%) Terragrunt
General
1 93 (22.68%) Social Skills
2 89 (21.71%) Public Sector
3 64 (15.61%) Finance
4 19 (4.63%) Marketing
5 15 (3.66%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (3.17%) Legal
6 13 (3.17%) Manufacturing
7 12 (2.93%) Electronics
7 12 (2.93%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.68%) Banking
9 8 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (1.95%) Retail
10 7 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.22%) Billing
12 5 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.98%) Military
14 3 (0.73%) Local Government
15 2 (0.49%) Aviation
15 2 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (11.71%) Node.js
2 33 (8.05%) .NET
3 17 (4.15%) Middleware
3 17 (4.15%) REST
4 12 (2.93%) React
5 10 (2.44%) AngularJS
5 10 (2.44%) GraphQL
6 7 (1.71%) J2EE
6 7 (1.71%) Microsoft Graph
6 7 (1.71%) OAuth
7 6 (1.46%) .NET Core
7 6 (1.46%) RESTful
7 6 (1.46%) Spring Boot
7 6 (1.46%) Web Services
8 5 (1.22%) .NET Framework
9 4 (0.98%) ASP.NET
9 4 (0.98%) OpenID
9 4 (0.98%) SAML
9 4 (0.98%) Spring
10 3 (0.73%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 54 (13.17%) Public Cloud
2 26 (6.34%) Cloud Native
2 26 (6.34%) Product Ownership
3 22 (5.37%) Data Structures
4 12 (2.93%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.95%) Mobile App
6 8 (1.95%) Security Posture
7 7 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.71%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.22%) Genomics
8 5 (1.22%) Private Cloud
9 4 (0.98%) Clustering
9 4 (0.98%) CMDB
9 4 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (0.98%) N-Tier
9 4 (0.98%) Onboarding
9 4 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.73%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 69 (16.83%) Windows
2 49 (11.95%) Android
2 49 (11.95%) Apple iOS
3 46 (11.22%) Windows Server
4 16 (3.90%) Linux
5 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.24%) Unix
5 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (24.88%) Agile
2 74 (18.05%) Roadmaps
3 71 (17.32%) DevOps
4 65 (15.85%) Migration
5 60 (14.63%) CI/CD
5 60 (14.63%) Mobile Device Management
6 58 (14.15%) Security Architecture
7 57 (13.90%) Design Patterns
8 55 (13.41%) Microservices
9 50 (12.20%) Zero Trust
10 45 (10.98%) Problem-Solving
10 45 (10.98%) Risk Management
11 42 (10.24%) Stakeholder Management
11 42 (10.24%) Technical Architecture
12 38 (9.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 38 (9.27%) Threat Intelligence
13 36 (8.78%) Data Migration
14 34 (8.29%) Technical Leadership
15 32 (7.80%) Strategic Roadmap
16 29 (7.07%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 26 (6.34%) Python
2 23 (5.61%) Java
3 18 (4.39%) SQL
4 13 (3.17%) C#
4 13 (3.17%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.22%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.73%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.49%) Kotlin
7 2 (0.49%) Scala
8 1 (0.24%) Bicep
8 1 (0.24%) C++
8 1 (0.24%) Go
8 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.24%) Ruby
8 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 145 (35.37%) Security Cleared
2 118 (28.78%) SC Cleared
3 27 (6.59%) Degree
3 27 (6.59%) DV Cleared
4 16 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.46%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.98%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.98%) HND
7 4 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.49%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CCIE
9 1 (0.24%) CCNP
9 1 (0.24%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CISM
9 1 (0.24%) CISSP
9 1 (0.24%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.61%) QA
2 18 (4.39%) NIST
3 6 (1.46%) NCSC
4 5 (1.22%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.73%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.73%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.73%) GDPR
6 2 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (4.15%) Docker
2 10 (2.44%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.20%) Firmware
4 6 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.98%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.98%) vCloud
6 3 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.24%) KVM
7 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (5.61%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.39%) Terraform
3 5 (1.22%) Ansible
4 3 (0.73%) Docker Swarm
4 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (0.73%) Podman
4 3 (0.73%) SCCM
5 2 (0.49%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.49%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.49%) VxRail
6 1 (0.24%) Control-M
6 1 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.24%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.24%) Nagios
6 1 (0.24%) Nessus
6 1 (0.24%) Puppet
6 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.24%) vRealize
Vendors
1 83 (20.24%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.37%) NetApp
3 20 (4.88%) SAP
4 14 (3.41%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.17%) Databricks
6 11 (2.68%) Google
6 11 (2.68%) VMware
7 10 (2.44%) Atlassian
8 9 (2.20%) Cisco
8 9 (2.20%) Oracle
9 8 (1.95%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.71%) Apple
10 7 (1.71%) MuleSoft
11 6 (1.46%) Dell
12 5 (1.22%) LogRhythm
12 5 (1.22%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.22%) Splunk
13 4 (0.98%) Virgin Media
14 3 (0.73%) Sparx
15 2 (0.49%) Samsung