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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 298 340 293
Rank change year-on-year +42 -47 -46
Contract jobs citing Architectural Patterns 307 395 826
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.71% 0.70% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.79% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 256 584
10th Percentile £447 £425 £475
25th Percentile £513 £513 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £628 £623 £625
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -0.40% +8.70%
75th Percentile £769 £723 £738
90th Percentile £814 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £613 £638 £625
% change year-on-year -3.92% +2.00% +16.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £63.39 £68.70 -
25th Percentile £66.32 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £71.22 £75.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.05% +57.89% +20.25%
75th Percentile £76.11 - £48.75
90th Percentile £79.04 £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 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

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 1 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architectural Patterns over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 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
England +42 276 £630 +0.80% 135
London +50 162 £650 +4.84% 66
UK excluding London +29 111 £613 -3.92% 77
Work from Home +67 107 £628 -3.28% 62
North of England +39 44 £523 -7.19% 34
North West +37 33 £500 -21.57% 24
South West +12 27 £588 -9.62% 8
South East +15 24 £700 +7.61% 9
Midlands +19 20 £613 +1.03% 12
West Midlands +5 12 £688 -5.17% 10
Yorkshire +16 10 £625 +19.05% 3
East Midlands +17 8 £450 -25.00% 2
Scotland +31 5 £700 +7.69% 5
North East +14 3 £588 -12.96% 7
East of England -6 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 (2.93%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.95%) Confluence
3 4 (1.30%) CMS
4 3 (0.98%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.98%) Drupal
4 3 (0.98%) Mule
5 2 (0.65%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.65%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (3.91%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.65%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (3.58%) Dynamics CRM
1 11 (3.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.65%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 158 (51.47%) Azure
2 98 (31.92%) AWS
3 54 (17.59%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (11.73%) GCP
5 27 (8.79%) SaaS
5 27 (8.79%) Serverless
6 26 (8.47%) PaaS
6 26 (8.47%) Power Platform
7 21 (6.84%) IaaS
8 19 (6.19%) GitHub
9 12 (3.91%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (3.26%) Azure Service Bus
11 9 (2.93%) OpenShift
12 8 (2.61%) PowerApps
13 7 (2.28%) Azure Functions
13 7 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (1.95%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (1.95%) Azure Storage
14 6 (1.95%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.19%) Network Security
1 19 (6.19%) VPN
2 14 (4.56%) Firewall
3 13 (4.23%) Cisco Nexus
3 13 (4.23%) DMZ
4 12 (3.91%) LAN
4 12 (3.91%) WAN
5 8 (2.61%) SSL
6 3 (0.98%) DNS
7 2 (0.65%) SCCP
8 1 (0.33%) 4G
8 1 (0.33%) ATM
8 1 (0.33%) HTTP
8 1 (0.33%) IPsec
8 1 (0.33%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (12.05%) NoSQL
2 26 (8.47%) SQL Server
3 23 (7.49%) Data Lake
4 18 (5.86%) Big Data
5 16 (5.21%) Metadata
6 15 (4.89%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (4.56%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (3.91%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (3.91%) Power BI
9 10 (3.26%) OLTP
10 8 (2.61%) Data Vault
10 8 (2.61%) Pentaho
10 8 (2.61%) Qlik Sense
10 8 (2.61%) QlikView
10 8 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (2.28%) Apache Cassandra
11 7 (2.28%) Relational Database
12 5 (1.63%) Data Mining
12 5 (1.63%) Redis
12 5 (1.63%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 35 (11.40%) Git
2 26 (8.47%) Jenkins
3 23 (7.49%) JIRA
4 10 (3.26%) Bitbucket
5 7 (2.28%) fastlane
6 6 (1.95%) Visual Studio Team System
7 5 (1.63%) JUnit
7 5 (1.63%) Mockito
8 4 (1.30%) Gatling
8 4 (1.30%) Gradle
8 4 (1.30%) Maven
8 4 (1.30%) ScalaTest
8 4 (1.30%) Subversion
9 3 (0.98%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.98%) Selenium
9 3 (0.98%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.65%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.65%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.65%) TeamCity
General
1 72 (23.45%) Finance
2 69 (22.48%) Social Skills
3 49 (15.96%) Banking
4 22 (7.17%) Public Sector
5 19 (6.19%) Investment Banking
6 12 (3.91%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (3.58%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (3.26%) Manufacturing
8 10 (3.26%) Retail
9 9 (2.93%) Marketing
10 8 (2.61%) Publishing
11 7 (2.28%) Front Office
11 7 (2.28%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.95%) Electronics
12 6 (1.95%) Legal
13 5 (1.63%) Law
13 5 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.63%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.98%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 171 (55.70%) Architect
2 72 (23.45%) Developer
3 70 (22.80%) Solutions Architect
4 39 (12.70%) Security Architect
5 36 (11.73%) Senior
6 29 (9.45%) Technical Architect
7 23 (7.49%) Cloud Architect
8 20 (6.51%) Data Architect
9 17 (5.54%) Senior Developer
10 14 (4.56%) Azure Architect
11 13 (4.23%) Blue Coat Engineer
11 13 (4.23%) Cisco Engineer
11 13 (4.23%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 13 (4.23%) Enterprise Architect
11 13 (4.23%) Juniper Engineer
11 13 (4.23%) Lead
11 13 (4.23%) Network Engineer
11 13 (4.23%) Software Engineer
12 12 (3.91%) Senior Architect
13 11 (3.58%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (14.01%) .NET
2 23 (7.49%) Kafka
3 20 (6.51%) Spring
4 19 (6.19%) RESTful
5 18 (5.86%) XML
6 17 (5.54%) Middleware
7 16 (5.21%) Web Services
8 13 (4.23%) .NET Framework
9 11 (3.58%) React
9 11 (3.58%) SOAP
9 11 (3.58%) Spring Boot
10 10 (3.26%) HTML
11 9 (2.93%) REST
12 8 (2.61%) CSS
12 8 (2.61%) JSON
12 8 (2.61%) SwiftUI
13 7 (2.28%) Bazel
13 7 (2.28%) Node.js
13 7 (2.28%) NumPy
13 7 (2.28%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.10%) Mobile App
2 23 (7.49%) Public Cloud
3 15 (4.89%) Management Information System
4 14 (4.56%) IoT
5 13 (4.23%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.26%) Reference Data
7 9 (2.93%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.61%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.61%) Security Posture
9 7 (2.28%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.28%) Derivative
10 6 (1.95%) Credit Risk
11 5 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.63%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.30%) PKI
12 4 (1.30%) Private Cloud
13 3 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
13 3 (0.98%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.79%) Linux
2 17 (5.54%) Windows
3 14 (4.56%) Android
4 10 (3.26%) Apple iOS
5 9 (2.93%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (37.79%) Agile
2 98 (31.92%) DevOps
3 86 (28.01%) Design Patterns
4 63 (20.52%) Computer Science
5 57 (18.57%) Architectural Design
6 54 (17.59%) Microservices
7 48 (15.64%) Roadmaps
8 45 (14.66%) Migration
9 40 (13.03%) CI/CD
10 39 (12.70%) Data Management
11 38 (12.38%) Project Delivery
12 33 (10.75%) IT Strategy
12 33 (10.75%) Software Engineering
12 33 (10.75%) TDD
13 32 (10.42%) Service Design
13 32 (10.42%) TOGAF
14 30 (9.77%) Architecture Governance
14 30 (9.77%) Cloud Security
14 30 (9.77%) Technology Strategy
15 28 (9.12%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 56 (18.24%) Java
2 55 (17.92%) SQL
3 41 (13.36%) Python
4 36 (11.73%) C#
5 16 (5.21%) JavaScript
6 15 (4.89%) Kotlin
7 14 (4.56%) PowerShell
8 12 (3.91%) C++
9 9 (2.93%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.61%) Swift
10 8 (2.61%) T-SQL
11 7 (2.28%) C
11 7 (2.28%) Ruby
11 7 (2.28%) Rust
11 7 (2.28%) Scala
11 7 (2.28%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.30%) Bash
12 4 (1.30%) Go
13 2 (0.65%) PHP
14 1 (0.33%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 73 (23.78%) Degree
2 38 (12.38%) Security Cleared
3 36 (11.73%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (4.23%) Master's Degree
6 12 (3.91%) CISSP
6 12 (3.91%) TOGAF Certification
7 11 (3.58%) CISM
8 8 (2.61%) CISA
8 8 (2.61%) CREST Certified
8 8 (2.61%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.63%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.63%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.30%) HND
11 3 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.98%) FFIEC
12 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.65%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.12%) NIST
2 23 (7.49%) QA
3 18 (5.86%) NCSC
4 11 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.93%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.61%) GDPR
7 6 (1.95%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.98%) COBIT
8 3 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.65%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.65%) HIPAA
System Software
1 24 (7.82%) Docker
2 7 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.95%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.65%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 33 (10.75%) Kubernetes
2 28 (9.12%) Terraform
3 11 (3.58%) Ansible
3 11 (3.58%) Grafana
4 10 (3.26%) Progress Chef
5 6 (1.95%) OPNET
6 5 (1.63%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.30%) PowerCLI
8 3 (0.98%) Kibana
9 2 (0.65%) Argo
9 2 (0.65%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.65%) Istio
10 1 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.33%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.33%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.33%) Rancher
10 1 (0.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 60 (19.54%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.79%) Oracle
3 17 (5.54%) Cisco
4 14 (4.56%) Databricks
4 14 (4.56%) Google
5 13 (4.23%) Blue Coat
5 13 (4.23%) CheckPoint
5 13 (4.23%) Fortinet
5 13 (4.23%) Juniper
6 12 (3.91%) Informatica
7 11 (3.58%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.58%) Sparx
8 10 (3.26%) SAP
9 9 (2.93%) Salesforce
10 8 (2.61%) VMware
11 6 (1.95%) Atlassian
11 6 (1.95%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.30%) SEEBURGER
12 4 (1.30%) Talend
13 3 (0.98%) TIBCO