Architectural Design Contracts in London

Architectural Design
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Architectural Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Architectural Design over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 253 275 325
Rank change year-on-year +22 +50 -35
Contract jobs citing Architectural Design 149 222 307
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.84% 0.88% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 0.97% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 149 224
10th Percentile £446 £500 £457
25th Percentile £517 £513 £557
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £607 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £719 £750 £775
90th Percentile £825 £828 £825
England median daily rate £600 £650 £638
% change year-on-year -7.69% +1.96% +10.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 0
10th Percentile - £52.70 -
25th Percentile £52.00 £69.75 -
Median hourly rate £54.00 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% - -
75th Percentile £56.00 £79.00 -
90th Percentile - £84.42 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £72.00 £96.23
% change year-on-year -9.72% -25.18% +78.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Architectural Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,607 22,862 35,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.27% 90.90% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,159 16,574 26,061
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £445 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 267 388
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.09
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £39.42 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.90% +9.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.83
90th Percentile £67.60 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Architectural Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Architectural Design in London

Architectural Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Architectural Design in London

Architectural Design
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architectural Design in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architectural Design in London

Architectural Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Architectural Design in London

Architectural Design
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architectural Design within the London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Central London +29 22 £650 -10.19% 11
West London +21 8 £475 -25.20% 3
East London -8 8 £540 -28.00% 5
South London +8 1 - - 1
Architectural Design
England

Architectural Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (2.68%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.34%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.67%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.67%) CMS
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.01%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.34%) SAP BPC
2 2 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.67%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 66 (44.30%) Azure
2 30 (20.13%) AWS
3 20 (13.42%) GCP
4 16 (10.74%) Serverless
5 14 (9.40%) GitHub
6 12 (8.05%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (8.05%) Azure Service Bus
7 11 (7.38%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (6.04%) Azure AKS
8 9 (6.04%) Azure Functions
9 7 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (3.36%) Azure App Service
10 5 (3.36%) Azure Event Grid
10 5 (3.36%) Power Platform
11 4 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (2.68%) Power Automate
11 4 (2.68%) PowerApps
12 3 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (2.01%) SaaS
13 2 (1.34%) AWS CodeBuild
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.01%) Network Security
1 3 (2.01%) SAN
2 2 (1.34%) Firewall
3 1 (0.67%) Internet
3 1 (0.67%) WAN
3 1 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.40%) NoSQL
2 11 (7.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (6.04%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.36%) OLAP
4 5 (3.36%) OLTP
5 4 (2.68%) Apache Cassandra
5 4 (2.68%) Power BI
5 4 (2.68%) Redis
6 3 (2.01%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.01%) MongoDB
6 3 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.34%) Amazon QuickSight
7 2 (1.34%) Big Data
7 2 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.34%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.34%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.34%) Tableau
8 1 (0.67%) GIS
8 1 (0.67%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (5.37%) JMeter
2 7 (4.70%) Cypress.io
3 6 (4.03%) Git
3 6 (4.03%) Jenkins
3 6 (4.03%) Mockito
4 4 (2.68%) Gatling
4 4 (2.68%) ScalaTest
5 2 (1.34%) Android Studio
5 2 (1.34%) Storybook
6 1 (0.67%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.67%) Gradle
6 1 (0.67%) JUnit
6 1 (0.67%) Maven
6 1 (0.67%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.67%) Spock
6 1 (0.67%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 48 (32.21%) Finance
2 35 (23.49%) Social Skills
3 19 (12.75%) Banking
3 19 (12.75%) Public Sector
4 11 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.71%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.36%) Investment Banking
7 4 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.34%) Legal
8 2 (1.34%) Retail
8 2 (1.34%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.67%) Law
9 1 (0.67%) Local Government
9 1 (0.67%) Military
9 1 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.67%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 84 (56.38%) Architect
2 41 (27.52%) Solutions Architect
3 26 (17.45%) Developer
4 13 (8.72%) Senior
5 11 (7.38%) C# Developer
6 9 (6.04%) Enterprise Architect
6 9 (6.04%) Project Manager
6 9 (6.04%) Senior Architect
7 8 (5.37%) Security Architect
8 7 (4.70%) Data Architect
8 7 (4.70%) Technical Architect
9 6 (4.03%) .NET Developer
9 6 (4.03%) C# .NET Developer
9 6 (4.03%) DevOps Engineer
9 6 (4.03%) Full Stack Developer
9 6 (4.03%) Java Developer
9 6 (4.03%) Lead
10 5 (3.36%) Full-Stack C# Developer
10 5 (3.36%) SailPoint Architect
10 5 (3.36%) SIEM Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (18.12%) Kafka
2 14 (9.40%) .NET
2 14 (9.40%) HTML
2 14 (9.40%) React
3 11 (7.38%) .NET Core
4 10 (6.71%) Node.js
4 10 (6.71%) Web Services
5 9 (6.04%) SailPoint
6 7 (4.70%) RESTful
7 6 (4.03%) CSS
7 6 (4.03%) LDAP
7 6 (4.03%) REST
7 6 (4.03%) Spring
8 5 (3.36%) Hibernate
8 5 (3.36%) JSP
8 5 (3.36%) Servlets
8 5 (3.36%) SOAP
8 5 (3.36%) SPML
8 5 (3.36%) XML
9 4 (2.68%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.38%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.37%) Mainframe
3 6 (4.03%) Cloud Native
3 6 (4.03%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.36%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.36%) Machine to Machine
5 4 (2.68%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.01%) Derivative
6 3 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.01%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.34%) Blockchain
7 2 (1.34%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (1.34%) IoT
7 2 (1.34%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.34%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.34%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.34%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.34%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.07%) Linux
2 7 (4.70%) Windows
3 4 (2.68%) Unix
4 3 (2.01%) Android
5 1 (0.67%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (41.61%) Agile
2 35 (23.49%) DevOps
3 34 (22.82%) Migration
4 27 (18.12%) Microservices
4 27 (18.12%) Roadmaps
5 24 (16.11%) Risk Management
6 23 (15.44%) Architectural Patterns
7 22 (14.77%) CI/CD
7 22 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (14.77%) TOGAF
8 21 (14.09%) Technical Leadership
9 19 (12.75%) Computer Science
10 18 (12.08%) Design Patterns
11 17 (11.41%) Enterprise Architecture
11 17 (11.41%) Mentoring
12 16 (10.74%) SDLC
13 15 (10.07%) Project Delivery
13 15 (10.07%) Scrum
14 13 (8.72%) Software Engineering
15 12 (8.05%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 29 (19.46%) SQL
2 22 (14.77%) Java
3 18 (12.08%) C#
3 18 (12.08%) Python
4 15 (10.07%) JavaScript
5 8 (5.37%) Scala
6 6 (4.03%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.68%) Go
8 2 (1.34%) Haskell
8 2 (1.34%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.34%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.67%) Bicep
9 1 (0.67%) Groovy
9 1 (0.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (19.46%) Degree
2 13 (8.72%) Security Cleared
3 11 (7.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (6.71%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.70%) CISSP
5 7 (4.70%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.36%) CISM
7 4 (2.68%) Chartered Engineer
7 4 (2.68%) CISA
7 4 (2.68%) CITP
7 4 (2.68%) SANS
8 2 (1.34%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.34%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.34%) CRISC
8 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.34%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.67%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.71%) NIST
2 7 (4.70%) QA
3 4 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.01%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.34%) COBIT
5 2 (1.34%) GDPR
5 2 (1.34%) PSD2
6 1 (0.67%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.67%) GRC
6 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.67%) NCSC
6 1 (0.67%) NIST 800
System Software
1 20 (13.42%) Docker
2 6 (4.03%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.36%) ACF2
3 5 (3.36%) IAG
3 5 (3.36%) RACF
4 2 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 32 (21.48%) Kubernetes
2 13 (8.72%) Terraform
3 7 (4.70%) Argo
4 5 (3.36%) Grafana
4 5 (3.36%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.67%) Ansible
6 1 (0.67%) CASB
6 1 (0.67%) Kibana
6 1 (0.67%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.67%) SCCM
6 1 (0.67%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 23 (15.44%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.40%) ServiceNow
3 9 (6.04%) BeyondTrust
3 9 (6.04%) CyberArk
4 8 (5.37%) LogRhythm
4 8 (5.37%) Oracle
5 6 (4.03%) Google
6 5 (3.36%) SAP
7 3 (2.01%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.01%) Sparx
8 2 (1.34%) Cisco
8 2 (1.34%) EMC
8 2 (1.34%) Genesys
8 2 (1.34%) Guidewire
8 2 (1.34%) Informatica
8 2 (1.34%) Spotify
8 2 (1.34%) VMware
9 1 (0.67%) Ariba
9 1 (0.67%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.67%) Palo Alto