Software Architecture Contracts in the South East

Software Architecture
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Software Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Architecture over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 159 194 239
Rank change year-on-year +35 +45 -43
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 42 17 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.74% 0.30% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.34% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 10 8
10th Percentile £569 £420 £504
25th Percentile £600 £553 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -2.13% +9.30%
75th Percentile £688 £597 £675
90th Percentile £725 £605 £698
England median daily rate £625 £625 £563
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +2.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile £90.60 - £45.50
25th Percentile £91.50 £62.50 £46.25
Median hourly rate £92.19 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.82% +30.00% -23.66%
75th Percentile £92.37 £71.68 £52.50
90th Percentile - £74.19 £60.32
England median hourly rate £80.00 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +23.08% +30.00% -23.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Software Architecture 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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,684 5,048 6,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.95% 89.05% 89.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,709 3,470 4,714
10th Percentile £260 £250 £233
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% +1.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 221 274
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.23 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.26 £22.50 £15.13
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -17.81%
75th Percentile £62.60 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £62.95
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Software Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in the South East

Software Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Software Architecture in the South East

Software Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Architecture in the South East

Software Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Architecture in the South East

Software Architecture
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 Software Architecture within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Thames Valley +45 27 £650 +13.04% 9
Berkshire +16 27 £650 +13.04% 4
Hampshire +4 13 £625 +8.70% 4
Surrey +14 1 £575 +9.52% 4
East Sussex +5 1 £625 +8.70%
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
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:

Cloud Services
1 18 (42.86%) Azure
2 13 (30.95%) AWS
3 4 (9.52%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Big Data
2 1 (2.38%) Metadata
2 1 (2.38%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 27 (64.29%) Cucumber
1 27 (64.29%) Selenium
2 25 (59.52%) Jenkins
3 24 (57.14%) REST Assured
3 24 (57.14%) SonarQube
4 13 (30.95%) GitLab
4 13 (30.95%) JIRA
5 2 (4.76%) Maven
6 1 (2.38%) JMeter
General
1 27 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 25 (59.52%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (47.62%) Law
4 13 (30.95%) Police
5 1 (2.38%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 17 (40.48%) Java Engineer
2 14 (33.33%) Architect
3 10 (23.81%) Senior
4 9 (21.43%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (14.29%) Developer
5 6 (14.29%) Java Software Engineer
5 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
5 6 (14.29%) Software Engineer
6 5 (11.90%) Java Developer
6 5 (11.90%) Senior Java Engineer
6 5 (11.90%) Senior Java Software Engineer
6 5 (11.90%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (11.90%) Software Architect
6 5 (11.90%) Technical Architect
7 4 (9.52%) SC Cleared Java Developer
8 3 (7.14%) Head of Engineering
8 3 (7.14%) Java Architect
8 3 (7.14%) Java Technical Architect
8 3 (7.14%) Senior Developer
8 3 (7.14%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (59.52%) Java EE
1 25 (59.52%) REST
2 12 (28.57%) ARM Templates
3 2 (4.76%) Gherkin
4 1 (2.38%) .NET
4 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (2.38%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) Management Information System
1 4 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.38%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
3 27 (64.29%) Test Automation
4 26 (61.90%) DevOps
5 25 (59.52%) Continuous Integration
5 25 (59.52%) Decision-Making
6 23 (54.76%) Software Engineering
7 18 (42.86%) Configuration Management
8 13 (30.95%) Infrastructure as Code
9 12 (28.57%) Containerisation
10 11 (26.19%) Agile
11 9 (21.43%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 7 (16.67%) Roadmaps
13 5 (11.90%) Synthetic Environment
14 4 (9.52%) Business Development
14 4 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
14 4 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
14 4 (9.52%) Line Management
14 4 (9.52%) Prototyping
15 3 (7.14%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 27 (64.29%) Java
2 5 (11.90%) Python
3 2 (4.76%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.76%) SQL
4 1 (2.38%) C#
Qualifications
1 34 (80.95%) Security Cleared
2 33 (78.57%) SC Cleared
3 4 (9.52%) Degree
3 4 (9.52%) DV Cleared
3 4 (9.52%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.38%) CTC Cleared
System Software
1 12 (28.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (57.14%) Ansible
2 13 (30.95%) Terraform
3 12 (28.57%) Docker Swarm
3 12 (28.57%) Kubernetes
3 12 (28.57%) Podman
Vendors
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.38%) Databricks