Applications Architect Contracts

Application Architect
UK

The median Application Architect daily rate in the UK is £674, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 526 603 713
Rank change year-on-year +77 +110 -83
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 58 94 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 65 96
10th Percentile £541 £551 £517
25th Percentile £613 £563 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £674 £675 £625
Median % change year-on-year -0.22% +8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £823 £750 £738
90th Percentile £850 £835 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £658 £593
% change year-on-year -4.94% +10.97% +3.04%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Architect over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Architect within the UK 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
England +52 51 £675 - 13
London +55 27 £765 +11.27% 8
UK excluding London +25 21 £625 -4.94% 5
Work from Home +98 17 £625 -3.66% 9
North of England +24 9 £544 -
North West - 6 £544 -
West Midlands +18 5 £625 - 1
Midlands +13 5 £625 +3.09% 1
Yorkshire +15 3 - -
South West 0 3 £625 -13.13%
South East +9 2 £672 +15.86% 2
East of England - 2 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Applications 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 Applications Architect in the job title.

1 30 (51.72%) Finance
2 20 (34.48%) Application Security
3 19 (32.76%) Azure
4 17 (29.31%) Threat Modelling
5 15 (25.86%) Static Application Security Testing
5 15 (25.86%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 15 (25.86%) Agile
6 14 (24.14%) Interactive Application Security Testing
7 13 (22.41%) Information Security
8 12 (20.69%) AWS
9 10 (17.24%) DevOps
9 10 (17.24%) Java
9 10 (17.24%) Roadmaps
9 10 (17.24%) DevSecOps
10 8 (13.79%) Architectural Design
10 8 (13.79%) Secure Coding
10 8 (13.79%) SAP
10 8 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (12.07%) Software Engineering
11 7 (12.07%) QA
11 7 (12.07%) C++
11 7 (12.07%) CISSP
11 7 (12.07%) CI/CD
12 6 (10.34%) Technology Roadmap
12 6 (10.34%) Deployment Automation
12 6 (10.34%) GCP
12 6 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
12 6 (10.34%) CISA
12 6 (10.34%) CISM

Applications 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 2 (3.45%) Confluence
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.72%) WebLogic
2 1 (1.72%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (5.17%) Teamcenter
3 1 (1.72%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 19 (32.76%) Azure
2 12 (20.69%) AWS
3 6 (10.34%) GCP
4 5 (8.62%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.72%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.72%) Firewall
1 1 (1.72%) HTTP
1 1 (1.72%) HTTPS
1 1 (1.72%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (1.72%) Kerberos
1 1 (1.72%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.45%) MySQL
1 2 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.72%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (5.17%) JIRA
2 1 (1.72%) Git
2 1 (1.72%) Maven
2 1 (1.72%) MSI
General
1 30 (51.72%) Finance
2 6 (10.34%) Front Office
3 5 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (6.90%) Banking
5 3 (5.17%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.17%) Social Skills
6 2 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.90%) .NET
2 2 (3.45%) .NET Core
2 2 (3.45%) Middleware
3 1 (1.72%) Angular 2
3 1 (1.72%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.72%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.72%) J2EE
3 1 (1.72%) J2SE
3 1 (1.72%) JSON
3 1 (1.72%) REST
3 1 (1.72%) RESTful
3 1 (1.72%) SOAP
3 1 (1.72%) Spring
3 1 (1.72%) Swagger
3 1 (1.72%) Web Services
3 1 (1.72%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.17%) Cloud Native
1 3 (5.17%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.45%) Blockchain
2 2 (3.45%) IoT
3 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.72%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.72%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) Android
1 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.72%) Linux
1 1 (1.72%) Unix
1 1 (1.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (34.48%) Application Security
2 17 (29.31%) Threat Modelling
3 15 (25.86%) Agile
3 15 (25.86%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 15 (25.86%) Static Application Security Testing
4 14 (24.14%) Interactive Application Security Testing
5 13 (22.41%) Information Security
6 10 (17.24%) DevOps
6 10 (17.24%) DevSecOps
6 10 (17.24%) Roadmaps
7 8 (13.79%) Architectural Design
7 8 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (13.79%) Secure Coding
7 8 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (12.07%) CI/CD
8 7 (12.07%) Software Engineering
9 6 (10.34%) CRM
9 6 (10.34%) Deployment Automation
9 6 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (10.34%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.24%) Java
2 7 (12.07%) C++
3 4 (6.90%) SQL
4 3 (5.17%) C#
4 3 (5.17%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (12.07%) CISSP
2 6 (10.34%) CISA
2 6 (10.34%) CISM
3 5 (8.62%) Degree
3 5 (8.62%) Security Cleared
4 4 (6.90%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.72%) CCNP
5 1 (1.72%) CEH
5 1 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.72%) GCIA
5 1 (1.72%) GCIH
5 1 (1.72%) GIAC
5 1 (1.72%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.07%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Docker
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.72%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (13.79%) SAP
2 4 (6.90%) Oracle
3 2 (3.45%) Citrix
3 2 (3.45%) IBM
4 1 (1.72%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.72%) Databricks
4 1 (1.72%) Salesforce