Software Architect Contracts in England

Software Architect
UK > England

The median Software Architect daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 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
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 505 559 710
Rank change year-on-year +54 +151 +56
Contract jobs requiring a Software Architect 11 15 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.035% 0.038% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.040% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 22
10th Percentile £533 £513 £514
25th Percentile £563 £519 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £585 £613
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -4.53% +7.97%
75th Percentile £700 £742 £631
90th Percentile £710 £988 £637
UK median daily rate £600 £585 £613
% change year-on-year +2.56% -4.57% +2.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 28,985 37,238 63,710
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 93.59% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,722 25,796 45,183
10th Percentile £300 £295 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,090 1,422 1,605
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.23 £19.30 £16.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +50.00% +50.00%
75th Percentile £66.00 £65.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £44.50 £28.12
% change year-on-year -19.10% +58.28% +40.58%

Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Architect in England

Software Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Software Architect in England

Software Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Architect in England over the 6 months to 14 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Architect in England

Software Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Architect in England

Software Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
London +52 7 £630 -14.43% 5
South East +39 1 - - 3
North of England +22 1 £550 +4.76% 1
South West +19 1 - -
East of England - 1 £475 - 4
North West - 1 £550 - 1
Software Architect
UK

Software Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 November 2024, Software 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 across the England region featuring Software Architect in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Python
1 7 (63.64%) Software Engineering
2 6 (54.55%) .NET
2 6 (54.55%) AWS
2 6 (54.55%) Microservices
2 6 (54.55%) React
3 5 (45.45%) TypeScript
3 5 (45.45%) C#
4 4 (36.36%) SQL
4 4 (36.36%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (36.36%) Machine Learning
4 4 (36.36%) .NET Core
4 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
4 4 (36.36%) LLM
5 3 (27.27%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (27.27%) OpenShift
5 3 (27.27%) Analytics
5 3 (27.27%) Data Governance
5 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
5 3 (27.27%) Azure
5 3 (27.27%) Scrum
5 3 (27.27%) T-SQL
5 3 (27.27%) CSS
6 2 (18.18%) Linux
6 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) Software Architecture
6 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) Ansible
6 2 (18.18%) Docker
6 2 (18.18%) DevOps

Software Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) OpenShift
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Functions
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) PaaS
3 1 (9.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (9.09%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) GitLab
2 1 (9.09%) Bitbucket
2 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
2 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 1 (9.09%) Banking
1 1 (9.09%) Finance
1 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
1 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (54.55%) .NET
1 6 (54.55%) React
2 4 (36.36%) .NET Core
3 3 (27.27%) CSS
4 1 (9.09%) .NET Framework
4 1 (9.09%) GraphQL
4 1 (9.09%) Kafka
4 1 (9.09%) Laravel
4 1 (9.09%) ModSecurity
4 1 (9.09%) OAuth
4 1 (9.09%) OpenID
4 1 (9.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Cloud Native
2 1 (9.09%) Distributed Applications
2 1 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.09%) PKI
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Software Engineering
2 6 (54.55%) Microservices
3 4 (36.36%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
3 4 (36.36%) LLM
3 4 (36.36%) Machine Learning
4 3 (27.27%) Analytics
4 3 (27.27%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (27.27%) Data Governance
4 3 (27.27%) Scrum
5 2 (18.18%) Containerisation
5 2 (18.18%) Design Patterns
5 2 (18.18%) DevOps
5 2 (18.18%) DevSecOps
5 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Automation
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 2 (18.18%) Software Architecture
6 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
6 1 (9.09%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) Python
2 5 (45.45%) C#
2 5 (45.45%) TypeScript
3 4 (36.36%) SQL
4 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
4 3 (27.27%) T-SQL
5 1 (9.09%) C++
5 1 (9.09%) Java
5 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Docker
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (9.09%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Ansible
1 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
1 2 (18.18%) Terraform
2 1 (9.09%) Argo
2 1 (9.09%) Grafana
2 1 (9.09%) Kibana
2 1 (9.09%) OPNET
2 1 (9.09%) PowerCLI
2 1 (9.09%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Atlassian
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco
1 1 (9.09%) Google
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.09%) Red Hat
1 1 (9.09%) VMware