Infrastructure Architect Contracts in London

Infrastructure Architect
England > London

The median Infrastructure Architect daily rate in London is £610, 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 369 406 376
Rank change year-on-year +37 -30 +32
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 31 76 234
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.18% 0.30% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.32% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 59 172
10th Percentile £425 £500 £513
25th Percentile £550 £541 £570
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £615 £615
Median % change year-on-year -0.81% - +11.82%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £750 £750
England median daily rate £650 £650 £625
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +11.36%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,560 23,906 36,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 95.05% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,921 17,459 27,030
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 281 404
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.98 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.17 £22.63 £23.75
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.12%
75th Percentile £46.59 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Architect in London

Infrastructure Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Architect in London

Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Architect in London

Infrastructure Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Architect in London

Infrastructure Architect
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 Infrastructure Architect 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 +37 7 £650 +6.82% 1
Infrastructure Architect
England

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Infrastructure 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 London region featuring Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 15 (48.39%) Migration
2 13 (41.94%) Linux
3 12 (38.71%) Oracle
3 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
4 11 (35.48%) VMware
4 11 (35.48%) Azure
5 9 (29.03%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (25.81%) Security Cleared
6 8 (25.81%) Degree
6 8 (25.81%) Computer Science
6 8 (25.81%) SQL
6 8 (25.81%) Windows
6 8 (25.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
8 6 (19.35%) Finance
8 6 (19.35%) SC Cleared
8 6 (19.35%) AWS
8 6 (19.35%) Oracle Database
9 5 (16.13%) Terraform
9 5 (16.13%) KVM
9 5 (16.13%) Data Centre
9 5 (16.13%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (16.13%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (16.13%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure as Code
9 5 (16.13%) Database Migration
9 5 (16.13%) Cloud Security
9 5 (16.13%) Oracle Linux
9 5 (16.13%) Security Testing

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
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 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (35.48%) Azure
2 6 (19.35%) AWS
3 4 (12.90%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (9.68%) OCI
5 2 (6.45%) Entra ID
5 2 (6.45%) GCP
6 1 (3.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
1 1 (3.23%) Intranet
1 1 (3.23%) Network Security
1 1 (3.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (19.35%) Oracle Database
2 4 (12.90%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (3.23%) Big Data
3 1 (3.23%) MySQL
3 1 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
General
1 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Finance
3 5 (16.13%) Banking
3 5 (16.13%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.23%) Back Office
5 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) AngularJS
1 1 (3.23%) Django
1 1 (3.23%) Hibernate
1 1 (3.23%) HTML
1 1 (3.23%) React
1 1 (3.23%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (41.94%) Linux
2 8 (25.81%) Windows
3 5 (16.13%) Oracle Linux
3 5 (16.13%) Solaris
3 5 (16.13%) VMS
4 1 (3.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (48.39%) Migration
2 8 (25.81%) Computer Science
3 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (16.13%) Agile
4 5 (16.13%) Cloud Security
4 5 (16.13%) Database Migration
4 5 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (16.13%) Security Testing
4 5 (16.13%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (16.13%) Validation
5 4 (12.90%) Roadmaps
5 4 (12.90%) Technology Roadmap
5 4 (12.90%) Waterfall
6 3 (9.68%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (9.68%) Cloud Operations
6 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (9.68%) Technology Strategy
7 2 (6.45%) Data Protection
7 2 (6.45%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.81%) SQL
2 2 (6.45%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.23%) Bicep
3 1 (3.23%) Java
3 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.23%) PHP
3 1 (3.23%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (25.81%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (25.81%) Degree
1 8 (25.81%) Security Cleared
2 6 (19.35%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.90%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.45%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) CITP
4 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 9 (29.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (16.13%) KVM
2 5 (16.13%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (9.68%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (16.13%) Terraform
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) Oracle
2 11 (35.48%) VMware
3 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
4 3 (9.68%) Cisco
4 3 (9.68%) EMC
5 2 (6.45%) Google
6 1 (3.23%) Red Hat
6 1 (3.23%) Sparx
6 1 (3.23%) Temenos