OSS Architect Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

OSS Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median OSS Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 365 413
Rank change year-on-year -7 +48 +100
Contract jobs requiring an OSS Architect 4 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.026% 0.022% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.024% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £370 - -
25th Percentile £381 £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% - -
75th Percentile £410 £675 -
90th Percentile £416 - -
UK median daily rate £400 £531 -
% change year-on-year -24.71% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,901 16,529 20,119
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.86% 92.25% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,552 9,598 13,421
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £361 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £660 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,264 1,436 1,179
10th Percentile £13.47 £14.34 £14.11
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £17.89
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +4.65% +95.45%
75th Percentile £52.50 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

OSS Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for OSS Architect in the UK excluding London

OSS Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for OSS Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for OSS Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

OSS Architect
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSS Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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
South East +20 4 £400 -38.46%
OSS Architect
UK

OSS Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, OSS 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 UK excluding London region featuring OSS Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) eTOM
2 3 (75.00%) MPLS
2 3 (75.00%) DOCSIS
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) VoIP
2 3 (75.00%) Fault Management
2 3 (75.00%) LTE
2 3 (75.00%) xDSL
2 3 (75.00%) GPON
2 3 (75.00%) 4G
2 3 (75.00%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (75.00%) Microservices
2 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (75.00%) 5G
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Native
2 3 (75.00%) TM Forum
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Inventory Management
2 3 (75.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (50.00%) Camunda
3 2 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (50.00%) OASIS TOSCA
3 2 (50.00%) Amdocs OSS
3 2 (50.00%) Converged Networks

OSS Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 2 (50.00%) Camunda
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) 4G
1 3 (75.00%) 5G
1 3 (75.00%) DOCSIS
1 3 (75.00%) GPON
1 3 (75.00%) LTE
1 3 (75.00%) MPLS
1 3 (75.00%) Radio Access Network
1 3 (75.00%) VoIP
1 3 (75.00%) xDSL
2 2 (50.00%) Converged Networks
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (75.00%) TM Forum
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 3 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
1 3 (75.00%) eTOM
1 3 (75.00%) Fault Management
1 3 (75.00%) Inventory Management
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (75.00%) Microservices
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) OASIS TOSCA
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (50.00%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Amdocs
1 2 (50.00%) Ericsson
1 2 (50.00%) Huawei
1 2 (50.00%) NetCracker
1 2 (50.00%) Nokia
2 1 (25.00%) BT
2 1 (25.00%) Openreach
2 1 (25.00%) Virgin Media