OSS Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

OSS Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median OSS Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 March 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
22 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 395 461
Rank change year-on-year +51 +66 +40
Contract jobs requiring an OSS Architect 2 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.024% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.026% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £750 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £625 £750 -
% change year-on-year -16.67% - -

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 11,883 19,479 23,668
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 92.76% 94.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,676 12,085 16,621
10th Percentile £213 £210 £219
25th Percentile £363 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £487 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.46% -2.60% +6.27%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £595
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.46% +4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 711 2,091 1,253
10th Percentile £14.99 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £20.12 £15.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £40.59
Median % change year-on-year - -19.93% +116.48%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.50 £71.90 £72.00
UK median hourly rate £32.91 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +1.25% -23.53% +90.67%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OSS Architect in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for OSS Architect 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 22 March 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 +51 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 £625 -
Midlands - 1 £625 -
OSS Architect
UK

OSS Architect Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 22 March 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 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) MuleSoft
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (50.00%) Salesforce

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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) API Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) MuleSoft
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce