Architect Contracts in Central London

Architect
London > Central London

The median Architect daily rate in Central London is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 14 16
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 238 362 386
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 9.81% 9.60% 8.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.30% 10.08% 9.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 204 282
10th Percentile £513 £532 £513
25th Percentile £563 £600 £551
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £775 £788 £738
90th Percentile £880 £886 £813
London median daily rate £663 £700 £663
% change year-on-year -5.36% +5.66% +10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
London median hourly rate £60.00 £61.25 -
% change year-on-year -2.04% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,311 3,591 4,259
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.30% 95.20% 94.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,647 2,455 3,245
10th Percentile £339 £325 £363
25th Percentile £440 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +4.89% +7.14%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 26 53
10th Percentile £20.19 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £22.13 £18.93 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.34% -5.41% +108.60%
75th Percentile £27.81 £57.50 £50.75
90th Percentile £40.38 £86.65 £65.10
London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% +2.14% +8.63%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Central London

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in Central London

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Central London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Central London

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Central London

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Central London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
City of London 0 221 £650 -3.70% 49
West End of London +6 5 £625 -3.85% 5
City of Westminster -1 2 £700 +0.90%
Architect
London

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, 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 Central London region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 74 (31.09%) Finance
2 73 (30.67%) Azure
3 56 (23.53%) Microsoft
4 51 (21.43%) Social Skills
5 35 (14.71%) AWS
6 32 (13.45%) Banking
6 32 (13.45%) Roadmaps
7 31 (13.03%) Agile
8 27 (11.34%) Security Cleared
9 26 (10.92%) SC Cleared
9 26 (10.92%) Python
9 26 (10.92%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (9.24%) Data Modelling
10 22 (9.24%) PowerShell
10 22 (9.24%) Degree
10 22 (9.24%) Analytics
10 22 (9.24%) DevOps
11 21 (8.82%) Public Sector
12 20 (8.40%) Migration
13 19 (7.98%) Power Platform
14 18 (7.56%) CI/CD
14 18 (7.56%) Business Strategy
14 18 (7.56%) Microsoft Exchange
14 18 (7.56%) Active Directory
14 18 (7.56%) Cybersecurity
15 17 (7.14%) Security Architecture
16 16 (6.72%) Computer Science
16 16 (6.72%) ITIL
17 15 (6.30%) Business Intelligence
17 15 (6.30%) Enterprise Architecture

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 18 (7.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (5.88%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.68%) CMS
4 3 (1.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (1.26%) Confluence
5 2 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.42%) Apache
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.42%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.42%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.84%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.42%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.42%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.42%) Primavera
4 1 (0.42%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.42%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 73 (30.67%) Azure
2 35 (14.71%) AWS
3 26 (10.92%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (7.98%) Power Platform
5 14 (5.88%) Entra ID
6 11 (4.62%) Power Automate
7 10 (4.20%) GCP
7 10 (4.20%) IaaS
7 10 (4.20%) PaaS
7 10 (4.20%) WhatsApp
8 9 (3.78%) SaaS
9 8 (3.36%) PowerApps
9 8 (3.36%) Serverless
10 7 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (2.94%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (2.52%) Azure Key Vault
12 5 (2.10%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (2.10%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (2.10%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.88%) Firewall
2 6 (2.52%) WAN
3 4 (1.68%) LAN
3 4 (1.68%) NetScaler
3 4 (1.68%) Network Security
3 4 (1.68%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.26%) DNS
4 3 (1.26%) Intranet
4 3 (1.26%) VoIP
4 3 (1.26%) WLAN
5 2 (0.84%) Internet
5 2 (0.84%) MPLS
5 2 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.42%) CTI
6 1 (0.42%) DHCP
6 1 (0.42%) HTTP
6 1 (0.42%) Multicast
6 1 (0.42%) VPN
6 1 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.46%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (3.36%) NoSQL
3 7 (2.94%) Metadata
3 7 (2.94%) Power BI
4 6 (2.52%) Data Vault
5 5 (2.10%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.68%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.26%) Big Data
7 3 (1.26%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.26%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.84%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.84%) MySQL
8 2 (0.84%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.42%) DB2
9 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.42%) InfluxDB
9 1 (0.42%) Parquet
9 1 (0.42%) SAS EBI
9 1 (0.42%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.84%) Git
2 2 (0.84%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.84%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.42%) ERwin
3 1 (0.42%) JIRA
3 1 (0.42%) MSI
3 1 (0.42%) Terragrunt
General
1 74 (31.09%) Finance
2 51 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 32 (13.45%) Banking
4 21 (8.82%) Public Sector
5 15 (6.30%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (5.04%) Financial Institution
7 9 (3.78%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.36%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (2.52%) Legal
9 6 (2.52%) Local Government
9 6 (2.52%) Publishing
10 5 (2.10%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.68%) Retail
12 3 (1.26%) Law
13 2 (0.84%) Advertising
13 2 (0.84%) Games
13 2 (0.84%) Marketing
14 1 (0.42%) Corporate Banking
14 1 (0.42%) Wholesale Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.46%) REST
2 11 (4.62%) SAML
3 8 (3.36%) .NET
3 8 (3.36%) JSON
4 7 (2.94%) OpenID
4 7 (2.94%) XACML
4 7 (2.94%) XML
5 6 (2.52%) Microsoft Graph
6 5 (2.10%) Middleware
7 4 (1.68%) GraphQL
8 3 (1.26%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.26%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.26%) LDAP
8 3 (1.26%) React
9 2 (0.84%) HTML
9 2 (0.84%) HTML5
9 2 (0.84%) Kafka
9 2 (0.84%) OAuth
9 2 (0.84%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.36%) Data Centre
2 6 (2.52%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.10%) Cloud Native
3 5 (2.10%) IVR
3 5 (2.10%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.10%) Reference Data
4 4 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (1.68%) Mainframe
4 4 (1.68%) PKI
4 4 (1.68%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.26%) Credit Risk
5 3 (1.26%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.84%) CMDB
6 2 (0.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (0.84%) IoT
6 2 (0.84%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.84%) Video on Demand
6 2 (0.84%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.36%) Windows
2 6 (2.52%) Linux
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (0.84%) Solaris
3 2 (0.84%) VMS
4 1 (0.42%) CentOS
4 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (13.45%) Roadmaps
2 31 (13.03%) Agile
3 22 (9.24%) Analytics
3 22 (9.24%) Data Modelling
3 22 (9.24%) DevOps
4 20 (8.40%) Migration
5 18 (7.56%) Business Strategy
5 18 (7.56%) CI/CD
5 18 (7.56%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (7.14%) Security Architecture
7 16 (6.72%) Computer Science
7 16 (6.72%) ITIL
8 15 (6.30%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (6.30%) Data Loss Prevention
8 15 (6.30%) Enterprise Architecture
8 15 (6.30%) Microservices
8 15 (6.30%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (5.46%) Data Architecture
10 13 (5.46%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.92%) Python
2 22 (9.24%) PowerShell
3 11 (4.62%) Java
3 11 (4.62%) JavaScript
3 11 (4.62%) SQL
4 4 (1.68%) C#
5 3 (1.26%) C++
5 3 (1.26%) Go
5 3 (1.26%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.84%) Ruby
7 1 (0.42%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.42%) Bash
7 1 (0.42%) Bicep
7 1 (0.42%) Perl
7 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (11.34%) Security Cleared
2 26 (10.92%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.24%) Degree
4 15 (6.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.36%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.52%) TOGAF Certification
7 5 (2.10%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.10%) CISSP
7 5 (2.10%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.26%) CCSK
9 3 (1.26%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.42%) CCSP
11 1 (0.42%) CEH
11 1 (0.42%) CISM
11 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.78%) GDPR
2 6 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.52%) NIST
3 5 (2.10%) SLA
4 3 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 3 (1.26%) NCSC
4 3 (1.26%) QA
5 2 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.84%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.42%) PMO
6 1 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (7.56%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.78%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.84%) KVM
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.42%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (4.20%) Ansible
3 8 (3.36%) Kubernetes
4 7 (2.94%) Terraform
5 6 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.10%) PingFederate
7 4 (1.68%) CSIRT
8 3 (1.26%) Grafana
9 2 (0.84%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.84%) Puppet
10 1 (0.42%) Consul
10 1 (0.42%) Kibana
10 1 (0.42%) logstash
10 1 (0.42%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.42%) Packer
10 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.42%) SCCM
Vendors
1 56 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.62%) Citrix
2 11 (4.62%) Oracle
3 10 (4.20%) Salesforce
4 9 (3.78%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.94%) Google
5 7 (2.94%) IBM
5 7 (2.94%) Okta
6 6 (2.52%) Adobe
6 6 (2.52%) Genesys
6 6 (2.52%) Palo Alto
6 6 (2.52%) Sparx
7 5 (2.10%) Cisco
8 4 (1.68%) Juniper
8 4 (1.68%) SAP
9 3 (1.26%) VMware
10 2 (0.84%) Charles River
10 2 (0.84%) CyberArk
10 2 (0.84%) HP
10 2 (0.84%) New Relic