IT Architect Contract Job Trends in Canary Wharf

IT Architect
Tower Hamlets > Canary Wharf

The median IT Architect daily rate in Canary Wharf is £630, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Canary Wharf 1.89% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 - -
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £630 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Canary Wharf

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Canary Wharf. 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 Canary Wharf with a recognized job title 45 38 140
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.91% 80.85% 92.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 37 130
10th Percentile £416 £350 £450
25th Percentile £450 £450 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £577
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -8.50% +4.82%
75th Percentile £688 £613 £650
90th Percentile £1,000 £653 £770
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £525 £514 £578
% change year-on-year +2.19% -11.12% +5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £28.14 - £15.13
25th Percentile £32.61 - £16.56
Median hourly rate £40.08 - £18.93
75th Percentile £47.54 - -
90th Percentile £52.02 - -
Tower Hamlets median hourly rate £40.08 - £18.93

IT Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Canary Wharf

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Canary Wharf.

IT Architect job vacancy trend in Canary Wharf

IT Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Architect job vacancies in Canary Wharf.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Architect job vacancies in Canary Wharf

IT Architect Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canary Wharf

For the 6 months to 26 January 2026, IT Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Canary Wharf region featuring IT Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Camunda
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Zachman Framework

IT Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canary Wharf by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Camunda
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft