Architect Contract Job Trends in Central London

Architect
London > Central London

The median Architect daily rate in Central London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 23 22
Rank change year-on-year +15 -1 -9
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 349 168 192
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 13.99% 8.50% 8.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.81% 9.14% 8.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 113 129
10th Percentile £483 £514 £504
25th Percentile £518 £613 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £655 £675
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% -2.96% -
75th Percentile £738 £750 £738
90th Percentile £775 £813 £832
London median daily rate £625 £643 £650
% change year-on-year -2.72% -1.15% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £37.00 - -
25th Percentile £40.00 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -52.50% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile £62.00 - -
London median hourly rate £77.50 £82.50 £86.43
% change year-on-year -6.06% -4.55% +32.97%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 2,357 1,838 2,160
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.51% 92.97% 94.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,604 1,233 1,426
10th Percentile £356 £315 £363
25th Percentile £455 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -0.09%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £782
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 30 21
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.69 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.00 £23.13
Median hourly rate £24.00 £28.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.27% +4.91% -22.86%
75th Percentile £41.50 £41.81 £61.25
90th Percentile £63.75 £63.93 £137.50
London median hourly rate £39.00 £30.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +27.87% -12.86% -6.67%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Central London

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies 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 6 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Central London

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Central London

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in Central London over the 6 months to 6 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 6 September 2026. 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 +13 315 £635 -3.79% 129
West End of London -3 9 £620 -4.62% 7
City of Westminster -4 8 £500 -23.08% 30
Kensington and Chelsea - 3 £900 - 1
Architect
London

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 6 September 2026, 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 Central London region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 109 (31.23%) Azure
2 92 (26.36%) Security Cleared
3 72 (20.63%) SC Cleared
4 61 (17.48%) AWS
4 61 (17.48%) Microsoft
5 60 (17.19%) Roadmaps
6 58 (16.62%) Migration
7 56 (16.05%) Data Modelling
8 55 (15.76%) Analytics
9 53 (15.19%) AI
10 48 (13.75%) CI/CD
11 46 (13.18%) Stakeholder Management
12 42 (12.03%) Data Architecture
13 40 (11.46%) DevOps
14 39 (11.17%) Integration Patterns
14 39 (11.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 36 (10.32%) Enterprise Architecture
16 34 (9.74%) Event-Driven
17 33 (9.46%) Data Governance
17 33 (9.46%) Infrastructure as Code
18 31 (8.88%) Technical Leadership
19 29 (8.31%) Databricks
20 28 (8.02%) Decision-Making
20 28 (8.02%) GCP
21 27 (7.74%) Agile
21 27 (7.74%) TOGAF
22 26 (7.45%) ERP
22 26 (7.45%) Machine Learning
23 25 (7.16%) Business Intelligence
23 25 (7.16%) Python

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 6 (1.72%) Apache
2 4 (1.15%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.15%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.57%) Anypoint
3 2 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.57%) CMS
4 1 (0.29%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.29%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.29%) nginx
4 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.43%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.57%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.29%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.29%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.29%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.29%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 109 (31.23%) Azure
2 61 (17.48%) AWS
3 28 (8.02%) GCP
4 24 (6.88%) Power Platform
5 18 (5.16%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (4.87%) SaaS
7 14 (4.01%) GitHub
8 13 (3.72%) Serverless
9 12 (3.44%) Snowflake
10 11 (3.15%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (3.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (2.87%) Entra ID
11 10 (2.87%) PaaS
12 9 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (2.01%) OCI
15 6 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
16 5 (1.43%) Amazon S3
16 5 (1.43%) Azure AI
16 5 (1.43%) Azure Databricks
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.72%) Network Security
2 9 (2.58%) Firewall
3 6 (1.72%) LAN
4 4 (1.15%) WAN
5 3 (0.86%) DNS
5 3 (0.86%) SMS
5 3 (0.86%) VPN
6 2 (0.57%) SAN
7 1 (0.29%) BGP
7 1 (0.29%) DHCP
7 1 (0.29%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.29%) FTP
7 1 (0.29%) NAS
7 1 (0.29%) NGFW
7 1 (0.29%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.29%) TACACS
7 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.29%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.16%) Data Lake
1 18 (5.16%) Power BI
2 17 (4.87%) Metadata
3 11 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.01%) Semantic Layer
5 6 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (1.43%) BigQuery
6 5 (1.43%) Data Mining
6 5 (1.43%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.43%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.15%) Data Hub
7 4 (1.15%) Star Schema
8 3 (0.86%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.86%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.57%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.01%) Git
2 3 (0.86%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.86%) JIRA
2 3 (0.86%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (0.57%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.29%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.29%) GitLab
4 1 (0.29%) MLflow
General
1 67 (19.20%) Social Skills
2 61 (17.48%) Finance
3 37 (10.60%) Public Sector
4 22 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (6.30%) Banking
4 22 (6.30%) Telecoms
5 20 (5.73%) Retail
6 16 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.72%) Billing
8 6 (1.72%) Marketing
9 5 (1.43%) Legal
9 5 (1.43%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.15%) Military
11 3 (0.86%) Automotive
11 3 (0.86%) Law
11 3 (0.86%) Police
12 2 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.57%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.57%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.88%) REST
2 16 (4.58%) SOAP
3 14 (4.01%) Terraform
4 11 (3.15%) PySpark
5 9 (2.58%) Middleware
6 7 (2.01%) JSON
7 6 (1.72%) .NET
7 6 (1.72%) OAuth
8 5 (1.43%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.43%) Spring Boot
8 5 (1.43%) XML
9 4 (1.15%) Kafka
9 4 (1.15%) Spring
10 3 (0.86%) OAuth2
10 3 (0.86%) SAML
11 2 (0.57%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.57%) ASP.NET Web API
11 2 (0.57%) CSS
11 2 (0.57%) HTML
11 2 (0.57%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.89%) Cloud Native
2 22 (6.30%) Data Centre
3 13 (3.72%) CMDB
4 11 (3.15%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (2.87%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.58%) Mainframe
7 7 (2.01%) AI Agents
7 7 (2.01%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.72%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.72%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.43%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.43%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.15%) Replication
11 3 (0.86%) Distributed Applications
11 3 (0.86%) Marketing Technology
11 3 (0.86%) Reinsurance
11 3 (0.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 3 (0.86%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.87%) Linux
2 3 (0.86%) Windows
3 2 (0.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.29%) AIX
4 1 (0.29%) CentOS
4 1 (0.29%) Solaris
4 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (17.19%) Roadmaps
2 58 (16.62%) Migration
3 56 (16.05%) Data Modelling
4 55 (15.76%) Analytics
5 53 (15.19%) AI
6 48 (13.75%) CI/CD
7 46 (13.18%) Stakeholder Management
8 42 (12.03%) Data Architecture
9 40 (11.46%) DevOps
10 39 (11.17%) Integration Patterns
10 39 (11.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 36 (10.32%) Enterprise Architecture
12 34 (9.74%) Event-Driven
13 33 (9.46%) Data Governance
13 33 (9.46%) Infrastructure as Code
14 31 (8.88%) Technical Leadership
15 28 (8.02%) Decision-Making
16 27 (7.74%) Agile
16 27 (7.74%) TOGAF
17 26 (7.45%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 25 (7.16%) Python
2 19 (5.44%) SQL
3 13 (3.72%) Java
3 13 (3.72%) JavaScript
4 7 (2.01%) Bicep
5 6 (1.72%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (1.43%) Ruby
7 4 (1.15%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.57%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.57%) Bash
8 2 (0.57%) C#
9 1 (0.29%) DAML
9 1 (0.29%) DataWeave
9 1 (0.29%) Go
9 1 (0.29%) Rust
9 1 (0.29%) Solidity
9 1 (0.29%) SOQL
9 1 (0.29%) SOSL
9 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 92 (26.36%) Security Cleared
2 72 (20.63%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.15%) DV Cleared
4 10 (2.87%) CISSP
5 8 (2.29%) TOGAF Certification
6 6 (1.72%) CISM
6 6 (1.72%) Degree
7 5 (1.43%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.15%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.86%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.29%) CCNP
10 1 (0.29%) CISA
10 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.29%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.59%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.15%) GDPR
2 11 (3.15%) NIST
3 9 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.72%) GRC
4 6 (1.72%) NCSC
5 4 (1.15%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (0.86%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (0.86%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.86%) NIST 800
6 3 (0.86%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.86%) QA
6 3 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (0.57%) SEPA
8 1 (0.29%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 7 (2.01%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.72%) Docker
2 6 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.57%) vSphere
4 1 (0.29%) Firmware
4 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (3.44%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.86%) Ansible
2 3 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 61 (17.48%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.31%) Databricks
3 21 (6.02%) Oracle
3 21 (6.02%) ServiceNow
4 16 (4.58%) SAP
5 12 (3.44%) Google
6 11 (3.15%) Cisco
7 10 (2.87%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.29%) OpenAI
9 7 (2.01%) VMware
10 6 (1.72%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.43%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.43%) Workday
12 4 (1.15%) IBM
12 4 (1.15%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.86%) Foundry
14 2 (0.57%) BMC
14 2 (0.57%) Dell
14 2 (0.57%) Palo Alto
14 2 (0.57%) Yardi