Architect Contract Job Trends in Central London

Architect
London > Central London

The median Architect daily rate in Central London is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 21 12
Rank change year-on-year -3 -9 +12
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 169 192 304
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 8.99% 8.26% 10.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.66% 8.86% 10.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 126 209
10th Percentile £509 £474 £521
25th Percentile £586 £550 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - -
75th Percentile £738 £775 £763
90th Percentile £813 £828 £828
London median daily rate £650 £650 £675
% change year-on-year - -3.70% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,750 2,167 2,816
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.13% 93.24% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,210 1,359 1,979
10th Percentile £325 £362 £340
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £680 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £800
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 24 17
10th Percentile £17.61 £21.29 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.86 £30.19 £18.93
Median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% -7.89% -6.17%
75th Percentile £38.88 £82.19 £52.50
90th Percentile £61.65 £129.85 £70.75
London median hourly rate £26.89 £38.00 £39.83
% change year-on-year -29.24% -4.59% +21.62%

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 4 November 2025.

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
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 4 November 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
City of London +2 165 £650 -3.70% 351
West End of London +5 3 £650 +7.08% 3
City of Westminster -2 3 £650 +23.81% 5
Architect
London

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

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, 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 60 (35.50%) Azure
2 44 (26.04%) AWS
3 34 (20.12%) Microsoft
4 32 (18.93%) Roadmaps
5 24 (14.20%) Agile
5 24 (14.20%) Migration
6 22 (13.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 21 (12.43%) Enterprise Architecture
7 21 (12.43%) Security Cleared
8 20 (11.83%) GCP
8 20 (11.83%) SC Cleared
8 20 (11.83%) Technical Leadership
9 18 (10.65%) DevOps
9 18 (10.65%) Microservices
9 18 (10.65%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (10.06%) Data Modelling
10 17 (10.06%) Integration Patterns
11 15 (8.88%) Architectural Patterns
11 15 (8.88%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (8.88%) CI/CD
11 15 (8.88%) Cloud Security
11 15 (8.88%) TOGAF
12 14 (8.28%) AI
12 14 (8.28%) Architectural Design
12 14 (8.28%) SaaS
13 13 (7.69%) Analytics
13 13 (7.69%) Power Platform
13 13 (7.69%) Salesforce
13 13 (7.69%) SDLC
13 13 (7.69%) Security Architecture

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 4 (2.37%) Confluence
1 4 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.18%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.18%) NServiceBus
4 1 (0.59%) Apache
4 1 (0.59%) CICS
4 1 (0.59%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.59%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.59%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (4.14%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (2.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.78%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.78%) Workday HCM
4 2 (1.18%) Endur
4 2 (1.18%) Summit
5 1 (0.59%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.59%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.59%) Maximo
5 1 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.59%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (0.59%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.59%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.59%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 60 (35.50%) Azure
2 44 (26.04%) AWS
3 20 (11.83%) GCP
4 14 (8.28%) SaaS
5 13 (7.69%) Power Platform
6 10 (5.92%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (4.73%) IaaS
7 8 (4.73%) PaaS
8 5 (2.96%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.96%) dbt
8 5 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.96%) Snowflake
9 4 (2.37%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (2.37%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (2.37%) Boomi
9 4 (2.37%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.37%) Serverless
10 3 (1.78%) GitHub
10 3 (1.78%) iPaaS
10 3 (1.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.14%) Network Security
1 7 (4.14%) WAN
2 6 (3.55%) Firewall
2 6 (3.55%) LAN
3 5 (2.96%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.37%) DNS
4 4 (2.37%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.18%) DHCP
5 2 (1.18%) SAN
5 2 (1.18%) SSL
5 2 (1.18%) VPN
6 1 (0.59%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.59%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.59%) Internet
6 1 (0.59%) IPsec
6 1 (0.59%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.59%) MPLS
6 1 (0.59%) OSPF
6 1 (0.59%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.59%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.51%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (5.92%) Power BI
3 8 (4.73%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.37%) BigQuery
4 4 (2.37%) Metadata
5 3 (1.78%) Big Data
5 3 (1.78%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.78%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.18%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.59%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.59%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.59%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.59%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.59%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.59%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.59%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.96%) JIRA
2 2 (1.18%) Git
2 2 (1.18%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.59%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.59%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.59%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.59%) GitLab
3 1 (0.59%) MLflow
3 1 (0.59%) Postman
General
1 76 (44.97%) Finance
2 38 (22.49%) Social Skills
3 31 (18.34%) Banking
4 10 (5.92%) Influencing Skills
5 9 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.33%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.14%) Financial Institution
7 6 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.96%) Legal
8 5 (2.96%) Retail
9 4 (2.37%) Billing
9 4 (2.37%) Marketing
10 3 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.78%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.18%) Military
11 2 (1.18%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.59%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.59%) Back Office
12 1 (0.59%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.55%) .NET
1 6 (3.55%) Lightning Web Components
1 6 (3.55%) REST
2 5 (2.96%) Kafka
2 5 (2.96%) RESTful
2 5 (2.96%) Web Services
3 3 (1.78%) JSON
3 3 (1.78%) Middleware
3 3 (1.78%) Spring
3 3 (1.78%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.18%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.18%) Node.js
4 2 (1.18%) OAuth
4 2 (1.18%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.18%) SOAP
4 2 (1.18%) XML
5 1 (0.59%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.59%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (0.59%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.59%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.02%) Cloud Native
2 7 (4.14%) Product Ownership
3 6 (3.55%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.37%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.37%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.37%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.78%) CMDB
6 3 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.18%) CSOC
7 2 (1.18%) Data Fabric
7 2 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.18%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.18%) PKI
7 2 (1.18%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.18%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.18%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.55%) Linux
2 5 (2.96%) Windows
3 2 (1.18%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.59%) AIX
4 1 (0.59%) Android
4 1 (0.59%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.59%) Solaris
4 1 (0.59%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (18.93%) Roadmaps
2 24 (14.20%) Agile
2 24 (14.20%) Migration
3 22 (13.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 21 (12.43%) Enterprise Architecture
5 20 (11.83%) Technical Leadership
6 18 (10.65%) DevOps
6 18 (10.65%) Microservices
6 18 (10.65%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (10.06%) Data Modelling
7 17 (10.06%) Integration Patterns
8 15 (8.88%) Architectural Patterns
8 15 (8.88%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (8.88%) CI/CD
8 15 (8.88%) Cloud Security
8 15 (8.88%) TOGAF
9 14 (8.28%) AI
9 14 (8.28%) Architectural Design
10 13 (7.69%) Analytics
10 13 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.10%) Python
2 11 (6.51%) SQL
3 8 (4.73%) Java
4 4 (2.37%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.78%) C#
5 3 (1.78%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.18%) Apex Code
6 2 (1.18%) Bicep
6 2 (1.18%) Kotlin
6 2 (1.18%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.59%) COBOL
7 1 (0.59%) CodeQL
7 1 (0.59%) Go
7 1 (0.59%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.59%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.59%) R
7 1 (0.59%) Scala
7 1 (0.59%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.59%) Swift
Qualifications
1 21 (12.43%) Security Cleared
2 20 (11.83%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.33%) Degree
4 7 (4.14%) Azure Certification
5 6 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.37%) CISSP
7 3 (1.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (1.78%) GIAC
7 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.18%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.18%) CASP
8 2 (1.18%) CCNA
8 2 (1.18%) CCSP
8 2 (1.18%) CREST Certified
8 2 (1.18%) CSSLP
8 2 (1.18%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.59%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (5.92%) GDPR
3 7 (4.14%) Data Quality
4 6 (3.55%) NIST
5 5 (2.96%) NCSC
6 4 (2.37%) QA
7 3 (1.78%) COBIT
7 3 (1.78%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.18%) EU AI Act
8 2 (1.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.18%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.59%) GRC
9 1 (0.59%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.59%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.59%) MiFID
9 1 (0.59%) PMO
9 1 (0.59%) SEPA
System Software
1 6 (3.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.96%) Docker
3 2 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.59%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 10 (5.92%) Terraform
2 5 (2.96%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.18%) Ansible
4 2 (1.18%) SELinux
5 1 (0.59%) Grafana
5 1 (0.59%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.59%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 34 (20.12%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.69%) Salesforce
3 11 (6.51%) Databricks
4 9 (5.33%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.73%) Google
5 8 (4.73%) SAP
6 6 (3.55%) IBM
7 5 (2.96%) IFS
7 5 (2.96%) Oracle
7 5 (2.96%) Workday
8 3 (1.78%) Cisco
8 3 (1.78%) Informatica
8 3 (1.78%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.78%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 3 (1.78%) Splunk
9 2 (1.18%) Dell
9 2 (1.18%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.18%) MicroStrategy
9 2 (1.18%) OpenLink
9 2 (1.18%) VMware