Architect Contracts in Central London

Architect
London > Central London

The median Architect daily rate in Central London is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 July 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 18 13
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +6
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 177 213 386
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 8.80% 8.99% 10.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.46% 9.41% 10.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 152 230
10th Percentile £525 £513 £538
25th Percentile £613 £563 £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.85%
75th Percentile £751 £775 £786
90th Percentile £803 £875 £863
London median daily rate £650 £650 £700
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £100.00 - £35.00
London median hourly rate £65.00 £57.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +14.04% -12.31% -

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 1,872 2,264 3,577
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.09% 95.53% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,212 1,567 2,433
10th Percentile £338 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.18% -8.33% +7.53%
75th Percentile £680 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £791 £820
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 24 22
10th Percentile £21.51 £20.01 £15.61
25th Percentile £24.66 £21.63 £18.93
Median hourly rate £30.04 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.24% -22.86% -16.67%
75th Percentile £51.31 £34.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.89 £48.30 £87.97
London median hourly rate £32.00 £27.81 £38.25
% change year-on-year +15.07% -27.29% +9.29%

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 6 July 2025.

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 6 July 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 -5 164 £695 +2.93% 257
West End of London +3 6 £650 +12.36% 5
City of Westminster +5 5 £650 -7.14% 2
Camden +4 2 £565 -2.33%
Southwark - 1 - - 1
Architect
London

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

For the 6 months to 6 July 2025, 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 71 (40.11%) Azure
2 63 (35.59%) Finance
3 49 (27.68%) AWS
4 41 (23.16%) Social Skills
5 39 (22.03%) Migration
6 35 (19.77%) Microsoft
6 35 (19.77%) Security Cleared
7 32 (18.08%) SC Cleared
8 31 (17.51%) Roadmaps
9 30 (16.95%) Banking
10 26 (14.69%) DevOps
11 25 (14.12%) CI/CD
12 24 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
13 22 (12.43%) Cloud Security
13 22 (12.43%) GCP
13 22 (12.43%) Agile
14 21 (11.86%) Cloud Native
14 21 (11.86%) Public Sector
15 19 (10.73%) Cybersecurity
15 19 (10.73%) Stakeholder Management
16 18 (10.17%) Microservices
16 18 (10.17%) Technical Leadership
17 17 (9.60%) Java
17 17 (9.60%) Python
18 16 (9.04%) TOGAF
18 16 (9.04%) SaaS
18 16 (9.04%) Security Architecture
19 15 (8.47%) SQL
20 14 (7.91%) NIST
20 14 (7.91%) Data Modelling

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 4 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (2.26%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.13%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.13%) Confluence
2 2 (1.13%) SAS
3 1 (0.56%) Apache
3 1 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.56%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.13%) Oracle Smart View
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.26%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (2.26%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.69%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.69%) Workday HCM
4 2 (1.13%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.56%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.56%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.56%) Magento
5 1 (0.56%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.56%) SAP MDG-S
5 1 (0.56%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.56%) Summit
5 1 (0.56%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 71 (40.11%) Azure
2 49 (27.68%) AWS
3 22 (12.43%) GCP
4 16 (9.04%) SaaS
5 14 (7.91%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (7.91%) PaaS
6 11 (6.21%) Power Platform
6 11 (6.21%) Serverless
7 8 (4.52%) IaaS
8 7 (3.95%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.82%) Snowflake
10 4 (2.26%) Amazon S3
10 4 (2.26%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (2.26%) Collibra
10 4 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.26%) GitHub
11 3 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.69%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (1.69%) AWS CloudTrail
11 3 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.08%) Firewall
2 4 (2.26%) LAN
2 4 (2.26%) Network Security
2 4 (2.26%) Software-Defined Networking
2 4 (2.26%) WAN
2 4 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.69%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (1.69%) VPN
4 2 (1.13%) DNS
4 2 (1.13%) SAN
4 2 (1.13%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.56%) BGP
5 1 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.56%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.56%) IPsec
5 1 (0.56%) Modbus
5 1 (0.56%) MQTT
5 1 (0.56%) OSPF
5 1 (0.56%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.65%) Big Data
2 8 (4.52%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (3.95%) NoSQL
4 6 (3.39%) Data Lake
5 5 (2.82%) Power BI
6 4 (2.26%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.69%) Metadata
8 2 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.13%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.13%) SQL Server
8 2 (1.13%) Tableau
9 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.56%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.56%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.56%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Jenkins
1 3 (1.69%) JIRA
2 2 (1.13%) Maven
3 1 (0.56%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.56%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.56%) Git
3 1 (0.56%) MSI
3 1 (0.56%) Postman
3 1 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.56%) TeamCity
General
1 63 (35.59%) Finance
2 41 (23.16%) Social Skills
3 30 (16.95%) Banking
4 21 (11.86%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.82%) Back Office
6 5 (2.82%) Financial Institution
6 5 (2.82%) Investment Banking
6 5 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.26%) Retail
8 3 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.69%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.69%) Military
8 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.13%) Legal
9 2 (1.13%) Marketing
10 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.95%) .NET
2 6 (3.39%) Kafka
3 5 (2.82%) OAuth
3 5 (2.82%) OpenID
3 5 (2.82%) Web Services
4 4 (2.26%) JSON
4 4 (2.26%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (2.26%) Middleware
4 4 (2.26%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (2.26%) REST
4 4 (2.26%) SAML
4 4 (2.26%) Spring
4 4 (2.26%) Spring Boot
4 4 (2.26%) XML
5 3 (1.69%) Node.js
5 3 (1.69%) RESTful
6 2 (1.13%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.13%) Hibernate
6 2 (1.13%) JPA
6 2 (1.13%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.86%) Cloud Native
2 9 (5.08%) Public Cloud
3 6 (3.39%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.39%) Private Cloud
4 5 (2.82%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.26%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.26%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.69%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.69%) CMDB
6 3 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (1.69%) Mainframe
6 3 (1.69%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.69%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.13%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.13%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.13%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.65%) Linux
2 6 (3.39%) Windows
3 3 (1.69%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.13%) Unix
5 1 (0.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (22.03%) Migration
2 31 (17.51%) Roadmaps
3 26 (14.69%) DevOps
4 25 (14.12%) CI/CD
5 24 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (12.43%) Agile
6 22 (12.43%) Cloud Security
7 19 (10.73%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (10.73%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (10.17%) Microservices
8 18 (10.17%) Technical Leadership
9 16 (9.04%) Security Architecture
9 16 (9.04%) TOGAF
10 14 (7.91%) Data Modelling
10 14 (7.91%) Enterprise Architecture
11 13 (7.34%) Analytics
11 13 (7.34%) Data Architecture
11 13 (7.34%) Integration Patterns
12 12 (6.78%) Machine Learning
12 12 (6.78%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.60%) Java
1 17 (9.60%) Python
2 15 (8.47%) SQL
3 6 (3.39%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.26%) C#
4 4 (2.26%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.69%) Bicep
6 1 (0.56%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.56%) Bash
6 1 (0.56%) CodeQL
6 1 (0.56%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.56%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.56%) R
6 1 (0.56%) Ruby
6 1 (0.56%) Scala
6 1 (0.56%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (19.77%) Security Cleared
2 32 (18.08%) SC Cleared
3 12 (6.78%) Degree
4 11 (6.21%) CISSP
5 8 (4.52%) Azure Certification
6 7 (3.95%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (3.39%) CISM
8 4 (2.26%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.26%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.69%) CCNP
9 3 (1.69%) GIAC
9 3 (1.69%) OCP
9 3 (1.69%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (1.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.13%) CCIE
10 2 (1.13%) CCNA
10 2 (1.13%) CCSP
10 2 (1.13%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.91%) GDPR
1 14 (7.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 14 (7.91%) NIST
2 5 (2.82%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.82%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (1.69%) COBIT
4 3 (1.69%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (1.69%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.13%) GRC
5 2 (1.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (1.13%) NCSC
5 2 (1.13%) QA
6 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.56%) DICOM
6 1 (0.56%) HL7
6 1 (0.56%) MiFID
6 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (5.65%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.56%) Docker
3 1 (0.56%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (6.78%) Terraform
2 10 (5.65%) Kubernetes
3 6 (3.39%) Ansible
4 2 (1.13%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.13%) SELinux
4 2 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.56%) CASB
5 1 (0.56%) Grafana
5 1 (0.56%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.56%) Puppet
5 1 (0.56%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 35 (19.77%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.91%) Databricks
3 13 (7.34%) Oracle
4 10 (5.65%) ServiceNow
5 9 (5.08%) Cisco
5 9 (5.08%) Google
5 9 (5.08%) SAP
6 6 (3.39%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.26%) IBM
7 4 (2.26%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.26%) Workday
8 3 (1.69%) Informatica
8 3 (1.69%) Splunk
9 2 (1.13%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.13%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.13%) IFS
9 2 (1.13%) Juniper
9 2 (1.13%) Okta
9 2 (1.13%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.56%) Zscaler