Architect Contracts in Central London

Architect
London > Central London

The median Architect daily rate in Central London is £659, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 14 12
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 180 235 367
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 9.01% 9.61% 9.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.72% 10.09% 9.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 179 208
10th Percentile £500 £513 £525
25th Percentile £575 £570 £585
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £659 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £738 £775 £788
90th Percentile £800 £878 £891
London median daily rate £643 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -4.81% -3.57% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £100.00 - £35.00
London median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -

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 1,852 2,329 3,676
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 95.22% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,658 2,523
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £454 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
75th Percentile £675 £682 £725
90th Percentile £775 £794 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 32 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.95 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £21.81 £18.93
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.78 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.76% -26.34% -6.04%
75th Percentile £35.00 £27.81 £58.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £43.38 £86.65
London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -5 158 £675 +3.85% 44
West End of London +1 9 £583 -6.72% 13
Camden - 7 £560 - 5
City of Westminster +2 3 £640 -8.57%
Southwark - 1 - - 1
Architect
London

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 74 (41.11%) Azure
2 46 (25.56%) AWS
3 43 (23.89%) Finance
4 41 (22.78%) Social Skills
5 34 (18.89%) Migration
5 34 (18.89%) Security Cleared
6 31 (17.22%) SC Cleared
7 30 (16.67%) DevOps
8 28 (15.56%) Microsoft
9 27 (15.00%) Agile
10 24 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
10 24 (13.33%) CI/CD
11 23 (12.78%) Public Sector
12 22 (12.22%) Stakeholder Management
13 19 (10.56%) ServiceNow
13 19 (10.56%) Roadmaps
14 18 (10.00%) Cloud Security
14 18 (10.00%) Microservices
14 18 (10.00%) Cloud Native
14 18 (10.00%) Oracle
14 18 (10.00%) TOGAF
15 17 (9.44%) Java
15 17 (9.44%) Cybersecurity
15 17 (9.44%) GCP
16 16 (8.89%) SQL
16 16 (8.89%) Banking
17 15 (8.33%) Mentoring
17 15 (8.33%) Security Architecture
18 14 (7.78%) Technical Leadership
18 14 (7.78%) Data 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 4 (2.22%) Confluence
2 1 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.56%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.56%) SAS
2 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.56%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.11%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (4.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.33%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.67%) SAP MDG
3 3 (1.67%) SAP MDG-S
4 2 (1.11%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (1.11%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.56%) Magento
5 1 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.56%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 74 (41.11%) Azure
2 46 (25.56%) AWS
3 17 (9.44%) GCP
4 11 (6.11%) Serverless
5 10 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 10 (5.56%) SaaS
6 9 (5.00%) PaaS
7 8 (4.44%) Entra ID
8 7 (3.89%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (3.33%) IaaS
10 5 (2.78%) Snowflake
11 4 (2.22%) Boomi
11 4 (2.22%) dbt
11 4 (2.22%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (1.67%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (1.67%) Azure AKS
12 3 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.00%) Firewall
2 4 (2.22%) Modbus
2 4 (2.22%) MQTT
2 4 (2.22%) Network Security
2 4 (2.22%) Software-Defined Networking
2 4 (2.22%) VPN
3 3 (1.67%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (1.67%) DNS
4 2 (1.11%) BGP
4 2 (1.11%) LAN
4 2 (1.11%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.11%) WAN
5 1 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.56%) DHCP
5 1 (0.56%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.56%) IPsec
5 1 (0.56%) OSPF
5 1 (0.56%) VLAN
5 1 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.44%) Big Data
2 6 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.78%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.78%) Power BI
4 4 (2.22%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.67%) SAP HANA
6 2 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.11%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.11%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.11%) Tableau
7 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.56%) DB2
7 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.56%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.56%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.22%) Jenkins
1 4 (2.22%) JIRA
1 4 (2.22%) MSI
2 2 (1.11%) GitLab
2 2 (1.11%) Maven
3 1 (0.56%) Git
3 1 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.56%) TeamCity
General
1 43 (23.89%) Finance
2 41 (22.78%) Social Skills
3 23 (12.78%) Public Sector
4 16 (8.89%) Banking
5 6 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.78%) Back Office
7 4 (2.22%) Retail
8 3 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.67%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.67%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.67%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.11%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.11%) Legal
9 2 (1.11%) Marketing
10 1 (0.56%) Billing
10 1 (0.56%) Military
10 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.56%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.33%) Middleware
2 5 (2.78%) AngularJS
2 5 (2.78%) JSON
2 5 (2.78%) Node.js
3 4 (2.22%) GraphQL
3 4 (2.22%) Kafka
3 4 (2.22%) OAuth
3 4 (2.22%) OpenID
3 4 (2.22%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (2.22%) REST
3 4 (2.22%) SAML
4 3 (1.67%) .NET
4 3 (1.67%) CSS
4 3 (1.67%) HTML
4 3 (1.67%) React
4 3 (1.67%) SailPoint
4 3 (1.67%) Web Services
5 2 (1.11%) Hibernate
5 2 (1.11%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 7 (3.89%) CMDB
2 7 (3.89%) Public Cloud
3 5 (2.78%) Data Centre
3 5 (2.78%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.78%) Private Cloud
4 4 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.22%) IoT
4 4 (2.22%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.22%) Reference Data
4 4 (2.22%) Security Posture
4 4 (2.22%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.67%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.67%) Low-Code
5 3 (1.67%) Mainframe
5 3 (1.67%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.11%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.33%) Linux
1 6 (3.33%) Windows
2 3 (1.67%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.11%) Unix
4 1 (0.56%) Android
4 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (18.89%) Migration
2 30 (16.67%) DevOps
3 27 (15.00%) Agile
4 24 (13.33%) CI/CD
4 24 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (12.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (10.56%) Roadmaps
7 18 (10.00%) Cloud Security
7 18 (10.00%) Microservices
7 18 (10.00%) TOGAF
8 17 (9.44%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (8.33%) Mentoring
9 15 (8.33%) Security Architecture
10 14 (7.78%) Data Architecture
10 14 (7.78%) ERP
10 14 (7.78%) Technical Leadership
11 13 (7.22%) Enterprise Architecture
12 12 (6.67%) Analytics
12 12 (6.67%) Business Strategy
12 12 (6.67%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.44%) Java
2 16 (8.89%) SQL
3 14 (7.78%) Python
4 9 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 6 (3.33%) C#
6 4 (2.22%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.67%) Bicep
8 2 (1.11%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.11%) Ruby
9 1 (0.56%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.56%) Bash
9 1 (0.56%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.56%) Swift
Qualifications
1 34 (18.89%) Security Cleared
2 31 (17.22%) SC Cleared
3 13 (7.22%) Degree
4 11 (6.11%) CISSP
5 10 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
6 8 (4.44%) CISM
7 6 (3.33%) AWS Certification
7 6 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (2.22%) Azure Certification
8 4 (2.22%) CCNP
8 4 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.67%) OCP
9 3 (1.67%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (1.11%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (1.11%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 2 (1.11%) CCIE
10 2 (1.11%) CISA
10 2 (1.11%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.11%) NIST
2 9 (5.00%) GDPR
3 8 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (2.22%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (1.11%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.11%) GRC
7 2 (1.11%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.11%) NIST 800
7 2 (1.11%) QA
7 2 (1.11%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.56%) DICOM
8 1 (0.56%) HL7
8 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (4.44%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.11%) Docker
4 1 (0.56%) IAG
4 1 (0.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (7.22%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.00%) Terraform
3 6 (3.33%) Ansible
4 3 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.11%) MOM
5 2 (1.11%) Nagios
5 2 (1.11%) PingFederate
5 2 (1.11%) SCCM
6 1 (0.56%) CASB
6 1 (0.56%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.56%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.56%) Puppet
6 1 (0.56%) VxRail
Vendors
1 28 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.56%) ServiceNow
3 18 (10.00%) Oracle
4 12 (6.67%) SAP
5 8 (4.44%) Cisco
5 8 (4.44%) Databricks
6 6 (3.33%) Google
7 5 (2.78%) BiZZdesign
7 5 (2.78%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.22%) IBM
8 4 (2.22%) MuleSoft
8 4 (2.22%) Salesforce
8 4 (2.22%) Zscaler
9 3 (1.67%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.67%) CyberArk
9 3 (1.67%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.67%) Okta
9 3 (1.67%) Ping Identity
9 3 (1.67%) Qualys
9 3 (1.67%) Splunk