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 29 April 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 21 14
Rank change year-on-year +9 -7 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 301 181 236
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 12.34% 9.05% 9.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.01% 9.75% 10.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 111 180
10th Percentile £475 £500 £513
25th Percentile £513 £575 £570
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £663 £650
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +1.92% -3.70%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £775
90th Percentile £825 £800 £876
London median daily rate £625 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £100.00 -
London median hourly rate £68.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +8.80% +4.17% +9.09%

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 2,314 1,856 2,332
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 92.80% 95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,553 1,199 1,656
10th Percentile £350 £350 £343
25th Percentile £450 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -5.98%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £683
90th Percentile £775 £775 £789
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 21 34
10th Percentile £18.65 £22.00 £19.23
25th Percentile £19.25 £22.75 £21.44
Median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £25.78
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% +12.76% -26.34%
75th Percentile £42.65 £35.00 £27.81
90th Percentile £59.72 £63.75 £48.30
London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +27.27% -21.43%

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 29 April 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
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 29 April 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 +10 286 £650 -3.70% 57
City of Westminster +3 5 £500 -21.88% 2
West End of London -2 3 £625 +7.20%
Kensington and Chelsea - 2 £813 -
Southwark +1 1 £725 -
Architect
London

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 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 89 (29.57%) Security Cleared
2 77 (25.58%) SC Cleared
3 73 (24.25%) Azure
4 63 (20.93%) AWS
5 51 (16.94%) AI
6 46 (15.28%) Migration
7 43 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 43 (14.29%) Roadmaps
8 34 (11.30%) CI/CD
9 33 (10.96%) Integration Patterns
10 31 (10.30%) Stakeholder Management
11 29 (9.63%) Infrastructure as Code
11 29 (9.63%) TOGAF
12 28 (9.30%) Analytics
13 27 (8.97%) GCP
14 26 (8.64%) Generative AI
15 25 (8.31%) Data Modelling
15 25 (8.31%) DevOps
16 24 (7.97%) Machine Learning
16 24 (7.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 23 (7.64%) Databricks
17 23 (7.64%) Enterprise Architecture
18 22 (7.31%) Architectural Patterns
18 22 (7.31%) Data Architecture
19 21 (6.98%) SAP
20 19 (6.31%) Architectural Design
20 19 (6.31%) Data Engineering
20 19 (6.31%) Terraform
21 18 (5.98%) Business Intelligence
21 18 (5.98%) Event-Driven

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 (1.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.66%) Apache
2 2 (0.66%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.33%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.33%) Camunda
3 1 (0.33%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.33%) nginx
3 1 (0.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (3.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.00%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.00%) SAP EWM
2 3 (1.00%) SAP PM
2 3 (1.00%) SAP PP
2 3 (1.00%) SAP QM
2 3 (1.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.33%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.33%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.33%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.33%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 73 (24.25%) Azure
2 63 (20.93%) AWS
3 27 (8.97%) GCP
4 12 (3.99%) GitHub
5 11 (3.65%) Power Platform
6 10 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (3.32%) Serverless
7 9 (2.99%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.99%) SaaS
8 7 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (2.33%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.99%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.99%) PaaS
10 5 (1.66%) Azure AI
10 5 (1.66%) Azure AKS
10 5 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.33%) Amazon SageMaker
11 4 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.33%) Azure Cognitive Search
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.32%) Network Security
2 11 (3.65%) LAN
2 11 (3.65%) WAN
3 8 (2.66%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (1.66%) Firewall
5 4 (1.33%) DNS
5 4 (1.33%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.00%) VPN
7 2 (0.66%) DMZ
8 1 (0.33%) 3G
8 1 (0.33%) 3GPP
8 1 (0.33%) DHCP
8 1 (0.33%) Extranet
8 1 (0.33%) FTP
8 1 (0.33%) Internet
8 1 (0.33%) NAS
8 1 (0.33%) SAN
8 1 (0.33%) SMS
8 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (2.66%) Power BI
2 7 (2.33%) Data Lake
2 7 (2.33%) Metadata
3 5 (1.66%) Data Mining
3 5 (1.66%) Snowflake Schema
4 4 (1.33%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.00%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.66%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.33%) Big Data
7 1 (0.33%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.33%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.33%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.33%) Git
2 2 (0.66%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.33%) ERwin
3 1 (0.33%) GitLab
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.33%) PowerBuilder
3 1 (0.33%) Snyk
3 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.33%) Terragrunt
General
1 55 (18.27%) Finance
2 47 (15.61%) Social Skills
3 22 (7.31%) Public Sector
4 13 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.65%) Banking
5 11 (3.65%) Retail
6 9 (2.99%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.66%) Billing
7 8 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.33%) Military
9 5 (1.66%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.33%) Legal
11 2 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.33%) Front Office
12 1 (0.33%) Law
12 1 (0.33%) Local Government
12 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.33%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.32%) Middleware
2 6 (1.99%) .NET
2 6 (1.99%) Spring
3 5 (1.66%) OAuth
3 5 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (1.66%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.33%) Kafka
4 4 (1.33%) REST
4 4 (1.33%) SAML
5 3 (1.00%) JSON
5 3 (1.00%) OpenID
5 3 (1.00%) SOAP
6 2 (0.66%) J2EE
6 2 (0.66%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.66%) PySpark
6 2 (0.66%) RESTful
6 2 (0.66%) XML
7 1 (0.33%) RAML
7 1 (0.33%) React Native
7 1 (0.33%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 45 (14.95%) Cloud Native
2 11 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
2 11 (3.65%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (2.66%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.33%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.66%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.33%) FMCG
8 4 (1.33%) LIMS
9 3 (1.00%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.00%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.66%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.66%) Distributed Applications
10 2 (0.66%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.66%) IoT
10 2 (0.66%) NHS
10 2 (0.66%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.33%) Linux
2 4 (1.33%) Windows
3 2 (0.66%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.33%) AIX
4 1 (0.33%) CentOS
4 1 (0.33%) Solaris
4 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (16.94%) AI
2 46 (15.28%) Migration
3 43 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 34 (11.30%) CI/CD
5 33 (10.96%) Integration Patterns
6 31 (10.30%) Stakeholder Management
7 29 (9.63%) Infrastructure as Code
7 29 (9.63%) TOGAF
8 28 (9.30%) Analytics
9 26 (8.64%) Generative AI
10 25 (8.31%) Data Modelling
10 25 (8.31%) DevOps
11 24 (7.97%) Machine Learning
11 24 (7.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 23 (7.64%) Enterprise Architecture
13 22 (7.31%) Architectural Patterns
13 22 (7.31%) Data Architecture
14 19 (6.31%) Architectural Design
14 19 (6.31%) Data Engineering
15 18 (5.98%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.65%) Java
2 11 (3.65%) Python
2 11 (3.65%) SQL
3 5 (1.66%) Bicep
3 5 (1.66%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.33%) Ruby
5 3 (1.00%) Bash
5 3 (1.00%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.66%) Korn
6 2 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.33%) C
7 1 (0.33%) C#
7 1 (0.33%) ProC
7 1 (0.33%) Scala
7 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 89 (29.57%) Security Cleared
2 77 (25.58%) SC Cleared
3 9 (2.99%) CISSP
4 7 (2.33%) CISM
5 6 (1.99%) AWS Certification
5 6 (1.99%) Azure Certification
5 6 (1.99%) Degree
5 6 (1.99%) TOGAF Certification
6 5 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.66%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.66%) CISA
9 2 (0.66%) GIAC
10 1 (0.33%) CCIE
10 1 (0.33%) CCNP
10 1 (0.33%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.32%) GDPR
2 11 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.99%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.99%) QA
4 6 (1.99%) NIST
5 5 (1.66%) NCSC
5 5 (1.66%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.00%) GRC
6 3 (1.00%) PSD2
7 2 (0.66%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.66%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (0.66%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.66%) SEPA
7 2 (0.66%) SLA
8 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.33%) HL7
8 1 (0.33%) TARGET2
System Software
1 6 (1.99%) Docker
2 5 (1.66%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (6.31%) Terraform
2 14 (4.65%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.66%) Ansible
4 2 (0.66%) Grafana
4 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.33%) Kibana
5 1 (0.33%) Puppet
5 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.64%) Databricks
3 21 (6.98%) SAP
4 16 (5.32%) Oracle
5 12 (3.99%) Salesforce
6 10 (3.32%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.99%) OpenAI
8 8 (2.66%) Google
9 6 (1.99%) Ariba
10 4 (1.33%) Cisco
10 4 (1.33%) IBM
10 4 (1.33%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.33%) Yardi
11 3 (1.00%) CyberArk
11 3 (1.00%) Foundry
11 3 (1.00%) LogRhythm
11 3 (1.00%) PeopleSoft
11 3 (1.00%) Sparx
11 3 (1.00%) Splunk
12 2 (0.66%) BiZZdesign