Functional Architect Contract Job Trends in Central London

Functional Architect
London > Central London

The median Functional Architect daily rate in Central London is £713, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 - 134
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Architect 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.084% - 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% - 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £671 - -
25th Percentile £684 - £700
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 - £750
75th Percentile £734 - £800
90th Percentile £744 - -
London median daily rate £675 - £750

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 2,241 1,761 2,198
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 93.27% 93.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,535 1,207 1,392
10th Percentile £356 £324 £363
25th Percentile £450 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £685
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
London median daily rate £550 £543 £550
% change year-on-year +1.29% -1.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 24 26
10th Percentile £16.76 £17.61 £21.81
25th Percentile £18.75 £21.54 £27.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £27.04 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.53% -22.76% -5.41%
75th Percentile £58.75 £35.63 £74.38
90th Percentile £74.50 £61.65 £124.75
London median hourly rate £41.00 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.85% -22.86% -12.86%

Functional Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Functional Architect job vacancy trend in Central London

Functional Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

Functional 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 Functional Architect within the Central London region over the 6 months to 13 October 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 - 1 £675 - 3
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £750 -
Functional Architect
London

Functional Architect Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 13 October 2026, Functional 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 Functional Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Functions
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (50.00%) OCI
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Serverless
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership

Functional 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) OCI
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Serverless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle