Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in Central London

Technical Architect
London > Central London

The median Technical Architect daily rate in Central London is £660, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 114 115
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 +62
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 19 22 43
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.00% 0.94% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.00% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 13 11
10th Percentile £583 £510 £525
25th Percentile £619 £610 £660
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £660 £625 £700
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% -10.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £709 £700 £732
90th Percentile £749 £735 £734
London median daily rate £638 £625 £700
% change year-on-year +2.00% -10.71% +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 1,777 2,200 2,904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.23% 93.66% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,226 1,395 2,023
10th Percentile £325 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +0.88%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £545 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 25 14
10th Percentile £17.43 £21.55 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.09 £27.00 £22.44
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -5.41% -10.84%
75th Percentile £35.75 £78.75 £48.25
90th Percentile £62.35 £127.30 £63.88
London median hourly rate £27.20 £35.75 £40.50
% change year-on-year -23.92% -11.73% +23.66%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Technical Architect job vacancy trend in Central London

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect in Central London over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Architect in Central London

Technical Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in Central London

Technical 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 Technical Architect within the Central London region over the 6 months to 16 October 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 -4 19 £660 +5.60% 12
Technical Architect
London

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

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, Technical 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 Technical Architect in the job title.

1 12 (63.16%) Azure
2 9 (47.37%) Finance
3 8 (42.11%) AWS
4 7 (36.84%) Agile
5 6 (31.58%) Banking
6 5 (26.32%) Java
6 5 (26.32%) Microservices
6 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
6 5 (26.32%) Strategic Roadmap
6 5 (26.32%) Integration Patterns
6 5 (26.32%) Architectural Patterns
6 5 (26.32%) Roadmaps
7 4 (21.05%) CI/CD
7 4 (21.05%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 4 (21.05%) GCP
7 4 (21.05%) DevOps
7 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
7 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
7 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
8 3 (15.79%) ERP
8 3 (15.79%) Technical Architecture
8 3 (15.79%) Analytics
8 3 (15.79%) Machine Learning
8 3 (15.79%) User Experience
8 3 (15.79%) Technical Leadership
9 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
9 2 (10.53%) Architectural Design
9 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
9 2 (10.53%) Technology Strategy

Technical 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 1 (5.26%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Summit
2 1 (5.26%) Aladdin
2 1 (5.26%) Fidessa
2 1 (5.26%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 12 (63.16%) Azure
2 8 (42.11%) AWS
3 4 (21.05%) GCP
3 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (5.26%) Boomi
4 1 (5.26%) Firebase
4 1 (5.26%) GitHub
4 1 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.26%) SaaS
4 1 (5.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Firewall
1 2 (10.53%) SAN
1 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.26%) LAN
2 1 (5.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Data Lake
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) CircleCI
General
1 9 (47.37%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Banking
3 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.26%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Marketing
5 1 (5.26%) Military
5 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) Middleware
1 2 (10.53%) Node.js
1 2 (10.53%) REST
2 1 (5.26%) .NET Core
2 1 (5.26%) .NET Framework
2 1 (5.26%) Apollo GraphQL
2 1 (5.26%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (5.26%) GraphQL
2 1 (5.26%) Hugging Face
2 1 (5.26%) JWT
2 1 (5.26%) Kafka
2 1 (5.26%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (5.26%) OAuth
2 1 (5.26%) OAuth2
2 1 (5.26%) React Native
2 1 (5.26%) Redux
2 1 (5.26%) RESTful
2 1 (5.26%) Spring
2 1 (5.26%) Spring Boot
2 1 (5.26%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
1 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
1 2 (10.53%) Public Cloud
2 1 (5.26%) CCTV
2 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.26%) Derivative
2 1 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.26%) Fixed Income
2 1 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.26%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Android
1 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Agile
2 5 (26.32%) Architectural Patterns
2 5 (26.32%) Integration Patterns
2 5 (26.32%) Microservices
2 5 (26.32%) Roadmaps
2 5 (26.32%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (21.05%) CI/CD
3 4 (21.05%) DevOps
3 4 (21.05%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 3 (15.79%) Analytics
4 3 (15.79%) ERP
4 3 (15.79%) Machine Learning
4 3 (15.79%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (15.79%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (15.79%) User Experience
5 2 (10.53%) Architectural Design
5 2 (10.53%) Design Patterns
5 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (10.53%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (10.53%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) Java
2 2 (10.53%) C#
2 2 (10.53%) Kotlin
2 2 (10.53%) Python
2 2 (10.53%) TypeScript
3 1 (5.26%) Apex Code
3 1 (5.26%) Go
3 1 (5.26%) Objective-C
3 1 (5.26%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
1 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) Azure Certification
2 2 (10.53%) CCNA
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) Degree
3 1 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.26%) MiFID
1 1 (5.26%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Grafana
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.26%) Prometheus
1 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco
2 2 (10.53%) Databricks
2 2 (10.53%) MuleSoft
2 2 (10.53%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.26%) Dell
3 1 (5.26%) Google
3 1 (5.26%) Informatica
3 1 (5.26%) OpenAI
3 1 (5.26%) Portware
3 1 (5.26%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow