Applications Architect Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Application Architect
Central London > City of London

The median Application Architect daily rate in the City of London is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 - 122
Rank change year-on-year - - +64
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 4 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.21% - 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% - 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £480 - £598
25th Percentile £563 - £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £750
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile £775 - £775
90th Percentile £820 - -
Central London median daily rate £700 - £750
% change year-on-year - - +20.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,773 1,731 2,261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 93.01% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,218 1,040 1,624
10th Percentile £350 £355 £341
25th Percentile £430 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £564
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.00% -4.04%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £535 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 22
10th Percentile £20.02 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.77 £26.63 £19.18
Median hourly rate £34.00 £38.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +60.42% -5.88%
75th Percentile £42.65 £80.38 £40.00
90th Percentile £52.80 £112.00 £50.10
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.91
% change year-on-year -25.40% +30.09% +6.55%

Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Applications Architect job vacancy trend in the City of London

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Architect job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Architect job vacancies in the City of London

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Architect in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Architect in the City of London

Applications Architect Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 6 February 2026, Applications 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 City of London region featuring Applications Architect in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (50.00%) Application Security
1 2 (50.00%) CISM
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) Cribl.io
1 2 (50.00%) GIAC
1 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Splunk
1 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Threat Management
2 1 (25.00%) Ansible
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (25.00%) Windows

Applications Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (50.00%) Application Security
1 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Threat Management
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISM
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) GIAC
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cribl.io
1 2 (50.00%) Splunk