Infrastructure Architect Contracts in the City of London

Infrastructure Architect
Central London > City of London

The median Infrastructure Architect daily rate in the City of London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 116 161
Rank change year-on-year +1 +45 -12
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 4 10 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.23% 0.46% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.48% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 8
10th Percentile - £581 £500
25th Percentile - £603 £536
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 £595
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +17.65% -3.25%
75th Percentile £672 £756 £656
90th Percentile £715 £890 £730
Central London median daily rate £600 £700 £595
% change year-on-year -14.29% +17.65% -3.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,634 2,090 3,462
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.00% 95.13% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,486 2,357
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £585
% change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 22
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -6.04%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.97
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -6.04%

Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Architect in the City of London

Infrastructure Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Architect in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Architect in the City of London

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Infrastructure 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 City of London region featuring Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Guidewire
2 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Stack
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) VxRail
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) EMC

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Stack
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix
1 1 (25.00%) EMC
1 1 (25.00%) Guidewire
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (25.00%) VMware