Platform Architect Contract Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Platform Architect
Central London > City of Westminster

The median Platform Architect daily rate in the City of Westminster is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 1.41% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
Central London median daily rate £580 £625 £750
% change year-on-year -7.24% -16.67% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of Westminster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of Westminster. 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 Westminster with a recognized job title 64 37 38
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 80.43% 97.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 29 28
10th Percentile £340 £363 £440
25th Percentile £411 £409 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.33%
75th Percentile £652 £638 £680
90th Percentile £763 £700 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £52.93 - -
25th Percentile £55.06 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £18.87 -
Median % change year-on-year +217.97% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile £81.25 - -
Central London median hourly rate £22.83 £28.15 £27.00
% change year-on-year -18.90% +4.26% -22.86%

Platform Architect
Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Architect within the City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
Paddington - 1 £425 -
Platform Architect
Central London

Platform Architect Skill Set
Top 2 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster

For the 6 months to 22 August 2026, Platform 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 Westminster region featuring Platform Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM

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

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM