Applications Architect Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Application Architect
South London > Croydon

The median Application Architect daily rate in Croydon is £723, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 0.87% - 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% - 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £518
25th Percentile £716 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £723 - £550
75th Percentile £729 - £575
90th Percentile - - £583
South London median daily rate £723 - £550

All Contract IT Job Roles
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Croydon. 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 Croydon with a recognized job title 112 108 173
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.39% 100.00% 98.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 82 116
10th Percentile £350 £380 £231
25th Percentile £492 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £626
90th Percentile £600 £649 £673
South London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £17.00
25th Percentile - - £17.25
Median hourly rate - - £23.50
75th Percentile - - £25.25
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £67.70 £34.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year +99.12% +44.68% -46.11%

Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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 Croydon.

Applications Architect job vacancy trend in Croydon

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Architect job vacancies in Croydon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Architect job vacancies in Croydon

Applications Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 12 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 Croydon region featuring Applications Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Release Automation
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification

Applications Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Release Automation
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes