Architect Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Architect
South London > Croydon

The median Architect daily rate in Croydon is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 26 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 -12 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 3 3 26
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 3.37% 2.40% 15.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.49% 2.46% 15.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 17
10th Percentile £395 £531 £545
25th Percentile £463 £576 £583
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £660 £672
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +3.38%
75th Percentile £638 £751 £673
90th Percentile £645 £802 £700
South London median daily rate £538 £660 £625
% change year-on-year -18.56% +5.60% -4.58%

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 86 122 163
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.63% 97.60% 98.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 88 106
10th Percentile £323 £380 £231
25th Percentile £492 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £549 £600 £629
90th Percentile £601 £650 £675
South London median daily rate £500 £525 £506
% change year-on-year -4.76% +3.70% -7.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £19.55
25th Percentile - £17.25 £21.50
Median hourly rate - £19.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year - -17.02% -
75th Percentile - £21.75 £25.25
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £67.70 £46.55 £23.50
% change year-on-year +45.44% +98.09% -42.67%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Croydon

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Croydon

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Croydon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Croydon over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Croydon

Architect Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 17 January 2026, 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 Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) API Design
1 2 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven
1 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (66.67%) NoSQL
1 2 (66.67%) RESTful
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Cerner
2 1 (33.33%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle

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 2 (66.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) NoSQL
2 1 (33.33%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) API Design
1 2 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven
1 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cerner
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle