Principal Architect Contracts in Croydon

Principal Architect
South London > Croydon

The median Principal Architect daily rate in Croydon is £713, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Architect 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Croydon 1.20% - 2.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% - 2.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £770
25th Percentile £706 - £775
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 - £791
75th Percentile £719 - £800
90th Percentile - - £800
South London median daily rate £713 - £791

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 79 111 139
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.18% 98.23% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 78 109
10th Percentile £398 £373 £450
25th Percentile £463 £425 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £567 £594
90th Percentile £700 £629 £676
South London median daily rate £495 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.00% -4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £19.50 -
South London median hourly rate £27.61 £68.75 £50.42
% change year-on-year -59.85% +36.35% +15.59%

Principal Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

Job postings that featured Principal Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Croydon.

Job vacancy trend for Principal Architect in Croydon

Principal Architect Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, Principal 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 Croydon region featuring Principal Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy

Principal Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Croydon 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes