Architect Contract Job Trends in East London

Architect
London > East London

The median Architect daily rate in East London is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 25 6
Rank change year-on-year +12 -19 +13
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 12 5 55
As % of all contract jobs in East London 10.26% 3.52% 19.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.12% 4.07% 20.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 51
10th Percentile £571 £641 £578
25th Percentile £585 £663 £585
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £698 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +7.31% -13.62%
75th Percentile £700 £740 £718
90th Percentile £772 £776 £750
London median daily rate £647 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -0.46% -3.70% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East 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 East London with a recognized job title 99 123 263
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.62% 86.62% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 102 228
10th Percentile £190 £262 £196
25th Percentile £313 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £453 £550
Median % change year-on-year +14.51% -17.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £641 £585 £650
90th Percentile £925 £636 £754
London median daily rate £543 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.27% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 1
10th Percentile £23.33 - -
25th Percentile £24.70 - -
Median hourly rate £33.25 £21.09 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +57.65% +11.41% -63.40%
75th Percentile £56.88 - -
90th Percentile £75.89 - -
London median hourly rate £27.40 £35.00 £38.71
% change year-on-year -21.71% -9.58% +22.89%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Architect job vacancy trend in East London

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in East London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in East London

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in East London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in East London over the 6 months to 9 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in East London

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in East London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in East London

Architect
Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the East London region over the 6 months to 9 October 2025. 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
Tower Hamlets +6 10 £675 -3.23% 1
Havering - 1 £525 - 2
Architect
London

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London

For the 6 months to 9 October 2025, 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 East London region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Finance
2 6 (50.00%) Agile
2 6 (50.00%) Migration
2 6 (50.00%) SAP
2 6 (50.00%) AI
2 6 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 6 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (41.67%) Microservices
3 5 (41.67%) ERP
4 4 (33.33%) Data Modelling
4 4 (33.33%) Banking
4 4 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
4 4 (33.33%) Data Architecture
4 4 (33.33%) AWS
4 4 (33.33%) API Design
4 4 (33.33%) Concur
5 3 (25.00%) IT Strategy
5 3 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (25.00%) Terraform
5 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
5 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (25.00%) Architectural Design
5 3 (25.00%) Business Case
5 3 (25.00%) Cost Optimisation
5 3 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (25.00%) Analytical Modelling
5 3 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 3 (25.00%) Technology Strategy

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Camunda
Business Applications
1 6 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (25.00%) Endur
2 3 (25.00%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) AWS
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) OpenShift
2 3 (25.00%) SaaS
2 3 (25.00%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (8.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) MongoDB
General
1 10 (83.33%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Banking
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Automotive
3 3 (25.00%) Back Office
3 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) JSON
1 3 (25.00%) React
1 3 (25.00%) Swagger
2 1 (8.33%) Drools
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (25.00%) Grid Computing
1 3 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (16.67%) Private Cloud
2 2 (16.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (8.33%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Agile
1 6 (50.00%) AI
1 6 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 6 (50.00%) Migration
1 6 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 5 (41.67%) ERP
2 5 (41.67%) Microservices
3 4 (33.33%) API Design
3 4 (33.33%) Data Architecture
3 4 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 4 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (25.00%) DevOps
4 3 (25.00%) ETRM
4 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (25.00%) IT Strategy
4 3 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 3 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
4 3 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) C#
1 3 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) BC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle Certification
1 2 (16.67%) SAP Certification
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) CCNA
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Docker
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Ansible
1 3 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (25.00%) Terraform
2 1 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) SAP
2 4 (33.33%) Concur
3 3 (25.00%) Ariba
3 3 (25.00%) Hitachi
4 2 (16.67%) Oracle
5 1 (8.33%) Calypso
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
5 1 (8.33%) Murex
5 1 (8.33%) VMware