IT Architect Contract Job Trends in East London

IT Architect
London > East London

The median IT Architect daily rate in East London is £630, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Architect 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in East London 0.96% - 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% - 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 - £650
London median daily rate £750 £675 £658
% change year-on-year +11.11% +2.66% -2.59%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 92 99 248
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.46% 86.84% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 77 212
10th Percentile £190 £284 £251
25th Percentile £381 £400 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £495 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -13.91% +15.00%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £650
90th Percentile £920 £638 £770
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 16
10th Percentile £22.92 £25.05 £11.95
25th Percentile £23.51 £25.65 £12.84
Median hourly rate £24.03 £26.63 £21.13
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +26.06% -72.37%
75th Percentile £32.84 £27.62 £28.37
90th Percentile £60.21 £28.21 £38.28
London median hourly rate £33.73 £35.00 £29.61
% change year-on-year -3.63% +18.20% -8.89%

IT Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

IT Architect job vacancy trend in East London

IT Architect
Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

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

IT 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 IT Architect within the East London region over the 6 months to 26 January 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
Tower Hamlets - 1 £630 -
IT Architect
London

IT Architect Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London

For the 6 months to 26 January 2026, IT 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 IT Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Camunda
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Zachman Framework

IT 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 (100.00%) Camunda
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft