Applications Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Application Architect
UK > England

The median Application Architect daily rate in England is £645, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 509 462 519
Rank change year-on-year -47 +57 +65
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 54 22 36
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.086% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.092% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 17 20
10th Percentile £402 £456 £506
25th Percentile £453 £563 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £600 £643
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -6.61% -8.21%
75th Percentile £688 £625 £747
90th Percentile £714 £800 £783
UK median daily rate £645 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +7.50% -4.00% -10.71%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 32,563 23,895 34,861
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 92.95% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,678 15,176 23,386
10th Percentile £306 £300 £270
25th Percentile £411 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £748
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,085 729 2,154
10th Percentile £15.18 £16.25 £13.23
25th Percentile £19.00 £22.00 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £34.52
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +4.30% -13.71%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.30 £71.89
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £34.31 £35.00
% change year-on-year -2.35% -1.99% -12.50%

Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

Applications Architect job vacancy trend in England

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Architect in England over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Architect in England

Applications Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Architect job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Architect job vacancies in England

Applications Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 27 February 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
London -9 38 £650 -14.75% 8
North of England -61 13 £402 -33.00%
North West -22 12 £376 -37.33%
South East -32 1 £688 - 7
West Midlands -46 1 £402 -35.16%
Midlands -53 1 £402 -9.36%
Yorkshire -68 1 £475 -5.00%
Applications Architect
UK

Applications Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 27 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 England region featuring Applications Architect in the job title.

1 22 (40.74%) AWS
2 21 (38.89%) Azure
3 16 (29.63%) Business Strategy
4 15 (27.78%) Security Cleared
5 14 (25.93%) Enterprise Architecture
6 13 (24.07%) Application Security
6 13 (24.07%) GCP
6 13 (24.07%) Microservices
7 12 (22.22%) CI/CD
7 12 (22.22%) Python
7 12 (22.22%) SC Cleared
8 11 (20.37%) Java
8 11 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (16.67%) AI
9 9 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
9 9 (16.67%) Migration
9 9 (16.67%) TOGAF
10 8 (14.81%) Containerisation
10 8 (14.81%) DevOps
10 8 (14.81%) Docker
10 8 (14.81%) Kubernetes
10 8 (14.81%) Roadmaps
10 8 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (12.96%) Agile
11 7 (12.96%) Architectural Patterns
11 7 (12.96%) Azure Certification
12 6 (11.11%) Architectural Design
12 6 (11.11%) Computer Science
12 6 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (11.11%) Degree

Applications Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 4 (7.41%) Confluence
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.85%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 22 (40.74%) AWS
2 21 (38.89%) Azure
3 13 (24.07%) GCP
4 6 (11.11%) SaaS
5 5 (9.26%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (7.41%) IaaS
7 3 (5.56%) PaaS
7 3 (5.56%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (3.70%) Amazon S3
8 2 (3.70%) Azure AKS
8 2 (3.70%) GitHub
8 2 (3.70%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (1.85%) ChatGPT
9 1 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.85%) Google Gemini
9 1 (1.85%) IBM Cloud
9 1 (1.85%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.85%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.85%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) DNS
1 1 (1.85%) Firewall
1 1 (1.85%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) JIRA
2 2 (3.70%) Artifactory
2 2 (3.70%) GitLab
2 2 (3.70%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.85%) Ant
3 1 (1.85%) Chocolatey
3 1 (1.85%) Git
3 1 (1.85%) JUnit
3 1 (1.85%) Maven
3 1 (1.85%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.85%) Selenium
3 1 (1.85%) SoapUI
General
1 21 (38.89%) Finance
2 14 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 13 (24.07%) Banking
4 5 (9.26%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.56%) Retail
7 2 (3.70%) Law
7 2 (3.70%) Legal
7 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Military
8 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.26%) .NET
1 5 (9.26%) Middleware
1 5 (9.26%) REST
2 2 (3.70%) AngularJS
2 2 (3.70%) J2EE
2 2 (3.70%) React
3 1 (1.85%) BREW
3 1 (1.85%) JSP
3 1 (1.85%) LangChain
3 1 (1.85%) LangGraph
3 1 (1.85%) LlamaIndex
3 1 (1.85%) Model Context Protocol
3 1 (1.85%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.85%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (1.85%) SOAP
3 1 (1.85%) TensorFlow
3 1 (1.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.96%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 4 (7.41%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (7.41%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (7.41%) LIMS
4 3 (5.56%) Mobile Banking
4 3 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 3 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.56%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.70%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (1.85%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.85%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.85%) Online Banking
6 1 (1.85%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.70%) Linux
1 2 (3.70%) Windows
2 1 (1.85%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.85%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.63%) Business Strategy
2 14 (25.93%) Enterprise Architecture
3 13 (24.07%) Application Security
3 13 (24.07%) Microservices
4 12 (22.22%) CI/CD
5 11 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (16.67%) AI
6 9 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
6 9 (16.67%) Migration
6 9 (16.67%) TOGAF
7 8 (14.81%) Containerisation
7 8 (14.81%) DevOps
7 8 (14.81%) Roadmaps
7 8 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (12.96%) Agile
8 7 (12.96%) Architectural Patterns
9 6 (11.11%) Architectural Design
9 6 (11.11%) Computer Science
9 6 (11.11%) Software Engineering
9 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 12 (22.22%) Python
2 11 (20.37%) Java
3 4 (7.41%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.56%) C#
4 3 (5.56%) SQL
5 2 (3.70%) Bash
5 2 (3.70%) PowerShell
5 2 (3.70%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.85%) RPG
Qualifications
1 15 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 12 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 7 (12.96%) Azure Certification
4 6 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (11.11%) Degree
4 6 (11.11%) TOGAF Certification
5 4 (7.41%) AWS Certification
6 3 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (5.56%) CISM
6 3 (5.56%) CISSP
6 3 (5.56%) GIAC
7 2 (3.70%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.85%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.26%) ISO 20022
1 5 (9.26%) PSD2
2 4 (7.41%) GDPR
3 2 (3.70%) SEPA
3 2 (3.70%) TARGET2
4 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (14.81%) Docker
2 2 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (14.81%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.56%) Ansible
2 3 (5.56%) Terraform
3 1 (1.85%) HP Fortify
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (9.26%) Google
1 5 (9.26%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.41%) iManage
2 4 (7.41%) Intapp
2 4 (7.41%) Splunk
3 3 (5.56%) Aderant
3 3 (5.56%) Cribl.io
3 3 (5.56%) IBM
3 3 (5.56%) SAP
4 1 (1.85%) F5
4 1 (1.85%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.85%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.85%) Oracle
4 1 (1.85%) Salesforce