Applications Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Application Architect
UK > England

The median Application Architect daily rate in England is £695, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 518 488 514
Rank change year-on-year -30 +26 +114
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 30 9 42
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.095% 0.032% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.035% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 8 26
10th Percentile £514 £474 £506
25th Percentile £650 £563 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £695 £588 £655
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -10.31% -2.96%
75th Percentile £700 £668 £735
90th Percentile £788 £799 £775
UK median daily rate £695 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +20.87% -11.54% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £86.25
Median hourly rate - - £90.00
75th Percentile - - £93.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £90.00

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 28,971 25,853 34,065
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 92.86% 93.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,558 16,013 23,269
10th Percentile £300 £300 £281
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,739 810 1,452
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.92 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -22.22% +36.36%
75th Percentile £61.38 £64.74 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.45 £74.47 £76.95
UK median hourly rate £26.11 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.66% -27.78% +41.02%

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 2 January 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 2 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
London - 23 £695 - 1
North West -24 7 £402 -33.00% 2
North of England -31 7 £402 -33.00% 2
Applications Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 January 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 12 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 10 (33.33%) Azure
3 8 (26.67%) Business Strategy
4 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 5 (16.67%) AI
6 5 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
6 5 (16.67%) TOGAF
7 4 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (13.33%) Data Lake
7 4 (13.33%) GCP
7 4 (13.33%) Microservices
7 4 (13.33%) Power Platform
7 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
7 4 (13.33%) Security Architecture
7 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
7 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
7 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (10.00%) Application Security
8 3 (10.00%) Architectural Design
8 3 (10.00%) AWS
8 3 (10.00%) Azure Certification
8 3 (10.00%) CI/CD
8 3 (10.00%) Computer Science
8 3 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (10.00%) CRM
8 3 (10.00%) Data Analysis
8 3 (10.00%) Degree
8 3 (10.00%) Migration
8 3 (10.00%) Open Source

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 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 10 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (13.33%) GCP
2 4 (13.33%) Power Platform
3 3 (10.00%) AWS
4 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.67%) SaaS
5 1 (3.33%) Akamai
5 1 (3.33%) Azure AKS
5 1 (3.33%) GitHub
5 1 (3.33%) IaaS
5 1 (3.33%) PaaS
5 1 (3.33%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.33%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.33%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (3.33%) Unqork
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) Firewall
1 1 (3.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) Data Lake
2 2 (6.67%) Power BI
3 1 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Artifactory
1 1 (3.33%) Chocolatey
1 1 (3.33%) Git
1 1 (3.33%) Selenium
General
1 11 (36.67%) Finance
2 8 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Banking
4 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Back Office
4 2 (6.67%) Front Office
4 2 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Law
5 1 (3.33%) Legal
5 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) Middleware
2 1 (3.33%) .NET
2 1 (3.33%) AngularJS
2 1 (3.33%) BREW
2 1 (3.33%) React
2 1 (3.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 3 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.67%) Equities
3 2 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.33%) Mobile Banking
4 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Windows
2 1 (3.33%) Linux
2 1 (3.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 8 (26.67%) Business Strategy
3 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (16.67%) AI
4 5 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
4 5 (16.67%) TOGAF
5 4 (13.33%) Microservices
5 4 (13.33%) Security Architecture
5 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (10.00%) Application Security
6 3 (10.00%) Architectural Design
6 3 (10.00%) CI/CD
6 3 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (10.00%) CRM
6 3 (10.00%) Data Analysis
6 3 (10.00%) Migration
6 3 (10.00%) Open Source
6 3 (10.00%) OSINT
6 3 (10.00%) Roadmaps
6 3 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) Python
2 2 (6.67%) Java
2 2 (6.67%) SQL
3 1 (3.33%) Bash
3 1 (3.33%) C#
3 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.00%) Azure Certification
2 3 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (10.00%) Degree
3 2 (6.67%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (3.33%) AWS Certification
4 1 (3.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (3.33%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.33%) ISO 20022
2 1 (3.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.33%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Docker
2 1 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Ansible
1 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.33%) SCCM
1 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.67%) BiZZdesign
3 2 (6.67%) Charles River
3 2 (6.67%) eFront
3 2 (6.67%) Google
3 2 (6.67%) iManage
3 2 (6.67%) Intapp
3 2 (6.67%) SimCorp
4 1 (3.33%) Aderant
4 1 (3.33%) F5
4 1 (3.33%) SAP
4 1 (3.33%) Splunk