.NET Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft .NET Architect
England > London

The median Microsoft .NET Architect daily rate in London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 447 361 371
Rank change year-on-year -86 +10 +68
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Architect 3 7 19
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.015% 0.053% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.057% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 13
10th Percentile £507 £454 -
25th Percentile £533 £455 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £578 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% +0.43% -7.63%
75th Percentile £650 £709 £625
90th Percentile £665 £726 £671
England median daily rate £490 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -16.88% +2.52% -8.73%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 18,826 12,356 15,069
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 92.83% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,170 8,283 10,294
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £681
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 369 207 187
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.05 £17.73
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £22.56
Median hourly rate £39.00 £30.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.87% -12.86% -6.47%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.38 £55.50
90th Percentile £80.25 £66.34 £73.13
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £46.87
% change year-on-year +73.20% -46.34% +6.85%

.NET Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

.NET Architect job vacancy trend in London

.NET Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

.NET Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Architect in London over the 6 months to 5 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Architect in London

.NET Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

.NET Architect Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 5 September 2026, .NET 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 London region featuring .NET Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven
2 2 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Kafka
3 1 (33.33%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) OOP
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering

.NET Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) Kafka
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) OOP
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree