Applications Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Application Architect
England > London

The median Application Architect daily rate in London is £695, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 380 385
Rank change year-on-year +26 +5 +129
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 27 1 18
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.19% 0.007% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.007% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 1 15
10th Percentile £468 - £525
25th Percentile £615 £663 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £695 £675 £725
Median % change year-on-year +2.96% -6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £763
90th Percentile £780 - £775
England median daily rate £675 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +17.39% -11.54% -7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 13,157 14,282 17,864
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 93.50% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,728 9,248 12,923
10th Percentile £340 £338 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -2.22% -3.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £763 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 154 209
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.65 £17.95
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £27.71 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - -
75th Percentile £56.63 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.50 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.38% -17.78% +38.46%

Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Applications Architect job vacancy trend in London

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Architect in London over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Architect in London

Applications Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Applications Architect
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Central London +5 4 £775 +14.81% 1
Applications Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, 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 London region featuring Applications Architect in the job title.

1 9 (33.33%) Azure
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
4 5 (18.52%) Integration Patterns
5 4 (14.81%) Application Security
5 4 (14.81%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (14.81%) Data Lake
5 4 (14.81%) Microservices
5 4 (14.81%) Power Platform
5 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
5 4 (14.81%) ServiceNow
5 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (14.81%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (14.81%) TOGAF
6 3 (11.11%) AI
6 3 (11.11%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (11.11%) CRM
6 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
6 3 (11.11%) Security Architecture
6 3 (11.11%) Service Delivery
6 3 (11.11%) Unqork
7 2 (7.41%) Agile
7 2 (7.41%) Aladdin
7 2 (7.41%) Ansible
7 2 (7.41%) Apache Camel
7 2 (7.41%) Architectural Design
7 2 (7.41%) Asset Management
7 2 (7.41%) AWS
7 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification

Applications 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.70%) Anypoint
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.70%) Mule
1 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (14.81%) Power Platform
3 3 (11.11%) Unqork
4 2 (7.41%) AWS
4 2 (7.41%) GCP
4 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.41%) SaaS
5 1 (3.70%) Akamai
5 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.70%) GitHub
5 1 (3.70%) IaaS
5 1 (3.70%) PaaS
5 1 (3.70%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.70%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) Firewall
2 1 (3.70%) AMQP
2 1 (3.70%) DSL
2 1 (3.70%) HTTP
2 1 (3.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) Data Lake
2 2 (7.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Git
2 1 (3.70%) Artifactory
2 1 (3.70%) Chocolatey
2 1 (3.70%) GitLab
2 1 (3.70%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Finance
3 2 (7.41%) Back Office
3 2 (7.41%) Front Office
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Banking
4 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Law
4 1 (3.70%) Legal
4 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) Apache Camel
1 2 (7.41%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (3.70%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) ActiveMQ
2 1 (3.70%) BREW
2 1 (3.70%) JWT
2 1 (3.70%) Kafka
2 1 (3.70%) Middleware
2 1 (3.70%) OAuth
2 1 (3.70%) OAuth2
2 1 (3.70%) React
2 1 (3.70%) RESTful
2 1 (3.70%) SOAP
2 1 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.41%) Equities
3 2 (7.41%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (7.41%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (18.52%) Integration Patterns
4 4 (14.81%) Application Security
4 4 (14.81%) Microservices
4 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (14.81%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (14.81%) TOGAF
5 3 (11.11%) AI
5 3 (11.11%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (11.11%) CRM
5 3 (11.11%) Security Architecture
5 3 (11.11%) Service Delivery
6 2 (7.41%) Business Strategy
6 2 (7.41%) CI/CD
6 2 (7.41%) Customer Service
6 2 (7.41%) Design Patterns
6 2 (7.41%) Roadmaps
6 2 (7.41%) Technology Transformation
6 2 (7.41%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) Bash
1 2 (7.41%) Java
1 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
1 2 (7.41%) Python
2 1 (3.70%) DataWeave
2 1 (3.70%) PHP
2 1 (3.70%) SQL
2 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification
3 2 (7.41%) CISSP
3 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.41%) Degree
4 1 (3.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (3.70%) CEH
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) GDPR
1 2 (7.41%) HIPAA
1 2 (7.41%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Ansible
1 2 (7.41%) Terraform
2 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) ServiceNow
3 2 (7.41%) BiZZdesign
3 2 (7.41%) Charles River
3 2 (7.41%) eFront
3 2 (7.41%) iManage
3 2 (7.41%) Intapp
3 2 (7.41%) MuleSoft
3 2 (7.41%) SimCorp
4 1 (3.70%) Aderant
4 1 (3.70%) Automation Anywhere
4 1 (3.70%) Blue Prism
4 1 (3.70%) F5
4 1 (3.70%) Google
4 1 (3.70%) SAP
4 1 (3.70%) Splunk
4 1 (3.70%) UiPath