Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Architect
England > London

The median Architect daily rate in London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,320 1,313 1,794
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.15% 10.47% 10.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.08% 11.21% 10.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,588 853 1,293
10th Percentile £475 £500 £488
25th Percentile £513 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £763
90th Percentile £816 £800 £875
England median daily rate £620 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.80% -3.85% -1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 2
10th Percentile £53.95 £54.50 £52.55
25th Percentile £55.00 £57.50 £53.38
Median hourly rate £64.25 £65.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +14.04% -12.31%
75th Percentile £83.44 £83.75 £60.88
90th Percentile £100.73 £93.50 £61.85
England median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% -

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 17,732 11,717 16,508
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 93.41% 93.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,709 7,941 11,848
10th Percentile £358 £338 £325
25th Percentile £437 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £799 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 173 324
10th Percentile £18.34 £19.25 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.00 £20.17
Median hourly rate £41.00 £34.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +20.59% +22.26% -24.37%
75th Percentile £63.32 £50.50 £46.49
90th Percentile £80.75 £64.75 £66.85
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.00 £39.53
% change year-on-year +55.17% -26.63% -10.17%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Architect job vacancy trend in London

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in London

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in London over the 6 months to 23 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in London

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in London

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in London over the 6 months to 23 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in London

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 Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 23 June 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
Central London +17 359 £625 -7.41% 66
West London -8 30 £640 -4.48% 22
South London +5 22 £723 +1.40% 2
East London +5 15 £669 +14.36% 10
North London 0 1 £650 -3.70% 2
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 June 2026, 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 Architect in the job title.

1 666 (28.71%) Azure
2 633 (27.28%) Security Cleared
3 543 (23.41%) AWS
4 539 (23.23%) SC Cleared
5 377 (16.25%) Migration
6 342 (14.74%) AI
7 340 (14.66%) Roadmaps
8 310 (13.36%) Microsoft
9 302 (13.02%) DevOps
10 283 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
11 278 (11.98%) CI/CD
12 247 (10.65%) Analytics
13 245 (10.56%) Data Modelling
14 241 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 234 (10.09%) Integration Patterns
16 233 (10.04%) Data Architecture
17 232 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
18 225 (9.70%) Agile
19 218 (9.40%) GCP
20 202 (8.71%) Technical Leadership
21 199 (8.58%) Architectural Patterns
22 186 (8.02%) Infrastructure as Code
23 182 (7.84%) TOGAF
24 175 (7.54%) Problem-Solving
25 166 (7.16%) Architectural Design
25 166 (7.16%) Python
26 147 (6.34%) Security Architecture
27 141 (6.08%) Microservices
28 138 (5.95%) Event-Driven
28 138 (5.95%) ServiceNow

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 44 (1.90%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.16%) Confluence
3 22 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 20 (0.86%) Apache
5 15 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.47%) nginx
7 10 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.39%) Camunda
8 9 (0.39%) Palantir Foundry
9 8 (0.34%) SAS
10 7 (0.30%) Anypoint
11 6 (0.26%) CMS
12 5 (0.22%) Mule
13 4 (0.17%) Appian
14 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
14 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
15 2 (0.086%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 2 (0.086%) ArcGIS
15 2 (0.086%) OpenStack
15 2 (0.086%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (0.39%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.043%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.043%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.043%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.043%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 56 (2.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 15 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.34%) SAP BRIM
6 5 (0.22%) Endur
6 5 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 5 (0.22%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 4 (0.17%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 4 (0.17%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.13%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.13%) Oracle Retail
8 3 (0.13%) SAP EWM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP FSCM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.13%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.086%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.086%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 666 (28.71%) Azure
2 543 (23.41%) AWS
3 218 (9.40%) GCP
4 137 (5.91%) Power Platform
5 92 (3.97%) Serverless
6 90 (3.88%) SaaS
7 78 (3.36%) Entra ID
8 70 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
9 65 (2.80%) GitHub
10 58 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
10 58 (2.50%) Snowflake
11 56 (2.41%) Amazon S3
11 56 (2.41%) PaaS
12 50 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
13 43 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
14 41 (1.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 39 (1.68%) IaaS
16 32 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
16 32 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
17 31 (1.34%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 91 (3.92%) Network Security
2 69 (2.97%) Firewall
3 46 (1.98%) VPN
4 40 (1.72%) DNS
5 37 (1.59%) WAN
6 21 (0.91%) SD-WAN
7 19 (0.82%) LAN
7 19 (0.82%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.60%) BGP
9 13 (0.56%) OSPF
10 10 (0.43%) MPLS
10 10 (0.43%) VXLAN
11 9 (0.39%) OpenVPN
12 8 (0.34%) 3GPP
12 8 (0.34%) 5G
12 8 (0.34%) Ethernet VPN
13 7 (0.30%) NGFW
13 7 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
13 7 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (4.22%) Power BI
2 75 (3.23%) Data Lake
3 63 (2.72%) Metadata
4 58 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (1.42%) SQL Server
6 31 (1.34%) NoSQL
6 31 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
7 25 (1.08%) BigQuery
8 24 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
9 22 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
9 22 (0.95%) Big Data
10 20 (0.86%) Delta Lake
11 17 (0.73%) Amazon Athena
12 15 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (0.56%) Tableau
14 12 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
14 12 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
15 11 (0.47%) Data Vault
15 11 (0.47%) Oracle Database
15 11 (0.47%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 45 (1.94%) Jenkins
2 37 (1.59%) JIRA
3 34 (1.47%) Git
4 18 (0.78%) GitLab
5 12 (0.52%) ERwin
6 9 (0.39%) SonarQube
7 8 (0.34%) MLflow
8 7 (0.30%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.22%) Maven
9 5 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
10 4 (0.17%) Snyk
11 3 (0.13%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.13%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.13%) JMeter
11 3 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.086%) Katalon Studio
12 2 (0.086%) MSI
12 2 (0.086%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.086%) Robot Framework
12 2 (0.086%) VTune
General
1 452 (19.48%) Finance
2 437 (18.84%) Social Skills
3 272 (11.72%) Public Sector
4 159 (6.85%) Banking
5 113 (4.87%) Analytical Skills
6 97 (4.18%) Retail
7 77 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
8 67 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
9 63 (2.72%) Telecoms
10 55 (2.37%) Legal
11 49 (2.11%) Law
12 33 (1.42%) Billing
13 26 (1.12%) Financial Institution
14 23 (0.99%) Marketing
15 22 (0.95%) Manufacturing
16 21 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 21 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
17 12 (0.52%) Military
18 10 (0.43%) Local Government
19 9 (0.39%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (5.00%) REST
2 83 (3.58%) Middleware
3 75 (3.23%) .NET
4 65 (2.80%) SOAP
5 46 (1.98%) LDAP
6 44 (1.90%) Kafka
7 40 (1.72%) OpenID
8 34 (1.47%) SAML
9 33 (1.42%) OAuth
10 30 (1.29%) Oracle Fusion
11 28 (1.21%) React
12 25 (1.08%) .NET Framework
13 21 (0.91%) AngularJS
14 18 (0.78%) OAuth2
14 18 (0.78%) RESTful
15 17 (0.73%) Lightning Web Components
15 17 (0.73%) PySpark
16 15 (0.65%) JSON
16 15 (0.65%) Spring
17 13 (0.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 235 (10.13%) Cloud Native
2 76 (3.28%) Onboarding
3 63 (2.72%) Distributed Systems
3 63 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
4 62 (2.67%) Product Ownership
5 59 (2.54%) Data Centre
6 57 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
7 50 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
8 49 (2.11%) Management Information System
9 47 (2.03%) AI Agents
10 45 (1.94%) CMDB
11 42 (1.81%) Security Posture
12 37 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
13 26 (1.12%) Mainframe
14 25 (1.08%) Public Cloud
15 24 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
16 21 (0.91%) IoT
16 21 (0.91%) NHS
17 20 (0.86%) Data Structures
17 20 (0.86%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 39 (1.68%) Linux
2 37 (1.59%) Windows
3 11 (0.47%) Android
3 11 (0.47%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.43%) Unix
5 9 (0.39%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.39%) zOS
6 6 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.22%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.22%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.17%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.17%) Solaris
9 3 (0.13%) AIX
10 2 (0.086%) CentOS
10 2 (0.086%) VMS
10 2 (0.086%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (16.25%) Migration
2 342 (14.74%) AI
3 340 (14.66%) Roadmaps
4 302 (13.02%) DevOps
5 283 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 278 (11.98%) CI/CD
7 247 (10.65%) Analytics
8 245 (10.56%) Data Modelling
9 241 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 234 (10.09%) Integration Patterns
11 233 (10.04%) Data Architecture
12 232 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
13 225 (9.70%) Agile
14 202 (8.71%) Technical Leadership
15 199 (8.58%) Architectural Patterns
16 186 (8.02%) Infrastructure as Code
17 182 (7.84%) TOGAF
18 175 (7.54%) Problem-Solving
19 166 (7.16%) Architectural Design
20 147 (6.34%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 166 (7.16%) Python
2 123 (5.30%) SQL
3 105 (4.53%) Java
4 61 (2.63%) PowerShell
5 42 (1.81%) JavaScript
6 32 (1.38%) C#
7 25 (1.08%) Bicep
8 20 (0.86%) TypeScript
9 16 (0.69%) Apex Code
9 16 (0.69%) Bash
10 15 (0.65%) Ruby
11 8 (0.34%) Scala
12 6 (0.26%) R
12 6 (0.26%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.22%) C++
13 5 (0.22%) Go
14 4 (0.17%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.13%) Korn
15 3 (0.13%) Rust
15 3 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 633 (27.28%) Security Cleared
2 539 (23.23%) SC Cleared
3 81 (3.49%) Degree
4 67 (2.89%) Azure Certification
5 61 (2.63%) CISSP
6 49 (2.11%) AWS Certification
7 42 (1.81%) DV Cleared
8 38 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
9 35 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
10 32 (1.38%) CISM
11 31 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
12 27 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
13 22 (0.95%) Master's Degree
13 22 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
14 20 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 15 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 14 (0.60%) CCNP
16 14 (0.60%) CCSP
16 14 (0.60%) CISA
17 10 (0.43%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (3.49%) GDPR
2 76 (3.28%) NIST
3 74 (3.19%) Data Quality
4 68 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 47 (2.03%) NCSC
6 35 (1.51%) QA
7 24 (1.03%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.69%) GRC
8 16 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 14 (0.60%) ISO 20022
9 14 (0.60%) SEPA
10 12 (0.52%) NIST 800
11 10 (0.43%) HIPAA
11 10 (0.43%) PSD2
12 9 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.30%) Accessibility
14 6 (0.26%) COBIT
14 6 (0.26%) HL7
14 6 (0.26%) IFRS
15 4 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 61 (2.63%) Active Directory
2 57 (2.46%) Docker
3 22 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.43%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.39%) Squid
6 8 (0.34%) Varnish
7 7 (0.30%) Postfix
7 7 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.22%) NFS
8 5 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.17%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.086%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.086%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.043%) HDFS
11 1 (0.043%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.043%) IAG
11 1 (0.043%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 136 (5.86%) Terraform
2 127 (5.47%) Kubernetes
3 47 (2.03%) Ansible
4 24 (1.03%) Grafana
4 24 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
5 18 (0.78%) Prometheus
6 17 (0.73%) FortiGate
7 7 (0.30%) Consul
7 7 (0.30%) HAProxy
8 6 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.22%) Argo
9 5 (0.22%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.17%) Puppet
10 4 (0.17%) SCCM
11 2 (0.086%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.086%) Istio
11 2 (0.086%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.086%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.086%) QRadar
11 2 (0.086%) VxRail
Vendors
1 310 (13.36%) Microsoft
2 138 (5.95%) ServiceNow
3 131 (5.65%) Databricks
4 117 (5.04%) Oracle
5 116 (5.00%) SAP
6 104 (4.48%) Salesforce
7 57 (2.46%) CyberArk
8 53 (2.28%) Cisco
9 47 (2.03%) Google
10 39 (1.68%) Splunk
11 32 (1.38%) Workday
12 31 (1.34%) MuleSoft
13 30 (1.29%) OpenAI
14 29 (1.25%) IBM
15 28 (1.21%) Palo Alto
16 26 (1.12%) Foundry
16 26 (1.12%) VMware
17 19 (0.82%) Dynatrace
18 17 (0.73%) Ariba
18 17 (0.73%) Sparx