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 September 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 20 18
Rank change year-on-year +7 -2 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,656 1,274 1,513
As % of all contract jobs in London 13.05% 9.53% 9.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.99% 10.28% 10.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,791 823 973
10th Percentile £490 £463 £488
25th Percentile £531 £550 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £643 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.72% -1.15% -3.70%
75th Percentile £725 £728 £750
90th Percentile £806 £800 £838
England median daily rate £620 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -0.80% - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 2
10th Percentile £52.20 - £58.69
25th Percentile £55.00 - £68.72
Median hourly rate £77.50 £100.00 £86.43
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +15.70% +32.97%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £103.15
90th Percentile - - £112.57
England median hourly rate £68.17 £71.25 £70.00
% change year-on-year -4.33% +1.79% -2.78%

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 18,988 12,399 15,041
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.26% 92.71% 94.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,280 8,291 10,016
10th Percentile £363 £331 £343
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.29% -1.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £672 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -3.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 403 204 178
10th Percentile £17.32 £17.00 £17.43
25th Percentile £22.25 £22.98 £23.80
Median hourly rate £40.00 £29.04 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.76% -17.04% -6.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.00 £57.13
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.40 £75.38
England median hourly rate £42.58 £25.15 £46.18
% change year-on-year +69.28% -45.54% +2.62%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 +14 345 £625 -3.85% 315
West London -21 30 £650 +44.44% 59
South London -11 14 £650 -8.26% 16
East London +2 12 £675 - 11
North London 0 2 £650 -27.78% 1
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 September 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.

1 769 (28.95%) Azure
2 694 (26.13%) Security Cleared
3 592 (22.29%) AWS
4 573 (21.57%) SC Cleared
5 493 (18.56%) Stakeholder Management
6 470 (17.70%) Roadmaps
7 441 (16.60%) AI
8 433 (16.30%) Migration
9 374 (14.08%) Enterprise Architecture
10 354 (13.33%) Microsoft
11 330 (12.42%) DevOps
12 316 (11.90%) Analytics
13 314 (11.82%) Data Modelling
14 312 (11.75%) CI/CD
15 305 (11.48%) Technical Leadership
16 291 (10.96%) Data Architecture
17 276 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 271 (10.20%) Integration Patterns
19 270 (10.17%) Agile
20 229 (8.62%) GCP
21 212 (7.98%) TOGAF
22 211 (7.94%) Security Architecture
23 208 (7.83%) Architectural Patterns
24 199 (7.49%) Infrastructure as Code
25 193 (7.27%) Data Governance
26 186 (7.00%) Decision-Making
27 185 (6.97%) Event-Driven
28 175 (6.59%) Databricks
29 166 (6.25%) Machine Learning
30 163 (6.14%) Architecture Governance

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 39 (1.47%) SAS
2 34 (1.28%) Apache
3 29 (1.09%) Apache Spark
4 28 (1.05%) SharePoint
5 25 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
5 25 (0.94%) Confluence
6 17 (0.64%) CMS
7 10 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
9 6 (0.23%) Appian
9 6 (0.23%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.19%) Headless CMS
11 4 (0.15%) Camunda
12 3 (0.11%) JBoss
12 3 (0.11%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.11%) nginx
13 2 (0.075%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.075%) Anypoint
13 2 (0.075%) Mendix
13 2 (0.075%) MQSeries
Applications
1 9 (0.34%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.30%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.075%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.075%) Gliffy
4 2 (0.075%) Revit
5 1 (0.038%) Notion
5 1 (0.038%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.038%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 71 (2.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 10 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (0.34%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (0.30%) SAP BRIM
7 5 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.19%) SAP MM
7 5 (0.19%) Workday HCM
8 4 (0.15%) Endur
8 4 (0.15%) Oracle Retail
8 4 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.15%) SAP Convergent Charging
8 4 (0.15%) SAP IBP
9 3 (0.11%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.11%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 769 (28.95%) Azure
2 592 (22.29%) AWS
3 229 (8.62%) GCP
4 163 (6.14%) Power Platform
5 119 (4.48%) Entra ID
6 107 (4.03%) SaaS
7 98 (3.69%) Serverless
8 84 (3.16%) GitHub
9 82 (3.09%) Snowflake
10 72 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
10 72 (2.71%) Dynamics 365
11 53 (2.00%) PaaS
12 46 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
13 43 (1.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 40 (1.51%) Amazon S3
15 38 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
15 38 (1.43%) dbt
16 36 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
16 36 (1.36%) Microsoft Copilot
16 36 (1.36%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 71 (2.67%) Network Security
2 46 (1.73%) Firewall
3 30 (1.13%) WAN
4 26 (0.98%) VPN
5 21 (0.79%) LAN
6 16 (0.60%) DNS
7 11 (0.41%) VXLAN
8 9 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
9 8 (0.30%) SD-WAN
10 7 (0.26%) NGFW
10 7 (0.26%) NX-OS
10 7 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
11 6 (0.23%) 4G
11 6 (0.23%) BGP
11 6 (0.23%) SSL
11 6 (0.23%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.23%) Wireless
12 5 (0.19%) 5G
12 5 (0.19%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (3.99%) Metadata
2 102 (3.84%) Power BI
3 96 (3.61%) Data Lake
4 80 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (1.17%) SQL Server
6 26 (0.98%) BigQuery
7 25 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
7 25 (0.94%) Delta Lake
7 25 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
8 24 (0.90%) Big Data
9 20 (0.75%) NoSQL
10 19 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
11 18 (0.68%) Semantic Layer
12 17 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
12 17 (0.64%) Data Vault
13 15 (0.56%) Star Schema
14 14 (0.53%) Tableau
15 12 (0.45%) MongoDB
15 12 (0.45%) Neo4j
16 11 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 39 (1.47%) JIRA
2 34 (1.28%) Jenkins
3 31 (1.17%) Git
4 21 (0.79%) GitLab
5 9 (0.34%) RStudio
6 8 (0.30%) Claude Code
7 7 (0.26%) Cypress.io
7 7 (0.26%) ERwin
7 7 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.23%) Storybook
9 5 (0.19%) MLflow
10 4 (0.15%) Maven
10 4 (0.15%) Postman
10 4 (0.15%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.11%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.11%) VTune
12 2 (0.075%) Liquibase
12 2 (0.075%) MSI
General
1 533 (20.07%) Social Skills
2 464 (17.47%) Finance
3 298 (11.22%) Public Sector
4 167 (6.29%) Banking
5 150 (5.65%) Retail
6 126 (4.74%) Analytical Skills
7 84 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
8 77 (2.90%) Telecoms
9 50 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
10 45 (1.69%) Legal
11 42 (1.58%) Marketing
12 40 (1.51%) Billing
13 39 (1.47%) Manufacturing
14 31 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 25 (0.94%) Law
16 18 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
17 17 (0.64%) Military
18 13 (0.49%) Automotive
18 13 (0.49%) Aviation
18 13 (0.49%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (5.80%) REST
2 133 (5.01%) Terraform
3 86 (3.24%) Kafka
4 84 (3.16%) .NET
5 67 (2.52%) SOAP
6 62 (2.33%) Middleware
7 50 (1.88%) OAuth
8 36 (1.36%) PySpark
9 35 (1.32%) .NET Framework
10 31 (1.17%) JSON
11 30 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
12 26 (0.98%) OAuth2
13 25 (0.94%) OpenID
13 25 (0.94%) XML
14 23 (0.87%) React
14 23 (0.87%) SAML
15 21 (0.79%) RESTful
16 20 (0.75%) Lightning Web Components
16 20 (0.75%) SailPoint
17 19 (0.72%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 254 (9.56%) Cloud Native
2 93 (3.50%) Onboarding
3 80 (3.01%) AI Agents
4 70 (2.64%) Data Centre
4 70 (2.64%) Product Ownership
5 63 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
6 60 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
7 59 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
8 57 (2.15%) Management Information System
9 54 (2.03%) CMDB
10 51 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
11 40 (1.51%) Enterprise Cloud
12 35 (1.32%) Data Structures
12 35 (1.32%) Taxonomies
13 32 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
13 32 (1.20%) Security Posture
14 30 (1.13%) Public Cloud
15 23 (0.87%) IoT
15 23 (0.87%) Mainframe
16 21 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 37 (1.39%) Linux
2 32 (1.20%) Windows
3 13 (0.49%) Unix
4 12 (0.45%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.23%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.23%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.19%) Android
7 4 (0.15%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.11%) AIX
8 3 (0.11%) Solaris
9 2 (0.075%) CentOS
9 2 (0.075%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.075%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.075%) VMS
9 2 (0.075%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 493 (18.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 470 (17.70%) Roadmaps
3 441 (16.60%) AI
4 433 (16.30%) Migration
5 374 (14.08%) Enterprise Architecture
6 330 (12.42%) DevOps
7 316 (11.90%) Analytics
8 314 (11.82%) Data Modelling
9 312 (11.75%) CI/CD
10 305 (11.48%) Technical Leadership
11 291 (10.96%) Data Architecture
12 276 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 271 (10.20%) Integration Patterns
14 270 (10.17%) Agile
15 212 (7.98%) TOGAF
16 211 (7.94%) Security Architecture
17 208 (7.83%) Architectural Patterns
18 199 (7.49%) Infrastructure as Code
19 193 (7.27%) Data Governance
20 186 (7.00%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 138 (5.20%) Python
2 133 (5.01%) SQL
3 106 (3.99%) Java
4 64 (2.41%) JavaScript
5 44 (1.66%) PowerShell
6 39 (1.47%) C#
7 35 (1.32%) TypeScript
8 27 (1.02%) Bicep
9 20 (0.75%) Apex Code
10 17 (0.64%) Bash
11 12 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.30%) ABAP
12 8 (0.30%) C++
12 8 (0.30%) Ruby
13 7 (0.26%) R
14 6 (0.23%) Cypher
14 6 (0.23%) Groovy
14 6 (0.23%) Rust
14 6 (0.23%) Scala
14 6 (0.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 694 (26.13%) Security Cleared
2 573 (21.57%) SC Cleared
3 78 (2.94%) Degree
4 70 (2.64%) DV Cleared
5 67 (2.52%) CISSP
6 64 (2.41%) Azure Certification
7 57 (2.15%) AWS Certification
8 49 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
9 41 (1.54%) TOGAF Certification
10 37 (1.39%) CISM
11 28 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
12 26 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 26 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
13 25 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 16 (0.60%) Master's Degree
16 13 (0.49%) CISA
17 12 (0.45%) CCSP
18 10 (0.38%) CCNP
19 9 (0.34%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (4.74%) Data Quality
2 89 (3.35%) NIST
3 85 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 84 (3.16%) GDPR
5 51 (1.92%) GRC
6 40 (1.51%) NCSC
7 25 (0.94%) QA
8 18 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 18 (0.68%) SEPA
9 17 (0.64%) Accessibility
10 16 (0.60%) NIST 800
11 15 (0.56%) PCI DSS
12 14 (0.53%) ISO 20022
13 12 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
14 11 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
14 11 (0.41%) SLA
15 10 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 8 (0.30%) PMO
16 8 (0.30%) SOC 2
17 7 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 73 (2.75%) Active Directory
2 45 (1.69%) Docker
3 19 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.19%) vSphere
6 4 (0.15%) Postfix
6 4 (0.15%) Varnish
6 4 (0.15%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.11%) NFS
7 3 (0.11%) Sendmail
7 3 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.075%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.075%) IAG
8 2 (0.075%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.038%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.038%) Firmware
9 1 (0.038%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.038%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 114 (4.29%) Kubernetes
2 46 (1.73%) Ansible
3 27 (1.02%) Grafana
4 20 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (0.64%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.34%) Argo
7 7 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.23%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.23%) Puppet
9 4 (0.15%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.15%) SCCM
10 3 (0.11%) Functional Safety
11 2 (0.075%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.075%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.075%) Istio
11 2 (0.075%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.075%) QRadar
12 1 (0.038%) Control-M
12 1 (0.038%) EMC VPLEX
12 1 (0.038%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 354 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 175 (6.59%) Databricks
3 159 (5.99%) ServiceNow
4 153 (5.76%) Oracle
5 149 (5.61%) SAP
6 124 (4.67%) Salesforce
7 74 (2.79%) Google
8 48 (1.81%) Cisco
9 43 (1.62%) CyberArk
10 33 (1.24%) MuleSoft
11 32 (1.20%) Workday
12 29 (1.09%) Foundry
13 28 (1.05%) IBM
13 28 (1.05%) OpenAI
14 25 (0.94%) Palo Alto
14 25 (0.94%) VMware
15 24 (0.90%) Splunk
16 22 (0.83%) Sparx
17 20 (0.75%) Adobe
18 18 (0.68%) Ariba