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 13 April 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 18 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,979 1,276 1,798
As % of all contract jobs in London 11.41% 10.09% 10.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.30% 10.78% 10.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,385 846 1,292
10th Percentile £475 £489 £500
25th Percentile £515 £563 £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £672
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -3.31% -2.22%
75th Percentile £745 £750 £750
90th Percentile £836 £813 £838
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 2
10th Percentile £60.05 £40.25 £44.47
25th Percentile £65.00 £48.13 £46.65
Median hourly rate £69.00 £62.50 £53.03
Median % change year-on-year +10.40% +17.86% -13.42%
75th Percentile £76.25 £75.63 £59.15
90th Percentile £98.58 £90.25 £61.16
England median hourly rate £71.27 £71.25 £83.77
% change year-on-year +0.03% -14.94% +19.66%

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 16,083 11,837 16,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 93.57% 93.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,731 8,117 12,048
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £431 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.24% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 143 341
10th Percentile £18.28 £21.30 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.55 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.71 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +2.03% +25.85% -22.21%
75th Percentile £60.25 £50.75 £44.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.75 £64.53
England median hourly rate £44.00 £32.50 £34.21
% change year-on-year +35.38% -5.00% -21.47%

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 13 April 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 13 April 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 13 April 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 +7 277 £650 -2.99% 106
South London +4 24 £600 -18.37% 1
West London -5 24 £633 -5.60% 23
East London -5 12 £630 +0.80% 6
North London -2 1 £700 +0.83% 1
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 April 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.

1 568 (28.70%) Security Cleared
2 556 (28.09%) Azure
3 490 (24.76%) AWS
4 483 (24.41%) SC Cleared
5 306 (15.46%) Migration
6 284 (14.35%) Microsoft
6 284 (14.35%) Roadmaps
7 261 (13.19%) DevOps
8 246 (12.43%) AI
9 234 (11.82%) Agile
9 234 (11.82%) CI/CD
10 221 (11.17%) Integration Patterns
11 214 (10.81%) Analytics
12 213 (10.76%) Stakeholder Management
13 212 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 211 (10.66%) Data Modelling
15 203 (10.26%) GCP
16 196 (9.90%) Problem-Solving
17 191 (9.65%) Technical Leadership
18 187 (9.45%) Data Architecture
19 180 (9.10%) Enterprise Architecture
20 176 (8.89%) Python
21 166 (8.39%) Architectural Patterns
22 151 (7.63%) Architectural Design
23 149 (7.53%) TOGAF
24 147 (7.43%) Infrastructure as Code
25 138 (6.97%) Microservices
25 138 (6.97%) REST
26 132 (6.67%) SQL
27 131 (6.62%) Terraform

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 42 (2.12%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.26%) Confluence
3 17 (0.86%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.61%) CMS
6 11 (0.56%) Apache
6 11 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (0.56%) nginx
7 7 (0.35%) Camunda
8 6 (0.30%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.25%) Mule
9 5 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.20%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.15%) Appian
11 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.15%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.10%) JBoss
12 2 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (0.45%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.10%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.051%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.051%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.051%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.051%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.051%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 54 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 10 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.35%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.35%) SAP PM
6 7 (0.35%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.30%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.25%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 4 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.20%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 4 (0.20%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.20%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (0.15%) SAP FSCM
10 3 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 556 (28.09%) Azure
2 490 (24.76%) AWS
3 203 (10.26%) GCP
4 115 (5.81%) Power Platform
5 82 (4.14%) Serverless
6 81 (4.09%) SaaS
7 72 (3.64%) Entra ID
8 69 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
9 60 (3.03%) IaaS
10 52 (2.63%) Amazon S3
10 52 (2.63%) GitHub
11 51 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
12 49 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
13 48 (2.43%) PaaS
14 46 (2.32%) Microsoft 365
14 46 (2.32%) Snowflake
15 41 (2.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 35 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
17 34 (1.72%) Amazon EKS
18 29 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 75 (3.79%) Network Security
2 70 (3.54%) Firewall
3 53 (2.68%) WAN
4 45 (2.27%) DNS
4 45 (2.27%) VPN
5 29 (1.47%) SD-WAN
6 28 (1.41%) LAN
7 16 (0.81%) BGP
7 16 (0.81%) TCP/IP
8 15 (0.76%) OSPF
9 12 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (0.51%) MPLS
10 10 (0.51%) VXLAN
11 9 (0.45%) OpenVPN
12 8 (0.40%) 5G
12 8 (0.40%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (0.30%) VSAN
14 5 (0.25%) 3GPP
14 5 (0.25%) Internet
15 4 (0.20%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (4.19%) Power BI
2 68 (3.44%) Data Lake
3 56 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (2.48%) Metadata
5 36 (1.82%) SQL Server
6 33 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
7 28 (1.41%) NoSQL
8 26 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
9 21 (1.06%) BigQuery
10 20 (1.01%) Big Data
11 17 (0.86%) Tableau
12 16 (0.81%) Delta Lake
13 14 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
13 14 (0.71%) Amazon Aurora
14 13 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
14 13 (0.66%) Data Vault
14 13 (0.66%) DB2
14 13 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
15 11 (0.56%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 42 (2.12%) Jenkins
2 32 (1.62%) JIRA
3 26 (1.31%) Git
4 20 (1.01%) GitLab
5 9 (0.45%) ERwin
6 8 (0.40%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.40%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.30%) MLflow
8 5 (0.25%) Artifactory
8 5 (0.25%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.20%) Snyk
9 4 (0.20%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.15%) Maven
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.15%) Postman
11 2 (0.10%) Chocolatey
11 2 (0.10%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.10%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.10%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.10%) Robot Framework
General
1 428 (21.63%) Social Skills
2 402 (20.31%) Finance
3 230 (11.62%) Public Sector
4 135 (6.82%) Banking
5 131 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
6 78 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
7 67 (3.39%) Retail
8 61 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
9 55 (2.78%) Law
10 48 (2.43%) Legal
11 42 (2.12%) Telecoms
12 36 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (1.62%) Marketing
14 27 (1.36%) Manufacturing
15 25 (1.26%) Financial Institution
16 20 (1.01%) Billing
17 15 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 12 (0.61%) Local Government
18 12 (0.61%) Military
19 10 (0.51%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (6.97%) REST
2 96 (4.85%) Middleware
3 73 (3.69%) SOAP
4 64 (3.23%) LDAP
5 55 (2.78%) .NET
6 42 (2.12%) OpenID
7 41 (2.07%) Kafka
8 35 (1.77%) JSON
9 30 (1.52%) SAML
10 28 (1.41%) OAuth
11 26 (1.31%) AngularJS
12 25 (1.26%) React
13 22 (1.11%) Oracle Fusion
14 18 (0.91%) Spring
15 17 (0.86%) RESTful
16 15 (0.76%) Vue
17 14 (0.71%) .NET Framework
17 14 (0.71%) PySpark
17 14 (0.71%) Web Services
18 13 (0.66%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 188 (9.50%) Cloud Native
2 70 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
3 64 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 54 (2.73%) Data Centre
4 54 (2.73%) Onboarding
5 52 (2.63%) Security Posture
6 48 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
7 46 (2.32%) Hybrid Cloud
7 46 (2.32%) Product Ownership
8 41 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
9 34 (1.72%) PKI
10 31 (1.57%) Management Information System
11 30 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
12 29 (1.47%) CMDB
13 23 (1.16%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.16%) Data Structures
14 19 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
15 18 (0.91%) Replication
16 17 (0.86%) Private Cloud
17 16 (0.81%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 34 (1.72%) Windows
2 27 (1.36%) Linux
3 10 (0.51%) zOS
4 8 (0.40%) Android
4 8 (0.40%) Apple iOS
4 8 (0.40%) Unix
5 5 (0.25%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.20%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.15%) Solaris
7 3 (0.15%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.10%) AIX
8 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.051%) CentOS
9 1 (0.051%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (15.46%) Migration
2 284 (14.35%) Roadmaps
3 261 (13.19%) DevOps
4 246 (12.43%) AI
5 234 (11.82%) Agile
5 234 (11.82%) CI/CD
6 221 (11.17%) Integration Patterns
7 214 (10.81%) Analytics
8 213 (10.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 212 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 211 (10.66%) Data Modelling
11 196 (9.90%) Problem-Solving
12 191 (9.65%) Technical Leadership
13 187 (9.45%) Data Architecture
14 180 (9.10%) Enterprise Architecture
15 166 (8.39%) Architectural Patterns
16 151 (7.63%) Architectural Design
17 149 (7.53%) TOGAF
18 147 (7.43%) Infrastructure as Code
19 138 (6.97%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 176 (8.89%) Python
2 132 (6.67%) SQL
3 95 (4.80%) Java
4 91 (4.60%) PowerShell
5 30 (1.52%) JavaScript
6 28 (1.41%) C#
7 20 (1.01%) TypeScript
8 17 (0.86%) Bicep
9 15 (0.76%) Ruby
10 14 (0.71%) Bash
11 11 (0.56%) Apex Code
12 9 (0.45%) Scala
13 7 (0.35%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.30%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.20%) C++
15 4 (0.20%) Go
15 4 (0.20%) Korn
15 4 (0.20%) R
15 4 (0.20%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.20%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 568 (28.70%) Security Cleared
2 483 (24.41%) SC Cleared
3 73 (3.69%) Degree
4 68 (3.44%) Azure Certification
5 49 (2.48%) AWS Certification
6 43 (2.17%) CISSP
7 42 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (1.97%) DV Cleared
9 34 (1.72%) TOGAF Certification
10 31 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (1.11%) Master's Degree
12 21 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.06%) CISM
13 19 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
14 18 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 15 (0.76%) CCNP
16 13 (0.66%) CCIE
17 11 (0.56%) CCSP
18 6 (0.30%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (3.69%) GDPR
2 59 (2.98%) Data Quality
3 55 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 54 (2.73%) NIST
5 43 (2.17%) NCSC
6 39 (1.97%) QA
7 25 (1.26%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.71%) ISO 20022
9 13 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 11 (0.56%) GRC
11 8 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.40%) PSD2
12 7 (0.35%) Accessibility
12 7 (0.35%) HIPAA
12 7 (0.35%) HL7
12 7 (0.35%) SEPA
13 6 (0.30%) NIST 800
13 6 (0.30%) SLA
14 5 (0.25%) PERC
15 4 (0.20%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 80 (4.04%) Active Directory
2 66 (3.34%) Docker
3 27 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.81%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.45%) Squid
5 9 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.35%) Varnish
7 6 (0.30%) vSphere
8 5 (0.25%) Postfix
8 5 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.20%) NFS
10 3 (0.15%) Sendmail
10 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.10%) Ceph
11 2 (0.10%) Firmware
11 2 (0.10%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.10%) Lustre
11 2 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.10%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.051%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Systems Management
1 131 (6.62%) Terraform
2 124 (6.27%) Kubernetes
3 35 (1.77%) Ansible
4 25 (1.26%) Grafana
5 22 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.86%) FortiGate
7 16 (0.81%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.35%) Consul
10 5 (0.25%) HAProxy
11 4 (0.20%) Argo
11 4 (0.20%) Istio
11 4 (0.20%) Kibana
12 3 (0.15%) Karpenter
12 3 (0.15%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.10%) Amdocs OSS
13 2 (0.10%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.10%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.10%) VxRail
Vendors
1 284 (14.35%) Microsoft
2 113 (5.71%) ServiceNow
3 108 (5.46%) SAP
4 106 (5.36%) Salesforce
5 104 (5.26%) Databricks
6 97 (4.90%) Oracle
7 67 (3.39%) CyberArk
8 42 (2.12%) Google
9 40 (2.02%) Cisco
10 35 (1.77%) BeyondTrust
11 34 (1.72%) Centrify
11 34 (1.72%) Splunk
11 34 (1.72%) VMware
12 28 (1.41%) IBM
13 26 (1.31%) Workday
14 24 (1.21%) OpenAI
15 23 (1.16%) MuleSoft
15 23 (1.16%) Palo Alto
16 20 (1.01%) Zscaler
17 19 (0.96%) Ariba