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 3 June 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,232 1,268 1,754
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.17% 10.51% 10.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.09% 11.24% 10.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,537 823 1,265
10th Percentile £475 £500 £500
25th Percentile £515 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £660
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.52% -5.71%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £763
90th Percentile £825 £800 £857
England median daily rate £620 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.80% -3.85% -2.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 2
10th Percentile £54.65 £54.50 £52.55
25th Percentile £61.63 £57.50 £53.38
Median hourly rate £68.75 £65.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +14.04% -12.31%
75th Percentile £78.23 £83.75 £60.88
90th Percentile £98.58 £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 17,049 11,286 16,405
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 93.51% 93.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,271 7,654 11,842
10th Percentile £356 £350 £325
25th Percentile £433 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £676
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £518 £517 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -1.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 157 327
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +17.19% +15.07% -22.75%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.00 £47.18
90th Percentile £76.74 £63.10 £67.40
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.57 £37.75
% change year-on-year +52.21% -21.68% -16.11%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 +17 344 £625 -7.06% 132
West London -3 32 £633 -6.30% 23
South London 0 22 £723 -0.34% 12
East London +3 15 £669 +11.50% 7
North London -2 1 £650 -3.70% 1
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 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.

1 648 (29.03%) Azure
2 640 (28.67%) Security Cleared
3 545 (24.42%) SC Cleared
4 540 (24.19%) AWS
5 369 (16.53%) Migration
6 319 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 309 (13.84%) Microsoft
8 296 (13.26%) AI
9 290 (12.99%) DevOps
10 262 (11.74%) CI/CD
11 253 (11.34%) Stakeholder Management
12 240 (10.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 239 (10.71%) Integration Patterns
14 227 (10.17%) Data Modelling
15 226 (10.13%) Analytics
16 224 (10.04%) GCP
17 216 (9.68%) Data Architecture
18 212 (9.50%) Agile
19 207 (9.27%) Enterprise Architecture
20 201 (9.01%) Technical Leadership
21 192 (8.60%) Architectural Patterns
22 186 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
23 181 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
23 181 (8.11%) Python
24 170 (7.62%) TOGAF
25 160 (7.17%) Architectural Design
26 138 (6.18%) ServiceNow
27 136 (6.09%) Microservices
27 136 (6.09%) Security Architecture
27 136 (6.09%) 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 43 (1.93%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.12%) Confluence
3 21 (0.94%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.85%) Apache
5 13 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.54%) nginx
7 9 (0.40%) Camunda
7 9 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
8 8 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.31%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.22%) Mule
10 5 (0.22%) SAS
11 4 (0.18%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.13%) Appian
12 3 (0.13%) CMS
12 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.090%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.090%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.090%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (0.40%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.045%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.045%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.045%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.045%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 52 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (0.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 13 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.36%) SAP BRIM
6 6 (0.27%) Workday HCM
7 5 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 4 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 4 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.18%) SAP Convergent Charging
8 4 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.18%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.13%) Endur
9 3 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.13%) SAP EWM
9 3 (0.13%) SAP FSCM
9 3 (0.13%) SAP IBP
10 2 (0.090%) Oracle HRMS
10 2 (0.090%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 648 (29.03%) Azure
2 540 (24.19%) AWS
3 224 (10.04%) GCP
4 126 (5.65%) Power Platform
5 93 (4.17%) Serverless
6 88 (3.94%) SaaS
7 78 (3.49%) Entra ID
8 70 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
9 59 (2.64%) Amazon S3
9 59 (2.64%) GitHub
10 56 (2.51%) PaaS
11 54 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
12 52 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
13 50 (2.24%) Snowflake
14 43 (1.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 40 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
16 39 (1.75%) IaaS
17 36 (1.61%) Amazon EKS
18 34 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
19 31 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 86 (3.85%) Network Security
2 67 (3.00%) Firewall
3 45 (2.02%) WAN
4 43 (1.93%) DNS
4 43 (1.93%) VPN
5 26 (1.16%) LAN
6 21 (0.94%) SD-WAN
7 17 (0.76%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.63%) BGP
9 13 (0.58%) OSPF
10 11 (0.49%) VXLAN
11 10 (0.45%) MPLS
11 10 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.40%) OpenVPN
13 8 (0.36%) 3GPP
13 8 (0.36%) 5G
13 8 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
14 6 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
15 5 (0.22%) NGFW
15 5 (0.22%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (4.03%) Power BI
2 73 (3.27%) Data Lake
3 53 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
3 53 (2.37%) Metadata
4 35 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
5 34 (1.52%) SQL Server
6 27 (1.21%) NoSQL
7 26 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
8 24 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
9 23 (1.03%) BigQuery
10 20 (0.90%) Big Data
10 20 (0.90%) Delta Lake
11 19 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
12 16 (0.72%) Amazon Aurora
12 16 (0.72%) Tableau
13 14 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
14 13 (0.58%) Apache Iceberg
14 13 (0.58%) DB2
15 12 (0.54%) Data Vault
15 12 (0.54%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 45 (2.02%) Jenkins
2 33 (1.48%) Git
3 27 (1.21%) JIRA
4 23 (1.03%) GitLab
5 10 (0.45%) ERwin
5 10 (0.45%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.36%) MLflow
7 7 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.22%) Maven
8 5 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.18%) Snyk
9 4 (0.18%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.13%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.13%) JMeter
10 3 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.13%) Postman
11 2 (0.090%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.090%) MSI
11 2 (0.090%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.090%) Robot Framework
General
1 427 (19.13%) Social Skills
2 421 (18.86%) Finance
3 257 (11.51%) Public Sector
4 142 (6.36%) Banking
5 104 (4.66%) Analytical Skills
6 83 (3.72%) Retail
7 77 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
8 66 (2.96%) Telecoms
9 61 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
10 52 (2.33%) Law
10 52 (2.33%) Legal
11 35 (1.57%) Billing
12 28 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (1.16%) Financial Institution
14 25 (1.12%) Marketing
15 23 (1.03%) Manufacturing
16 21 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (0.67%) Military
18 9 (0.40%) Aviation
18 9 (0.40%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (5.56%) REST
2 85 (3.81%) Middleware
3 79 (3.54%) SOAP
4 73 (3.27%) .NET
5 68 (3.05%) LDAP
6 42 (1.88%) Kafka
6 42 (1.88%) OpenID
7 32 (1.43%) OAuth
7 32 (1.43%) SAML
8 26 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
8 26 (1.16%) React
9 22 (0.99%) .NET Framework
10 21 (0.94%) AngularJS
11 17 (0.76%) PySpark
12 16 (0.72%) RESTful
13 15 (0.67%) Lightning Web Components
13 15 (0.67%) OAuth2
13 15 (0.67%) Spring
14 14 (0.63%) J2EE
14 14 (0.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 227 (10.17%) Cloud Native
2 72 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
2 72 (3.23%) Onboarding
3 63 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
4 62 (2.78%) Product Ownership
5 61 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
6 58 (2.60%) Data Centre
6 58 (2.60%) Security Posture
7 48 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
8 43 (1.93%) Management Information System
9 42 (1.88%) CMDB
10 38 (1.70%) AI Agents
11 36 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
12 27 (1.21%) Mainframe
13 21 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
14 20 (0.90%) Data Structures
14 20 (0.90%) NHS
14 20 (0.90%) Public Cloud
15 18 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
15 18 (0.81%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (1.66%) Linux
2 35 (1.57%) Windows
3 10 (0.45%) Android
3 10 (0.45%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.45%) Unix
3 10 (0.45%) zOS
4 8 (0.36%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.22%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.18%) Solaris
8 3 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.090%) CentOS
9 2 (0.090%) VMS
9 2 (0.090%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (16.53%) Migration
2 319 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 296 (13.26%) AI
4 290 (12.99%) DevOps
5 262 (11.74%) CI/CD
6 253 (11.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 240 (10.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 239 (10.71%) Integration Patterns
9 227 (10.17%) Data Modelling
10 226 (10.13%) Analytics
11 216 (9.68%) Data Architecture
12 212 (9.50%) Agile
13 207 (9.27%) Enterprise Architecture
14 201 (9.01%) Technical Leadership
15 192 (8.60%) Architectural Patterns
16 186 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
17 181 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
18 170 (7.62%) TOGAF
19 160 (7.17%) Architectural Design
20 136 (6.09%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 181 (8.11%) Python
2 131 (5.87%) SQL
3 100 (4.48%) Java
4 79 (3.54%) PowerShell
5 36 (1.61%) JavaScript
6 29 (1.30%) C#
7 27 (1.21%) Bicep
8 18 (0.81%) TypeScript
9 16 (0.72%) Ruby
10 14 (0.63%) Apex Code
10 14 (0.63%) Bash
11 9 (0.40%) Scala
12 6 (0.27%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.22%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.18%) Go
14 4 (0.18%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.18%) R
15 3 (0.13%) C++
15 3 (0.13%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 640 (28.67%) Security Cleared
2 545 (24.42%) SC Cleared
3 82 (3.67%) Degree
4 66 (2.96%) Azure Certification
5 58 (2.60%) CISSP
6 49 (2.20%) AWS Certification
7 38 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (1.70%) DV Cleared
8 34 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
9 31 (1.39%) CISM
9 31 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
10 27 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
11 23 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
12 22 (0.99%) Master's Degree
13 19 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 15 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 14 (0.63%) CCNP
15 14 (0.63%) CISA
16 13 (0.58%) CCSP
17 9 (0.40%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (3.27%) NIST
2 72 (3.23%) GDPR
3 67 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 66 (2.96%) Data Quality
5 48 (2.15%) NCSC
6 42 (1.88%) QA
7 21 (0.94%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.72%) ISO 20022
9 15 (0.67%) GRC
10 13 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 13 (0.58%) SEPA
11 11 (0.49%) NIST 800
12 10 (0.45%) HIPAA
12 10 (0.45%) PSD2
13 9 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.36%) Accessibility
14 8 (0.36%) SLA
15 7 (0.31%) HL7
16 6 (0.27%) COBIT
17 4 (0.18%) IFRS
System Software
1 82 (3.67%) Active Directory
2 59 (2.64%) Docker
3 24 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.58%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.40%) Squid
6 8 (0.36%) Varnish
7 7 (0.31%) Postfix
8 6 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.22%) NFS
9 5 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.18%) Sendmail
10 4 (0.18%) vSphere
11 2 (0.090%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.090%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.045%) Ceph
12 1 (0.045%) Firmware
12 1 (0.045%) HDFS
12 1 (0.045%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.045%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 136 (6.09%) Terraform
2 120 (5.38%) Kubernetes
3 42 (1.88%) Ansible
4 25 (1.12%) Grafana
5 23 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.81%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.76%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.31%) Consul
8 7 (0.31%) HAProxy
9 5 (0.22%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.18%) Argo
10 4 (0.18%) Istio
10 4 (0.18%) Kibana
10 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.18%) Puppet
11 3 (0.13%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.13%) SCCM
12 2 (0.090%) Amdocs OSS
12 2 (0.090%) QRadar
12 2 (0.090%) VxRail
Vendors
1 309 (13.84%) Microsoft
2 138 (6.18%) ServiceNow
3 127 (5.69%) Databricks
4 110 (4.93%) Oracle
4 110 (4.93%) SAP
5 98 (4.39%) Salesforce
6 75 (3.36%) CyberArk
7 50 (2.24%) Cisco
8 45 (2.02%) Google
9 39 (1.75%) Splunk
10 35 (1.57%) BeyondTrust
11 34 (1.52%) Centrify
12 30 (1.34%) IBM
12 30 (1.34%) MuleSoft
12 30 (1.34%) Workday
13 28 (1.25%) VMware
14 25 (1.12%) Palo Alto
15 24 (1.08%) OpenAI
16 21 (0.94%) Foundry
17 20 (0.90%) Ariba