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 1 July 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,363 1,348 1,772
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.26% 10.46% 10.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.20% 11.19% 10.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,612 880 1,275
10th Percentile £464 £492 £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 £813 £800 £875
England median daily rate £616 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -1.44% -3.85% -2.69%
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 £68.75 £70.00
% change year-on-year -5.45% -1.79% -

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 17,901 12,043 16,408
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 93.41% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,784 8,139 11,760
10th Percentile £358 £335 £325
25th Percentile £438 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 183 316
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.87 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.23 £20.17
Median hourly rate £39.75 £32.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.31% +18.18% -26.67%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.50 £45.18
90th Percentile £80.63 £63.75 £67.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £39.55
% change year-on-year +59.69% -28.75% -9.97%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 1 July 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 +17 370 £625 -7.41% 159
West London -8 28 £625 +21.36% 35
South London +3 22 £723 +2.56% 2
East London +5 16 £672 +14.87% 11
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 1 July 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.

1 678 (28.69%) Azure
2 635 (26.87%) Security Cleared
3 556 (23.53%) AWS
4 541 (22.89%) SC Cleared
5 394 (16.67%) Migration
6 367 (15.53%) AI
7 353 (14.94%) Roadmaps
8 315 (13.33%) Microsoft
9 305 (12.91%) DevOps
10 292 (12.36%) Stakeholder Management
11 279 (11.81%) CI/CD
12 257 (10.88%) Analytics
13 249 (10.54%) Data Modelling
14 240 (10.16%) Data Architecture
15 239 (10.11%) Enterprise Architecture
16 238 (10.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 237 (10.03%) Agile
18 217 (9.18%) Integration Patterns
19 213 (9.01%) GCP
20 208 (8.80%) Technical Leadership
21 199 (8.42%) Architectural Patterns
22 189 (8.00%) Infrastructure as Code
23 188 (7.96%) TOGAF
24 173 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
25 161 (6.81%) Architectural Design
26 160 (6.77%) Python
27 152 (6.43%) Security Architecture
28 141 (5.97%) Power Platform
29 139 (5.88%) Machine Learning
29 139 (5.88%) Microservices

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 (1.86%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.23%) Confluence
3 23 (0.97%) Apache
4 22 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.47%) nginx
8 9 (0.38%) Camunda
8 9 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
8 9 (0.38%) SAS
9 7 (0.30%) Anypoint
9 7 (0.30%) Appian
9 7 (0.30%) CMS
10 5 (0.21%) Mule
11 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.085%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.085%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.085%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.042%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (0.38%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.042%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.042%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.042%) Notion
4 1 (0.042%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.042%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 54 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 11 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.34%) SAP BRIM
6 5 (0.21%) Endur
6 5 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 5 (0.21%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 4 (0.17%) Oracle Retail
7 4 (0.17%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 4 (0.17%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.13%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.13%) SAP FSCM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.13%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.085%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 678 (28.69%) Azure
2 556 (23.53%) AWS
3 213 (9.01%) GCP
4 141 (5.97%) Power Platform
5 93 (3.94%) SaaS
6 90 (3.81%) Serverless
7 85 (3.60%) Entra ID
8 75 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
9 66 (2.79%) GitHub
10 62 (2.62%) Snowflake
11 59 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
11 59 (2.50%) PaaS
12 53 (2.24%) Amazon S3
13 47 (1.99%) AWS Lambda
14 45 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
15 41 (1.74%) IaaS
16 37 (1.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 32 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
18 30 (1.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 30 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 97 (4.10%) Network Security
2 72 (3.05%) Firewall
3 48 (2.03%) VPN
4 39 (1.65%) DNS
5 37 (1.57%) WAN
6 20 (0.85%) LAN
7 19 (0.80%) SD-WAN
7 19 (0.80%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.59%) BGP
9 13 (0.55%) OSPF
10 10 (0.42%) MPLS
10 10 (0.42%) VXLAN
11 9 (0.38%) 5G
11 9 (0.38%) OpenVPN
12 8 (0.34%) 3GPP
12 8 (0.34%) Ethernet VPN
12 8 (0.34%) NGFW
12 8 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
13 6 (0.25%) 4G
14 5 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (4.27%) Power BI
2 78 (3.30%) Data Lake
3 69 (2.92%) Metadata
4 62 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (1.35%) SQL Server
6 28 (1.18%) NoSQL
7 27 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
8 26 (1.10%) BigQuery
9 25 (1.06%) Big Data
10 23 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
11 21 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
12 18 (0.76%) Delta Lake
13 16 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
14 14 (0.59%) Tableau
15 13 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
16 12 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
16 12 (0.51%) Oracle Database
17 11 (0.47%) Data Vault
17 11 (0.47%) Snowflake Schema
18 10 (0.42%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 41 (1.74%) Jenkins
2 39 (1.65%) JIRA
3 37 (1.57%) Git
4 16 (0.68%) GitLab
5 10 (0.42%) ERwin
6 9 (0.38%) SonarQube
7 8 (0.34%) MLflow
8 7 (0.30%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.25%) PowerDesigner
10 5 (0.21%) Maven
11 4 (0.17%) Snyk
12 3 (0.13%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.13%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.13%) JMeter
12 3 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.13%) VTune
13 2 (0.085%) MSI
13 2 (0.085%) Postman
13 2 (0.085%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.085%) Robot Framework
General
1 461 (19.51%) Finance
2 441 (18.66%) Social Skills
3 277 (11.72%) Public Sector
4 157 (6.64%) Banking
5 122 (5.16%) Analytical Skills
6 109 (4.61%) Retail
7 78 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
8 70 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
9 63 (2.67%) Telecoms
10 52 (2.20%) Legal
11 47 (1.99%) Law
12 34 (1.44%) Billing
13 27 (1.14%) Financial Institution
14 26 (1.10%) Marketing
15 22 (0.93%) Manufacturing
16 20 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 11 (0.47%) Military
19 9 (0.38%) Investment Banking
19 9 (0.38%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (4.82%) REST
2 86 (3.64%) Middleware
3 78 (3.30%) .NET
4 61 (2.58%) SOAP
5 44 (1.86%) Kafka
6 37 (1.57%) OpenID
7 35 (1.48%) LDAP
8 33 (1.40%) SAML
9 32 (1.35%) OAuth
9 32 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
10 29 (1.23%) React
11 27 (1.14%) .NET Framework
12 21 (0.89%) AngularJS
13 20 (0.85%) Lightning Web Components
14 19 (0.80%) PySpark
15 17 (0.72%) OAuth2
16 16 (0.68%) JSON
16 16 (0.68%) RESTful
17 13 (0.55%) Web Services
18 12 (0.51%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 239 (10.11%) Cloud Native
2 76 (3.22%) Onboarding
3 66 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
4 65 (2.75%) Product Ownership
5 62 (2.62%) Data Centre
6 59 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
7 50 (2.12%) Management Information System
8 49 (2.07%) AI Agents
8 49 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
9 48 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
10 44 (1.86%) CMDB
11 36 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
11 36 (1.52%) Security Posture
12 27 (1.14%) Public Cloud
13 26 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
13 26 (1.10%) Mainframe
14 25 (1.06%) Taxonomies
15 23 (0.97%) NHS
16 21 (0.89%) Data Structures
16 21 (0.89%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 39 (1.65%) Linux
2 36 (1.52%) Windows
3 11 (0.47%) Android
3 11 (0.47%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.42%) Unix
5 9 (0.38%) zOS
6 8 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.21%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.17%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.17%) Solaris
10 3 (0.13%) AIX
11 2 (0.085%) CentOS
11 2 (0.085%) VMS
12 1 (0.042%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 394 (16.67%) Migration
2 367 (15.53%) AI
3 353 (14.94%) Roadmaps
4 305 (12.91%) DevOps
5 292 (12.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 279 (11.81%) CI/CD
7 257 (10.88%) Analytics
8 249 (10.54%) Data Modelling
9 240 (10.16%) Data Architecture
10 239 (10.11%) Enterprise Architecture
11 238 (10.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 237 (10.03%) Agile
13 217 (9.18%) Integration Patterns
14 208 (8.80%) Technical Leadership
15 199 (8.42%) Architectural Patterns
16 189 (8.00%) Infrastructure as Code
17 188 (7.96%) TOGAF
18 173 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
19 161 (6.81%) Architectural Design
20 152 (6.43%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 160 (6.77%) Python
2 123 (5.21%) SQL
3 103 (4.36%) Java
4 50 (2.12%) PowerShell
5 44 (1.86%) JavaScript
6 34 (1.44%) C#
7 26 (1.10%) Bicep
8 22 (0.93%) TypeScript
9 19 (0.80%) Apex Code
10 17 (0.72%) Bash
11 15 (0.63%) Ruby
12 7 (0.30%) R
12 7 (0.30%) Scala
12 7 (0.30%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.25%) C++
14 5 (0.21%) Cypher
14 5 (0.21%) Go
15 4 (0.17%) Rust
15 4 (0.17%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 635 (26.87%) Security Cleared
2 541 (22.89%) SC Cleared
3 83 (3.51%) Degree
4 65 (2.75%) Azure Certification
5 64 (2.71%) CISSP
6 52 (2.20%) AWS Certification
7 42 (1.78%) DV Cleared
8 37 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 36 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (1.44%) CISM
11 31 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
12 27 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
13 21 (0.89%) Master's Degree
13 21 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
14 20 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 15 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 15 (0.63%) CCNP
16 14 (0.59%) CCSP
16 14 (0.59%) CISA
17 10 (0.42%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (3.51%) GDPR
2 76 (3.22%) Data Quality
3 74 (3.13%) NIST
4 68 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 48 (2.03%) NCSC
6 34 (1.44%) QA
7 22 (0.93%) PCI DSS
8 17 (0.72%) GRC
9 16 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 15 (0.63%) SEPA
11 14 (0.59%) ISO 20022
12 13 (0.55%) NIST 800
13 10 (0.42%) Accessibility
13 10 (0.42%) HIPAA
14 9 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
15 8 (0.34%) PSD2
16 7 (0.30%) IFRS
17 6 (0.25%) COBIT
17 6 (0.25%) HL7
18 4 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 56 (2.37%) Docker
2 53 (2.24%) Active Directory
3 22 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.42%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.38%) Squid
6 8 (0.34%) Varnish
7 7 (0.30%) Postfix
7 7 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.21%) NFS
9 4 (0.17%) Sendmail
9 4 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.085%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.085%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.042%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.042%) HDFS
11 1 (0.042%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.042%) IAG
11 1 (0.042%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 136 (5.76%) Terraform
2 128 (5.42%) Kubernetes
3 46 (1.95%) Ansible
4 26 (1.10%) Grafana
5 24 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
6 19 (0.80%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.63%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.30%) Consul
9 7 (0.30%) HAProxy
10 6 (0.25%) Argo
11 5 (0.21%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.17%) Puppet
12 4 (0.17%) SCCM
13 2 (0.085%) Amdocs OSS
13 2 (0.085%) Istio
13 2 (0.085%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.085%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.085%) QRadar
13 2 (0.085%) VxRail
Vendors
1 315 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 136 (5.76%) ServiceNow
3 134 (5.67%) Databricks
4 124 (5.25%) Oracle
5 120 (5.08%) SAP
6 109 (4.61%) Salesforce
7 52 (2.20%) Cisco
8 49 (2.07%) CyberArk
9 47 (1.99%) Google
10 40 (1.69%) Splunk
11 34 (1.44%) MuleSoft
12 32 (1.35%) IBM
12 32 (1.35%) Workday
13 30 (1.27%) OpenAI
14 28 (1.18%) Palo Alto
15 26 (1.10%) Foundry
15 26 (1.10%) VMware
16 19 (0.80%) Dynatrace
17 18 (0.76%) Ariba
18 16 (0.68%) Sparx