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 August 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 20 16
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,570 1,341 1,591
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.77% 9.89% 9.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.71% 10.64% 10.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,743 871 1,129
10th Percentile £481 £480 £488
25th Percentile £525 £556 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £738 £734 £763
90th Percentile £813 £800 £850
England median daily rate £623 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.40% -3.85% -1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 3
10th Percentile £48.20 £66.25 £53.10
25th Percentile £55.00 £71.88 £54.75
Median hourly rate £61.00 £82.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.06% +37.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78.75 £91.88 £90.68
90th Percentile £99.65 £96.75 £107.59
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 18,743 12,605 15,269
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.12% 92.96% 94.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,204 8,515 10,742
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 205 203
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.30
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.90 £22.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £29.07 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +29.00% -12.10% -12.97%
75th Percentile £58.79 £49.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £79.13 £65.00 £71.75
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -44.11% +7.66%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 +14 361 £625 -6.19% 152
West London -11 37 £625 +38.89% 35
East London +2 13 £700 +3.70% 8
South London -13 13 £725 +7.05% 12
North London -3 2 £650 -17.46%
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 August 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.

1 726 (28.25%) Azure
2 657 (25.56%) Security Cleared
3 598 (23.27%) AWS
4 548 (21.32%) SC Cleared
5 416 (16.19%) Roadmaps
6 415 (16.15%) Migration
7 399 (15.53%) AI
8 380 (14.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 337 (13.11%) Enterprise Architecture
10 324 (12.61%) Microsoft
11 311 (12.10%) Analytics
12 309 (12.02%) DevOps
13 306 (11.91%) Data Modelling
14 289 (11.25%) CI/CD
15 277 (10.78%) Data Architecture
16 276 (10.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 265 (10.31%) Integration Patterns
18 261 (10.16%) Technical Leadership
19 254 (9.88%) Agile
20 226 (8.79%) GCP
21 213 (8.29%) TOGAF
22 206 (8.02%) Architectural Patterns
23 186 (7.24%) Infrastructure as Code
24 181 (7.04%) Security Architecture
25 171 (6.65%) Event-Driven
26 168 (6.54%) Data Governance
27 166 (6.46%) Problem-Solving
28 162 (6.30%) Power Platform
29 161 (6.26%) Translating Business Requirements
30 159 (6.19%) Business Intelligence

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 (1.52%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.48%) SAS
3 34 (1.32%) Apache
4 31 (1.21%) Apache Spark
5 26 (1.01%) Confluence
6 19 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
7 14 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.47%) CMS
9 9 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
10 7 (0.27%) Camunda
11 6 (0.23%) Appian
11 6 (0.23%) ArcGIS
12 5 (0.19%) nginx
13 3 (0.12%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.12%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.078%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.078%) Headless CMS
14 2 (0.078%) Mendix
14 2 (0.078%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (0.31%) Chatbot
1 8 (0.31%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.039%) Gliffy
3 1 (0.039%) Notion
3 1 (0.039%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.039%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 62 (2.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 16 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (0.31%) SAP BRIM
7 7 (0.27%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.23%) Endur
9 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.19%) SAP IBP
9 5 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 4 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 4 (0.16%) Oracle Retail
10 4 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.16%) SAP Convergent Charging
10 4 (0.16%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.16%) Workday HCM
11 3 (0.12%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 726 (28.25%) Azure
2 598 (23.27%) AWS
3 226 (8.79%) GCP
4 162 (6.30%) Power Platform
5 104 (4.05%) SaaS
6 97 (3.77%) Entra ID
7 81 (3.15%) Serverless
8 79 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
9 78 (3.04%) GitHub
10 73 (2.84%) Snowflake
11 62 (2.41%) PaaS
12 61 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
13 47 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
14 45 (1.75%) Amazon S3
15 41 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
16 38 (1.48%) IaaS
17 33 (1.28%) OCI
18 32 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
19 31 (1.21%) PowerApps
20 30 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 91 (3.54%) Network Security
2 54 (2.10%) Firewall
3 34 (1.32%) VPN
4 28 (1.09%) WAN
5 27 (1.05%) DNS
6 19 (0.74%) LAN
7 12 (0.47%) VXLAN
8 11 (0.43%) BGP
8 11 (0.43%) MPLS
8 11 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
9 10 (0.39%) Ethernet VPN
9 10 (0.39%) TCP/IP
10 9 (0.35%) 4G
10 9 (0.35%) 5G
10 9 (0.35%) SD-WAN
11 8 (0.31%) NGFW
12 7 (0.27%) 3GPP
12 7 (0.27%) NX-OS
12 7 (0.27%) OSPF
13 6 (0.23%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (4.47%) Power BI
2 94 (3.66%) Data Lake
3 80 (3.11%) Metadata
4 77 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (1.25%) SQL Server
6 31 (1.21%) Big Data
7 27 (1.05%) NoSQL
8 25 (0.97%) BigQuery
9 23 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
9 23 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
10 22 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
11 21 (0.82%) Delta Lake
12 14 (0.54%) Data Vault
13 13 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
14 12 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (0.47%) Star Schema
14 12 (0.47%) Tableau
15 11 (0.43%) GIS
15 11 (0.43%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 38 (1.48%) JIRA
2 37 (1.44%) Git
3 29 (1.13%) Jenkins
4 18 (0.70%) GitLab
5 8 (0.31%) ERwin
6 7 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
7 6 (0.23%) Claude Code
7 6 (0.23%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.23%) Maven
7 6 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.23%) Storybook
8 5 (0.19%) MLflow
8 5 (0.19%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.16%) Snyk
10 3 (0.12%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.12%) JMeter
10 3 (0.12%) Postman
10 3 (0.12%) VTune
11 2 (0.078%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.078%) MSI
General
1 492 (19.14%) Social Skills
2 477 (18.56%) Finance
3 285 (11.09%) Public Sector
4 169 (6.58%) Banking
5 144 (5.60%) Retail
6 129 (5.02%) Analytical Skills
7 87 (3.39%) Telecoms
8 77 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
9 55 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
10 53 (2.06%) Legal
11 43 (1.67%) Law
12 39 (1.52%) Marketing
13 37 (1.44%) Billing
14 27 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 26 (1.01%) Financial Institution
16 25 (0.97%) Manufacturing
17 16 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (0.58%) Local Government
19 12 (0.47%) Aviation
19 12 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (5.76%) REST
2 86 (3.35%) .NET
3 81 (3.15%) Middleware
4 72 (2.80%) Kafka
5 67 (2.61%) SOAP
6 46 (1.79%) OAuth
7 31 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
8 30 (1.17%) .NET Framework
9 28 (1.09%) JSON
9 28 (1.09%) React
10 26 (1.01%) OAuth2
10 26 (1.01%) PySpark
11 24 (0.93%) Lightning Web Components
12 23 (0.89%) RESTful
13 21 (0.82%) OpenID
13 21 (0.82%) SAML
14 20 (0.78%) XML
15 17 (0.66%) AngularJS
15 17 (0.66%) JWT
16 16 (0.62%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 243 (9.46%) Cloud Native
2 73 (2.84%) AI Agents
3 72 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
4 70 (2.72%) Data Centre
4 70 (2.72%) Onboarding
5 66 (2.57%) Product Ownership
6 65 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
7 58 (2.26%) Management Information System
8 55 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
9 52 (2.02%) CMDB
9 52 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
10 39 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
11 34 (1.32%) Data Structures
11 34 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
12 33 (1.28%) Security Posture
13 30 (1.17%) Taxonomies
14 27 (1.05%) Mainframe
15 25 (0.97%) Public Cloud
16 22 (0.86%) IoT
16 22 (0.86%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 42 (1.63%) Linux
2 32 (1.25%) Windows
3 11 (0.43%) Unix
4 9 (0.35%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.35%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.31%) Android
6 6 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.19%) zOS
8 4 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.12%) AIX
9 3 (0.12%) Solaris
10 2 (0.078%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.078%) VMS
11 1 (0.039%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 416 (16.19%) Roadmaps
2 415 (16.15%) Migration
3 399 (15.53%) AI
4 380 (14.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 337 (13.11%) Enterprise Architecture
6 311 (12.10%) Analytics
7 309 (12.02%) DevOps
8 306 (11.91%) Data Modelling
9 289 (11.25%) CI/CD
10 277 (10.78%) Data Architecture
11 276 (10.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 265 (10.31%) Integration Patterns
13 261 (10.16%) Technical Leadership
14 254 (9.88%) Agile
15 213 (8.29%) TOGAF
16 206 (8.02%) Architectural Patterns
17 186 (7.24%) Infrastructure as Code
18 181 (7.04%) Security Architecture
19 171 (6.65%) Event-Driven
20 168 (6.54%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 145 (5.64%) Python
2 135 (5.25%) SQL
3 106 (4.12%) Java
4 64 (2.49%) JavaScript
5 46 (1.79%) PowerShell
6 37 (1.44%) C#
7 27 (1.05%) TypeScript
8 24 (0.93%) Apex Code
8 24 (0.93%) Bicep
9 18 (0.70%) Bash
10 14 (0.54%) Ruby
11 11 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (0.39%) C++
13 8 (0.31%) Scala
14 7 (0.27%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.23%) Cypher
15 6 (0.23%) Groovy
15 6 (0.23%) Rust
16 4 (0.16%) Gremlin
16 4 (0.16%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 657 (25.56%) Security Cleared
2 548 (21.32%) SC Cleared
3 75 (2.92%) Degree
4 71 (2.76%) CISSP
5 66 (2.57%) Azure Certification
6 61 (2.37%) DV Cleared
7 58 (2.26%) AWS Certification
8 39 (1.52%) CISM
8 39 (1.52%) TOGAF Certification
9 31 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
10 28 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
12 20 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 20 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
13 19 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 15 (0.58%) Master's Degree
15 14 (0.54%) CISA
16 13 (0.51%) CCSP
17 11 (0.43%) CCNP
18 8 (0.31%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (3.97%) Data Quality
2 92 (3.58%) GDPR
3 79 (3.07%) NIST
4 71 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 50 (1.95%) GRC
6 32 (1.25%) NCSC
7 30 (1.17%) QA
8 20 (0.78%) PCI DSS
9 19 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 18 (0.70%) SEPA
11 15 (0.58%) ISO 20022
12 14 (0.54%) NIST 800
13 13 (0.51%) Accessibility
14 12 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
15 10 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
15 10 (0.39%) HIPAA
15 10 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 8 (0.31%) IFRS
16 8 (0.31%) PSD2
17 6 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 57 (2.22%) Active Directory
2 52 (2.02%) Docker
3 19 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.27%) Varnish
4 7 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.23%) Postfix
6 5 (0.19%) NFS
7 4 (0.16%) Sendmail
7 4 (0.16%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.12%) vSphere
9 2 (0.078%) IAG
9 2 (0.078%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.078%) Squid
9 2 (0.078%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.039%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.039%) Firmware
10 1 (0.039%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 120 (4.67%) Terraform
2 114 (4.44%) Kubernetes
3 44 (1.71%) Ansible
4 24 (0.93%) Grafana
5 20 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
6 19 (0.74%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.35%) Argo
8 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.23%) HAProxy
10 4 (0.16%) SCCM
11 3 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
11 3 (0.12%) Istio
11 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.078%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.078%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.078%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.078%) Puppet
12 2 (0.078%) QRadar
12 2 (0.078%) VxRail
13 1 (0.039%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 324 (12.61%) Microsoft
2 159 (6.19%) Oracle
3 151 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 146 (5.68%) Databricks
5 141 (5.49%) SAP
6 121 (4.71%) Salesforce
7 61 (2.37%) Google
8 48 (1.87%) Cisco
9 35 (1.36%) CyberArk
9 35 (1.36%) IBM
9 35 (1.36%) Workday
10 33 (1.28%) MuleSoft
11 29 (1.13%) Foundry
12 26 (1.01%) Ariba
12 26 (1.01%) OpenAI
13 25 (0.97%) Splunk
14 24 (0.93%) VMware
15 22 (0.86%) Palo Alto
16 19 (0.74%) Adobe
16 19 (0.74%) Sparx