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 May 2026.

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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 19 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,113 1,260 1,783
As % of all contract jobs in London 11.96% 10.19% 10.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.89% 10.92% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,469 825 1,280
10th Percentile £475 £488 £500
25th Percentile £513 £556 £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £665
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -2.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £763
90th Percentile £821 £800 £850
England median daily rate £620 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.80% -3.85% -2.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 1
10th Percentile £58.70 £54.50 -
25th Percentile £65.00 £57.50 £57.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -2.04%
75th Percentile £76.67 £83.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £99.65 £93.50 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £71.25 £70.00
% change year-on-year -8.77% +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 16,392 11,541 16,388
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 93.35% 93.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,880 7,894 11,839
10th Percentile £350 £345 £325
25th Percentile £428 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £678 £688
90th Percentile £753 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 143 324
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.01
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.42 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +24.77% -23.24%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.97 £45.18
90th Percentile £76.58 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £46.80 £30.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +56.00% -20.00% -14.88%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 +13 313 £650 -1.89% 108
West London -5 34 £625 -7.41% 18
South London 0 21 £680 +4.58% 2
East London -1 14 £650 -0.08% 11
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 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.

1 581 (27.50%) Azure
2 575 (27.21%) Security Cleared
3 506 (23.95%) AWS
4 489 (23.14%) SC Cleared
5 333 (15.76%) Migration
6 296 (14.01%) Microsoft
7 285 (13.49%) Roadmaps
8 277 (13.11%) AI
9 269 (12.73%) DevOps
10 245 (11.59%) CI/CD
11 228 (10.79%) Stakeholder Management
12 225 (10.65%) Integration Patterns
13 214 (10.13%) Analytics
14 210 (9.94%) Data Modelling
14 210 (9.94%) GCP
15 203 (9.61%) Agile
15 203 (9.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 195 (9.23%) Data Architecture
17 184 (8.71%) Enterprise Architecture
18 182 (8.61%) Technical Leadership
19 180 (8.52%) Problem-Solving
20 179 (8.47%) Architectural Patterns
21 171 (8.09%) Python
22 164 (7.76%) Infrastructure as Code
23 151 (7.15%) TOGAF
24 149 (7.05%) Architectural Design
25 138 (6.53%) Microservices
26 134 (6.34%) ServiceNow
27 131 (6.20%) SQL
28 126 (5.96%) 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 (1.99%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.14%) Confluence
3 20 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 16 (0.76%) Apache
5 12 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.57%) nginx
6 10 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.38%) Camunda
7 8 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
8 6 (0.28%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.24%) Mule
10 4 (0.19%) CMS
10 4 (0.19%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.14%) Appian
11 3 (0.14%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.14%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.095%) JBoss
12 2 (0.095%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (0.47%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.047%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.047%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.047%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.047%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.047%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.047%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 54 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 12 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (0.33%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.28%) SAP BRIM
7 5 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.24%) SAP EWM
7 5 (0.24%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 4 (0.19%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 4 (0.19%) SAP PM
9 3 (0.14%) SAP IBP
9 3 (0.14%) SAP PP
9 3 (0.14%) SAP QM
9 3 (0.14%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 581 (27.50%) Azure
2 506 (23.95%) AWS
3 210 (9.94%) GCP
4 112 (5.30%) Power Platform
5 84 (3.98%) Serverless
6 80 (3.79%) SaaS
7 77 (3.64%) Entra ID
8 69 (3.27%) Dynamics 365
9 59 (2.79%) Amazon S3
10 53 (2.51%) GitHub
11 50 (2.37%) PaaS
11 50 (2.37%) Snowflake
12 49 (2.32%) AWS Lambda
13 48 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
14 40 (1.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 38 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
16 37 (1.75%) IaaS
17 35 (1.66%) AWS CloudFormation
18 34 (1.61%) Amazon EKS
19 29 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 75 (3.55%) Network Security
2 65 (3.08%) Firewall
3 43 (2.04%) WAN
4 40 (1.89%) DNS
4 40 (1.89%) VPN
5 24 (1.14%) LAN
6 22 (1.04%) SD-WAN
7 15 (0.71%) BGP
8 14 (0.66%) OSPF
8 14 (0.66%) TCP/IP
9 11 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (0.47%) MPLS
10 10 (0.47%) VXLAN
11 9 (0.43%) OpenVPN
12 8 (0.38%) 3GPP
12 8 (0.38%) 5G
12 8 (0.38%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (0.28%) NAS
13 6 (0.28%) SAN
13 6 (0.28%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (3.74%) Power BI
2 67 (3.17%) Data Lake
3 49 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
4 43 (2.04%) Metadata
5 34 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (1.51%) SQL Server
7 25 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
7 25 (1.18%) NoSQL
8 24 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
9 22 (1.04%) BigQuery
10 20 (0.95%) Delta Lake
11 19 (0.90%) Big Data
12 17 (0.80%) Amazon Athena
13 16 (0.76%) Amazon Aurora
13 16 (0.76%) Tableau
14 14 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
14 14 (0.66%) DB2
15 13 (0.62%) Apache Iceberg
16 12 (0.57%) Data Vault
16 12 (0.57%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 42 (1.99%) Jenkins
2 28 (1.33%) Git
3 23 (1.09%) GitLab
3 23 (1.09%) JIRA
4 10 (0.47%) ERwin
4 10 (0.47%) SonarQube
5 8 (0.38%) Bitbucket
5 8 (0.38%) MLflow
6 6 (0.28%) PowerDesigner
7 5 (0.24%) Maven
8 4 (0.19%) Snyk
8 4 (0.19%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.14%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.14%) Postman
10 2 (0.095%) Katalon Studio
10 2 (0.095%) MSI
10 2 (0.095%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.095%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.047%) ER Studio
General
1 402 (19.03%) Finance
2 399 (18.88%) Social Skills
3 225 (10.65%) Public Sector
4 134 (6.34%) Banking
5 93 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
6 72 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
6 72 (3.41%) Retail
7 62 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
8 58 (2.74%) Telecoms
9 54 (2.56%) Law
9 54 (2.56%) Legal
10 36 (1.70%) Billing
11 35 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (1.28%) Marketing
13 24 (1.14%) Financial Institution
13 24 (1.14%) Manufacturing
14 18 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (0.57%) Military
16 10 (0.47%) Local Government
17 9 (0.43%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (5.40%) REST
2 86 (4.07%) Middleware
3 75 (3.55%) SOAP
4 66 (3.12%) LDAP
5 62 (2.93%) .NET
6 44 (2.08%) Kafka
7 39 (1.85%) OpenID
8 28 (1.33%) SAML
9 26 (1.23%) OAuth
10 25 (1.18%) React
11 22 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
12 19 (0.90%) AngularJS
13 16 (0.76%) .NET Framework
13 16 (0.76%) RESTful
14 15 (0.71%) Spring
15 14 (0.66%) J2EE
15 14 (0.66%) Vue
15 14 (0.66%) Web Services
16 13 (0.62%) PySpark
17 12 (0.57%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 206 (9.75%) Cloud Native
2 69 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
3 63 (2.98%) Onboarding
4 62 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
5 59 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
6 55 (2.60%) Data Centre
7 54 (2.56%) Security Posture
8 53 (2.51%) Product Ownership
9 45 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
10 36 (1.70%) Management Information System
11 34 (1.61%) AI Agents
11 34 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
12 33 (1.56%) CMDB
13 24 (1.14%) Mainframe
14 22 (1.04%) Data Structures
15 20 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
16 19 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
17 18 (0.85%) NHS
17 18 (0.85%) Public Cloud
17 18 (0.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 31 (1.47%) Linux
2 29 (1.37%) Windows
3 10 (0.47%) zOS
4 9 (0.43%) Unix
5 8 (0.38%) Android
5 8 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.14%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.14%) Solaris
7 2 (0.095%) AIX
7 2 (0.095%) CentOS
7 2 (0.095%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.095%) VMS
7 2 (0.095%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.095%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.047%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (15.76%) Migration
2 285 (13.49%) Roadmaps
3 277 (13.11%) AI
4 269 (12.73%) DevOps
5 245 (11.59%) CI/CD
6 228 (10.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 225 (10.65%) Integration Patterns
8 214 (10.13%) Analytics
9 210 (9.94%) Data Modelling
10 203 (9.61%) Agile
10 203 (9.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 195 (9.23%) Data Architecture
12 184 (8.71%) Enterprise Architecture
13 182 (8.61%) Technical Leadership
14 180 (8.52%) Problem-Solving
15 179 (8.47%) Architectural Patterns
16 164 (7.76%) Infrastructure as Code
17 151 (7.15%) TOGAF
18 149 (7.05%) Architectural Design
19 138 (6.53%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 171 (8.09%) Python
2 131 (6.20%) SQL
3 99 (4.69%) Java
4 67 (3.17%) PowerShell
5 28 (1.33%) C#
5 28 (1.33%) JavaScript
6 22 (1.04%) Bicep
7 15 (0.71%) Ruby
7 15 (0.71%) TypeScript
8 11 (0.52%) Apex Code
8 11 (0.52%) Bash
9 10 (0.47%) Scala
10 6 (0.28%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.28%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.24%) R
11 5 (0.24%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.19%) C++
12 4 (0.19%) Go
12 4 (0.19%) SOQL
13 3 (0.14%) C
Qualifications
1 575 (27.21%) Security Cleared
2 489 (23.14%) SC Cleared
3 75 (3.55%) Degree
4 66 (3.12%) Azure Certification
5 50 (2.37%) AWS Certification
6 49 (2.32%) CISSP
7 38 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (1.70%) DV Cleared
9 34 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
10 32 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
11 25 (1.18%) CISM
12 24 (1.14%) Master's Degree
13 23 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
14 21 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
15 20 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 17 (0.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 14 (0.66%) CCNP
18 12 (0.57%) CCSP
19 10 (0.47%) CCIE
19 10 (0.47%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (3.27%) GDPR
2 64 (3.03%) NIST
3 57 (2.70%) Data Quality
4 56 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 43 (2.04%) NCSC
6 38 (1.80%) QA
7 22 (1.04%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.76%) ISO 20022
9 13 (0.62%) GRC
9 13 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (0.62%) SEPA
10 10 (0.47%) PSD2
11 9 (0.43%) NIST 800
12 8 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.38%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.38%) SLA
13 7 (0.33%) Accessibility
13 7 (0.33%) HL7
14 4 (0.19%) IFRS
14 4 (0.19%) PERC
System Software
1 80 (3.79%) Active Directory
2 62 (2.93%) Docker
3 25 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.66%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.43%) Squid
5 9 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.33%) Varnish
7 6 (0.28%) Postfix
8 5 (0.24%) NFS
8 5 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.19%) Sendmail
9 4 (0.19%) vSphere
10 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.095%) Ceph
11 2 (0.095%) Firmware
11 2 (0.095%) Lustre
11 2 (0.095%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.095%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.095%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.047%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 126 (5.96%) Terraform
2 118 (5.58%) Kubernetes
3 32 (1.51%) Ansible
4 24 (1.14%) Grafana
5 22 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.80%) FortiGate
6 17 (0.80%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.33%) Consul
8 6 (0.28%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.19%) Argo
9 4 (0.19%) Istio
9 4 (0.19%) Kibana
10 3 (0.14%) Karpenter
10 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.14%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.14%) Puppet
11 2 (0.095%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.095%) QRadar
11 2 (0.095%) SCCM
11 2 (0.095%) VxRail
Vendors
1 296 (14.01%) Microsoft
2 134 (6.34%) ServiceNow
3 115 (5.44%) Databricks
4 111 (5.25%) SAP
5 102 (4.83%) Oracle
6 97 (4.59%) Salesforce
7 71 (3.36%) CyberArk
8 40 (1.89%) Google
9 38 (1.80%) Cisco
10 35 (1.66%) BeyondTrust
11 34 (1.61%) Centrify
12 33 (1.56%) Splunk
13 29 (1.37%) VMware
13 29 (1.37%) Workday
14 26 (1.23%) IBM
15 25 (1.18%) OpenAI
16 24 (1.14%) MuleSoft
17 22 (1.04%) Palo Alto
18 21 (0.99%) Zscaler
19 20 (0.95%) Ariba