Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Architect
England > London

The median Architect daily rate in London is £630, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 17 16
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,652 1,358 1,744
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.39% 10.38% 9.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.22% 11.09% 10.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,157 836 1,261
10th Percentile £475 £486 £500
25th Percentile £525 £550 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £650 £660
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% -1.52% -2.22%
75th Percentile £750 £760 £750
90th Percentile £838 £813 £825
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -2.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 2
10th Percentile £64.60 £36.75 £44.47
25th Percentile £65.25 £39.38 £46.65
Median hourly rate £70.00 £47.50 £53.03
Median % change year-on-year +47.37% -10.42% +51.51%
75th Percentile £89.48 £59.38 £59.15
90th Percentile £95.00 £64.25 £61.16
England median hourly rate £71.27 £71.25 £77.64
% change year-on-year +0.03% -8.22% +10.91%

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 14,721 12,249 17,052
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 93.58% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,874 8,067 12,304
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 141 336
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.21 £15.97
25th Percentile £23.14 £24.66 £19.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £28.16
Median % change year-on-year - +24.31% -19.56%
75th Percentile £60.12 £52.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.40 £65.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year - +2.94% -17.10%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 +2 223 £650 -2.99% 104
South London +3 25 £575 -21.77% 13
West London -8 24 £644 +28.70% 15
East London -4 7 £540 -13.60% 13
North London 0 2 £663 -4.57% 2
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 March 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.

1 520 (31.48%) Azure
2 468 (28.33%) Security Cleared
3 419 (25.36%) AWS
4 400 (24.21%) SC Cleared
5 239 (14.47%) Roadmaps
6 238 (14.41%) Microsoft
7 231 (13.98%) DevOps
8 212 (12.83%) Migration
9 201 (12.17%) CI/CD
10 199 (12.05%) Stakeholder Management
11 194 (11.74%) AI
12 191 (11.56%) Agile
13 180 (10.90%) GCP
14 179 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
15 177 (10.71%) Data Modelling
16 171 (10.35%) Analytics
16 171 (10.35%) Integration Patterns
17 166 (10.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 164 (9.93%) Technical Leadership
19 163 (9.87%) Data Architecture
20 154 (9.32%) Enterprise Architecture
21 151 (9.14%) Python
22 140 (8.47%) TOGAF
23 126 (7.63%) Terraform
24 122 (7.38%) REST
25 120 (7.26%) Architectural Patterns
25 120 (7.26%) SQL
26 115 (6.96%) Microservices
27 112 (6.78%) Kubernetes
28 110 (6.66%) Infrastructure as Code

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 36 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.33%) Confluence
3 15 (0.91%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.61%) nginx
6 9 (0.54%) CMS
7 7 (0.42%) Apache
8 5 (0.30%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.30%) Mule
9 4 (0.24%) Camunda
9 4 (0.24%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.24%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.12%) JBoss
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 2 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (0.54%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.061%) ArchiCAD
5 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.061%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 44 (2.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (0.48%) Workday HCM
5 7 (0.42%) NetSuite
5 7 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.42%) SAP PM
6 5 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.30%) SAP EWM
7 4 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.24%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.18%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.18%) SAP QM
8 3 (0.18%) Temenos T24
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
9 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 520 (31.48%) Azure
2 419 (25.36%) AWS
3 180 (10.90%) GCP
4 75 (4.54%) Power Platform
5 71 (4.30%) SaaS
6 69 (4.18%) Serverless
7 55 (3.33%) Entra ID
8 52 (3.15%) IaaS
9 47 (2.85%) Azure DevOps
10 46 (2.78%) Amazon S3
11 43 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
11 43 (2.60%) GitHub
12 41 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
13 39 (2.36%) Snowflake
14 36 (2.18%) PaaS
15 35 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
15 35 (2.12%) Azure Data Factory
15 35 (2.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 31 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 30 (1.82%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 80 (4.84%) Firewall
2 65 (3.93%) Network Security
3 49 (2.97%) WAN
4 42 (2.54%) DNS
5 39 (2.36%) VPN
6 28 (1.69%) SD-WAN
7 27 (1.63%) LAN
8 16 (0.97%) BGP
9 15 (0.91%) TCP/IP
10 13 (0.79%) OSPF
11 12 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (0.48%) OpenVPN
13 7 (0.42%) 5G
13 7 (0.42%) MPLS
13 7 (0.42%) SSL
13 7 (0.42%) VXLAN
14 6 (0.36%) VSAN
15 5 (0.30%) DHCP
15 5 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
15 5 (0.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
2 52 (3.15%) Data Lake
3 45 (2.72%) Metadata
4 44 (2.66%) Power BI
5 34 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
6 31 (1.88%) SQL Server
7 24 (1.45%) NoSQL
8 22 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
9 19 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
10 17 (1.03%) Amazon Aurora
10 17 (1.03%) Tableau
11 16 (0.97%) Data Vault
12 14 (0.85%) DB2
12 14 (0.85%) Delta Lake
13 12 (0.73%) Amazon Athena
13 12 (0.73%) Big Data
13 12 (0.73%) BigQuery
14 11 (0.67%) Oracle Database
15 10 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
15 10 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 41 (2.48%) Jenkins
2 29 (1.76%) JIRA
3 22 (1.33%) GitLab
4 16 (0.97%) Git
5 10 (0.61%) ERwin
6 8 (0.48%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.48%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.24%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.24%) MLflow
7 4 (0.24%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.24%) Terragrunt
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.18%) Snyk
9 2 (0.12%) Chocolatey
9 2 (0.12%) Maven
9 2 (0.12%) Postman
9 2 (0.12%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.061%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.061%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.061%) Katalon Studio
General
1 400 (24.21%) Social Skills
2 345 (20.88%) Finance
3 193 (11.68%) Public Sector
4 119 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
5 115 (6.96%) Banking
6 65 (3.93%) Documentation Skills
7 48 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
8 44 (2.66%) Retail
9 39 (2.36%) Legal
10 38 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
11 33 (2.00%) Telecoms
12 28 (1.69%) Marketing
13 27 (1.63%) Manufacturing
14 24 (1.45%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.33%) Billing
15 22 (1.33%) Law
16 19 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 13 (0.79%) Military
18 9 (0.54%) Electronics
19 8 (0.48%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (7.38%) REST
2 89 (5.39%) Middleware
3 63 (3.81%) SOAP
4 62 (3.75%) LDAP
5 45 (2.72%) OpenID
6 44 (2.66%) .NET
7 41 (2.48%) JSON
8 33 (2.00%) SAML
9 32 (1.94%) Kafka
10 30 (1.82%) OAuth
11 24 (1.45%) AngularJS
12 19 (1.15%) React
13 16 (0.97%) PySpark
14 14 (0.85%) OAuth2
14 14 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
14 14 (0.85%) RESTful
15 12 (0.73%) XML
16 11 (0.67%) Lightning Web Components
16 11 (0.67%) Spring
16 11 (0.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 145 (8.78%) Cloud Native
2 65 (3.93%) Legacy Systems
3 60 (3.63%) Enterprise Software
4 46 (2.78%) Onboarding
5 45 (2.72%) Security Posture
6 39 (2.36%) Data Centre
6 39 (2.36%) PKI
6 39 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
7 37 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
8 34 (2.06%) Product Ownership
9 30 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
10 27 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
11 24 (1.45%) Management Information System
12 23 (1.39%) Data Structures
13 19 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
13 19 (1.15%) Replication
14 17 (1.03%) CMDB
15 16 (0.97%) Private Cloud
16 15 (0.91%) FMCG
17 14 (0.85%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.00%) Windows
2 23 (1.39%) Linux
3 9 (0.54%) zOS
4 7 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.36%) Unix
6 5 (0.30%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.18%) Android
8 3 (0.18%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.18%) CentOS
8 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.061%) Solaris
9 1 (0.061%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (14.47%) Roadmaps
2 231 (13.98%) DevOps
3 212 (12.83%) Migration
4 201 (12.17%) CI/CD
5 199 (12.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 194 (11.74%) AI
7 191 (11.56%) Agile
8 179 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
9 177 (10.71%) Data Modelling
10 171 (10.35%) Analytics
10 171 (10.35%) Integration Patterns
11 166 (10.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 164 (9.93%) Technical Leadership
13 163 (9.87%) Data Architecture
14 154 (9.32%) Enterprise Architecture
15 140 (8.47%) TOGAF
16 120 (7.26%) Architectural Patterns
17 115 (6.96%) Microservices
18 110 (6.66%) Infrastructure as Code
19 97 (5.87%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 151 (9.14%) Python
2 120 (7.26%) SQL
3 84 (5.08%) PowerShell
4 55 (3.33%) Java
5 29 (1.76%) JavaScript
6 27 (1.63%) C#
7 24 (1.45%) TypeScript
8 17 (1.03%) Bicep
9 15 (0.91%) Bash
10 10 (0.61%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.48%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.42%) Ruby
12 7 (0.42%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.30%) Korn
13 5 (0.30%) R
13 5 (0.30%) Scala
14 3 (0.18%) C
14 3 (0.18%) Go
14 3 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.18%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 468 (28.33%) Security Cleared
2 400 (24.21%) SC Cleared
3 70 (4.24%) Degree
4 60 (3.63%) Azure Certification
5 45 (2.72%) AWS Certification
6 42 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (2.24%) DV Cleared
7 37 (2.24%) TOGAF Certification
8 33 (2.00%) CISSP
9 28 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (1.39%) Master's Degree
10 23 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 16 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (0.97%) CCNP
13 14 (0.85%) CISM
14 11 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 11 (0.67%) CCIE
15 10 (0.61%) CCSP
16 5 (0.30%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (3.93%) GDPR
2 52 (3.15%) Data Quality
3 45 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (2.42%) NIST
5 36 (2.18%) NCSC
6 34 (2.06%) QA
7 22 (1.33%) PCI DSS
8 13 (0.79%) Accessibility
8 13 (0.79%) ISO 20022
9 10 (0.61%) GRC
10 9 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.54%) HIPAA
11 8 (0.48%) PSD2
12 7 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.36%) SEPA
14 5 (0.30%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.30%) HL7
14 5 (0.30%) PERC
14 5 (0.30%) SLA
15 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 76 (4.60%) Docker
2 71 (4.30%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.03%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.48%) Squid
7 6 (0.36%) vSphere
8 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (0.18%) Varnish
8 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.12%) Ceph
9 2 (0.12%) Firmware
9 2 (0.12%) Lustre
9 2 (0.12%) Postfix
9 2 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.061%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.061%) HDFS
10 1 (0.061%) NFS
Systems Management
1 126 (7.63%) Terraform
2 112 (6.78%) Kubernetes
3 40 (2.42%) Ansible
4 21 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
5 20 (1.21%) Grafana
6 17 (1.03%) FortiGate
7 14 (0.85%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.42%) Consul
10 4 (0.24%) Kibana
11 3 (0.18%) Argo
11 3 (0.18%) Istio
11 3 (0.18%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.18%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.12%) HAProxy
12 2 (0.12%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.12%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.12%) VxRail
Vendors
1 238 (14.41%) Microsoft
2 91 (5.51%) Salesforce
2 91 (5.51%) SAP
3 87 (5.27%) ServiceNow
4 85 (5.15%) Databricks
5 70 (4.24%) Oracle
6 62 (3.75%) CyberArk
7 41 (2.48%) Cisco
8 39 (2.36%) Google
9 35 (2.12%) Splunk
10 34 (2.06%) BeyondTrust
10 34 (2.06%) Centrify
11 30 (1.82%) VMware
12 25 (1.51%) Palo Alto
13 23 (1.39%) IBM
14 22 (1.33%) MuleSoft
15 21 (1.27%) OpenAI
15 21 (1.27%) Workday
16 15 (0.91%) Zscaler
17 13 (0.79%) Dynatrace