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 7 March 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 17 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,703 1,391 1,769
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.47% 10.37% 9.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.31% 11.07% 10.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 863 1,276
10th Percentile £475 £488 £500
25th Percentile £525 £550 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £650 £663
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% -1.89% -1.85%
75th Percentile £750 £761 £750
90th Percentile £838 £824 £825
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%
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 15,057 12,561 17,151
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 93.67% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,096 8,303 12,379
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
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 231 146 341
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.11 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.71 £24.66 £19.05
Median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% +20.69% -17.14%
75th Percentile £59.72 £53.75 £48.56
90th Percentile £76.58 £77.95 £65.00
England median hourly rate £35.71 £36.00 £32.90
% change year-on-year -0.81% +9.44% -20.73%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 0 233 £650 -2.99% 97
South London +6 25 £575 -21.77% 4
West London -4 25 £640 +28.00% 13
East London -4 7 £540 -13.60% 17
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 7 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.

1 535 (31.42%) Azure
2 489 (28.71%) Security Cleared
3 434 (25.48%) AWS
4 419 (24.60%) SC Cleared
5 251 (14.74%) Roadmaps
6 244 (14.33%) Microsoft
7 240 (14.09%) DevOps
8 222 (13.04%) Migration
9 205 (12.04%) CI/CD
10 204 (11.98%) AI
11 203 (11.92%) Stakeholder Management
12 198 (11.63%) Agile
13 184 (10.80%) GCP
14 179 (10.51%) Data Modelling
15 177 (10.39%) Integration Patterns
16 176 (10.33%) Analytics
16 176 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
17 171 (10.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 168 (9.86%) Data Architecture
19 167 (9.81%) Technical Leadership
20 160 (9.40%) Enterprise Architecture
21 157 (9.22%) Python
22 144 (8.46%) TOGAF
23 130 (7.63%) Terraform
24 126 (7.40%) SQL
25 124 (7.28%) REST
26 123 (7.22%) Architectural Patterns
27 120 (7.05%) Infrastructure as Code
28 119 (6.99%) Microservices
29 116 (6.81%) Kubernetes

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 (2.29%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.35%) Confluence
3 16 (0.94%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.59%) nginx
6 9 (0.53%) Apache
6 9 (0.53%) CMS
7 5 (0.29%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.29%) Mule
7 5 (0.29%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.23%) Camunda
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.23%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.12%) Appian
10 2 (0.12%) JBoss
10 2 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (0.53%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.059%) ArchiCAD
5 1 (0.059%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.059%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 47 (2.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (0.47%) Workday HCM
5 7 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 7 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.41%) SAP PM
6 5 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.29%) SAP EWM
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.23%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
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
Cloud Services
1 535 (31.42%) Azure
2 434 (25.48%) AWS
3 184 (10.80%) GCP
4 82 (4.82%) Power Platform
5 73 (4.29%) SaaS
5 73 (4.29%) Serverless
6 60 (3.52%) Entra ID
7 54 (3.17%) IaaS
8 46 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (2.70%) GitHub
9 45 (2.64%) Amazon S3
10 44 (2.58%) AWS Lambda
10 44 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
11 40 (2.35%) Snowflake
12 38 (2.23%) PaaS
12 38 (2.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 35 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
14 34 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
15 31 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 30 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 82 (4.82%) Firewall
2 68 (3.99%) Network Security
3 52 (3.05%) WAN
4 44 (2.58%) DNS
5 42 (2.47%) VPN
6 30 (1.76%) SD-WAN
7 28 (1.64%) LAN
8 18 (1.06%) BGP
9 15 (0.88%) OSPF
9 15 (0.88%) TCP/IP
10 12 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (0.59%) MPLS
12 9 (0.53%) VXLAN
13 8 (0.47%) 5G
13 8 (0.47%) Ethernet VPN
13 8 (0.47%) OpenVPN
14 7 (0.41%) SSL
15 6 (0.35%) Internet
15 6 (0.35%) VSAN
16 5 (0.29%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
2 53 (3.11%) Data Lake
3 51 (2.99%) Power BI
4 45 (2.64%) Metadata
5 34 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (1.88%) SQL Server
7 26 (1.53%) NoSQL
8 24 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
9 20 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
10 17 (1.00%) Amazon Aurora
10 17 (1.00%) Tableau
11 16 (0.94%) Delta Lake
12 15 (0.88%) Data Vault
13 14 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
13 14 (0.82%) DB2
14 12 (0.70%) BigQuery
15 11 (0.65%) Big Data
15 11 (0.65%) Oracle Database
16 10 (0.59%) Apache Iceberg
16 10 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 42 (2.47%) Jenkins
2 28 (1.64%) JIRA
3 24 (1.41%) GitLab
4 19 (1.12%) Git
5 10 (0.59%) ERwin
6 8 (0.47%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.47%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.29%) MLflow
8 4 (0.23%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.23%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.23%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.18%) Snyk
10 2 (0.12%) Chocolatey
10 2 (0.12%) Katalon Studio
10 2 (0.12%) Maven
10 2 (0.12%) Postman
10 2 (0.12%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.059%) Ant
11 1 (0.059%) PowerBuilder
General
1 402 (23.61%) Social Skills
2 353 (20.73%) Finance
3 206 (12.10%) Public Sector
4 120 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
5 118 (6.93%) Banking
6 67 (3.93%) Documentation Skills
7 50 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
8 45 (2.64%) Retail
9 39 (2.29%) Legal
10 38 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
11 34 (2.00%) Telecoms
12 28 (1.64%) Marketing
13 27 (1.59%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.53%) Financial Institution
15 24 (1.41%) Law
16 22 (1.29%) Billing
17 19 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 13 (0.76%) Military
19 10 (0.59%) Electronics
19 10 (0.59%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (7.28%) REST
2 91 (5.34%) Middleware
3 64 (3.76%) SOAP
4 62 (3.64%) LDAP
5 45 (2.64%) OpenID
6 43 (2.52%) .NET
7 40 (2.35%) JSON
8 34 (2.00%) SAML
9 32 (1.88%) Kafka
10 31 (1.82%) OAuth
11 24 (1.41%) AngularJS
12 18 (1.06%) React
13 17 (1.00%) PySpark
14 14 (0.82%) OAuth2
14 14 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
15 12 (0.70%) RESTful
15 12 (0.70%) Spring
16 11 (0.65%) Lightning Web Components
16 11 (0.65%) Vue
16 11 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 151 (8.87%) Cloud Native
2 67 (3.93%) Legacy Systems
3 60 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
4 46 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 46 (2.70%) Security Posture
5 42 (2.47%) Data Centre
6 39 (2.29%) PKI
6 39 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
7 38 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 34 (2.00%) Product Ownership
9 33 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
10 29 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
11 24 (1.41%) Data Structures
11 24 (1.41%) Management Information System
12 19 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
12 19 (1.12%) Replication
13 18 (1.06%) CMDB
14 17 (1.00%) AI Agents
15 16 (0.94%) Private Cloud
16 15 (0.88%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 34 (2.00%) Windows
2 24 (1.41%) Linux
3 9 (0.53%) zOS
4 6 (0.35%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.29%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.29%) Unix
6 4 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.18%) Android
7 3 (0.18%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.18%) CentOS
7 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.059%) Solaris
8 1 (0.059%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (14.74%) Roadmaps
2 240 (14.09%) DevOps
3 222 (13.04%) Migration
4 205 (12.04%) CI/CD
5 204 (11.98%) AI
6 203 (11.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 198 (11.63%) Agile
8 179 (10.51%) Data Modelling
9 177 (10.39%) Integration Patterns
10 176 (10.33%) Analytics
10 176 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
11 171 (10.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 168 (9.86%) Data Architecture
13 167 (9.81%) Technical Leadership
14 160 (9.40%) Enterprise Architecture
15 144 (8.46%) TOGAF
16 123 (7.22%) Architectural Patterns
17 120 (7.05%) Infrastructure as Code
18 119 (6.99%) Microservices
19 102 (5.99%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 157 (9.22%) Python
2 126 (7.40%) SQL
3 87 (5.11%) PowerShell
4 59 (3.46%) Java
5 27 (1.59%) JavaScript
6 25 (1.47%) C#
6 25 (1.47%) TypeScript
7 19 (1.12%) Bicep
8 15 (0.88%) Bash
9 10 (0.59%) Apex Code
10 8 (0.47%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.41%) Ruby
11 7 (0.41%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.29%) R
12 5 (0.29%) Scala
13 4 (0.23%) Go
13 4 (0.23%) Korn
14 3 (0.18%) C
14 3 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.18%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 489 (28.71%) Security Cleared
2 419 (24.60%) SC Cleared
3 73 (4.29%) Degree
4 66 (3.88%) Azure Certification
5 48 (2.82%) AWS Certification
6 44 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (2.23%) DV Cleared
7 38 (2.23%) TOGAF Certification
8 34 (2.00%) CISSP
9 31 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
10 24 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (1.35%) Master's Degree
12 20 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 18 (1.06%) CCNP
14 16 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
15 15 (0.88%) CISM
16 13 (0.76%) CCIE
17 12 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 10 (0.59%) CCSP
19 5 (0.29%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (3.82%) GDPR
2 55 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 48 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 42 (2.47%) NIST
5 39 (2.29%) NCSC
6 34 (2.00%) QA
7 26 (1.53%) PCI DSS
8 13 (0.76%) ISO 20022
9 11 (0.65%) Accessibility
10 10 (0.59%) GRC
11 9 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.53%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.47%) PSD2
13 7 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.35%) EU AI Act
14 6 (0.35%) SEPA
15 5 (0.29%) HL7
15 5 (0.29%) PERC
15 5 (0.29%) SLA
16 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 77 (4.52%) Docker
2 75 (4.40%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.00%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.47%) Squid
7 6 (0.35%) vSphere
8 5 (0.29%) Varnish
9 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.18%) Postfix
9 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.12%) Ceph
10 2 (0.12%) Firmware
10 2 (0.12%) Lustre
10 2 (0.12%) NFS
10 2 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.059%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.059%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 130 (7.63%) Terraform
2 116 (6.81%) Kubernetes
3 42 (2.47%) Ansible
4 21 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
5 20 (1.17%) Grafana
6 17 (1.00%) FortiGate
7 14 (0.82%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.41%) Consul
10 4 (0.23%) Istio
10 4 (0.23%) Kibana
11 3 (0.18%) Argo
11 3 (0.18%) HAProxy
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%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 244 (14.33%) Microsoft
2 94 (5.52%) SAP
3 92 (5.40%) Salesforce
4 88 (5.17%) Databricks
4 88 (5.17%) ServiceNow
5 70 (4.11%) Oracle
6 63 (3.70%) CyberArk
7 43 (2.52%) Cisco
8 42 (2.47%) Google
9 36 (2.11%) Splunk
10 34 (2.00%) BeyondTrust
10 34 (2.00%) Centrify
11 30 (1.76%) VMware
12 25 (1.47%) Palo Alto
13 24 (1.41%) IBM
14 23 (1.35%) MuleSoft
15 22 (1.29%) OpenAI
16 21 (1.23%) Workday
17 19 (1.12%) Zscaler
18 13 (0.76%) Dynatrace