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 28 May 2026.

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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,229 1,271 1,742
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.15% 10.52% 9.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.08% 11.26% 10.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,540 829 1,261
10th Percentile £475 £499 £500
25th Percentile £515 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £657
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.07% -6.14%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £763
90th Percentile £819 £800 £851
England median daily rate £620 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.80% -3.85% -2.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 1
10th Percentile £55.00 £54.50 -
25th Percentile £62.75 £57.50 £57.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -9.43%
75th Percentile £77.71 £83.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £97.50 £93.50 -
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 17,037 11,286 16,312
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.84% 93.40% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,279 7,675 11,822
10th Percentile £356 £350 £325
25th Percentile £431 £428 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £680
90th Percentile £758 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 148 318
10th Percentile £18.84 £20.00 £16.01
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £39.50 £30.40 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.92% +10.55% -23.61%
75th Percentile £63.10 £49.00 £46.05
90th Percentile £76.58 £62.30 £65.32
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.07 £37.18
% change year-on-year +54.80% -21.81% -17.38%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +16 341 £650 -2.99% 90
West London -3 33 £625 -7.41% 21
South London -3 22 £723 -0.34% 10
East London +4 17 £630 +5.00% 4
North London -2 1 £650 -3.70% 1
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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.

1 638 (28.62%) Azure
2 630 (28.26%) Security Cleared
3 536 (24.05%) SC Cleared
4 534 (23.96%) AWS
5 361 (16.20%) Migration
6 314 (14.09%) Roadmaps
7 307 (13.77%) Microsoft
8 292 (13.10%) AI
9 284 (12.74%) DevOps
10 255 (11.44%) CI/CD
11 247 (11.08%) Stakeholder Management
12 236 (10.59%) Integration Patterns
13 233 (10.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 225 (10.09%) Data Modelling
15 222 (9.96%) GCP
16 219 (9.83%) Analytics
17 214 (9.60%) Data Architecture
18 204 (9.15%) Enterprise Architecture
19 202 (9.06%) Agile
20 197 (8.84%) Technical Leadership
21 187 (8.39%) Architectural Patterns
22 178 (7.99%) Problem-Solving
22 178 (7.99%) Python
23 176 (7.90%) Infrastructure as Code
24 167 (7.49%) TOGAF
25 154 (6.91%) Architectural Design
26 142 (6.37%) ServiceNow
27 136 (6.10%) Microservices
28 132 (5.92%) SQL
29 131 (5.88%) Event-Driven

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 (1.97%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.03%) Confluence
3 22 (0.99%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.85%) Apache
5 13 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.54%) nginx
7 9 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.40%) Camunda
8 8 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
9 6 (0.27%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.22%) Mule
11 4 (0.18%) CMS
11 4 (0.18%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.13%) Appian
12 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.090%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.090%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.090%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 2 (0.090%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (0.45%) MS Visio
2 7 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.045%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.045%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.045%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.045%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.045%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 53 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (0.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 14 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.36%) SAP BRIM
6 6 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.27%) Workday HCM
7 5 (0.22%) SAP EWM
7 5 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 4 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 4 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.18%) SAP Convergent Charging
8 4 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.18%) SAP PM
8 4 (0.18%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.13%) Endur
9 3 (0.13%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.13%) SAP PP
9 3 (0.13%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 638 (28.62%) Azure
2 534 (23.96%) AWS
3 222 (9.96%) GCP
4 120 (5.38%) Power Platform
5 90 (4.04%) Serverless
6 86 (3.86%) SaaS
7 80 (3.59%) Entra ID
8 70 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
9 57 (2.56%) Amazon S3
9 57 (2.56%) GitHub
10 53 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
10 53 (2.38%) PaaS
11 50 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
11 50 (2.24%) Snowflake
12 43 (1.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 40 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
14 38 (1.70%) IaaS
15 36 (1.62%) Amazon EKS
16 35 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
17 31 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 82 (3.68%) Network Security
2 67 (3.01%) Firewall
3 46 (2.06%) WAN
4 43 (1.93%) VPN
5 42 (1.88%) DNS
6 27 (1.21%) LAN
7 22 (0.99%) SD-WAN
8 16 (0.72%) TCP/IP
9 15 (0.67%) BGP
10 14 (0.63%) OSPF
11 11 (0.49%) MPLS
11 11 (0.49%) VXLAN
12 10 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.40%) 5G
13 9 (0.40%) OpenVPN
14 8 (0.36%) 3GPP
14 8 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
15 6 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
16 5 (0.22%) VSAN
17 4 (0.18%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (3.77%) Power BI
2 71 (3.19%) Data Lake
3 50 (2.24%) Metadata
4 49 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
6 33 (1.48%) SQL Server
7 27 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
8 26 (1.17%) NoSQL
9 23 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
9 23 (1.03%) BigQuery
10 20 (0.90%) Big Data
10 20 (0.90%) Delta Lake
11 17 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
11 17 (0.76%) Tableau
12 16 (0.72%) Amazon Aurora
13 14 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
14 13 (0.58%) Apache Iceberg
14 13 (0.58%) DB2
15 12 (0.54%) Data Vault
15 12 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 44 (1.97%) Jenkins
2 29 (1.30%) Git
3 23 (1.03%) JIRA
4 22 (0.99%) GitLab
5 10 (0.45%) ERwin
5 10 (0.45%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.36%) MLflow
7 7 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.22%) Maven
8 5 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.18%) Snyk
9 4 (0.18%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.13%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.13%) JMeter
10 3 (0.13%) Postman
11 2 (0.090%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.090%) MSI
11 2 (0.090%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.090%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.090%) Robot Framework
General
1 417 (18.71%) Finance
2 416 (18.66%) Social Skills
3 249 (11.17%) Public Sector
4 140 (6.28%) Banking
5 99 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
6 82 (3.68%) Retail
7 75 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
8 67 (3.01%) Telecoms
9 63 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
10 52 (2.33%) Law
10 52 (2.33%) Legal
11 36 (1.62%) Billing
12 28 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (1.17%) Financial Institution
13 26 (1.17%) Marketing
14 23 (1.03%) Manufacturing
15 21 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 15 (0.67%) Military
17 11 (0.49%) Local Government
18 9 (0.40%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (5.47%) REST
2 82 (3.68%) Middleware
3 78 (3.50%) SOAP
4 69 (3.10%) .NET
5 68 (3.05%) LDAP
6 42 (1.88%) Kafka
7 40 (1.79%) OpenID
8 30 (1.35%) SAML
9 28 (1.26%) OAuth
10 26 (1.17%) React
11 22 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
12 20 (0.90%) .NET Framework
12 20 (0.90%) AngularJS
13 16 (0.72%) RESTful
14 15 (0.67%) PySpark
14 15 (0.67%) Spring
15 14 (0.63%) J2EE
15 14 (0.63%) Lightning Web Components
15 14 (0.63%) Vue
15 14 (0.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 215 (9.65%) Cloud Native
2 72 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
3 70 (3.14%) Onboarding
4 63 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
5 60 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
5 60 (2.69%) Product Ownership
6 59 (2.65%) Data Centre
7 57 (2.56%) Security Posture
8 48 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
9 41 (1.84%) CMDB
9 41 (1.84%) Management Information System
10 37 (1.66%) AI Agents
11 36 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
12 26 (1.17%) Mainframe
13 21 (0.94%) Data Structures
13 21 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
14 20 (0.90%) NHS
15 19 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
16 18 (0.81%) Private Cloud
16 18 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (1.57%) Linux
2 32 (1.44%) Windows
3 10 (0.45%) Unix
3 10 (0.45%) zOS
4 9 (0.40%) Android
4 9 (0.40%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.22%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.18%) Solaris
7 3 (0.13%) AIX
7 3 (0.13%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.13%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.090%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.090%) CentOS
8 2 (0.090%) VMS
8 2 (0.090%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (16.20%) Migration
2 314 (14.09%) Roadmaps
3 292 (13.10%) AI
4 284 (12.74%) DevOps
5 255 (11.44%) CI/CD
6 247 (11.08%) Stakeholder Management
7 236 (10.59%) Integration Patterns
8 233 (10.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 225 (10.09%) Data Modelling
10 219 (9.83%) Analytics
11 214 (9.60%) Data Architecture
12 204 (9.15%) Enterprise Architecture
13 202 (9.06%) Agile
14 197 (8.84%) Technical Leadership
15 187 (8.39%) Architectural Patterns
16 178 (7.99%) Problem-Solving
17 176 (7.90%) Infrastructure as Code
18 167 (7.49%) TOGAF
19 154 (6.91%) Architectural Design
20 136 (6.10%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 178 (7.99%) Python
2 132 (5.92%) SQL
3 100 (4.49%) Java
4 74 (3.32%) PowerShell
5 34 (1.53%) JavaScript
6 28 (1.26%) C#
7 25 (1.12%) Bicep
8 17 (0.76%) TypeScript
9 15 (0.67%) Ruby
10 13 (0.58%) Apex Code
11 11 (0.49%) Bash
12 10 (0.45%) Scala
13 6 (0.27%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.22%) R
14 5 (0.22%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.18%) Go
15 4 (0.18%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.13%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 630 (28.26%) Security Cleared
2 536 (24.05%) SC Cleared
3 82 (3.68%) Degree
4 66 (2.96%) Azure Certification
5 54 (2.42%) CISSP
6 49 (2.20%) AWS Certification
7 39 (1.75%) DV Cleared
8 38 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 33 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
11 29 (1.30%) CISM
12 24 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
13 23 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
14 22 (0.99%) Master's Degree
15 17 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 17 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 15 (0.67%) CCNP
17 12 (0.54%) CCSP
17 12 (0.54%) CISA
18 9 (0.40%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (3.14%) GDPR
1 70 (3.14%) NIST
2 63 (2.83%) Data Quality
2 63 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (2.15%) NCSC
4 40 (1.79%) QA
5 21 (0.94%) PCI DSS
6 16 (0.72%) ISO 20022
7 15 (0.67%) GRC
8 13 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 13 (0.58%) SEPA
9 10 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (0.45%) HIPAA
9 10 (0.45%) PSD2
10 9 (0.40%) NIST 800
11 8 (0.36%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.36%) SLA
12 7 (0.31%) HL7
13 6 (0.27%) COBIT
14 4 (0.18%) GxP
System Software
1 82 (3.68%) Active Directory
2 60 (2.69%) Docker
3 23 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.58%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.40%) Squid
5 9 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.36%) Varnish
7 7 (0.31%) Postfix
8 5 (0.22%) NFS
8 5 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.18%) Sendmail
9 4 (0.18%) vSphere
10 2 (0.090%) Ceph
10 2 (0.090%) Firmware
10 2 (0.090%) Lustre
10 2 (0.090%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.090%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.090%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.045%) HDFS
11 1 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 131 (5.88%) Terraform
2 120 (5.38%) Kubernetes
3 39 (1.75%) Ansible
4 25 (1.12%) Grafana
5 23 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.81%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.76%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.31%) Consul
8 7 (0.31%) HAProxy
9 5 (0.22%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.18%) Argo
10 4 (0.18%) Istio
10 4 (0.18%) Kibana
10 4 (0.18%) Puppet
11 3 (0.13%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.090%) Amdocs OSS
12 2 (0.090%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.090%) QRadar
12 2 (0.090%) SCCM
Vendors
1 307 (13.77%) Microsoft
2 142 (6.37%) ServiceNow
3 127 (5.70%) Databricks
4 111 (4.98%) SAP
5 105 (4.71%) Oracle
6 104 (4.67%) Salesforce
7 77 (3.45%) CyberArk
8 50 (2.24%) Cisco
9 43 (1.93%) Google
10 37 (1.66%) Splunk
11 35 (1.57%) BeyondTrust
12 34 (1.53%) Centrify
13 30 (1.35%) Workday
14 28 (1.26%) IBM
15 27 (1.21%) MuleSoft
15 27 (1.21%) VMware
16 25 (1.12%) OpenAI
17 24 (1.08%) Palo Alto
18 20 (0.90%) Foundry
18 20 (0.90%) Zscaler