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 June 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 18 15
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,262 1,282 1,806
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.00% 10.44% 10.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.91% 11.17% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,557 839 1,299
10th Percentile £475 £500 £488
25th Percentile £515 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £763
90th Percentile £819 £800 £875
England median daily rate £620 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.80% -3.85% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile £53.60 £54.50 £52.55
25th Percentile £57.75 £57.50 £53.38
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +14.04% -12.31%
75th Percentile £88.13 £83.75 £60.88
90th Percentile £101.80 £93.50 £61.85
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 17,520 11,482 16,565
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 93.52% 93.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,559 7,780 11,924
10th Percentile £358 £342 £325
25th Percentile £431 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £677
90th Percentile £760 £799 £800
England median daily rate £520 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 284 163 324
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.23 £24.66 £20.17
Median hourly rate £40.98 £34.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +20.53% +22.26% -22.75%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.63 £46.59
90th Percentile £78.69 £64.75 £66.85
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.04 £39.50
% change year-on-year +54.99% -26.49% -12.22%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 +15 342 £625 -7.41% 73
West London -4 31 £640 -4.48% 37
South London +1 22 £723 +0.52% 1
East London +3 15 £669 +14.36% 4
North London 0 1 £650 -3.70% 2
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 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.

1 656 (29.00%) Azure
2 642 (28.38%) Security Cleared
3 548 (24.23%) SC Cleared
4 541 (23.92%) AWS
5 368 (16.27%) Migration
6 322 (14.24%) AI
7 318 (14.06%) Roadmaps
8 307 (13.57%) Microsoft
9 294 (13.00%) DevOps
10 271 (11.98%) CI/CD
11 261 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
12 247 (10.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 245 (10.83%) Integration Patterns
14 241 (10.65%) Analytics
15 238 (10.52%) Data Modelling
16 228 (10.08%) Data Architecture
17 222 (9.81%) GCP
18 218 (9.64%) Agile
19 217 (9.59%) Enterprise Architecture
20 203 (8.97%) Technical Leadership
21 192 (8.49%) Architectural Patterns
22 186 (8.22%) Infrastructure as Code
23 183 (8.09%) Problem-Solving
24 180 (7.96%) Python
25 174 (7.69%) TOGAF
26 156 (6.90%) Architectural Design
27 145 (6.41%) Security Architecture
28 140 (6.19%) Event-Driven
29 138 (6.10%) ServiceNow
30 137 (6.06%) Microservices

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 (1.86%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.19%) Confluence
3 21 (0.93%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.84%) Apache
5 14 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.53%) nginx
7 9 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.40%) Camunda
7 9 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
8 7 (0.31%) Anypoint
8 7 (0.31%) SAS
9 5 (0.22%) Mule
10 3 (0.13%) Appian
10 3 (0.13%) CMS
10 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.13%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.088%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.088%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.088%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (0.40%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.22%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.044%) ArchiCAD
5 1 (0.044%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.044%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 54 (2.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 15 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.35%) SAP BRIM
6 5 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 4 (0.18%) Endur
7 4 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 4 (0.18%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 4 (0.18%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.18%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP EWM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP FSCM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.13%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.088%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.088%) Infor CloudSuite
9 2 (0.088%) Infor LN
Cloud Services
1 656 (29.00%) Azure
2 541 (23.92%) AWS
3 222 (9.81%) GCP
4 134 (5.92%) Power Platform
5 90 (3.98%) Serverless
6 84 (3.71%) SaaS
7 76 (3.36%) Entra ID
8 72 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
9 61 (2.70%) GitHub
10 57 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
11 56 (2.48%) Amazon S3
12 55 (2.43%) Snowflake
13 52 (2.30%) PaaS
14 50 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
15 40 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
15 40 (1.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 37 (1.64%) IaaS
17 34 (1.50%) Azure Data Factory
18 32 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
19 31 (1.37%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 92 (4.07%) Network Security
2 71 (3.14%) Firewall
3 45 (1.99%) VPN
4 42 (1.86%) WAN
5 41 (1.81%) DNS
6 24 (1.06%) LAN
7 21 (0.93%) SD-WAN
8 19 (0.84%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.62%) BGP
10 13 (0.57%) OSPF
11 11 (0.49%) VXLAN
12 10 (0.44%) MPLS
13 9 (0.40%) OpenVPN
14 8 (0.35%) 3GPP
14 8 (0.35%) 5G
14 8 (0.35%) Ethernet VPN
14 8 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
16 6 (0.27%) NGFW
17 5 (0.22%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (4.29%) Power BI
2 78 (3.45%) Data Lake
3 58 (2.56%) Metadata
4 57 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (1.50%) SQL Server
6 31 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
7 30 (1.33%) NoSQL
8 24 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
8 24 (1.06%) BigQuery
9 22 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
9 22 (0.97%) Delta Lake
10 21 (0.93%) Big Data
11 19 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
12 15 (0.66%) Tableau
13 14 (0.62%) Amazon Aurora
13 14 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
14 13 (0.57%) Apache Iceberg
14 13 (0.57%) Data Vault
14 13 (0.57%) Star Schema
15 12 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 44 (1.95%) Jenkins
2 35 (1.55%) Git
2 35 (1.55%) JIRA
3 20 (0.88%) GitLab
4 10 (0.44%) ERwin
5 9 (0.40%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.35%) MLflow
7 7 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.22%) Maven
8 5 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.18%) Snyk
10 3 (0.13%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.13%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.13%) JMeter
10 3 (0.13%) Postman
11 2 (0.088%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.088%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.088%) MSI
11 2 (0.088%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.088%) Robot Framework
General
1 432 (19.10%) Social Skills
2 429 (18.97%) Finance
3 262 (11.58%) Public Sector
4 142 (6.28%) Banking
5 106 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
6 90 (3.98%) Retail
7 77 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
8 65 (2.87%) Telecoms
9 62 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
10 49 (2.17%) Law
10 49 (2.17%) Legal
11 33 (1.46%) Billing
12 26 (1.15%) Financial Institution
13 24 (1.06%) Marketing
13 24 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (0.97%) Manufacturing
15 21 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 12 (0.53%) Military
17 9 (0.40%) Investment Banking
17 9 (0.40%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (5.70%) REST
2 83 (3.67%) Middleware
3 79 (3.49%) SOAP
4 72 (3.18%) .NET
5 62 (2.74%) LDAP
6 44 (1.95%) Kafka
7 39 (1.72%) OpenID
8 33 (1.46%) OAuth
8 33 (1.46%) SAML
9 27 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
9 27 (1.19%) React
10 22 (0.97%) .NET Framework
11 21 (0.93%) AngularJS
12 18 (0.80%) OAuth2
12 18 (0.80%) RESTful
13 17 (0.75%) Lightning Web Components
13 17 (0.75%) PySpark
14 15 (0.66%) Spring
15 13 (0.57%) J2EE
15 13 (0.57%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 226 (9.99%) Cloud Native
2 73 (3.23%) Onboarding
3 72 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
4 63 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
5 62 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
6 60 (2.65%) Product Ownership
7 58 (2.56%) Data Centre
8 55 (2.43%) Security Posture
9 48 (2.12%) Hybrid Cloud
10 47 (2.08%) Management Information System
11 46 (2.03%) AI Agents
12 44 (1.95%) CMDB
13 37 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
14 26 (1.15%) Mainframe
15 23 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
15 23 (1.02%) Public Cloud
16 21 (0.93%) NHS
17 20 (0.88%) Data Structures
18 18 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
19 17 (0.75%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (1.64%) Linux
2 35 (1.55%) Windows
3 11 (0.49%) Android
3 11 (0.49%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.44%) Unix
5 9 (0.40%) zOS
6 8 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.22%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.18%) Solaris
10 3 (0.13%) AIX
11 2 (0.088%) CentOS
11 2 (0.088%) VMS
11 2 (0.088%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (16.27%) Migration
2 322 (14.24%) AI
3 318 (14.06%) Roadmaps
4 294 (13.00%) DevOps
5 271 (11.98%) CI/CD
6 261 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 247 (10.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 245 (10.83%) Integration Patterns
9 241 (10.65%) Analytics
10 238 (10.52%) Data Modelling
11 228 (10.08%) Data Architecture
12 218 (9.64%) Agile
13 217 (9.59%) Enterprise Architecture
14 203 (8.97%) Technical Leadership
15 192 (8.49%) Architectural Patterns
16 186 (8.22%) Infrastructure as Code
17 183 (8.09%) Problem-Solving
18 174 (7.69%) TOGAF
19 156 (6.90%) Architectural Design
20 145 (6.41%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 180 (7.96%) Python
2 124 (5.48%) SQL
3 105 (4.64%) Java
4 76 (3.36%) PowerShell
5 39 (1.72%) JavaScript
6 31 (1.37%) C#
7 25 (1.11%) Bicep
8 19 (0.84%) TypeScript
9 16 (0.71%) Apex Code
9 16 (0.71%) Ruby
10 14 (0.62%) Bash
11 9 (0.40%) Scala
12 7 (0.31%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.22%) R
13 5 (0.22%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.18%) C++
14 4 (0.18%) Go
15 3 (0.13%) Korn
15 3 (0.13%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 642 (28.38%) Security Cleared
2 548 (24.23%) SC Cleared
3 81 (3.58%) Degree
4 65 (2.87%) Azure Certification
5 58 (2.56%) CISSP
6 49 (2.17%) AWS Certification
7 42 (1.86%) DV Cleared
8 37 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (1.37%) CISM
11 30 (1.33%) TOGAF Certification
12 28 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
13 24 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
14 21 (0.93%) Master's Degree
15 19 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 15 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 14 (0.62%) CCNP
17 14 (0.62%) CISA
18 13 (0.57%) CCSP
19 9 (0.40%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (3.40%) GDPR
2 76 (3.36%) NIST
3 67 (2.96%) Data Quality
3 67 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 46 (2.03%) NCSC
5 39 (1.72%) QA
6 23 (1.02%) PCI DSS
7 16 (0.71%) ISO 20022
7 16 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 15 (0.66%) GRC
9 13 (0.57%) SEPA
10 12 (0.53%) NIST 800
11 10 (0.44%) HIPAA
11 10 (0.44%) PSD2
12 8 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.27%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.27%) COBIT
13 6 (0.27%) HL7
14 5 (0.22%) IFRS
15 4 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 76 (3.36%) Active Directory
2 55 (2.43%) Docker
3 23 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.49%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.40%) Squid
6 8 (0.35%) Varnish
7 7 (0.31%) Postfix
7 7 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.22%) NFS
8 5 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.18%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.088%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.088%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.088%) vSphere
11 1 (0.044%) HDFS
11 1 (0.044%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.044%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 133 (5.88%) Terraform
2 118 (5.22%) Kubernetes
3 45 (1.99%) Ansible
4 24 (1.06%) Grafana
5 22 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.80%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.75%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.31%) Consul
8 7 (0.31%) HAProxy
9 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (0.22%) Argo
10 5 (0.22%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.18%) Puppet
11 4 (0.18%) SCCM
12 3 (0.13%) Istio
13 2 (0.088%) Amdocs OSS
13 2 (0.088%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.088%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.088%) QRadar
13 2 (0.088%) VxRail
Vendors
1 307 (13.57%) Microsoft
2 138 (6.10%) ServiceNow
3 133 (5.88%) Databricks
4 115 (5.08%) SAP
5 110 (4.86%) Oracle
6 100 (4.42%) Salesforce
7 71 (3.14%) CyberArk
8 55 (2.43%) Cisco
9 47 (2.08%) Google
10 40 (1.77%) Splunk
11 32 (1.41%) BeyondTrust
12 31 (1.37%) Centrify
13 30 (1.33%) MuleSoft
13 30 (1.33%) Workday
14 28 (1.24%) IBM
15 27 (1.19%) Palo Alto
15 27 (1.19%) VMware
16 26 (1.15%) OpenAI
17 25 (1.11%) Foundry
18 19 (0.84%) Ariba