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 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 20 16
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,091 1,258 1,781
As % of all contract jobs in London 11.74% 10.01% 10.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.67% 10.71% 10.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,447 827 1,281
10th Percentile £475 £488 £500
25th Percentile £515 £553 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £640 £672
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% -4.76% -4.00%
75th Percentile £750 £739 £751
90th Percentile £825 £800 £850
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -2.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 1
10th Percentile £60.50 £40.25 -
25th Percentile £63.00 £48.13 £57.50
Median hourly rate £68.00 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% +4.17% -2.04%
75th Percentile £75.84 £75.63 £62.50
90th Percentile £97.50 £90.25 -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £72.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -6.90% +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 16,509 11,741 16,509
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 93.40% 93.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,969 8,053 11,937
10th Percentile £350 £341 £325
25th Percentile £425 £430 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 145 336
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.33 £16.01
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.00 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.65 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% +26.00% -21.99%
75th Percentile £63.32 £50.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £30.90 £36.50
% change year-on-year +52.09% -15.34% -17.05%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +10 306 £650 -0.84% 105
West London -1 32 £625 -7.41% 20
South London -3 20 £637 -2.00% 2
East London -3 13 £630 -1.18% 7
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 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.

1 589 (28.17%) Azure
2 568 (27.16%) Security Cleared
3 511 (24.44%) AWS
4 476 (22.76%) SC Cleared
5 330 (15.78%) Migration
6 299 (14.30%) Microsoft
7 284 (13.58%) Roadmaps
8 273 (13.06%) AI
8 273 (13.06%) DevOps
9 253 (12.10%) CI/CD
10 229 (10.95%) Integration Patterns
11 223 (10.66%) Stakeholder Management
12 220 (10.52%) Analytics
13 215 (10.28%) GCP
14 214 (10.23%) Agile
15 210 (10.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 207 (9.90%) Data Modelling
17 195 (9.33%) Data Architecture
18 189 (9.04%) Technical Leadership
19 183 (8.75%) Enterprise Architecture
20 182 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
21 180 (8.61%) Python
22 172 (8.23%) Architectural Patterns
23 165 (7.89%) Infrastructure as Code
24 153 (7.32%) TOGAF
25 149 (7.13%) Architectural Design
26 140 (6.70%) Microservices
27 138 (6.60%) SQL
27 138 (6.60%) Terraform
28 137 (6.55%) ServiceNow

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 (2.01%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.20%) Confluence
3 21 (1.00%) Apache Spark
4 16 (0.77%) Apache
5 13 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.57%) nginx
7 10 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.38%) Camunda
8 8 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
9 6 (0.29%) Anypoint
9 6 (0.29%) CMS
10 5 (0.24%) Mule
11 4 (0.19%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.14%) Appian
12 3 (0.14%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.14%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.096%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.096%) JBoss
Applications
1 10 (0.48%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.048%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.048%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.048%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.048%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.048%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 53 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 12 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.33%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (0.29%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.24%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 4 (0.19%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.19%) SAP BRIM
9 4 (0.19%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 4 (0.19%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.19%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.19%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 589 (28.17%) Azure
2 511 (24.44%) AWS
3 215 (10.28%) GCP
4 114 (5.45%) Power Platform
5 86 (4.11%) Serverless
6 83 (3.97%) SaaS
7 75 (3.59%) Entra ID
8 68 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
9 59 (2.82%) Amazon S3
10 57 (2.73%) GitHub
11 51 (2.44%) PaaS
12 50 (2.39%) AWS Lambda
13 49 (2.34%) Snowflake
14 48 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
15 45 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
16 43 (2.06%) IaaS
16 43 (2.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 37 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
18 33 (1.58%) Amazon EKS
19 31 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 76 (3.63%) Network Security
2 66 (3.16%) Firewall
3 46 (2.20%) WAN
4 44 (2.10%) DNS
5 41 (1.96%) VPN
6 25 (1.20%) LAN
7 24 (1.15%) SD-WAN
8 15 (0.72%) BGP
9 14 (0.67%) OSPF
9 14 (0.67%) TCP/IP
10 10 (0.48%) MPLS
10 10 (0.48%) VXLAN
10 10 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.43%) OpenVPN
12 8 (0.38%) 3GPP
12 8 (0.38%) 5G
12 8 (0.38%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (0.29%) NAS
13 6 (0.29%) SAN
13 6 (0.29%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (3.92%) Power BI
2 70 (3.35%) Data Lake
3 49 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (2.01%) Metadata
5 34 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
6 33 (1.58%) SQL Server
7 28 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
8 25 (1.20%) NoSQL
9 24 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
10 21 (1.00%) BigQuery
10 21 (1.00%) Delta Lake
11 19 (0.91%) Big Data
12 17 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
12 17 (0.81%) Tableau
13 16 (0.77%) Amazon Aurora
14 14 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
14 14 (0.67%) DB2
15 13 (0.62%) Apache Iceberg
15 13 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
16 12 (0.57%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 43 (2.06%) Jenkins
2 29 (1.39%) Git
3 25 (1.20%) JIRA
4 22 (1.05%) GitLab
5 9 (0.43%) ERwin
5 9 (0.43%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.38%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.38%) MLflow
7 5 (0.24%) Artifactory
7 5 (0.24%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.19%) Maven
8 4 (0.19%) Snyk
8 4 (0.19%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.14%) Postman
10 2 (0.096%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.096%) Katalon Studio
10 2 (0.096%) MSI
10 2 (0.096%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.096%) Robot Framework
General
1 406 (19.42%) Social Skills
2 402 (19.23%) Finance
3 227 (10.86%) Public Sector
4 136 (6.50%) Banking
5 104 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
6 74 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
7 70 (3.35%) Retail
8 61 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
9 55 (2.63%) Law
9 55 (2.63%) Telecoms
10 54 (2.58%) Legal
11 36 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
12 34 (1.63%) Billing
13 29 (1.39%) Marketing
14 26 (1.24%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.15%) Financial Institution
16 15 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (0.57%) Military
18 10 (0.48%) Electronics
18 10 (0.48%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (5.93%) REST
2 90 (4.30%) Middleware
3 77 (3.68%) SOAP
4 66 (3.16%) LDAP
5 61 (2.92%) .NET
6 44 (2.10%) Kafka
7 42 (2.01%) OpenID
8 30 (1.43%) SAML
9 25 (1.20%) OAuth
9 25 (1.20%) React
10 22 (1.05%) AngularJS
11 21 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
12 18 (0.86%) Spring
13 17 (0.81%) JSON
14 16 (0.77%) .NET Framework
14 16 (0.77%) RESTful
15 15 (0.72%) Vue
16 14 (0.67%) J2EE
16 14 (0.67%) PySpark
16 14 (0.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 202 (9.66%) Cloud Native
2 70 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
3 61 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
4 59 (2.82%) Onboarding
5 54 (2.58%) Security Posture
6 53 (2.53%) Data Centre
7 51 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
8 49 (2.34%) Product Ownership
9 48 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
10 38 (1.82%) Management Information System
11 33 (1.58%) CMDB
12 31 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
13 29 (1.39%) AI Agents
14 23 (1.10%) Data Structures
15 21 (1.00%) Mainframe
16 19 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
16 19 (0.91%) FMCG
16 19 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
16 19 (0.91%) NHS
16 19 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (1.63%) Windows
2 31 (1.48%) Linux
3 10 (0.48%) zOS
4 8 (0.38%) Android
4 8 (0.38%) Apple iOS
4 8 (0.38%) Unix
5 5 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.19%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.14%) Solaris
7 3 (0.14%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.096%) AIX
8 2 (0.096%) CentOS
8 2 (0.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.048%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.048%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (15.78%) Migration
2 284 (13.58%) Roadmaps
3 273 (13.06%) AI
3 273 (13.06%) DevOps
4 253 (12.10%) CI/CD
5 229 (10.95%) Integration Patterns
6 223 (10.66%) Stakeholder Management
7 220 (10.52%) Analytics
8 214 (10.23%) Agile
9 210 (10.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 207 (9.90%) Data Modelling
11 195 (9.33%) Data Architecture
12 189 (9.04%) Technical Leadership
13 183 (8.75%) Enterprise Architecture
14 182 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
15 172 (8.23%) Architectural Patterns
16 165 (7.89%) Infrastructure as Code
17 153 (7.32%) TOGAF
18 149 (7.13%) Architectural Design
19 140 (6.70%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 180 (8.61%) Python
2 138 (6.60%) SQL
3 102 (4.88%) Java
4 79 (3.78%) PowerShell
5 29 (1.39%) C#
6 25 (1.20%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.00%) Bicep
8 18 (0.86%) TypeScript
9 15 (0.72%) Ruby
10 14 (0.67%) Bash
11 11 (0.53%) Scala
12 9 (0.43%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.33%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.29%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.24%) R
16 4 (0.19%) C++
16 4 (0.19%) Go
16 4 (0.19%) Korn
16 4 (0.19%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.19%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 568 (27.16%) Security Cleared
2 476 (22.76%) SC Cleared
3 78 (3.73%) Degree
4 67 (3.20%) Azure Certification
5 51 (2.44%) AWS Certification
6 50 (2.39%) CISSP
7 41 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 41 (1.96%) DV Cleared
8 34 (1.63%) TOGAF Certification
9 33 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
10 25 (1.20%) Master's Degree
11 24 (1.15%) CISM
12 21 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 15 (0.72%) CCNP
16 12 (0.57%) CCSP
17 11 (0.53%) CCIE
18 10 (0.48%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (3.63%) GDPR
2 62 (2.97%) NIST
3 59 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 58 (2.77%) Data Quality
5 43 (2.06%) NCSC
6 37 (1.77%) QA
7 24 (1.15%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.77%) ISO 20022
9 13 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (0.57%) SEPA
11 11 (0.53%) GRC
12 9 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.43%) PSD2
13 8 (0.38%) HIPAA
13 8 (0.38%) SLA
14 7 (0.33%) HL7
14 7 (0.33%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.24%) Accessibility
15 5 (0.24%) PERC
16 4 (0.19%) IFRS
System Software
1 81 (3.87%) Active Directory
2 67 (3.20%) Docker
3 27 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.77%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (0.43%) Squid
7 7 (0.33%) Varnish
8 6 (0.29%) vSphere
9 5 (0.24%) Postfix
9 5 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.19%) NFS
11 3 (0.14%) Sendmail
11 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.096%) Ceph
12 2 (0.096%) Firmware
12 2 (0.096%) Hyper-V
12 2 (0.096%) Lustre
12 2 (0.096%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.096%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.096%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 138 (6.60%) Terraform
2 124 (5.93%) Kubernetes
3 34 (1.63%) Ansible
4 27 (1.29%) Grafana
5 21 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.86%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.81%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.33%) Consul
10 5 (0.24%) Argo
10 5 (0.24%) HAProxy
11 4 (0.19%) Istio
11 4 (0.19%) Kibana
11 4 (0.19%) SCCM
12 3 (0.14%) Karpenter
12 3 (0.14%) Puppet
12 3 (0.14%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.096%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.096%) QRadar
13 2 (0.096%) VxRail
Vendors
1 299 (14.30%) Microsoft
2 137 (6.55%) ServiceNow
3 113 (5.40%) Databricks
3 113 (5.40%) SAP
4 101 (4.83%) Oracle
4 101 (4.83%) Salesforce
5 68 (3.25%) CyberArk
6 41 (1.96%) Google
7 37 (1.77%) Cisco
8 35 (1.67%) BeyondTrust
9 34 (1.63%) Centrify
9 34 (1.63%) Splunk
10 33 (1.58%) VMware
11 31 (1.48%) Workday
12 27 (1.29%) IBM
13 25 (1.20%) OpenAI
14 23 (1.10%) MuleSoft
15 21 (1.00%) Ariba
16 20 (0.96%) Palo Alto
17 19 (0.91%) Zscaler