Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Architect
England > London

The median Architect daily rate in London is £622, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,364 1,364 1,771
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.24% 10.41% 10.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.17% 11.15% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,610 889 1,275
10th Percentile £463 £492 £488
25th Percentile £513 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £622 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £763
90th Percentile £813 £800 £875
England median daily rate £617 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -1.28% -3.85% -2.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 2
10th Percentile £53.95 £54.50 £52.55
25th Percentile £55.00 £57.50 £53.38
Median hourly rate £64.25 £65.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +14.04% -12.31%
75th Percentile £83.44 £83.75 £60.88
90th Percentile £100.73 £93.50 £61.85
England median hourly rate £65.00 £68.75 £70.00
% change year-on-year -5.45% -1.79% -

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 17,947 12,238 16,557
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 93.40% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,807 8,260 11,868
10th Percentile £358 £332 £325
25th Percentile £438 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 187 312
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.87 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.20 £23.60 £20.24
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.50 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +16.86% -25.84%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.63 £46.49
90th Percentile £80.50 £64.25 £67.90
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £40.00
% change year-on-year +59.69% -29.55% -8.95%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 +17 372 £625 -7.41% 142
West London -15 26 £625 +21.36% 28
South London 0 22 £723 +2.56% 2
East London +4 16 £672 +14.87% 11
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 3 July 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.

1 678 (28.68%) Azure
2 629 (26.61%) Security Cleared
3 550 (23.27%) AWS
4 536 (22.67%) SC Cleared
5 396 (16.75%) Migration
6 367 (15.52%) AI
7 360 (15.23%) Roadmaps
8 315 (13.32%) Microsoft
9 305 (12.90%) DevOps
10 300 (12.69%) Stakeholder Management
11 277 (11.72%) CI/CD
12 257 (10.87%) Analytics
13 255 (10.79%) Data Modelling
14 245 (10.36%) Enterprise Architecture
15 240 (10.15%) Agile
16 238 (10.07%) Data Architecture
17 236 (9.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 217 (9.18%) Integration Patterns
19 209 (8.84%) GCP
20 206 (8.71%) Technical Leadership
21 197 (8.33%) Architectural Patterns
22 192 (8.12%) TOGAF
23 187 (7.91%) Infrastructure as Code
24 169 (7.15%) Problem-Solving
25 161 (6.81%) Architectural Design
26 157 (6.64%) Python
27 151 (6.39%) Security Architecture
28 143 (6.05%) Power Platform
29 142 (6.01%) Microservices
30 141 (5.96%) Machine Learning

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 (1.86%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.23%) Confluence
3 23 (0.97%) Apache
4 22 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.47%) nginx
7 11 (0.47%) SAS
8 9 (0.38%) Camunda
8 9 (0.38%) CMS
8 9 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
9 7 (0.30%) Anypoint
9 7 (0.30%) Appian
10 5 (0.21%) Mule
11 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.085%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.085%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.085%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.042%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (0.38%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.042%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.042%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.042%) Notion
4 1 (0.042%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.042%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 55 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 12 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.34%) SAP BRIM
6 6 (0.25%) Endur
7 5 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 5 (0.21%) Workday HCM
8 4 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 4 (0.17%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.17%) Oracle Retail
8 4 (0.17%) SAP Convergent Charging
8 4 (0.17%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.13%) SAP FSCM
9 3 (0.13%) SAP IBP
9 3 (0.13%) Teamcenter
10 2 (0.085%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 678 (28.68%) Azure
2 550 (23.27%) AWS
3 209 (8.84%) GCP
4 143 (6.05%) Power Platform
5 94 (3.98%) SaaS
6 89 (3.76%) Serverless
7 87 (3.68%) Entra ID
8 76 (3.21%) Dynamics 365
9 67 (2.83%) GitHub
10 62 (2.62%) Snowflake
11 60 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
12 59 (2.50%) PaaS
13 51 (2.16%) Amazon S3
14 46 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
15 44 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
16 41 (1.73%) IaaS
17 37 (1.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 32 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
19 31 (1.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 30 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 96 (4.06%) Network Security
2 73 (3.09%) Firewall
3 48 (2.03%) VPN
4 39 (1.65%) DNS
5 35 (1.48%) WAN
6 20 (0.85%) LAN
7 19 (0.80%) TCP/IP
8 17 (0.72%) SD-WAN
9 14 (0.59%) BGP
10 13 (0.55%) OSPF
11 10 (0.42%) MPLS
11 10 (0.42%) VXLAN
12 9 (0.38%) 5G
12 9 (0.38%) OpenVPN
13 8 (0.34%) 3GPP
13 8 (0.34%) Ethernet VPN
13 8 (0.34%) NGFW
13 8 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
14 6 (0.25%) 4G
15 5 (0.21%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (4.36%) Power BI
2 81 (3.43%) Data Lake
3 70 (2.96%) Metadata
4 65 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (1.31%) SQL Server
6 28 (1.18%) NoSQL
7 27 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
8 26 (1.10%) Big Data
8 26 (1.10%) BigQuery
9 24 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
10 20 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
11 16 (0.68%) Delta Lake
12 15 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
13 14 (0.59%) Tableau
14 13 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
14 13 (0.55%) Oracle Database
15 12 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
16 11 (0.47%) Data Vault
16 11 (0.47%) Star Schema
17 10 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 42 (1.78%) Jenkins
2 40 (1.69%) JIRA
3 38 (1.61%) Git
4 16 (0.68%) GitLab
5 11 (0.47%) ERwin
6 9 (0.38%) SonarQube
7 8 (0.34%) MLflow
8 7 (0.30%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.25%) PowerDesigner
10 5 (0.21%) Maven
11 4 (0.17%) Snyk
12 3 (0.13%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.13%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.13%) JMeter
12 3 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.13%) VTune
13 2 (0.085%) MSI
13 2 (0.085%) Postman
13 2 (0.085%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.085%) Robot Framework
General
1 460 (19.46%) Finance
2 444 (18.78%) Social Skills
3 276 (11.68%) Public Sector
4 160 (6.77%) Banking
5 121 (5.12%) Analytical Skills
6 115 (4.86%) Retail
7 78 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
8 72 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
9 63 (2.66%) Telecoms
10 51 (2.16%) Legal
11 43 (1.82%) Law
12 35 (1.48%) Billing
13 27 (1.14%) Financial Institution
13 27 (1.14%) Marketing
14 23 (0.97%) Manufacturing
15 19 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 11 (0.47%) Military
18 10 (0.42%) Investment Banking
19 9 (0.38%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (4.86%) REST
2 85 (3.60%) Middleware
3 79 (3.34%) .NET
4 61 (2.58%) SOAP
5 45 (1.90%) Kafka
6 37 (1.57%) OpenID
7 33 (1.40%) LDAP
7 33 (1.40%) SAML
8 32 (1.35%) OAuth
8 32 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
9 29 (1.23%) React
10 27 (1.14%) .NET Framework
11 21 (0.89%) AngularJS
12 20 (0.85%) Lightning Web Components
12 20 (0.85%) PySpark
13 17 (0.72%) JSON
13 17 (0.72%) OAuth2
14 16 (0.68%) RESTful
15 13 (0.55%) Web Services
16 12 (0.51%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 239 (10.11%) Cloud Native
2 76 (3.21%) Onboarding
3 68 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
4 64 (2.71%) Product Ownership
5 63 (2.66%) Data Centre
6 56 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
7 50 (2.12%) Management Information System
8 49 (2.07%) AI Agents
9 48 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
10 46 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
11 44 (1.86%) CMDB
12 36 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
13 33 (1.40%) Security Posture
14 27 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
14 27 (1.14%) Public Cloud
15 26 (1.10%) Mainframe
16 25 (1.06%) Taxonomies
17 24 (1.02%) NHS
18 21 (0.89%) Data Structures
18 21 (0.89%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 39 (1.65%) Linux
2 34 (1.44%) Windows
3 11 (0.47%) Android
3 11 (0.47%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.42%) Unix
5 9 (0.38%) zOS
6 8 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.21%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.17%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.17%) Solaris
10 3 (0.13%) AIX
11 2 (0.085%) CentOS
11 2 (0.085%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (16.75%) Migration
2 367 (15.52%) AI
3 360 (15.23%) Roadmaps
4 305 (12.90%) DevOps
5 300 (12.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 277 (11.72%) CI/CD
7 257 (10.87%) Analytics
8 255 (10.79%) Data Modelling
9 245 (10.36%) Enterprise Architecture
10 240 (10.15%) Agile
11 238 (10.07%) Data Architecture
12 236 (9.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 217 (9.18%) Integration Patterns
14 206 (8.71%) Technical Leadership
15 197 (8.33%) Architectural Patterns
16 192 (8.12%) TOGAF
17 187 (7.91%) Infrastructure as Code
18 169 (7.15%) Problem-Solving
19 161 (6.81%) Architectural Design
20 151 (6.39%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 157 (6.64%) Python
2 123 (5.20%) SQL
3 103 (4.36%) Java
4 47 (1.99%) PowerShell
5 46 (1.95%) JavaScript
6 35 (1.48%) C#
7 26 (1.10%) Bicep
8 22 (0.93%) TypeScript
9 19 (0.80%) Apex Code
10 17 (0.72%) Bash
11 14 (0.59%) Ruby
12 8 (0.34%) Scala
13 7 (0.30%) R
13 7 (0.30%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.25%) C++
14 6 (0.25%) Go
15 5 (0.21%) Cypher
16 4 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.17%) Rust
17 3 (0.13%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 629 (26.61%) Security Cleared
2 536 (22.67%) SC Cleared
3 83 (3.51%) Degree
4 65 (2.75%) Azure Certification
5 64 (2.71%) CISSP
6 53 (2.24%) AWS Certification
7 42 (1.78%) DV Cleared
8 36 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (1.44%) CISM
10 32 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
11 27 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 21 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 20 (0.85%) Master's Degree
14 15 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 15 (0.63%) CCNP
15 14 (0.59%) CCSP
15 14 (0.59%) CISA
16 10 (0.42%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (3.51%) GDPR
2 77 (3.26%) Data Quality
3 75 (3.17%) NIST
4 69 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (1.95%) NCSC
6 34 (1.44%) QA
7 22 (0.93%) PCI DSS
8 17 (0.72%) GRC
9 16 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 16 (0.68%) SEPA
10 15 (0.63%) ISO 20022
11 13 (0.55%) NIST 800
12 10 (0.42%) Accessibility
12 10 (0.42%) HIPAA
13 9 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.34%) PSD2
15 7 (0.30%) IFRS
16 6 (0.25%) COBIT
16 6 (0.25%) HL7
17 4 (0.17%) TARGET2
System Software
1 57 (2.41%) Docker
2 52 (2.20%) Active Directory
3 22 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.42%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.38%) Squid
6 8 (0.34%) Varnish
7 7 (0.30%) Postfix
7 7 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.21%) NFS
9 4 (0.17%) Sendmail
10 3 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.085%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.085%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.042%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.042%) HDFS
12 1 (0.042%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.042%) IAG
12 1 (0.042%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 135 (5.71%) Terraform
2 129 (5.46%) Kubernetes
3 47 (1.99%) Ansible
4 26 (1.10%) Grafana
5 24 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
6 19 (0.80%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.55%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.30%) Consul
9 7 (0.30%) HAProxy
10 6 (0.25%) Argo
11 5 (0.21%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.17%) Puppet
12 4 (0.17%) SCCM
13 2 (0.085%) Amdocs OSS
13 2 (0.085%) Istio
13 2 (0.085%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.085%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.085%) QRadar
13 2 (0.085%) VxRail
Vendors
1 315 (13.32%) Microsoft
2 136 (5.75%) ServiceNow
3 132 (5.58%) Databricks
4 127 (5.37%) Oracle
5 126 (5.33%) SAP
6 109 (4.61%) Salesforce
7 51 (2.16%) Cisco
8 48 (2.03%) CyberArk
9 46 (1.95%) Google
10 40 (1.69%) Splunk
11 34 (1.44%) MuleSoft
12 33 (1.40%) Workday
13 32 (1.35%) IBM
14 30 (1.27%) OpenAI
15 26 (1.10%) Foundry
15 26 (1.10%) Palo Alto
15 26 (1.10%) VMware
16 20 (0.85%) Ariba
17 19 (0.80%) Dynatrace
18 16 (0.68%) Sparx