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 30 September 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 19 18
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,639 1,256 1,530
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.98% 9.39% 9.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.92% 10.12% 10.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,772 816 951
10th Percentile £491 £462 £488
25th Percentile £538 £550 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £643 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.72% -1.15% -3.70%
75th Percentile £725 £734 £750
90th Percentile £807 £800 £838
England median daily rate £621 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -0.68% - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 2
10th Percentile £52.20 - £58.69
25th Percentile £55.00 - £68.72
Median hourly rate £77.50 £100.00 £86.43
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +15.70% +32.97%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £103.15
90th Percentile - - £112.57
England median hourly rate £68.17 £72.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -5.98% +3.57% -3.34%

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 18,957 12,407 15,055
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 92.78% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,263 8,292 9,885
10th Percentile £360 £330 £340
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £668 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 406 199 175
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.00 £17.35
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.75 £23.98
Median hourly rate £40.00 £28.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.10% -19.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £49.63 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.11 £77.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% -1.92%

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 30 September 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 +13 340 £625 -3.85% 299
West London -21 30 £650 +44.44% 54
South London -9 15 £650 -8.26% 16
East London +3 12 £675 - 9
North London -1 2 £650 -14.75% 2
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 September 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.

1 759 (28.76%) Azure
2 696 (26.37%) Security Cleared
3 574 (21.75%) SC Cleared
4 569 (21.56%) AWS
5 509 (19.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 480 (18.19%) Roadmaps
7 438 (16.60%) AI
8 429 (16.26%) Migration
9 372 (14.10%) Enterprise Architecture
10 338 (12.81%) Microsoft
11 324 (12.28%) DevOps
12 314 (11.90%) Data Modelling
13 308 (11.67%) Analytics
14 301 (11.41%) Technical Leadership
15 300 (11.37%) CI/CD
16 291 (11.03%) Data Architecture
17 260 (9.85%) Agile
17 260 (9.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 259 (9.81%) Integration Patterns
19 215 (8.15%) GCP
20 204 (7.73%) Security Architecture
21 203 (7.69%) TOGAF
22 193 (7.31%) Architectural Patterns
23 191 (7.24%) Decision-Making
23 191 (7.24%) Infrastructure as Code
24 189 (7.16%) Data Governance
25 185 (7.01%) Event-Driven
26 169 (6.40%) Architecture Governance
27 166 (6.29%) Databricks
28 160 (6.06%) 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 39 (1.48%) SAS
2 33 (1.25%) Apache
3 29 (1.10%) Apache Spark
4 26 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 26 (0.99%) SharePoint
5 24 (0.91%) Confluence
6 17 (0.64%) CMS
7 9 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
8 6 (0.23%) Appian
8 6 (0.23%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.19%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.15%) Camunda
11 3 (0.11%) JBoss
11 3 (0.11%) nginx
12 2 (0.076%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.076%) IIS
12 2 (0.076%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.076%) Mendix
12 2 (0.076%) MQSeries
Applications
1 9 (0.34%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.30%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.076%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.076%) Gliffy
4 2 (0.076%) Revit
5 1 (0.038%) Notion
5 1 (0.038%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 76 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 10 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (0.34%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (0.30%) SAP BRIM
7 6 (0.23%) SAP HCM
7 6 (0.23%) SAP MM
8 5 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.19%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.19%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.19%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.15%) Oracle Retail
9 4 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
9 4 (0.15%) SAP Convergent Charging
Cloud Services
1 759 (28.76%) Azure
2 569 (21.56%) AWS
3 215 (8.15%) GCP
4 153 (5.80%) Power Platform
5 115 (4.36%) Entra ID
6 102 (3.87%) SaaS
7 98 (3.71%) Serverless
8 78 (2.96%) GitHub
9 77 (2.92%) Snowflake
10 71 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
11 59 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
12 49 (1.86%) PaaS
13 46 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
14 43 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 41 (1.55%) Amazon S3
16 39 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
16 39 (1.48%) dbt
17 37 (1.40%) Power Automate
18 36 (1.36%) Microsoft Copilot
19 35 (1.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 68 (2.58%) Network Security
2 47 (1.78%) Firewall
3 32 (1.21%) WAN
4 26 (0.99%) VPN
5 21 (0.80%) LAN
6 15 (0.57%) DNS
7 11 (0.42%) VXLAN
8 9 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
9 8 (0.30%) SD-WAN
10 7 (0.27%) BGP
10 7 (0.27%) NGFW
10 7 (0.27%) NX-OS
10 7 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
10 7 (0.27%) Wireless
11 6 (0.23%) 4G
11 6 (0.23%) Ethernet
11 6 (0.23%) MPLS
11 6 (0.23%) SMS
11 6 (0.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (4.05%) Metadata
2 92 (3.49%) Data Lake
3 91 (3.45%) Power BI
4 80 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (1.17%) SQL Server
6 25 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
6 25 (0.95%) Delta Lake
6 25 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (0.80%) Big Data
8 20 (0.76%) NoSQL
9 19 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 19 (0.72%) BigQuery
10 18 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (0.68%) Semantic Layer
11 17 (0.64%) Data Vault
12 15 (0.57%) Star Schema
13 14 (0.53%) Tableau
14 13 (0.49%) MongoDB
14 13 (0.49%) Oracle Database
15 12 (0.45%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 37 (1.40%) JIRA
2 34 (1.29%) Jenkins
3 30 (1.14%) Git
4 21 (0.80%) GitLab
5 9 (0.34%) RStudio
6 8 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
7 7 (0.27%) Claude Code
7 7 (0.27%) Cypress.io
7 7 (0.27%) ERwin
8 6 (0.23%) Storybook
9 4 (0.15%) Maven
9 4 (0.15%) MLflow
9 4 (0.15%) Postman
9 4 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.15%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.11%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
10 3 (0.11%) VTune
11 2 (0.076%) Flyway
11 2 (0.076%) Liquibase
General
1 531 (20.12%) Social Skills
2 451 (17.09%) Finance
3 306 (11.60%) Public Sector
4 167 (6.33%) Banking
5 145 (5.49%) Retail
6 122 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
7 82 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
8 79 (2.99%) Telecoms
9 46 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
9 46 (1.74%) Manufacturing
10 45 (1.71%) Legal
11 44 (1.67%) Marketing
12 40 (1.52%) Billing
13 31 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 20 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (0.64%) Automotive
15 17 (0.64%) Military
16 14 (0.53%) Law
17 13 (0.49%) Aviation
17 13 (0.49%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (5.80%) REST
2 130 (4.93%) Terraform
3 88 (3.33%) Kafka
4 82 (3.11%) .NET
5 68 (2.58%) SOAP
6 63 (2.39%) Middleware
7 50 (1.89%) OAuth
8 35 (1.33%) .NET Framework
8 35 (1.33%) PySpark
9 32 (1.21%) JSON
10 31 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
11 27 (1.02%) OAuth2
12 26 (0.99%) OpenID
13 25 (0.95%) XML
14 23 (0.87%) SAML
15 20 (0.76%) Lightning Web Components
15 20 (0.76%) React
15 20 (0.76%) RESTful
16 19 (0.72%) JWT
16 19 (0.72%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 250 (9.47%) Cloud Native
2 87 (3.30%) Onboarding
3 75 (2.84%) AI Agents
4 72 (2.73%) Data Centre
5 65 (2.46%) Product Ownership
6 62 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
7 61 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
7 61 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
8 53 (2.01%) Management Information System
9 52 (1.97%) CMDB
10 51 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
11 37 (1.40%) Data Structures
11 37 (1.40%) Enterprise Cloud
12 35 (1.33%) Taxonomies
13 31 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
13 31 (1.17%) Public Cloud
13 31 (1.17%) Security Posture
14 23 (0.87%) Mainframe
15 22 (0.83%) IoT
15 22 (0.83%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (1.36%) Linux
2 31 (1.17%) Windows
3 13 (0.49%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.42%) Unix
5 6 (0.23%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.23%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.19%) Android
7 4 (0.15%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.11%) AIX
8 3 (0.11%) Solaris
8 3 (0.11%) VMS
9 2 (0.076%) CentOS
9 2 (0.076%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.076%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.076%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 509 (19.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 480 (18.19%) Roadmaps
3 438 (16.60%) AI
4 429 (16.26%) Migration
5 372 (14.10%) Enterprise Architecture
6 324 (12.28%) DevOps
7 314 (11.90%) Data Modelling
8 308 (11.67%) Analytics
9 301 (11.41%) Technical Leadership
10 300 (11.37%) CI/CD
11 291 (11.03%) Data Architecture
12 260 (9.85%) Agile
12 260 (9.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 259 (9.81%) Integration Patterns
14 204 (7.73%) Security Architecture
15 203 (7.69%) TOGAF
16 193 (7.31%) Architectural Patterns
17 191 (7.24%) Decision-Making
17 191 (7.24%) Infrastructure as Code
18 189 (7.16%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 133 (5.04%) SQL
2 128 (4.85%) Python
3 100 (3.79%) Java
4 61 (2.31%) JavaScript
5 43 (1.63%) PowerShell
6 39 (1.48%) C#
7 31 (1.17%) TypeScript
8 27 (1.02%) Bicep
9 20 (0.76%) Apex Code
10 17 (0.64%) Bash
11 12 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (0.34%) ABAP
13 8 (0.30%) C++
14 7 (0.27%) R
15 6 (0.23%) Cypher
15 6 (0.23%) Groovy
15 6 (0.23%) Ruby
15 6 (0.23%) Rust
15 6 (0.23%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.19%) BeanShell
Qualifications
1 696 (26.37%) Security Cleared
2 574 (21.75%) SC Cleared
3 74 (2.80%) Degree
4 71 (2.69%) DV Cleared
5 63 (2.39%) Azure Certification
6 61 (2.31%) CISSP
7 55 (2.08%) AWS Certification
8 52 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 41 (1.55%) TOGAF Certification
10 36 (1.36%) CISM
11 27 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
12 25 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
13 24 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
14 23 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 15 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 13 (0.49%) CISA
16 13 (0.49%) Master's Degree
17 12 (0.45%) CCSP
18 11 (0.42%) CCNP
19 8 (0.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (4.77%) Data Quality
2 83 (3.15%) GDPR
2 83 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 81 (3.07%) NIST
4 51 (1.93%) GRC
5 40 (1.52%) NCSC
6 25 (0.95%) QA
7 18 (0.68%) SEPA
8 17 (0.64%) Accessibility
9 16 (0.61%) PCI DSS
9 16 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (0.53%) ISO 20022
10 14 (0.53%) NIST 800
11 12 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
12 11 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.42%) SLA
13 10 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 8 (0.30%) PMO
14 8 (0.30%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.27%) IFRS
System Software
1 71 (2.69%) Active Directory
2 44 (1.67%) Docker
3 19 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.19%) vSphere
6 4 (0.15%) Postfix
6 4 (0.15%) Varnish
6 4 (0.15%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.11%) NFS
7 3 (0.11%) Sendmail
7 3 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.076%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.076%) IAG
8 2 (0.076%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.038%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.038%) Firmware
9 1 (0.038%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.038%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.038%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 110 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 46 (1.74%) Ansible
3 26 (0.99%) Grafana
4 18 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (0.64%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.34%) Argo
7 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.23%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.23%) Puppet
9 4 (0.15%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.15%) Functional Safety
9 4 (0.15%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.15%) SCCM
10 2 (0.076%) CASB
10 2 (0.076%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.076%) Istio
10 2 (0.076%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.076%) QRadar
11 1 (0.038%) Control-M
11 1 (0.038%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 338 (12.81%) Microsoft
2 166 (6.29%) Databricks
3 158 (5.99%) SAP
4 148 (5.61%) ServiceNow
5 146 (5.53%) Oracle
6 121 (4.59%) Salesforce
7 76 (2.88%) Google
8 51 (1.93%) Cisco
9 39 (1.48%) CyberArk
10 33 (1.25%) MuleSoft
11 30 (1.14%) Workday
12 29 (1.10%) Foundry
13 28 (1.06%) OpenAI
14 27 (1.02%) IBM
14 27 (1.02%) Palo Alto
15 25 (0.95%) VMware
16 22 (0.83%) Splunk
17 21 (0.80%) Adobe
17 21 (0.80%) Sparx
18 19 (0.72%) Ariba