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 April 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 19 15
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,055 1,260 1,792
As % of all contract jobs in London 11.61% 10.04% 10.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.51% 10.74% 10.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,426 834 1,292
10th Percentile £475 £489 £500
25th Percentile £515 £553 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £753
90th Percentile £825 £800 £850
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%
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% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75.84 £75.63 £62.50
90th Percentile £97.50 £90.25 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -3.45% +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 16,422 11,735 16,636
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 93.50% 93.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,940 8,042 12,035
10th Percentile £350 £343 £325
25th Percentile £425 £431 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £755 £800 £799
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 146 337
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.45 £16.01
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.05 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.83 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.68% +26.64% -21.43%
75th Percentile £63.16 £50.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.38 £65.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £31.64 £35.96
% change year-on-year +48.55% -12.01% -20.09%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 +9 301 £650 -1.89% 66
West London -2 30 £625 -7.41% 21
South London -2 21 £644 -1.00% 11
East London -5 12 £630 +0.80% 14
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 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.

1 576 (28.03%) Azure
2 565 (27.49%) Security Cleared
3 504 (24.53%) AWS
4 478 (23.26%) SC Cleared
5 331 (16.11%) Migration
6 295 (14.36%) Microsoft
7 280 (13.63%) Roadmaps
8 269 (13.09%) DevOps
9 262 (12.75%) AI
10 252 (12.26%) CI/CD
11 229 (11.14%) Agile
12 227 (11.05%) Integration Patterns
13 215 (10.46%) Analytics
13 215 (10.46%) Stakeholder Management
14 210 (10.22%) GCP
14 210 (10.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 208 (10.12%) Data Modelling
16 190 (9.25%) Data Architecture
16 190 (9.25%) Technical Leadership
17 185 (9.00%) Enterprise Architecture
18 184 (8.95%) Problem-Solving
19 178 (8.66%) Python
20 172 (8.37%) Architectural Patterns
21 165 (8.03%) Infrastructure as Code
22 150 (7.30%) TOGAF
23 149 (7.25%) Architectural Design
24 138 (6.72%) Terraform
25 137 (6.67%) Microservices
25 137 (6.67%) SQL
26 135 (6.57%) REST

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 43 (2.09%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.22%) Confluence
3 18 (0.88%) Apache Spark
4 16 (0.78%) Apache
5 13 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.58%) nginx
7 10 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.39%) Camunda
8 8 (0.39%) Palantir Foundry
9 7 (0.34%) CMS
10 6 (0.29%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.24%) Mule
12 4 (0.19%) OpenStack
12 4 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
13 3 (0.15%) Appian
13 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.15%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 3 (0.15%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.097%) JBoss
Applications
1 9 (0.44%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.049%) ArchiCAD
3 1 (0.049%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.049%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.049%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.049%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.049%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 52 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 13 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.34%) 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 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 576 (28.03%) Azure
2 504 (24.53%) AWS
3 210 (10.22%) GCP
4 110 (5.35%) Power Platform
5 86 (4.18%) Serverless
6 79 (3.84%) SaaS
7 75 (3.65%) Entra ID
8 71 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
9 58 (2.82%) Amazon S3
10 56 (2.73%) GitHub
11 51 (2.48%) IaaS
12 50 (2.43%) AWS Lambda
12 50 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
13 49 (2.38%) PaaS
14 45 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
14 45 (2.19%) Snowflake
15 43 (2.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 37 (1.80%) AWS CloudFormation
17 33 (1.61%) Amazon EKS
18 31 (1.51%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 77 (3.75%) Network Security
2 68 (3.31%) Firewall
3 51 (2.48%) WAN
4 44 (2.14%) DNS
5 43 (2.09%) VPN
6 29 (1.41%) LAN
7 27 (1.31%) SD-WAN
8 15 (0.73%) BGP
9 14 (0.68%) OSPF
9 14 (0.68%) TCP/IP
10 12 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (0.49%) MPLS
11 10 (0.49%) VXLAN
12 9 (0.44%) OpenVPN
13 8 (0.39%) 3GPP
13 8 (0.39%) 5G
13 8 (0.39%) Ethernet VPN
14 6 (0.29%) VSAN
15 5 (0.24%) NAS
15 5 (0.24%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (3.80%) Power BI
2 70 (3.41%) Data Lake
3 49 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (2.04%) Metadata
5 36 (1.75%) SQL Server
6 34 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
7 28 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 26 (1.27%) NoSQL
9 23 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
10 20 (0.97%) BigQuery
11 19 (0.92%) Big Data
12 18 (0.88%) Delta Lake
13 17 (0.83%) Tableau
14 16 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
14 16 (0.78%) Amazon Aurora
15 14 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
15 14 (0.68%) DB2
16 13 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
17 12 (0.58%) Data Vault
17 12 (0.58%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 42 (2.04%) Jenkins
2 29 (1.41%) Git
3 27 (1.31%) JIRA
4 22 (1.07%) GitLab
5 9 (0.44%) ERwin
6 8 (0.39%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.39%) MLflow
6 8 (0.39%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.24%) Artifactory
7 5 (0.24%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.19%) Snyk
8 4 (0.19%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.15%) Maven
9 3 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.15%) Postman
10 2 (0.097%) Chocolatey
10 2 (0.097%) Katalon Studio
10 2 (0.097%) MSI
10 2 (0.097%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.097%) Robot Framework
General
1 406 (19.76%) Social Skills
2 400 (19.46%) Finance
3 226 (11.00%) Public Sector
4 137 (6.67%) Banking
5 117 (5.69%) Analytical Skills
6 76 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
7 68 (3.31%) Retail
8 61 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
9 55 (2.68%) Law
10 52 (2.53%) Legal
11 49 (2.38%) Telecoms
12 35 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (1.56%) Billing
14 28 (1.36%) Marketing
15 25 (1.22%) Manufacturing
16 24 (1.17%) Financial Institution
17 15 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 12 (0.58%) Military
19 10 (0.49%) Electronics
19 10 (0.49%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (6.57%) REST
2 91 (4.43%) Middleware
3 79 (3.84%) SOAP
4 66 (3.21%) LDAP
5 62 (3.02%) .NET
6 45 (2.19%) Kafka
7 43 (2.09%) OpenID
8 30 (1.46%) SAML
9 29 (1.41%) OAuth
10 28 (1.36%) JSON
11 25 (1.22%) React
12 22 (1.07%) AngularJS
13 21 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
14 18 (0.88%) Spring
15 17 (0.83%) RESTful
16 15 (0.73%) .NET Framework
16 15 (0.73%) Vue
16 15 (0.73%) Web Services
17 14 (0.68%) J2EE
18 13 (0.63%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 202 (9.83%) Cloud Native
2 71 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
3 64 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
4 59 (2.87%) Onboarding
5 52 (2.53%) Security Posture
6 51 (2.48%) Data Centre
6 51 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
7 47 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
7 47 (2.29%) Product Ownership
8 38 (1.85%) Management Information System
9 32 (1.56%) CMDB
10 31 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
11 28 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
12 25 (1.22%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.12%) Data Structures
13 23 (1.12%) PKI
14 20 (0.97%) Mainframe
15 19 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
16 18 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
16 18 (0.88%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 34 (1.65%) Windows
2 30 (1.46%) Linux
3 10 (0.49%) zOS
4 8 (0.39%) Android
4 8 (0.39%) Apple iOS
4 8 (0.39%) Unix
5 5 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.19%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.15%) Solaris
7 3 (0.15%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.097%) AIX
8 2 (0.097%) CentOS
8 2 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.049%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.049%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (16.11%) Migration
2 280 (13.63%) Roadmaps
3 269 (13.09%) DevOps
4 262 (12.75%) AI
5 252 (12.26%) CI/CD
6 229 (11.14%) Agile
7 227 (11.05%) Integration Patterns
8 215 (10.46%) Analytics
8 215 (10.46%) Stakeholder Management
9 210 (10.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 208 (10.12%) Data Modelling
11 190 (9.25%) Data Architecture
11 190 (9.25%) Technical Leadership
12 185 (9.00%) Enterprise Architecture
13 184 (8.95%) Problem-Solving
14 172 (8.37%) Architectural Patterns
15 165 (8.03%) Infrastructure as Code
16 150 (7.30%) TOGAF
17 149 (7.25%) Architectural Design
18 137 (6.67%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 178 (8.66%) Python
2 137 (6.67%) SQL
3 101 (4.91%) Java
4 87 (4.23%) PowerShell
5 30 (1.46%) C#
6 27 (1.31%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.02%) Bicep
8 18 (0.88%) TypeScript
9 15 (0.73%) Ruby
10 13 (0.63%) Bash
11 11 (0.54%) Scala
12 9 (0.44%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.34%) 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
1 565 (27.49%) Security Cleared
2 478 (23.26%) SC Cleared
3 76 (3.70%) Degree
4 69 (3.36%) Azure Certification
5 51 (2.48%) AWS Certification
6 46 (2.24%) CISSP
7 41 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 41 (2.00%) DV Cleared
8 34 (1.65%) TOGAF Certification
9 33 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
10 24 (1.17%) CISM
10 24 (1.17%) Master's Degree
11 22 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 19 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.83%) CCNP
15 15 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 13 (0.63%) CCIE
17 11 (0.54%) CCSP
18 9 (0.44%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (3.70%) GDPR
2 58 (2.82%) Data Quality
3 56 (2.73%) NIST
4 54 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 42 (2.04%) NCSC
6 37 (1.80%) QA
7 22 (1.07%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.78%) ISO 20022
9 14 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 11 (0.54%) SEPA
11 9 (0.44%) GRC
12 8 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.39%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.39%) PSD2
12 8 (0.39%) SLA
13 7 (0.34%) HL7
13 7 (0.34%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.24%) Accessibility
14 5 (0.24%) PERC
15 4 (0.19%) IFRS
System Software
1 81 (3.94%) Active Directory
2 65 (3.16%) Docker
3 27 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.78%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.44%) Squid
5 9 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.34%) Varnish
7 6 (0.29%) vSphere
8 5 (0.24%) Postfix
8 5 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.19%) NFS
10 3 (0.15%) Sendmail
10 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.097%) Ceph
11 2 (0.097%) Firmware
11 2 (0.097%) Lustre
11 2 (0.097%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.097%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.097%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.049%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 138 (6.72%) Terraform
2 124 (6.03%) Kubernetes
3 35 (1.70%) Ansible
4 27 (1.31%) Grafana
5 21 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.88%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.83%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.34%) Consul
10 5 (0.24%) HAProxy
11 4 (0.19%) Argo
11 4 (0.19%) Istio
11 4 (0.19%) Kibana
11 4 (0.19%) SCCM
12 3 (0.15%) Karpenter
12 3 (0.15%) Puppet
12 3 (0.15%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.097%) Amdocs OSS
13 2 (0.097%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.097%) QRadar
Vendors
1 295 (14.36%) Microsoft
2 129 (6.28%) ServiceNow
3 112 (5.45%) SAP
4 107 (5.21%) Databricks
5 101 (4.91%) Oracle
6 98 (4.77%) Salesforce
7 66 (3.21%) CyberArk
8 41 (2.00%) Google
9 38 (1.85%) Cisco
10 35 (1.70%) BeyondTrust
11 34 (1.65%) Centrify
12 33 (1.61%) Splunk
12 33 (1.61%) VMware
13 31 (1.51%) Workday
14 29 (1.41%) IBM
15 25 (1.22%) OpenAI
16 23 (1.12%) MuleSoft
17 21 (1.02%) Palo Alto
18 20 (0.97%) Ariba
19 19 (0.92%) Foundry