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 20 March 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 17 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,777 1,321 1,755
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.77% 10.35% 9.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.64% 11.05% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,251 835 1,269
10th Percentile £475 £488 £500
25th Percentile £525 £550 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -1.28%
75th Percentile £750 £757 £750
90th Percentile £838 £825 £833
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 2
10th Percentile £65.00 £36.75 £44.47
25th Percentile £65.75 £39.38 £46.65
Median hourly rate £73.34 £47.50 £53.03
Median % change year-on-year +54.39% -10.42% +51.51%
75th Percentile £95.00 £59.38 £59.15
90th Percentile £97.25 £64.25 £61.16
England median hourly rate £72.50 £72.50 £76.53
% change year-on-year - -5.27% +9.33%

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 15,265 11,951 16,907
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 93.67% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,232 8,093 12,205
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 145 337
10th Percentile £18.23 £21.08 £15.98
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £34.75 £35.89 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% +25.93% -18.57%
75th Percentile £60.50 £53.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.04 £65.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -23.53%

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 20 March 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 20 March 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 20 March 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 +1 240 £650 -2.99% 105
West London -1 25 £633 +26.50% 17
South London +5 24 £600 -18.37% 2
East London -7 9 £545 -12.80% 15
North London 0 2 £663 -4.57%
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 March 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.

1 536 (30.16%) Azure
2 518 (29.15%) Security Cleared
3 448 (25.21%) AWS
4 439 (24.70%) SC Cleared
5 266 (14.97%) Roadmaps
6 256 (14.41%) Microsoft
7 251 (14.12%) Migration
8 245 (13.79%) DevOps
9 215 (12.10%) CI/CD
10 213 (11.99%) AI
11 205 (11.54%) Agile
12 203 (11.42%) Stakeholder Management
13 191 (10.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 188 (10.58%) Data Modelling
14 188 (10.58%) Problem-Solving
15 186 (10.47%) GCP
16 185 (10.41%) Integration Patterns
17 179 (10.07%) Technical Leadership
18 178 (10.02%) Analytics
18 178 (10.02%) Data Architecture
19 169 (9.51%) Enterprise Architecture
20 167 (9.40%) Python
21 151 (8.50%) TOGAF
22 136 (7.65%) Architectural Patterns
23 131 (7.37%) SQL
23 131 (7.37%) Terraform
24 126 (7.09%) Infrastructure as Code
24 126 (7.09%) REST
25 122 (6.87%) Architectural Design
25 122 (6.87%) 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 38 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.29%) Confluence
3 17 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 12 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.62%) CMS
5 11 (0.62%) nginx
6 7 (0.39%) Apache
7 6 (0.34%) Camunda
8 5 (0.28%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.28%) Mule
9 4 (0.23%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.11%) JBoss
11 2 (0.11%) SAS
11 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (0.56%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.056%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.056%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.056%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 45 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 10 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (0.45%) Workday HCM
6 7 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.39%) SAP PM
7 6 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.34%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.23%) Teamcenter
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
10 3 (0.17%) SAP FSCM
10 3 (0.17%) SAP PP
10 3 (0.17%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 536 (30.16%) Azure
2 448 (25.21%) AWS
3 186 (10.47%) GCP
4 95 (5.35%) Power Platform
5 76 (4.28%) Serverless
6 72 (4.05%) SaaS
7 58 (3.26%) Entra ID
8 55 (3.10%) IaaS
9 49 (2.76%) Amazon S3
10 48 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
10 48 (2.70%) GitHub
11 46 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
12 44 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
13 43 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
14 41 (2.31%) PaaS
15 40 (2.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 39 (2.19%) Snowflake
17 34 (1.91%) AWS CloudFormation
18 33 (1.86%) Azure Data Factory
19 32 (1.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 75 (4.22%) Network Security
2 71 (4.00%) Firewall
3 53 (2.98%) WAN
4 43 (2.42%) VPN
5 41 (2.31%) DNS
6 30 (1.69%) SD-WAN
7 28 (1.58%) LAN
8 17 (0.96%) BGP
8 17 (0.96%) TCP/IP
9 15 (0.84%) OSPF
10 12 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.62%) VXLAN
12 9 (0.51%) OpenVPN
13 8 (0.45%) 5G
13 8 (0.45%) Ethernet VPN
13 8 (0.45%) MPLS
14 7 (0.39%) VSAN
15 6 (0.34%) Internet
16 5 (0.28%) 3GPP
16 5 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (3.66%) Power BI
2 57 (3.21%) Data Lake
3 55 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (2.70%) Metadata
5 35 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
6 34 (1.91%) SQL Server
7 30 (1.69%) NoSQL
8 25 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
9 18 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
10 17 (0.96%) Big Data
11 16 (0.90%) Amazon Aurora
11 16 (0.90%) Tableau
12 15 (0.84%) Data Vault
12 15 (0.84%) Delta Lake
13 14 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
13 14 (0.79%) DB2
14 12 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (0.68%) Oracle Database
15 11 (0.62%) Apache Iceberg
16 10 (0.56%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 42 (2.36%) Jenkins
2 28 (1.58%) JIRA
3 25 (1.41%) Git
4 23 (1.29%) GitLab
5 11 (0.62%) ERwin
6 8 (0.45%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.45%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.28%) Artifactory
7 5 (0.28%) MLflow
7 5 (0.28%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.23%) Snyk
8 4 (0.23%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.17%) Maven
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.11%) Chocolatey
10 2 (0.11%) Katalon Studio
10 2 (0.11%) Postman
10 2 (0.11%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.11%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.056%) ER Studio
General
1 418 (23.52%) Social Skills
2 371 (20.88%) Finance
3 215 (12.10%) Public Sector
4 125 (7.03%) Analytical Skills
5 118 (6.64%) Banking
6 72 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
7 57 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
8 46 (2.59%) Retail
9 41 (2.31%) Legal
10 40 (2.25%) Telecoms
11 38 (2.14%) Law
12 37 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (1.63%) Marketing
14 25 (1.41%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.35%) Billing
15 24 (1.35%) Financial Institution
16 17 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 13 (0.73%) Military
18 10 (0.56%) Electronics
18 10 (0.56%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (7.09%) REST
2 93 (5.23%) Middleware
3 63 (3.55%) SOAP
4 62 (3.49%) LDAP
5 43 (2.42%) .NET
5 43 (2.42%) OpenID
6 37 (2.08%) JSON
7 36 (2.03%) Kafka
8 31 (1.74%) SAML
9 27 (1.52%) AngularJS
9 27 (1.52%) OAuth
10 22 (1.24%) React
11 15 (0.84%) Spring
11 15 (0.84%) Vue
12 13 (0.73%) OAuth2
12 13 (0.73%) PySpark
13 12 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
14 11 (0.62%) gRPC
14 11 (0.62%) RESTful
14 11 (0.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 168 (9.45%) Cloud Native
2 68 (3.83%) Legacy Systems
3 65 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
4 51 (2.87%) Data Centre
5 50 (2.81%) Security Posture
6 44 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 43 (2.42%) Hybrid Cloud
8 40 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
8 40 (2.25%) Product Ownership
9 38 (2.14%) PKI
9 38 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
10 29 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
11 24 (1.35%) Management Information System
12 23 (1.29%) Data Structures
13 22 (1.24%) CMDB
14 21 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
15 19 (1.07%) AI Agents
15 19 (1.07%) Replication
16 16 (0.90%) Private Cloud
17 15 (0.84%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 32 (1.80%) Windows
2 24 (1.35%) Linux
3 10 (0.56%) zOS
4 5 (0.28%) Android
4 5 (0.28%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.28%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.28%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.17%) Unix
5 3 (0.17%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.056%) CentOS
7 1 (0.056%) Solaris
7 1 (0.056%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.056%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (14.97%) Roadmaps
2 251 (14.12%) Migration
3 245 (13.79%) DevOps
4 215 (12.10%) CI/CD
5 213 (11.99%) AI
6 205 (11.54%) Agile
7 203 (11.42%) Stakeholder Management
8 191 (10.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 188 (10.58%) Data Modelling
9 188 (10.58%) Problem-Solving
10 185 (10.41%) Integration Patterns
11 179 (10.07%) Technical Leadership
12 178 (10.02%) Analytics
12 178 (10.02%) Data Architecture
13 169 (9.51%) Enterprise Architecture
14 151 (8.50%) TOGAF
15 136 (7.65%) Architectural Patterns
16 126 (7.09%) Infrastructure as Code
17 122 (6.87%) Architectural Design
17 122 (6.87%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 167 (9.40%) Python
2 131 (7.37%) SQL
3 88 (4.95%) PowerShell
4 73 (4.11%) Java
5 27 (1.52%) C#
6 24 (1.35%) JavaScript
7 20 (1.13%) TypeScript
8 16 (0.90%) Bicep
9 13 (0.73%) Bash
10 12 (0.68%) Ruby
11 10 (0.56%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.45%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.39%) Scala
13 7 (0.39%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.23%) C++
14 4 (0.23%) Go
14 4 (0.23%) Korn
14 4 (0.23%) R
14 4 (0.23%) SOQL
15 3 (0.17%) C
Qualifications
1 518 (29.15%) Security Cleared
2 439 (24.70%) SC Cleared
3 75 (4.22%) Degree
4 68 (3.83%) Azure Certification
5 47 (2.64%) AWS Certification
6 45 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 39 (2.19%) DV Cleared
8 36 (2.03%) CISSP
8 36 (2.03%) TOGAF Certification
9 31 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
10 22 (1.24%) Master's Degree
11 21 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 19 (1.07%) CISM
13 17 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
14 16 (0.90%) CCNP
15 14 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 13 (0.73%) CCIE
17 11 (0.62%) CCSP
18 5 (0.28%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (4.05%) GDPR
2 56 (3.15%) Data Quality
3 52 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 45 (2.53%) NIST
5 42 (2.36%) NCSC
6 35 (1.97%) QA
7 27 (1.52%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.79%) ISO 20022
9 10 (0.56%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.56%) GRC
10 9 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.51%) HIPAA
11 8 (0.45%) PSD2
12 7 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.39%) SEPA
13 6 (0.34%) EU AI Act
13 6 (0.34%) SLA
14 5 (0.28%) HL7
14 5 (0.28%) PERC
15 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 72 (4.05%) Docker
2 71 (4.00%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.96%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.51%) Squid
5 9 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.34%) vSphere
7 5 (0.28%) Varnish
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (0.17%) Postfix
8 3 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.11%) Ceph
9 2 (0.11%) Firmware
9 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.11%) Lustre
9 2 (0.11%) NFS
9 2 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.056%) HDFS
10 1 (0.056%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 131 (7.37%) Terraform
2 118 (6.64%) Kubernetes
3 40 (2.25%) Ansible
4 25 (1.41%) Grafana
5 21 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (1.01%) FortiGate
7 17 (0.96%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.39%) Consul
10 4 (0.23%) Istio
10 4 (0.23%) Kibana
11 3 (0.17%) Argo
11 3 (0.17%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.17%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.17%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.17%) VxRail
12 2 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.11%) Amdocs OSS
12 2 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.11%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 256 (14.41%) Microsoft
2 96 (5.40%) SAP
3 94 (5.29%) Salesforce
4 90 (5.06%) ServiceNow
5 88 (4.95%) Databricks
6 76 (4.28%) Oracle
7 60 (3.38%) CyberArk
8 42 (2.36%) Cisco
9 39 (2.19%) Google
10 35 (1.97%) VMware
11 34 (1.91%) BeyondTrust
11 34 (1.91%) Centrify
12 33 (1.86%) Splunk
13 29 (1.63%) IBM
14 25 (1.41%) Palo Alto
15 23 (1.29%) OpenAI
16 22 (1.24%) MuleSoft
16 22 (1.24%) Workday
17 19 (1.07%) Zscaler
18 16 (0.90%) Ariba