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 12 June 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,260 1,281 1,797
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.00% 10.46% 10.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.91% 11.18% 10.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,555 838 1,297
10th Percentile £475 £500 £489
25th Percentile £515 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £763
90th Percentile £823 £800 £875
England median daily rate £620 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.80% -3.85% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile £53.60 £54.50 £52.55
25th Percentile £57.75 £57.50 £53.38
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +14.04% -12.31%
75th Percentile £88.13 £83.75 £60.88
90th Percentile £101.80 £93.50 £61.85
England median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -10.34% +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 17,501 11,459 16,565
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 93.55% 93.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,543 7,750 11,936
10th Percentile £358 £343 £325
25th Percentile £433 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £762 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 285 162 327
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £15.98
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.12
Median hourly rate £39.50 £32.70 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +20.81% +17.57% -22.75%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.50 £46.49
90th Percentile £78.67 £64.88 £66.70
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.04 £38.50
% change year-on-year +54.99% -24.58% -13.54%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +15 341 £625 -7.41% 71
West London -3 31 £640 -4.48% 39
South London +1 22 £723 +0.52% 1
East London +3 15 £669 +12.91% 5
North London 0 1 £650 -3.70% 1
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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.

1 655 (28.98%) Azure
2 643 (28.45%) Security Cleared
3 549 (24.29%) SC Cleared
4 543 (24.03%) AWS
5 366 (16.19%) Migration
6 320 (14.16%) AI
7 315 (13.94%) Roadmaps
8 308 (13.63%) Microsoft
9 292 (12.92%) DevOps
10 270 (11.95%) CI/CD
11 258 (11.42%) Stakeholder Management
12 249 (11.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 244 (10.80%) Integration Patterns
14 236 (10.44%) Analytics
15 235 (10.40%) Data Modelling
16 227 (10.04%) Data Architecture
17 223 (9.87%) GCP
18 218 (9.65%) Enterprise Architecture
19 214 (9.47%) Agile
20 201 (8.89%) Technical Leadership
21 193 (8.54%) Architectural Patterns
22 185 (8.19%) Infrastructure as Code
23 181 (8.01%) Problem-Solving
23 181 (8.01%) Python
24 176 (7.79%) TOGAF
25 157 (6.95%) Architectural Design
26 141 (6.24%) Security Architecture
27 140 (6.19%) Event-Driven
28 139 (6.15%) ServiceNow
29 137 (6.06%) 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 43 (1.90%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.19%) Confluence
3 21 (0.93%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.84%) Apache
5 14 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.53%) nginx
7 9 (0.40%) Camunda
7 9 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
8 8 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.31%) Anypoint
9 7 (0.31%) SAS
10 5 (0.22%) Mule
11 3 (0.13%) Appian
11 3 (0.13%) CMS
11 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.13%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.088%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.088%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.088%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (0.40%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.22%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.044%) ArchiCAD
5 1 (0.044%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.044%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 53 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 15 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.35%) SAP BRIM
6 5 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 4 (0.18%) Endur
7 4 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 4 (0.18%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 4 (0.18%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.18%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP EWM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP FSCM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.13%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.088%) Oracle HRMS
9 2 (0.088%) SAP MM
9 2 (0.088%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 655 (28.98%) Azure
2 543 (24.03%) AWS
3 223 (9.87%) GCP
4 132 (5.84%) Power Platform
5 89 (3.94%) Serverless
6 84 (3.72%) SaaS
7 75 (3.32%) Entra ID
8 72 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
9 60 (2.65%) GitHub
10 56 (2.48%) Amazon S3
10 56 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
11 53 (2.35%) Snowflake
12 52 (2.30%) PaaS
13 50 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
14 40 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
14 40 (1.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 37 (1.64%) IaaS
16 33 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
17 32 (1.42%) AWS CloudFormation
18 31 (1.37%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 90 (3.98%) Network Security
2 70 (3.10%) Firewall
3 44 (1.95%) VPN
4 42 (1.86%) WAN
5 41 (1.81%) DNS
6 24 (1.06%) LAN
7 21 (0.93%) SD-WAN
8 19 (0.84%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.62%) BGP
10 13 (0.58%) OSPF
11 11 (0.49%) VXLAN
12 10 (0.44%) MPLS
13 9 (0.40%) OpenVPN
14 8 (0.35%) 3GPP
14 8 (0.35%) 5G
14 8 (0.35%) Ethernet VPN
14 8 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
16 5 (0.22%) RFID
16 5 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (4.20%) Power BI
2 77 (3.41%) Data Lake
3 57 (2.52%) Metadata
4 55 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (1.50%) SQL Server
6 31 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
7 30 (1.33%) NoSQL
8 24 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
8 24 (1.06%) BigQuery
9 22 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
10 21 (0.93%) Big Data
10 21 (0.93%) Delta Lake
11 19 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
12 15 (0.66%) Tableau
13 14 (0.62%) Amazon Aurora
13 14 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
14 13 (0.58%) Apache Iceberg
14 13 (0.58%) Data Vault
15 12 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (0.53%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 46 (2.04%) Jenkins
2 35 (1.55%) Git
2 35 (1.55%) JIRA
3 20 (0.88%) GitLab
4 10 (0.44%) ERwin
5 9 (0.40%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.35%) MLflow
7 7 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.22%) Maven
8 5 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.18%) Snyk
10 3 (0.13%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.13%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.13%) JMeter
10 3 (0.13%) Postman
11 2 (0.088%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.088%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.088%) MSI
11 2 (0.088%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.088%) Robot Framework
General
1 432 (19.12%) Social Skills
2 426 (18.85%) Finance
3 263 (11.64%) Public Sector
4 140 (6.19%) Banking
5 105 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
6 88 (3.89%) Retail
7 77 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
8 68 (3.01%) Telecoms
9 64 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
10 49 (2.17%) Law
10 49 (2.17%) Legal
11 33 (1.46%) Billing
12 26 (1.15%) Financial Institution
13 24 (1.06%) Marketing
13 24 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (0.93%) Manufacturing
15 19 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 14 (0.62%) Military
17 9 (0.40%) Aviation
17 9 (0.40%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (5.71%) REST
2 81 (3.58%) Middleware
3 80 (3.54%) SOAP
4 73 (3.23%) .NET
5 64 (2.83%) LDAP
6 44 (1.95%) Kafka
7 40 (1.77%) OpenID
8 34 (1.50%) SAML
9 33 (1.46%) OAuth
10 28 (1.24%) React
11 26 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
12 22 (0.97%) .NET Framework
12 22 (0.97%) AngularJS
13 18 (0.80%) OAuth2
13 18 (0.80%) RESTful
14 16 (0.71%) Lightning Web Components
14 16 (0.71%) PySpark
15 15 (0.66%) Spring
16 13 (0.58%) J2EE
16 13 (0.58%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 227 (10.04%) Cloud Native
2 73 (3.23%) Onboarding
3 70 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
4 63 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
5 61 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
6 60 (2.65%) Product Ownership
7 58 (2.57%) Data Centre
8 56 (2.48%) Security Posture
9 47 (2.08%) Management Information System
10 46 (2.04%) AI Agents
10 46 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
11 43 (1.90%) CMDB
12 37 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
13 26 (1.15%) Mainframe
14 23 (1.02%) Public Cloud
15 22 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
16 21 (0.93%) NHS
17 20 (0.88%) Data Structures
18 18 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
19 17 (0.75%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 37 (1.64%) Linux
2 35 (1.55%) Windows
3 11 (0.49%) Android
3 11 (0.49%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.44%) Unix
5 9 (0.40%) zOS
6 8 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.22%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.18%) Solaris
10 3 (0.13%) AIX
11 2 (0.088%) CentOS
11 2 (0.088%) VMS
11 2 (0.088%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (16.19%) Migration
2 320 (14.16%) AI
3 315 (13.94%) Roadmaps
4 292 (12.92%) DevOps
5 270 (11.95%) CI/CD
6 258 (11.42%) Stakeholder Management
7 249 (11.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 244 (10.80%) Integration Patterns
9 236 (10.44%) Analytics
10 235 (10.40%) Data Modelling
11 227 (10.04%) Data Architecture
12 218 (9.65%) Enterprise Architecture
13 214 (9.47%) Agile
14 201 (8.89%) Technical Leadership
15 193 (8.54%) Architectural Patterns
16 185 (8.19%) Infrastructure as Code
17 181 (8.01%) Problem-Solving
18 176 (7.79%) TOGAF
19 157 (6.95%) Architectural Design
20 141 (6.24%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 181 (8.01%) Python
2 123 (5.44%) SQL
3 105 (4.65%) Java
4 76 (3.36%) PowerShell
5 39 (1.73%) JavaScript
6 31 (1.37%) C#
7 23 (1.02%) Bicep
8 19 (0.84%) TypeScript
9 16 (0.71%) Ruby
10 15 (0.66%) Apex Code
11 14 (0.62%) Bash
12 9 (0.40%) Scala
13 7 (0.31%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.22%) R
14 5 (0.22%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.18%) C++
15 4 (0.18%) Go
16 3 (0.13%) Korn
16 3 (0.13%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 643 (28.45%) Security Cleared
2 549 (24.29%) SC Cleared
3 80 (3.54%) Degree
4 64 (2.83%) Azure Certification
5 58 (2.57%) CISSP
6 49 (2.17%) AWS Certification
7 41 (1.81%) DV Cleared
8 36 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (1.37%) CISM
10 31 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
11 28 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (0.88%) Master's Degree
14 19 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 14 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 14 (0.62%) CCNP
15 14 (0.62%) CISA
16 13 (0.58%) CCSP
17 9 (0.40%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (3.36%) GDPR
1 76 (3.36%) NIST
2 68 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 66 (2.92%) Data Quality
4 48 (2.12%) NCSC
5 38 (1.68%) QA
6 23 (1.02%) PCI DSS
7 16 (0.71%) ISO 20022
8 15 (0.66%) GRC
8 15 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (0.58%) SEPA
10 11 (0.49%) NIST 800
11 10 (0.44%) HIPAA
11 10 (0.44%) PSD2
12 8 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.27%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.27%) COBIT
13 6 (0.27%) HL7
14 5 (0.22%) IFRS
15 4 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 76 (3.36%) Active Directory
2 55 (2.43%) Docker
3 23 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.49%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.40%) Squid
6 8 (0.35%) Varnish
7 7 (0.31%) Postfix
7 7 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.22%) NFS
8 5 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.18%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.088%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.088%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.088%) vSphere
11 1 (0.044%) HDFS
11 1 (0.044%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.044%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 131 (5.80%) Terraform
2 119 (5.27%) Kubernetes
3 44 (1.95%) Ansible
4 24 (1.06%) Grafana
5 22 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.80%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.75%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.31%) Consul
8 7 (0.31%) HAProxy
9 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (0.22%) Argo
10 5 (0.22%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.18%) Puppet
11 4 (0.18%) SCCM
12 3 (0.13%) Istio
13 2 (0.088%) Amdocs OSS
13 2 (0.088%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.088%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.088%) QRadar
13 2 (0.088%) VxRail
Vendors
1 308 (13.63%) Microsoft
2 139 (6.15%) ServiceNow
3 131 (5.80%) Databricks
4 113 (5.00%) SAP
5 109 (4.82%) Oracle
6 101 (4.47%) Salesforce
7 71 (3.14%) CyberArk
8 54 (2.39%) Cisco
9 47 (2.08%) Google
10 41 (1.81%) Splunk
11 33 (1.46%) BeyondTrust
12 32 (1.42%) Centrify
13 30 (1.33%) MuleSoft
13 30 (1.33%) Workday
14 28 (1.24%) IBM
15 27 (1.19%) Palo Alto
15 27 (1.19%) VMware
16 26 (1.15%) OpenAI
17 25 (1.11%) Foundry
18 19 (0.84%) Ariba