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 10 April 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 18 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,978 1,273 1,802
As % of all contract jobs in London 11.40% 10.06% 10.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.30% 10.76% 10.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,389 843 1,301
10th Percentile £475 £488 £500
25th Percentile £515 £563 £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -1.82%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £750
90th Percentile £838 £818 £838
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 2
10th Percentile £61.00 £40.25 £44.47
25th Percentile £65.00 £48.13 £46.65
Median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £53.03
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +17.86% -13.42%
75th Percentile £85.21 £75.63 £59.15
90th Percentile £97.50 £90.25 £61.16
England median hourly rate £71.27 £71.25 £83.63
% change year-on-year +0.03% -14.81% +19.48%

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 16,083 11,836 16,755
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 93.54% 93.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,748 8,114 12,085
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £431 £442
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 £788
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 143 339
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.30 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.71 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +2.03% +25.85% -22.75%
75th Percentile £60.25 £50.97 £46.49
90th Percentile £76.58 £65.00 £63.91
England median hourly rate £44.00 £32.50 £34.23
% change year-on-year +35.38% -5.05% -21.54%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 +6 277 £650 -3.35% 137
West London -6 25 £640 -4.48% 18
South London +3 24 £600 -18.37% 3
East London -5 12 £630 +0.80% 12
North London -1 1 £700 +0.83%
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 568 (28.72%) Security Cleared
2 562 (28.41%) Azure
3 500 (25.28%) AWS
4 482 (24.37%) SC Cleared
5 307 (15.52%) Migration
6 289 (14.61%) Roadmaps
7 287 (14.51%) Microsoft
8 263 (13.30%) DevOps
9 247 (12.49%) AI
10 238 (12.03%) CI/CD
11 234 (11.83%) Agile
12 221 (11.17%) Integration Patterns
13 217 (10.97%) Stakeholder Management
14 216 (10.92%) Analytics
15 214 (10.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 213 (10.77%) Data Modelling
17 207 (10.47%) GCP
18 198 (10.01%) Problem-Solving
19 193 (9.76%) Technical Leadership
20 188 (9.50%) Data Architecture
21 181 (9.15%) Enterprise Architecture
22 177 (8.95%) Python
23 166 (8.39%) Architectural Patterns
24 152 (7.68%) TOGAF
25 151 (7.63%) Architectural Design
26 148 (7.48%) Infrastructure as Code
27 140 (7.08%) REST
28 139 (7.03%) Microservices
29 134 (6.77%) SQL
30 132 (6.67%) Terraform

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 42 (2.12%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.26%) Confluence
3 17 (0.86%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.61%) CMS
6 11 (0.56%) Apache
6 11 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (0.56%) nginx
7 7 (0.35%) Camunda
8 6 (0.30%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.25%) Mule
9 5 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.20%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.15%) Appian
11 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.15%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (0.46%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.10%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.051%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.051%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.051%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.051%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.051%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 52 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 10 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.35%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.35%) SAP PM
6 7 (0.35%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.30%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.25%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 4 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.20%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 4 (0.20%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.20%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.15%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 562 (28.41%) Azure
2 500 (25.28%) AWS
3 207 (10.47%) GCP
4 116 (5.86%) Power Platform
5 85 (4.30%) Serverless
6 82 (4.15%) SaaS
7 73 (3.69%) Entra ID
8 68 (3.44%) Dynamics 365
9 61 (3.08%) IaaS
10 52 (2.63%) Amazon S3
10 52 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
10 52 (2.63%) GitHub
11 50 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
12 49 (2.48%) PaaS
13 47 (2.38%) Snowflake
14 46 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
15 41 (2.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 35 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
17 34 (1.72%) Amazon EKS
18 31 (1.57%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 76 (3.84%) Network Security
2 71 (3.59%) Firewall
3 54 (2.73%) WAN
4 47 (2.38%) VPN
5 45 (2.28%) DNS
6 30 (1.52%) SD-WAN
7 28 (1.42%) LAN
8 17 (0.86%) TCP/IP
9 16 (0.81%) BGP
10 15 (0.76%) OSPF
11 12 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.51%) MPLS
12 10 (0.51%) VXLAN
13 9 (0.46%) OpenVPN
14 8 (0.40%) 5G
14 8 (0.40%) Ethernet VPN
15 6 (0.30%) VSAN
16 5 (0.25%) 3GPP
16 5 (0.25%) Internet
17 4 (0.20%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (4.30%) Power BI
2 71 (3.59%) Data Lake
3 57 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (2.48%) Metadata
5 36 (1.82%) SQL Server
6 33 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
7 29 (1.47%) NoSQL
8 26 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
9 21 (1.06%) BigQuery
10 20 (1.01%) Big Data
11 18 (0.91%) Tableau
12 16 (0.81%) Delta Lake
13 15 (0.76%) Data Vault
14 14 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
14 14 (0.71%) Amazon Aurora
15 13 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
15 13 (0.66%) DB2
15 13 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
16 11 (0.56%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 42 (2.12%) Jenkins
2 32 (1.62%) JIRA
3 26 (1.31%) Git
4 20 (1.01%) GitLab
5 9 (0.46%) ERwin
6 8 (0.40%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.40%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.30%) MLflow
8 5 (0.25%) Artifactory
8 5 (0.25%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.20%) Snyk
9 4 (0.20%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.15%) Maven
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.15%) Postman
11 2 (0.10%) Chocolatey
11 2 (0.10%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.10%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.10%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.10%) Robot Framework
General
1 433 (21.89%) Social Skills
2 409 (20.68%) Finance
3 231 (11.68%) Public Sector
4 135 (6.83%) Banking
5 133 (6.72%) Analytical Skills
6 78 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
7 64 (3.24%) Retail
8 61 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
9 55 (2.78%) Law
10 51 (2.58%) Legal
11 43 (2.17%) Telecoms
12 37 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
13 33 (1.67%) Marketing
14 27 (1.37%) Financial Institution
15 26 (1.31%) Manufacturing
16 21 (1.06%) Billing
17 15 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 12 (0.61%) Local Government
18 12 (0.61%) Military
19 10 (0.51%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (7.08%) REST
2 97 (4.90%) Middleware
3 73 (3.69%) SOAP
4 64 (3.24%) LDAP
5 54 (2.73%) .NET
6 42 (2.12%) Kafka
6 42 (2.12%) OpenID
7 36 (1.82%) JSON
8 30 (1.52%) SAML
9 28 (1.42%) OAuth
10 26 (1.31%) AngularJS
11 25 (1.26%) React
12 20 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
13 18 (0.91%) Spring
14 17 (0.86%) RESTful
15 15 (0.76%) Vue
16 14 (0.71%) PySpark
16 14 (0.71%) Web Services
17 13 (0.66%) .NET Framework
17 13 (0.66%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 189 (9.56%) Cloud Native
2 71 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
3 65 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
4 55 (2.78%) Security Posture
5 54 (2.73%) Data Centre
5 54 (2.73%) Onboarding
6 49 (2.48%) Product Ownership
7 48 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
8 47 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
9 41 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
10 34 (1.72%) PKI
11 31 (1.57%) Management Information System
12 30 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
13 29 (1.47%) CMDB
14 24 (1.21%) Data Structures
15 23 (1.16%) AI Agents
16 19 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
17 18 (0.91%) Replication
18 17 (0.86%) Private Cloud
19 16 (0.81%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 34 (1.72%) Windows
2 27 (1.37%) Linux
3 10 (0.51%) zOS
4 8 (0.40%) Android
4 8 (0.40%) Apple iOS
4 8 (0.40%) Unix
5 5 (0.25%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.20%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.15%) Solaris
7 3 (0.15%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.10%) AIX
8 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.10%) VMS
9 1 (0.051%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (15.52%) Migration
2 289 (14.61%) Roadmaps
3 263 (13.30%) DevOps
4 247 (12.49%) AI
5 238 (12.03%) CI/CD
6 234 (11.83%) Agile
7 221 (11.17%) Integration Patterns
8 217 (10.97%) Stakeholder Management
9 216 (10.92%) Analytics
10 214 (10.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 213 (10.77%) Data Modelling
12 198 (10.01%) Problem-Solving
13 193 (9.76%) Technical Leadership
14 188 (9.50%) Data Architecture
15 181 (9.15%) Enterprise Architecture
16 166 (8.39%) Architectural Patterns
17 152 (7.68%) TOGAF
18 151 (7.63%) Architectural Design
19 148 (7.48%) Infrastructure as Code
20 139 (7.03%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 177 (8.95%) Python
2 134 (6.77%) SQL
3 95 (4.80%) Java
4 92 (4.65%) PowerShell
5 30 (1.52%) JavaScript
6 29 (1.47%) C#
7 20 (1.01%) TypeScript
8 18 (0.91%) Bicep
9 15 (0.76%) Ruby
10 14 (0.71%) Bash
11 11 (0.56%) Apex Code
12 9 (0.46%) Scala
13 7 (0.35%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.30%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.20%) C++
15 4 (0.20%) Go
15 4 (0.20%) Korn
15 4 (0.20%) R
15 4 (0.20%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.20%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 568 (28.72%) Security Cleared
2 482 (24.37%) SC Cleared
3 75 (3.79%) Degree
4 69 (3.49%) Azure Certification
5 49 (2.48%) AWS Certification
6 44 (2.22%) CISSP
7 43 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (1.97%) DV Cleared
9 34 (1.72%) TOGAF Certification
10 31 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (1.11%) CISM
11 22 (1.11%) Master's Degree
12 21 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 19 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
14 15 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 15 (0.76%) CCNP
15 13 (0.66%) CCIE
16 11 (0.56%) CCSP
17 6 (0.30%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (3.84%) GDPR
2 60 (3.03%) Data Quality
3 56 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 55 (2.78%) NIST
5 43 (2.17%) NCSC
6 39 (1.97%) QA
7 26 (1.31%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.71%) ISO 20022
9 13 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (0.61%) GRC
11 9 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.40%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.40%) PSD2
13 7 (0.35%) Accessibility
13 7 (0.35%) EU AI Act
13 7 (0.35%) HL7
13 7 (0.35%) SEPA
14 6 (0.30%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.30%) SLA
15 5 (0.25%) PERC
System Software
1 81 (4.10%) Active Directory
2 67 (3.39%) Docker
3 27 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.81%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.46%) Squid
5 9 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.35%) Varnish
7 6 (0.30%) vSphere
8 5 (0.25%) Postfix
8 5 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.20%) NFS
10 3 (0.15%) Sendmail
10 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.10%) Ceph
11 2 (0.10%) Firmware
11 2 (0.10%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.10%) Lustre
11 2 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.10%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.051%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Systems Management
1 132 (6.67%) Terraform
2 125 (6.32%) Kubernetes
3 35 (1.77%) Ansible
4 25 (1.26%) Grafana
5 22 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.86%) FortiGate
7 16 (0.81%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.35%) Consul
10 5 (0.25%) HAProxy
11 4 (0.20%) Argo
11 4 (0.20%) Istio
11 4 (0.20%) Kibana
12 3 (0.15%) Karpenter
12 3 (0.15%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.10%) Amdocs OSS
13 2 (0.10%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.10%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.10%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 287 (14.51%) Microsoft
2 114 (5.76%) ServiceNow
3 108 (5.46%) Salesforce
4 106 (5.36%) SAP
5 105 (5.31%) Databricks
6 95 (4.80%) Oracle
7 67 (3.39%) CyberArk
8 42 (2.12%) Cisco
8 42 (2.12%) Google
9 35 (1.77%) BeyondTrust
9 35 (1.77%) Splunk
10 34 (1.72%) Centrify
10 34 (1.72%) VMware
11 30 (1.52%) IBM
12 26 (1.31%) Workday
13 25 (1.26%) Palo Alto
14 24 (1.21%) OpenAI
15 23 (1.16%) MuleSoft
16 20 (1.01%) Zscaler
17 19 (0.96%) Ariba