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 4 August 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 20 17
Rank change year-on-year +8 -3 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,563 1,384 1,618
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.81% 10.16% 9.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.76% 10.93% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,748 903 1,142
10th Percentile £475 £480 £488
25th Percentile £525 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £738 £736 £763
90th Percentile £806 £800 £850
England median daily rate £623 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.40% -3.85% -1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 3
10th Percentile £49.85 £54.50 £53.10
25th Percentile £55.00 £57.50 £54.75
Median hourly rate £64.25 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78.75 £83.75 £90.68
90th Percentile £98.58 £93.50 £107.59
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 18,620 12,668 15,338
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.08% 93.00% 94.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,167 8,582 10,875
10th Percentile £363 £326 £348
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 £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 202 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.48
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.93 £22.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £29.54 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +32.05% -10.69% -11.81%
75th Percentile £59.36 £50.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.75 £72.19
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.32 £45.00
% change year-on-year +77.73% -43.73% +5.88%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 4 August 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 +17 369 £625 -7.41% 180
West London -18 33 £625 +38.89% 33
South London -13 18 £723 +6.68% 11
East London +3 13 £700 +3.70% 8
North London -4 1 £650 -17.46% 1
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 August 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.

1 720 (28.09%) Azure
2 672 (26.22%) Security Cleared
3 598 (23.33%) AWS
4 565 (22.04%) SC Cleared
5 411 (16.04%) Roadmaps
6 405 (15.80%) Migration
7 396 (15.45%) AI
8 354 (13.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 325 (12.68%) Enterprise Architecture
10 323 (12.60%) Microsoft
11 310 (12.10%) Analytics
12 307 (11.98%) DevOps
13 300 (11.71%) Data Modelling
14 283 (11.04%) CI/CD
15 271 (10.57%) Data Architecture
15 271 (10.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 260 (10.14%) Integration Patterns
17 254 (9.91%) Agile
18 251 (9.79%) Technical Leadership
19 225 (8.78%) GCP
20 219 (8.54%) TOGAF
21 207 (8.08%) Architectural Patterns
22 182 (7.10%) Infrastructure as Code
23 172 (6.71%) Security Architecture
24 168 (6.55%) Event-Driven
24 168 (6.55%) Problem-Solving
25 163 (6.36%) Data Governance
25 163 (6.36%) Microservices
26 159 (6.20%) Business Intelligence
27 158 (6.16%) Translating Business Requirements

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 (1.64%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.48%) SAS
3 35 (1.37%) Apache
4 33 (1.29%) Apache Spark
5 25 (0.98%) Confluence
6 18 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
7 14 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (0.43%) CMS
9 9 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
10 7 (0.27%) nginx
11 6 (0.23%) Appian
11 6 (0.23%) ArcGIS
11 6 (0.23%) Camunda
12 3 (0.12%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.078%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.039%) MQSeries
14 1 (0.039%) OpenROAD
14 1 (0.039%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (0.31%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (0.23%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.039%) Notion
3 1 (0.039%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.039%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 61 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 16 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (0.31%) SAP BRIM
6 7 (0.27%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.23%) Endur
8 5 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 4 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 4 (0.16%) Oracle Retail
9 4 (0.16%) SAP Convergent Charging
9 4 (0.16%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.16%) Workday HCM
10 3 (0.12%) SAP FSCM
10 3 (0.12%) SAP IBP
10 3 (0.12%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 720 (28.09%) Azure
2 598 (23.33%) AWS
3 225 (8.78%) GCP
4 154 (6.01%) Power Platform
5 103 (4.02%) SaaS
6 95 (3.71%) Entra ID
7 84 (3.28%) Serverless
8 80 (3.12%) Dynamics 365
9 71 (2.77%) GitHub
10 68 (2.65%) Snowflake
11 61 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
11 61 (2.38%) PaaS
12 48 (1.87%) Amazon S3
13 45 (1.76%) Microsoft 365
14 42 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
15 38 (1.48%) IaaS
16 32 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
16 32 (1.25%) OCI
17 30 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 30 (1.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 94 (3.67%) Network Security
2 56 (2.18%) Firewall
3 35 (1.37%) VPN
4 28 (1.09%) DNS
4 28 (1.09%) WAN
5 19 (0.74%) LAN
6 13 (0.51%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.43%) MPLS
7 11 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
8 9 (0.35%) 4G
8 9 (0.35%) 5G
8 9 (0.35%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.35%) VXLAN
9 8 (0.31%) BGP
9 8 (0.31%) NGFW
10 7 (0.27%) 3GPP
10 7 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
10 7 (0.27%) OSPF
11 6 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.20%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (4.33%) Power BI
2 91 (3.55%) Data Lake
3 77 (3.00%) Metadata
4 75 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (1.25%) Big Data
6 31 (1.21%) SQL Server
7 30 (1.17%) NoSQL
8 24 (0.94%) BigQuery
9 22 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
9 22 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
10 21 (0.82%) Delta Lake
11 20 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
12 15 (0.59%) Amazon Athena
13 14 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (0.47%) Data Vault
14 12 (0.47%) Tableau
15 11 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (0.43%) GIS
15 11 (0.43%) Oracle Database
15 11 (0.43%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 39 (1.52%) Git
2 36 (1.40%) JIRA
3 30 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 16 (0.62%) GitLab
5 8 (0.31%) ERwin
5 8 (0.31%) MLflow
6 7 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
7 6 (0.23%) Maven
7 6 (0.23%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.20%) Claude Code
8 5 (0.20%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.20%) Storybook
9 4 (0.16%) Snyk
10 3 (0.12%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.12%) JMeter
10 3 (0.12%) VTune
11 2 (0.078%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.078%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.078%) Robot Framework
General
1 485 (18.92%) Finance
2 473 (18.45%) Social Skills
3 290 (11.31%) Public Sector
4 171 (6.67%) Banking
5 142 (5.54%) Retail
6 127 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
7 85 (3.32%) Telecoms
8 72 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
9 53 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
10 52 (2.03%) Legal
11 43 (1.68%) Law
12 37 (1.44%) Billing
12 37 (1.44%) Marketing
13 26 (1.01%) Financial Institution
14 25 (0.98%) Manufacturing
15 24 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 16 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
17 13 (0.51%) Local Government
18 11 (0.43%) Investment Banking
18 11 (0.43%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (5.23%) REST
2 86 (3.36%) Middleware
3 84 (3.28%) .NET
4 67 (2.61%) Kafka
5 64 (2.50%) SOAP
6 41 (1.60%) OAuth
7 32 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
8 29 (1.13%) .NET Framework
8 29 (1.13%) React
9 25 (0.98%) PySpark
10 24 (0.94%) OAuth2
11 22 (0.86%) JSON
12 21 (0.82%) Lightning Web Components
12 21 (0.82%) OpenID
12 21 (0.82%) SAML
13 20 (0.78%) RESTful
14 18 (0.70%) AngularJS
14 18 (0.70%) XML
15 15 (0.59%) HTML
15 15 (0.59%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 248 (9.68%) Cloud Native
2 75 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
3 69 (2.69%) AI Agents
4 66 (2.58%) Distributed Systems
4 66 (2.58%) Product Ownership
5 65 (2.54%) Onboarding
6 62 (2.42%) Data Centre
7 57 (2.22%) Management Information System
8 52 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
9 50 (1.95%) CMDB
9 50 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
10 38 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
11 32 (1.25%) Data Structures
12 31 (1.21%) Enterprise Cloud
13 30 (1.17%) Security Posture
14 29 (1.13%) Taxonomies
15 27 (1.05%) Mainframe
16 25 (0.98%) Public Cloud
17 22 (0.86%) NHS
18 21 (0.82%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 40 (1.56%) Linux
2 30 (1.17%) Windows
3 11 (0.43%) Unix
4 9 (0.35%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.31%) Android
5 8 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.23%) zOS
7 5 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.12%) AIX
9 3 (0.12%) Solaris
10 2 (0.078%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.078%) VMS
11 1 (0.039%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (16.04%) Roadmaps
2 405 (15.80%) Migration
3 396 (15.45%) AI
4 354 (13.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 325 (12.68%) Enterprise Architecture
6 310 (12.10%) Analytics
7 307 (11.98%) DevOps
8 300 (11.71%) Data Modelling
9 283 (11.04%) CI/CD
10 271 (10.57%) Data Architecture
10 271 (10.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 260 (10.14%) Integration Patterns
12 254 (9.91%) Agile
13 251 (9.79%) Technical Leadership
14 219 (8.54%) TOGAF
15 207 (8.08%) Architectural Patterns
16 182 (7.10%) Infrastructure as Code
17 172 (6.71%) Security Architecture
18 168 (6.55%) Event-Driven
18 168 (6.55%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 144 (5.62%) Python
2 132 (5.15%) SQL
3 105 (4.10%) Java
4 59 (2.30%) JavaScript
5 43 (1.68%) PowerShell
6 37 (1.44%) C#
7 25 (0.98%) Bicep
7 25 (0.98%) TypeScript
8 21 (0.82%) Apex Code
9 19 (0.74%) Bash
10 14 (0.55%) Ruby
11 9 (0.35%) C++
11 9 (0.35%) Scala
12 8 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (0.27%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.23%) Cypher
14 6 (0.23%) Groovy
14 6 (0.23%) Rust
15 4 (0.16%) Gremlin
15 4 (0.16%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 672 (26.22%) Security Cleared
2 565 (22.04%) SC Cleared
3 78 (3.04%) Degree
4 69 (2.69%) CISSP
5 67 (2.61%) Azure Certification
6 62 (2.42%) AWS Certification
7 59 (2.30%) DV Cleared
8 41 (1.60%) TOGAF Certification
9 38 (1.48%) CISM
10 33 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
10 33 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 20 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 20 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.66%) Master's Degree
15 14 (0.55%) CCSP
15 14 (0.55%) CISA
16 12 (0.47%) CCNP
17 8 (0.31%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (3.86%) Data Quality
2 93 (3.63%) GDPR
3 74 (2.89%) NIST
4 68 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 48 (1.87%) GRC
6 32 (1.25%) NCSC
7 28 (1.09%) QA
8 22 (0.86%) PCI DSS
9 18 (0.70%) SEPA
10 17 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 15 (0.59%) ISO 20022
12 14 (0.55%) Accessibility
12 14 (0.55%) NIST 800
13 12 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
14 10 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
14 10 (0.39%) HIPAA
15 8 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 8 (0.31%) PSD2
16 7 (0.27%) IFRS
17 6 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 56 (2.18%) Docker
2 53 (2.07%) Active Directory
3 16 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.27%) Varnish
4 7 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.23%) Postfix
6 5 (0.20%) NFS
7 4 (0.16%) Sendmail
7 4 (0.16%) Squid
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.12%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.078%) IAG
9 2 (0.078%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.078%) vSphere
10 1 (0.039%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.039%) Firmware
10 1 (0.039%) HDFS
10 1 (0.039%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.039%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 123 (4.80%) Kubernetes
1 123 (4.80%) Terraform
2 42 (1.64%) Ansible
3 25 (0.98%) Grafana
4 20 (0.78%) Prometheus
4 20 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.35%) Argo
6 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.23%) HAProxy
8 4 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.16%) SCCM
9 3 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
9 3 (0.12%) Istio
9 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.078%) Consul
10 2 (0.078%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.078%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.078%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.078%) Puppet
10 2 (0.078%) VxRail
Vendors
1 323 (12.60%) Microsoft
2 157 (6.13%) Oracle
3 147 (5.74%) ServiceNow
4 143 (5.58%) Databricks
5 140 (5.46%) SAP
6 116 (4.53%) Salesforce
7 52 (2.03%) Google
8 46 (1.79%) Cisco
9 38 (1.48%) Workday
10 34 (1.33%) CyberArk
10 34 (1.33%) IBM
11 30 (1.17%) MuleSoft
12 29 (1.13%) Foundry
13 28 (1.09%) OpenAI
14 25 (0.98%) Ariba
14 25 (0.98%) Splunk
15 22 (0.86%) Palo Alto
16 21 (0.82%) VMware
17 17 (0.66%) Adobe
17 17 (0.66%) Sparx