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 May 2026.

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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 20 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,064 1,252 1,780
As % of all contract jobs in London 11.68% 9.96% 10.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.60% 10.66% 10.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,433 828 1,280
10th Percentile £475 £488 £500
25th Percentile £515 £554 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £642 £672
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -4.54% -3.96%
75th Percentile £745 £744 £751
90th Percentile £825 £800 £850
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -2.77%
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% -2.04%
75th Percentile £75.84 £75.63 £62.50
90th Percentile £97.50 £90.25 -
England median hourly rate £68.72 £72.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -5.21% +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 16,386 11,740 16,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 93.40% 93.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,903 8,049 11,935
10th Percentile £350 £341 £325
25th Percentile £425 £430 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £675
90th Percentile £751 £800 £800
England median daily rate £511 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 145 336
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.33 £16.01
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.00 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.65 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% +26.00% -22.54%
75th Percentile £63.08 £50.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £30.62 £36.50
% change year-on-year +53.52% -16.12% -18.03%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 +9 302 £650 -0.84% 124
West London -1 31 £625 -7.41% 24
South London -1 21 £644 -1.00% 2
East London -5 12 £630 +0.80% 7
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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.

1 580 (28.10%) Azure
2 565 (27.37%) Security Cleared
3 505 (24.47%) AWS
4 474 (22.97%) SC Cleared
5 329 (15.94%) Migration
6 298 (14.44%) Microsoft
7 283 (13.71%) Roadmaps
8 269 (13.03%) DevOps
9 265 (12.84%) AI
10 253 (12.26%) CI/CD
11 230 (11.14%) Integration Patterns
12 217 (10.51%) Stakeholder Management
13 216 (10.47%) Agile
14 215 (10.42%) Analytics
15 210 (10.17%) GCP
16 208 (10.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 203 (9.84%) Data Modelling
18 193 (9.35%) Data Architecture
19 189 (9.16%) Technical Leadership
20 184 (8.91%) Problem-Solving
21 183 (8.87%) Enterprise Architecture
22 178 (8.62%) Python
23 171 (8.28%) Architectural Patterns
24 163 (7.90%) Infrastructure as Code
25 152 (7.36%) TOGAF
26 149 (7.22%) Architectural Design
27 138 (6.69%) Microservices
27 138 (6.69%) SQL
28 137 (6.64%) Terraform
29 135 (6.54%) ServiceNow

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 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.21%) Confluence
3 19 (0.92%) Apache Spark
4 16 (0.78%) Apache
5 13 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.58%) nginx
7 10 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.39%) Camunda
8 8 (0.39%) Palantir Foundry
9 6 (0.29%) Anypoint
9 6 (0.29%) CMS
10 5 (0.24%) Mule
11 4 (0.19%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.15%) Appian
12 3 (0.15%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.15%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.097%) JBoss
13 2 (0.097%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (0.44%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.048%) ArchiCAD
3 1 (0.048%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.048%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.048%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.048%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 52 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 11 (0.53%) 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
1 580 (28.10%) Azure
2 505 (24.47%) AWS
3 210 (10.17%) GCP
4 113 (5.47%) Power Platform
5 85 (4.12%) Serverless
6 82 (3.97%) SaaS
7 76 (3.68%) Entra ID
8 68 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
9 58 (2.81%) Amazon S3
10 57 (2.76%) GitHub
11 51 (2.47%) PaaS
12 49 (2.37%) AWS Lambda
13 48 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
13 48 (2.33%) Snowflake
14 46 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
15 44 (2.13%) IaaS
16 43 (2.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 37 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
18 33 (1.60%) Amazon EKS
19 31 (1.50%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 74 (3.59%) Network Security
2 66 (3.20%) Firewall
3 47 (2.28%) WAN
4 44 (2.13%) DNS
5 41 (1.99%) VPN
6 26 (1.26%) LAN
7 24 (1.16%) SD-WAN
8 15 (0.73%) BGP
9 14 (0.68%) OSPF
9 14 (0.68%) TCP/IP
10 10 (0.48%) MPLS
10 10 (0.48%) VXLAN
10 10 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.44%) OpenVPN
12 8 (0.39%) 3GPP
12 8 (0.39%) 5G
12 8 (0.39%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (0.29%) VSAN
14 5 (0.24%) NAS
14 5 (0.24%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (3.92%) Power BI
2 71 (3.44%) Data Lake
3 49 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
4 41 (1.99%) Metadata
5 34 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
6 33 (1.60%) SQL Server
7 28 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 26 (1.26%) NoSQL
9 23 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
10 21 (1.02%) BigQuery
11 19 (0.92%) Big Data
11 19 (0.92%) Delta Lake
12 17 (0.82%) Tableau
13 16 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
13 16 (0.78%) Amazon Aurora
14 14 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
14 14 (0.68%) DB2
15 13 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
16 12 (0.58%) Data Vault
16 12 (0.58%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 43 (2.08%) Jenkins
2 29 (1.41%) Git
3 26 (1.26%) JIRA
4 22 (1.07%) GitLab
5 9 (0.44%) ERwin
5 9 (0.44%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.39%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.39%) MLflow
7 5 (0.24%) Artifactory
7 5 (0.24%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.19%) Maven
8 4 (0.19%) Snyk
8 4 (0.19%) Terragrunt
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
1 405 (19.62%) Social Skills
2 397 (19.23%) Finance
3 226 (10.95%) Public Sector
4 136 (6.59%) Banking
5 107 (5.18%) Analytical Skills
6 74 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
7 68 (3.29%) Retail
8 60 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
9 55 (2.66%) Law
10 54 (2.62%) Legal
11 52 (2.52%) Telecoms
12 36 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
13 33 (1.60%) Billing
14 28 (1.36%) Marketing
15 25 (1.21%) Manufacturing
16 24 (1.16%) Financial Institution
17 15 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 12 (0.58%) Military
19 10 (0.48%) Electronics
19 10 (0.48%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (6.06%) REST
2 91 (4.41%) Middleware
3 78 (3.78%) SOAP
4 66 (3.20%) LDAP
5 61 (2.96%) .NET
6 43 (2.08%) Kafka
7 42 (2.03%) OpenID
8 30 (1.45%) SAML
9 27 (1.31%) OAuth
10 25 (1.21%) React
11 22 (1.07%) AngularJS
12 21 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
13 20 (0.97%) JSON
14 18 (0.87%) Spring
15 17 (0.82%) RESTful
16 15 (0.73%) .NET Framework
16 15 (0.73%) Vue
17 14 (0.68%) J2EE
17 14 (0.68%) Web Services
18 13 (0.63%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 200 (9.69%) Cloud Native
2 69 (3.34%) Enterprise Software
3 60 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
4 59 (2.86%) Onboarding
5 53 (2.57%) Security Posture
6 51 (2.47%) Data Centre
6 51 (2.47%) Distributed Systems
7 48 (2.33%) Product Ownership
8 47 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
9 38 (1.84%) Management Information System
10 32 (1.55%) CMDB
11 31 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
12 26 (1.26%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.11%) Data Structures
14 21 (1.02%) Mainframe
15 20 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
16 19 (0.92%) Enterprise Cloud
16 19 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
16 19 (0.92%) NHS
17 18 (0.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 34 (1.65%) Windows
2 31 (1.50%) Linux
3 10 (0.48%) 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 (0.048%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.048%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (15.94%) Migration
2 283 (13.71%) Roadmaps
3 269 (13.03%) DevOps
4 265 (12.84%) AI
5 253 (12.26%) CI/CD
6 230 (11.14%) Integration Patterns
7 217 (10.51%) Stakeholder Management
8 216 (10.47%) Agile
9 215 (10.42%) Analytics
10 208 (10.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 203 (9.84%) Data Modelling
12 193 (9.35%) Data Architecture
13 189 (9.16%) Technical Leadership
14 184 (8.91%) Problem-Solving
15 183 (8.87%) Enterprise Architecture
16 171 (8.28%) Architectural Patterns
17 163 (7.90%) Infrastructure as Code
18 152 (7.36%) TOGAF
19 149 (7.22%) Architectural Design
20 138 (6.69%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 178 (8.62%) Python
2 138 (6.69%) SQL
3 102 (4.94%) Java
4 79 (3.83%) PowerShell
5 28 (1.36%) C#
6 24 (1.16%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.02%) Bicep
8 18 (0.87%) TypeScript
9 15 (0.73%) Ruby
10 13 (0.63%) Bash
11 11 (0.53%) 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 (27.37%) Security Cleared
2 474 (22.97%) SC Cleared
3 77 (3.73%) Degree
4 68 (3.29%) Azure Certification
5 50 (2.42%) AWS Certification
6 46 (2.23%) CISSP
7 42 (2.03%) DV Cleared
8 41 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (1.65%) TOGAF Certification
10 31 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (1.16%) CISM
11 24 (1.16%) Master's Degree
12 21 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
13 20 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
14 15 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 15 (0.73%) CCNP
15 11 (0.53%) CCIE
15 11 (0.53%) CCSP
16 9 (0.44%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (3.63%) GDPR
2 57 (2.76%) NIST
3 56 (2.71%) Data Quality
4 55 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 43 (2.08%) NCSC
6 37 (1.79%) QA
7 22 (1.07%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.78%) ISO 20022
9 13 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (0.58%) SEPA
11 9 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.44%) GRC
11 9 (0.44%) PSD2
12 8 (0.39%) HIPAA
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 82 (3.97%) Active Directory
2 66 (3.20%) Docker
3 26 (1.26%) 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 (0.048%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 137 (6.64%) Terraform
2 125 (6.06%) Kubernetes
3 34 (1.65%) Ansible
4 27 (1.31%) Grafana
5 21 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.87%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.82%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.34%) Consul
10 5 (0.24%) Argo
10 5 (0.24%) HAProxy
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
1 298 (14.44%) Microsoft
2 135 (6.54%) ServiceNow
3 112 (5.43%) SAP
4 111 (5.38%) Databricks
5 100 (4.84%) Oracle
6 99 (4.80%) Salesforce
7 68 (3.29%) CyberArk
8 41 (1.99%) Google
9 37 (1.79%) Cisco
10 35 (1.70%) BeyondTrust
11 34 (1.65%) Centrify
11 34 (1.65%) Splunk
12 32 (1.55%) VMware
13 31 (1.50%) Workday
14 26 (1.26%) IBM
14 26 (1.26%) OpenAI
15 23 (1.11%) MuleSoft
16 21 (1.02%) Ariba
17 20 (0.97%) Palo Alto
18 19 (0.92%) Foundry