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 27 May 2026.

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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,224 1,274 1,733
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.15% 10.54% 9.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.10% 11.29% 10.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,539 831 1,248
10th Percentile £475 £493 £500
25th Percentile £515 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £663
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.89% -5.36%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £763
90th Percentile £825 £800 £850
England median daily rate £620 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.80% -3.85% -2.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 1
10th Percentile £59.60 £54.50 -
25th Percentile £65.00 £57.50 £57.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -9.43%
75th Percentile £78.23 £83.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £98.58 £93.50 -
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 16,983 11,286 16,307
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 93.40% 93.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,246 7,681 11,806
10th Percentile £356 £350 £325
25th Percentile £431 £431 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £682
90th Percentile £760 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 145 319
10th Percentile £19.19 £20.10 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.18 £20.22
Median hourly rate £39.50 £30.81 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.23% +12.02% -23.61%
75th Percentile £63.10 £49.75 £45.62
90th Percentile £76.58 £62.30 £65.23
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.00 £37.18
% change year-on-year +55.17% -22.00% -17.38%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 +16 340 £650 -2.99% 128
West London -9 33 £625 -7.41% 24
South London -2 22 £723 +3.21% 10
East London +4 17 £630 +5.00% 4
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 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.

1 629 (28.28%) Azure
2 626 (28.15%) Security Cleared
3 532 (23.92%) SC Cleared
4 530 (23.83%) AWS
5 359 (16.14%) Migration
6 309 (13.89%) Roadmaps
7 303 (13.62%) Microsoft
8 290 (13.04%) AI
9 279 (12.54%) DevOps
10 254 (11.42%) CI/CD
11 242 (10.88%) Stakeholder Management
12 233 (10.48%) Integration Patterns
13 227 (10.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 225 (10.12%) Data Modelling
15 218 (9.80%) GCP
16 217 (9.76%) Analytics
17 213 (9.58%) Data Architecture
18 200 (8.99%) Agile
19 199 (8.95%) Enterprise Architecture
20 194 (8.72%) Technical Leadership
21 185 (8.32%) Architectural Patterns
22 177 (7.96%) Problem-Solving
23 176 (7.91%) Python
24 173 (7.78%) Infrastructure as Code
25 161 (7.24%) TOGAF
26 152 (6.83%) Architectural Design
27 142 (6.38%) ServiceNow
28 135 (6.07%) Microservices
29 131 (5.89%) Event-Driven
29 131 (5.89%) SQL

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 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.08%) Confluence
3 22 (0.99%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.85%) Apache
5 12 (0.54%) nginx
6 11 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.40%) Camunda
8 8 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
9 6 (0.27%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.22%) Mule
11 4 (0.18%) CMS
11 4 (0.18%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.13%) Appian
12 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.090%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.090%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 2 (0.090%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (0.45%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.045%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.045%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.045%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.045%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.045%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 54 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (0.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 14 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.36%) SAP BRIM
6 6 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.27%) Workday HCM
7 5 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.22%) SAP EWM
7 5 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 5 (0.22%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 4 (0.18%) SAP Convergent Charging
8 4 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.18%) SAP PM
9 3 (0.13%) Endur
9 3 (0.13%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.13%) SAP IBP
9 3 (0.13%) SAP PP
9 3 (0.13%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 629 (28.28%) Azure
2 530 (23.83%) AWS
3 218 (9.80%) GCP
4 120 (5.40%) Power Platform
5 87 (3.91%) Serverless
6 86 (3.87%) SaaS
7 77 (3.46%) Entra ID
8 70 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
9 56 (2.52%) Amazon S3
9 56 (2.52%) GitHub
10 53 (2.38%) PaaS
11 51 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
12 50 (2.25%) Snowflake
13 49 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
14 43 (1.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 38 (1.71%) IaaS
15 38 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
16 35 (1.57%) Amazon EKS
17 34 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
18 31 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 81 (3.64%) Network Security
2 65 (2.92%) Firewall
3 46 (2.07%) WAN
4 42 (1.89%) DNS
4 42 (1.89%) VPN
5 27 (1.21%) LAN
6 22 (0.99%) SD-WAN
7 16 (0.72%) TCP/IP
8 15 (0.67%) BGP
9 14 (0.63%) OSPF
10 11 (0.49%) MPLS
10 11 (0.49%) VXLAN
11 10 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.40%) 5G
12 9 (0.40%) OpenVPN
13 8 (0.36%) 3GPP
13 8 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
14 6 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
15 5 (0.22%) VSAN
16 4 (0.18%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (3.78%) Power BI
2 70 (3.15%) Data Lake
3 50 (2.25%) Metadata
4 49 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
6 33 (1.48%) SQL Server
7 26 (1.17%) NoSQL
8 25 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
9 23 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
9 23 (1.03%) BigQuery
10 20 (0.90%) Big Data
10 20 (0.90%) Delta Lake
11 17 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
11 17 (0.76%) Tableau
12 16 (0.72%) Amazon Aurora
13 13 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (0.58%) Apache Iceberg
13 13 (0.58%) DB2
14 12 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (0.54%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 44 (1.98%) Jenkins
2 29 (1.30%) Git
3 24 (1.08%) JIRA
4 22 (0.99%) GitLab
5 10 (0.45%) ERwin
5 10 (0.45%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.36%) MLflow
7 7 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.22%) Maven
8 5 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.18%) Snyk
9 4 (0.18%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.13%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.13%) JMeter
10 3 (0.13%) Postman
11 2 (0.090%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.090%) MSI
11 2 (0.090%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.090%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.090%) Robot Framework
General
1 417 (18.75%) Finance
2 416 (18.71%) Social Skills
3 244 (10.97%) Public Sector
4 139 (6.25%) Banking
5 99 (4.45%) Analytical Skills
6 84 (3.78%) Retail
7 72 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
8 66 (2.97%) Telecoms
9 63 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
10 53 (2.38%) Law
10 53 (2.38%) Legal
11 37 (1.66%) Billing
12 28 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (1.17%) Financial Institution
14 25 (1.12%) Marketing
15 24 (1.08%) Manufacturing
16 21 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (0.67%) Military
18 10 (0.45%) Local Government
19 9 (0.40%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (5.49%) REST
2 84 (3.78%) Middleware
3 78 (3.51%) SOAP
4 69 (3.10%) .NET
5 68 (3.06%) LDAP
6 42 (1.89%) Kafka
7 40 (1.80%) OpenID
8 30 (1.35%) SAML
9 28 (1.26%) OAuth
10 26 (1.17%) React
11 22 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
12 20 (0.90%) .NET Framework
12 20 (0.90%) AngularJS
13 16 (0.72%) RESTful
14 15 (0.67%) PySpark
14 15 (0.67%) Spring
15 14 (0.63%) J2EE
15 14 (0.63%) Vue
15 14 (0.63%) Web Services
16 13 (0.58%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 210 (9.44%) Cloud Native
2 72 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
3 69 (3.10%) Onboarding
4 61 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
5 60 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
6 58 (2.61%) Product Ownership
7 57 (2.56%) Data Centre
8 55 (2.47%) Security Posture
9 45 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
10 39 (1.75%) CMDB
10 39 (1.75%) Management Information System
11 36 (1.62%) AI Agents
11 36 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
12 26 (1.17%) Mainframe
13 21 (0.94%) Data Structures
14 20 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
14 20 (0.90%) NHS
15 19 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
16 18 (0.81%) Private Cloud
16 18 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (1.48%) Linux
2 30 (1.35%) Windows
3 10 (0.45%) Unix
3 10 (0.45%) zOS
4 9 (0.40%) Android
4 9 (0.40%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.18%) Solaris
6 3 (0.13%) AIX
6 3 (0.13%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.13%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.090%) CentOS
7 2 (0.090%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.090%) VMS
7 2 (0.090%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.045%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (16.14%) Migration
2 309 (13.89%) Roadmaps
3 290 (13.04%) AI
4 279 (12.54%) DevOps
5 254 (11.42%) CI/CD
6 242 (10.88%) Stakeholder Management
7 233 (10.48%) Integration Patterns
8 227 (10.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 225 (10.12%) Data Modelling
10 217 (9.76%) Analytics
11 213 (9.58%) Data Architecture
12 200 (8.99%) Agile
13 199 (8.95%) Enterprise Architecture
14 194 (8.72%) Technical Leadership
15 185 (8.32%) Architectural Patterns
16 177 (7.96%) Problem-Solving
17 173 (7.78%) Infrastructure as Code
18 161 (7.24%) TOGAF
19 152 (6.83%) Architectural Design
20 135 (6.07%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 176 (7.91%) Python
2 131 (5.89%) SQL
3 101 (4.54%) Java
4 72 (3.24%) PowerShell
5 33 (1.48%) JavaScript
6 28 (1.26%) C#
7 23 (1.03%) Bicep
8 17 (0.76%) TypeScript
9 15 (0.67%) Ruby
10 12 (0.54%) Apex Code
11 11 (0.49%) Bash
12 10 (0.45%) Scala
13 6 (0.27%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.22%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.22%) R
14 5 (0.22%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.18%) Go
16 3 (0.13%) C
16 3 (0.13%) C++
16 3 (0.13%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 626 (28.15%) Security Cleared
2 532 (23.92%) SC Cleared
3 81 (3.64%) Degree
4 65 (2.92%) Azure Certification
5 52 (2.34%) CISSP
6 48 (2.16%) AWS Certification
7 39 (1.75%) DV Cleared
8 38 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 32 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
11 27 (1.21%) CISM
12 24 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
13 22 (0.99%) Master's Degree
14 21 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
15 18 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 17 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 14 (0.63%) CCNP
18 12 (0.54%) CCSP
19 11 (0.49%) CISA
20 9 (0.40%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (3.06%) GDPR
2 66 (2.97%) NIST
3 62 (2.79%) Data Quality
4 59 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 48 (2.16%) NCSC
6 40 (1.80%) QA
7 21 (0.94%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.72%) ISO 20022
9 15 (0.67%) GRC
10 13 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 13 (0.58%) SEPA
11 10 (0.45%) PSD2
12 9 (0.40%) NIST 800
13 8 (0.36%) Accessibility
13 8 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.36%) HIPAA
13 8 (0.36%) SLA
14 7 (0.31%) HL7
15 6 (0.27%) COBIT
16 4 (0.18%) GxP
System Software
1 80 (3.60%) Active Directory
2 61 (2.74%) Docker
3 23 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.58%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (0.40%) Squid
7 8 (0.36%) Varnish
8 7 (0.31%) Postfix
9 5 (0.22%) NFS
9 5 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.18%) Sendmail
10 4 (0.18%) vSphere
11 2 (0.090%) Ceph
11 2 (0.090%) Firmware
11 2 (0.090%) Lustre
11 2 (0.090%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.090%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.090%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.045%) HDFS
12 1 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 129 (5.80%) Terraform
2 119 (5.35%) Kubernetes
3 38 (1.71%) Ansible
4 25 (1.12%) Grafana
5 22 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.81%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.76%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.31%) Consul
8 7 (0.31%) HAProxy
9 5 (0.22%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.18%) Argo
10 4 (0.18%) Istio
10 4 (0.18%) Kibana
10 4 (0.18%) Puppet
11 3 (0.13%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.090%) Amdocs OSS
12 2 (0.090%) QRadar
12 2 (0.090%) SCCM
12 2 (0.090%) VxRail
Vendors
1 303 (13.62%) Microsoft
2 142 (6.38%) ServiceNow
3 127 (5.71%) Databricks
4 112 (5.04%) SAP
5 107 (4.81%) Oracle
6 105 (4.72%) Salesforce
7 78 (3.51%) CyberArk
8 50 (2.25%) Cisco
9 41 (1.84%) Google
10 35 (1.57%) BeyondTrust
10 35 (1.57%) Splunk
11 34 (1.53%) Centrify
12 30 (1.35%) Workday
13 28 (1.26%) IBM
14 27 (1.21%) VMware
15 26 (1.17%) MuleSoft
16 25 (1.12%) OpenAI
17 23 (1.03%) Palo Alto
18 21 (0.94%) Zscaler
19 20 (0.90%) Foundry