Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Architect
England > London

The median Architect daily rate in London is £630, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 18 17
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,467 1,373 1,730
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.84% 10.02% 9.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.62% 10.70% 10.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 807 1,252
10th Percentile £469 £487 £500
25th Percentile £525 £550 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £750 £763 £745
90th Percentile £838 £813 £825
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 2
10th Percentile £64.20 - £43.55
25th Percentile £65.00 - £44.33
Median hourly rate £70.00 £35.00 £47.78
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -26.74% -
75th Percentile £93.75 - £50.33
90th Percentile £95.00 - £50.58
England median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £78.74
% change year-on-year +3.57% -11.10% +12.49%

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 13,809 12,833 17,092
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 93.62% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,178 8,202 12,366
10th Percentile £350 £336 £325
25th Percentile £425 £443 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 140 334
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.98 £15.96
25th Percentile £23.75 £24.66 £18.95
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £28.16
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +24.31% -15.34%
75th Percentile £63.00 £53.75 £49.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.95 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -2.10%

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 5 February 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 5 February 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 5 February 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 +2 205 £650 - 103
West London -12 17 £669 +33.70% 12
South London 0 14 £534 -19.05% 12
East London -1 9 £545 -14.51% 13
North London +4 2 £663 -7.15% 2
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 February 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.

1 482 (32.86%) Azure
2 388 (26.45%) Security Cleared
3 367 (25.02%) AWS
4 331 (22.56%) SC Cleared
5 232 (15.81%) Microsoft
6 207 (14.11%) Roadmaps
7 196 (13.36%) DevOps
8 187 (12.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 184 (12.54%) Agile
10 183 (12.47%) Migration
11 175 (11.93%) CI/CD
12 173 (11.79%) Problem-Solving
13 164 (11.18%) AI
14 159 (10.84%) Data Modelling
15 157 (10.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 154 (10.50%) Technical Leadership
17 150 (10.22%) GCP
18 145 (9.88%) Enterprise Architecture
19 144 (9.82%) Analytics
20 143 (9.75%) Data Architecture
20 143 (9.75%) Python
21 140 (9.54%) Integration Patterns
22 120 (8.18%) Terraform
23 115 (7.84%) REST
24 110 (7.50%) TOGAF
25 109 (7.43%) Microservices
26 106 (7.23%) SQL
27 102 (6.95%) Infrastructure as Code
28 94 (6.41%) Security Architecture
29 93 (6.34%) Architectural Patterns

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 25 (1.70%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.30%) Confluence
3 12 (0.82%) Apache Spark
3 12 (0.82%) CMS
4 11 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.48%) Apache
7 6 (0.41%) nginx
8 5 (0.34%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.34%) Mule
8 5 (0.34%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.27%) Camunda
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.27%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.14%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.14%) Luigi
11 2 (0.14%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 6 (0.41%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.068%) ArchiCAD
6 1 (0.068%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.068%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 37 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.55%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.48%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.41%) SAP PM
7 5 (0.34%) SAP EWM
8 4 (0.27%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.27%) Endur
8 4 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.20%) SAP PP
9 3 (0.20%) SAP QM
9 3 (0.20%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 482 (32.86%) Azure
2 367 (25.02%) AWS
3 150 (10.22%) GCP
4 75 (5.11%) Power Platform
5 71 (4.84%) Serverless
6 64 (4.36%) SaaS
7 53 (3.61%) Entra ID
8 49 (3.34%) IaaS
9 44 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
10 43 (2.93%) Amazon S3
10 43 (2.93%) AWS Lambda
11 41 (2.79%) GitHub
12 37 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
13 36 (2.45%) Snowflake
14 34 (2.32%) PaaS
14 34 (2.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 30 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
16 29 (1.98%) AWS CloudFormation
16 29 (1.98%) OpenShift
17 28 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 70 (4.77%) Firewall
2 54 (3.68%) Network Security
3 50 (3.41%) WAN
4 41 (2.79%) VPN
5 34 (2.32%) DNS
6 30 (2.04%) LAN
7 27 (1.84%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.89%) BGP
8 13 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (0.82%) TCP/IP
10 11 (0.75%) OSPF
11 8 (0.55%) SSL
12 6 (0.41%) 5G
12 6 (0.41%) Internet
13 5 (0.34%) DHCP
13 5 (0.34%) MPLS
13 5 (0.34%) OpenVPN
13 5 (0.34%) VSAN
14 4 (0.27%) NGFW
14 4 (0.27%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (3.41%) Data Lake
2 46 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
3 44 (3.00%) Power BI
4 34 (2.32%) Metadata
5 32 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
6 25 (1.70%) SQL Server
7 21 (1.43%) NoSQL
8 19 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
9 18 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
10 17 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
11 16 (1.09%) Data Vault
11 16 (1.09%) Tableau
12 12 (0.82%) Delta Lake
13 11 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
13 11 (0.75%) DynamoDB
14 10 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (0.68%) DB2
15 9 (0.61%) BigQuery
15 9 (0.61%) OLTP
15 9 (0.61%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 40 (2.73%) Jenkins
2 25 (1.70%) JIRA
3 20 (1.36%) GitLab
4 9 (0.61%) ERwin
4 9 (0.61%) Git
5 6 (0.41%) Bitbucket
5 6 (0.41%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.27%) Terragrunt
7 3 (0.20%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.14%) Chocolatey
9 1 (0.068%) Ant
9 1 (0.068%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.068%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.068%) JUnit
9 1 (0.068%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.068%) MLflow
9 1 (0.068%) Postman
9 1 (0.068%) PowerBuilder
9 1 (0.068%) REST Assured
General
1 384 (26.18%) Social Skills
2 318 (21.68%) Finance
3 164 (11.18%) Public Sector
4 115 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
5 104 (7.09%) Banking
6 53 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
7 46 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
8 37 (2.52%) Legal
9 36 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
10 32 (2.18%) Telecoms
11 31 (2.11%) Retail
12 30 (2.04%) Marketing
13 24 (1.64%) Manufacturing
14 23 (1.57%) Billing
14 23 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 22 (1.50%) Financial Institution
16 20 (1.36%) Law
17 13 (0.89%) Military
18 11 (0.75%) Back Office
19 10 (0.68%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (7.84%) REST
2 62 (4.23%) Middleware
2 62 (4.23%) SOAP
3 60 (4.09%) LDAP
4 42 (2.86%) OpenID
5 41 (2.79%) JSON
6 39 (2.66%) .NET
7 35 (2.39%) SAML
8 34 (2.32%) Kafka
9 30 (2.04%) OAuth
10 21 (1.43%) AngularJS
11 16 (1.09%) PySpark
12 14 (0.95%) React
12 14 (0.95%) RESTful
13 13 (0.89%) OAuth2
14 11 (0.75%) XML
15 10 (0.68%) ARM Templates
15 10 (0.68%) Spring
15 10 (0.68%) Spring Boot
16 9 (0.61%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 127 (8.66%) Cloud Native
2 58 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
3 48 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
4 46 (3.14%) Onboarding
5 45 (3.07%) Security Posture
6 38 (2.59%) PKI
7 37 (2.52%) Data Centre
8 36 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
9 34 (2.32%) Hybrid Cloud
10 33 (2.25%) Product Ownership
11 27 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
12 24 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
13 23 (1.57%) Management Information System
14 20 (1.36%) Data Structures
15 16 (1.09%) CMDB
15 16 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
15 16 (1.09%) Private Cloud
16 15 (1.02%) Mobile App
17 14 (0.95%) IoT
17 14 (0.95%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 34 (2.32%) Windows
2 19 (1.30%) Linux
3 10 (0.68%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.41%) Android
4 6 (0.41%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.41%) Unix
5 5 (0.34%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.34%) zOS
6 3 (0.20%) CentOS
6 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.20%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.068%) Solaris
8 1 (0.068%) VMS
8 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (14.11%) Roadmaps
2 196 (13.36%) DevOps
3 187 (12.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 184 (12.54%) Agile
5 183 (12.47%) Migration
6 175 (11.93%) CI/CD
7 173 (11.79%) Problem-Solving
8 164 (11.18%) AI
9 159 (10.84%) Data Modelling
10 157 (10.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 154 (10.50%) Technical Leadership
12 145 (9.88%) Enterprise Architecture
13 144 (9.82%) Analytics
14 143 (9.75%) Data Architecture
15 140 (9.54%) Integration Patterns
16 110 (7.50%) TOGAF
17 109 (7.43%) Microservices
18 102 (6.95%) Infrastructure as Code
19 94 (6.41%) Security Architecture
20 93 (6.34%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 143 (9.75%) Python
2 106 (7.23%) SQL
3 85 (5.79%) PowerShell
4 55 (3.75%) Java
5 25 (1.70%) C#
5 25 (1.70%) JavaScript
6 22 (1.50%) TypeScript
7 18 (1.23%) Bicep
8 14 (0.95%) Bash
9 8 (0.55%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.48%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.41%) Apex Code
11 6 (0.41%) R
11 6 (0.41%) Ruby
12 5 (0.34%) Korn
13 4 (0.27%) Go
13 4 (0.27%) Scala
14 3 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.14%) SOQL
15 2 (0.14%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 388 (26.45%) Security Cleared
2 331 (22.56%) SC Cleared
3 68 (4.64%) Degree
4 49 (3.34%) Azure Certification
5 41 (2.79%) AWS Certification
6 37 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (2.25%) DV Cleared
8 27 (1.84%) TOGAF Certification
9 24 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (1.57%) CISSP
11 20 (1.36%) Master's Degree
12 19 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 15 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (0.89%) CCNP
16 9 (0.61%) CCIE
17 8 (0.55%) CISM
18 5 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 5 (0.34%) CCSE
18 5 (0.34%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (4.09%) GDPR
2 50 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (2.93%) Data Quality
3 43 (2.93%) NIST
4 36 (2.45%) NCSC
5 34 (2.32%) QA
6 19 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 12 (0.82%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.75%) HIPAA
9 10 (0.68%) GRC
10 8 (0.55%) ISO 20022
11 7 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.34%) EU AI Act
12 5 (0.34%) PERC
12 5 (0.34%) SLA
13 4 (0.27%) MiFID
13 4 (0.27%) PSD2
13 4 (0.27%) SEPA
14 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 73 (4.98%) Active Directory
2 66 (4.50%) Docker
3 22 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.02%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.41%) vSphere
7 5 (0.34%) Squid
8 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.20%) Lustre
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.14%) Ceph
9 2 (0.14%) Firmware
9 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.14%) Varnish
9 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.068%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.068%) GPFS
10 1 (0.068%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 120 (8.18%) Terraform
2 88 (6.00%) Kubernetes
3 34 (2.32%) Ansible
4 20 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (1.09%) Grafana
6 14 (0.95%) FortiGate
7 10 (0.68%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.34%) Consul
10 4 (0.27%) Kibana
10 4 (0.27%) SCCM
11 3 (0.20%) Argo
11 3 (0.20%) Istio
11 3 (0.20%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.20%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.14%) Nagios
12 2 (0.14%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.14%) Puppet
12 2 (0.14%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 232 (15.81%) Microsoft
2 83 (5.66%) Salesforce
2 83 (5.66%) SAP
3 78 (5.32%) Databricks
4 77 (5.25%) ServiceNow
5 66 (4.50%) CyberArk
6 61 (4.16%) Oracle
7 44 (3.00%) Google
8 38 (2.59%) Cisco
9 34 (2.32%) BeyondTrust
9 34 (2.32%) Centrify
9 34 (2.32%) Splunk
10 25 (1.70%) Palo Alto
10 25 (1.70%) VMware
11 20 (1.36%) OpenAI
12 17 (1.16%) IBM
12 17 (1.16%) MuleSoft
13 14 (0.95%) Zscaler
14 13 (0.89%) Pega
14 13 (0.89%) Workday