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 31 March 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 17 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,865 1,309 1,787
As % of all contract jobs in London 11.07% 10.37% 9.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.96% 11.07% 10.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,320 856 1,295
10th Percentile £475 £488 £500
25th Percentile £525 £550 £557
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £672
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -3.27% -1.90%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £750
90th Percentile £826 £813 £838
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 2
10th Percentile £65.00 £38.50 £44.47
25th Percentile £65.75 £43.75 £46.65
Median hourly rate £73.34 £60.00 £53.03
Median % change year-on-year +22.23% +13.15% -21.44%
75th Percentile £95.00 £67.50 £59.15
90th Percentile £97.25 - £61.16
England median hourly rate £71.89 £70.00 £83.77
% change year-on-year +2.69% -16.43% +19.66%

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 15,597 11,820 16,837
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 93.59% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,451 8,096 12,160
10th Percentile £350 £340 £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 £675 £675
90th Percentile £753 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 150 341
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.19 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £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 £63.00 £51.80 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £67.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £41.77 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +21.07% +6.15% -24.14%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 31 March 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 0 251 £650 -2.99% 137
West London -6 25 £640 +13.78% 18
South London +3 24 £600 -18.37% 3
East London +1 12 £650 +3.92% 12
North London 0 1 £700 +0.83%
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 March 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.

1 543 (29.12%) Azure
2 534 (28.63%) Security Cleared
3 476 (25.52%) AWS
4 450 (24.13%) SC Cleared
5 281 (15.07%) Migration
6 278 (14.91%) Microsoft
7 275 (14.75%) Roadmaps
8 255 (13.67%) DevOps
9 227 (12.17%) AI
10 225 (12.06%) CI/CD
11 220 (11.80%) Agile
12 212 (11.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 207 (11.10%) Stakeholder Management
14 204 (10.94%) Integration Patterns
15 199 (10.67%) GCP
16 197 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
17 192 (10.29%) Analytics
18 189 (10.13%) Data Modelling
19 185 (9.92%) Technical Leadership
20 179 (9.60%) Data Architecture
21 177 (9.49%) Enterprise Architecture
22 173 (9.28%) Python
23 155 (8.31%) Architectural Patterns
24 154 (8.26%) TOGAF
25 139 (7.45%) Architectural Design
26 136 (7.29%) Infrastructure as Code
26 136 (7.29%) REST
27 131 (7.02%) Microservices
28 130 (6.97%) SQL
28 130 (6.97%) 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 39 (2.09%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.39%) Confluence
3 18 (0.97%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.64%) CMS
6 11 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (0.59%) nginx
7 9 (0.48%) Apache
8 6 (0.32%) Anypoint
8 6 (0.32%) Camunda
9 5 (0.27%) Mule
10 4 (0.21%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.11%) Appian
12 2 (0.11%) JBoss
12 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (0.48%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.054%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.054%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.054%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.054%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.054%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 48 (2.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 10 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.38%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.38%) SAP PM
6 7 (0.38%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.32%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.27%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 4 (0.21%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.21%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.16%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 543 (29.12%) Azure
2 476 (25.52%) AWS
3 199 (10.67%) GCP
4 111 (5.95%) Power Platform
5 81 (4.34%) SaaS
6 78 (4.18%) Serverless
7 71 (3.81%) Entra ID
8 64 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
9 57 (3.06%) IaaS
10 54 (2.90%) GitHub
11 51 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
12 49 (2.63%) Amazon S3
13 47 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
14 45 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
15 44 (2.36%) PaaS
16 42 (2.25%) Snowflake
17 41 (2.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 33 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
19 32 (1.72%) Amazon EKS
20 30 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 75 (4.02%) Network Security
2 68 (3.65%) Firewall
3 53 (2.84%) WAN
4 45 (2.41%) VPN
5 42 (2.25%) DNS
6 30 (1.61%) SD-WAN
7 28 (1.50%) LAN
8 17 (0.91%) TCP/IP
9 16 (0.86%) BGP
10 15 (0.80%) OSPF
11 12 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.54%) VXLAN
13 9 (0.48%) MPLS
13 9 (0.48%) OpenVPN
14 8 (0.43%) 5G
15 7 (0.38%) Ethernet VPN
16 6 (0.32%) VSAN
17 5 (0.27%) 3GPP
17 5 (0.27%) Internet
18 4 (0.21%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (4.40%) Power BI
2 63 (3.38%) Data Lake
3 53 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (2.47%) Metadata
5 34 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
5 34 (1.82%) SQL Server
6 29 (1.55%) NoSQL
7 24 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
8 19 (1.02%) Big Data
9 17 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
9 17 (0.91%) BigQuery
9 17 (0.91%) Tableau
10 16 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
11 15 (0.80%) Delta Lake
12 14 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
12 14 (0.75%) Data Vault
12 14 (0.75%) DB2
13 12 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (0.64%) Oracle Database
14 11 (0.59%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 42 (2.25%) Jenkins
2 32 (1.72%) JIRA
3 26 (1.39%) Git
4 20 (1.07%) GitLab
5 9 (0.48%) ERwin
6 8 (0.43%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.43%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.32%) MLflow
8 5 (0.27%) Artifactory
8 5 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.21%) Snyk
9 4 (0.21%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.16%) Maven
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.11%) Chocolatey
11 2 (0.11%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.11%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.11%) Postman
11 2 (0.11%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.11%) Robot Framework
General
1 419 (22.47%) Social Skills
2 399 (21.39%) Finance
3 215 (11.53%) Public Sector
4 127 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (6.81%) Banking
5 76 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
6 59 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
7 55 (2.95%) Law
8 53 (2.84%) Retail
9 45 (2.41%) Legal
10 40 (2.14%) Telecoms
11 36 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
12 30 (1.61%) Marketing
13 28 (1.50%) Financial Institution
14 25 (1.34%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.07%) Billing
16 15 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (0.64%) Local Government
18 11 (0.59%) Military
19 10 (0.54%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (7.29%) REST
2 95 (5.09%) Middleware
3 67 (3.59%) SOAP
4 64 (3.43%) LDAP
5 47 (2.52%) .NET
6 43 (2.31%) OpenID
7 40 (2.14%) Kafka
8 36 (1.93%) JSON
9 31 (1.66%) SAML
10 28 (1.50%) AngularJS
10 28 (1.50%) OAuth
11 25 (1.34%) React
12 17 (0.91%) Spring
13 15 (0.80%) RESTful
13 15 (0.80%) Vue
14 13 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
14 13 (0.70%) PySpark
15 12 (0.64%) OAuth2
15 12 (0.64%) Web Services
15 12 (0.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 176 (9.44%) Cloud Native
2 69 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
3 64 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
4 52 (2.79%) Data Centre
4 52 (2.79%) Onboarding
4 52 (2.79%) Security Posture
5 46 (2.47%) Product Ownership
6 44 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
6 44 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
7 40 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
8 35 (1.88%) PKI
9 31 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
10 27 (1.45%) Management Information System
11 24 (1.29%) CMDB
12 23 (1.23%) AI Agents
13 22 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
14 21 (1.13%) Data Structures
15 19 (1.02%) Replication
16 17 (0.91%) FMCG
17 15 (0.80%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (1.77%) Windows
2 25 (1.34%) Linux
3 10 (0.54%) zOS
4 7 (0.38%) Android
4 7 (0.38%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.32%) Unix
6 5 (0.27%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.21%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.16%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.054%) CentOS
10 1 (0.054%) Solaris
10 1 (0.054%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (15.07%) Migration
2 275 (14.75%) Roadmaps
3 255 (13.67%) DevOps
4 227 (12.17%) AI
5 225 (12.06%) CI/CD
6 220 (11.80%) Agile
7 212 (11.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 207 (11.10%) Stakeholder Management
9 204 (10.94%) Integration Patterns
10 197 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
11 192 (10.29%) Analytics
12 189 (10.13%) Data Modelling
13 185 (9.92%) Technical Leadership
14 179 (9.60%) Data Architecture
15 177 (9.49%) Enterprise Architecture
16 155 (8.31%) Architectural Patterns
17 154 (8.26%) TOGAF
18 139 (7.45%) Architectural Design
19 136 (7.29%) Infrastructure as Code
20 131 (7.02%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 173 (9.28%) Python
2 130 (6.97%) SQL
3 91 (4.88%) PowerShell
4 83 (4.45%) Java
5 27 (1.45%) C#
5 27 (1.45%) JavaScript
6 21 (1.13%) TypeScript
7 15 (0.80%) Bicep
8 14 (0.75%) Ruby
9 13 (0.70%) Bash
10 10 (0.54%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.43%) Scala
12 7 (0.38%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.32%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.21%) C++
14 4 (0.21%) Go
14 4 (0.21%) Korn
14 4 (0.21%) R
14 4 (0.21%) SOQL
15 3 (0.16%) C
Qualifications
1 534 (28.63%) Security Cleared
2 450 (24.13%) SC Cleared
3 74 (3.97%) Degree
4 67 (3.59%) Azure Certification
5 50 (2.68%) AWS Certification
6 44 (2.36%) CISSP
7 43 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (1.98%) DV Cleared
9 34 (1.82%) TOGAF Certification
10 32 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (1.23%) CISM
12 22 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 22 (1.18%) Master's Degree
13 20 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
14 18 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
15 16 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 15 (0.80%) CCNP
17 13 (0.70%) CCIE
18 11 (0.59%) CCSP
19 6 (0.32%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (3.97%) GDPR
2 56 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 55 (2.95%) Data Quality
4 53 (2.84%) NIST
5 42 (2.25%) NCSC
6 38 (2.04%) QA
7 26 (1.39%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.75%) ISO 20022
9 13 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 10 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.54%) GRC
11 9 (0.48%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.48%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.43%) PSD2
13 7 (0.38%) EU AI Act
13 7 (0.38%) SEPA
14 6 (0.32%) SLA
15 5 (0.27%) HL7
15 5 (0.27%) PERC
16 4 (0.21%) COBIT
System Software
1 77 (4.13%) Active Directory
2 70 (3.75%) Docker
3 27 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.86%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.48%) Squid
5 9 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.32%) vSphere
7 5 (0.27%) Varnish
8 4 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.16%) Postfix
9 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.11%) Ceph
10 2 (0.11%) Firmware
10 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.11%) Lustre
10 2 (0.11%) NFS
10 2 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.054%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.054%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 130 (6.97%) Terraform
2 123 (6.60%) Kubernetes
3 36 (1.93%) Ansible
4 25 (1.34%) Grafana
5 23 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.91%) FortiGate
7 16 (0.86%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.38%) Consul
10 4 (0.21%) Istio
10 4 (0.21%) Kibana
11 3 (0.16%) Argo
11 3 (0.16%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.16%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.16%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.11%) Amdocs OSS
12 2 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.11%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 278 (14.91%) Microsoft
2 106 (5.68%) ServiceNow
3 102 (5.47%) SAP
4 97 (5.20%) Databricks
4 97 (5.20%) Salesforce
5 87 (4.66%) Oracle
6 65 (3.49%) CyberArk
7 43 (2.31%) Cisco
8 40 (2.14%) Google
9 35 (1.88%) BeyondTrust
10 34 (1.82%) Centrify
10 34 (1.82%) Splunk
10 34 (1.82%) VMware
11 30 (1.61%) IBM
12 25 (1.34%) Workday
13 23 (1.23%) OpenAI
13 23 (1.23%) Palo Alto
14 22 (1.18%) MuleSoft
15 19 (1.02%) Ariba
15 19 (1.02%) Zscaler