Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Architect
England > London

The median Architect daily rate in London is £640, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 19 17
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,427 1,378 1,693
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.66% 9.91% 9.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.42% 10.59% 9.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 993 809 1,216
10th Percentile £473 £488 £500
25th Percentile £533 £550 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £750 £760 £745
90th Percentile £838 £811 £800
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -1.37%
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 £78.34 £70.00 £78.37
% change year-on-year +11.91% -10.68% +11.96%

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 13,690 13,011 16,973
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 93.60% 93.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,077 8,349 12,255
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 141 306
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.14
25th Percentile £23.65 £24.18 £19.10
Median hourly rate £33.46 £35.00 £29.61
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% +18.20% -14.17%
75th Percentile £63.05 £53.75 £50.63
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.75 £67.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +7.14%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 29 January 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 -3 199 £650 - 81
West London -8 17 £669 +33.70% 15
South London +4 12 £534 -19.05% 10
East London +1 10 £565 -13.08% 13
North London +5 3 £700 -1.89%
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 January 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.

1 468 (32.80%) Azure
2 386 (27.05%) Security Cleared
3 358 (25.09%) AWS
4 328 (22.99%) SC Cleared
5 222 (15.56%) Microsoft
6 194 (13.59%) Roadmaps
7 190 (13.31%) DevOps
8 186 (13.03%) Stakeholder Management
9 183 (12.82%) Agile
10 175 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
11 170 (11.91%) CI/CD
11 170 (11.91%) Migration
12 157 (11.00%) AI
12 157 (11.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 154 (10.79%) Data Modelling
14 153 (10.72%) Technical Leadership
15 143 (10.02%) GCP
16 141 (9.88%) Enterprise Architecture
17 137 (9.60%) Analytics
17 137 (9.60%) Python
18 136 (9.53%) Data Architecture
19 133 (9.32%) Integration Patterns
20 118 (8.27%) Terraform
21 111 (7.78%) REST
22 105 (7.36%) Microservices
22 105 (7.36%) SQL
22 105 (7.36%) TOGAF
23 100 (7.01%) Infrastructure as Code
24 95 (6.66%) Security Architecture
25 92 (6.45%) Data Governance

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 24 (1.68%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.33%) Confluence
3 12 (0.84%) Apache Spark
3 12 (0.84%) CMS
4 11 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.49%) Apache
7 6 (0.42%) nginx
7 6 (0.42%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.28%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.28%) Camunda
8 4 (0.28%) Mule
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.28%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.21%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.14%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.070%) ArchiCAD
5 1 (0.070%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.070%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 34 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.56%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.49%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.42%) SAP PM
7 5 (0.35%) SAP EWM
8 4 (0.28%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.28%) Endur
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.21%) SAP PP
9 3 (0.21%) SAP QM
9 3 (0.21%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 468 (32.80%) Azure
2 358 (25.09%) AWS
3 143 (10.02%) GCP
4 79 (5.54%) Power Platform
5 69 (4.84%) Serverless
6 63 (4.41%) SaaS
7 50 (3.50%) Entra ID
8 47 (3.29%) IaaS
9 42 (2.94%) Amazon S3
9 42 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
10 41 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
11 39 (2.73%) GitHub
12 36 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
13 35 (2.45%) Snowflake
14 31 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
14 31 (2.17%) PaaS
14 31 (2.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 30 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
16 29 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
17 27 (1.89%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 68 (4.77%) Firewall
2 51 (3.57%) Network Security
2 51 (3.57%) WAN
3 39 (2.73%) VPN
4 33 (2.31%) DNS
5 31 (2.17%) LAN
6 27 (1.89%) SD-WAN
7 13 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.84%) BGP
8 12 (0.84%) TCP/IP
9 10 (0.70%) OSPF
10 8 (0.56%) SSL
11 6 (0.42%) Internet
11 6 (0.42%) NGFW
12 5 (0.35%) 5G
12 5 (0.35%) DHCP
12 5 (0.35%) MPLS
12 5 (0.35%) OpenVPN
12 5 (0.35%) VSAN
13 4 (0.28%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (3.50%) Data Lake
2 46 (3.22%) Power BI
3 43 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
5 29 (2.03%) Metadata
6 24 (1.68%) SQL Server
7 21 (1.47%) NoSQL
8 20 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
9 16 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (1.12%) Data Vault
10 15 (1.05%) Amazon Aurora
10 15 (1.05%) Tableau
11 13 (0.91%) Delta Lake
12 12 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
13 11 (0.77%) DynamoDB
14 10 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (0.70%) Apache Iceberg
15 9 (0.63%) Spark SQL
15 9 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 8 (0.56%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 38 (2.66%) Jenkins
2 24 (1.68%) JIRA
3 18 (1.26%) GitLab
4 9 (0.63%) ERwin
5 8 (0.56%) Git
6 6 (0.42%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.42%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.28%) Terragrunt
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.14%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.14%) Chocolatey
10 1 (0.070%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.070%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.070%) Katalon Studio
10 1 (0.070%) MLflow
10 1 (0.070%) Postman
10 1 (0.070%) PowerBuilder
10 1 (0.070%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.070%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 378 (26.49%) Social Skills
2 313 (21.93%) Finance
3 157 (11.00%) Public Sector
4 112 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
5 101 (7.08%) Banking
6 47 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
7 44 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
8 37 (2.59%) Legal
9 34 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
10 32 (2.24%) Retail
11 31 (2.17%) Telecoms
12 30 (2.10%) Marketing
13 27 (1.89%) Manufacturing
14 25 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 23 (1.61%) Billing
16 20 (1.40%) Financial Institution
17 18 (1.26%) Law
18 13 (0.91%) Military
19 11 (0.77%) Back Office
19 11 (0.77%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (7.78%) REST
2 59 (4.13%) LDAP
3 58 (4.06%) Middleware
3 58 (4.06%) SOAP
4 42 (2.94%) OpenID
5 41 (2.87%) JSON
6 37 (2.59%) .NET
7 35 (2.45%) SAML
8 33 (2.31%) Kafka
9 29 (2.03%) OAuth
10 21 (1.47%) AngularJS
11 17 (1.19%) PySpark
12 15 (1.05%) RESTful
13 12 (0.84%) OAuth2
13 12 (0.84%) React
14 10 (0.70%) ARM Templates
14 10 (0.70%) Spring
14 10 (0.70%) Spring Boot
14 10 (0.70%) XML
15 9 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 126 (8.83%) Cloud Native
2 57 (3.99%) Enterprise Software
3 46 (3.22%) Legacy Systems
4 45 (3.15%) Onboarding
5 44 (3.08%) Security Posture
6 38 (2.66%) PKI
7 34 (2.38%) Data Centre
7 34 (2.38%) Product Ownership
7 34 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
9 26 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
10 24 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
11 22 (1.54%) Management Information System
12 20 (1.40%) Data Structures
13 15 (1.05%) Mobile App
13 15 (1.05%) Private Cloud
14 14 (0.98%) CMDB
14 14 (0.98%) Replication
15 13 (0.91%) FMCG
15 13 (0.91%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.31%) Windows
2 20 (1.40%) Linux
3 10 (0.70%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.42%) Android
4 6 (0.42%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.42%) Unix
5 5 (0.35%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.21%) CentOS
6 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.21%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.21%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.21%) zOS
7 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.070%) Solaris
8 1 (0.070%) VMS
8 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (13.59%) Roadmaps
2 190 (13.31%) DevOps
3 186 (13.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 183 (12.82%) Agile
5 175 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
6 170 (11.91%) CI/CD
6 170 (11.91%) Migration
7 157 (11.00%) AI
7 157 (11.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 154 (10.79%) Data Modelling
9 153 (10.72%) Technical Leadership
10 141 (9.88%) Enterprise Architecture
11 137 (9.60%) Analytics
12 136 (9.53%) Data Architecture
13 133 (9.32%) Integration Patterns
14 105 (7.36%) Microservices
14 105 (7.36%) TOGAF
15 100 (7.01%) Infrastructure as Code
16 95 (6.66%) Security Architecture
17 92 (6.45%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 137 (9.60%) Python
2 105 (7.36%) SQL
3 84 (5.89%) PowerShell
4 53 (3.71%) Java
5 26 (1.82%) JavaScript
6 24 (1.68%) C#
7 21 (1.47%) TypeScript
8 18 (1.26%) Bicep
9 12 (0.84%) Bash
10 8 (0.56%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.49%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.42%) Ruby
13 5 (0.35%) Apex Code
13 5 (0.35%) R
14 4 (0.28%) Go
14 4 (0.28%) Korn
14 4 (0.28%) Scala
15 3 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.14%) ProC
16 2 (0.14%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 386 (27.05%) Security Cleared
2 328 (22.99%) SC Cleared
3 64 (4.48%) Degree
4 48 (3.36%) Azure Certification
5 41 (2.87%) AWS Certification
6 37 (2.59%) DV Cleared
7 35 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (1.82%) TOGAF Certification
9 25 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (1.61%) CISSP
11 19 (1.33%) Master's Degree
12 18 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (1.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 15 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (0.84%) CCNP
16 8 (0.56%) CCIE
16 8 (0.56%) CISM
17 5 (0.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 5 (0.35%) CCSE
17 5 (0.35%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (3.78%) GDPR
2 52 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (3.22%) NIST
4 41 (2.87%) Data Quality
5 36 (2.52%) NCSC
6 35 (2.45%) QA
7 19 (1.33%) PCI DSS
8 12 (0.84%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.77%) HIPAA
10 9 (0.63%) GRC
11 8 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.49%) ISO 20022
12 7 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.35%) EU AI Act
13 5 (0.35%) PERC
14 4 (0.28%) MiFID
14 4 (0.28%) SLA
15 3 (0.21%) PSD2
15 3 (0.21%) SEPA
15 3 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 71 (4.98%) Active Directory
2 67 (4.70%) Docker
3 19 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.84%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.35%) Squid
6 5 (0.35%) vSphere
7 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.21%) Lustre
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
7 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.14%) Ceph
8 2 (0.14%) Firmware
8 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.14%) Varnish
8 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.070%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.070%) GPFS
9 1 (0.070%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 118 (8.27%) Terraform
2 89 (6.24%) Kubernetes
3 32 (2.24%) Ansible
4 19 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (0.98%) FortiGate
5 14 (0.98%) Grafana
6 10 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.35%) Consul
9 4 (0.28%) Kibana
9 4 (0.28%) SCCM
10 3 (0.21%) Istio
10 3 (0.21%) Karpenter
11 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.14%) Argo
11 2 (0.14%) Nagios
11 2 (0.14%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.14%) Puppet
11 2 (0.14%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 222 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 82 (5.75%) Salesforce
3 80 (5.61%) SAP
4 74 (5.19%) ServiceNow
5 73 (5.12%) Databricks
6 67 (4.70%) CyberArk
7 61 (4.27%) Oracle
8 42 (2.94%) Google
9 37 (2.59%) Cisco
10 34 (2.38%) BeyondTrust
10 34 (2.38%) Centrify
10 34 (2.38%) Splunk
11 24 (1.68%) Palo Alto
12 22 (1.54%) VMware
13 18 (1.26%) OpenAI
14 16 (1.12%) MuleSoft
15 14 (0.98%) Zscaler
16 13 (0.91%) IBM
16 13 (0.91%) Pega
16 13 (0.91%) Workday