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 20 May 2026.

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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,172 1,285 1,770
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.07% 10.37% 10.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.00% 11.11% 10.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,511 839 1,270
10th Percentile £475 £488 £500
25th Percentile £515 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £661
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.70% -5.54%
75th Percentile £740 £738 £760
90th Percentile £825 £800 £850
England median daily rate £620 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.80% -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 1
10th Percentile £58.70 £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% -2.04%
75th Percentile £76.67 £83.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £99.65 £93.50 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £71.25 £70.00
% change year-on-year -8.77% +1.79% -

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 16,705 11,564 16,329
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 93.35% 93.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,078 7,899 11,808
10th Percentile £355 £349 £325
25th Percentile £431 £428 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £679 £688
90th Percentile £758 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 148 319
10th Percentile £19.22 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.54 £20.02
Median hourly rate £39.00 £34.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.71% +23.64% -21.43%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.75 £45.62
90th Percentile £76.58 £65.00 £65.23
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.92
% change year-on-year +50.00% -18.73% -17.97%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +14 330 £650 -2.99% 86
West London -2 33 £625 -7.41% 23
South London -4 21 £723 +3.21% 5
East London +1 17 £630 +0.80% 10
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 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.

1 607 (27.95%) Azure
2 598 (27.53%) Security Cleared
3 517 (23.80%) AWS
4 511 (23.53%) SC Cleared
5 347 (15.98%) Migration
6 302 (13.90%) Microsoft
7 298 (13.72%) Roadmaps
8 280 (12.89%) DevOps
9 278 (12.80%) AI
10 255 (11.74%) CI/CD
11 234 (10.77%) Integration Patterns
12 229 (10.54%) Stakeholder Management
13 218 (10.04%) Data Modelling
14 215 (9.90%) GCP
15 213 (9.81%) Analytics
16 209 (9.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 203 (9.35%) Data Architecture
18 202 (9.30%) Agile
19 192 (8.84%) Enterprise Architecture
20 187 (8.61%) Technical Leadership
21 180 (8.29%) Architectural Patterns
22 177 (8.15%) Problem-Solving
23 170 (7.83%) Python
24 169 (7.78%) Infrastructure as Code
25 154 (7.09%) Architectural Design
26 152 (7.00%) TOGAF
27 139 (6.40%) Microservices
28 138 (6.35%) ServiceNow
29 130 (5.99%) SQL
30 128 (5.89%) 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 43 (1.98%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.10%) Confluence
3 21 (0.97%) Apache Spark
4 17 (0.78%) Apache
5 12 (0.55%) nginx
6 11 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.41%) Camunda
8 8 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
9 6 (0.28%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.23%) Mule
11 4 (0.18%) CMS
11 4 (0.18%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.14%) Appian
12 3 (0.14%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.14%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.092%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.092%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (0.46%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.046%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.046%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.046%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.046%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.046%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.046%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 54 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 12 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (0.32%) SAP BRIM
6 6 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.28%) Workday HCM
7 5 (0.23%) SAP EWM
7 5 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 5 (0.23%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 4 (0.18%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.18%) SAP PM
9 3 (0.14%) Endur
9 3 (0.14%) SAP FSCM
9 3 (0.14%) SAP PP
9 3 (0.14%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 607 (27.95%) Azure
2 517 (23.80%) AWS
3 215 (9.90%) GCP
4 117 (5.39%) Power Platform
5 85 (3.91%) SaaS
6 84 (3.87%) Serverless
7 78 (3.59%) Entra ID
8 69 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
9 57 (2.62%) Amazon S3
10 56 (2.58%) GitHub
11 51 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
12 50 (2.30%) PaaS
13 48 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
13 48 (2.21%) Snowflake
14 42 (1.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 37 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
16 36 (1.66%) IaaS
17 35 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
18 34 (1.57%) Amazon EKS
19 30 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 77 (3.55%) Network Security
2 62 (2.85%) Firewall
3 45 (2.07%) WAN
4 40 (1.84%) DNS
5 39 (1.80%) VPN
6 26 (1.20%) LAN
7 22 (1.01%) SD-WAN
8 15 (0.69%) BGP
9 14 (0.64%) OSPF
9 14 (0.64%) TCP/IP
10 11 (0.51%) MPLS
10 11 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (0.46%) VXLAN
12 9 (0.41%) OpenVPN
13 8 (0.37%) 3GPP
13 8 (0.37%) 5G
13 8 (0.37%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (0.23%) Radio Access Network
14 5 (0.23%) VSAN
15 4 (0.18%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (3.82%) Power BI
2 69 (3.18%) Data Lake
3 47 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (2.16%) Metadata
4 33 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
5 31 (1.43%) SQL Server
6 26 (1.20%) NoSQL
7 25 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
8 23 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
8 23 (1.06%) BigQuery
9 20 (0.92%) Big Data
9 20 (0.92%) Delta Lake
10 17 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
10 17 (0.78%) Amazon Aurora
10 17 (0.78%) Tableau
11 14 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (0.60%) Apache Iceberg
12 13 (0.60%) DB2
13 12 (0.55%) Data Vault
13 12 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 43 (1.98%) Jenkins
2 29 (1.34%) Git
3 24 (1.10%) JIRA
4 22 (1.01%) GitLab
5 10 (0.46%) ERwin
5 10 (0.46%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.37%) MLflow
7 7 (0.32%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.23%) Maven
8 5 (0.23%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.18%) Snyk
9 4 (0.18%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.14%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.14%) Postman
11 2 (0.092%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.092%) MSI
11 2 (0.092%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.092%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.046%) Claude Code
General
1 417 (19.20%) Finance
2 402 (18.51%) Social Skills
3 227 (10.45%) Public Sector
4 137 (6.31%) Banking
5 96 (4.42%) Analytical Skills
6 80 (3.68%) Retail
7 71 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
8 62 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
8 62 (2.85%) Telecoms
9 54 (2.49%) Legal
10 53 (2.44%) Law
11 36 (1.66%) Billing
12 29 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
13 27 (1.24%) Marketing
14 25 (1.15%) Financial Institution
14 25 (1.15%) Manufacturing
15 19 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 12 (0.55%) Military
17 10 (0.46%) Local Government
18 9 (0.41%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (5.48%) REST
2 88 (4.05%) Middleware
3 77 (3.55%) SOAP
4 67 (3.08%) LDAP
5 64 (2.95%) .NET
6 44 (2.03%) Kafka
7 40 (1.84%) OpenID
8 29 (1.34%) SAML
9 27 (1.24%) OAuth
10 26 (1.20%) React
11 22 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
12 19 (0.87%) AngularJS
13 17 (0.78%) .NET Framework
14 16 (0.74%) RESTful
15 15 (0.69%) Spring
16 14 (0.64%) J2EE
16 14 (0.64%) Vue
16 14 (0.64%) Web Services
17 13 (0.60%) PySpark
17 13 (0.60%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 208 (9.58%) Cloud Native
2 69 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
3 66 (3.04%) Onboarding
4 60 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
4 60 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
5 55 (2.53%) Data Centre
5 55 (2.53%) Product Ownership
6 54 (2.49%) Security Posture
7 40 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
8 37 (1.70%) Management Information System
9 36 (1.66%) CMDB
9 36 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
10 34 (1.57%) AI Agents
11 25 (1.15%) Mainframe
12 22 (1.01%) Data Structures
13 20 (0.92%) Enterprise Cloud
14 19 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
14 19 (0.87%) NHS
15 18 (0.83%) Public Cloud
16 17 (0.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 31 (1.43%) Linux
2 29 (1.34%) Windows
3 10 (0.46%) zOS
4 9 (0.41%) Unix
5 8 (0.37%) Android
5 8 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.14%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.14%) Solaris
7 2 (0.092%) AIX
7 2 (0.092%) CentOS
7 2 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.092%) VMS
7 2 (0.092%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.092%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.046%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (15.98%) Migration
2 298 (13.72%) Roadmaps
3 280 (12.89%) DevOps
4 278 (12.80%) AI
5 255 (11.74%) CI/CD
6 234 (10.77%) Integration Patterns
7 229 (10.54%) Stakeholder Management
8 218 (10.04%) Data Modelling
9 213 (9.81%) Analytics
10 209 (9.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 203 (9.35%) Data Architecture
12 202 (9.30%) Agile
13 192 (8.84%) Enterprise Architecture
14 187 (8.61%) Technical Leadership
15 180 (8.29%) Architectural Patterns
16 177 (8.15%) Problem-Solving
17 169 (7.78%) Infrastructure as Code
18 154 (7.09%) Architectural Design
19 152 (7.00%) TOGAF
20 139 (6.40%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 170 (7.83%) Python
2 130 (5.99%) SQL
3 100 (4.60%) Java
4 71 (3.27%) PowerShell
5 29 (1.34%) JavaScript
6 28 (1.29%) C#
7 20 (0.92%) Bicep
8 16 (0.74%) TypeScript
9 15 (0.69%) Ruby
10 11 (0.51%) Apex Code
11 10 (0.46%) Bash
11 10 (0.46%) Scala
12 6 (0.28%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.28%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.23%) R
13 5 (0.23%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.18%) Go
15 3 (0.14%) C++
15 3 (0.14%) Korn
15 3 (0.14%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 598 (27.53%) Security Cleared
2 511 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 76 (3.50%) Degree
4 66 (3.04%) Azure Certification
5 52 (2.39%) CISSP
6 50 (2.30%) AWS Certification
7 38 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (1.75%) DV Cleared
8 31 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
8 31 (1.43%) TOGAF Certification
9 27 (1.24%) CISM
10 24 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (1.10%) Master's Degree
11 21 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
12 20 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 17 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 13 (0.60%) CCNP
15 12 (0.55%) CCSP
16 11 (0.51%) CISA
17 9 (0.41%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (3.13%) GDPR
2 66 (3.04%) NIST
3 58 (2.67%) Data Quality
3 58 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 46 (2.12%) NCSC
5 38 (1.75%) QA
6 21 (0.97%) PCI DSS
7 16 (0.74%) ISO 20022
8 14 (0.64%) GRC
9 13 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (0.60%) SEPA
10 10 (0.46%) PSD2
11 9 (0.41%) NIST 800
12 8 (0.37%) Accessibility
12 8 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.37%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.37%) SLA
13 7 (0.32%) HL7
14 6 (0.28%) COBIT
15 4 (0.18%) GxP
System Software
1 80 (3.68%) Active Directory
2 62 (2.85%) Docker
3 22 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.60%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.41%) Squid
5 9 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.32%) Varnish
7 6 (0.28%) Postfix
8 5 (0.23%) NFS
8 5 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.18%) Sendmail
9 4 (0.18%) vSphere
10 2 (0.092%) Ceph
10 2 (0.092%) Firmware
10 2 (0.092%) Lustre
10 2 (0.092%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.092%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.092%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.046%) HDFS
11 1 (0.046%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 128 (5.89%) Terraform
2 120 (5.52%) Kubernetes
3 34 (1.57%) Ansible
4 25 (1.15%) Grafana
5 22 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.83%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.78%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.32%) Consul
9 6 (0.28%) HAProxy
10 4 (0.18%) Argo
10 4 (0.18%) Istio
10 4 (0.18%) Kibana
11 3 (0.14%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.14%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.14%) Puppet
12 2 (0.092%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.092%) QRadar
12 2 (0.092%) SCCM
12 2 (0.092%) VxRail
Vendors
1 302 (13.90%) Microsoft
2 138 (6.35%) ServiceNow
3 119 (5.48%) Databricks
4 115 (5.29%) SAP
5 104 (4.79%) Oracle
6 100 (4.60%) Salesforce
7 75 (3.45%) CyberArk
8 46 (2.12%) Cisco
9 39 (1.80%) Google
10 35 (1.61%) BeyondTrust
11 34 (1.57%) Centrify
11 34 (1.57%) Splunk
12 31 (1.43%) Workday
13 26 (1.20%) VMware
14 25 (1.15%) IBM
14 25 (1.15%) MuleSoft
15 23 (1.06%) OpenAI
16 21 (0.97%) Palo Alto
16 21 (0.97%) Zscaler
17 20 (0.92%) Ariba