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 11 March 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 17 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,723 1,341 1,754
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.67% 10.36% 9.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.52% 11.06% 10.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,214 838 1,274
10th Percentile £475 £488 £500
25th Percentile £525 £550 £562
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £650 £664
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% -2.07% -1.67%
75th Percentile £750 £760 £750
90th Percentile £838 £825 £825
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 2
10th Percentile £65.00 £36.75 £44.47
25th Percentile £65.50 £39.38 £46.65
Median hourly rate £70.00 £47.50 £53.03
Median % change year-on-year +47.37% -10.42% +51.51%
75th Percentile £94.38 £59.38 £59.15
90th Percentile £95.00 £64.25 £61.16
England median hourly rate £71.27 £71.25 £76.53
% change year-on-year +0.03% -6.90% +9.33%

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 14,956 12,129 17,048
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 93.70% 93.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,041 8,120 12,298
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 141 345
10th Percentile £18.21 £21.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.41 £24.66 £19.38
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year - +21.74% -17.86%
75th Percentile £60.25 £53.75 £48.56
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.40 £65.00
England median hourly rate £36.32 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +3.77% +7.69% -23.29%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -1 230 £650 -2.99% 121
South London +9 27 £619 -15.85% 5
West London -2 25 £633 +26.50% 12
East London -4 7 £540 -13.60% 16
North London 0 2 £663 -4.57% 2
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 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.

1 538 (31.22%) Azure
2 497 (28.85%) Security Cleared
3 433 (25.13%) AWS
4 425 (24.67%) SC Cleared
5 254 (14.74%) Roadmaps
6 251 (14.57%) Microsoft
7 245 (14.22%) DevOps
8 237 (13.76%) Migration
9 211 (12.25%) CI/CD
10 207 (12.01%) AI
11 204 (11.84%) Agile
12 202 (11.72%) Stakeholder Management
13 181 (10.50%) Problem-Solving
14 180 (10.45%) GCP
15 179 (10.39%) Integration Patterns
16 178 (10.33%) Analytics
16 178 (10.33%) Data Modelling
17 172 (9.98%) Data Architecture
18 171 (9.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 171 (9.92%) Technical Leadership
19 160 (9.29%) Enterprise Architecture
19 160 (9.29%) Python
20 144 (8.36%) TOGAF
21 130 (7.54%) SQL
21 130 (7.54%) Terraform
22 128 (7.43%) Architectural Patterns
23 127 (7.37%) REST
24 122 (7.08%) Microservices
25 120 (6.96%) Infrastructure as Code
25 120 (6.96%) Kubernetes

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 (2.26%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.39%) Confluence
3 17 (0.99%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.58%) CMS
5 10 (0.58%) nginx
6 7 (0.41%) Apache
7 5 (0.29%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.29%) Camunda
7 5 (0.29%) Mule
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.17%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.12%) Appian
10 2 (0.12%) JBoss
10 2 (0.12%) SAS
10 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.058%) Ethereum
Applications
1 9 (0.52%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.058%) ArchiCAD
5 1 (0.058%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.058%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 47 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (0.46%) Workday HCM
5 7 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 7 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.41%) SAP PM
6 6 (0.35%) SAP EWM
7 5 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.23%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.17%) SAP PP
9 3 (0.17%) SAP QM
9 3 (0.17%) Temenos T24
10 2 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 538 (31.22%) Azure
2 433 (25.13%) AWS
3 180 (10.45%) GCP
4 84 (4.88%) Power Platform
5 74 (4.29%) Serverless
6 71 (4.12%) SaaS
7 61 (3.54%) Entra ID
8 53 (3.08%) IaaS
9 50 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
10 48 (2.79%) GitHub
11 47 (2.73%) Amazon S3
12 44 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
12 44 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
13 39 (2.26%) Snowflake
14 38 (2.21%) PaaS
14 38 (2.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 35 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
15 35 (2.03%) Azure Data Factory
16 32 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
17 31 (1.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 74 (4.29%) Firewall
2 69 (4.00%) Network Security
3 52 (3.02%) WAN
4 42 (2.44%) VPN
5 40 (2.32%) DNS
6 30 (1.74%) SD-WAN
7 28 (1.63%) LAN
8 17 (0.99%) BGP
9 15 (0.87%) TCP/IP
10 14 (0.81%) OSPF
11 12 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.58%) VXLAN
13 8 (0.46%) Ethernet VPN
13 8 (0.46%) MPLS
13 8 (0.46%) OpenVPN
14 6 (0.35%) 5G
14 6 (0.35%) Internet
14 6 (0.35%) VSAN
15 5 (0.29%) SSL
16 4 (0.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
2 55 (3.19%) Data Lake
3 54 (3.13%) Power BI
4 46 (2.67%) Metadata
5 34 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
6 33 (1.92%) SQL Server
7 29 (1.68%) NoSQL
8 24 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
9 19 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
10 17 (0.99%) Amazon Aurora
10 17 (0.99%) Delta Lake
10 17 (0.99%) Tableau
11 15 (0.87%) Data Vault
11 15 (0.87%) DB2
12 14 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
12 14 (0.81%) Big Data
13 11 (0.64%) BigQuery
13 11 (0.64%) Oracle Database
14 10 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (0.58%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 41 (2.38%) Jenkins
2 28 (1.63%) JIRA
3 24 (1.39%) GitLab
4 22 (1.28%) Git
5 10 (0.58%) ERwin
6 8 (0.46%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.46%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.29%) MLflow
8 4 (0.23%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.23%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.23%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.17%) Snyk
10 2 (0.12%) Chocolatey
10 2 (0.12%) Katalon Studio
10 2 (0.12%) Maven
10 2 (0.12%) Postman
10 2 (0.12%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.058%) Ant
11 1 (0.058%) JUnit
General
1 404 (23.45%) Social Skills
2 360 (20.89%) Finance
3 207 (12.01%) Public Sector
4 124 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
5 119 (6.91%) Banking
6 69 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
7 50 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
8 45 (2.61%) Retail
9 40 (2.32%) Legal
10 38 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
11 36 (2.09%) Telecoms
12 27 (1.57%) Manufacturing
13 26 (1.51%) Law
13 26 (1.51%) Marketing
14 24 (1.39%) Financial Institution
15 23 (1.33%) Billing
16 18 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 13 (0.75%) Military
18 10 (0.58%) Electronics
18 10 (0.58%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (7.37%) REST
2 93 (5.40%) Middleware
3 66 (3.83%) SOAP
4 61 (3.54%) LDAP
5 44 (2.55%) .NET
5 44 (2.55%) OpenID
6 39 (2.26%) JSON
7 33 (1.92%) Kafka
7 33 (1.92%) SAML
8 30 (1.74%) OAuth
9 25 (1.45%) AngularJS
10 18 (1.04%) React
11 16 (0.93%) PySpark
12 15 (0.87%) Spring
13 14 (0.81%) OAuth2
13 14 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
14 12 (0.70%) RESTful
15 11 (0.64%) Vue
15 11 (0.64%) XML
16 10 (0.58%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 156 (9.05%) Cloud Native
2 70 (4.06%) Legacy Systems
3 60 (3.48%) Enterprise Software
4 47 (2.73%) Onboarding
5 46 (2.67%) Security Posture
6 44 (2.55%) Data Centre
7 39 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
8 38 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 38 (2.21%) PKI
9 35 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
9 35 (2.03%) Product Ownership
10 31 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
11 23 (1.33%) Data Structures
11 23 (1.33%) Management Information System
12 21 (1.22%) CMDB
13 20 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
14 19 (1.10%) Replication
15 17 (0.99%) AI Agents
16 16 (0.93%) Private Cloud
17 15 (0.87%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 33 (1.92%) Windows
2 22 (1.28%) Linux
3 10 (0.58%) zOS
4 6 (0.35%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.17%) Android
6 3 (0.17%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.17%) Unix
6 3 (0.17%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.058%) CentOS
8 1 (0.058%) Solaris
8 1 (0.058%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.058%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (14.74%) Roadmaps
2 245 (14.22%) DevOps
3 237 (13.76%) Migration
4 211 (12.25%) CI/CD
5 207 (12.01%) AI
6 204 (11.84%) Agile
7 202 (11.72%) Stakeholder Management
8 181 (10.50%) Problem-Solving
9 179 (10.39%) Integration Patterns
10 178 (10.33%) Analytics
10 178 (10.33%) Data Modelling
11 172 (9.98%) Data Architecture
12 171 (9.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 171 (9.92%) Technical Leadership
13 160 (9.29%) Enterprise Architecture
14 144 (8.36%) TOGAF
15 128 (7.43%) Architectural Patterns
16 122 (7.08%) Microservices
17 120 (6.96%) Infrastructure as Code
18 108 (6.27%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 160 (9.29%) Python
2 130 (7.54%) SQL
3 88 (5.11%) PowerShell
4 63 (3.66%) Java
5 27 (1.57%) JavaScript
6 26 (1.51%) C#
7 24 (1.39%) TypeScript
8 19 (1.10%) Bicep
9 14 (0.81%) Bash
10 9 (0.52%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.46%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.41%) Ruby
12 7 (0.41%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.35%) Scala
14 5 (0.29%) R
15 4 (0.23%) Go
15 4 (0.23%) Korn
16 3 (0.17%) C
16 3 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.17%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 497 (28.85%) Security Cleared
2 425 (24.67%) SC Cleared
3 76 (4.41%) Degree
4 70 (4.06%) Azure Certification
5 49 (2.84%) AWS Certification
6 48 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (2.21%) DV Cleared
7 38 (2.21%) TOGAF Certification
8 30 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
8 30 (1.74%) CISSP
9 25 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (1.33%) Master's Degree
11 19 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 17 (0.99%) CCNP
13 16 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (0.81%) CISM
15 13 (0.75%) CCIE
16 12 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 10 (0.58%) CCSP
18 5 (0.29%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (3.89%) GDPR
2 56 (3.25%) Data Quality
3 48 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 41 (2.38%) NIST
5 39 (2.26%) NCSC
6 35 (2.03%) QA
7 26 (1.51%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.81%) ISO 20022
9 10 (0.58%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.52%) GRC
10 9 (0.52%) HIPAA
11 8 (0.46%) PSD2
12 7 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.41%) SEPA
13 6 (0.35%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.29%) HL7
14 5 (0.29%) PERC
14 5 (0.29%) SLA
15 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 76 (4.41%) Active Directory
2 75 (4.35%) Docker
3 26 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.99%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.46%) Squid
7 6 (0.35%) vSphere
8 5 (0.29%) Varnish
9 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.17%) Postfix
9 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.12%) Ceph
10 2 (0.12%) Firmware
10 2 (0.12%) Lustre
10 2 (0.12%) NFS
10 2 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.058%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.058%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 130 (7.54%) Terraform
2 120 (6.96%) Kubernetes
3 40 (2.32%) Ansible
4 22 (1.28%) Grafana
5 20 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.99%) FortiGate
7 14 (0.81%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.41%) Consul
10 4 (0.23%) Istio
10 4 (0.23%) Kibana
11 3 (0.17%) Argo
11 3 (0.17%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.17%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.17%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.12%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.12%) VxRail
Vendors
1 251 (14.57%) Microsoft
2 95 (5.51%) SAP
3 91 (5.28%) Salesforce
3 91 (5.28%) ServiceNow
4 90 (5.22%) Databricks
5 68 (3.95%) Oracle
6 61 (3.54%) CyberArk
7 43 (2.50%) Cisco
8 42 (2.44%) Google
9 34 (1.97%) BeyondTrust
9 34 (1.97%) Centrify
10 33 (1.92%) Splunk
11 32 (1.86%) VMware
12 25 (1.45%) IBM
13 24 (1.39%) Palo Alto
14 23 (1.33%) MuleSoft
15 22 (1.28%) OpenAI
15 22 (1.28%) Workday
16 19 (1.10%) Zscaler
17 15 (0.87%) Ariba