Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Architect
England > London

The median Architect daily rate in London is £620, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,487 1,436 1,711
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.55% 10.52% 10.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.51% 11.29% 10.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,687 946 1,219
10th Percentile £475 £488 £488
25th Percentile £525 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £731 £738 £763
90th Percentile £800 £807 £875
England median daily rate £618 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -1.20% -3.85% -1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 3
10th Percentile £53.95 £54.50 £53.10
25th Percentile £55.00 £57.50 £54.75
Median hourly rate £64.25 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83.44 £83.75 £90.68
90th Percentile £100.73 £93.50 £107.59
England median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -7.14% - -

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 18,412 12,722 16,033
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 93.24% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,063 8,609 11,448
10th Percentile £360 £331 £331
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 199 263
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.15
25th Percentile £22.00 £22.83 £21.90
Median hourly rate £39.00 £30.81 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year +26.60% -2.85% -18.69%
75th Percentile £59.72 £50.25 £51.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.75 £70.90
England median hourly rate £45.56 £27.39 £41.27
% change year-on-year +66.34% -33.63% -6.22%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 +16 367 £618 -8.52% 92
West London -17 30 £625 +31.58% 23
South London -8 23 £723 +6.68% 4
East London +4 16 £672 +5.41% 9
North London -2 1 £650 -3.70%
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 July 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.

1 700 (28.15%) Azure
2 649 (26.10%) Security Cleared
3 589 (23.68%) AWS
4 549 (22.07%) SC Cleared
5 406 (16.32%) Migration
6 401 (16.12%) Roadmaps
7 382 (15.36%) AI
8 323 (12.99%) Stakeholder Management
9 321 (12.91%) Microsoft
10 309 (12.42%) DevOps
11 300 (12.06%) Enterprise Architecture
12 289 (11.62%) Data Modelling
13 288 (11.58%) Analytics
14 277 (11.14%) CI/CD
15 253 (10.17%) Agile
16 249 (10.01%) Data Architecture
17 248 (9.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 234 (9.41%) Integration Patterns
19 228 (9.17%) Technical Leadership
20 224 (9.01%) GCP
21 209 (8.40%) TOGAF
22 208 (8.36%) Architectural Patterns
23 187 (7.52%) Infrastructure as Code
24 171 (6.88%) Problem-Solving
25 167 (6.71%) Architectural Design
26 157 (6.31%) Event-Driven
27 156 (6.27%) Microservices
28 155 (6.23%) Python
28 155 (6.23%) Security Architecture
29 153 (6.15%) Business Intelligence

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 42 (1.69%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.21%) Apache
3 29 (1.17%) Confluence
4 28 (1.13%) Apache Spark
5 27 (1.09%) SAS
6 18 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
7 16 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.48%) nginx
9 10 (0.40%) CMS
10 9 (0.36%) Camunda
10 9 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
11 8 (0.32%) Appian
12 6 (0.24%) ArcGIS
13 5 (0.20%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.12%) Jupyter
14 3 (0.12%) Mule
14 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
14 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
15 2 (0.080%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 2 (0.080%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (0.28%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.24%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.040%) Notion
3 1 (0.040%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.040%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 65 (2.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 14 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (0.32%) SAP BRIM
6 6 (0.24%) Endur
7 5 (0.20%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 4 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 4 (0.16%) Oracle Retail
8 4 (0.16%) SAP Convergent Charging
8 4 (0.16%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.16%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.12%) SAP FSCM
9 3 (0.12%) SAP IBP
9 3 (0.12%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 700 (28.15%) Azure
2 589 (23.68%) AWS
3 224 (9.01%) GCP
4 153 (6.15%) Power Platform
5 105 (4.22%) SaaS
6 92 (3.70%) Entra ID
7 89 (3.58%) Serverless
8 79 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
9 68 (2.73%) GitHub
10 65 (2.61%) Snowflake
11 62 (2.49%) PaaS
12 56 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
13 49 (1.97%) Amazon S3
14 47 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
15 44 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
16 41 (1.65%) IaaS
17 34 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 31 (1.25%) Amazon EKS
18 31 (1.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 31 (1.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 92 (3.70%) Network Security
2 65 (2.61%) Firewall
3 42 (1.69%) VPN
4 35 (1.41%) DNS
5 23 (0.92%) WAN
6 18 (0.72%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.60%) LAN
8 10 (0.40%) MPLS
8 10 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
9 9 (0.36%) 5G
9 9 (0.36%) BGP
9 9 (0.36%) OpenVPN
9 9 (0.36%) VXLAN
10 8 (0.32%) Ethernet VPN
10 8 (0.32%) NGFW
10 8 (0.32%) OSPF
10 8 (0.32%) SD-WAN
11 7 (0.28%) 3GPP
11 7 (0.28%) 4G
12 5 (0.20%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (4.46%) Power BI
2 86 (3.46%) Data Lake
3 77 (3.10%) Metadata
4 69 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (1.25%) NoSQL
5 31 (1.25%) SQL Server
6 30 (1.21%) Big Data
7 27 (1.09%) BigQuery
8 24 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
8 24 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
9 20 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
10 17 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
11 15 (0.60%) Delta Lake
11 15 (0.60%) Tableau
12 13 (0.52%) Oracle Database
13 11 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (0.44%) Data Vault
13 11 (0.44%) GIS
13 11 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 42 (1.69%) JIRA
2 39 (1.57%) Git
3 37 (1.49%) Jenkins
4 16 (0.64%) GitLab
5 10 (0.40%) ERwin
6 9 (0.36%) SonarQube
7 8 (0.32%) MLflow
8 7 (0.28%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.24%) PowerDesigner
10 5 (0.20%) Maven
11 4 (0.16%) Claude Code
11 4 (0.16%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (0.16%) Snyk
11 4 (0.16%) Storybook
12 3 (0.12%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.12%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.12%) JMeter
12 3 (0.12%) VTune
13 2 (0.080%) MSI
General
1 481 (19.34%) Finance
2 455 (18.30%) Social Skills
3 284 (11.42%) Public Sector
4 166 (6.67%) Banking
5 129 (5.19%) Retail
6 127 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
7 84 (3.38%) Telecoms
8 75 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
9 74 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
10 51 (2.05%) Legal
11 41 (1.65%) Law
12 38 (1.53%) Billing
13 33 (1.33%) Marketing
14 27 (1.09%) Financial Institution
15 24 (0.97%) Manufacturing
16 20 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 20 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
17 10 (0.40%) Investment Banking
18 9 (0.36%) Local Government
18 9 (0.36%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (5.19%) REST
2 90 (3.62%) Middleware
3 81 (3.26%) .NET
4 63 (2.53%) SOAP
5 59 (2.37%) Kafka
6 39 (1.57%) OAuth
7 35 (1.41%) OpenID
8 32 (1.29%) Oracle Fusion
9 31 (1.25%) React
9 31 (1.25%) SAML
10 30 (1.21%) .NET Framework
11 26 (1.05%) LDAP
12 21 (0.84%) OAuth2
12 21 (0.84%) PySpark
13 20 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
14 19 (0.76%) AngularJS
14 19 (0.76%) JSON
15 18 (0.72%) RESTful
16 17 (0.68%) XML
17 16 (0.64%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 240 (9.65%) Cloud Native
2 76 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
3 73 (2.94%) Onboarding
4 65 (2.61%) Product Ownership
5 62 (2.49%) Distributed Systems
6 61 (2.45%) Data Centre
7 58 (2.33%) AI Agents
8 51 (2.05%) CMDB
8 51 (2.05%) Management Information System
9 47 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
10 46 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
11 37 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
12 30 (1.21%) Security Posture
13 29 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
14 27 (1.09%) Taxonomies
15 26 (1.05%) Data Structures
15 26 (1.05%) Public Cloud
16 25 (1.01%) Mainframe
17 22 (0.88%) IoT
17 22 (0.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 38 (1.53%) Linux
2 30 (1.21%) Windows
3 10 (0.40%) Android
3 10 (0.40%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.36%) Unix
5 8 (0.32%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.32%) zOS
6 6 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.16%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.12%) AIX
9 3 (0.12%) Solaris
10 2 (0.080%) VMS
11 1 (0.040%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (16.32%) Migration
2 401 (16.12%) Roadmaps
3 382 (15.36%) AI
4 323 (12.99%) Stakeholder Management
5 309 (12.42%) DevOps
6 300 (12.06%) Enterprise Architecture
7 289 (11.62%) Data Modelling
8 288 (11.58%) Analytics
9 277 (11.14%) CI/CD
10 253 (10.17%) Agile
11 249 (10.01%) Data Architecture
12 248 (9.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 234 (9.41%) Integration Patterns
14 228 (9.17%) Technical Leadership
15 209 (8.40%) TOGAF
16 208 (8.36%) Architectural Patterns
17 187 (7.52%) Infrastructure as Code
18 171 (6.88%) Problem-Solving
19 167 (6.71%) Architectural Design
20 157 (6.31%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 155 (6.23%) Python
2 129 (5.19%) SQL
3 108 (4.34%) Java
4 55 (2.21%) JavaScript
5 42 (1.69%) PowerShell
6 36 (1.45%) C#
7 26 (1.05%) TypeScript
8 23 (0.92%) Bicep
9 20 (0.80%) Apex Code
10 18 (0.72%) Bash
11 15 (0.60%) Ruby
12 9 (0.36%) Scala
13 7 (0.28%) Go
13 7 (0.28%) R
13 7 (0.28%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.24%) C++
14 6 (0.24%) Cypher
15 5 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.20%) Rust
16 4 (0.16%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 649 (26.10%) Security Cleared
2 549 (22.07%) SC Cleared
3 82 (3.30%) Degree
4 68 (2.73%) Azure Certification
4 68 (2.73%) CISSP
5 57 (2.29%) AWS Certification
6 54 (2.17%) DV Cleared
7 37 (1.49%) CISM
8 36 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
9 34 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
10 24 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
11 21 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 20 (0.80%) Master's Degree
13 19 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
14 18 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 15 (0.60%) CCSP
16 14 (0.56%) CISA
17 12 (0.48%) CCNP
18 10 (0.40%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (3.58%) Data Quality
2 87 (3.50%) GDPR
3 74 (2.98%) NIST
4 65 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 41 (1.65%) NCSC
6 38 (1.53%) GRC
7 30 (1.21%) QA
8 20 (0.80%) PCI DSS
9 17 (0.68%) SEPA
10 16 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 15 (0.60%) ISO 20022
12 14 (0.56%) NIST 800
13 13 (0.52%) Accessibility
14 9 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.36%) HIPAA
15 8 (0.32%) PSD2
16 7 (0.28%) IFRS
17 6 (0.24%) COBIT
17 6 (0.24%) HL7
17 6 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 58 (2.33%) Docker
2 51 (2.05%) Active Directory
3 20 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.36%) Squid
4 9 (0.36%) VMware NSX
5 7 (0.28%) Varnish
6 6 (0.24%) Postfix
6 6 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.20%) NFS
8 4 (0.16%) Sendmail
9 2 (0.080%) IAG
9 2 (0.080%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.080%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.080%) vSphere
10 1 (0.040%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.040%) HDFS
10 1 (0.040%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.040%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 136 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 130 (5.23%) Terraform
3 44 (1.77%) Ansible
4 31 (1.25%) Grafana
5 24 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
6 22 (0.88%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.36%) FortiGate
7 9 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.28%) Consul
9 6 (0.24%) Argo
9 6 (0.24%) HAProxy
10 4 (0.16%) SCCM
11 3 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
11 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.080%) Istio
12 2 (0.080%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.080%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.080%) Puppet
12 2 (0.080%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.080%) VxRail
Vendors
1 321 (12.91%) Microsoft
2 146 (5.87%) Oracle
3 144 (5.79%) ServiceNow
4 140 (5.63%) SAP
5 133 (5.35%) Databricks
6 110 (4.42%) Salesforce
7 48 (1.93%) Google
8 45 (1.81%) Cisco
9 41 (1.65%) CyberArk
10 37 (1.49%) Splunk
11 35 (1.41%) Workday
12 34 (1.37%) IBM
13 32 (1.29%) MuleSoft
14 28 (1.13%) Foundry
14 28 (1.13%) OpenAI
15 26 (1.05%) Ariba
16 25 (1.01%) VMware
17 21 (0.84%) Palo Alto
18 20 (0.80%) Dynatrace
19 16 (0.64%) Sparx