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 7 May 2026.

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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 18 15
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,115 1,261 1,793
As % of all contract jobs in London 11.84% 10.05% 10.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.77% 10.76% 10.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,467 832 1,291
10th Percentile £475 £489 £500
25th Percentile £515 £551 £552
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £634 £670
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% -5.41% -4.29%
75th Percentile £740 £738 £753
90th Percentile £825 £800 £850
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -2.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 1
10th Percentile £60.50 £40.25 -
25th Percentile £63.00 £48.13 £57.50
Median hourly rate £68.00 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% +4.17% -2.04%
75th Percentile £75.84 £75.63 £62.50
90th Percentile £97.50 £90.25 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% -

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 16,557 11,716 16,625
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 93.41% 93.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,989 8,029 12,027
10th Percentile £350 £346 £325
25th Percentile £425 £428 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £755 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 145 338
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.33 £16.01
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.00 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.65 £27.66
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% +25.29% -21.55%
75th Percentile £63.26 £50.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £31.35 £36.50
% change year-on-year +49.94% -14.12% -17.64%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 +11 310 £650 -0.80% 123
West London -2 32 £625 -7.41% 21
South London -3 21 £680 +4.58% 1
East London -1 13 £630 -1.18% 9
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 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.

1 593 (28.04%) Azure
2 576 (27.23%) Security Cleared
3 513 (24.26%) AWS
4 485 (22.93%) SC Cleared
5 335 (15.84%) Migration
6 298 (14.09%) Microsoft
7 291 (13.76%) Roadmaps
8 278 (13.14%) AI
9 274 (12.96%) DevOps
10 254 (12.01%) CI/CD
11 231 (10.92%) Integration Patterns
12 227 (10.73%) Stakeholder Management
13 222 (10.50%) Analytics
14 216 (10.21%) GCP
15 214 (10.12%) Agile
16 209 (9.88%) Data Modelling
16 209 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 196 (9.27%) Data Architecture
18 190 (8.98%) Technical Leadership
19 188 (8.89%) Enterprise Architecture
20 184 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
21 181 (8.56%) Python
22 173 (8.18%) Architectural Patterns
23 167 (7.90%) Infrastructure as Code
24 154 (7.28%) TOGAF
25 149 (7.04%) Architectural Design
26 143 (6.76%) Microservices
27 139 (6.57%) ServiceNow
28 138 (6.52%) SQL
28 138 (6.52%) 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 42 (1.99%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.13%) Confluence
3 21 (0.99%) Apache Spark
4 17 (0.80%) Apache
5 13 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.57%) nginx
7 10 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.38%) Camunda
8 8 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
9 6 (0.28%) Anypoint
9 6 (0.28%) CMS
10 5 (0.24%) Mule
11 4 (0.19%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.19%) 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 (0.095%) JBoss
13 2 (0.095%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (0.47%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.047%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.047%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.047%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.047%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.047%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.047%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 55 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 12 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.33%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (0.28%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.24%) SAP BRIM
8 5 (0.24%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 4 (0.19%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.19%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 4 (0.19%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.19%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.19%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.14%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 593 (28.04%) Azure
2 513 (24.26%) AWS
3 216 (10.21%) GCP
4 115 (5.44%) Power Platform
5 86 (4.07%) Serverless
6 83 (3.92%) SaaS
7 75 (3.55%) Entra ID
8 69 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
9 59 (2.79%) Amazon S3
10 58 (2.74%) GitHub
11 51 (2.41%) PaaS
12 50 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
13 49 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
13 49 (2.32%) Snowflake
14 44 (2.08%) IaaS
14 44 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
15 42 (1.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 37 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
17 34 (1.61%) Amazon EKS
18 31 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 78 (3.69%) Network Security
2 65 (3.07%) Firewall
3 46 (2.17%) WAN
4 45 (2.13%) DNS
5 42 (1.99%) VPN
6 25 (1.18%) LAN
7 24 (1.13%) SD-WAN
8 15 (0.71%) BGP
9 14 (0.66%) OSPF
9 14 (0.66%) TCP/IP
10 11 (0.52%) MPLS
10 11 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (0.47%) VXLAN
12 9 (0.43%) OpenVPN
13 8 (0.38%) 3GPP
13 8 (0.38%) 5G
13 8 (0.38%) Ethernet VPN
14 6 (0.28%) NAS
14 6 (0.28%) SAN
14 6 (0.28%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (3.88%) Power BI
2 70 (3.31%) Data Lake
3 49 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
4 43 (2.03%) Metadata
5 34 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
6 33 (1.56%) SQL Server
7 28 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 25 (1.18%) NoSQL
9 24 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
10 21 (0.99%) BigQuery
10 21 (0.99%) Delta Lake
11 19 (0.90%) Big Data
12 17 (0.80%) Amazon Athena
12 17 (0.80%) Tableau
13 16 (0.76%) Amazon Aurora
14 14 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
14 14 (0.66%) DB2
15 13 (0.61%) Apache Iceberg
15 13 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
16 12 (0.57%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 45 (2.13%) Jenkins
2 31 (1.47%) Git
3 24 (1.13%) JIRA
4 23 (1.09%) GitLab
5 10 (0.47%) ERwin
5 10 (0.47%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.38%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.38%) MLflow
7 6 (0.28%) PowerDesigner
8 5 (0.24%) Artifactory
8 5 (0.24%) Maven
9 4 (0.19%) Snyk
9 4 (0.19%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.14%) Postman
11 2 (0.095%) Chocolatey
11 2 (0.095%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.095%) MSI
11 2 (0.095%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.095%) Robot Framework
General
1 410 (19.39%) Social Skills
2 405 (19.15%) Finance
3 228 (10.78%) Public Sector
4 138 (6.52%) Banking
5 103 (4.87%) Analytical Skills
6 75 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
7 70 (3.31%) Retail
8 62 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
9 57 (2.70%) Telecoms
10 55 (2.60%) Law
10 55 (2.60%) Legal
11 36 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
12 35 (1.65%) Billing
13 29 (1.37%) Marketing
14 26 (1.23%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.13%) Financial Institution
16 17 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (0.57%) Military
18 10 (0.47%) Electronics
18 10 (0.47%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (6.00%) REST
2 91 (4.30%) Middleware
3 79 (3.74%) SOAP
4 66 (3.12%) LDAP
5 63 (2.98%) .NET
6 45 (2.13%) Kafka
7 42 (1.99%) OpenID
8 30 (1.42%) SAML
9 26 (1.23%) OAuth
10 25 (1.18%) React
11 22 (1.04%) AngularJS
12 21 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
13 18 (0.85%) Spring
14 16 (0.76%) .NET Framework
14 16 (0.76%) JSON
14 16 (0.76%) RESTful
15 15 (0.71%) Vue
15 15 (0.71%) Web Services
16 14 (0.66%) J2EE
16 14 (0.66%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 205 (9.69%) Cloud Native
2 70 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
3 62 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
4 60 (2.84%) Onboarding
5 56 (2.65%) Data Centre
6 54 (2.55%) Security Posture
7 53 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
8 51 (2.41%) Product Ownership
9 50 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
10 36 (1.70%) Management Information System
11 35 (1.65%) CMDB
12 34 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
13 33 (1.56%) AI Agents
14 23 (1.09%) Data Structures
15 21 (0.99%) Mainframe
16 19 (0.90%) FMCG
16 19 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
16 19 (0.90%) NHS
17 18 (0.85%) Replication
17 18 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (1.61%) Windows
2 32 (1.51%) Linux
3 10 (0.47%) zOS
4 9 (0.43%) Unix
5 8 (0.38%) Android
5 8 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.24%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.19%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.14%) Solaris
8 3 (0.14%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.095%) AIX
9 2 (0.095%) CentOS
9 2 (0.095%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.095%) VMS
10 1 (0.047%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (15.84%) Migration
2 291 (13.76%) Roadmaps
3 278 (13.14%) AI
4 274 (12.96%) DevOps
5 254 (12.01%) CI/CD
6 231 (10.92%) Integration Patterns
7 227 (10.73%) Stakeholder Management
8 222 (10.50%) Analytics
9 214 (10.12%) Agile
10 209 (9.88%) Data Modelling
10 209 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 196 (9.27%) Data Architecture
12 190 (8.98%) Technical Leadership
13 188 (8.89%) Enterprise Architecture
14 184 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
15 173 (8.18%) Architectural Patterns
16 167 (7.90%) Infrastructure as Code
17 154 (7.28%) TOGAF
18 149 (7.04%) Architectural Design
19 143 (6.76%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 181 (8.56%) Python
2 138 (6.52%) SQL
3 103 (4.87%) Java
4 79 (3.74%) PowerShell
5 30 (1.42%) C#
6 28 (1.32%) JavaScript
7 22 (1.04%) Bicep
8 18 (0.85%) TypeScript
9 16 (0.76%) Bash
9 16 (0.76%) Ruby
10 11 (0.52%) Scala
11 10 (0.47%) Apex Code
12 7 (0.33%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.28%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.24%) R
14 5 (0.24%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.19%) C++
15 4 (0.19%) Go
15 4 (0.19%) SOQL
16 3 (0.14%) C
Qualifications
1 576 (27.23%) Security Cleared
2 485 (22.93%) SC Cleared
3 76 (3.59%) Degree
4 68 (3.22%) Azure Certification
5 51 (2.41%) AWS Certification
6 50 (2.36%) CISSP
7 41 (1.94%) DV Cleared
8 40 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
10 33 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
11 25 (1.18%) Master's Degree
12 24 (1.13%) CISM
13 22 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
14 20 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 20 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
15 17 (0.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 15 (0.71%) CCNP
17 12 (0.57%) CCSP
18 11 (0.52%) CCIE
19 10 (0.47%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (3.59%) GDPR
2 62 (2.93%) NIST
3 59 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 58 (2.74%) Data Quality
5 43 (2.03%) NCSC
6 37 (1.75%) QA
7 24 (1.13%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.76%) ISO 20022
9 13 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (0.61%) SEPA
10 11 (0.52%) GRC
11 10 (0.47%) PSD2
12 9 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.38%) HIPAA
13 8 (0.38%) SLA
14 7 (0.33%) HL7
14 7 (0.33%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.24%) Accessibility
15 5 (0.24%) PERC
16 4 (0.19%) IFRS
System Software
1 81 (3.83%) Active Directory
2 67 (3.17%) Docker
3 26 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.76%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (0.43%) Squid
7 8 (0.38%) Varnish
8 6 (0.28%) Postfix
8 6 (0.28%) vSphere
9 5 (0.24%) NFS
9 5 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.19%) Sendmail
11 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.095%) Ceph
12 2 (0.095%) Firmware
12 2 (0.095%) Hyper-V
12 2 (0.095%) Lustre
12 2 (0.095%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.095%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.095%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 138 (6.52%) Terraform
2 126 (5.96%) Kubernetes
3 35 (1.65%) Ansible
4 27 (1.28%) Grafana
5 21 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.85%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.80%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.33%) Consul
10 6 (0.28%) Argo
10 6 (0.28%) HAProxy
11 4 (0.19%) Istio
11 4 (0.19%) Kibana
11 4 (0.19%) SCCM
12 3 (0.14%) Karpenter
12 3 (0.14%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.14%) Puppet
12 3 (0.14%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.095%) Amdocs OSS
13 2 (0.095%) QRadar
Vendors
1 298 (14.09%) Microsoft
2 139 (6.57%) ServiceNow
3 115 (5.44%) SAP
4 113 (5.34%) Databricks
5 102 (4.82%) Salesforce
6 100 (4.73%) Oracle
7 70 (3.31%) CyberArk
8 41 (1.94%) Google
9 39 (1.84%) Cisco
10 35 (1.65%) BeyondTrust
11 34 (1.61%) Centrify
11 34 (1.61%) Splunk
12 32 (1.51%) VMware
13 31 (1.47%) Workday
14 27 (1.28%) IBM
15 25 (1.18%) OpenAI
16 24 (1.13%) MuleSoft
17 21 (0.99%) Ariba
18 20 (0.95%) Palo Alto
19 19 (0.90%) Foundry