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 5 July 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,386 1,394 1,767
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.30% 10.50% 10.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.24% 11.24% 10.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,623 910 1,276
10th Percentile £463 £492 £488
25th Percentile £513 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £753
90th Percentile £807 £800 £875
England median daily rate £616 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -1.42% -3.85% -2.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 2
10th Percentile £53.95 £54.50 £52.55
25th Percentile £55.00 £57.50 £53.38
Median hourly rate £64.25 £65.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +14.04% -12.31%
75th Percentile £83.44 £83.75 £60.88
90th Percentile £100.73 £93.50 £61.85
England median hourly rate £65.00 £68.75 £70.00
% change year-on-year -5.45% -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 18,021 12,401 16,556
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 93.39% 93.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,847 8,365 11,850
10th Percentile £358 £332 £325
25th Percentile £440 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 313 189 307
10th Percentile £17.69 £18.87 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.50 £23.45 £20.24
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% +15.07% -25.52%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.50 £46.68
90th Percentile £81.00 £64.00 £68.30
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +60.71% -30.00% -8.57%

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 +16 372 £625 -7.41% 142
West London -17 26 £625 +21.36% 28
South London +1 22 £723 +2.56% 2
East London +5 16 £672 +14.87% 11
North London 0 1 £650 -3.70% 2
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 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.

1 683 (28.63%) Azure
2 634 (26.57%) Security Cleared
3 553 (23.18%) AWS
4 539 (22.59%) SC Cleared
5 399 (16.72%) Migration
6 371 (15.55%) AI
7 367 (15.38%) Roadmaps
8 318 (13.33%) Microsoft
9 309 (12.95%) DevOps
10 305 (12.78%) Stakeholder Management
11 278 (11.65%) CI/CD
12 261 (10.94%) Analytics
13 258 (10.81%) Data Modelling
14 254 (10.65%) Enterprise Architecture
15 241 (10.10%) Agile
16 240 (10.06%) Data Architecture
17 236 (9.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 218 (9.14%) Integration Patterns
19 209 (8.76%) GCP
20 207 (8.68%) Technical Leadership
21 198 (8.30%) Architectural Patterns
22 197 (8.26%) TOGAF
23 189 (7.92%) Infrastructure as Code
24 167 (7.00%) Problem-Solving
25 161 (6.75%) Architectural Design
26 154 (6.45%) Security Architecture
27 153 (6.41%) Python
28 144 (6.04%) Microservices
28 144 (6.04%) Power Platform
29 143 (5.99%) Machine Learning

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 44 (1.84%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.22%) Confluence
3 23 (0.96%) Apache
4 22 (0.92%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
7 12 (0.50%) SAS
8 11 (0.46%) nginx
9 9 (0.38%) Camunda
9 9 (0.38%) CMS
9 9 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
10 8 (0.34%) Appian
11 7 (0.29%) Anypoint
12 5 (0.21%) Mule
13 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.084%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.084%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.084%) WebLogic
15 1 (0.042%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (0.38%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.042%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.042%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.042%) Notion
4 1 (0.042%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.042%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 54 (2.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 12 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.34%) SAP BRIM
6 6 (0.25%) Endur
7 5 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 5 (0.21%) Workday HCM
8 4 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 4 (0.17%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.17%) Oracle Retail
8 4 (0.17%) SAP Convergent Charging
8 4 (0.17%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.13%) SAP FSCM
9 3 (0.13%) SAP IBP
9 3 (0.13%) Teamcenter
10 2 (0.084%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 683 (28.63%) Azure
2 553 (23.18%) AWS
3 209 (8.76%) GCP
4 144 (6.04%) Power Platform
5 96 (4.02%) SaaS
6 89 (3.73%) Serverless
7 87 (3.65%) Entra ID
8 78 (3.27%) Dynamics 365
9 68 (2.85%) GitHub
10 62 (2.60%) Snowflake
11 60 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
11 60 (2.51%) PaaS
12 51 (2.14%) Amazon S3
13 46 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
14 44 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
15 42 (1.76%) IaaS
16 37 (1.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 33 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
18 31 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 31 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 96 (4.02%) Network Security
2 73 (3.06%) Firewall
3 48 (2.01%) VPN
4 39 (1.63%) DNS
5 35 (1.47%) WAN
6 20 (0.84%) LAN
7 19 (0.80%) TCP/IP
8 17 (0.71%) SD-WAN
9 14 (0.59%) BGP
10 13 (0.54%) OSPF
11 10 (0.42%) 5G
11 10 (0.42%) MPLS
11 10 (0.42%) VXLAN
12 9 (0.38%) OpenVPN
12 9 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
13 8 (0.34%) 3GPP
13 8 (0.34%) Ethernet VPN
13 8 (0.34%) NGFW
14 7 (0.29%) 4G
15 5 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (4.36%) Power BI
2 82 (3.44%) Data Lake
3 70 (2.93%) Metadata
4 65 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (1.30%) SQL Server
6 28 (1.17%) NoSQL
7 27 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
8 26 (1.09%) Big Data
8 26 (1.09%) BigQuery
9 24 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
10 20 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
11 16 (0.67%) Delta Lake
12 15 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
13 14 (0.59%) Oracle Database
13 14 (0.59%) Tableau
14 13 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
16 11 (0.46%) Data Vault
16 11 (0.46%) Star Schema
17 10 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 41 (1.72%) Jenkins
2 40 (1.68%) JIRA
3 38 (1.59%) Git
4 16 (0.67%) GitLab
5 11 (0.46%) ERwin
6 9 (0.38%) SonarQube
7 8 (0.34%) MLflow
8 7 (0.29%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.25%) PowerDesigner
10 5 (0.21%) Maven
11 4 (0.17%) Snyk
12 3 (0.13%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.13%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.13%) JMeter
12 3 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.13%) VTune
13 2 (0.084%) MSI
13 2 (0.084%) Postman
13 2 (0.084%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.084%) Robot Framework
General
1 463 (19.40%) Finance
2 448 (18.78%) Social Skills
3 280 (11.74%) Public Sector
4 162 (6.79%) Banking
5 123 (5.16%) Analytical Skills
6 119 (4.99%) Retail
7 79 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
8 73 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
9 67 (2.81%) Telecoms
10 51 (2.14%) Legal
11 43 (1.80%) Law
12 36 (1.51%) Billing
13 27 (1.13%) Financial Institution
13 27 (1.13%) Marketing
14 23 (0.96%) Manufacturing
15 19 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (0.50%) Military
18 10 (0.42%) Investment Banking
19 9 (0.38%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (4.74%) REST
2 84 (3.52%) Middleware
3 80 (3.35%) .NET
4 58 (2.43%) SOAP
5 46 (1.93%) Kafka
6 37 (1.55%) OpenID
7 33 (1.38%) SAML
8 32 (1.34%) OAuth
8 32 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
9 30 (1.26%) LDAP
10 29 (1.22%) React
11 27 (1.13%) .NET Framework
12 21 (0.88%) AngularJS
13 20 (0.84%) Lightning Web Components
13 20 (0.84%) PySpark
14 17 (0.71%) JSON
14 17 (0.71%) OAuth2
15 16 (0.67%) RESTful
16 14 (0.59%) Web Services
17 13 (0.54%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 241 (10.10%) Cloud Native
2 77 (3.23%) Onboarding
3 68 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
4 64 (2.68%) Product Ownership
5 63 (2.64%) Data Centre
6 57 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
7 50 (2.10%) Management Information System
8 49 (2.05%) AI Agents
9 48 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
10 44 (1.84%) CMDB
10 44 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
12 30 (1.26%) Security Posture
13 28 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
14 27 (1.13%) Public Cloud
15 26 (1.09%) Mainframe
16 25 (1.05%) Taxonomies
17 24 (1.01%) NHS
18 22 (0.92%) Data Structures
18 22 (0.92%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 39 (1.63%) Linux
2 34 (1.42%) Windows
3 11 (0.46%) Android
3 11 (0.46%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.42%) Unix
5 9 (0.38%) zOS
6 8 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.21%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.17%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.17%) Solaris
10 3 (0.13%) AIX
11 2 (0.084%) CentOS
11 2 (0.084%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (16.72%) Migration
2 371 (15.55%) AI
3 367 (15.38%) Roadmaps
4 309 (12.95%) DevOps
5 305 (12.78%) Stakeholder Management
6 278 (11.65%) CI/CD
7 261 (10.94%) Analytics
8 258 (10.81%) Data Modelling
9 254 (10.65%) Enterprise Architecture
10 241 (10.10%) Agile
11 240 (10.06%) Data Architecture
12 236 (9.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 218 (9.14%) Integration Patterns
14 207 (8.68%) Technical Leadership
15 198 (8.30%) Architectural Patterns
16 197 (8.26%) TOGAF
17 189 (7.92%) Infrastructure as Code
18 167 (7.00%) Problem-Solving
19 161 (6.75%) Architectural Design
20 154 (6.45%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 153 (6.41%) Python
2 123 (5.16%) SQL
3 105 (4.40%) Java
4 46 (1.93%) JavaScript
5 44 (1.84%) PowerShell
6 35 (1.47%) C#
7 26 (1.09%) Bicep
8 22 (0.92%) TypeScript
9 19 (0.80%) Apex Code
10 17 (0.71%) Bash
11 14 (0.59%) Ruby
12 8 (0.34%) Scala
13 7 (0.29%) R
13 7 (0.29%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.25%) C++
14 6 (0.25%) Go
15 5 (0.21%) Cypher
16 4 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.17%) Rust
17 3 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 634 (26.57%) Security Cleared
2 539 (22.59%) SC Cleared
3 83 (3.48%) Degree
4 68 (2.85%) Azure Certification
5 64 (2.68%) CISSP
6 54 (2.26%) AWS Certification
7 43 (1.80%) DV Cleared
8 36 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (1.42%) CISM
10 33 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
11 27 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 21 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 20 (0.84%) Master's Degree
14 15 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 15 (0.63%) CCNP
15 14 (0.59%) CCSP
15 14 (0.59%) CISA
16 10 (0.42%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (3.52%) GDPR
2 77 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 75 (3.14%) NIST
4 69 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (1.93%) NCSC
6 34 (1.42%) QA
7 22 (0.92%) PCI DSS
8 18 (0.75%) GRC
9 16 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 16 (0.67%) SEPA
10 15 (0.63%) ISO 20022
11 13 (0.54%) NIST 800
12 11 (0.46%) Accessibility
13 10 (0.42%) HIPAA
14 9 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
15 8 (0.34%) PSD2
16 7 (0.29%) IFRS
17 6 (0.25%) COBIT
17 6 (0.25%) HL7
18 4 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 57 (2.39%) Docker
2 49 (2.05%) Active Directory
3 22 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.42%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.38%) Squid
6 8 (0.34%) Varnish
7 7 (0.29%) Postfix
8 6 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.21%) NFS
10 4 (0.17%) Sendmail
11 3 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.084%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.084%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.042%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.042%) HDFS
13 1 (0.042%) Hyper-V
13 1 (0.042%) IAG
13 1 (0.042%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 137 (5.74%) Terraform
2 131 (5.49%) Kubernetes
3 47 (1.97%) Ansible
4 27 (1.13%) Grafana
5 24 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
6 19 (0.80%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.54%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.29%) Consul
9 7 (0.29%) HAProxy
10 6 (0.25%) Argo
11 5 (0.21%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.17%) Puppet
12 4 (0.17%) SCCM
13 2 (0.084%) Amdocs OSS
13 2 (0.084%) Istio
13 2 (0.084%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.084%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.084%) QRadar
13 2 (0.084%) VxRail
Vendors
1 318 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 136 (5.70%) ServiceNow
3 133 (5.57%) Databricks
4 130 (5.45%) Oracle
5 126 (5.28%) SAP
6 110 (4.61%) Salesforce
7 52 (2.18%) Cisco
8 47 (1.97%) Google
9 45 (1.89%) CyberArk
10 40 (1.68%) Splunk
11 34 (1.42%) MuleSoft
12 33 (1.38%) Workday
13 32 (1.34%) IBM
14 30 (1.26%) OpenAI
15 26 (1.09%) Foundry
15 26 (1.09%) Palo Alto
15 26 (1.09%) VMware
16 20 (0.84%) Ariba
17 19 (0.80%) Dynatrace
18 16 (0.67%) Sparx