Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Architect
England > London

The median Architect daily rate in London is £622, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 19 16
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,503 1,410 1,690
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.59% 10.38% 10.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.54% 11.14% 10.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,696 928 1,201
10th Percentile £475 £481 £488
25th Percentile £525 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £622 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £731 £738 £763
90th Percentile £800 £805 £875
England median daily rate £620 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.80% -3.85% -1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 3
10th Percentile £48.20 £54.50 £53.10
25th Percentile £55.00 £57.50 £54.75
Median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78.75 £83.75 £90.68
90th Percentile £99.65 £93.50 £107.59
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 18,486 12,652 15,766
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.01% 93.10% 94.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,085 8,557 11,239
10th Percentile £363 £331 £338
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 197 247
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.20
25th Percentile £22.00 £22.50 £22.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £32.29
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -7.09% -17.21%
75th Percentile £59.36 £50.00 £51.88
90th Percentile £76.75 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £45.56 £26.50 £42.91
% change year-on-year +71.91% -38.24% -2.72%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 +14 367 £625 -7.41% 135
West London -14 32 £625 +38.89% 28
South London -11 19 £724 +6.87% 7
East London +1 12 £688 +1.85% 7
North London -3 1 £650 -3.70% 1
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 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.

1 703 (28.09%) Azure
2 651 (26.01%) Security Cleared
3 593 (23.69%) AWS
4 548 (21.89%) SC Cleared
5 414 (16.54%) Migration
6 405 (16.18%) Roadmaps
7 384 (15.34%) AI
8 327 (13.06%) Stakeholder Management
9 324 (12.94%) Microsoft
10 308 (12.31%) DevOps
11 306 (12.23%) Enterprise Architecture
12 302 (12.07%) Analytics
13 296 (11.83%) Data Modelling
14 278 (11.11%) CI/CD
15 258 (10.31%) Data Architecture
16 255 (10.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 253 (10.11%) Agile
18 247 (9.87%) Integration Patterns
19 235 (9.39%) Technical Leadership
20 223 (8.91%) GCP
21 216 (8.63%) TOGAF
22 209 (8.35%) Architectural Patterns
23 185 (7.39%) Infrastructure as Code
24 166 (6.63%) Problem-Solving
24 166 (6.63%) Security Architecture
25 160 (6.39%) Architectural Design
25 160 (6.39%) Event-Driven
26 159 (6.35%) Microservices
27 158 (6.31%) Business Intelligence
28 157 (6.27%) ERP

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 (1.72%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.36%) Apache
2 34 (1.36%) Apache Spark
3 31 (1.24%) SAS
4 24 (0.96%) Confluence
5 18 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (0.44%) CMS
8 9 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
9 7 (0.28%) Appian
9 7 (0.28%) nginx
10 6 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 6 (0.24%) Camunda
11 4 (0.16%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.080%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.080%) Mule
13 2 (0.080%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.040%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.28%) Chatbot
1 7 (0.28%) MS Visio
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 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 15 (0.60%) 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
6 6 (0.24%) 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
1 703 (28.09%) Azure
2 593 (23.69%) AWS
3 223 (8.91%) GCP
4 153 (6.11%) Power Platform
5 100 (4.00%) SaaS
6 94 (3.76%) Entra ID
7 83 (3.32%) Serverless
8 79 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
9 71 (2.84%) GitHub
10 66 (2.64%) Snowflake
11 61 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
11 61 (2.44%) PaaS
12 50 (2.00%) Amazon S3
13 44 (1.76%) Microsoft 365
14 43 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
15 39 (1.56%) IaaS
16 33 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 33 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 32 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
17 32 (1.28%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 93 (3.72%) Network Security
2 61 (2.44%) Firewall
3 37 (1.48%) VPN
4 29 (1.16%) DNS
5 28 (1.12%) WAN
6 19 (0.76%) LAN
7 13 (0.52%) TCP/IP
8 11 (0.44%) MPLS
8 11 (0.44%) Radio Access Network
9 10 (0.40%) 5G
10 9 (0.36%) 4G
10 9 (0.36%) BGP
10 9 (0.36%) SD-WAN
10 9 (0.36%) VXLAN
11 8 (0.32%) Ethernet VPN
11 8 (0.32%) NGFW
11 8 (0.32%) OSPF
12 7 (0.28%) 3GPP
13 6 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
14 5 (0.20%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (4.47%) Power BI
2 89 (3.56%) Data Lake
3 81 (3.24%) Metadata
4 71 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (1.28%) SQL Server
6 31 (1.24%) Big Data
6 31 (1.24%) NoSQL
7 25 (1.00%) BigQuery
8 23 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
8 23 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
9 20 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
9 20 (0.80%) Delta Lake
10 15 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
10 15 (0.60%) Tableau
11 13 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (0.48%) Oracle Database
13 11 (0.44%) Db2
13 11 (0.44%) GIS
13 11 (0.44%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 40 (1.60%) Git
2 37 (1.48%) JIRA
3 31 (1.24%) Jenkins
4 17 (0.68%) GitLab
5 10 (0.40%) ERwin
6 8 (0.32%) MLflow
7 6 (0.24%) PowerDesigner
8 5 (0.20%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.20%) Maven
8 5 (0.20%) Storybook
9 4 (0.16%) Claude Code
9 4 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.16%) Snyk
9 4 (0.16%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.12%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.12%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.12%) JMeter
10 3 (0.12%) VTune
11 2 (0.080%) Postman
11 2 (0.080%) REST Assured
General
1 478 (19.10%) Finance
2 457 (18.26%) Social Skills
3 292 (11.67%) Public Sector
4 167 (6.67%) Banking
5 134 (5.35%) Retail
6 127 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
7 86 (3.44%) Telecoms
8 70 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
9 59 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
10 50 (2.00%) Legal
11 44 (1.76%) Law
12 36 (1.44%) Billing
13 33 (1.32%) Marketing
14 29 (1.16%) Financial Institution
15 25 (1.00%) Manufacturing
16 20 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 18 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
18 13 (0.52%) Local Government
19 11 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
20 10 (0.40%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (5.39%) REST
2 90 (3.60%) Middleware
3 83 (3.32%) .NET
4 66 (2.64%) SOAP
5 64 (2.56%) Kafka
6 37 (1.48%) OAuth
7 32 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
7 32 (1.28%) React
8 31 (1.24%) .NET Framework
9 24 (0.96%) PySpark
10 22 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
10 22 (0.88%) OAuth2
11 20 (0.80%) JSON
11 20 (0.80%) SAML
12 19 (0.76%) OpenID
12 19 (0.76%) RESTful
13 18 (0.72%) AngularJS
13 18 (0.72%) XML
14 17 (0.68%) HTML
15 15 (0.60%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 237 (9.47%) Cloud Native
2 76 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
3 65 (2.60%) Onboarding
4 64 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
5 63 (2.52%) Product Ownership
6 62 (2.48%) Data Centre
7 61 (2.44%) AI Agents
8 53 (2.12%) Management Information System
9 52 (2.08%) CMDB
10 50 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
11 49 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
12 37 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
13 32 (1.28%) Enterprise Cloud
14 30 (1.20%) Security Posture
15 29 (1.16%) Data Structures
16 28 (1.12%) Taxonomies
17 26 (1.04%) Mainframe
18 24 (0.96%) Public Cloud
19 23 (0.92%) IoT
19 23 (0.92%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 39 (1.56%) Linux
2 30 (1.20%) Windows
3 10 (0.40%) Unix
4 9 (0.36%) Android
4 9 (0.36%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.36%) 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
9 3 (0.12%) AIX
9 3 (0.12%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.12%) Solaris
10 2 (0.080%) VMS
11 1 (0.040%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (16.54%) Migration
2 405 (16.18%) Roadmaps
3 384 (15.34%) AI
4 327 (13.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 308 (12.31%) DevOps
6 306 (12.23%) Enterprise Architecture
7 302 (12.07%) Analytics
8 296 (11.83%) Data Modelling
9 278 (11.11%) CI/CD
10 258 (10.31%) Data Architecture
11 255 (10.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 253 (10.11%) Agile
13 247 (9.87%) Integration Patterns
14 235 (9.39%) Technical Leadership
15 216 (8.63%) TOGAF
16 209 (8.35%) Architectural Patterns
17 185 (7.39%) Infrastructure as Code
18 166 (6.63%) Problem-Solving
18 166 (6.63%) Security Architecture
19 160 (6.39%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 153 (6.11%) Python
2 129 (5.15%) SQL
3 109 (4.35%) Java
4 58 (2.32%) JavaScript
5 44 (1.76%) PowerShell
6 38 (1.52%) C#
7 28 (1.12%) TypeScript
8 24 (0.96%) Bicep
9 22 (0.88%) Apex Code
10 20 (0.80%) Bash
11 14 (0.56%) Ruby
12 9 (0.36%) Scala
13 7 (0.28%) C++
13 7 (0.28%) R
13 7 (0.28%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.24%) Cypher
14 6 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.20%) Groovy
15 5 (0.20%) Rust
16 4 (0.16%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 651 (26.01%) Security Cleared
2 548 (21.89%) SC Cleared
3 81 (3.24%) Degree
4 67 (2.68%) Azure Certification
4 67 (2.68%) CISSP
5 60 (2.40%) DV Cleared
6 59 (2.36%) AWS Certification
7 38 (1.52%) CISM
8 37 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
9 35 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 33 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
12 21 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (0.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 20 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 19 (0.76%) Master's Degree
15 14 (0.56%) CCSP
15 14 (0.56%) CISA
16 12 (0.48%) CCNP
17 9 (0.36%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (3.80%) Data Quality
2 93 (3.72%) GDPR
3 66 (2.64%) NIST
4 57 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 41 (1.64%) GRC
6 31 (1.24%) NCSC
7 30 (1.20%) QA
8 21 (0.84%) PCI DSS
9 17 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 17 (0.68%) SEPA
10 15 (0.60%) ISO 20022
11 14 (0.56%) Accessibility
11 14 (0.56%) NIST 800
12 10 (0.40%) HIPAA
13 9 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
14 8 (0.32%) PSD2
15 7 (0.28%) IFRS
16 6 (0.24%) HL7
16 6 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 56 (2.24%) Docker
2 51 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 20 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.28%) Varnish
4 7 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.28%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.24%) Postfix
6 5 (0.20%) NFS
7 4 (0.16%) Sendmail
7 4 (0.16%) Squid
8 3 (0.12%) vSphere
9 2 (0.080%) IAG
9 2 (0.080%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.080%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.040%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.040%) HDFS
10 1 (0.040%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.040%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.040%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 124 (4.95%) Terraform
2 123 (4.91%) Kubernetes
3 44 (1.76%) Ansible
4 26 (1.04%) Grafana
5 19 (0.76%) Prometheus
5 19 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.28%) Argo
8 6 (0.24%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.16%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.16%) SCCM
10 3 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
10 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.080%) Consul
11 2 (0.080%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.080%) Istio
11 2 (0.080%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.080%) Puppet
11 2 (0.080%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.080%) VxRail
Vendors
1 324 (12.94%) Microsoft
2 150 (5.99%) Oracle
3 144 (5.75%) ServiceNow
4 143 (5.71%) SAP
5 138 (5.51%) Databricks
6 111 (4.43%) Salesforce
7 50 (2.00%) Google
8 46 (1.84%) Cisco
9 36 (1.44%) IBM
9 36 (1.44%) Workday
10 34 (1.36%) CyberArk
11 29 (1.16%) Foundry
11 29 (1.16%) MuleSoft
11 29 (1.16%) OpenAI
11 29 (1.16%) Splunk
12 25 (1.00%) Ariba
12 25 (1.00%) VMware
13 21 (0.84%) Palo Alto
14 17 (0.68%) Sparx
15 15 (0.60%) Adobe