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 13 July 2026.

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

6 months to
13 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 2,441 1,434 1,764
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.34% 10.54% 10.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.29% 11.29% 10.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,656 941 1,263
10th Percentile £463 £488 £488
25th Percentile £515 £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 £805 £800 £875
England median daily rate £617 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -1.28% -3.85% -2.26%
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 £71.25 £70.00
% change year-on-year -8.77% +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 18,372 12,697 16,357
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 93.28% 94.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,076 8,582 11,668
10th Percentile £359 £332 £330
25th Percentile £442 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
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 323 196 295
10th Percentile £17.69 £18.47 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.87 £22.98 £20.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £31.75 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.11% +13.39% -25.33%
75th Percentile £60.75 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £79.75 £63.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £45.56 £28.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +59.84% -28.75% -6.98%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +17 371 £625 -9.42% 142
West London -15 28 £625 +25.00% 54
South London -9 22 £723 +2.56% 2
East London +4 16 £672 +12.00% 10
North London -3 1 £650 -3.70% 2
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 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.

1 693 (28.39%) Azure
2 637 (26.10%) Security Cleared
3 572 (23.43%) AWS
4 543 (22.24%) SC Cleared
5 408 (16.71%) Migration
6 387 (15.85%) Roadmaps
7 375 (15.36%) AI
8 325 (13.31%) Microsoft
9 313 (12.82%) DevOps
9 313 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
10 283 (11.59%) CI/CD
11 278 (11.39%) Data Modelling
12 276 (11.31%) Analytics
13 275 (11.27%) Enterprise Architecture
14 248 (10.16%) Agile
14 248 (10.16%) Data Architecture
15 242 (9.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 223 (9.14%) Integration Patterns
17 216 (8.85%) GCP
18 213 (8.73%) Technical Leadership
19 203 (8.32%) TOGAF
20 202 (8.28%) Architectural Patterns
21 190 (7.78%) Infrastructure as Code
22 169 (6.92%) Problem-Solving
23 165 (6.76%) Architectural Design
24 153 (6.27%) Microservices
24 153 (6.27%) Python
24 153 (6.27%) Security Architecture
25 151 (6.19%) Power Platform
26 149 (6.10%) 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 42 (1.72%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.23%) Confluence
3 25 (1.02%) Apache
4 24 (0.98%) Apache Spark
5 18 (0.74%) SAS
6 15 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (0.45%) nginx
8 10 (0.41%) CMS
9 9 (0.37%) Camunda
9 9 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
10 8 (0.33%) Appian
11 6 (0.25%) Anypoint
12 4 (0.16%) Mule
13 3 (0.12%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.12%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.082%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.082%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (0.33%) MS Visio
2 7 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.041%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.041%) Notion
4 1 (0.041%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.041%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 58 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 13 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.33%) SAP BRIM
6 6 (0.25%) Endur
6 6 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 4 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 4 (0.16%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.16%) Oracle Retail
8 4 (0.16%) SAP Convergent Charging
8 4 (0.16%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.12%) SAP FSCM
9 3 (0.12%) SAP IBP
9 3 (0.12%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.12%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.082%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 693 (28.39%) Azure
2 572 (23.43%) AWS
3 216 (8.85%) GCP
4 151 (6.19%) Power Platform
5 102 (4.18%) SaaS
6 92 (3.77%) Entra ID
7 91 (3.73%) Serverless
8 80 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
9 71 (2.91%) GitHub
10 65 (2.66%) Snowflake
11 63 (2.58%) PaaS
12 60 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
13 49 (2.01%) Amazon S3
14 45 (1.84%) AWS Lambda
15 44 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
16 43 (1.76%) IaaS
17 36 (1.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 32 (1.31%) Amazon EKS
19 31 (1.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 31 (1.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 94 (3.85%) Network Security
2 70 (2.87%) Firewall
3 47 (1.93%) VPN
4 38 (1.56%) DNS
5 29 (1.19%) WAN
6 18 (0.74%) TCP/IP
7 16 (0.66%) LAN
8 14 (0.57%) SD-WAN
9 12 (0.49%) BGP
10 11 (0.45%) OSPF
11 10 (0.41%) 5G
11 10 (0.41%) MPLS
11 10 (0.41%) Radio Access Network
12 9 (0.37%) OpenVPN
12 9 (0.37%) VXLAN
13 8 (0.33%) 3GPP
13 8 (0.33%) Ethernet VPN
13 8 (0.33%) NGFW
14 7 (0.29%) 4G
15 5 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (4.38%) Power BI
2 84 (3.44%) Data Lake
3 74 (3.03%) Metadata
4 68 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (1.27%) SQL Server
6 29 (1.19%) NoSQL
7 28 (1.15%) Big Data
8 26 (1.07%) BigQuery
9 25 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
10 24 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
11 19 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
12 16 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
13 15 (0.61%) Delta Lake
14 14 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
14 14 (0.57%) Oracle Database
15 13 (0.53%) Tableau
16 11 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
17 10 (0.41%) Db2
17 10 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
17 10 (0.41%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 42 (1.72%) JIRA
2 39 (1.60%) Git
2 39 (1.60%) Jenkins
3 15 (0.61%) GitLab
4 10 (0.41%) ERwin
5 9 (0.37%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.33%) MLflow
7 7 (0.29%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.25%) PowerDesigner
9 5 (0.20%) Maven
10 4 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.16%) Snyk
11 3 (0.12%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.12%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.12%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.12%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.12%) JMeter
11 3 (0.12%) Storybook
11 3 (0.12%) VTune
12 2 (0.082%) Robot Framework
General
1 474 (19.42%) Finance
2 452 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 281 (11.51%) Public Sector
4 164 (6.72%) Banking
5 125 (5.12%) Analytical Skills
6 124 (5.08%) Retail
7 78 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
8 74 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
9 72 (2.95%) Telecoms
10 52 (2.13%) Legal
11 40 (1.64%) Law
12 39 (1.60%) Billing
13 31 (1.27%) Marketing
14 27 (1.11%) Financial Institution
15 25 (1.02%) Manufacturing
16 20 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 18 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
18 10 (0.41%) Investment Banking
18 10 (0.41%) Military
19 9 (0.37%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (4.79%) REST
2 87 (3.56%) Middleware
3 81 (3.32%) .NET
4 58 (2.38%) SOAP
5 49 (2.01%) Kafka
6 36 (1.47%) OAuth
6 36 (1.47%) OpenID
7 32 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
7 32 (1.31%) SAML
8 31 (1.27%) React
9 29 (1.19%) .NET Framework
10 28 (1.15%) LDAP
11 20 (0.82%) AngularJS
11 20 (0.82%) Lightning Web Components
11 20 (0.82%) PySpark
12 19 (0.78%) OAuth2
13 17 (0.70%) JSON
13 17 (0.70%) RESTful
14 14 (0.57%) HTML
14 14 (0.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 244 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 77 (3.15%) Onboarding
3 74 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 65 (2.66%) Product Ownership
5 61 (2.50%) Data Centre
6 57 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
7 52 (2.13%) AI Agents
8 50 (2.05%) Management Information System
9 47 (1.93%) CMDB
9 47 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
10 45 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
11 38 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
12 30 (1.23%) Security Posture
13 28 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
14 26 (1.07%) Mainframe
14 26 (1.07%) Public Cloud
15 25 (1.02%) Taxonomies
16 24 (0.98%) Data Structures
16 24 (0.98%) NHS
17 23 (0.94%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 38 (1.56%) Linux
2 31 (1.27%) Windows
3 11 (0.45%) Android
3 11 (0.45%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.41%) Unix
5 9 (0.37%) zOS
6 8 (0.33%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.20%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.20%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
10 3 (0.12%) AIX
10 3 (0.12%) Solaris
11 2 (0.082%) CentOS
11 2 (0.082%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (16.71%) Migration
2 387 (15.85%) Roadmaps
3 375 (15.36%) AI
4 313 (12.82%) DevOps
4 313 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 283 (11.59%) CI/CD
6 278 (11.39%) Data Modelling
7 276 (11.31%) Analytics
8 275 (11.27%) Enterprise Architecture
9 248 (10.16%) Agile
9 248 (10.16%) Data Architecture
10 242 (9.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 223 (9.14%) Integration Patterns
12 213 (8.73%) Technical Leadership
13 203 (8.32%) TOGAF
14 202 (8.28%) Architectural Patterns
15 190 (7.78%) Infrastructure as Code
16 169 (6.92%) Problem-Solving
17 165 (6.76%) Architectural Design
18 153 (6.27%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 153 (6.27%) Python
2 126 (5.16%) SQL
3 105 (4.30%) Java
4 49 (2.01%) JavaScript
5 42 (1.72%) PowerShell
6 36 (1.47%) C#
7 26 (1.07%) Bicep
8 25 (1.02%) TypeScript
9 20 (0.82%) Apex Code
10 17 (0.70%) Bash
11 15 (0.61%) Ruby
12 8 (0.33%) Scala
13 7 (0.29%) R
13 7 (0.29%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.25%) C++
14 6 (0.25%) Go
15 5 (0.20%) Cypher
16 4 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.16%) Rust
17 3 (0.12%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 637 (26.10%) Security Cleared
2 543 (22.24%) SC Cleared
3 82 (3.36%) Degree
4 66 (2.70%) Azure Certification
5 65 (2.66%) CISSP
6 56 (2.29%) AWS Certification
7 47 (1.93%) DV Cleared
8 36 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 35 (1.43%) CISM
10 34 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
11 27 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
12 20 (0.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 20 (0.82%) Master's Degree
12 20 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 14 (0.57%) CCSP
14 14 (0.57%) CISA
15 13 (0.53%) CCNP
16 10 (0.41%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (3.48%) GDPR
2 81 (3.32%) Data Quality
3 75 (3.07%) NIST
4 67 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 43 (1.76%) NCSC
6 30 (1.23%) QA
7 25 (1.02%) GRC
8 21 (0.86%) PCI DSS
9 17 (0.70%) SEPA
10 16 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 15 (0.61%) ISO 20022
12 14 (0.57%) NIST 800
13 12 (0.49%) Accessibility
14 10 (0.41%) HIPAA
15 9 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
16 8 (0.33%) PSD2
17 7 (0.29%) IFRS
18 6 (0.25%) COBIT
18 6 (0.25%) HL7
19 5 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 59 (2.42%) Docker
2 50 (2.05%) Active Directory
3 21 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.37%) Squid
4 9 (0.37%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.33%) Varnish
6 7 (0.29%) Postfix
7 6 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.20%) NFS
9 4 (0.16%) Sendmail
10 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.082%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.041%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.041%) HDFS
12 1 (0.041%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.041%) IAG
12 1 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.041%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 135 (5.53%) Kubernetes
2 134 (5.49%) Terraform
3 46 (1.88%) Ansible
4 29 (1.19%) Grafana
5 24 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
6 21 (0.86%) Prometheus
7 11 (0.45%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.29%) Consul
9 7 (0.29%) HAProxy
10 6 (0.25%) Argo
11 5 (0.20%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.16%) Puppet
12 4 (0.16%) SCCM
13 3 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
14 2 (0.082%) Istio
14 2 (0.082%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (0.082%) Kubeflow
14 2 (0.082%) QRadar
14 2 (0.082%) VxRail
Vendors
1 325 (13.31%) Microsoft
2 137 (5.61%) ServiceNow
3 135 (5.53%) Databricks
3 135 (5.53%) Oracle
4 132 (5.41%) SAP
5 108 (4.42%) Salesforce
6 48 (1.97%) Cisco
6 48 (1.97%) Google
7 44 (1.80%) CyberArk
8 39 (1.60%) Splunk
9 33 (1.35%) MuleSoft
10 32 (1.31%) IBM
11 31 (1.27%) Workday
12 30 (1.23%) OpenAI
13 28 (1.15%) Foundry
14 25 (1.02%) VMware
15 23 (0.94%) Palo Alto
16 22 (0.90%) Ariba
17 19 (0.78%) Dynatrace
18 16 (0.66%) Sparx