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 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,247 1,281 1,777
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.02% 10.48% 10.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.93% 11.20% 10.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,546 832 1,280
10th Percentile £475 £500 £490
25th Percentile £515 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £740 £738 £763
90th Percentile £825 £800 £851
England median daily rate £620 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.80% -3.85% -2.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile £53.60 £54.50 £52.55
25th Percentile £57.75 £57.50 £53.38
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +14.04% -12.31%
75th Percentile £88.13 £83.75 £60.88
90th Percentile £101.80 £93.50 £61.85
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 17,373 11,436 16,442
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 93.54% 93.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,474 7,725 11,851
10th Percentile £356 £349 £325
25th Percentile £435 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £761 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 163 327
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.87 £24.42 £20.22
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% +15.07% -22.75%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.25 £46.68
90th Percentile £76.83 £63.65 £67.40
England median hourly rate £45.56 £29.33 £39.50
% change year-on-year +55.32% -25.75% -12.22%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +16 339 £625 -7.41% 76
West London +4 32 £633 -5.60% 18
South London -1 22 £723 -0.34% 1
East London +3 15 £669 +11.50% 6
North London 0 1 £650 -3.70% 1
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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.

1 651 (28.97%) Azure
2 641 (28.53%) Security Cleared
3 547 (24.34%) SC Cleared
4 544 (24.21%) AWS
5 369 (16.42%) Migration
6 319 (14.20%) Roadmaps
7 313 (13.93%) Microsoft
8 300 (13.35%) AI
9 293 (13.04%) DevOps
10 270 (12.02%) CI/CD
11 251 (11.17%) Stakeholder Management
12 246 (10.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 242 (10.77%) Integration Patterns
14 228 (10.15%) Data Modelling
15 227 (10.10%) Analytics
16 226 (10.06%) GCP
17 216 (9.61%) Data Architecture
18 211 (9.39%) Enterprise Architecture
19 210 (9.35%) Agile
20 206 (9.17%) Technical Leadership
21 194 (8.63%) Architectural Patterns
22 188 (8.37%) Infrastructure as Code
23 182 (8.10%) Problem-Solving
23 182 (8.10%) Python
24 174 (7.74%) TOGAF
25 160 (7.12%) Architectural Design
26 140 (6.23%) Microservices
27 139 (6.19%) Event-Driven
28 138 (6.14%) Security Architecture
28 138 (6.14%) ServiceNow

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 (1.91%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.16%) Confluence
3 21 (0.93%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.85%) Apache
5 13 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.53%) nginx
7 9 (0.40%) Camunda
7 9 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
8 8 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.31%) Anypoint
9 7 (0.31%) SAS
10 5 (0.22%) Mule
11 4 (0.18%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.13%) Appian
12 3 (0.13%) CMS
12 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.089%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.089%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.089%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 9 (0.40%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.045%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.045%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.045%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.045%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 52 (2.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 16 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.36%) SAP BRIM
6 5 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 4 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 4 (0.18%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 4 (0.18%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.18%) Teamcenter
7 4 (0.18%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.13%) Endur
8 3 (0.13%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.13%) SAP EWM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP FSCM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP IBP
9 2 (0.089%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 651 (28.97%) Azure
2 544 (24.21%) AWS
3 226 (10.06%) GCP
4 128 (5.70%) Power Platform
5 94 (4.18%) Serverless
6 90 (4.01%) SaaS
7 80 (3.56%) Entra ID
8 71 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
9 59 (2.63%) Amazon S3
9 59 (2.63%) GitHub
10 57 (2.54%) PaaS
11 54 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
12 53 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
13 50 (2.23%) Snowflake
14 43 (1.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 41 (1.82%) IaaS
16 40 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
17 35 (1.56%) Amazon EKS
17 35 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
18 32 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 88 (3.92%) Network Security
2 68 (3.03%) Firewall
3 45 (2.00%) WAN
4 44 (1.96%) DNS
4 44 (1.96%) VPN
5 26 (1.16%) LAN
6 21 (0.93%) SD-WAN
7 17 (0.76%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.62%) BGP
9 13 (0.58%) OSPF
10 11 (0.49%) VXLAN
11 10 (0.45%) MPLS
11 10 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.40%) 5G
12 9 (0.40%) OpenVPN
13 8 (0.36%) 3GPP
13 8 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
14 7 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
15 5 (0.22%) NGFW
15 5 (0.22%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (4.09%) Power BI
2 74 (3.29%) Data Lake
3 54 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
3 54 (2.40%) Metadata
4 35 (1.56%) SQL Server
5 33 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
6 27 (1.20%) NoSQL
7 26 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
8 24 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
9 23 (1.02%) BigQuery
10 20 (0.89%) Big Data
11 19 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
12 18 (0.80%) Delta Lake
13 16 (0.71%) Tableau
14 15 (0.67%) Amazon Aurora
15 14 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
16 13 (0.58%) Apache Iceberg
17 12 (0.53%) Data Vault
17 12 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
17 12 (0.53%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 46 (2.05%) Jenkins
2 33 (1.47%) Git
3 30 (1.34%) JIRA
4 23 (1.02%) GitLab
5 10 (0.45%) ERwin
6 9 (0.40%) SonarQube
7 8 (0.36%) MLflow
8 7 (0.31%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.22%) Maven
9 5 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
10 4 (0.18%) Snyk
10 4 (0.18%) Terragrunt
11 3 (0.13%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.13%) JMeter
11 3 (0.13%) Postman
12 2 (0.089%) Katalon Studio
12 2 (0.089%) MSI
12 2 (0.089%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.089%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.089%) Robot Framework
General
1 432 (19.23%) Social Skills
2 419 (18.65%) Finance
3 263 (11.70%) Public Sector
4 140 (6.23%) Banking
5 104 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
6 85 (3.78%) Retail
7 78 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
8 69 (3.07%) Telecoms
9 63 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
10 51 (2.27%) Law
10 51 (2.27%) Legal
11 34 (1.51%) Billing
12 27 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (1.16%) Financial Institution
14 25 (1.11%) Marketing
15 22 (0.98%) Manufacturing
16 19 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (0.71%) Military
18 9 (0.40%) Aviation
18 9 (0.40%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (5.74%) REST
2 85 (3.78%) Middleware
3 81 (3.60%) SOAP
4 75 (3.34%) .NET
5 68 (3.03%) LDAP
6 42 (1.87%) Kafka
6 42 (1.87%) OpenID
7 35 (1.56%) OAuth
8 34 (1.51%) SAML
9 27 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
10 26 (1.16%) React
11 22 (0.98%) .NET Framework
12 21 (0.93%) AngularJS
13 18 (0.80%) OAuth2
13 18 (0.80%) RESTful
14 15 (0.67%) Lightning Web Components
14 15 (0.67%) PySpark
14 15 (0.67%) Spring
15 14 (0.62%) Vue
16 13 (0.58%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 229 (10.19%) Cloud Native
2 73 (3.25%) Onboarding
3 72 (3.20%) Enterprise Software
4 63 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
5 62 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
6 60 (2.67%) Product Ownership
7 58 (2.58%) Data Centre
7 58 (2.58%) Security Posture
8 49 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
9 43 (1.91%) CMDB
9 43 (1.91%) Management Information System
10 40 (1.78%) AI Agents
11 36 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
12 26 (1.16%) Mainframe
13 21 (0.93%) Enterprise Cloud
13 21 (0.93%) Public Cloud
14 20 (0.89%) Data Structures
14 20 (0.89%) NHS
15 18 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
15 18 (0.80%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (1.69%) Linux
2 34 (1.51%) Windows
3 10 (0.45%) Android
3 10 (0.45%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.45%) Unix
4 9 (0.40%) zOS
5 8 (0.36%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.22%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.18%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.18%) Solaris
9 3 (0.13%) AIX
10 2 (0.089%) CentOS
10 2 (0.089%) VMS
10 2 (0.089%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (16.42%) Migration
2 319 (14.20%) Roadmaps
3 300 (13.35%) AI
4 293 (13.04%) DevOps
5 270 (12.02%) CI/CD
6 251 (11.17%) Stakeholder Management
7 246 (10.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 242 (10.77%) Integration Patterns
9 228 (10.15%) Data Modelling
10 227 (10.10%) Analytics
11 216 (9.61%) Data Architecture
12 211 (9.39%) Enterprise Architecture
13 210 (9.35%) Agile
14 206 (9.17%) Technical Leadership
15 194 (8.63%) Architectural Patterns
16 188 (8.37%) Infrastructure as Code
17 182 (8.10%) Problem-Solving
18 174 (7.74%) TOGAF
19 160 (7.12%) Architectural Design
20 140 (6.23%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 182 (8.10%) Python
2 127 (5.65%) SQL
3 102 (4.54%) Java
4 79 (3.52%) PowerShell
5 38 (1.69%) JavaScript
6 31 (1.38%) C#
7 27 (1.20%) Bicep
8 18 (0.80%) TypeScript
9 16 (0.71%) Ruby
10 14 (0.62%) Apex Code
10 14 (0.62%) Bash
11 9 (0.40%) Scala
12 7 (0.31%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.22%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.18%) Go
14 4 (0.18%) R
15 3 (0.13%) C++
15 3 (0.13%) Korn
15 3 (0.13%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 641 (28.53%) Security Cleared
2 547 (24.34%) SC Cleared
3 80 (3.56%) Degree
4 67 (2.98%) Azure Certification
5 58 (2.58%) CISSP
6 50 (2.23%) AWS Certification
7 40 (1.78%) DV Cleared
8 37 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (1.38%) CISM
10 31 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
11 29 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
13 21 (0.93%) Master's Degree
14 19 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 15 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 14 (0.62%) CCNP
16 14 (0.62%) CISA
17 13 (0.58%) CCSP
18 9 (0.40%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (3.34%) NIST
2 71 (3.16%) GDPR
3 68 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 64 (2.85%) Data Quality
5 48 (2.14%) NCSC
6 41 (1.82%) QA
7 22 (0.98%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.71%) ISO 20022
9 15 (0.67%) GRC
10 13 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 13 (0.58%) SEPA
11 11 (0.49%) NIST 800
12 10 (0.45%) HIPAA
12 10 (0.45%) PSD2
13 9 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.27%) Accessibility
14 6 (0.27%) COBIT
14 6 (0.27%) HL7
14 6 (0.27%) SLA
15 4 (0.18%) IFRS
System Software
1 83 (3.69%) Active Directory
2 59 (2.63%) Docker
3 25 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.58%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.40%) Squid
6 8 (0.36%) Varnish
7 7 (0.31%) Postfix
7 7 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.22%) NFS
10 4 (0.18%) Sendmail
10 4 (0.18%) vSphere
11 2 (0.089%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.089%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.045%) Ceph
12 1 (0.045%) Firmware
12 1 (0.045%) HDFS
12 1 (0.045%) Lustre
12 1 (0.045%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 137 (6.10%) Terraform
2 121 (5.38%) Kubernetes
3 44 (1.96%) Ansible
4 23 (1.02%) Grafana
4 23 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
5 18 (0.80%) Prometheus
6 17 (0.76%) FortiGate
7 7 (0.31%) Consul
7 7 (0.31%) HAProxy
8 5 (0.22%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.18%) Argo
9 4 (0.18%) Istio
9 4 (0.18%) Kibana
9 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.18%) Puppet
10 3 (0.13%) Karpenter
10 3 (0.13%) SCCM
11 2 (0.089%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.089%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.089%) QRadar
Vendors
1 313 (13.93%) Microsoft
2 138 (6.14%) ServiceNow
3 125 (5.56%) Databricks
4 111 (4.94%) SAP
5 109 (4.85%) Oracle
6 101 (4.49%) Salesforce
7 74 (3.29%) CyberArk
8 51 (2.27%) Cisco
9 47 (2.09%) Google
10 41 (1.82%) Splunk
11 35 (1.56%) BeyondTrust
12 34 (1.51%) Centrify
13 30 (1.34%) Workday
14 29 (1.29%) IBM
14 29 (1.29%) MuleSoft
14 29 (1.29%) VMware
15 25 (1.11%) Palo Alto
16 24 (1.07%) OpenAI
17 21 (0.93%) Foundry
18 20 (0.89%) Ariba