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 15 April 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 18 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,968 1,280 1,788
As % of all contract jobs in London 11.38% 10.11% 10.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.27% 10.81% 10.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,380 850 1,288
10th Percentile £475 £488 £500
25th Percentile £515 £563 £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £670
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -2.95% -2.90%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £750
90th Percentile £838 £813 £838
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 2
10th Percentile £60.05 £40.25 £44.47
25th Percentile £65.00 £48.13 £46.65
Median hourly rate £69.00 £62.50 £53.03
Median % change year-on-year +10.40% +17.86% -13.42%
75th Percentile £76.25 £75.63 £59.15
90th Percentile £98.58 £90.25 £61.16
England median hourly rate £71.27 £71.25 £83.77
% change year-on-year +0.03% -14.94% +19.66%

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 16,034 11,841 16,574
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 93.51% 93.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,705 8,105 11,970
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £430 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 143 339
10th Percentile £18.55 £21.22 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £63.00 £50.75 £44.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.75 £64.63
England median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £34.21
% change year-on-year +38.46% -5.00% -21.90%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 15 April 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 +6 275 £650 -2.99% 109
West London -7 25 £625 -6.72% 26
South London +5 24 £600 -18.37% 1
East London -5 12 £630 +0.80% 3
North London -1 1 £700 +0.83% 1
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 April 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.

1 567 (28.81%) Security Cleared
2 551 (28.00%) Azure
3 492 (25.00%) AWS
4 480 (24.39%) SC Cleared
5 306 (15.55%) Migration
6 283 (14.38%) Microsoft
7 277 (14.08%) Roadmaps
8 258 (13.11%) DevOps
9 247 (12.55%) AI
10 236 (11.99%) CI/CD
11 233 (11.84%) Agile
12 221 (11.23%) Integration Patterns
13 211 (10.72%) Analytics
13 211 (10.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 209 (10.62%) Stakeholder Management
15 208 (10.57%) Data Modelling
16 200 (10.16%) GCP
17 196 (9.96%) Problem-Solving
18 186 (9.45%) Technical Leadership
19 184 (9.35%) Data Architecture
20 180 (9.15%) Enterprise Architecture
21 173 (8.79%) Python
22 166 (8.43%) Architectural Patterns
23 152 (7.72%) Architectural Design
24 149 (7.57%) TOGAF
25 148 (7.52%) Infrastructure as Code
26 137 (6.96%) Microservices
26 137 (6.96%) REST
27 132 (6.71%) Terraform
28 130 (6.61%) SQL

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 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.27%) Confluence
3 18 (0.91%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.56%) Apache
5 11 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.56%) nginx
6 10 (0.51%) CMS
7 7 (0.36%) Camunda
8 6 (0.30%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.25%) Mule
9 5 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.20%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.15%) Appian
11 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.15%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.10%) JBoss
12 2 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (0.46%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.10%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.051%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.051%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.051%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.051%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.051%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 53 (2.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 9 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.36%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.36%) SAP PM
6 7 (0.36%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.30%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.25%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 4 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.20%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 4 (0.20%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.20%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (0.15%) SAP FSCM
10 3 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 551 (28.00%) Azure
2 492 (25.00%) AWS
3 200 (10.16%) GCP
4 115 (5.84%) Power Platform
5 83 (4.22%) Serverless
6 81 (4.12%) SaaS
7 72 (3.66%) Entra ID
8 70 (3.56%) Dynamics 365
9 60 (3.05%) IaaS
10 53 (2.69%) Amazon S3
11 52 (2.64%) GitHub
12 51 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
13 50 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
14 48 (2.44%) PaaS
15 46 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
15 46 (2.34%) Snowflake
16 41 (2.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 35 (1.78%) AWS CloudFormation
18 34 (1.73%) Amazon EKS
19 29 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 73 (3.71%) Network Security
2 68 (3.46%) Firewall
3 52 (2.64%) WAN
4 44 (2.24%) DNS
4 44 (2.24%) VPN
5 29 (1.47%) SD-WAN
6 28 (1.42%) LAN
7 15 (0.76%) BGP
7 15 (0.76%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.71%) OSPF
9 12 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (0.51%) VXLAN
11 9 (0.46%) MPLS
11 9 (0.46%) OpenVPN
12 8 (0.41%) 5G
12 8 (0.41%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (0.30%) VSAN
14 5 (0.25%) 3GPP
15 4 (0.20%) Internet
15 4 (0.20%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (4.17%) Power BI
2 68 (3.46%) Data Lake
3 54 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (2.44%) Metadata
5 36 (1.83%) SQL Server
6 34 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
7 28 (1.42%) NoSQL
8 26 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
9 22 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
10 20 (1.02%) Big Data
11 19 (0.97%) BigQuery
12 18 (0.91%) Tableau
13 16 (0.81%) Delta Lake
14 15 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
14 15 (0.76%) Amazon Aurora
15 14 (0.71%) Data Vault
16 13 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
16 13 (0.66%) DB2
16 13 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
17 11 (0.56%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 43 (2.18%) Jenkins
2 32 (1.63%) JIRA
3 26 (1.32%) Git
4 21 (1.07%) GitLab
5 9 (0.46%) ERwin
6 8 (0.41%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.41%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.30%) MLflow
8 5 (0.25%) Artifactory
8 5 (0.25%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.20%) Snyk
9 4 (0.20%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.15%) Maven
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.15%) Postman
11 2 (0.10%) Chocolatey
11 2 (0.10%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.10%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.10%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.10%) Robot Framework
General
1 419 (21.29%) Social Skills
2 391 (19.87%) Finance
3 232 (11.79%) Public Sector
4 133 (6.76%) Banking
5 131 (6.66%) Analytical Skills
6 78 (3.96%) Documentation Skills
7 67 (3.40%) Retail
8 62 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
9 55 (2.79%) Law
10 46 (2.34%) Legal
11 41 (2.08%) Telecoms
12 35 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (1.63%) Marketing
14 27 (1.37%) Manufacturing
15 25 (1.27%) Financial Institution
16 20 (1.02%) Billing
17 14 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 12 (0.61%) Local Government
18 12 (0.61%) Military
19 10 (0.51%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (6.96%) REST
2 95 (4.83%) Middleware
3 72 (3.66%) SOAP
4 64 (3.25%) LDAP
5 55 (2.79%) .NET
6 41 (2.08%) OpenID
7 40 (2.03%) Kafka
8 35 (1.78%) JSON
9 29 (1.47%) SAML
10 27 (1.37%) OAuth
11 25 (1.27%) AngularJS
11 25 (1.27%) React
12 21 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
13 18 (0.91%) Spring
14 16 (0.81%) RESTful
15 15 (0.76%) Vue
16 14 (0.71%) .NET Framework
16 14 (0.71%) PySpark
16 14 (0.71%) Web Services
17 13 (0.66%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 188 (9.55%) Cloud Native
2 70 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
3 63 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
4 54 (2.74%) Onboarding
5 52 (2.64%) Data Centre
6 50 (2.54%) Security Posture
7 48 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
8 46 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
9 45 (2.29%) Product Ownership
10 40 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
11 34 (1.73%) PKI
12 31 (1.58%) Management Information System
13 29 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
14 28 (1.42%) CMDB
15 23 (1.17%) AI Agents
15 23 (1.17%) Data Structures
16 18 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
16 18 (0.91%) Replication
17 17 (0.86%) Private Cloud
18 16 (0.81%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 34 (1.73%) Windows
2 27 (1.37%) Linux
3 10 (0.51%) zOS
4 8 (0.41%) Android
4 8 (0.41%) Apple iOS
4 8 (0.41%) Unix
5 5 (0.25%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.20%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.15%) Solaris
7 3 (0.15%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.10%) AIX
8 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.051%) CentOS
9 1 (0.051%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (15.55%) Migration
2 277 (14.08%) Roadmaps
3 258 (13.11%) DevOps
4 247 (12.55%) AI
5 236 (11.99%) CI/CD
6 233 (11.84%) Agile
7 221 (11.23%) Integration Patterns
8 211 (10.72%) Analytics
8 211 (10.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 209 (10.62%) Stakeholder Management
10 208 (10.57%) Data Modelling
11 196 (9.96%) Problem-Solving
12 186 (9.45%) Technical Leadership
13 184 (9.35%) Data Architecture
14 180 (9.15%) Enterprise Architecture
15 166 (8.43%) Architectural Patterns
16 152 (7.72%) Architectural Design
17 149 (7.57%) TOGAF
18 148 (7.52%) Infrastructure as Code
19 137 (6.96%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 173 (8.79%) Python
2 130 (6.61%) SQL
3 96 (4.88%) Java
4 90 (4.57%) PowerShell
5 29 (1.47%) JavaScript
6 28 (1.42%) C#
7 19 (0.97%) TypeScript
8 17 (0.86%) Bicep
9 15 (0.76%) Ruby
10 14 (0.71%) Bash
11 10 (0.51%) Apex Code
11 10 (0.51%) Scala
12 7 (0.36%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.30%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.20%) C++
14 4 (0.20%) Go
14 4 (0.20%) Korn
14 4 (0.20%) R
14 4 (0.20%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.20%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 567 (28.81%) Security Cleared
2 480 (24.39%) SC Cleared
3 72 (3.66%) Degree
4 68 (3.46%) Azure Certification
5 49 (2.49%) AWS Certification
6 42 (2.13%) CISSP
6 42 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 39 (1.98%) DV Cleared
8 34 (1.73%) TOGAF Certification
9 31 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
10 22 (1.12%) Master's Degree
11 21 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 21 (1.07%) CISM
12 18 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
13 17 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
14 15 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 15 (0.76%) CCNP
15 13 (0.66%) CCIE
16 11 (0.56%) CCSP
17 6 (0.30%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (3.61%) GDPR
2 57 (2.90%) Data Quality
3 55 (2.79%) NIST
4 53 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 42 (2.13%) NCSC
6 37 (1.88%) QA
7 24 (1.22%) PCI DSS
8 15 (0.76%) ISO 20022
9 13 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 11 (0.56%) GRC
11 8 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.41%) PSD2
12 7 (0.36%) Accessibility
12 7 (0.36%) HL7
12 7 (0.36%) NIST 800
12 7 (0.36%) SEPA
13 6 (0.30%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.30%) SLA
14 5 (0.25%) PERC
15 4 (0.20%) COBIT
System Software
1 79 (4.01%) Active Directory
2 66 (3.35%) Docker
3 27 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.81%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.46%) Squid
5 9 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.36%) Varnish
7 6 (0.30%) vSphere
8 5 (0.25%) Postfix
8 5 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.20%) NFS
10 3 (0.15%) Sendmail
10 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.10%) Ceph
11 2 (0.10%) Firmware
11 2 (0.10%) Lustre
11 2 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.10%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.051%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
12 1 (0.051%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 132 (6.71%) Terraform
2 124 (6.30%) Kubernetes
3 35 (1.78%) Ansible
4 26 (1.32%) Grafana
5 21 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.86%) FortiGate
6 17 (0.86%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.36%) Consul
9 5 (0.25%) HAProxy
10 4 (0.20%) Argo
10 4 (0.20%) Istio
10 4 (0.20%) Kibana
11 3 (0.15%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.15%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.10%) Amdocs OSS
12 2 (0.10%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.10%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.10%) VxRail
Vendors
1 283 (14.38%) Microsoft
2 113 (5.74%) ServiceNow
3 107 (5.44%) SAP
4 105 (5.34%) Salesforce
5 104 (5.28%) Databricks
6 96 (4.88%) Oracle
7 67 (3.40%) CyberArk
8 40 (2.03%) Google
9 38 (1.93%) Cisco
10 35 (1.78%) BeyondTrust
11 34 (1.73%) Centrify
11 34 (1.73%) Splunk
12 33 (1.68%) VMware
13 28 (1.42%) IBM
14 26 (1.32%) Workday
15 24 (1.22%) OpenAI
16 22 (1.12%) MuleSoft
16 22 (1.12%) Palo Alto
17 19 (0.97%) Ariba
17 19 (0.97%) Zscaler