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 31 July 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 19 16
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,559 1,390 1,640
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.75% 10.22% 9.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.70% 10.99% 10.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,741 913 1,161
10th Percentile £475 £480 £488
25th Percentile £525 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £763
90th Percentile £800 £800 £863
England median daily rate £620 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.80% -3.85% -1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 3
10th Percentile £49.85 £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 £78.75 £83.75 £90.68
90th Percentile £98.58 £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 18,676 12,645 15,472
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 92.96% 94.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,225 8,575 10,996
10th Percentile £363 £326 £341
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £651 £675 £688
90th Percentile £764 £785 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 200 217
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.89 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.75 £22.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £30.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -6.25% -14.48%
75th Percentile £59.36 £50.50 £52.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.88 £71.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £26.30 £43.00
% change year-on-year +71.10% -38.84% -

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +15 370 £625 -7.41% 123
West London -14 33 £625 +38.89% 24
South London -14 18 £723 +6.68% 8
East London +2 13 £700 +3.70% 6
North London -4 1 £650 -17.46%
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 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.

1 717 (28.02%) Azure
2 670 (26.18%) Security Cleared
3 603 (23.56%) AWS
4 563 (22.00%) SC Cleared
5 410 (16.02%) Migration
6 407 (15.90%) Roadmaps
7 394 (15.40%) AI
8 352 (13.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 318 (12.43%) Enterprise Architecture
9 318 (12.43%) Microsoft
10 310 (12.11%) Analytics
10 310 (12.11%) DevOps
11 297 (11.61%) Data Modelling
12 286 (11.18%) CI/CD
13 269 (10.51%) Data Architecture
14 265 (10.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 260 (10.16%) Integration Patterns
16 255 (9.96%) Agile
17 245 (9.57%) Technical Leadership
18 225 (8.79%) GCP
19 215 (8.40%) TOGAF
20 205 (8.01%) Architectural Patterns
21 183 (7.15%) Infrastructure as Code
22 169 (6.60%) Security Architecture
23 167 (6.53%) Problem-Solving
24 166 (6.49%) Event-Driven
25 164 (6.41%) Data Governance
26 162 (6.33%) Microservices
27 159 (6.21%) Business Intelligence
28 157 (6.14%) Architectural Design

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 (1.64%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.48%) SAS
3 35 (1.37%) Apache
4 33 (1.29%) Apache Spark
5 25 (0.98%) Confluence
6 18 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
7 14 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (0.43%) CMS
9 9 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
10 7 (0.27%) nginx
11 6 (0.23%) Appian
11 6 (0.23%) ArcGIS
11 6 (0.23%) Camunda
12 3 (0.12%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.078%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.039%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 1 (0.039%) Cloud Foundry
14 1 (0.039%) MQSeries
Applications
1 7 (0.27%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (0.23%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.039%) Notion
3 1 (0.039%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.039%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 64 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 16 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (0.31%) SAP BRIM
6 7 (0.27%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.23%) Endur
8 5 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 4 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 4 (0.16%) Oracle Retail
9 4 (0.16%) SAP Convergent Charging
9 4 (0.16%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.16%) Workday HCM
10 3 (0.12%) SAP FSCM
10 3 (0.12%) SAP IBP
10 3 (0.12%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 717 (28.02%) Azure
2 603 (23.56%) AWS
3 225 (8.79%) GCP
4 148 (5.78%) Power Platform
5 102 (3.99%) SaaS
6 96 (3.75%) Entra ID
7 86 (3.36%) Serverless
8 78 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
9 73 (2.85%) GitHub
10 67 (2.62%) Snowflake
11 63 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
12 61 (2.38%) PaaS
13 50 (1.95%) Amazon S3
14 44 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
15 41 (1.60%) Microsoft 365
16 39 (1.52%) IaaS
17 32 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
17 32 (1.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 30 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 30 (1.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 93 (3.63%) Network Security
2 60 (2.34%) Firewall
3 36 (1.41%) VPN
4 29 (1.13%) DNS
4 29 (1.13%) WAN
5 20 (0.78%) LAN
6 13 (0.51%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.43%) MPLS
7 11 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
8 10 (0.39%) 5G
8 10 (0.39%) VXLAN
9 9 (0.35%) 4G
9 9 (0.35%) BGP
9 9 (0.35%) SD-WAN
10 8 (0.31%) Ethernet VPN
10 8 (0.31%) NGFW
10 8 (0.31%) OSPF
11 7 (0.27%) 3GPP
12 6 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (0.20%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (4.30%) Power BI
2 90 (3.52%) Data Lake
3 78 (3.05%) Metadata
4 74 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (1.25%) Big Data
6 30 (1.17%) SQL Server
7 29 (1.13%) NoSQL
8 24 (0.94%) BigQuery
9 23 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
10 22 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
11 21 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
11 21 (0.82%) Delta Lake
12 16 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
13 14 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
14 13 (0.51%) Data Vault
15 12 (0.47%) Db2
15 12 (0.47%) Star Schema
15 12 (0.47%) Tableau
16 11 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
16 11 (0.43%) GIS
Development Applications
1 40 (1.56%) Git
2 37 (1.45%) JIRA
3 32 (1.25%) Jenkins
4 18 (0.70%) GitLab
5 8 (0.31%) ERwin
5 8 (0.31%) MLflow
6 7 (0.27%) Maven
6 7 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
7 6 (0.23%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.20%) Claude Code
8 5 (0.20%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.20%) Storybook
9 4 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.16%) Snyk
10 3 (0.12%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.12%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.12%) JMeter
10 3 (0.12%) VTune
11 2 (0.078%) MSI
11 2 (0.078%) Robot Framework
General
1 487 (19.03%) Finance
2 473 (18.48%) Social Skills
3 295 (11.53%) Public Sector
4 171 (6.68%) Banking
5 136 (5.31%) Retail
6 128 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
7 86 (3.36%) Telecoms
8 70 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
9 56 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
10 51 (1.99%) Legal
11 43 (1.68%) Law
12 37 (1.45%) Billing
13 36 (1.41%) Marketing
14 28 (1.09%) Financial Institution
15 25 (0.98%) Manufacturing
16 22 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
18 13 (0.51%) Local Government
19 11 (0.43%) Investment Banking
19 11 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (5.28%) REST
2 89 (3.48%) Middleware
3 82 (3.20%) .NET
4 67 (2.62%) Kafka
5 66 (2.58%) SOAP
6 41 (1.60%) OAuth
7 32 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
8 31 (1.21%) React
9 29 (1.13%) .NET Framework
10 25 (0.98%) PySpark
11 24 (0.94%) OAuth2
12 22 (0.86%) JSON
13 21 (0.82%) Lightning Web Components
14 20 (0.78%) OpenID
14 20 (0.78%) RESTful
14 20 (0.78%) SAML
15 19 (0.74%) XML
16 18 (0.70%) AngularJS
17 16 (0.63%) HTML
17 16 (0.63%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 248 (9.69%) Cloud Native
2 77 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
3 68 (2.66%) AI Agents
4 66 (2.58%) Distributed Systems
4 66 (2.58%) Product Ownership
5 65 (2.54%) Onboarding
6 64 (2.50%) Data Centre
7 57 (2.23%) Management Information System
8 51 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
8 51 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
9 50 (1.95%) CMDB
10 38 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
11 33 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
12 31 (1.21%) Data Structures
13 30 (1.17%) Security Posture
14 29 (1.13%) Mainframe
14 29 (1.13%) Taxonomies
15 26 (1.02%) Public Cloud
16 22 (0.86%) NHS
17 21 (0.82%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 40 (1.56%) Linux
2 31 (1.21%) Windows
3 11 (0.43%) Unix
4 9 (0.35%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.31%) Android
5 8 (0.31%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.31%) zOS
6 6 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.12%) AIX
9 3 (0.12%) Solaris
10 2 (0.078%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.078%) VMS
11 1 (0.039%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (16.02%) Migration
2 407 (15.90%) Roadmaps
3 394 (15.40%) AI
4 352 (13.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 318 (12.43%) Enterprise Architecture
6 310 (12.11%) Analytics
6 310 (12.11%) DevOps
7 297 (11.61%) Data Modelling
8 286 (11.18%) CI/CD
9 269 (10.51%) Data Architecture
10 265 (10.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 260 (10.16%) Integration Patterns
12 255 (9.96%) Agile
13 245 (9.57%) Technical Leadership
14 215 (8.40%) TOGAF
15 205 (8.01%) Architectural Patterns
16 183 (7.15%) Infrastructure as Code
17 169 (6.60%) Security Architecture
18 167 (6.53%) Problem-Solving
19 166 (6.49%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 151 (5.90%) Python
2 132 (5.16%) SQL
3 107 (4.18%) Java
4 59 (2.31%) JavaScript
5 44 (1.72%) PowerShell
6 37 (1.45%) C#
7 26 (1.02%) TypeScript
8 24 (0.94%) Bicep
9 21 (0.82%) Apex Code
9 21 (0.82%) Bash
10 14 (0.55%) Ruby
11 9 (0.35%) C++
11 9 (0.35%) Scala
12 7 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (0.27%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.23%) Cypher
13 6 (0.23%) Groovy
13 6 (0.23%) Rust
14 5 (0.20%) R
15 4 (0.16%) Gremlin
Qualifications
1 670 (26.18%) Security Cleared
2 563 (22.00%) SC Cleared
3 77 (3.01%) Degree
4 68 (2.66%) CISSP
5 64 (2.50%) Azure Certification
6 62 (2.42%) AWS Certification
7 59 (2.31%) DV Cleared
8 38 (1.48%) CISM
9 36 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
10 34 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
11 33 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
12 26 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
13 23 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 20 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 20 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
15 17 (0.66%) Master's Degree
16 14 (0.55%) CCSP
16 14 (0.55%) CISA
17 13 (0.51%) CCNP
18 8 (0.31%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (3.91%) Data Quality
2 93 (3.63%) GDPR
3 71 (2.77%) NIST
4 61 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 48 (1.88%) GRC
6 31 (1.21%) NCSC
7 28 (1.09%) QA
8 21 (0.82%) PCI DSS
9 18 (0.70%) SEPA
10 17 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 15 (0.59%) ISO 20022
12 14 (0.55%) Accessibility
12 14 (0.55%) NIST 800
13 10 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
13 10 (0.39%) HIPAA
14 8 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 8 (0.31%) PSD2
15 7 (0.27%) IFRS
16 6 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 56 (2.19%) Docker
2 53 (2.07%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.27%) Varnish
4 7 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.23%) Postfix
6 5 (0.20%) NFS
6 5 (0.20%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.16%) Sendmail
7 4 (0.16%) Squid
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.12%) vSphere
9 2 (0.078%) IAG
9 2 (0.078%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.039%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.039%) Firmware
10 1 (0.039%) HDFS
10 1 (0.039%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.039%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 125 (4.88%) Kubernetes
1 125 (4.88%) Terraform
2 44 (1.72%) Ansible
3 27 (1.06%) Grafana
4 20 (0.78%) Prometheus
5 19 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.39%) Argo
7 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.23%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.16%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.16%) SCCM
10 3 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
10 3 (0.12%) Istio
10 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.078%) Consul
11 2 (0.078%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.078%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.078%) QRadar
11 2 (0.078%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.078%) VxRail
Vendors
1 318 (12.43%) Microsoft
2 156 (6.10%) Oracle
3 145 (5.67%) ServiceNow
4 144 (5.63%) Databricks
5 143 (5.59%) SAP
6 117 (4.57%) Salesforce
7 49 (1.91%) Google
8 47 (1.84%) Cisco
9 37 (1.45%) Workday
10 36 (1.41%) IBM
11 34 (1.33%) CyberArk
12 30 (1.17%) Foundry
12 30 (1.17%) OpenAI
13 29 (1.13%) MuleSoft
14 26 (1.02%) Splunk
15 25 (0.98%) Ariba
16 23 (0.90%) Palo Alto
16 23 (0.90%) VMware
17 17 (0.66%) Adobe
17 17 (0.66%) Sparx