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 18 April 2026.

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

6 months to
18 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 1,969 1,278 1,792
As % of all contract jobs in London 11.34% 10.06% 10.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.23% 10.76% 10.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,375 853 1,290
10th Percentile £475 £489 £500
25th Percentile £515 £563 £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £663
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.89% -3.99%
75th Percentile £748 £750 £750
90th Percentile £838 £810 £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 £70.64 £70.00 £83.50
% change year-on-year +0.91% -16.17% +19.29%

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 16,102 11,872 16,662
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 93.49% 93.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,734 8,142 12,058
10th Percentile £350 £340 £325
25th Percentile £425 £430 £440
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 260 142 344
10th Percentile £18.75 £21.21 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.11 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.75 £44.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.88 £64.86
England median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.46% -7.14% -18.60%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +6 277 £650 -3.17% 116
West London -7 27 £625 -6.72% 26
South London 0 24 £600 -18.37% 1
East London -6 12 £630 +0.80% 10
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 18 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.

1 558 (28.34%) Security Cleared
2 550 (27.93%) Azure
3 490 (24.89%) AWS
4 474 (24.07%) SC Cleared
5 310 (15.74%) Migration
6 280 (14.22%) Microsoft
7 277 (14.07%) Roadmaps
8 259 (13.15%) DevOps
9 241 (12.24%) AI
10 238 (12.09%) CI/CD
11 233 (11.83%) Agile
12 222 (11.27%) Integration Patterns
13 211 (10.72%) Analytics
14 210 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
15 209 (10.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 207 (10.51%) Data Modelling
17 200 (10.16%) GCP
18 188 (9.55%) Problem-Solving
19 185 (9.40%) Data Architecture
20 184 (9.34%) Technical Leadership
21 182 (9.24%) Enterprise Architecture
22 174 (8.84%) Python
23 165 (8.38%) Architectural Patterns
24 151 (7.67%) Architectural Design
25 150 (7.62%) Infrastructure as Code
26 149 (7.57%) TOGAF
27 137 (6.96%) REST
28 136 (6.91%) Microservices
29 133 (6.75%) SQL
30 132 (6.70%) Terraform

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 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.27%) Confluence
3 19 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (0.66%) Apache
6 12 (0.61%) nginx
7 10 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.46%) CMS
9 7 (0.36%) Camunda
10 6 (0.30%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.25%) Mule
11 5 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
12 4 (0.20%) OpenStack
12 4 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
13 3 (0.15%) Appian
13 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.15%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 3 (0.15%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.10%) JBoss
Applications
1 9 (0.46%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.051%) ArchiCAD
3 1 (0.051%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.051%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.051%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.051%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 52 (2.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 9 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.36%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.30%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.30%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.25%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.25%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 4 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
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%) SAP FSCM
10 3 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 550 (27.93%) Azure
2 490 (24.89%) AWS
3 200 (10.16%) GCP
4 108 (5.49%) Power Platform
5 83 (4.22%) Serverless
6 81 (4.11%) SaaS
7 71 (3.61%) Entra ID
8 69 (3.50%) Dynamics 365
9 60 (3.05%) IaaS
10 57 (2.89%) Amazon S3
11 52 (2.64%) GitHub
12 51 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
13 50 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
14 49 (2.49%) PaaS
15 47 (2.39%) Microsoft 365
16 45 (2.29%) Snowflake
17 41 (2.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 36 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
19 32 (1.63%) Amazon EKS
20 30 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 73 (3.71%) Network Security
2 67 (3.40%) Firewall
3 52 (2.64%) WAN
4 45 (2.29%) DNS
5 44 (2.23%) VPN
6 29 (1.47%) SD-WAN
7 28 (1.42%) LAN
8 15 (0.76%) BGP
8 15 (0.76%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.71%) OSPF
10 12 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (0.51%) VXLAN
12 9 (0.46%) MPLS
12 9 (0.46%) OpenVPN
13 8 (0.41%) 5G
13 8 (0.41%) Ethernet VPN
14 6 (0.30%) VSAN
15 5 (0.25%) 3GPP
15 5 (0.25%) NAS
15 5 (0.25%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (3.81%) Power BI
2 69 (3.50%) Data Lake
3 48 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
3 48 (2.44%) Metadata
4 36 (1.83%) SQL Server
5 32 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
6 28 (1.42%) NoSQL
7 27 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
8 25 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
9 20 (1.02%) Big Data
10 19 (0.96%) BigQuery
11 17 (0.86%) Tableau
12 16 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
12 16 (0.81%) Amazon Aurora
12 16 (0.81%) Delta Lake
13 13 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (0.61%) Data Vault
14 12 (0.61%) DB2
14 12 (0.61%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 42 (2.13%) Jenkins
2 30 (1.52%) JIRA
3 26 (1.32%) Git
4 22 (1.12%) 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
1 410 (20.82%) Social Skills
2 395 (20.06%) Finance
3 229 (11.63%) Public Sector
4 133 (6.75%) Banking
5 125 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
6 78 (3.96%) Documentation Skills
7 65 (3.30%) Retail
8 59 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
9 55 (2.79%) Law
10 47 (2.39%) Legal
11 42 (2.13%) Telecoms
12 36 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
13 34 (1.73%) Marketing
14 25 (1.27%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.22%) Financial Institution
16 21 (1.07%) Billing
17 12 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (0.61%) Local Government
17 12 (0.61%) Military
18 10 (0.51%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (6.96%) REST
2 93 (4.72%) Middleware
3 74 (3.76%) SOAP
4 64 (3.25%) LDAP
5 58 (2.95%) .NET
6 43 (2.18%) Kafka
7 40 (2.03%) OpenID
8 34 (1.73%) JSON
9 28 (1.42%) SAML
10 26 (1.32%) OAuth
11 24 (1.22%) React
12 22 (1.12%) AngularJS
13 21 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
14 18 (0.91%) Spring
15 17 (0.86%) RESTful
16 14 (0.71%) .NET Framework
16 14 (0.71%) Vue
16 14 (0.71%) Web Services
17 13 (0.66%) Spring Boot
17 13 (0.66%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 189 (9.60%) Cloud Native
2 70 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
3 65 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
4 56 (2.84%) Onboarding
5 51 (2.59%) Data Centre
5 51 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
6 50 (2.54%) Security Posture
7 47 (2.39%) Hybrid Cloud
8 46 (2.34%) Product Ownership
9 38 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
10 33 (1.68%) PKI
11 32 (1.63%) Management Information System
12 29 (1.47%) CMDB
13 28 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
14 23 (1.17%) Data Structures
15 21 (1.07%) AI Agents
16 18 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
17 17 (0.86%) FMCG
17 17 (0.86%) Private Cloud
17 17 (0.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 34 (1.73%) Windows
2 28 (1.42%) 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%) CentOS
8 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.051%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.051%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (15.74%) Migration
2 277 (14.07%) Roadmaps
3 259 (13.15%) DevOps
4 241 (12.24%) AI
5 238 (12.09%) CI/CD
6 233 (11.83%) Agile
7 222 (11.27%) Integration Patterns
8 211 (10.72%) Analytics
9 210 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 209 (10.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 207 (10.51%) Data Modelling
12 188 (9.55%) Problem-Solving
13 185 (9.40%) Data Architecture
14 184 (9.34%) Technical Leadership
15 182 (9.24%) Enterprise Architecture
16 165 (8.38%) Architectural Patterns
17 151 (7.67%) Architectural Design
18 150 (7.62%) Infrastructure as Code
19 149 (7.57%) TOGAF
20 136 (6.91%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 174 (8.84%) Python
2 133 (6.75%) SQL
3 98 (4.98%) Java
4 89 (4.52%) PowerShell
5 29 (1.47%) C#
6 28 (1.42%) JavaScript
7 18 (0.91%) Bicep
7 18 (0.91%) TypeScript
8 15 (0.76%) Ruby
9 13 (0.66%) Bash
10 11 (0.56%) Scala
11 10 (0.51%) Apex Code
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
1 558 (28.34%) Security Cleared
2 474 (24.07%) SC Cleared
3 74 (3.76%) Degree
4 69 (3.50%) Azure Certification
5 48 (2.44%) AWS Certification
6 43 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (2.13%) CISSP
8 38 (1.93%) DV Cleared
9 35 (1.78%) TOGAF Certification
10 31 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (1.12%) Master's Degree
12 21 (1.07%) CISM
13 19 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 18 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
15 17 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
16 15 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 15 (0.76%) CCNP
17 13 (0.66%) CCIE
18 11 (0.56%) CCSP
19 6 (0.30%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (3.61%) GDPR
2 57 (2.89%) Data Quality
3 54 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 54 (2.74%) NIST
4 42 (2.13%) NCSC
5 37 (1.88%) QA
6 24 (1.22%) PCI DSS
7 16 (0.81%) ISO 20022
8 13 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.51%) GRC
10 8 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (0.41%) PSD2
11 7 (0.36%) Accessibility
11 7 (0.36%) HL7
11 7 (0.36%) NIST 800
11 7 (0.36%) SEPA
12 6 (0.30%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.30%) SLA
13 5 (0.25%) PERC
14 4 (0.20%) COBIT
System Software
1 79 (4.01%) Active Directory
2 64 (3.25%) Docker
3 28 (1.42%) 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 (6.70%) Terraform
2 122 (6.20%) Kubernetes
3 34 (1.73%) Ansible
4 27 (1.37%) Grafana
5 21 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.91%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.86%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.36%) Consul
10 5 (0.25%) HAProxy
11 4 (0.20%) Argo
11 4 (0.20%) Istio
11 4 (0.20%) Kibana
12 3 (0.15%) Karpenter
12 3 (0.15%) Puppet
12 3 (0.15%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.10%) Amdocs OSS
13 2 (0.10%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.10%) SCCM
13 2 (0.10%) VxRail
Vendors
1 280 (14.22%) Microsoft
2 116 (5.89%) ServiceNow
3 106 (5.38%) Databricks
4 104 (5.28%) Salesforce
4 104 (5.28%) SAP
5 98 (4.98%) Oracle
6 67 (3.40%) CyberArk
7 40 (2.03%) Google
8 37 (1.88%) Cisco
9 35 (1.78%) BeyondTrust
10 34 (1.73%) Centrify
10 34 (1.73%) Splunk
10 34 (1.73%) VMware
11 28 (1.42%) IBM
12 27 (1.37%) Workday
13 25 (1.27%) OpenAI
14 22 (1.12%) Palo Alto
15 21 (1.07%) MuleSoft
16 19 (0.96%) Ariba
16 19 (0.96%) Zscaler