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 28 September 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 20 18
Rank change year-on-year +7 -2 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,625 1,259 1,546
As % of all contract jobs in London 13.04% 9.42% 9.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.99% 10.15% 10.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,770 817 968
10th Percentile £490 £462 £488
25th Percentile £533 £550 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £640 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% -1.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile £717 £731 £752
90th Percentile £805 £800 £838
England median daily rate £620 £625 £626
% change year-on-year -0.80% -0.16% -3.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 2
10th Percentile £52.20 - £58.69
25th Percentile £55.00 - £68.72
Median hourly rate £77.50 £100.00 £86.43
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +15.70% +32.97%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £103.15
90th Percentile - - £112.57
England median hourly rate £68.17 £72.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -5.98% +3.57% -2.78%

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 18,767 12,400 15,283
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.23% 92.79% 93.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,145 8,291 10,065
10th Percentile £360 £330 £340
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 £659 £668 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 400 198 179
10th Percentile £17.03 £17.00 £17.45
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.75 £23.80
Median hourly rate £40.00 £28.14 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.16% -19.61% -6.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £49.00 £58.13
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.17 £76.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% -1.13%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 28 September 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 +14 340 £625 -3.85% 301
West London -22 30 £650 +44.44% 53
South London -12 15 £650 -8.26% 16
East London +3 12 £675 - 9
North London -1 2 £650 -14.75% 2
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 September 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.

1 751 (28.61%) Azure
2 690 (26.29%) Security Cleared
3 571 (21.75%) SC Cleared
4 564 (21.49%) AWS
5 502 (19.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 469 (17.87%) Roadmaps
7 432 (16.46%) AI
8 423 (16.11%) Migration
9 368 (14.02%) Enterprise Architecture
10 337 (12.84%) Microsoft
11 319 (12.15%) DevOps
12 314 (11.96%) Data Modelling
13 305 (11.62%) Analytics
14 299 (11.39%) CI/CD
14 299 (11.39%) Technical Leadership
15 291 (11.09%) Data Architecture
16 262 (9.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 260 (9.90%) Agile
18 259 (9.87%) Integration Patterns
19 214 (8.15%) GCP
20 203 (7.73%) Security Architecture
20 203 (7.73%) TOGAF
21 191 (7.28%) Architectural Patterns
22 190 (7.24%) Infrastructure as Code
23 189 (7.20%) Decision-Making
24 188 (7.16%) Data Governance
25 182 (6.93%) Event-Driven
26 165 (6.29%) Architecture Governance
26 165 (6.29%) Databricks
27 156 (5.94%) Machine Learning

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 39 (1.49%) SAS
2 33 (1.26%) Apache
3 29 (1.10%) Apache Spark
4 26 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 26 (0.99%) SharePoint
5 24 (0.91%) Confluence
6 17 (0.65%) CMS
7 9 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
8 6 (0.23%) Appian
8 6 (0.23%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.19%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.15%) Camunda
11 3 (0.11%) JBoss
11 3 (0.11%) nginx
12 2 (0.076%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.076%) Anypoint
12 2 (0.076%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.076%) Mendix
12 2 (0.076%) MQSeries
Applications
1 9 (0.34%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.30%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.076%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.076%) Gliffy
4 2 (0.076%) Revit
5 1 (0.038%) Notion
5 1 (0.038%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 71 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 10 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (0.34%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (0.30%) SAP BRIM
7 6 (0.23%) SAP HCM
8 5 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.19%) SAP MM
8 5 (0.19%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.15%) Endur
9 4 (0.15%) Oracle Retail
9 4 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
9 4 (0.15%) SAP Convergent Charging
9 4 (0.15%) SAP SD
10 3 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 751 (28.61%) Azure
2 564 (21.49%) AWS
3 214 (8.15%) GCP
4 156 (5.94%) Power Platform
5 113 (4.30%) Entra ID
6 101 (3.85%) SaaS
7 96 (3.66%) Serverless
8 78 (2.97%) GitHub
8 78 (2.97%) Snowflake
9 70 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
10 62 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
11 49 (1.87%) PaaS
12 46 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
13 43 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 40 (1.52%) Amazon S3
15 39 (1.49%) dbt
16 38 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
17 37 (1.41%) Power Automate
18 36 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
19 35 (1.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 66 (2.51%) Network Security
2 46 (1.75%) Firewall
3 30 (1.14%) WAN
4 25 (0.95%) VPN
5 21 (0.80%) LAN
6 15 (0.57%) DNS
7 11 (0.42%) VXLAN
8 9 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
9 8 (0.30%) SD-WAN
10 7 (0.27%) BGP
10 7 (0.27%) NGFW
10 7 (0.27%) NX-OS
10 7 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
10 7 (0.27%) Wireless
11 6 (0.23%) 4G
11 6 (0.23%) Ethernet
11 6 (0.23%) SMS
11 6 (0.23%) SSL
11 6 (0.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (4.08%) Metadata
2 94 (3.58%) Power BI
3 92 (3.50%) Data Lake
4 80 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (1.18%) SQL Server
6 25 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
6 25 (0.95%) Delta Lake
6 25 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (0.80%) Big Data
8 20 (0.76%) BigQuery
8 20 (0.76%) NoSQL
9 19 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
10 18 (0.69%) Semantic Layer
11 17 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
11 17 (0.65%) Data Vault
12 15 (0.57%) Star Schema
13 14 (0.53%) Tableau
14 13 (0.50%) MongoDB
14 13 (0.50%) Oracle Database
15 12 (0.46%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 37 (1.41%) JIRA
2 34 (1.30%) Jenkins
3 30 (1.14%) Git
4 21 (0.80%) GitLab
5 9 (0.34%) RStudio
6 8 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
7 7 (0.27%) Claude Code
7 7 (0.27%) Cypress.io
7 7 (0.27%) ERwin
8 6 (0.23%) Storybook
9 4 (0.15%) Maven
9 4 (0.15%) MLflow
9 4 (0.15%) Postman
9 4 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.15%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.11%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
10 3 (0.11%) VTune
11 2 (0.076%) Liquibase
11 2 (0.076%) Selenium
General
1 528 (20.11%) Social Skills
2 446 (16.99%) Finance
3 304 (11.58%) Public Sector
4 167 (6.36%) Banking
5 147 (5.60%) Retail
6 121 (4.61%) Analytical Skills
7 82 (3.12%) Influencing Skills
8 78 (2.97%) Telecoms
9 46 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
10 44 (1.68%) Marketing
11 42 (1.60%) Legal
11 42 (1.60%) Manufacturing
12 40 (1.52%) Billing
13 31 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 19 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (0.65%) Law
15 17 (0.65%) Military
16 13 (0.50%) Automotive
16 13 (0.50%) Local Government
16 13 (0.50%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (5.83%) REST
2 130 (4.95%) Terraform
3 88 (3.35%) Kafka
4 81 (3.09%) .NET
5 68 (2.59%) SOAP
6 63 (2.40%) Middleware
7 50 (1.90%) OAuth
8 35 (1.33%) .NET Framework
8 35 (1.33%) PySpark
9 32 (1.22%) JSON
10 31 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
11 27 (1.03%) OAuth2
12 26 (0.99%) OpenID
13 25 (0.95%) XML
14 23 (0.88%) SAML
15 20 (0.76%) Lightning Web Components
15 20 (0.76%) React
15 20 (0.76%) RESTful
16 19 (0.72%) JWT
17 18 (0.69%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 246 (9.37%) Cloud Native
2 87 (3.31%) Onboarding
3 75 (2.86%) AI Agents
4 70 (2.67%) Data Centre
5 65 (2.48%) Product Ownership
6 61 (2.32%) Distributed Systems
7 60 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
8 59 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
9 53 (2.02%) CMDB
10 52 (1.98%) Management Information System
11 51 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
12 38 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
13 37 (1.41%) Data Structures
14 35 (1.33%) Taxonomies
15 31 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
15 31 (1.18%) Security Posture
16 30 (1.14%) Public Cloud
17 23 (0.88%) Mainframe
18 22 (0.84%) IoT
19 21 (0.80%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 35 (1.33%) Linux
2 29 (1.10%) Windows
3 12 (0.46%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.38%) Unix
5 7 (0.27%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.23%) Android
6 6 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.23%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.15%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.11%) AIX
8 3 (0.11%) Solaris
9 2 (0.076%) CentOS
9 2 (0.076%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.076%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.076%) VMS
9 2 (0.076%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 502 (19.12%) Stakeholder Management
2 469 (17.87%) Roadmaps
3 432 (16.46%) AI
4 423 (16.11%) Migration
5 368 (14.02%) Enterprise Architecture
6 319 (12.15%) DevOps
7 314 (11.96%) Data Modelling
8 305 (11.62%) Analytics
9 299 (11.39%) CI/CD
9 299 (11.39%) Technical Leadership
10 291 (11.09%) Data Architecture
11 262 (9.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 260 (9.90%) Agile
13 259 (9.87%) Integration Patterns
14 203 (7.73%) Security Architecture
14 203 (7.73%) TOGAF
15 191 (7.28%) Architectural Patterns
16 190 (7.24%) Infrastructure as Code
17 189 (7.20%) Decision-Making
18 188 (7.16%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 132 (5.03%) SQL
2 128 (4.88%) Python
3 100 (3.81%) Java
4 61 (2.32%) JavaScript
5 43 (1.64%) PowerShell
6 39 (1.49%) C#
7 31 (1.18%) TypeScript
8 27 (1.03%) Bicep
9 20 (0.76%) Apex Code
10 17 (0.65%) Bash
11 12 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (0.34%) ABAP
13 8 (0.30%) C++
14 7 (0.27%) R
15 6 (0.23%) Cypher
15 6 (0.23%) Groovy
15 6 (0.23%) Ruby
15 6 (0.23%) Rust
15 6 (0.23%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.19%) BeanShell
Qualifications
1 690 (26.29%) Security Cleared
2 571 (21.75%) SC Cleared
3 72 (2.74%) Degree
4 69 (2.63%) DV Cleared
5 62 (2.36%) Azure Certification
6 61 (2.32%) CISSP
7 54 (2.06%) AWS Certification
8 52 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 41 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
10 35 (1.33%) CISM
11 26 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
12 25 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
13 23 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 23 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
14 14 (0.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 13 (0.50%) Master's Degree
16 12 (0.46%) CISA
17 11 (0.42%) CCNP
17 11 (0.42%) CCSP
18 8 (0.30%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (4.80%) Data Quality
2 82 (3.12%) GDPR
3 81 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 80 (3.05%) NIST
5 50 (1.90%) GRC
6 40 (1.52%) NCSC
7 25 (0.95%) QA
8 18 (0.69%) SEPA
9 17 (0.65%) Accessibility
10 16 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 14 (0.53%) ISO 20022
11 14 (0.53%) NIST 800
11 14 (0.53%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
13 11 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
13 11 (0.42%) SLA
14 10 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 8 (0.30%) PMO
15 8 (0.30%) SOC 2
16 7 (0.27%) IFRS
System Software
1 70 (2.67%) Active Directory
2 43 (1.64%) Docker
3 19 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.19%) vSphere
6 4 (0.15%) Postfix
6 4 (0.15%) Varnish
6 4 (0.15%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.11%) NFS
7 3 (0.11%) Sendmail
7 3 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.076%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.076%) IAG
8 2 (0.076%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.038%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.038%) Firmware
9 1 (0.038%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.038%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 109 (4.15%) Kubernetes
2 46 (1.75%) Ansible
3 26 (0.99%) Grafana
4 18 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (0.65%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.34%) Argo
7 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.23%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.23%) Puppet
9 4 (0.15%) Functional Safety
9 4 (0.15%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.15%) SCCM
10 3 (0.11%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.076%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.076%) Istio
11 2 (0.076%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.076%) QRadar
12 1 (0.038%) CASB
12 1 (0.038%) EMC VPLEX
12 1 (0.038%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 337 (12.84%) Microsoft
2 165 (6.29%) Databricks
3 153 (5.83%) SAP
4 149 (5.68%) ServiceNow
5 147 (5.60%) Oracle
6 122 (4.65%) Salesforce
7 74 (2.82%) Google
8 50 (1.90%) Cisco
9 38 (1.45%) CyberArk
10 33 (1.26%) MuleSoft
11 29 (1.10%) Workday
12 28 (1.07%) Foundry
13 27 (1.03%) IBM
13 27 (1.03%) OpenAI
14 26 (0.99%) Palo Alto
15 25 (0.95%) VMware
16 21 (0.80%) Adobe
16 21 (0.80%) Sparx
16 21 (0.80%) Splunk
17 19 (0.72%) Ariba