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 May 2026.

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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 17 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,245 1,297 1,751
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.16% 10.58% 10.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.09% 11.32% 10.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,549 842 1,262
10th Percentile £475 £500 £500
25th Percentile £515 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £661
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.70% -5.54%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £763
90th Percentile £825 £800 £859
England median daily rate £620 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.80% -3.85% -2.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 2
10th Percentile £54.65 £54.50 £52.55
25th Percentile £61.63 £57.50 £53.38
Median hourly rate £68.75 £65.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +14.04% -12.31%
75th Percentile £78.23 £83.75 £60.88
90th Percentile £98.58 £93.50 £61.85
England median hourly rate £65.00 £72.91 £70.00
% change year-on-year -10.84% +4.15% -

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 17,157 11,457 16,329
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 93.47% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,352 7,769 11,802
10th Percentile £356 £350 £325
25th Percentile £431 £425 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £760 £800 £800
England median daily rate £518 £518 £525
% change year-on-year - -1.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 275 158 321
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.30 £20.02
Median hourly rate £39.00 £31.67 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.14% +15.17% -23.61%
75th Percentile £63.10 £49.94 £46.48
90th Percentile £76.64 £63.08 £65.03
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +50.00% -20.00% -16.67%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 +17 343 £635 -5.22% 80
West London -5 33 £625 -7.41% 22
South London 0 22 £723 -0.34% 12
East London +2 16 £650 +8.25% 5
North London -2 1 £650 -3.70% 1
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 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.

1 648 (28.86%) Azure
2 637 (28.37%) Security Cleared
3 542 (24.14%) SC Cleared
4 540 (24.05%) AWS
5 370 (16.48%) Migration
6 316 (14.08%) Roadmaps
7 310 (13.81%) Microsoft
8 296 (13.18%) AI
9 291 (12.96%) DevOps
10 258 (11.49%) CI/CD
11 252 (11.22%) Stakeholder Management
12 239 (10.65%) Integration Patterns
13 238 (10.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 227 (10.11%) Data Modelling
15 225 (10.02%) GCP
16 220 (9.80%) Analytics
17 217 (9.67%) Data Architecture
18 208 (9.27%) Enterprise Architecture
19 207 (9.22%) Agile
20 199 (8.86%) Technical Leadership
21 191 (8.51%) Architectural Patterns
22 184 (8.20%) Infrastructure as Code
23 183 (8.15%) Python
24 181 (8.06%) Problem-Solving
25 170 (7.57%) TOGAF
26 158 (7.04%) Architectural Design
27 139 (6.19%) ServiceNow
28 137 (6.10%) Microservices
28 137 (6.10%) Security Architecture
29 136 (6.06%) 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 44 (1.96%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.11%) Confluence
3 21 (0.94%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.85%) Apache
5 13 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.53%) nginx
7 9 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.40%) Camunda
7 9 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
8 7 (0.31%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.22%) Mule
10 4 (0.18%) CMS
10 4 (0.18%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.13%) Appian
11 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.089%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.089%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.089%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.089%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (0.45%) MS Visio
2 9 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.045%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.045%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.045%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.045%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.045%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 53 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 14 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.36%) SAP BRIM
6 6 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.27%) Workday HCM
7 5 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 4 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 4 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.18%) SAP Convergent Charging
8 4 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.18%) SAP EWM
8 4 (0.18%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.13%) Endur
9 3 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.13%) SAP FSCM
9 3 (0.13%) SAP IBP
9 3 (0.13%) SAP PM
10 2 (0.089%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 648 (28.86%) Azure
2 540 (24.05%) AWS
3 225 (10.02%) GCP
4 122 (5.43%) Power Platform
5 91 (4.05%) Serverless
6 87 (3.88%) SaaS
7 81 (3.61%) Entra ID
8 71 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
9 60 (2.67%) GitHub
10 57 (2.54%) Amazon S3
11 54 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
11 54 (2.41%) PaaS
12 50 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
12 50 (2.23%) Snowflake
13 45 (2.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 40 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
15 38 (1.69%) IaaS
16 36 (1.60%) Amazon EKS
17 35 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
18 31 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 87 (3.88%) Network Security
2 68 (3.03%) Firewall
3 46 (2.05%) WAN
4 44 (1.96%) VPN
5 43 (1.92%) DNS
6 27 (1.20%) LAN
7 22 (0.98%) SD-WAN
8 17 (0.76%) TCP/IP
9 15 (0.67%) BGP
10 14 (0.62%) OSPF
11 11 (0.49%) MPLS
11 11 (0.49%) VXLAN
12 10 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.40%) 5G
13 9 (0.40%) OpenVPN
14 8 (0.36%) 3GPP
14 8 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
15 6 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
16 5 (0.22%) NGFW
16 5 (0.22%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (3.79%) Power BI
2 70 (3.12%) Data Lake
3 51 (2.27%) Metadata
4 48 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
5 35 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
6 34 (1.51%) SQL Server
7 27 (1.20%) NoSQL
8 26 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
9 23 (1.02%) BigQuery
10 22 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
11 20 (0.89%) Big Data
11 20 (0.89%) Delta Lake
12 17 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
12 17 (0.76%) Tableau
13 16 (0.71%) Amazon Aurora
14 14 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
15 13 (0.58%) Apache Iceberg
15 13 (0.58%) DB2
16 12 (0.53%) Data Vault
16 12 (0.53%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 44 (1.96%) Jenkins
2 32 (1.43%) Git
3 25 (1.11%) JIRA
4 22 (0.98%) GitLab
5 10 (0.45%) ERwin
5 10 (0.45%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.36%) MLflow
7 7 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.22%) Maven
8 5 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.18%) Snyk
9 4 (0.18%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.13%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.13%) JMeter
10 3 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.13%) Postman
11 2 (0.089%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.089%) MSI
11 2 (0.089%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.089%) Robot Framework
General
1 425 (18.93%) Social Skills
2 424 (18.89%) Finance
3 253 (11.27%) Public Sector
4 142 (6.33%) Banking
5 104 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
6 82 (3.65%) Retail
7 77 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
8 67 (2.98%) Telecoms
9 61 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
10 52 (2.32%) Law
10 52 (2.32%) Legal
11 36 (1.60%) Billing
12 28 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (1.16%) Financial Institution
13 26 (1.16%) Marketing
14 23 (1.02%) Manufacturing
15 21 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 15 (0.67%) Military
17 11 (0.49%) Local Government
18 9 (0.40%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (5.43%) REST
2 83 (3.70%) Middleware
3 78 (3.47%) SOAP
4 72 (3.21%) .NET
5 68 (3.03%) LDAP
6 42 (1.87%) Kafka
6 42 (1.87%) OpenID
7 32 (1.43%) SAML
8 31 (1.38%) OAuth
9 26 (1.16%) React
10 24 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
11 21 (0.94%) .NET Framework
12 20 (0.89%) AngularJS
13 16 (0.71%) RESTful
14 15 (0.67%) Lightning Web Components
14 15 (0.67%) OAuth2
14 15 (0.67%) PySpark
14 15 (0.67%) Spring
15 14 (0.62%) J2EE
15 14 (0.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 222 (9.89%) Cloud Native
2 72 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
3 69 (3.07%) Onboarding
4 63 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
5 62 (2.76%) Product Ownership
6 61 (2.72%) Distributed Systems
7 59 (2.63%) Data Centre
8 58 (2.58%) Security Posture
9 48 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
10 42 (1.87%) CMDB
10 42 (1.87%) Management Information System
11 37 (1.65%) AI Agents
11 37 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
12 27 (1.20%) Mainframe
13 21 (0.94%) Data Structures
13 21 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
14 20 (0.89%) NHS
14 20 (0.89%) Public Cloud
15 18 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
15 18 (0.80%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (1.69%) Linux
2 36 (1.60%) Windows
3 10 (0.45%) Android
3 10 (0.45%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.45%) Unix
3 10 (0.45%) zOS
4 8 (0.36%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.22%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.18%) Solaris
8 3 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.089%) CentOS
9 2 (0.089%) VMS
9 2 (0.089%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (16.48%) Migration
2 316 (14.08%) Roadmaps
3 296 (13.18%) AI
4 291 (12.96%) DevOps
5 258 (11.49%) CI/CD
6 252 (11.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 239 (10.65%) Integration Patterns
8 238 (10.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 227 (10.11%) Data Modelling
10 220 (9.80%) Analytics
11 217 (9.67%) Data Architecture
12 208 (9.27%) Enterprise Architecture
13 207 (9.22%) Agile
14 199 (8.86%) Technical Leadership
15 191 (8.51%) Architectural Patterns
16 184 (8.20%) Infrastructure as Code
17 181 (8.06%) Problem-Solving
18 170 (7.57%) TOGAF
19 158 (7.04%) Architectural Design
20 137 (6.10%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 183 (8.15%) Python
2 132 (5.88%) SQL
3 100 (4.45%) Java
4 79 (3.52%) PowerShell
5 36 (1.60%) JavaScript
6 28 (1.25%) C#
7 27 (1.20%) Bicep
8 17 (0.76%) TypeScript
9 16 (0.71%) Ruby
10 14 (0.62%) Apex Code
10 14 (0.62%) Bash
11 9 (0.40%) Scala
12 6 (0.27%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.22%) R
13 5 (0.22%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.18%) Go
14 4 (0.18%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.13%) C++
15 3 (0.13%) Korn
15 3 (0.13%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 637 (28.37%) Security Cleared
2 542 (24.14%) SC Cleared
3 83 (3.70%) Degree
4 66 (2.94%) Azure Certification
5 57 (2.54%) CISSP
6 50 (2.23%) AWS Certification
7 38 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (1.69%) DV Cleared
8 34 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
9 30 (1.34%) CISM
9 30 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
10 26 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 23 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
12 22 (0.98%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 17 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 15 (0.67%) CCNP
16 13 (0.58%) CCSP
16 13 (0.58%) CISA
17 9 (0.40%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (3.25%) NIST
2 71 (3.16%) GDPR
3 65 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 64 (2.85%) Data Quality
5 49 (2.18%) NCSC
6 42 (1.87%) QA
7 20 (0.89%) 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%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (0.45%) HIPAA
12 10 (0.45%) PSD2
13 8 (0.36%) Accessibility
13 8 (0.36%) SLA
14 7 (0.31%) HL7
15 6 (0.27%) COBIT
16 4 (0.18%) GxP
System Software
1 83 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 60 (2.67%) Docker
3 24 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.58%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.40%) Squid
5 9 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.36%) Varnish
7 7 (0.31%) Postfix
8 5 (0.22%) NFS
8 5 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.18%) Sendmail
9 4 (0.18%) vSphere
10 2 (0.089%) Ceph
10 2 (0.089%) Firmware
10 2 (0.089%) Lustre
10 2 (0.089%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.089%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.089%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.045%) HDFS
11 1 (0.045%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 136 (6.06%) Terraform
2 120 (5.35%) Kubernetes
3 42 (1.87%) Ansible
4 25 (1.11%) Grafana
5 23 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.80%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.76%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.31%) Consul
8 7 (0.31%) HAProxy
9 5 (0.22%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.18%) Argo
10 4 (0.18%) Istio
10 4 (0.18%) Kibana
10 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.18%) Puppet
11 3 (0.13%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.13%) SCCM
12 2 (0.089%) Amdocs OSS
12 2 (0.089%) QRadar
12 2 (0.089%) VxRail
Vendors
1 310 (13.81%) Microsoft
2 139 (6.19%) ServiceNow
3 126 (5.61%) Databricks
4 112 (4.99%) SAP
5 110 (4.90%) Oracle
6 102 (4.54%) Salesforce
7 77 (3.43%) CyberArk
8 51 (2.27%) Cisco
9 45 (2.00%) Google
10 39 (1.74%) Splunk
11 35 (1.56%) BeyondTrust
12 34 (1.51%) Centrify
13 30 (1.34%) MuleSoft
13 30 (1.34%) Workday
14 28 (1.25%) IBM
14 28 (1.25%) VMware
15 25 (1.11%) OpenAI
15 25 (1.11%) Palo Alto
16 21 (0.94%) Foundry
17 20 (0.89%) Ariba