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 23 May 2026.

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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,196 1,271 1,744
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.05% 10.48% 10.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.99% 11.22% 10.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,525 828 1,253
10th Percentile £475 £492 £500
25th Percentile £515 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £660
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.52% -5.71%
75th Percentile £740 £738 £763
90th Percentile £823 £800 £850
England median daily rate £620 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.80% -3.85% -3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 1
10th Percentile £58.70 £54.50 -
25th Percentile £65.00 £57.50 £57.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £76.67 £83.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £99.65 £93.50 -
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 16,903 11,323 16,274
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 93.36% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,200 7,715 11,770
10th Percentile £355 £343 £325
25th Percentile £431 £426 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £682
90th Percentile £758 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 144 316
10th Percentile £19.10 £20.24 £16.01
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.54 £20.02
Median hourly rate £39.00 £31.17 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +25.11% +14.39% -24.31%
75th Percentile £63.10 £49.81 £44.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £62.48 £65.52
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.07 £37.18
% change year-on-year +54.80% -21.81% -17.38%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +15 330 £650 -2.99% 126
West London -5 33 £625 -7.41% 21
South London -5 22 £723 +3.21% 2
East London +3 17 £630 +5.00% 9
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 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.

1 614 (27.96%) Azure
2 612 (27.87%) Security Cleared
3 524 (23.86%) AWS
4 523 (23.82%) SC Cleared
5 354 (16.12%) Migration
6 301 (13.71%) Roadmaps
7 300 (13.66%) Microsoft
8 283 (12.89%) AI
9 281 (12.80%) DevOps
10 254 (11.57%) CI/CD
11 234 (10.66%) Integration Patterns
12 233 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
13 222 (10.11%) Data Modelling
14 218 (9.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 216 (9.84%) Analytics
15 216 (9.84%) GCP
16 208 (9.47%) Data Architecture
17 202 (9.20%) Agile
18 198 (9.02%) Enterprise Architecture
19 195 (8.88%) Technical Leadership
20 184 (8.38%) Architectural Patterns
21 176 (8.01%) Problem-Solving
22 174 (7.92%) Infrastructure as Code
23 173 (7.88%) Python
24 154 (7.01%) Architectural Design
25 153 (6.97%) TOGAF
26 140 (6.38%) ServiceNow
27 139 (6.33%) Microservices
28 131 (5.97%) SQL
28 131 (5.97%) 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 42 (1.91%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.09%) Confluence
3 21 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 18 (0.82%) Apache
5 12 (0.55%) nginx
6 11 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.41%) Camunda
8 8 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
9 6 (0.27%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.23%) Mule
11 4 (0.18%) CMS
11 4 (0.18%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.14%) Appian
12 3 (0.14%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.14%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.091%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.091%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (0.46%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.046%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.046%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.046%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.046%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.046%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.046%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 54 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 12 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.36%) SAP BRIM
6 6 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (0.27%) Workday HCM
7 5 (0.23%) SAP EWM
7 5 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 5 (0.23%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 4 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.18%) SAP Convergent Charging
8 4 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.18%) SAP PM
9 3 (0.14%) Endur
9 3 (0.14%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.14%) SAP IBP
9 3 (0.14%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 614 (27.96%) Azure
2 524 (23.86%) AWS
3 216 (9.84%) GCP
4 117 (5.33%) Power Platform
5 87 (3.96%) Serverless
6 84 (3.83%) SaaS
7 76 (3.46%) Entra ID
8 70 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
9 57 (2.60%) GitHub
10 56 (2.55%) Amazon S3
11 51 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
11 51 (2.32%) PaaS
12 50 (2.28%) AWS Lambda
13 49 (2.23%) Snowflake
14 43 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 37 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
16 36 (1.64%) IaaS
17 35 (1.59%) Amazon EKS
17 35 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
18 31 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 81 (3.69%) Network Security
2 63 (2.87%) Firewall
3 45 (2.05%) WAN
4 41 (1.87%) DNS
4 41 (1.87%) VPN
5 26 (1.18%) LAN
6 22 (1.00%) SD-WAN
7 15 (0.68%) BGP
7 15 (0.68%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.64%) OSPF
9 11 (0.50%) MPLS
10 10 (0.46%) VXLAN
10 10 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.41%) 5G
11 9 (0.41%) OpenVPN
12 8 (0.36%) 3GPP
12 8 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
14 5 (0.23%) VSAN
15 4 (0.18%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (3.78%) Power BI
2 69 (3.14%) Data Lake
3 48 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (2.14%) Metadata
5 33 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (1.46%) SQL Server
7 25 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
7 25 (1.14%) NoSQL
8 23 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
8 23 (1.05%) BigQuery
9 20 (0.91%) Big Data
9 20 (0.91%) Delta Lake
10 17 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
10 17 (0.77%) Tableau
11 16 (0.73%) Amazon Aurora
12 13 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (0.59%) Apache Iceberg
12 13 (0.59%) DB2
13 12 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (0.55%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 44 (2.00%) Jenkins
2 30 (1.37%) Git
3 24 (1.09%) JIRA
4 22 (1.00%) GitLab
5 10 (0.46%) ERwin
5 10 (0.46%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.36%) MLflow
7 7 (0.32%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.23%) Maven
8 5 (0.23%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.18%) Snyk
9 4 (0.18%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.14%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.14%) JMeter
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.14%) Postman
11 2 (0.091%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.091%) MSI
11 2 (0.091%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.091%) Robot Framework
General
1 418 (19.03%) Finance
2 408 (18.58%) Social Skills
3 240 (10.93%) Public Sector
4 139 (6.33%) Banking
5 97 (4.42%) Analytical Skills
6 80 (3.64%) Retail
7 72 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
8 64 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
9 63 (2.87%) Telecoms
10 53 (2.41%) Legal
11 52 (2.37%) Law
12 36 (1.64%) Billing
13 29 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (1.18%) Financial Institution
14 26 (1.18%) Marketing
15 23 (1.05%) Manufacturing
16 21 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (0.68%) Military
18 10 (0.46%) Local Government
19 9 (0.41%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (5.42%) REST
2 87 (3.96%) Middleware
3 75 (3.42%) SOAP
4 68 (3.10%) LDAP
5 66 (3.01%) .NET
6 42 (1.91%) Kafka
7 40 (1.82%) OpenID
8 30 (1.37%) SAML
9 28 (1.28%) OAuth
10 26 (1.18%) React
11 23 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
12 19 (0.87%) .NET Framework
12 19 (0.87%) AngularJS
13 16 (0.73%) RESTful
14 15 (0.68%) Spring
15 14 (0.64%) J2EE
15 14 (0.64%) Vue
15 14 (0.64%) Web Services
16 13 (0.59%) PySpark
16 13 (0.59%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 207 (9.43%) Cloud Native
2 70 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
3 68 (3.10%) Onboarding
4 61 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
5 59 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
6 56 (2.55%) Data Centre
6 56 (2.55%) Product Ownership
7 55 (2.50%) Security Posture
8 43 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
9 38 (1.73%) Management Information System
10 37 (1.68%) CMDB
11 35 (1.59%) AI Agents
11 35 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
12 26 (1.18%) Mainframe
13 21 (0.96%) Data Structures
14 20 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
14 20 (0.91%) NHS
15 19 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
16 18 (0.82%) Public Cloud
17 17 (0.77%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 32 (1.46%) Linux
2 29 (1.32%) Windows
3 10 (0.46%) Unix
3 10 (0.46%) zOS
4 9 (0.41%) Android
4 9 (0.41%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.14%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.14%) Solaris
6 2 (0.091%) AIX
6 2 (0.091%) CentOS
6 2 (0.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.091%) VMS
6 2 (0.091%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.091%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.046%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (16.12%) Migration
2 301 (13.71%) Roadmaps
3 283 (12.89%) AI
4 281 (12.80%) DevOps
5 254 (11.57%) CI/CD
6 234 (10.66%) Integration Patterns
7 233 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 222 (10.11%) Data Modelling
9 218 (9.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 216 (9.84%) Analytics
11 208 (9.47%) Data Architecture
12 202 (9.20%) Agile
13 198 (9.02%) Enterprise Architecture
14 195 (8.88%) Technical Leadership
15 184 (8.38%) Architectural Patterns
16 176 (8.01%) Problem-Solving
17 174 (7.92%) Infrastructure as Code
18 154 (7.01%) Architectural Design
19 153 (6.97%) TOGAF
20 139 (6.33%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 173 (7.88%) Python
2 131 (5.97%) SQL
3 100 (4.55%) Java
4 72 (3.28%) PowerShell
5 28 (1.28%) JavaScript
6 27 (1.23%) C#
7 23 (1.05%) Bicep
8 16 (0.73%) Ruby
8 16 (0.73%) TypeScript
9 11 (0.50%) Apex Code
9 11 (0.50%) Bash
10 10 (0.46%) Scala
11 6 (0.27%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.27%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.23%) R
12 5 (0.23%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.18%) Go
14 3 (0.14%) C
14 3 (0.14%) C++
14 3 (0.14%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 612 (27.87%) Security Cleared
2 523 (23.82%) SC Cleared
3 77 (3.51%) Degree
4 64 (2.91%) Azure Certification
5 52 (2.37%) CISSP
6 48 (2.19%) AWS Certification
7 37 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (1.68%) DV Cleared
8 31 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
9 30 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
10 27 (1.23%) CISM
11 24 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (1.05%) Master's Degree
13 21 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
14 18 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 17 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 13 (0.59%) CCNP
17 12 (0.55%) CCSP
18 11 (0.50%) CISA
19 9 (0.41%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (3.10%) GDPR
2 66 (3.01%) NIST
3 59 (2.69%) Data Quality
3 59 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 49 (2.23%) NCSC
5 38 (1.73%) QA
6 21 (0.96%) PCI DSS
7 16 (0.73%) ISO 20022
8 15 (0.68%) GRC
9 13 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (0.59%) SEPA
10 10 (0.46%) PSD2
11 9 (0.41%) NIST 800
12 8 (0.36%) Accessibility
12 8 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.36%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.36%) SLA
13 7 (0.32%) HL7
14 6 (0.27%) COBIT
15 4 (0.18%) IFRS
System Software
1 79 (3.60%) Active Directory
2 61 (2.78%) Docker
3 22 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.59%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.41%) Squid
5 9 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.36%) Varnish
7 7 (0.32%) Postfix
8 5 (0.23%) NFS
8 5 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.18%) Sendmail
9 4 (0.18%) vSphere
10 2 (0.091%) Ceph
10 2 (0.091%) Firmware
10 2 (0.091%) Lustre
10 2 (0.091%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.091%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.091%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.046%) HDFS
11 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 131 (5.97%) Terraform
2 121 (5.51%) Kubernetes
3 36 (1.64%) Ansible
4 25 (1.14%) Grafana
5 22 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.82%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.77%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.32%) Consul
8 7 (0.32%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.18%) Argo
9 4 (0.18%) Istio
9 4 (0.18%) Kibana
9 4 (0.18%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.14%) Karpenter
10 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.14%) Puppet
11 2 (0.091%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.091%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.091%) QRadar
11 2 (0.091%) VxRail
Vendors
1 300 (13.66%) Microsoft
2 140 (6.38%) ServiceNow
3 121 (5.51%) Databricks
4 112 (5.10%) SAP
5 105 (4.78%) Oracle
6 102 (4.64%) Salesforce
7 77 (3.51%) CyberArk
8 47 (2.14%) Cisco
9 40 (1.82%) Google
10 35 (1.59%) BeyondTrust
11 34 (1.55%) Centrify
11 34 (1.55%) Splunk
12 30 (1.37%) Workday
13 28 (1.28%) IBM
14 26 (1.18%) MuleSoft
14 26 (1.18%) VMware
15 23 (1.05%) OpenAI
16 22 (1.00%) Palo Alto
17 21 (0.96%) Zscaler
18 20 (0.91%) Foundry