Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Architect
England > London

The median Architect daily rate in London is £632, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 17 15
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,634 1,386 1,720
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.32% 10.30% 9.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.14% 11.00% 10.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,142 843 1,243
10th Percentile £475 £488 £500
25th Percentile £531 £550 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £632 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £750 £754 £748
90th Percentile £838 £813 £825
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 2
10th Percentile £64.60 £36.75 £44.47
25th Percentile £65.25 £39.38 £46.65
Median hourly rate £70.00 £47.50 £53.03
Median % change year-on-year +47.37% -10.42% +51.51%
75th Percentile £89.48 £59.38 £59.15
90th Percentile £95.00 £64.25 £61.16
England median hourly rate £70.64 £71.25 £78.74
% change year-on-year -0.86% -9.51% +12.49%

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 14,665 12,602 16,855
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 93.61% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,824 8,218 12,188
10th Percentile £350 £337 £325
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 145 333
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.23 £15.96
25th Percentile £23.14 £24.66 £19.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +28.07% -18.57%
75th Percentile £60.19 £53.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.61 £65.00
England median hourly rate £34.38 £36.50 £34.38
% change year-on-year -5.80% +6.18% -14.06%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 26 February 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 +2 229 £650 -2.99% 79
South London +8 25 £575 -29.88% 7
West London -5 21 £644 +28.70% 12
East London -7 7 £540 -13.60% 11
North London +1 2 £663 -4.57% 3
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 February 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.

1 509 (31.15%) Azure
2 461 (28.21%) Security Cleared
3 413 (25.28%) AWS
4 394 (24.11%) SC Cleared
5 237 (14.50%) Microsoft
5 237 (14.50%) Roadmaps
6 227 (13.89%) DevOps
7 206 (12.61%) Migration
8 202 (12.36%) Stakeholder Management
9 198 (12.12%) CI/CD
10 192 (11.75%) Agile
10 192 (11.75%) AI
11 177 (10.83%) Problem-Solving
12 176 (10.77%) GCP
13 174 (10.65%) Data Modelling
14 168 (10.28%) Analytics
15 163 (9.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 162 (9.91%) Data Architecture
16 162 (9.91%) Technical Leadership
17 160 (9.79%) Integration Patterns
18 154 (9.42%) Enterprise Architecture
19 150 (9.18%) Python
20 139 (8.51%) TOGAF
21 130 (7.96%) Terraform
22 119 (7.28%) Architectural Patterns
22 119 (7.28%) SQL
23 118 (7.22%) REST
24 115 (7.04%) Microservices
25 112 (6.85%) Kubernetes
26 108 (6.61%) Infrastructure as Code

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 32 (1.96%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.47%) Confluence
3 14 (0.86%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (0.61%) nginx
6 9 (0.55%) CMS
6 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.37%) Apache
8 5 (0.31%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.31%) Mule
9 4 (0.24%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.24%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.18%) Camunda
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.12%) Appian
11 2 (0.12%) JBoss
11 2 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (0.43%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.061%) ArchiCAD
5 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.061%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 43 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (0.49%) Workday HCM
5 7 (0.43%) NetSuite
5 7 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.43%) SAP PM
6 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.31%) SAP EWM
7 4 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.24%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.18%) Endur
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.18%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.18%) SAP QM
8 3 (0.18%) Temenos T24
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 509 (31.15%) Azure
2 413 (25.28%) AWS
3 176 (10.77%) GCP
4 74 (4.53%) Power Platform
5 70 (4.28%) Serverless
6 67 (4.10%) SaaS
7 56 (3.43%) Entra ID
8 49 (3.00%) IaaS
9 47 (2.88%) Amazon S3
10 46 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
11 45 (2.75%) GitHub
12 44 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
13 38 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
14 37 (2.26%) Snowflake
15 36 (2.20%) AWS CloudFormation
16 35 (2.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 34 (2.08%) PaaS
18 30 (1.84%) Amazon EKS
18 30 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
19 29 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 81 (4.96%) Firewall
2 65 (3.98%) Network Security
3 49 (3.00%) WAN
4 43 (2.63%) VPN
5 41 (2.51%) DNS
6 29 (1.77%) LAN
7 28 (1.71%) SD-WAN
8 16 (0.98%) BGP
8 16 (0.98%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.80%) OSPF
9 13 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (0.49%) OpenVPN
10 8 (0.49%) SSL
11 7 (0.43%) 5G
12 6 (0.37%) Internet
12 6 (0.37%) MPLS
12 6 (0.37%) VSAN
12 6 (0.37%) VXLAN
13 5 (0.31%) DHCP
13 5 (0.31%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
2 52 (3.18%) Data Lake
3 45 (2.75%) Metadata
4 43 (2.63%) Power BI
5 32 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
6 30 (1.84%) SQL Server
7 24 (1.47%) NoSQL
8 20 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 19 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
10 17 (1.04%) Amazon Aurora
10 17 (1.04%) Tableau
11 16 (0.98%) Data Vault
12 13 (0.80%) DB2
13 12 (0.73%) Amazon Athena
13 12 (0.73%) BigQuery
13 12 (0.73%) Delta Lake
14 11 (0.67%) Big Data
14 11 (0.67%) Oracle Database
15 10 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
16 9 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 41 (2.51%) Jenkins
2 31 (1.90%) JIRA
3 22 (1.35%) GitLab
4 14 (0.86%) Git
5 10 (0.61%) ERwin
6 8 (0.49%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.49%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.24%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.24%) MLflow
7 4 (0.24%) Terragrunt
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.18%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.18%) Snyk
9 2 (0.12%) Chocolatey
9 2 (0.12%) Maven
9 2 (0.12%) Postman
9 2 (0.12%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.061%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.061%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.061%) Katalon Studio
General
1 404 (24.72%) Social Skills
2 344 (21.05%) Finance
3 186 (11.38%) Public Sector
4 117 (7.16%) Analytical Skills
5 110 (6.73%) Banking
6 64 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
7 50 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
8 44 (2.69%) Retail
9 39 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
10 38 (2.33%) Legal
11 32 (1.96%) Telecoms
12 29 (1.77%) Manufacturing
13 26 (1.59%) Marketing
14 23 (1.41%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.35%) Billing
16 21 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 20 (1.22%) Law
18 13 (0.80%) Military
19 9 (0.55%) Electronics
20 8 (0.49%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (7.22%) REST
2 84 (5.14%) Middleware
3 62 (3.79%) LDAP
3 62 (3.79%) SOAP
4 45 (2.75%) OpenID
5 43 (2.63%) .NET
6 40 (2.45%) JSON
7 34 (2.08%) SAML
8 31 (1.90%) Kafka
9 29 (1.77%) OAuth
10 23 (1.41%) AngularJS
11 18 (1.10%) React
12 16 (0.98%) PySpark
13 13 (0.80%) OAuth2
13 13 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
13 13 (0.80%) RESTful
14 11 (0.67%) Lightning Web Components
14 11 (0.67%) Spring
14 11 (0.67%) XML
15 10 (0.61%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 141 (8.63%) Cloud Native
2 61 (3.73%) Legacy Systems
3 59 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
4 46 (2.82%) Security Posture
5 45 (2.75%) Onboarding
6 39 (2.39%) PKI
6 39 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
7 38 (2.33%) Data Centre
8 37 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
9 33 (2.02%) Product Ownership
10 29 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
11 25 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
11 25 (1.53%) Management Information System
12 22 (1.35%) Data Structures
13 19 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
13 19 (1.16%) Replication
14 16 (0.98%) CMDB
14 16 (0.98%) Private Cloud
15 15 (0.92%) FMCG
16 14 (0.86%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 36 (2.20%) Windows
2 21 (1.29%) Linux
3 9 (0.55%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.49%) zOS
5 5 (0.31%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.31%) Unix
6 4 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.18%) Android
7 3 (0.18%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.18%) CentOS
7 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.061%) Solaris
9 1 (0.061%) VMS
9 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (14.50%) Roadmaps
2 227 (13.89%) DevOps
3 206 (12.61%) Migration
4 202 (12.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 198 (12.12%) CI/CD
6 192 (11.75%) Agile
6 192 (11.75%) AI
7 177 (10.83%) Problem-Solving
8 174 (10.65%) Data Modelling
9 168 (10.28%) Analytics
10 163 (9.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 162 (9.91%) Data Architecture
11 162 (9.91%) Technical Leadership
12 160 (9.79%) Integration Patterns
13 154 (9.42%) Enterprise Architecture
14 139 (8.51%) TOGAF
15 119 (7.28%) Architectural Patterns
16 115 (7.04%) Microservices
17 108 (6.61%) Infrastructure as Code
18 100 (6.12%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 150 (9.18%) Python
2 119 (7.28%) SQL
3 86 (5.26%) PowerShell
4 55 (3.37%) Java
5 29 (1.77%) JavaScript
6 28 (1.71%) C#
7 24 (1.47%) TypeScript
8 17 (1.04%) Bicep
9 14 (0.86%) Bash
10 10 (0.61%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.49%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.43%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.37%) Ruby
14 5 (0.31%) Korn
14 5 (0.31%) R
14 5 (0.31%) Scala
15 3 (0.18%) Go
15 3 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.18%) SOQL
16 2 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 461 (28.21%) Security Cleared
2 394 (24.11%) SC Cleared
3 71 (4.35%) Degree
4 55 (3.37%) Azure Certification
5 47 (2.88%) AWS Certification
6 41 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (2.33%) DV Cleared
8 37 (2.26%) TOGAF Certification
9 34 (2.08%) CISSP
10 28 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (1.41%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 17 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
14 15 (0.92%) CCNP
14 15 (0.92%) CISM
15 11 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 11 (0.67%) CCIE
16 10 (0.61%) CCSP
17 5 (0.31%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (3.98%) GDPR
2 51 (3.12%) Data Quality
3 48 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 43 (2.63%) NIST
5 38 (2.33%) NCSC
6 35 (2.14%) QA
7 22 (1.35%) PCI DSS
8 13 (0.80%) Accessibility
9 12 (0.73%) ISO 20022
10 10 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.61%) GRC
11 9 (0.55%) HIPAA
12 7 (0.43%) PSD2
12 7 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.37%) SEPA
14 5 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.31%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.31%) HL7
14 5 (0.31%) PERC
14 5 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 76 (4.65%) Docker
2 72 (4.41%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.04%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.49%) Squid
7 6 (0.37%) vSphere
8 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.12%) Ceph
9 2 (0.12%) Firmware
9 2 (0.12%) Lustre
9 2 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.12%) Varnish
9 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.061%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.061%) HDFS
10 1 (0.061%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 130 (7.96%) Terraform
2 112 (6.85%) Kubernetes
3 38 (2.33%) Ansible
4 22 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
5 19 (1.16%) Grafana
6 17 (1.04%) FortiGate
7 13 (0.80%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.43%) Consul
10 4 (0.24%) Kibana
11 3 (0.18%) Argo
11 3 (0.18%) Istio
11 3 (0.18%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.18%) SCCM
11 3 (0.18%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.12%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.12%) Nagios
12 2 (0.12%) VxRail
Vendors
1 237 (14.50%) Microsoft
2 90 (5.51%) SAP
3 88 (5.39%) Salesforce
4 85 (5.20%) ServiceNow
5 82 (5.02%) Databricks
6 71 (4.35%) Oracle
7 63 (3.86%) CyberArk
8 40 (2.45%) Google
9 39 (2.39%) Cisco
10 36 (2.20%) Splunk
11 34 (2.08%) BeyondTrust
11 34 (2.08%) Centrify
12 28 (1.71%) VMware
13 26 (1.59%) Palo Alto
14 22 (1.35%) IBM
14 22 (1.35%) MuleSoft
15 21 (1.29%) OpenAI
16 20 (1.22%) Workday
17 16 (0.98%) Zscaler
18 13 (0.80%) Red Hat