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 June 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,291 1,300 1,807
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.10% 10.46% 10.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.03% 11.20% 10.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,565 848 1,303
10th Percentile £475 £500 £488
25th Percentile £513 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £763
90th Percentile £823 £800 £875
England median daily rate £620 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.80% -3.85% -2.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile £53.60 £54.50 £52.55
25th Percentile £57.75 £57.50 £53.38
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +14.04% -12.31%
75th Percentile £88.13 £83.75 £60.88
90th Percentile £101.80 £93.50 £61.85
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 17,583 11,612 16,630
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 93.47% 93.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,593 7,879 11,938
10th Percentile £358 £340 £325
25th Percentile £435 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £799 £800
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 169 326
10th Percentile £18.75 £19.89 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £39.25 £32.89 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +19.34% +18.27% -24.37%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.75 £46.05
90th Percentile £78.88 £65.00 £66.75
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £39.53
% change year-on-year +56.52% -27.26% -12.17%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 +17 354 £625 -7.41% 103
West London -4 31 £640 -4.48% 40
South London +2 22 £723 +1.40% 5
East London +4 15 £669 +14.36% 6
North London +1 1 £650 -3.70% 2
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 June 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.

1 654 (28.55%) Azure
2 634 (27.67%) Security Cleared
3 539 (23.53%) SC Cleared
4 536 (23.40%) AWS
5 376 (16.41%) Migration
6 331 (14.45%) AI
6 331 (14.45%) Roadmaps
7 308 (13.44%) Microsoft
8 301 (13.14%) DevOps
9 277 (12.09%) CI/CD
10 270 (11.79%) Stakeholder Management
11 248 (10.82%) Analytics
12 244 (10.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 242 (10.56%) Data Modelling
14 237 (10.34%) Integration Patterns
15 231 (10.08%) Data Architecture
16 227 (9.91%) Enterprise Architecture
17 220 (9.60%) Agile
18 213 (9.30%) GCP
19 199 (8.69%) Technical Leadership
20 196 (8.56%) Architectural Patterns
21 187 (8.16%) Infrastructure as Code
22 180 (7.86%) TOGAF
23 177 (7.73%) Problem-Solving
24 174 (7.59%) Python
25 162 (7.07%) Architectural Design
26 146 (6.37%) Security Architecture
27 141 (6.15%) Event-Driven
28 139 (6.07%) Microservices
28 139 (6.07%) ServiceNow

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 (1.88%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.18%) Confluence
3 23 (1.00%) Apache Spark
4 20 (0.87%) Apache
5 15 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.48%) nginx
7 10 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.39%) Camunda
8 9 (0.39%) Palantir Foundry
9 7 (0.31%) Anypoint
9 7 (0.31%) SAS
10 5 (0.22%) Mule
11 4 (0.17%) CMS
12 3 (0.13%) Appian
12 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.13%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.087%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.087%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.087%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (0.39%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.087%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.044%) ArchiCAD
5 1 (0.044%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.044%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 57 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 15 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.35%) SAP BRIM
6 5 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 5 (0.22%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.17%) Endur
7 4 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 4 (0.17%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 4 (0.17%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.13%) Oracle Retail
8 3 (0.13%) SAP EWM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP FSCM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.13%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.087%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.087%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.087%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 654 (28.55%) Azure
2 536 (23.40%) AWS
3 213 (9.30%) GCP
4 138 (6.02%) Power Platform
5 91 (3.97%) Serverless
6 86 (3.75%) SaaS
7 78 (3.40%) Entra ID
8 70 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
9 63 (2.75%) GitHub
10 58 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
11 55 (2.40%) Amazon S3
11 55 (2.40%) Snowflake
12 53 (2.31%) PaaS
13 49 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
14 43 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
15 39 (1.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 38 (1.66%) IaaS
17 33 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
18 31 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
19 30 (1.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 91 (3.97%) Network Security
2 67 (2.92%) Firewall
3 46 (2.01%) VPN
4 40 (1.75%) DNS
5 39 (1.70%) WAN
6 21 (0.92%) LAN
6 21 (0.92%) SD-WAN
7 19 (0.83%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.61%) BGP
9 13 (0.57%) OSPF
10 10 (0.44%) MPLS
10 10 (0.44%) VXLAN
11 9 (0.39%) OpenVPN
12 8 (0.35%) 3GPP
12 8 (0.35%) 5G
12 8 (0.35%) Ethernet VPN
13 7 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
14 6 (0.26%) NGFW
14 6 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (4.36%) Power BI
2 78 (3.40%) Data Lake
3 61 (2.66%) Metadata
4 57 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
5 35 (1.53%) SQL Server
6 32 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
7 31 (1.35%) NoSQL
8 25 (1.09%) BigQuery
9 24 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
10 23 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
11 22 (0.96%) Big Data
11 22 (0.96%) Delta Lake
12 18 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
13 14 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
13 14 (0.61%) Tableau
14 13 (0.57%) Amazon Aurora
15 12 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (0.52%) Star Schema
16 11 (0.48%) Oracle Database
16 11 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 44 (1.92%) Jenkins
2 36 (1.57%) JIRA
3 35 (1.53%) Git
4 19 (0.83%) GitLab
5 11 (0.48%) ERwin
6 9 (0.39%) SonarQube
7 8 (0.35%) MLflow
8 7 (0.31%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.22%) Maven
9 5 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
10 4 (0.17%) Snyk
11 3 (0.13%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.13%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.13%) JMeter
11 3 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.087%) Katalon Studio
12 2 (0.087%) MSI
12 2 (0.087%) Postman
12 2 (0.087%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.087%) Robot Framework
General
1 445 (19.42%) Finance
2 436 (19.03%) Social Skills
3 269 (11.74%) Public Sector
4 149 (6.50%) Banking
5 109 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
6 94 (4.10%) Retail
7 78 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
8 67 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
9 64 (2.79%) Telecoms
10 54 (2.36%) Legal
11 49 (2.14%) Law
12 33 (1.44%) Billing
13 26 (1.13%) Financial Institution
14 23 (1.00%) Marketing
15 21 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 21 (0.92%) Manufacturing
15 21 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (0.52%) Military
17 11 (0.48%) Local Government
18 9 (0.39%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (5.33%) REST
2 83 (3.62%) Middleware
3 72 (3.14%) .NET
4 71 (3.10%) SOAP
5 53 (2.31%) LDAP
6 44 (1.92%) Kafka
7 39 (1.70%) OpenID
8 33 (1.44%) OAuth
8 33 (1.44%) SAML
9 30 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
10 27 (1.18%) React
11 23 (1.00%) .NET Framework
12 21 (0.92%) AngularJS
13 18 (0.79%) OAuth2
13 18 (0.79%) RESTful
14 17 (0.74%) Lightning Web Components
15 16 (0.70%) PySpark
16 15 (0.65%) Spring
17 14 (0.61%) JSON
18 13 (0.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 232 (10.13%) Cloud Native
2 73 (3.19%) Onboarding
3 63 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
4 62 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
5 61 (2.66%) Distributed Systems
6 59 (2.58%) Product Ownership
7 57 (2.49%) Data Centre
8 49 (2.14%) Management Information System
8 49 (2.14%) Security Posture
9 48 (2.10%) AI Agents
9 48 (2.10%) Hybrid Cloud
10 44 (1.92%) CMDB
11 36 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
12 26 (1.13%) Mainframe
13 24 (1.05%) Enterprise Cloud
13 24 (1.05%) Public Cloud
14 21 (0.92%) NHS
15 20 (0.87%) Data Structures
16 19 (0.83%) Taxonomies
17 18 (0.79%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 37 (1.62%) Linux
2 35 (1.53%) Windows
3 11 (0.48%) Android
3 11 (0.48%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.44%) Unix
5 9 (0.39%) zOS
6 8 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.22%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.17%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.17%) Solaris
10 3 (0.13%) AIX
11 2 (0.087%) CentOS
11 2 (0.087%) VMS
11 2 (0.087%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (16.41%) Migration
2 331 (14.45%) AI
2 331 (14.45%) Roadmaps
3 301 (13.14%) DevOps
4 277 (12.09%) CI/CD
5 270 (11.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 248 (10.82%) Analytics
7 244 (10.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 242 (10.56%) Data Modelling
9 237 (10.34%) Integration Patterns
10 231 (10.08%) Data Architecture
11 227 (9.91%) Enterprise Architecture
12 220 (9.60%) Agile
13 199 (8.69%) Technical Leadership
14 196 (8.56%) Architectural Patterns
15 187 (8.16%) Infrastructure as Code
16 180 (7.86%) TOGAF
17 177 (7.73%) Problem-Solving
18 162 (7.07%) Architectural Design
19 146 (6.37%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 174 (7.59%) Python
2 126 (5.50%) SQL
3 103 (4.50%) Java
4 70 (3.06%) PowerShell
5 40 (1.75%) JavaScript
6 30 (1.31%) C#
7 25 (1.09%) Bicep
8 19 (0.83%) TypeScript
9 16 (0.70%) Apex Code
9 16 (0.70%) Bash
10 15 (0.65%) Ruby
11 9 (0.39%) Scala
12 7 (0.31%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.26%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.22%) Go
14 5 (0.22%) R
15 4 (0.17%) C++
16 3 (0.13%) Korn
16 3 (0.13%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 634 (27.67%) Security Cleared
2 539 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 78 (3.40%) Degree
4 68 (2.97%) Azure Certification
5 60 (2.62%) CISSP
6 49 (2.14%) AWS Certification
7 42 (1.83%) DV Cleared
8 36 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 33 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
10 32 (1.40%) CISM
11 31 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
12 27 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
13 24 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
14 20 (0.87%) Master's Degree
15 19 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 15 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 14 (0.61%) CISA
18 13 (0.57%) CCNP
18 13 (0.57%) CCSP
19 10 (0.44%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (3.49%) GDPR
2 74 (3.23%) NIST
3 69 (3.01%) Data Quality
4 67 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (2.01%) NCSC
6 35 (1.53%) QA
7 24 (1.05%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.70%) GRC
8 16 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 15 (0.65%) ISO 20022
10 14 (0.61%) SEPA
11 12 (0.52%) NIST 800
12 10 (0.44%) HIPAA
12 10 (0.44%) PSD2
13 9 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.31%) Accessibility
15 6 (0.26%) COBIT
15 6 (0.26%) HL7
16 5 (0.22%) IFRS
17 4 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 68 (2.97%) Active Directory
2 56 (2.44%) Docker
3 21 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.48%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.39%) Squid
6 8 (0.35%) Varnish
7 7 (0.31%) Postfix
7 7 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.22%) NFS
8 5 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.17%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.087%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.087%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.087%) vSphere
11 1 (0.044%) HDFS
11 1 (0.044%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 135 (5.89%) Terraform
2 123 (5.37%) Kubernetes
3 46 (2.01%) Ansible
4 24 (1.05%) Grafana
5 22 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.79%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.74%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.31%) Consul
8 7 (0.31%) HAProxy
9 6 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (0.22%) Argo
10 5 (0.22%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.17%) Puppet
11 4 (0.17%) SCCM
12 3 (0.13%) Istio
13 2 (0.087%) Amdocs OSS
13 2 (0.087%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.087%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.087%) QRadar
13 2 (0.087%) VxRail
Vendors
1 308 (13.44%) Microsoft
2 139 (6.07%) ServiceNow
3 132 (5.76%) Databricks
4 119 (5.19%) SAP
5 115 (5.02%) Oracle
6 104 (4.54%) Salesforce
7 62 (2.71%) CyberArk
8 55 (2.40%) Cisco
9 47 (2.05%) Google
10 39 (1.70%) Splunk
11 32 (1.40%) Workday
12 31 (1.35%) MuleSoft
13 29 (1.27%) IBM
14 28 (1.22%) OpenAI
15 26 (1.13%) Foundry
15 26 (1.13%) Palo Alto
16 25 (1.09%) VMware
17 23 (1.00%) BeyondTrust
18 22 (0.96%) Centrify
19 19 (0.83%) Ariba