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 10 June 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,237 1,286 1,794
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.01% 10.50% 10.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.92% 11.23% 10.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,539 842 1,295
10th Percentile £475 £500 £500
25th Percentile £515 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £740 £738 £763
90th Percentile £825 £800 £862
England median daily rate £620 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.80% -3.85% -2.69%
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 17,308 11,455 16,568
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 93.56% 93.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,420 7,752 11,944
10th Percentile £356 £341 £325
25th Percentile £434 £425 £440
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 £520 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 164 328
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £15.98
25th Percentile £24.31 £24.14 £20.17
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.25 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +20.93% +15.97% -22.75%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.50 £46.59
90th Percentile £77.43 £64.63 £67.30
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.07 £38.50
% change year-on-year +54.80% -24.49% -14.44%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 +15 337 £625 -7.41% 91
West London -3 31 £640 -4.48% 19
South London -3 22 £723 +0.52% 1
East London +5 15 £669 +12.91% 6
North London 0 1 £650 -3.70% 1
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 645 (28.83%) Azure
2 643 (28.74%) Security Cleared
3 548 (24.50%) SC Cleared
4 540 (24.14%) AWS
5 363 (16.23%) Migration
6 312 (13.95%) Roadmaps
7 310 (13.86%) AI
8 308 (13.77%) Microsoft
9 288 (12.87%) DevOps
10 263 (11.76%) CI/CD
11 248 (11.09%) Stakeholder Management
12 247 (11.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 241 (10.77%) Integration Patterns
14 228 (10.19%) Analytics
15 227 (10.15%) Data Modelling
16 221 (9.88%) GCP
17 219 (9.79%) Data Architecture
18 211 (9.43%) Enterprise Architecture
19 206 (9.21%) Agile
20 200 (8.94%) Technical Leadership
21 192 (8.58%) Architectural Patterns
22 181 (8.09%) Infrastructure as Code
22 181 (8.09%) Python
23 178 (7.96%) Problem-Solving
24 175 (7.82%) TOGAF
25 158 (7.06%) Architectural Design
26 140 (6.26%) Security Architecture
27 139 (6.21%) Event-Driven
28 137 (6.12%) ServiceNow
29 135 (6.03%) Microservices

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 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.21%) Confluence
3 21 (0.94%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.85%) Apache
5 14 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.54%) nginx
7 9 (0.40%) Camunda
7 9 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
8 8 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.31%) Anypoint
9 7 (0.31%) SAS
10 5 (0.22%) Mule
11 4 (0.18%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.13%) Appian
12 3 (0.13%) CMS
12 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.089%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.089%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.089%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (0.40%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.045%) ArchiCAD
5 1 (0.045%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.045%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 53 (2.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 16 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.36%) SAP BRIM
6 5 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 4 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 4 (0.18%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 4 (0.18%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.18%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.13%) Endur
8 3 (0.13%) NetSuite
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 (0.089%) Oracle HRMS
9 2 (0.089%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 645 (28.83%) Azure
2 540 (24.14%) AWS
3 221 (9.88%) GCP
4 128 (5.72%) Power Platform
5 89 (3.98%) Serverless
6 86 (3.84%) SaaS
7 76 (3.40%) Entra ID
8 71 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
9 56 (2.50%) Amazon S3
9 56 (2.50%) GitHub
10 54 (2.41%) PaaS
11 52 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
12 50 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
12 50 (2.24%) Snowflake
13 41 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
14 39 (1.74%) IaaS
15 38 (1.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 32 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
17 31 (1.39%) AWS CloudFormation
17 31 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 87 (3.89%) Network Security
2 67 (3.00%) Firewall
3 43 (1.92%) WAN
4 42 (1.88%) VPN
5 41 (1.83%) DNS
6 25 (1.12%) LAN
7 21 (0.94%) SD-WAN
8 17 (0.76%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.63%) BGP
10 13 (0.58%) OSPF
11 11 (0.49%) VXLAN
12 10 (0.45%) MPLS
13 9 (0.40%) OpenVPN
13 9 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (0.36%) 3GPP
14 8 (0.36%) 5G
14 8 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
15 7 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
16 5 (0.22%) NGFW
17 4 (0.18%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (4.11%) Power BI
2 74 (3.31%) Data Lake
3 55 (2.46%) Metadata
4 52 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (1.52%) SQL Server
6 32 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
7 27 (1.21%) NoSQL
8 23 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
8 23 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
8 23 (1.03%) BigQuery
9 20 (0.89%) Big Data
9 20 (0.89%) Delta Lake
10 19 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
11 15 (0.67%) Amazon Aurora
11 15 (0.67%) Tableau
12 14 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (0.58%) Apache Iceberg
14 12 (0.54%) Data Vault
14 12 (0.54%) Db2
14 12 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 43 (1.92%) Jenkins
2 34 (1.52%) Git
3 31 (1.39%) JIRA
4 21 (0.94%) GitLab
5 10 (0.45%) ERwin
6 9 (0.40%) SonarQube
7 8 (0.36%) MLflow
8 7 (0.31%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.22%) Maven
9 5 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
10 4 (0.18%) Snyk
11 3 (0.13%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.13%) JMeter
11 3 (0.13%) Postman
12 2 (0.089%) Claude Code
12 2 (0.089%) Katalon Studio
12 2 (0.089%) MSI
12 2 (0.089%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.089%) Robot Framework
13 1 (0.045%) Terragrunt
General
1 427 (19.09%) Social Skills
2 419 (18.73%) Finance
3 261 (11.67%) Public Sector
4 138 (6.17%) Banking
5 103 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
6 85 (3.80%) Retail
7 77 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
8 68 (3.04%) Telecoms
9 62 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
10 51 (2.28%) Law
11 50 (2.24%) Legal
12 34 (1.52%) Billing
13 26 (1.16%) Financial Institution
14 25 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
15 24 (1.07%) Marketing
16 22 (0.98%) Manufacturing
17 19 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 15 (0.67%) Military
19 9 (0.40%) Aviation
20 8 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (5.72%) REST
2 81 (3.62%) Middleware
3 80 (3.58%) SOAP
4 73 (3.26%) .NET
5 67 (3.00%) LDAP
6 42 (1.88%) Kafka
6 42 (1.88%) OpenID
7 35 (1.56%) OAuth
8 34 (1.52%) SAML
9 27 (1.21%) React
10 26 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
11 22 (0.98%) .NET Framework
11 22 (0.98%) AngularJS
12 18 (0.80%) OAuth2
12 18 (0.80%) RESTful
13 15 (0.67%) Lightning Web Components
13 15 (0.67%) PySpark
13 15 (0.67%) Spring
14 13 (0.58%) J2EE
14 13 (0.58%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 226 (10.10%) Cloud Native
2 72 (3.22%) Onboarding
3 71 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
4 63 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
5 60 (2.68%) Distributed Systems
5 60 (2.68%) Product Ownership
6 58 (2.59%) Data Centre
7 57 (2.55%) Security Posture
8 48 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
9 45 (2.01%) Management Information System
10 43 (1.92%) AI Agents
10 43 (1.92%) CMDB
11 36 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
12 26 (1.16%) Mainframe
13 22 (0.98%) Public Cloud
14 21 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
14 21 (0.94%) NHS
15 20 (0.89%) Data Structures
16 18 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
16 18 (0.80%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (1.70%) Linux
2 34 (1.52%) Windows
3 10 (0.45%) Android
3 10 (0.45%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.45%) Unix
4 9 (0.40%) zOS
5 8 (0.36%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.22%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.18%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.18%) Solaris
9 3 (0.13%) AIX
10 2 (0.089%) CentOS
10 2 (0.089%) VMS
10 2 (0.089%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (16.23%) Migration
2 312 (13.95%) Roadmaps
3 310 (13.86%) AI
4 288 (12.87%) DevOps
5 263 (11.76%) CI/CD
6 248 (11.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 247 (11.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 241 (10.77%) Integration Patterns
9 228 (10.19%) Analytics
10 227 (10.15%) Data Modelling
11 219 (9.79%) Data Architecture
12 211 (9.43%) Enterprise Architecture
13 206 (9.21%) Agile
14 200 (8.94%) Technical Leadership
15 192 (8.58%) Architectural Patterns
16 181 (8.09%) Infrastructure as Code
17 178 (7.96%) Problem-Solving
18 175 (7.82%) TOGAF
19 158 (7.06%) Architectural Design
20 140 (6.26%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 181 (8.09%) Python
2 122 (5.45%) SQL
3 103 (4.60%) Java
4 78 (3.49%) PowerShell
5 38 (1.70%) JavaScript
6 31 (1.39%) C#
7 24 (1.07%) Bicep
8 19 (0.85%) TypeScript
9 16 (0.72%) Ruby
10 14 (0.63%) Apex Code
10 14 (0.63%) Bash
11 9 (0.40%) Scala
12 7 (0.31%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.22%) R
13 5 (0.22%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.18%) Go
15 3 (0.13%) C++
15 3 (0.13%) Korn
15 3 (0.13%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 643 (28.74%) Security Cleared
2 548 (24.50%) SC Cleared
3 80 (3.58%) Degree
4 65 (2.91%) Azure Certification
5 58 (2.59%) CISSP
6 48 (2.15%) AWS Certification
7 40 (1.79%) DV Cleared
8 37 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (1.39%) CISM
10 31 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
11 28 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (0.89%) Master's Degree
14 19 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 14 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 14 (0.63%) CCNP
15 14 (0.63%) CISA
16 13 (0.58%) CCSP
17 9 (0.40%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (3.35%) NIST
2 71 (3.17%) GDPR
3 68 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 63 (2.82%) Data Quality
5 47 (2.10%) NCSC
6 39 (1.74%) QA
7 22 (0.98%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.72%) 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%) HIPAA
12 10 (0.45%) PSD2
13 8 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.27%) Accessibility
14 6 (0.27%) COBIT
14 6 (0.27%) HL7
15 4 (0.18%) IFRS
15 4 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 78 (3.49%) Active Directory
2 56 (2.50%) Docker
3 24 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.54%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.40%) Squid
6 8 (0.36%) 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 (0.18%) Sendmail
10 3 (0.13%) vSphere
11 2 (0.089%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.089%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.045%) Ceph
12 1 (0.045%) Firmware
12 1 (0.045%) HDFS
12 1 (0.045%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.045%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 129 (5.77%) Terraform
2 118 (5.27%) Kubernetes
3 41 (1.83%) Ansible
4 24 (1.07%) Grafana
4 24 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
5 18 (0.80%) Prometheus
6 17 (0.76%) FortiGate
7 7 (0.31%) Consul
7 7 (0.31%) HAProxy
8 5 (0.22%) Argo
8 5 (0.22%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.18%) Istio
9 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.18%) Puppet
10 3 (0.13%) SCCM
11 2 (0.089%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.089%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.089%) QRadar
11 2 (0.089%) VxRail
12 1 (0.045%) Karpenter
Vendors
1 308 (13.77%) Microsoft
2 137 (6.12%) ServiceNow
3 126 (5.63%) Databricks
4 112 (5.01%) SAP
5 108 (4.83%) Oracle
6 97 (4.34%) Salesforce
7 73 (3.26%) CyberArk
8 51 (2.28%) Cisco
9 48 (2.15%) Google
10 41 (1.83%) Splunk
11 34 (1.52%) BeyondTrust
12 33 (1.48%) Centrify
13 30 (1.34%) Workday
14 29 (1.30%) MuleSoft
15 28 (1.25%) IBM
15 28 (1.25%) VMware
16 26 (1.16%) OpenAI
17 25 (1.12%) Foundry
17 25 (1.12%) Palo Alto
18 20 (0.89%) Ariba