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 12 August 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 20 17
Rank change year-on-year +8 -3 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,577 1,346 1,589
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.79% 9.90% 9.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.73% 10.65% 10.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 874 1,126
10th Percentile £481 £480 £488
25th Percentile £525 £556 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £738 £734 £763
90th Percentile £813 £800 £850
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 3
10th Percentile £48.20 £66.25 £53.10
25th Percentile £55.00 £71.88 £54.75
Median hourly rate £61.00 £82.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.06% +37.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78.75 £91.88 £90.68
90th Percentile £99.65 £96.75 £107.59
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 18,764 12,642 15,279
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.12% 93.00% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,231 8,551 10,761
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 202 201
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.28% -12.97%
75th Percentile £58.79 £49.69 £53.75
90th Percentile £79.13 £64.88 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.50 £25.23 £45.00
% change year-on-year +72.45% -43.94% +8.04%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 12 August 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 +14 368 £625 -7.41% 149
West London -13 37 £625 +38.89% 34
South London -13 14 £725 +7.05% 11
East London +5 13 £700 +3.70% 7
North London -3 2 £650 -17.46%
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 August 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.

1 723 (28.06%) Azure
2 662 (25.69%) Security Cleared
3 596 (23.13%) AWS
4 551 (21.38%) SC Cleared
5 413 (16.03%) Migration
6 412 (15.99%) Roadmaps
7 405 (15.72%) AI
8 376 (14.59%) Stakeholder Management
9 336 (13.04%) Enterprise Architecture
10 325 (12.61%) Microsoft
11 312 (12.11%) Analytics
12 308 (11.95%) DevOps
13 304 (11.80%) Data Modelling
14 287 (11.14%) CI/CD
15 276 (10.71%) Data Architecture
15 276 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 265 (10.28%) Integration Patterns
17 257 (9.97%) Technical Leadership
18 254 (9.86%) Agile
19 223 (8.65%) GCP
20 213 (8.27%) TOGAF
21 207 (8.03%) Architectural Patterns
22 184 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
23 180 (6.98%) Security Architecture
24 171 (6.64%) Event-Driven
25 167 (6.48%) Data Governance
26 166 (6.44%) Problem-Solving
27 162 (6.29%) Power Platform
28 161 (6.25%) Translating Business Requirements
29 159 (6.17%) Architectural Design

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 39 (1.51%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.47%) SAS
3 34 (1.32%) Apache
4 31 (1.20%) Apache Spark
5 26 (1.01%) Confluence
6 18 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
7 14 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (0.47%) CMS
9 9 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
10 7 (0.27%) Camunda
11 6 (0.23%) Appian
11 6 (0.23%) ArcGIS
12 5 (0.19%) nginx
13 3 (0.12%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.12%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.078%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.078%) Headless CMS
14 2 (0.078%) Mendix
14 2 (0.078%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (0.31%) Chatbot
1 8 (0.31%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.039%) Gliffy
3 1 (0.039%) Notion
3 1 (0.039%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.039%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 61 (2.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 16 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (0.31%) SAP BRIM
7 7 (0.27%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.23%) Endur
9 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.19%) SAP IBP
9 5 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 4 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 4 (0.16%) Oracle Retail
10 4 (0.16%) SAP Convergent Charging
10 4 (0.16%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.16%) Workday HCM
11 3 (0.12%) SAP FSCM
11 3 (0.12%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 723 (28.06%) Azure
2 596 (23.13%) AWS
3 223 (8.65%) GCP
4 162 (6.29%) Power Platform
5 104 (4.04%) SaaS
6 98 (3.80%) Entra ID
7 81 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
8 80 (3.10%) Serverless
9 76 (2.95%) GitHub
10 70 (2.72%) Snowflake
11 62 (2.41%) PaaS
12 60 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
13 47 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
14 44 (1.71%) Amazon S3
15 40 (1.55%) AWS Lambda
16 38 (1.47%) IaaS
17 33 (1.28%) OCI
18 31 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
18 31 (1.20%) PowerApps
19 28 (1.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 92 (3.57%) Network Security
2 54 (2.10%) Firewall
3 34 (1.32%) VPN
4 28 (1.09%) WAN
5 27 (1.05%) DNS
6 19 (0.74%) LAN
7 12 (0.47%) VXLAN
8 11 (0.43%) BGP
8 11 (0.43%) MPLS
8 11 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
9 10 (0.39%) Ethernet VPN
9 10 (0.39%) TCP/IP
10 9 (0.35%) 4G
10 9 (0.35%) 5G
10 9 (0.35%) SD-WAN
11 8 (0.31%) NGFW
12 7 (0.27%) 3GPP
12 7 (0.27%) NX-OS
12 7 (0.27%) OSPF
13 6 (0.23%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (4.46%) Power BI
2 93 (3.61%) Data Lake
3 79 (3.07%) Metadata
4 76 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (1.20%) Big Data
5 31 (1.20%) SQL Server
6 28 (1.09%) NoSQL
7 24 (0.93%) BigQuery
8 23 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
8 23 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
9 21 (0.81%) Delta Lake
10 20 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
11 14 (0.54%) Data Vault
12 13 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
13 12 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
13 12 (0.47%) Star Schema
14 11 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (0.43%) GIS
14 11 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (1.47%) Git
2 37 (1.44%) JIRA
3 29 (1.13%) Jenkins
4 18 (0.70%) GitLab
5 8 (0.31%) ERwin
6 7 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
7 6 (0.23%) Claude Code
7 6 (0.23%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.23%) Maven
7 6 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.23%) Storybook
8 5 (0.19%) MLflow
8 5 (0.19%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.16%) Snyk
10 3 (0.12%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.12%) JMeter
10 3 (0.12%) VTune
11 2 (0.078%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.078%) MSI
11 2 (0.078%) Robot Framework
General
1 488 (18.94%) Social Skills
2 482 (18.70%) Finance
3 285 (11.06%) Public Sector
4 170 (6.60%) Banking
5 144 (5.59%) Retail
6 129 (5.01%) Analytical Skills
7 87 (3.38%) Telecoms
8 76 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
9 53 (2.06%) Legal
10 52 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
11 43 (1.67%) Law
12 38 (1.47%) Marketing
13 37 (1.44%) Billing
14 27 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 26 (1.01%) Financial Institution
16 25 (0.97%) Manufacturing
17 16 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (0.58%) Local Government
19 12 (0.47%) Aviation
19 12 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (5.63%) REST
2 86 (3.34%) .NET
3 80 (3.10%) Middleware
4 72 (2.79%) Kafka
5 67 (2.60%) SOAP
6 46 (1.79%) OAuth
7 31 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
8 30 (1.16%) .NET Framework
9 28 (1.09%) React
10 27 (1.05%) JSON
11 26 (1.01%) OAuth2
12 25 (0.97%) PySpark
13 23 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
13 23 (0.89%) RESTful
14 21 (0.81%) OpenID
14 21 (0.81%) SAML
15 20 (0.78%) XML
16 17 (0.66%) AngularJS
16 17 (0.66%) JWT
17 16 (0.62%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 245 (9.51%) Cloud Native
2 73 (2.83%) AI Agents
2 73 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
3 70 (2.72%) Data Centre
3 70 (2.72%) Onboarding
4 67 (2.60%) Product Ownership
5 66 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
6 58 (2.25%) Management Information System
7 55 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
8 51 (1.98%) CMDB
8 51 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
9 36 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
10 34 (1.32%) Data Structures
10 34 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
11 33 (1.28%) Security Posture
12 30 (1.16%) Taxonomies
13 27 (1.05%) Mainframe
14 25 (0.97%) Public Cloud
15 22 (0.85%) IoT
15 22 (0.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 43 (1.67%) Linux
2 32 (1.24%) Windows
3 11 (0.43%) Unix
4 9 (0.35%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.35%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.31%) Android
6 6 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.19%) zOS
8 4 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.12%) AIX
9 3 (0.12%) Solaris
10 2 (0.078%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.078%) VMS
11 1 (0.039%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (16.03%) Migration
2 412 (15.99%) Roadmaps
3 405 (15.72%) AI
4 376 (14.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 336 (13.04%) Enterprise Architecture
6 312 (12.11%) Analytics
7 308 (11.95%) DevOps
8 304 (11.80%) Data Modelling
9 287 (11.14%) CI/CD
10 276 (10.71%) Data Architecture
10 276 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 265 (10.28%) Integration Patterns
12 257 (9.97%) Technical Leadership
13 254 (9.86%) Agile
14 213 (8.27%) TOGAF
15 207 (8.03%) Architectural Patterns
16 184 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
17 180 (6.98%) Security Architecture
18 171 (6.64%) Event-Driven
19 167 (6.48%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 145 (5.63%) Python
2 133 (5.16%) SQL
3 107 (4.15%) Java
4 64 (2.48%) JavaScript
5 44 (1.71%) PowerShell
6 38 (1.47%) C#
7 27 (1.05%) TypeScript
8 23 (0.89%) Apex Code
8 23 (0.89%) Bicep
9 18 (0.70%) Bash
10 14 (0.54%) Ruby
11 11 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (0.39%) C++
13 8 (0.31%) Scala
14 7 (0.27%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.23%) Cypher
15 6 (0.23%) Groovy
15 6 (0.23%) Rust
16 4 (0.16%) Gremlin
16 4 (0.16%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 662 (25.69%) Security Cleared
2 551 (21.38%) SC Cleared
3 74 (2.87%) Degree
4 69 (2.68%) CISSP
5 65 (2.52%) Azure Certification
6 61 (2.37%) DV Cleared
7 58 (2.25%) AWS Certification
8 38 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
9 37 (1.44%) CISM
10 31 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
11 29 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
13 20 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
14 19 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 19 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 14 (0.54%) CISA
15 14 (0.54%) Master's Degree
16 13 (0.50%) CCSP
17 11 (0.43%) CCNP
18 8 (0.31%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (3.92%) Data Quality
2 92 (3.57%) GDPR
3 78 (3.03%) NIST
4 71 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 50 (1.94%) GRC
6 32 (1.24%) NCSC
7 30 (1.16%) QA
8 20 (0.78%) PCI DSS
9 19 (0.74%) SEPA
10 18 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 16 (0.62%) ISO 20022
12 14 (0.54%) NIST 800
13 13 (0.50%) Accessibility
14 11 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
15 10 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
15 10 (0.39%) HIPAA
16 9 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 8 (0.31%) IFRS
17 8 (0.31%) PSD2
18 6 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 57 (2.21%) Active Directory
2 53 (2.06%) Docker
3 18 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.27%) Varnish
4 7 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.23%) Postfix
6 5 (0.19%) NFS
7 4 (0.16%) Sendmail
7 4 (0.16%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.12%) vSphere
9 2 (0.078%) IAG
9 2 (0.078%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.078%) Squid
9 2 (0.078%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.039%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.039%) Firmware
10 1 (0.039%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 119 (4.62%) Terraform
2 115 (4.46%) Kubernetes
3 44 (1.71%) Ansible
4 24 (0.93%) Grafana
5 20 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
6 19 (0.74%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.35%) Argo
8 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.23%) HAProxy
10 4 (0.16%) SCCM
11 3 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
11 3 (0.12%) Istio
11 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.078%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.078%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.078%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.078%) Puppet
12 2 (0.078%) QRadar
12 2 (0.078%) VxRail
13 1 (0.039%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 325 (12.61%) Microsoft
2 158 (6.13%) Oracle
3 150 (5.82%) ServiceNow
4 144 (5.59%) Databricks
5 140 (5.43%) SAP
6 120 (4.66%) Salesforce
7 60 (2.33%) Google
8 48 (1.86%) Cisco
9 36 (1.40%) Workday
10 35 (1.36%) CyberArk
11 34 (1.32%) IBM
12 32 (1.24%) MuleSoft
13 29 (1.13%) Foundry
14 26 (1.01%) Ariba
14 26 (1.01%) OpenAI
15 25 (0.97%) Splunk
16 24 (0.93%) VMware
17 22 (0.85%) Palo Alto
18 19 (0.74%) Sparx
19 18 (0.70%) Adobe