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 11 June 2026.

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

6 months to
11 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 2,259 1,286 1,794
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.02% 10.50% 10.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.93% 11.23% 10.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,553 842 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 17,467 11,455 16,568
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 93.56% 93.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,526 7,752 11,944
10th Percentile £356 £341 £325
25th Percentile £433 £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 £762 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 285 164 328
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £15.98
25th Percentile £25.15 £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 £78.13 £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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +14 340 £625 -7.41% 69
West London -3 31 £640 -4.48% 20
South London -3 22 £723 +0.52% 1
East London +3 15 £669 +12.91% 5
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 11 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.

1 655 (29.00%) Azure
2 645 (28.55%) Security Cleared
3 549 (24.30%) SC Cleared
4 546 (24.17%) AWS
5 366 (16.20%) Migration
6 316 (13.99%) AI
7 314 (13.90%) Roadmaps
8 309 (13.68%) Microsoft
9 292 (12.93%) DevOps
10 268 (11.86%) CI/CD
11 253 (11.20%) Stakeholder Management
12 251 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 243 (10.76%) Integration Patterns
14 232 (10.27%) Analytics
15 230 (10.18%) Data Modelling
16 222 (9.83%) Data Architecture
17 221 (9.78%) GCP
18 218 (9.65%) Enterprise Architecture
19 208 (9.21%) Agile
20 203 (8.99%) Technical Leadership
21 193 (8.54%) Architectural Patterns
22 184 (8.15%) Infrastructure as Code
23 182 (8.06%) Python
24 180 (7.97%) Problem-Solving
25 177 (7.84%) TOGAF
26 159 (7.04%) Architectural Design
27 142 (6.29%) Security Architecture
28 140 (6.20%) Event-Driven
29 138 (6.11%) ServiceNow
30 137 (6.06%) 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 (1.90%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.20%) Confluence
3 21 (0.93%) Apache Spark
4 19 (0.84%) Apache
5 14 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.53%) nginx
7 9 (0.40%) Camunda
7 9 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
8 8 (0.35%) 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 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.044%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.044%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.044%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 53 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 16 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.35%) SAP BRIM
6 5 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 4 (0.18%) Endur
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%) 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%) SAP PM
9 2 (0.089%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 655 (29.00%) Azure
2 546 (24.17%) AWS
3 221 (9.78%) GCP
4 129 (5.71%) Power Platform
5 89 (3.94%) Serverless
6 86 (3.81%) SaaS
7 78 (3.45%) Entra ID
8 71 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
9 59 (2.61%) GitHub
10 56 (2.48%) Amazon S3
11 55 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
12 54 (2.39%) PaaS
13 51 (2.26%) Snowflake
14 50 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
15 42 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
16 40 (1.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 39 (1.73%) IaaS
18 32 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
18 32 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
19 31 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 89 (3.94%) Network Security
2 70 (3.10%) Firewall
3 44 (1.95%) VPN
4 43 (1.90%) WAN
5 41 (1.81%) DNS
6 25 (1.11%) LAN
7 21 (0.93%) SD-WAN
8 19 (0.84%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.62%) BGP
10 13 (0.58%) OSPF
11 11 (0.49%) VXLAN
12 10 (0.44%) MPLS
13 9 (0.40%) OpenVPN
13 9 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (0.35%) 3GPP
14 8 (0.35%) 5G
14 8 (0.35%) Ethernet VPN
15 7 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
16 5 (0.22%) RFID
16 5 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (4.12%) Power BI
2 75 (3.32%) Data Lake
3 56 (2.48%) Metadata
4 52 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (1.51%) SQL Server
6 33 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
7 30 (1.33%) NoSQL
8 23 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
8 23 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
8 23 (1.02%) BigQuery
9 21 (0.93%) Big Data
9 21 (0.93%) Delta Lake
10 19 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
11 15 (0.66%) Amazon Aurora
11 15 (0.66%) Tableau
12 14 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (0.58%) Apache Iceberg
14 12 (0.53%) Data Vault
14 12 (0.53%) Db2
14 12 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 44 (1.95%) Jenkins
2 35 (1.55%) Git
3 32 (1.42%) JIRA
4 21 (0.93%) GitLab
5 10 (0.44%) ERwin
6 9 (0.40%) SonarQube
7 8 (0.35%) 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%) ER Studio
12 2 (0.089%) Katalon Studio
12 2 (0.089%) MSI
12 2 (0.089%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.089%) Robot Framework
General
1 434 (19.21%) Social Skills
2 423 (18.73%) Finance
3 262 (11.60%) Public Sector
4 141 (6.24%) Banking
5 105 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
6 88 (3.90%) Retail
7 77 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
8 68 (3.01%) Telecoms
9 64 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
10 51 (2.26%) Law
10 51 (2.26%) Legal
11 34 (1.51%) Billing
12 26 (1.15%) Financial Institution
13 25 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
14 24 (1.06%) Marketing
15 22 (0.97%) Manufacturing
16 19 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (0.66%) Military
18 9 (0.40%) Aviation
18 9 (0.40%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (5.71%) REST
2 82 (3.63%) Middleware
3 80 (3.54%) SOAP
4 74 (3.28%) .NET
5 67 (2.97%) LDAP
6 43 (1.90%) Kafka
7 42 (1.86%) OpenID
8 36 (1.59%) SAML
9 35 (1.55%) OAuth
10 28 (1.24%) React
11 26 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
12 22 (0.97%) .NET Framework
12 22 (0.97%) AngularJS
13 18 (0.80%) OAuth2
13 18 (0.80%) RESTful
14 15 (0.66%) Lightning Web Components
14 15 (0.66%) PySpark
14 15 (0.66%) Spring
15 13 (0.58%) J2EE
15 13 (0.58%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 229 (10.14%) Cloud Native
2 72 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
2 72 (3.19%) Onboarding
3 63 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
4 61 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
5 60 (2.66%) Data Centre
5 60 (2.66%) Product Ownership
6 57 (2.52%) Security Posture
7 48 (2.12%) Hybrid Cloud
8 45 (1.99%) AI Agents
8 45 (1.99%) Management Information System
9 43 (1.90%) CMDB
10 37 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
11 26 (1.15%) Mainframe
12 23 (1.02%) Public Cloud
13 22 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
14 21 (0.93%) NHS
15 20 (0.89%) Data Structures
16 18 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
16 18 (0.80%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (1.68%) Linux
2 35 (1.55%) Windows
3 11 (0.49%) Android
3 11 (0.49%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.44%) Unix
5 9 (0.40%) zOS
6 8 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.22%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.18%) Solaris
10 3 (0.13%) AIX
11 2 (0.089%) CentOS
11 2 (0.089%) VMS
11 2 (0.089%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (16.20%) Migration
2 316 (13.99%) AI
3 314 (13.90%) Roadmaps
4 292 (12.93%) DevOps
5 268 (11.86%) CI/CD
6 253 (11.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 251 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 243 (10.76%) Integration Patterns
9 232 (10.27%) Analytics
10 230 (10.18%) Data Modelling
11 222 (9.83%) Data Architecture
12 218 (9.65%) Enterprise Architecture
13 208 (9.21%) Agile
14 203 (8.99%) Technical Leadership
15 193 (8.54%) Architectural Patterns
16 184 (8.15%) Infrastructure as Code
17 180 (7.97%) Problem-Solving
18 177 (7.84%) TOGAF
19 159 (7.04%) Architectural Design
20 142 (6.29%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 182 (8.06%) Python
2 123 (5.44%) SQL
3 104 (4.60%) Java
4 78 (3.45%) PowerShell
5 39 (1.73%) JavaScript
6 31 (1.37%) C#
7 24 (1.06%) Bicep
8 19 (0.84%) TypeScript
9 16 (0.71%) Ruby
10 14 (0.62%) Apex Code
10 14 (0.62%) 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
1 645 (28.55%) Security Cleared
2 549 (24.30%) SC Cleared
3 83 (3.67%) Degree
4 65 (2.88%) Azure Certification
5 58 (2.57%) CISSP
6 49 (2.17%) AWS Certification
7 40 (1.77%) DV Cleared
8 38 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (1.37%) CISM
10 31 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
11 28 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (0.89%) Master's Degree
14 19 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 14 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 14 (0.62%) CCNP
15 14 (0.62%) CISA
16 13 (0.58%) CCSP
17 9 (0.40%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (3.36%) NIST
2 74 (3.28%) GDPR
3 69 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 64 (2.83%) Data Quality
5 47 (2.08%) NCSC
6 39 (1.73%) QA
7 23 (1.02%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.71%) ISO 20022
9 15 (0.66%) GRC
10 14 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 13 (0.58%) SEPA
12 11 (0.49%) NIST 800
13 10 (0.44%) HIPAA
13 10 (0.44%) PSD2
14 8 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.27%) Accessibility
15 6 (0.27%) COBIT
15 6 (0.27%) HL7
16 4 (0.18%) IFRS
16 4 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 78 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 56 (2.48%) Docker
3 24 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.53%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.40%) 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 (0.18%) Sendmail
10 3 (0.13%) vSphere
11 2 (0.089%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.089%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.044%) Ceph
12 1 (0.044%) Firmware
12 1 (0.044%) HDFS
12 1 (0.044%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.044%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.044%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 130 (5.75%) Terraform
2 118 (5.22%) Kubernetes
3 44 (1.95%) Ansible
4 24 (1.06%) Grafana
4 24 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
5 18 (0.80%) Prometheus
6 17 (0.75%) FortiGate
7 7 (0.31%) Consul
7 7 (0.31%) HAProxy
8 5 (0.22%) Argo
8 5 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.22%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.18%) Istio
9 4 (0.18%) Puppet
9 4 (0.18%) SCCM
10 2 (0.089%) Amdocs OSS
10 2 (0.089%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.089%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.089%) QRadar
10 2 (0.089%) VxRail
Vendors
1 309 (13.68%) Microsoft
2 138 (6.11%) ServiceNow
3 128 (5.67%) Databricks
4 115 (5.09%) SAP
5 111 (4.91%) Oracle
6 98 (4.34%) Salesforce
7 74 (3.28%) CyberArk
8 55 (2.43%) Cisco
9 48 (2.12%) Google
10 41 (1.81%) Splunk
11 34 (1.51%) BeyondTrust
12 33 (1.46%) Centrify
13 30 (1.33%) Workday
14 29 (1.28%) MuleSoft
15 28 (1.24%) IBM
15 28 (1.24%) VMware
16 27 (1.20%) Palo Alto
17 26 (1.15%) OpenAI
18 25 (1.11%) Foundry
19 20 (0.89%) Ariba