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 30 June 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 19 16
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,361 1,336 1,771
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.26% 10.42% 10.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.20% 11.15% 10.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,608 870 1,274
10th Percentile £470 £499 £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 £813 £800 £875
England median daily rate £618 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -1.20% -3.85% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 2
10th Percentile £53.95 £54.50 £52.55
25th Percentile £55.00 £57.50 £53.38
Median hourly rate £64.25 £65.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +14.04% -12.31%
75th Percentile £83.44 £83.75 £60.88
90th Percentile £100.73 £93.50 £61.85
England median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -7.14% - -

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 17,889 11,985 16,412
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 93.44% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,782 8,101 11,761
10th Percentile £358 £336 £325
25th Percentile £439 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £790 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 184 316
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.87 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.34 £20.17
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.70 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.34% +18.89% -26.51%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.50 £45.18
90th Percentile £80.88 £63.75 £67.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year +57.89% -27.94% -9.83%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +18 371 £625 -7.41% 85
West London -3 28 £625 - 23
South London +2 22 £723 +2.56% 2
East London +4 15 £669 +14.36% 11
North London 0 1 £650 -3.70% 2
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 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.

1 678 (28.72%) Azure
2 635 (26.90%) Security Cleared
3 554 (23.46%) AWS
4 541 (22.91%) SC Cleared
5 391 (16.56%) Migration
6 361 (15.29%) AI
7 355 (15.04%) Roadmaps
8 315 (13.34%) Microsoft
9 305 (12.92%) DevOps
10 292 (12.37%) Stakeholder Management
11 280 (11.86%) CI/CD
12 257 (10.89%) Analytics
13 252 (10.67%) Data Modelling
14 239 (10.12%) Data Architecture
14 239 (10.12%) Enterprise Architecture
14 239 (10.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 237 (10.04%) Agile
16 225 (9.53%) Integration Patterns
17 214 (9.06%) GCP
18 204 (8.64%) Technical Leadership
19 200 (8.47%) Architectural Patterns
20 191 (8.09%) Infrastructure as Code
21 186 (7.88%) TOGAF
22 173 (7.33%) Problem-Solving
23 162 (6.86%) Architectural Design
24 159 (6.73%) Python
25 152 (6.44%) Security Architecture
26 141 (5.97%) Microservices
27 140 (5.93%) Event-Driven
27 140 (5.93%) Power Platform

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 44 (1.86%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.19%) Confluence
3 23 (0.97%) Apache
4 22 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.47%) nginx
8 9 (0.38%) Camunda
8 9 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
8 9 (0.38%) SAS
9 7 (0.30%) Anypoint
9 7 (0.30%) CMS
10 5 (0.21%) Appian
10 5 (0.21%) Mule
11 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.085%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.085%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.085%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.042%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (0.38%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.042%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.042%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.042%) Notion
4 1 (0.042%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.042%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 55 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 11 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.34%) SAP BRIM
6 5 (0.21%) Endur
6 5 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 5 (0.21%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 4 (0.17%) Oracle Retail
7 4 (0.17%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 4 (0.17%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.13%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.13%) SAP FSCM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.13%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.085%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.085%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.085%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 678 (28.72%) Azure
2 554 (23.46%) AWS
3 214 (9.06%) GCP
4 140 (5.93%) Power Platform
5 94 (3.98%) Serverless
6 93 (3.94%) SaaS
7 85 (3.60%) Entra ID
8 74 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
9 67 (2.84%) GitHub
10 61 (2.58%) Snowflake
11 59 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
11 59 (2.50%) PaaS
12 57 (2.41%) Amazon S3
13 51 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
14 44 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
15 41 (1.74%) IaaS
16 40 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 33 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
18 32 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
19 31 (1.31%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 97 (4.11%) Network Security
2 72 (3.05%) Firewall
3 49 (2.08%) VPN
4 42 (1.78%) DNS
5 37 (1.57%) WAN
6 20 (0.85%) LAN
7 19 (0.80%) SD-WAN
7 19 (0.80%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.59%) BGP
9 13 (0.55%) OSPF
10 10 (0.42%) MPLS
10 10 (0.42%) VXLAN
11 9 (0.38%) 5G
11 9 (0.38%) OpenVPN
12 8 (0.34%) 3GPP
12 8 (0.34%) Ethernet VPN
12 8 (0.34%) NGFW
12 8 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
13 6 (0.25%) 4G
14 5 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (4.28%) Power BI
2 78 (3.30%) Data Lake
3 68 (2.88%) Metadata
4 63 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (1.36%) SQL Server
6 31 (1.31%) NoSQL
6 31 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
7 26 (1.10%) BigQuery
8 25 (1.06%) Big Data
9 23 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
10 22 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
11 18 (0.76%) Delta Lake
12 17 (0.72%) Amazon Athena
13 15 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
14 14 (0.59%) Tableau
15 13 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
16 12 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
16 12 (0.51%) Data Vault
16 12 (0.51%) Oracle Database
17 11 (0.47%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 44 (1.86%) Jenkins
2 38 (1.61%) JIRA
3 36 (1.52%) Git
4 18 (0.76%) GitLab
5 11 (0.47%) ERwin
6 9 (0.38%) SonarQube
7 8 (0.34%) MLflow
8 7 (0.30%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.25%) PowerDesigner
10 5 (0.21%) Maven
11 4 (0.17%) Snyk
12 3 (0.13%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.13%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.13%) JMeter
12 3 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.13%) VTune
13 2 (0.085%) MSI
13 2 (0.085%) Postman
13 2 (0.085%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.085%) Robot Framework
General
1 458 (19.40%) Finance
2 440 (18.64%) Social Skills
3 278 (11.77%) Public Sector
4 159 (6.73%) Banking
5 121 (5.12%) Analytical Skills
6 108 (4.57%) Retail
7 77 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
8 70 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
9 63 (2.67%) Telecoms
10 53 (2.24%) Legal
11 47 (1.99%) Law
12 33 (1.40%) Billing
13 26 (1.10%) Financial Institution
14 25 (1.06%) Marketing
15 22 (0.93%) Manufacturing
16 20 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 20 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (0.47%) Military
18 10 (0.42%) Local Government
19 9 (0.38%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (4.91%) REST
2 86 (3.64%) Middleware
3 78 (3.30%) .NET
4 61 (2.58%) SOAP
5 46 (1.95%) Kafka
6 40 (1.69%) OpenID
7 37 (1.57%) LDAP
8 35 (1.48%) OAuth
9 34 (1.44%) SAML
10 31 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
11 27 (1.14%) .NET Framework
11 27 (1.14%) React
12 20 (0.85%) AngularJS
12 20 (0.85%) Lightning Web Components
13 19 (0.80%) OAuth2
13 19 (0.80%) PySpark
14 18 (0.76%) RESTful
15 16 (0.68%) JSON
16 15 (0.64%) Spring
17 13 (0.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 239 (10.12%) Cloud Native
2 77 (3.26%) Onboarding
3 65 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
3 65 (2.75%) Product Ownership
4 63 (2.67%) Distributed Systems
5 62 (2.63%) Data Centre
6 50 (2.12%) Management Information System
7 49 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
8 48 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
9 47 (1.99%) AI Agents
10 44 (1.86%) CMDB
11 37 (1.57%) Security Posture
12 35 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
13 27 (1.14%) Public Cloud
14 26 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
14 26 (1.10%) Mainframe
15 23 (0.97%) Taxonomies
16 22 (0.93%) Data Structures
16 22 (0.93%) NHS
17 21 (0.89%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 39 (1.65%) Linux
2 37 (1.57%) Windows
3 11 (0.47%) Android
3 11 (0.47%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.42%) Unix
5 9 (0.38%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.38%) zOS
6 6 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.21%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.17%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.17%) Solaris
9 3 (0.13%) AIX
10 2 (0.085%) CentOS
10 2 (0.085%) VMS
11 1 (0.042%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (16.56%) Migration
2 361 (15.29%) AI
3 355 (15.04%) Roadmaps
4 305 (12.92%) DevOps
5 292 (12.37%) Stakeholder Management
6 280 (11.86%) CI/CD
7 257 (10.89%) Analytics
8 252 (10.67%) Data Modelling
9 239 (10.12%) Data Architecture
9 239 (10.12%) Enterprise Architecture
9 239 (10.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 237 (10.04%) Agile
11 225 (9.53%) Integration Patterns
12 204 (8.64%) Technical Leadership
13 200 (8.47%) Architectural Patterns
14 191 (8.09%) Infrastructure as Code
15 186 (7.88%) TOGAF
16 173 (7.33%) Problem-Solving
17 162 (6.86%) Architectural Design
18 152 (6.44%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 159 (6.73%) Python
2 126 (5.34%) SQL
3 107 (4.53%) Java
4 51 (2.16%) PowerShell
5 43 (1.82%) JavaScript
6 34 (1.44%) C#
7 26 (1.10%) Bicep
8 20 (0.85%) TypeScript
9 19 (0.80%) Apex Code
10 17 (0.72%) Bash
11 15 (0.64%) Ruby
12 7 (0.30%) Scala
12 7 (0.30%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.25%) C++
13 6 (0.25%) R
14 5 (0.21%) Go
15 4 (0.17%) Cypher
15 4 (0.17%) Rust
15 4 (0.17%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.13%) Gremlin
Qualifications
1 635 (26.90%) Security Cleared
2 541 (22.91%) SC Cleared
3 82 (3.47%) Degree
4 66 (2.80%) Azure Certification
5 63 (2.67%) CISSP
6 52 (2.20%) AWS Certification
7 42 (1.78%) DV Cleared
8 37 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 36 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (1.44%) CISM
11 32 (1.36%) TOGAF Certification
12 27 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
13 21 (0.89%) Master's Degree
13 21 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
14 20 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 15 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 15 (0.64%) CCNP
16 14 (0.59%) CCSP
16 14 (0.59%) CISA
17 10 (0.42%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (3.56%) GDPR
2 76 (3.22%) NIST
3 75 (3.18%) Data Quality
4 70 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 48 (2.03%) NCSC
6 37 (1.57%) QA
7 25 (1.06%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.68%) GRC
8 16 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 14 (0.59%) ISO 20022
9 14 (0.59%) SEPA
10 13 (0.55%) NIST 800
11 10 (0.42%) HIPAA
12 9 (0.38%) Accessibility
12 9 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.38%) PSD2
13 7 (0.30%) IFRS
14 6 (0.25%) COBIT
14 6 (0.25%) HL7
15 4 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 58 (2.46%) Docker
2 54 (2.29%) Active Directory
3 22 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.42%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.38%) Squid
6 8 (0.34%) Varnish
7 7 (0.30%) Postfix
7 7 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.21%) NFS
9 4 (0.17%) Sendmail
9 4 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.085%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.085%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.042%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.042%) HDFS
11 1 (0.042%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.042%) IAG
11 1 (0.042%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 138 (5.84%) Terraform
2 129 (5.46%) Kubernetes
3 45 (1.91%) Ansible
4 25 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
5 24 (1.02%) Grafana
6 18 (0.76%) Prometheus
7 15 (0.64%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.30%) Consul
9 7 (0.30%) HAProxy
10 5 (0.21%) Argo
10 5 (0.21%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.17%) Puppet
11 4 (0.17%) SCCM
12 2 (0.085%) Amdocs OSS
12 2 (0.085%) Istio
12 2 (0.085%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.085%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.085%) QRadar
12 2 (0.085%) VxRail
Vendors
1 315 (13.34%) Microsoft
2 136 (5.76%) ServiceNow
3 134 (5.68%) Databricks
4 122 (5.17%) Oracle
5 120 (5.08%) SAP
6 110 (4.66%) Salesforce
7 52 (2.20%) Cisco
8 50 (2.12%) CyberArk
9 47 (1.99%) Google
10 40 (1.69%) Splunk
11 34 (1.44%) MuleSoft
12 32 (1.36%) IBM
12 32 (1.36%) Workday
13 29 (1.23%) OpenAI
14 28 (1.19%) Palo Alto
15 26 (1.10%) Foundry
15 26 (1.10%) VMware
16 19 (0.80%) Dynatrace
17 18 (0.76%) Ariba
18 17 (0.72%) Sparx