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 28 March 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 18 15
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,853 1,308 1,787
As % of all contract jobs in London 11.00% 10.36% 9.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.88% 11.06% 10.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,306 850 1,296
10th Percentile £475 £487 £500
25th Percentile £525 £550 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £672
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -3.31% -1.50%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £750
90th Percentile £838 £819 £828
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 2
10th Percentile £65.00 £38.50 £44.47
25th Percentile £65.75 £43.75 £46.65
Median hourly rate £73.34 £60.00 £53.03
Median % change year-on-year +22.23% +13.15% -21.44%
75th Percentile £95.00 £67.50 £59.15
90th Percentile £97.25 - £61.16
England median hourly rate £71.89 £70.00 £83.50
% change year-on-year +2.69% -16.17% +19.29%

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 15,598 11,822 16,811
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 93.60% 93.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,433 8,095 12,128
10th Percentile £350 £340 £325
25th Percentile £425 £428 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 150 337
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.19 £15.98
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.71 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +2.03% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £61.69 £51.80 £46.86
90th Percentile £76.58 £67.50 £64.06
England median hourly rate £41.06 £34.58 £32.50
% change year-on-year +18.74% +6.38% -23.69%

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 28 March 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 28 March 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 28 March 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 +2 253 £650 -2.99% 137
South London +5 24 £600 -18.37% 3
West London -1 23 £651 +15.73% 18
East London -4 10 £588 -6.00% 12
North London 0 1 £700 +0.83%
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 March 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.

1 550 (29.68%) Azure
2 535 (28.87%) Security Cleared
3 479 (25.85%) AWS
4 451 (24.34%) SC Cleared
5 277 (14.95%) Roadmaps
6 276 (14.89%) Microsoft
7 275 (14.84%) Migration
8 257 (13.87%) DevOps
9 227 (12.25%) AI
9 227 (12.25%) CI/CD
10 218 (11.76%) Agile
11 208 (11.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 207 (11.17%) Stakeholder Management
13 202 (10.90%) Integration Patterns
14 201 (10.85%) GCP
15 197 (10.63%) Problem-Solving
16 188 (10.15%) Data Modelling
17 187 (10.09%) Technical Leadership
18 186 (10.04%) Analytics
19 179 (9.66%) Enterprise Architecture
20 178 (9.61%) Data Architecture
21 173 (9.34%) Python
22 156 (8.42%) Architectural Patterns
23 155 (8.36%) TOGAF
24 136 (7.34%) Architectural Design
24 136 (7.34%) Infrastructure as Code
24 136 (7.34%) REST
25 133 (7.18%) Terraform
26 132 (7.12%) Microservices
27 130 (7.02%) SQL

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 40 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.35%) Confluence
3 18 (0.97%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.65%) CMS
6 11 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (0.59%) nginx
7 9 (0.49%) Apache
8 6 (0.32%) Anypoint
8 6 (0.32%) Camunda
9 5 (0.27%) Mule
10 4 (0.22%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.11%) Appian
12 2 (0.11%) JBoss
12 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (0.49%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.054%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.054%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.054%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.054%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.054%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 47 (2.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 10 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.38%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.38%) SAP PM
6 7 (0.38%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.32%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.27%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 4 (0.22%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.22%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
10 3 (0.16%) SAP FSCM
10 3 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 550 (29.68%) Azure
2 479 (25.85%) AWS
3 201 (10.85%) GCP
4 105 (5.67%) Power Platform
5 79 (4.26%) SaaS
5 79 (4.26%) Serverless
6 72 (3.89%) Entra ID
7 60 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
8 57 (3.08%) IaaS
9 55 (2.97%) GitHub
10 52 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
11 50 (2.70%) Amazon S3
12 47 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
13 46 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
14 44 (2.37%) PaaS
15 41 (2.21%) Snowflake
15 41 (2.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 34 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
17 32 (1.73%) Amazon EKS
18 30 (1.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 78 (4.21%) Network Security
2 69 (3.72%) Firewall
3 53 (2.86%) WAN
4 45 (2.43%) VPN
5 42 (2.27%) DNS
6 30 (1.62%) SD-WAN
7 28 (1.51%) LAN
8 17 (0.92%) BGP
8 17 (0.92%) TCP/IP
9 15 (0.81%) OSPF
10 12 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.59%) VXLAN
12 9 (0.49%) MPLS
12 9 (0.49%) OpenVPN
13 8 (0.43%) 5G
13 8 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
14 7 (0.38%) VSAN
15 5 (0.27%) 3GPP
15 5 (0.27%) Internet
16 4 (0.22%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (4.10%) Power BI
2 62 (3.35%) Data Lake
3 53 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (2.54%) Metadata
5 35 (1.89%) SQL Server
6 34 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
7 29 (1.57%) NoSQL
8 24 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
9 19 (1.03%) Big Data
10 17 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
11 16 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
11 16 (0.86%) BigQuery
12 15 (0.81%) Delta Lake
12 15 (0.81%) Tableau
13 14 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
13 14 (0.76%) Data Vault
13 14 (0.76%) DB2
14 12 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (0.65%) Oracle Database
15 11 (0.59%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 43 (2.32%) Jenkins
2 31 (1.67%) JIRA
3 26 (1.40%) Git
4 22 (1.19%) GitLab
5 9 (0.49%) ERwin
6 8 (0.43%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.43%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.32%) MLflow
8 5 (0.27%) Artifactory
8 5 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.22%) Snyk
9 4 (0.22%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.16%) Maven
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.11%) Chocolatey
11 2 (0.11%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.11%) Katalon Studio
11 2 (0.11%) Postman
11 2 (0.11%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.11%) Robot Framework
General
1 426 (22.99%) Social Skills
2 396 (21.37%) Finance
3 215 (11.60%) Public Sector
4 128 (6.91%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (6.91%) Banking
5 77 (4.16%) Documentation Skills
6 61 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
7 51 (2.75%) Law
8 50 (2.70%) Retail
9 44 (2.37%) Legal
10 40 (2.16%) Telecoms
11 36 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
12 30 (1.62%) Marketing
13 26 (1.40%) Financial Institution
14 25 (1.35%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.08%) Billing
16 16 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (0.65%) Local Government
17 12 (0.65%) Military
18 10 (0.54%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (7.34%) REST
2 94 (5.07%) Middleware
3 67 (3.62%) SOAP
4 64 (3.45%) LDAP
5 46 (2.48%) .NET
6 43 (2.32%) OpenID
7 40 (2.16%) Kafka
8 38 (2.05%) JSON
9 31 (1.67%) SAML
10 29 (1.57%) AngularJS
10 29 (1.57%) OAuth
11 25 (1.35%) React
12 17 (0.92%) Spring
13 15 (0.81%) Vue
14 14 (0.76%) RESTful
15 13 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
15 13 (0.70%) PySpark
16 12 (0.65%) OAuth2
16 12 (0.65%) Web Services
16 12 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 177 (9.55%) Cloud Native
2 68 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
3 67 (3.62%) Legacy Systems
4 53 (2.86%) Data Centre
4 53 (2.86%) Onboarding
5 52 (2.81%) Security Posture
6 46 (2.48%) Product Ownership
7 44 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
7 44 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
8 40 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
9 36 (1.94%) PKI
10 31 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
11 28 (1.51%) Management Information System
12 23 (1.24%) AI Agents
12 23 (1.24%) CMDB
13 22 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
14 21 (1.13%) Data Structures
15 19 (1.03%) Replication
16 17 (0.92%) FMCG
17 16 (0.86%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (1.89%) Windows
2 27 (1.46%) Linux
3 10 (0.54%) zOS
4 6 (0.32%) Android
4 6 (0.32%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.32%) Unix
5 5 (0.27%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.27%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.16%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.054%) CentOS
8 1 (0.054%) Solaris
8 1 (0.054%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.054%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (14.95%) Roadmaps
2 275 (14.84%) Migration
3 257 (13.87%) DevOps
4 227 (12.25%) AI
4 227 (12.25%) CI/CD
5 218 (11.76%) Agile
6 208 (11.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 207 (11.17%) Stakeholder Management
8 202 (10.90%) Integration Patterns
9 197 (10.63%) Problem-Solving
10 188 (10.15%) Data Modelling
11 187 (10.09%) Technical Leadership
12 186 (10.04%) Analytics
13 179 (9.66%) Enterprise Architecture
14 178 (9.61%) Data Architecture
15 156 (8.42%) Architectural Patterns
16 155 (8.36%) TOGAF
17 136 (7.34%) Architectural Design
17 136 (7.34%) Infrastructure as Code
18 132 (7.12%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 173 (9.34%) Python
2 130 (7.02%) SQL
3 91 (4.91%) PowerShell
4 83 (4.48%) Java
5 28 (1.51%) C#
6 26 (1.40%) JavaScript
7 22 (1.19%) TypeScript
8 15 (0.81%) Bicep
9 14 (0.76%) Ruby
10 13 (0.70%) Bash
11 10 (0.54%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.43%) Scala
13 7 (0.38%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.32%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.22%) C++
15 4 (0.22%) Go
15 4 (0.22%) Korn
15 4 (0.22%) R
15 4 (0.22%) SOQL
16 3 (0.16%) C
Qualifications
1 535 (28.87%) Security Cleared
2 451 (24.34%) SC Cleared
3 76 (4.10%) Degree
4 68 (3.67%) Azure Certification
5 50 (2.70%) AWS Certification
6 44 (2.37%) CISSP
6 44 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (2.05%) DV Cleared
8 35 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
9 33 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (1.24%) CISM
11 22 (1.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 22 (1.19%) Master's Degree
12 21 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 16 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (0.86%) CCNP
14 13 (0.70%) CCIE
15 11 (0.59%) CCSP
16 6 (0.32%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (3.94%) GDPR
2 55 (2.97%) Data Quality
2 55 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 54 (2.91%) NIST
4 43 (2.32%) NCSC
5 37 (2.00%) QA
6 26 (1.40%) PCI DSS
7 14 (0.76%) ISO 20022
8 13 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.54%) GRC
10 9 (0.49%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.49%) HIPAA
11 8 (0.43%) PSD2
12 7 (0.38%) EU AI Act
12 7 (0.38%) SEPA
13 6 (0.32%) SLA
14 5 (0.27%) HL7
14 5 (0.27%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.27%) PERC
System Software
1 79 (4.26%) Active Directory
2 73 (3.94%) Docker
3 28 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.92%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.49%) Squid
5 9 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.32%) vSphere
7 5 (0.27%) Varnish
8 4 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.16%) Postfix
9 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.11%) Ceph
10 2 (0.11%) Firmware
10 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.11%) Lustre
10 2 (0.11%) NFS
10 2 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.054%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.054%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 133 (7.18%) Terraform
2 125 (6.75%) Kubernetes
3 40 (2.16%) Ansible
4 26 (1.40%) Grafana
5 23 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.97%) FortiGate
7 17 (0.92%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.38%) Consul
10 4 (0.22%) Istio
10 4 (0.22%) Kibana
11 3 (0.16%) Argo
11 3 (0.16%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.16%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.16%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.16%) VxRail
12 2 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.11%) Amdocs OSS
12 2 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.11%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 276 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 103 (5.56%) ServiceNow
3 100 (5.40%) SAP
4 96 (5.18%) Databricks
5 94 (5.07%) Salesforce
6 85 (4.59%) Oracle
7 65 (3.51%) CyberArk
8 43 (2.32%) Cisco
9 41 (2.21%) Google
10 35 (1.89%) BeyondTrust
10 35 (1.89%) Splunk
10 35 (1.89%) VMware
11 34 (1.83%) Centrify
12 30 (1.62%) IBM
13 25 (1.35%) Workday
14 24 (1.30%) OpenAI
14 24 (1.30%) Palo Alto
15 23 (1.24%) MuleSoft
16 19 (1.03%) Zscaler
17 17 (0.92%) Ariba