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 2 October 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 20 18
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,628 1,269 1,554
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.91% 9.42% 9.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.86% 10.15% 10.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,768 822 965
10th Percentile £492 £463 £488
25th Percentile £539 £550 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £725 £735 £750
90th Percentile £807 £800 £838
England median daily rate £620 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -0.80% - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 2
10th Percentile £52.20 - £58.69
25th Percentile £55.00 £85.00 £68.72
Median hourly rate £77.50 £90.00 £86.43
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% +4.13% +32.97%
75th Percentile £78.75 £97.50 £103.15
90th Percentile - £99.00 £112.57
England median hourly rate £68.33 £72.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -5.75% +3.57% -3.34%

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 18,961 12,498 15,229
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.16% 92.74% 93.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,247 8,339 10,005
10th Percentile £360 £331 £340
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 £660 £668 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 409 204 175
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.00 £17.35
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.69 £23.98
Median hourly rate £40.00 £28.14 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.16% -19.61% -6.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £66.92 £77.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% -1.20%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 2 October 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 +13 342 £625 -3.85% 283
West London -21 29 £650 +44.44% 58
South London -10 15 £650 -8.26% 24
East London 0 9 £700 +3.70% 8
North London -1 2 £650 -14.75%
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 October 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.

1 757 (28.81%) Azure
2 694 (26.41%) Security Cleared
3 574 (21.84%) SC Cleared
4 567 (21.58%) AWS
5 508 (19.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 483 (18.38%) Roadmaps
7 443 (16.86%) AI
8 420 (15.98%) Migration
9 370 (14.08%) Enterprise Architecture
10 337 (12.82%) Microsoft
11 326 (12.40%) DevOps
12 307 (11.68%) Data Modelling
13 301 (11.45%) Analytics
13 301 (11.45%) CI/CD
14 300 (11.42%) Technical Leadership
15 289 (11.00%) Data Architecture
16 260 (9.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 257 (9.78%) Agile
18 256 (9.74%) Integration Patterns
19 215 (8.18%) GCP
20 204 (7.76%) Security Architecture
21 201 (7.65%) TOGAF
22 192 (7.31%) Architectural Patterns
23 190 (7.23%) Data Governance
23 190 (7.23%) Infrastructure as Code
24 189 (7.19%) Decision-Making
25 185 (7.04%) Event-Driven
26 171 (6.51%) Architecture Governance
27 162 (6.16%) Databricks
28 161 (6.13%) SAP

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 (1.48%) SAS
2 31 (1.18%) Apache
3 29 (1.10%) Apache Spark
4 26 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
5 25 (0.95%) SharePoint
6 22 (0.84%) Confluence
7 18 (0.68%) CMS
8 9 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
10 6 (0.23%) ArcGIS
11 5 (0.19%) Appian
11 5 (0.19%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.11%) Camunda
12 3 (0.11%) JBoss
12 3 (0.11%) nginx
13 2 (0.076%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.076%) Anypoint
13 2 (0.076%) Jupyter
13 2 (0.076%) Mendix
13 2 (0.076%) MQSeries
Applications
1 9 (0.34%) Chatbot
1 9 (0.34%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.076%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.076%) Gliffy
3 2 (0.076%) Revit
4 1 (0.038%) Notion
4 1 (0.038%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 80 (3.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 10 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.38%) SAP MM
5 9 (0.34%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (0.30%) SAP BRIM
7 6 (0.23%) SAP HCM
8 5 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.19%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.19%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.19%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.15%) Endur
9 4 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
9 4 (0.15%) SAP Convergent Charging
9 4 (0.15%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 757 (28.81%) Azure
2 567 (21.58%) AWS
3 215 (8.18%) GCP
4 150 (5.71%) Power Platform
5 117 (4.45%) Entra ID
6 102 (3.88%) SaaS
7 99 (3.77%) Serverless
8 79 (3.01%) GitHub
9 75 (2.85%) Snowflake
10 72 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
11 58 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
12 47 (1.79%) PaaS
13 45 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
14 43 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 41 (1.56%) Amazon S3
16 39 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
16 39 (1.48%) dbt
17 37 (1.41%) Power Automate
18 36 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
18 36 (1.37%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 67 (2.55%) Network Security
2 47 (1.79%) Firewall
3 32 (1.22%) WAN
4 25 (0.95%) VPN
5 21 (0.80%) LAN
6 13 (0.49%) DNS
7 11 (0.42%) VXLAN
8 9 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.30%) SD-WAN
10 7 (0.27%) BGP
10 7 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
10 7 (0.27%) NGFW
10 7 (0.27%) NX-OS
10 7 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
10 7 (0.27%) Wireless
11 6 (0.23%) 4G
11 6 (0.23%) Ethernet
11 6 (0.23%) SMS
11 6 (0.23%) SSL
11 6 (0.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (4.07%) Metadata
2 88 (3.35%) Data Lake
2 88 (3.35%) Power BI
3 77 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (1.14%) SQL Server
5 25 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
5 25 (0.95%) Delta Lake
6 24 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (0.80%) Big Data
8 20 (0.76%) NoSQL
9 18 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
9 18 (0.68%) BigQuery
10 17 (0.65%) Data Vault
11 16 (0.61%) Semantic Layer
12 13 (0.49%) MongoDB
12 13 (0.49%) Oracle Database
12 13 (0.49%) Star Schema
13 12 (0.46%) Neo4j
13 12 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (1.41%) JIRA
2 33 (1.26%) Jenkins
3 29 (1.10%) Git
4 21 (0.80%) GitLab
5 9 (0.34%) RStudio
6 8 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
7 7 (0.27%) Claude Code
7 7 (0.27%) Cypress.io
7 7 (0.27%) ERwin
8 6 (0.23%) Storybook
9 4 (0.15%) Maven
9 4 (0.15%) MLflow
9 4 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.15%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.11%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.11%) Postman
10 3 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
10 3 (0.11%) VTune
11 2 (0.076%) JMeter
11 2 (0.076%) MSI
General
1 526 (20.02%) Social Skills
2 452 (17.20%) Finance
3 306 (11.64%) Public Sector
4 167 (6.35%) Banking
5 143 (5.44%) Retail
6 119 (4.53%) Analytical Skills
7 83 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
8 80 (3.04%) Telecoms
9 47 (1.79%) Manufacturing
10 46 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
11 44 (1.67%) Marketing
12 42 (1.60%) Legal
13 41 (1.56%) Billing
14 30 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 21 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (0.68%) Automotive
17 17 (0.65%) Military
18 14 (0.53%) Local Government
18 14 (0.53%) Police
19 12 (0.46%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (5.82%) REST
2 128 (4.87%) Terraform
3 89 (3.39%) Kafka
4 82 (3.12%) .NET
5 68 (2.59%) SOAP
6 61 (2.32%) Middleware
7 50 (1.90%) OAuth
8 36 (1.37%) .NET Framework
9 35 (1.33%) PySpark
10 32 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
11 31 (1.18%) JSON
12 26 (0.99%) OAuth2
12 26 (0.99%) OpenID
13 24 (0.91%) XML
14 23 (0.88%) SAML
15 20 (0.76%) Lightning Web Components
15 20 (0.76%) React
16 19 (0.72%) JWT
16 19 (0.72%) SailPoint
17 18 (0.68%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 249 (9.47%) Cloud Native
2 87 (3.31%) Onboarding
3 78 (2.97%) AI Agents
4 72 (2.74%) Data Centre
5 64 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 61 (2.32%) Distributed Systems
6 61 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
7 60 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
8 51 (1.94%) CMDB
8 51 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
8 51 (1.94%) Management Information System
9 38 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
10 37 (1.41%) Data Structures
11 35 (1.33%) Taxonomies
12 31 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
12 31 (1.18%) Security Posture
13 30 (1.14%) Public Cloud
14 23 (0.88%) Mainframe
14 23 (0.88%) Private Cloud
15 22 (0.84%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 34 (1.29%) Linux
2 31 (1.18%) Windows
3 13 (0.49%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.34%) Unix
5 6 (0.23%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.23%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.19%) Android
7 4 (0.15%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.15%) VMS
8 3 (0.11%) AIX
8 3 (0.11%) Solaris
9 2 (0.076%) CentOS
9 2 (0.076%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.076%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.076%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 508 (19.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 483 (18.38%) Roadmaps
3 443 (16.86%) AI
4 420 (15.98%) Migration
5 370 (14.08%) Enterprise Architecture
6 326 (12.40%) DevOps
7 307 (11.68%) Data Modelling
8 301 (11.45%) Analytics
8 301 (11.45%) CI/CD
9 300 (11.42%) Technical Leadership
10 289 (11.00%) Data Architecture
11 260 (9.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 257 (9.78%) Agile
13 256 (9.74%) Integration Patterns
14 204 (7.76%) Security Architecture
15 201 (7.65%) TOGAF
16 192 (7.31%) Architectural Patterns
17 190 (7.23%) Data Governance
17 190 (7.23%) Infrastructure as Code
18 189 (7.19%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 130 (4.95%) SQL
2 123 (4.68%) Python
3 97 (3.69%) Java
4 58 (2.21%) JavaScript
5 43 (1.64%) PowerShell
6 39 (1.48%) C#
7 30 (1.14%) TypeScript
8 27 (1.03%) Bicep
9 20 (0.76%) Apex Code
10 16 (0.61%) Bash
11 12 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (0.34%) ABAP
13 8 (0.30%) C++
14 7 (0.27%) R
15 6 (0.23%) Cypher
15 6 (0.23%) Groovy
15 6 (0.23%) Rust
16 5 (0.19%) BeanShell
16 5 (0.19%) Ruby
16 5 (0.19%) Scala
Qualifications
1 694 (26.41%) Security Cleared
2 574 (21.84%) SC Cleared
3 77 (2.93%) Degree
4 70 (2.66%) DV Cleared
5 62 (2.36%) Azure Certification
6 61 (2.32%) CISSP
7 55 (2.09%) AWS Certification
8 53 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 41 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
10 36 (1.37%) CISM
11 27 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
12 26 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
13 25 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
14 23 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 15 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 13 (0.49%) CISA
16 13 (0.49%) Master's Degree
17 12 (0.46%) CCSP
18 11 (0.42%) CCNP
19 8 (0.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (4.79%) Data Quality
2 83 (3.16%) GDPR
3 82 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 80 (3.04%) NIST
5 51 (1.94%) GRC
6 42 (1.60%) NCSC
7 22 (0.84%) QA
8 18 (0.68%) SEPA
9 17 (0.65%) Accessibility
9 17 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 16 (0.61%) PCI DSS
11 14 (0.53%) ISO 20022
12 13 (0.49%) NIST 800
13 12 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
14 11 (0.42%) SLA
15 10 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
15 10 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 8 (0.30%) PMO
16 8 (0.30%) SOC 2
17 7 (0.27%) HIPAA
System Software
1 71 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 42 (1.60%) Docker
3 19 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.19%) vSphere
6 4 (0.15%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.076%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.076%) IAG
8 2 (0.076%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.076%) Postfix
8 2 (0.076%) Varnish
9 1 (0.038%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.038%) Firmware
9 1 (0.038%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.038%) NFS
9 1 (0.038%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.038%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.038%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 108 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 45 (1.71%) Ansible
3 26 (0.99%) Grafana
4 18 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (0.65%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.34%) Argo
7 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.23%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.23%) Puppet
9 4 (0.15%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.15%) Functional Safety
9 4 (0.15%) SCCM
10 2 (0.076%) CASB
10 2 (0.076%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.076%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.076%) Istio
10 2 (0.076%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.076%) QRadar
11 1 (0.038%) EMC VPLEX
11 1 (0.038%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 337 (12.82%) Microsoft
2 162 (6.16%) Databricks
3 161 (6.13%) SAP
4 146 (5.56%) Oracle
5 145 (5.52%) ServiceNow
6 116 (4.41%) Salesforce
7 77 (2.93%) Google
8 51 (1.94%) Cisco
9 39 (1.48%) CyberArk
10 33 (1.26%) MuleSoft
11 30 (1.14%) Workday
12 28 (1.07%) OpenAI
13 27 (1.03%) IBM
13 27 (1.03%) Palo Alto
14 26 (0.99%) Foundry
15 25 (0.95%) VMware
16 22 (0.84%) Splunk
17 21 (0.80%) Sparx
18 20 (0.76%) Adobe
18 20 (0.76%) Ariba