Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Architect
England > London

The median Architect daily rate in London is £620, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 19 16
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,510 1,413 1,705
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.67% 10.42% 10.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.62% 11.18% 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,702 929 1,213
10th Percentile £475 £484 £488
25th Percentile £525 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £730 £738 £763
90th Percentile £800 £804 £875
England median daily rate £620 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -0.80% -3.85% -1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 3
10th Percentile £53.95 £54.50 £53.10
25th Percentile £55.00 £57.50 £54.75
Median hourly rate £64.25 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83.44 £83.75 £90.68
90th Percentile £100.73 £93.50 £107.59
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 18,423 12,636 15,919
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.97% 93.17% 94.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,056 8,541 11,358
10th Percentile £363 £331 £332
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £685
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 193 257
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.20
25th Percentile £22.00 £22.75 £22.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.81 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year +21.73% -2.85% -18.69%
75th Percentile £59.72 £50.00 £51.75
90th Percentile £76.23 £63.65 £71.25
England median hourly rate £45.57 £27.21 £42.50
% change year-on-year +67.48% -35.98% -3.65%

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 22 July 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 22 July 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 22 July 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 +16 372 £625 -7.41% 154
West London -10 31 £625 +31.58% 26
South London -9 23 £723 +6.68% 5
East London +4 16 £672 +5.41% 7
North London -3 1 £650 -3.70%
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 July 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.

1 705 (28.09%) Azure
2 649 (25.86%) Security Cleared
3 597 (23.78%) AWS
4 547 (21.79%) SC Cleared
5 410 (16.33%) Migration
5 410 (16.33%) Roadmaps
6 386 (15.38%) AI
7 327 (13.03%) Stakeholder Management
8 325 (12.95%) Microsoft
9 314 (12.51%) DevOps
10 306 (12.19%) Enterprise Architecture
11 297 (11.83%) Analytics
12 293 (11.67%) Data Modelling
13 279 (11.12%) CI/CD
14 258 (10.28%) Agile
14 258 (10.28%) Data Architecture
15 251 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 240 (9.56%) Integration Patterns
17 232 (9.24%) Technical Leadership
18 229 (9.12%) GCP
19 215 (8.57%) TOGAF
20 210 (8.37%) Architectural Patterns
21 186 (7.41%) Infrastructure as Code
22 170 (6.77%) Problem-Solving
23 165 (6.57%) Event-Driven
24 163 (6.49%) Security Architecture
25 162 (6.45%) Architectural Design
26 158 (6.29%) Microservices
27 157 (6.25%) Python
28 156 (6.22%) Business Intelligence

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 42 (1.67%) SharePoint
2 32 (1.27%) Apache
2 32 (1.27%) Apache Spark
3 29 (1.16%) Confluence
3 29 (1.16%) SAS
4 18 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.48%) nginx
7 11 (0.44%) CMS
8 9 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
9 8 (0.32%) Appian
9 8 (0.32%) Camunda
10 6 (0.24%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.16%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.080%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.080%) Mule
13 2 (0.080%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (0.28%) Chatbot
1 7 (0.28%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.040%) Notion
3 1 (0.040%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.040%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 66 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 14 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (0.32%) SAP BRIM
6 6 (0.24%) Endur
7 5 (0.20%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 4 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 4 (0.16%) Oracle Retail
8 4 (0.16%) SAP Convergent Charging
8 4 (0.16%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.16%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.12%) SAP FSCM
9 3 (0.12%) SAP IBP
9 3 (0.12%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 705 (28.09%) Azure
2 597 (23.78%) AWS
3 229 (9.12%) GCP
4 152 (6.06%) Power Platform
5 104 (4.14%) SaaS
6 94 (3.75%) Entra ID
7 89 (3.55%) Serverless
8 79 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
9 71 (2.83%) GitHub
10 66 (2.63%) Snowflake
11 61 (2.43%) PaaS
12 58 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
13 50 (1.99%) Amazon S3
14 47 (1.87%) AWS Lambda
15 43 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
16 40 (1.59%) IaaS
17 34 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 32 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
18 32 (1.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 31 (1.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 93 (3.71%) Network Security
2 65 (2.59%) Firewall
3 42 (1.67%) VPN
4 35 (1.39%) DNS
5 25 (1.00%) WAN
6 18 (0.72%) TCP/IP
7 16 (0.64%) LAN
8 11 (0.44%) MPLS
8 11 (0.44%) Radio Access Network
9 10 (0.40%) 5G
10 9 (0.36%) 4G
10 9 (0.36%) BGP
10 9 (0.36%) OpenVPN
10 9 (0.36%) SD-WAN
10 9 (0.36%) VXLAN
11 8 (0.32%) Ethernet VPN
11 8 (0.32%) NGFW
11 8 (0.32%) OSPF
12 7 (0.28%) 3GPP
13 6 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (4.42%) Power BI
2 88 (3.51%) Data Lake
3 80 (3.19%) Metadata
4 70 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (1.27%) SQL Server
6 31 (1.24%) Big Data
6 31 (1.24%) NoSQL
7 28 (1.12%) BigQuery
8 24 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
9 23 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
10 20 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
11 18 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
12 16 (0.64%) Delta Lake
13 15 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
13 15 (0.60%) Tableau
14 13 (0.52%) Oracle Database
15 11 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (0.44%) Db2
15 11 (0.44%) GIS
15 11 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 42 (1.67%) JIRA
2 40 (1.59%) Git
3 36 (1.43%) Jenkins
4 17 (0.68%) GitLab
5 10 (0.40%) ERwin
6 9 (0.36%) SonarQube
7 8 (0.32%) MLflow
8 7 (0.28%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.24%) PowerDesigner
10 5 (0.20%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.20%) Maven
10 5 (0.20%) Storybook
11 4 (0.16%) Claude Code
11 4 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (0.16%) Snyk
12 3 (0.12%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.12%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.12%) JMeter
12 3 (0.12%) VTune
13 2 (0.080%) REST Assured
General
1 484 (19.28%) Finance
2 461 (18.37%) Social Skills
3 284 (11.31%) Public Sector
4 171 (6.81%) Banking
5 133 (5.30%) Retail
6 127 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
7 87 (3.47%) Telecoms
8 75 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
9 70 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
10 51 (2.03%) Legal
11 41 (1.63%) Law
12 37 (1.47%) Billing
13 33 (1.31%) Marketing
14 28 (1.12%) Financial Institution
15 25 (1.00%) Manufacturing
16 20 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 20 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
17 10 (0.40%) Investment Banking
17 10 (0.40%) Local Government
17 10 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (5.34%) REST
2 89 (3.55%) Middleware
3 82 (3.27%) .NET
4 66 (2.63%) SOAP
5 62 (2.47%) Kafka
6 40 (1.59%) OAuth
7 32 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
7 32 (1.27%) React
8 31 (1.24%) .NET Framework
8 31 (1.24%) OpenID
9 27 (1.08%) SAML
10 24 (0.96%) PySpark
11 23 (0.92%) LDAP
12 22 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
12 22 (0.88%) OAuth2
13 19 (0.76%) AngularJS
13 19 (0.76%) JSON
13 19 (0.76%) RESTful
14 17 (0.68%) HTML
14 17 (0.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 239 (9.52%) Cloud Native
2 78 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
3 69 (2.75%) Onboarding
4 66 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 63 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
6 62 (2.47%) Data Centre
7 60 (2.39%) AI Agents
8 53 (2.11%) Management Information System
9 52 (2.07%) CMDB
10 50 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
11 49 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
12 37 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
13 31 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
14 30 (1.20%) Security Posture
15 29 (1.16%) Data Structures
16 28 (1.12%) Taxonomies
17 26 (1.04%) Mainframe
17 26 (1.04%) Public Cloud
18 22 (0.88%) IoT
18 22 (0.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 40 (1.59%) Linux
2 31 (1.24%) Windows
3 10 (0.40%) Unix
4 9 (0.36%) Android
4 9 (0.36%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.36%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.32%) zOS
6 6 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.12%) AIX
9 3 (0.12%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.12%) Solaris
10 2 (0.080%) VMS
11 1 (0.040%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (16.33%) Migration
1 410 (16.33%) Roadmaps
2 386 (15.38%) AI
3 327 (13.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 314 (12.51%) DevOps
5 306 (12.19%) Enterprise Architecture
6 297 (11.83%) Analytics
7 293 (11.67%) Data Modelling
8 279 (11.12%) CI/CD
9 258 (10.28%) Agile
9 258 (10.28%) Data Architecture
10 251 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 240 (9.56%) Integration Patterns
12 232 (9.24%) Technical Leadership
13 215 (8.57%) TOGAF
14 210 (8.37%) Architectural Patterns
15 186 (7.41%) Infrastructure as Code
16 170 (6.77%) Problem-Solving
17 165 (6.57%) Event-Driven
18 163 (6.49%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 157 (6.25%) Python
2 132 (5.26%) SQL
3 109 (4.34%) Java
4 56 (2.23%) JavaScript
5 43 (1.71%) PowerShell
6 37 (1.47%) C#
7 27 (1.08%) TypeScript
8 24 (0.96%) Bicep
9 22 (0.88%) Apex Code
10 19 (0.76%) Bash
11 14 (0.56%) Ruby
12 9 (0.36%) Scala
13 7 (0.28%) C++
13 7 (0.28%) Go
13 7 (0.28%) R
13 7 (0.28%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.24%) Cypher
15 5 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.20%) Rust
16 4 (0.16%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 649 (25.86%) Security Cleared
2 547 (21.79%) SC Cleared
3 81 (3.23%) Degree
4 69 (2.75%) CISSP
5 68 (2.71%) Azure Certification
6 58 (2.31%) AWS Certification
7 56 (2.23%) DV Cleared
8 38 (1.51%) CISM
9 36 (1.43%) TOGAF Certification
10 35 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
11 34 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
12 24 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
13 21 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 19 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 19 (0.76%) Master's Degree
14 19 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (0.60%) CCSP
16 14 (0.56%) CISA
17 12 (0.48%) CCNP
18 10 (0.40%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (3.71%) Data Quality
2 90 (3.59%) GDPR
3 71 (2.83%) NIST
4 62 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 40 (1.59%) GRC
6 36 (1.43%) NCSC
7 30 (1.20%) QA
8 21 (0.84%) PCI DSS
9 17 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 17 (0.68%) SEPA
10 15 (0.60%) ISO 20022
11 14 (0.56%) Accessibility
11 14 (0.56%) NIST 800
12 10 (0.40%) HIPAA
13 9 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.32%) PSD2
15 7 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 7 (0.28%) IFRS
16 6 (0.24%) COBIT
16 6 (0.24%) HL7
System Software
1 59 (2.35%) Docker
2 53 (2.11%) Active Directory
3 21 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.36%) Squid
5 8 (0.32%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.28%) Varnish
7 6 (0.24%) Postfix
7 6 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.20%) NFS
9 4 (0.16%) Sendmail
10 3 (0.12%) vSphere
11 2 (0.080%) IAG
11 2 (0.080%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.080%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.040%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.040%) HDFS
12 1 (0.040%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.040%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.040%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 134 (5.34%) Kubernetes
2 131 (5.22%) Terraform
3 44 (1.75%) Ansible
4 32 (1.27%) Grafana
5 24 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
6 23 (0.92%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.36%) FortiGate
7 9 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.28%) Consul
9 6 (0.24%) Argo
9 6 (0.24%) HAProxy
10 4 (0.16%) SCCM
11 3 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
11 3 (0.12%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.080%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.080%) Istio
12 2 (0.080%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.080%) Puppet
12 2 (0.080%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.080%) VxRail
Vendors
1 325 (12.95%) Microsoft
2 148 (5.90%) Oracle
3 145 (5.78%) ServiceNow
4 144 (5.74%) SAP
5 135 (5.38%) Databricks
6 113 (4.50%) Salesforce
7 52 (2.07%) Google
8 46 (1.83%) Cisco
9 38 (1.51%) CyberArk
10 36 (1.43%) Workday
11 35 (1.39%) IBM
12 33 (1.31%) Splunk
13 32 (1.27%) MuleSoft
14 28 (1.12%) Foundry
14 28 (1.12%) OpenAI
15 26 (1.04%) Ariba
15 26 (1.04%) VMware
16 21 (0.84%) Palo Alto
17 20 (0.80%) Dynatrace
18 16 (0.64%) Sparx