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 26 September 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 20 18
Rank change year-on-year +7 -2 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,646 1,278 1,545
As % of all contract jobs in London 13.01% 9.48% 9.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.96% 10.22% 10.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,785 828 977
10th Percentile £490 £463 £488
25th Percentile £533 £550 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £640 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% -1.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile £720 £725 £756
90th Percentile £805 £800 £838
England median daily rate £620 £625 £630
% change year-on-year -0.80% -0.79% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 2
10th Percentile £52.20 - £58.69
25th Percentile £55.00 - £68.72
Median hourly rate £77.50 £100.00 £86.43
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +15.70% +32.97%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £103.15
90th Percentile - - £112.57
England median hourly rate £68.17 £72.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -5.98% +3.57% -0.25%

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 18,956 12,508 15,315
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.23% 92.78% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,254 8,364 10,110
10th Percentile £360 £331 £342
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 £658 £669 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 404 203 182
10th Percentile £17.06 £17.00 £17.54
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.83 £23.80
Median hourly rate £40.00 £28.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.10% -19.57% -6.47%
75th Percentile £63.75 £48.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.46 £76.13
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% -

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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% 318
West London -21 30 £650 +44.44% 60
South London -9 15 £650 -8.26% 21
East London +2 12 £675 - 10
North London -1 2 £650 -14.75% 1
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 September 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.

1 762 (28.80%) Azure
2 697 (26.34%) Security Cleared
3 577 (21.81%) SC Cleared
4 576 (21.77%) AWS
5 505 (19.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 471 (17.80%) Roadmaps
7 437 (16.52%) AI
8 427 (16.14%) Migration
9 371 (14.02%) Enterprise Architecture
10 345 (13.04%) Microsoft
11 326 (12.32%) DevOps
12 315 (11.90%) Data Modelling
13 310 (11.72%) Analytics
14 304 (11.49%) CI/CD
15 301 (11.38%) Technical Leadership
16 295 (11.15%) Data Architecture
17 270 (10.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 264 (9.98%) Agile
18 264 (9.98%) Integration Patterns
19 220 (8.31%) GCP
20 208 (7.86%) Security Architecture
21 207 (7.82%) TOGAF
22 198 (7.48%) Architectural Patterns
23 195 (7.37%) Infrastructure as Code
24 192 (7.26%) Data Governance
25 190 (7.18%) Decision-Making
26 184 (6.95%) Event-Driven
27 170 (6.42%) Databricks
28 165 (6.24%) Architecture Governance
29 161 (6.08%) 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 39 (1.47%) SAS
2 34 (1.28%) Apache
3 30 (1.13%) Apache Spark
4 27 (1.02%) SharePoint
5 26 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
6 24 (0.91%) Confluence
7 18 (0.68%) CMS
8 9 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
9 6 (0.23%) Appian
9 6 (0.23%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.19%) Headless CMS
11 4 (0.15%) 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%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.30%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.076%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.076%) Gliffy
4 2 (0.076%) Revit
5 1 (0.038%) Notion
5 1 (0.038%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 71 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 34 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 10 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
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 ERP
8 5 (0.19%) SAP MM
8 5 (0.19%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.15%) Endur
9 4 (0.15%) Oracle Retail
9 4 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
9 4 (0.15%) SAP Convergent Charging
9 4 (0.15%) SAP SD
10 3 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 762 (28.80%) Azure
2 576 (21.77%) AWS
3 220 (8.31%) GCP
4 161 (6.08%) Power Platform
5 113 (4.27%) Entra ID
6 102 (3.85%) SaaS
7 96 (3.63%) Serverless
8 81 (3.06%) GitHub
9 79 (2.99%) Snowflake
10 72 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
11 66 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
12 50 (1.89%) PaaS
13 46 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
14 43 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 40 (1.51%) Amazon S3
16 39 (1.47%) dbt
17 38 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
18 37 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
18 37 (1.40%) Power Automate
19 36 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 69 (2.61%) Network Security
2 46 (1.74%) Firewall
3 30 (1.13%) WAN
4 25 (0.94%) VPN
5 21 (0.79%) LAN
6 15 (0.57%) DNS
7 11 (0.42%) VXLAN
8 9 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
9 8 (0.30%) SD-WAN
10 7 (0.26%) BGP
10 7 (0.26%) NGFW
10 7 (0.26%) NX-OS
10 7 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
10 7 (0.26%) 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
1 108 (4.08%) Metadata
2 98 (3.70%) Power BI
3 93 (3.51%) Data Lake
4 80 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (1.21%) SQL Server
6 25 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
6 25 (0.94%) Delta Lake
6 25 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
7 22 (0.83%) Big Data
8 20 (0.76%) BigQuery
8 20 (0.76%) NoSQL
9 19 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
10 18 (0.68%) Semantic Layer
11 17 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
11 17 (0.64%) Data Vault
12 15 (0.57%) Star Schema
13 14 (0.53%) Tableau
14 13 (0.49%) MongoDB
14 13 (0.49%) Oracle Database
15 12 (0.45%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 37 (1.40%) JIRA
2 35 (1.32%) Jenkins
3 30 (1.13%) Git
4 21 (0.79%) GitLab
5 9 (0.34%) RStudio
6 8 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
7 7 (0.26%) Claude Code
7 7 (0.26%) Cypress.io
7 7 (0.26%) ERwin
8 6 (0.23%) Storybook
9 5 (0.19%) MLflow
10 4 (0.15%) Maven
10 4 (0.15%) Postman
10 4 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
10 4 (0.15%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.11%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.11%) VTune
12 2 (0.076%) Flyway
12 2 (0.076%) Liquibase
General
1 534 (20.18%) Social Skills
2 451 (17.04%) Finance
3 303 (11.45%) Public Sector
4 166 (6.27%) Banking
5 148 (5.59%) Retail
6 122 (4.61%) Analytical Skills
7 84 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
8 77 (2.91%) Telecoms
9 47 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
10 45 (1.70%) Marketing
11 43 (1.63%) Legal
12 42 (1.59%) Manufacturing
13 40 (1.51%) Billing
14 31 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 20 (0.76%) Law
16 19 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
17 17 (0.64%) Military
18 13 (0.49%) Automotive
18 13 (0.49%) Local Government
18 13 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (5.90%) REST
2 131 (4.95%) Terraform
3 89 (3.36%) Kafka
4 83 (3.14%) .NET
5 68 (2.57%) SOAP
6 64 (2.42%) Middleware
7 51 (1.93%) OAuth
8 36 (1.36%) .NET Framework
8 36 (1.36%) PySpark
9 32 (1.21%) JSON
10 31 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
11 27 (1.02%) OAuth2
12 26 (0.98%) OpenID
13 25 (0.94%) XML
14 23 (0.87%) RESTful
14 23 (0.87%) SAML
15 21 (0.79%) React
16 20 (0.76%) Lightning Web Components
17 19 (0.72%) JWT
18 18 (0.68%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 249 (9.41%) Cloud Native
2 87 (3.29%) Onboarding
3 76 (2.87%) AI Agents
4 69 (2.61%) Data Centre
4 69 (2.61%) Product Ownership
5 61 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
6 60 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
7 59 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
8 56 (2.12%) Management Information System
9 53 (2.00%) CMDB
10 50 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
11 38 (1.44%) Enterprise Cloud
12 37 (1.40%) Data Structures
13 35 (1.32%) Taxonomies
14 31 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
14 31 (1.17%) Security Posture
15 30 (1.13%) Public Cloud
16 23 (0.87%) Mainframe
17 22 (0.83%) IoT
18 21 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 35 (1.32%) Linux
2 29 (1.10%) Windows
3 12 (0.45%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.38%) Unix
5 7 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.23%) Android
6 6 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.23%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.15%) Alpine Linux
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%) VMS
9 2 (0.076%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 505 (19.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 471 (17.80%) Roadmaps
3 437 (16.52%) AI
4 427 (16.14%) Migration
5 371 (14.02%) Enterprise Architecture
6 326 (12.32%) DevOps
7 315 (11.90%) Data Modelling
8 310 (11.72%) Analytics
9 304 (11.49%) CI/CD
10 301 (11.38%) Technical Leadership
11 295 (11.15%) Data Architecture
12 270 (10.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 264 (9.98%) Agile
13 264 (9.98%) Integration Patterns
14 208 (7.86%) Security Architecture
15 207 (7.82%) TOGAF
16 198 (7.48%) Architectural Patterns
17 195 (7.37%) Infrastructure as Code
18 192 (7.26%) Data Governance
19 190 (7.18%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 133 (5.03%) SQL
2 131 (4.95%) Python
3 100 (3.78%) Java
4 61 (2.31%) JavaScript
5 43 (1.63%) PowerShell
6 39 (1.47%) C#
7 32 (1.21%) TypeScript
8 27 (1.02%) Bicep
9 20 (0.76%) Apex Code
10 17 (0.64%) Bash
11 12 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (0.34%) ABAP
13 8 (0.30%) C++
14 7 (0.26%) R
15 6 (0.23%) Cypher
15 6 (0.23%) Groovy
15 6 (0.23%) Ruby
15 6 (0.23%) Rust
15 6 (0.23%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.19%) BeanShell
Qualifications
1 697 (26.34%) Security Cleared
2 577 (21.81%) SC Cleared
3 76 (2.87%) Degree
4 69 (2.61%) DV Cleared
5 64 (2.42%) CISSP
6 62 (2.34%) Azure Certification
7 57 (2.15%) AWS Certification
8 52 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 42 (1.59%) TOGAF Certification
10 37 (1.40%) CISM
11 27 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
12 26 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 26 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
13 25 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (0.60%) Master's Degree
15 15 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 12 (0.45%) CCSP
16 12 (0.45%) CISA
17 11 (0.42%) CCNP
18 9 (0.34%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (4.80%) Data Quality
2 82 (3.10%) GDPR
2 82 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 81 (3.06%) NIST
4 50 (1.89%) GRC
5 41 (1.55%) NCSC
6 25 (0.94%) QA
7 18 (0.68%) SEPA
8 17 (0.64%) Accessibility
9 16 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (0.53%) ISO 20022
10 14 (0.53%) NIST 800
10 14 (0.53%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
12 11 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.42%) SLA
13 10 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 8 (0.30%) PMO
14 8 (0.30%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.26%) IFRS
System Software
1 70 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 45 (1.70%) Docker
3 19 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.19%) vSphere
6 4 (0.15%) Postfix
6 4 (0.15%) Varnish
6 4 (0.15%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.11%) NFS
7 3 (0.11%) Sendmail
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
9 1 (0.038%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.038%) Firmware
9 1 (0.038%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.038%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 111 (4.20%) Kubernetes
2 46 (1.74%) Ansible
3 26 (0.98%) Grafana
4 18 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (0.64%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.34%) Argo
7 7 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.23%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.23%) Puppet
9 4 (0.15%) Functional Safety
9 4 (0.15%) HAProxy
9 4 (0.15%) SCCM
10 3 (0.11%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.076%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.076%) Istio
11 2 (0.076%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.076%) QRadar
12 1 (0.038%) Amdocs OSS
12 1 (0.038%) CloudForms
12 1 (0.038%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 345 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 170 (6.42%) Databricks
3 153 (5.78%) SAP
4 150 (5.67%) ServiceNow
5 148 (5.59%) Oracle
6 123 (4.65%) Salesforce
7 74 (2.80%) Google
8 50 (1.89%) Cisco
9 38 (1.44%) CyberArk
10 33 (1.25%) MuleSoft
11 29 (1.10%) Foundry
11 29 (1.10%) Workday
12 27 (1.02%) IBM
12 27 (1.02%) OpenAI
13 26 (0.98%) Palo Alto
14 25 (0.94%) VMware
15 21 (0.79%) Adobe
15 21 (0.79%) Sparx
15 21 (0.79%) Splunk
16 19 (0.72%) Ariba