Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Architect
England > London

The median Architect daily rate in London is £648, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 19 17
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,348 1,337 1,679
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.51% 9.65% 9.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.28% 10.32% 9.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 938 779 1,183
10th Percentile £463 £489 £500
25th Percentile £550 £550 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £648 £650 £660
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -1.52% -2.22%
75th Percentile £750 £772 £744
90th Percentile £838 £813 £800
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 2
10th Percentile £64.20 - £43.55
25th Percentile £65.00 - £44.33
Median hourly rate £70.00 £35.00 £47.78
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -26.74% -36.30%
75th Percentile £93.75 - £50.33
90th Percentile £95.00 - £50.58
England median hourly rate £83.82 £71.25 £76.53
% change year-on-year +17.64% -6.90% +9.33%

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 13,118 12,952 16,920
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 93.49% 93.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,690 8,338 12,206
10th Percentile £350 £335 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% -3.45%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 140 237
10th Percentile £17.93 £19.99 £16.25
25th Percentile £23.50 £23.80 £20.02
Median hourly rate £32.48 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.21% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £61.50 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £70.80
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% -19.54% +24.29%

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 13 January 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 13 January 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 13 January 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 -2 182 £650 - 69
West London -2 21 £625 +25.00% 12
South London +3 9 £600 -9.09% 6
East London -4 7 £675 +1.89% 9
North London +7 3 £700 -1.89%
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 January 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.

1 446 (33.09%) Azure
2 358 (26.56%) Security Cleared
3 336 (24.93%) AWS
4 298 (22.11%) SC Cleared
5 211 (15.65%) Microsoft
6 185 (13.72%) Roadmaps
7 180 (13.35%) Agile
8 168 (12.46%) Problem-Solving
9 164 (12.17%) Stakeholder Management
10 162 (12.02%) DevOps
11 158 (11.72%) Data Modelling
12 155 (11.50%) Technical Leadership
13 154 (11.42%) Migration
13 154 (11.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 146 (10.83%) CI/CD
15 138 (10.24%) Enterprise Architecture
16 137 (10.16%) Integration Patterns
17 135 (10.01%) AI
18 133 (9.87%) Data Architecture
19 132 (9.79%) Analytics
19 132 (9.79%) Python
20 122 (9.05%) GCP
21 111 (8.23%) REST
22 108 (8.01%) Microservices
23 105 (7.79%) Terraform
24 102 (7.57%) TOGAF
25 99 (7.34%) Data Governance
26 98 (7.27%) SQL
27 95 (7.05%) Security Architecture
28 84 (6.23%) 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 27 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.26%) Confluence
3 13 (0.96%) CMS
4 12 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (0.74%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.52%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.45%) Apache
8 4 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.15%) Luigi
10 2 (0.15%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.15%) SAS
10 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.15%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.074%) Ethereum
11 1 (0.074%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (0.52%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.15%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.074%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 37 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.52%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.45%) SAP PM
7 5 (0.37%) SAP EWM
8 4 (0.30%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.30%) Endur
8 4 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 3 (0.22%) SAP PP
9 3 (0.22%) SAP QM
9 3 (0.22%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 446 (33.09%) Azure
2 336 (24.93%) AWS
3 122 (9.05%) GCP
4 78 (5.79%) Power Platform
5 58 (4.30%) Serverless
6 56 (4.15%) SaaS
7 50 (3.71%) Entra ID
8 45 (3.34%) IaaS
9 39 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
10 38 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
11 36 (2.67%) Amazon S3
11 36 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
12 35 (2.60%) GitHub
13 31 (2.30%) Snowflake
14 28 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
15 27 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
15 27 (2.00%) Azure Logic Apps
15 27 (2.00%) PaaS
16 26 (1.93%) AWS CloudFormation
17 25 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 65 (4.82%) Firewall
2 53 (3.93%) WAN
3 47 (3.49%) Network Security
4 38 (2.82%) LAN
5 35 (2.60%) VPN
6 27 (2.00%) SD-WAN
7 24 (1.78%) DNS
8 15 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (0.89%) BGP
10 10 (0.74%) OSPF
11 9 (0.67%) SSL
12 7 (0.52%) Internet
13 6 (0.45%) NGFW
13 6 (0.45%) TCP/IP
14 5 (0.37%) BIG-IP
14 5 (0.37%) Cisco Nexus
14 5 (0.37%) DHCP
14 5 (0.37%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 5 (0.37%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 5 (0.37%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (4.08%) Data Lake
2 49 (3.64%) Power BI
3 44 (3.26%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
5 29 (2.15%) Metadata
6 23 (1.71%) SQL Server
7 21 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
8 20 (1.48%) Data Vault
8 20 (1.48%) NoSQL
9 14 (1.04%) Amazon Aurora
9 14 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
9 14 (1.04%) Delta Lake
10 13 (0.96%) Tableau
11 12 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
12 11 (0.82%) DynamoDB
13 10 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (0.74%) Apache Iceberg
13 10 (0.74%) Spark SQL
14 9 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 8 (0.59%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 26 (1.93%) Jenkins
2 21 (1.56%) JIRA
3 18 (1.34%) GitLab
4 8 (0.59%) ERwin
4 8 (0.59%) Git
5 4 (0.30%) Terragrunt
6 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.15%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.15%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.074%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.074%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.074%) GCC
8 1 (0.074%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.074%) MLflow
8 1 (0.074%) Postman
8 1 (0.074%) PowerBuilder
8 1 (0.074%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.074%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 352 (26.11%) Social Skills
2 298 (22.11%) Finance
3 160 (11.87%) Public Sector
4 109 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
5 97 (7.20%) Banking
6 36 (2.67%) Legal
7 33 (2.45%) Telecoms
8 32 (2.37%) Retail
9 31 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (2.23%) Marketing
11 29 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
12 28 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (1.93%) Financial Institution
13 26 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 26 (1.93%) Manufacturing
14 20 (1.48%) Billing
15 18 (1.34%) Law
16 12 (0.89%) Back Office
16 12 (0.89%) Military
17 11 (0.82%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (8.23%) REST
2 59 (4.38%) SOAP
3 55 (4.08%) Middleware
4 44 (3.26%) LDAP
5 43 (3.19%) JSON
6 34 (2.52%) .NET
7 33 (2.45%) Kafka
8 27 (2.00%) OAuth
9 23 (1.71%) OpenID
10 22 (1.63%) SAML
11 20 (1.48%) AngularJS
12 18 (1.34%) PySpark
13 16 (1.19%) RESTful
14 13 (0.96%) OAuth2
14 13 (0.96%) React
15 11 (0.82%) Node.js
15 11 (0.82%) Spring
16 10 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
16 10 (0.74%) Spring Boot
16 10 (0.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 102 (7.57%) Cloud Native
2 57 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
3 44 (3.26%) Security Posture
4 43 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
5 39 (2.89%) Data Centre
6 38 (2.82%) PKI
7 34 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
8 31 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
8 31 (2.30%) Onboarding
8 31 (2.30%) Product Ownership
9 25 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
10 23 (1.71%) Management Information System
11 21 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
11 21 (1.56%) Data Structures
12 18 (1.34%) Private Cloud
13 16 (1.19%) Mobile App
14 14 (1.04%) Reinsurance
14 14 (1.04%) Replication
15 13 (0.96%) CMDB
15 13 (0.96%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.45%) Windows
2 20 (1.48%) Linux
3 10 (0.74%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.37%) Unix
5 3 (0.22%) Android
5 3 (0.22%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.22%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.15%) CentOS
6 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.074%) Solaris
7 1 (0.074%) VMS
7 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.074%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (13.72%) Roadmaps
2 180 (13.35%) Agile
3 168 (12.46%) Problem-Solving
4 164 (12.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 162 (12.02%) DevOps
6 158 (11.72%) Data Modelling
7 155 (11.50%) Technical Leadership
8 154 (11.42%) Migration
8 154 (11.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 146 (10.83%) CI/CD
10 138 (10.24%) Enterprise Architecture
11 137 (10.16%) Integration Patterns
12 135 (10.01%) AI
13 133 (9.87%) Data Architecture
14 132 (9.79%) Analytics
15 108 (8.01%) Microservices
16 102 (7.57%) TOGAF
17 99 (7.34%) Data Governance
18 95 (7.05%) Security Architecture
19 81 (6.01%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 132 (9.79%) Python
2 98 (7.27%) SQL
3 83 (6.16%) PowerShell
4 53 (3.93%) Java
5 28 (2.08%) JavaScript
6 22 (1.63%) C#
6 22 (1.63%) TypeScript
7 16 (1.19%) Bicep
8 12 (0.89%) Bash
9 8 (0.59%) Apex Code
9 8 (0.59%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.52%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.37%) Korn
11 5 (0.37%) Ruby
12 4 (0.30%) Scala
13 3 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.22%) R
13 3 (0.22%) SOQL
14 2 (0.15%) SOSL
14 2 (0.15%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 358 (26.56%) Security Cleared
2 298 (22.11%) SC Cleared
3 67 (4.97%) Degree
4 47 (3.49%) Azure Certification
5 46 (3.41%) DV Cleared
6 40 (2.97%) AWS Certification
7 36 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (1.85%) TOGAF Certification
9 23 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (1.63%) CISSP
11 20 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.41%) Master's Degree
13 17 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 15 (1.11%) CCNP
15 12 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (0.74%) CCIE
17 7 (0.52%) CCSE
17 7 (0.52%) CISM
18 6 (0.45%) JNCIE
19 5 (0.37%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (4.23%) GDPR
2 42 (3.12%) Data Quality
3 40 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 36 (2.67%) QA
5 33 (2.45%) NIST
6 21 (1.56%) NCSC
7 18 (1.34%) PCI DSS
8 12 (0.89%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.74%) HIPAA
10 9 (0.67%) GRC
11 8 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.45%) ISO 20022
14 5 (0.37%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.37%) PERC
15 4 (0.30%) MiFID
15 4 (0.30%) SLA
15 4 (0.30%) SOC 2
16 3 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
16 3 (0.22%) GxP
System Software
1 73 (5.42%) Active Directory
2 59 (4.38%) Docker
3 17 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.59%) VMware NSX
5 5 (0.37%) vSphere
6 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.22%) Lustre
6 3 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.15%) Ceph
7 2 (0.15%) Firmware
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.074%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.074%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.074%) GPFS
8 1 (0.074%) Postfix
8 1 (0.074%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 105 (7.79%) Terraform
2 63 (4.67%) Kubernetes
3 34 (2.52%) Ansible
4 15 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.52%) FortiGate
6 7 (0.52%) Grafana
7 5 (0.37%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.30%) Kibana
8 4 (0.30%) SCCM
9 3 (0.22%) Karpenter
10 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.15%) Argo
10 2 (0.15%) Istio
10 2 (0.15%) Nagios
10 2 (0.15%) RSA Archer
10 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.074%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.074%) Oracle ZFS
11 1 (0.074%) vRealize
Vendors
1 211 (15.65%) Microsoft
2 84 (6.23%) SAP
3 82 (6.08%) Salesforce
4 72 (5.34%) ServiceNow
5 70 (5.19%) Databricks
6 59 (4.38%) Oracle
7 55 (4.08%) CyberArk
8 42 (3.12%) Cisco
9 34 (2.52%) BeyondTrust
9 34 (2.52%) Centrify
10 33 (2.45%) Google
11 24 (1.78%) Palo Alto
12 21 (1.56%) Splunk
13 20 (1.48%) VMware
14 17 (1.26%) OpenAI
15 15 (1.11%) Fortinet
15 15 (1.11%) Pega
15 15 (1.11%) Workday
16 14 (1.04%) IBM
16 14 (1.04%) Zscaler