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 July 2026.

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

6 months to
2 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 2,362 1,352 1,783
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.24% 10.41% 10.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.17% 11.15% 10.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,609 883 1,282
10th Percentile £463 £492 £488
25th Percentile £513 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £763
90th Percentile £813 £800 £875
England median daily rate £616 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -1.44% -3.85% -2.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 2
10th Percentile £53.95 £54.50 £52.55
25th Percentile £55.00 £57.50 £53.38
Median hourly rate £64.25 £65.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +14.04% -12.31%
75th Percentile £83.44 £83.75 £60.88
90th Percentile £100.73 £93.50 £61.85
England median hourly rate £65.00 £68.75 £70.00
% change year-on-year -5.45% -1.79% -

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 17,928 12,127 16,543
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 93.39% 93.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,792 8,194 11,863
10th Percentile £358 £336 £325
25th Percentile £438 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 185 316
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.87 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.23 £23.45 £20.22
Median hourly rate £39.25 £32.89 £27.66
Median % change year-on-year +19.34% +18.93% -26.25%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.75 £46.49
90th Percentile £80.38 £64.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +57.89% -28.75% -8.95%

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 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 2 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 2 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% 170
West London -12 28 £625 +21.36% 48
South London +1 22 £723 +2.56% 2
East London +3 16 £672 +14.87% 11
North London 0 1 £650 -3.70% 2
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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.

1 677 (28.66%) Azure
2 629 (26.63%) Security Cleared
3 554 (23.45%) AWS
4 535 (22.65%) SC Cleared
5 394 (16.68%) Migration
6 367 (15.54%) AI
7 357 (15.11%) Roadmaps
8 313 (13.25%) Microsoft
9 304 (12.87%) DevOps
10 296 (12.53%) Stakeholder Management
11 277 (11.73%) CI/CD
12 256 (10.84%) Analytics
13 252 (10.67%) Data Modelling
14 244 (10.33%) Enterprise Architecture
15 240 (10.16%) Data Architecture
16 238 (10.08%) Agile
16 238 (10.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 218 (9.23%) Integration Patterns
18 211 (8.93%) GCP
19 207 (8.76%) Technical Leadership
20 200 (8.47%) Architectural Patterns
21 190 (8.04%) TOGAF
22 188 (7.96%) Infrastructure as Code
23 169 (7.15%) Problem-Solving
24 163 (6.90%) Architectural Design
25 159 (6.73%) Python
26 151 (6.39%) Security Architecture
27 141 (5.97%) Machine Learning
27 141 (5.97%) Microservices
27 141 (5.97%) 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 44 (1.86%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.27%) Confluence
3 23 (0.97%) Apache
4 22 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.47%) nginx
8 10 (0.42%) SAS
9 9 (0.38%) Camunda
9 9 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
10 8 (0.34%) CMS
11 7 (0.30%) Anypoint
11 7 (0.30%) Appian
12 5 (0.21%) Mule
13 3 (0.13%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.085%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.085%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.085%) WebLogic
15 1 (0.042%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (0.38%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.042%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.042%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.042%) Notion
4 1 (0.042%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.042%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 55 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 11 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.34%) SAP BRIM
6 5 (0.21%) Endur
6 5 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 5 (0.21%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 4 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.17%) Oracle Retail
7 4 (0.17%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 4 (0.17%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.13%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.13%) SAP FSCM
8 3 (0.13%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.13%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.085%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 677 (28.66%) Azure
2 554 (23.45%) AWS
3 211 (8.93%) GCP
4 141 (5.97%) Power Platform
5 93 (3.94%) SaaS
6 90 (3.81%) Serverless
7 87 (3.68%) Entra ID
8 75 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
9 67 (2.84%) GitHub
10 62 (2.62%) Snowflake
11 59 (2.50%) PaaS
12 58 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
13 52 (2.20%) Amazon S3
14 47 (1.99%) AWS Lambda
15 43 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
16 41 (1.74%) IaaS
17 37 (1.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 32 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
19 31 (1.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 30 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 96 (4.06%) Network Security
2 72 (3.05%) Firewall
3 48 (2.03%) VPN
4 39 (1.65%) DNS
5 35 (1.48%) WAN
6 20 (0.85%) LAN
7 19 (0.80%) TCP/IP
8 17 (0.72%) SD-WAN
9 14 (0.59%) BGP
10 13 (0.55%) OSPF
11 10 (0.42%) MPLS
11 10 (0.42%) VXLAN
12 9 (0.38%) 5G
12 9 (0.38%) OpenVPN
13 8 (0.34%) 3GPP
13 8 (0.34%) Ethernet VPN
13 8 (0.34%) NGFW
13 8 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
14 6 (0.25%) 4G
15 5 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (4.28%) Power BI
2 80 (3.39%) Data Lake
3 69 (2.92%) Metadata
4 63 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (1.35%) SQL Server
6 28 (1.19%) NoSQL
7 27 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
8 26 (1.10%) BigQuery
9 25 (1.06%) Big Data
10 23 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
11 21 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
12 17 (0.72%) Delta Lake
13 16 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
14 14 (0.59%) Tableau
15 13 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
15 13 (0.55%) Oracle Database
16 12 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
17 11 (0.47%) Data Vault
17 11 (0.47%) Snowflake Schema
18 10 (0.42%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 42 (1.78%) Jenkins
2 40 (1.69%) JIRA
3 38 (1.61%) Git
4 16 (0.68%) GitLab
5 11 (0.47%) ERwin
6 9 (0.38%) SonarQube
7 8 (0.34%) MLflow
8 7 (0.30%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.25%) PowerDesigner
10 5 (0.21%) Maven
11 4 (0.17%) Snyk
12 3 (0.13%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.13%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.13%) JMeter
12 3 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.13%) VTune
13 2 (0.085%) MSI
13 2 (0.085%) Postman
13 2 (0.085%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.085%) Robot Framework
General
1 461 (19.52%) Finance
2 440 (18.63%) Social Skills
3 275 (11.64%) Public Sector
4 159 (6.73%) Banking
5 121 (5.12%) Analytical Skills
6 112 (4.74%) Retail
7 78 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
8 73 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
9 63 (2.67%) Telecoms
10 51 (2.16%) Legal
11 43 (1.82%) Law
12 35 (1.48%) Billing
13 27 (1.14%) Financial Institution
14 26 (1.10%) Marketing
15 23 (0.97%) Manufacturing
16 19 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 11 (0.47%) Military
19 10 (0.42%) Investment Banking
20 9 (0.38%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (4.83%) REST
2 86 (3.64%) Middleware
3 78 (3.30%) .NET
4 61 (2.58%) SOAP
5 45 (1.91%) Kafka
6 37 (1.57%) OpenID
7 34 (1.44%) LDAP
8 33 (1.40%) SAML
9 32 (1.35%) OAuth
9 32 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
10 29 (1.23%) React
11 27 (1.14%) .NET Framework
12 21 (0.89%) AngularJS
13 20 (0.85%) Lightning Web Components
14 19 (0.80%) PySpark
15 17 (0.72%) OAuth2
16 16 (0.68%) JSON
16 16 (0.68%) RESTful
17 13 (0.55%) Web Services
18 12 (0.51%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 239 (10.12%) Cloud Native
2 76 (3.22%) Onboarding
3 67 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
4 65 (2.75%) Product Ownership
5 62 (2.62%) Data Centre
6 59 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
7 50 (2.12%) Management Information System
8 49 (2.07%) AI Agents
9 47 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
9 47 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
10 44 (1.86%) CMDB
11 36 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
12 34 (1.44%) Security Posture
13 27 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
13 27 (1.14%) Public Cloud
14 26 (1.10%) Mainframe
15 25 (1.06%) Taxonomies
16 23 (0.97%) NHS
17 21 (0.89%) Data Structures
17 21 (0.89%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 39 (1.65%) Linux
2 34 (1.44%) Windows
3 11 (0.47%) Android
3 11 (0.47%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.42%) Unix
5 9 (0.38%) zOS
6 8 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.21%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.17%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.17%) Solaris
10 3 (0.13%) AIX
11 2 (0.085%) CentOS
11 2 (0.085%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 394 (16.68%) Migration
2 367 (15.54%) AI
3 357 (15.11%) Roadmaps
4 304 (12.87%) DevOps
5 296 (12.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 277 (11.73%) CI/CD
7 256 (10.84%) Analytics
8 252 (10.67%) Data Modelling
9 244 (10.33%) Enterprise Architecture
10 240 (10.16%) Data Architecture
11 238 (10.08%) Agile
11 238 (10.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 218 (9.23%) Integration Patterns
13 207 (8.76%) Technical Leadership
14 200 (8.47%) Architectural Patterns
15 190 (8.04%) TOGAF
16 188 (7.96%) Infrastructure as Code
17 169 (7.15%) Problem-Solving
18 163 (6.90%) Architectural Design
19 151 (6.39%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 159 (6.73%) Python
2 122 (5.17%) SQL
3 103 (4.36%) Java
4 49 (2.07%) PowerShell
5 44 (1.86%) JavaScript
6 34 (1.44%) C#
7 26 (1.10%) Bicep
8 22 (0.93%) TypeScript
9 19 (0.80%) Apex Code
10 17 (0.72%) Bash
11 15 (0.64%) Ruby
12 7 (0.30%) R
12 7 (0.30%) Scala
12 7 (0.30%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.25%) C++
14 5 (0.21%) Cypher
14 5 (0.21%) Go
15 4 (0.17%) Rust
15 4 (0.17%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 629 (26.63%) Security Cleared
2 535 (22.65%) SC Cleared
3 82 (3.47%) Degree
4 65 (2.75%) Azure Certification
5 64 (2.71%) CISSP
6 52 (2.20%) AWS Certification
7 42 (1.78%) DV Cleared
8 36 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (1.44%) CISM
10 32 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
11 27 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 21 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 20 (0.85%) Master's Degree
14 15 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 15 (0.64%) CCNP
15 14 (0.59%) CCSP
15 14 (0.59%) CISA
16 10 (0.42%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (3.51%) GDPR
2 75 (3.18%) Data Quality
2 75 (3.18%) NIST
3 69 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 46 (1.95%) NCSC
5 34 (1.44%) QA
6 22 (0.93%) PCI DSS
7 17 (0.72%) GRC
8 16 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 16 (0.68%) SEPA
9 15 (0.64%) ISO 20022
10 13 (0.55%) NIST 800
11 10 (0.42%) Accessibility
11 10 (0.42%) HIPAA
12 9 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.34%) PSD2
14 7 (0.30%) IFRS
15 6 (0.25%) COBIT
15 6 (0.25%) HL7
16 4 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 56 (2.37%) Docker
2 53 (2.24%) Active Directory
3 22 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.42%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.38%) Squid
6 8 (0.34%) Varnish
7 7 (0.30%) Postfix
7 7 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.21%) NFS
9 4 (0.17%) Sendmail
10 3 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.085%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.085%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.042%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.042%) HDFS
12 1 (0.042%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.042%) IAG
12 1 (0.042%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 135 (5.72%) Terraform
2 128 (5.42%) Kubernetes
3 47 (1.99%) Ansible
4 26 (1.10%) Grafana
5 24 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
6 19 (0.80%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.55%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.30%) Consul
9 7 (0.30%) HAProxy
10 6 (0.25%) Argo
11 5 (0.21%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.17%) Puppet
12 4 (0.17%) SCCM
13 2 (0.085%) Amdocs OSS
13 2 (0.085%) Istio
13 2 (0.085%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.085%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.085%) QRadar
13 2 (0.085%) VxRail
Vendors
1 313 (13.25%) Microsoft
2 136 (5.76%) ServiceNow
3 134 (5.67%) Databricks
4 126 (5.33%) Oracle
5 124 (5.25%) SAP
6 108 (4.57%) Salesforce
7 50 (2.12%) Cisco
8 49 (2.07%) CyberArk
9 46 (1.95%) Google
10 40 (1.69%) Splunk
11 34 (1.44%) MuleSoft
12 33 (1.40%) Workday
13 32 (1.35%) IBM
14 30 (1.27%) OpenAI
15 26 (1.10%) Foundry
15 26 (1.10%) Palo Alto
15 26 (1.10%) VMware
16 20 (0.85%) Ariba
17 19 (0.80%) Dynatrace
18 16 (0.68%) Sparx