Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Architect
England > London

The median Architect daily rate in London is £630, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,696 1,350 1,753
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.57% 10.34% 9.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.42% 11.03% 10.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,195 842 1,273
10th Percentile £475 £488 £500
25th Percentile £525 £550 £562
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £650 £663
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% -1.89% -1.85%
75th Percentile £750 £763 £750
90th Percentile £838 £825 £825
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 2
10th Percentile £64.60 £36.75 £44.47
25th Percentile £65.25 £39.38 £46.65
Median hourly rate £70.00 £47.50 £53.03
Median % change year-on-year +47.37% -10.42% +51.51%
75th Percentile £89.48 £59.38 £59.15
90th Percentile £95.00 £64.25 £61.16
England median hourly rate £71.27 £71.25 £76.53
% change year-on-year +0.03% -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 14,847 12,234 17,041
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 93.71% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,976 8,184 12,295
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 145 345
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.08 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.41 £24.66 £19.38
Median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% +21.74% -17.86%
75th Percentile £59.72 £53.75 £48.56
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.04 £65.00
England median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +2.86% +7.69% -22.27%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 9 March 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 +1 234 £650 -2.99% 70
West London 0 26 £640 +28.00% 12
South London +7 25 £575 -21.77% 8
East London -5 7 £540 -13.60% 15
North London 0 2 £663 -4.57% 2
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 March 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.

1 532 (31.37%) Azure
2 489 (28.83%) Security Cleared
3 429 (25.29%) AWS
4 418 (24.65%) SC Cleared
5 250 (14.74%) Roadmaps
6 242 (14.27%) Microsoft
7 240 (14.15%) DevOps
8 223 (13.15%) Migration
9 204 (12.03%) AI
9 204 (12.03%) CI/CD
10 201 (11.85%) Stakeholder Management
11 197 (11.62%) Agile
12 182 (10.73%) GCP
13 176 (10.38%) Integration Patterns
14 175 (10.32%) Analytics
14 175 (10.32%) Data Modelling
14 175 (10.32%) Problem-Solving
15 168 (9.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 166 (9.79%) Data Architecture
17 164 (9.67%) Technical Leadership
18 158 (9.32%) Enterprise Architecture
19 155 (9.14%) Python
20 143 (8.43%) TOGAF
21 130 (7.67%) Terraform
22 124 (7.31%) SQL
23 123 (7.25%) Architectural Patterns
23 123 (7.25%) REST
24 119 (7.02%) Infrastructure as Code
24 119 (7.02%) Microservices
25 116 (6.84%) Kubernetes

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 (2.30%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.36%) Confluence
3 16 (0.94%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.59%) nginx
6 9 (0.53%) Apache
6 9 (0.53%) CMS
7 5 (0.29%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.29%) Mule
8 4 (0.24%) Camunda
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.24%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.18%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.12%) JBoss
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (0.53%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.059%) ArchiCAD
5 1 (0.059%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.059%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 47 (2.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (0.47%) Workday HCM
5 7 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 7 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.41%) SAP PM
6 5 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.29%) SAP EWM
7 4 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.24%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.18%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.18%) SAP QM
8 3 (0.18%) Temenos T24
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 532 (31.37%) Azure
2 429 (25.29%) AWS
3 182 (10.73%) GCP
4 81 (4.78%) Power Platform
5 72 (4.25%) SaaS
5 72 (4.25%) Serverless
6 59 (3.48%) Entra ID
7 54 (3.18%) IaaS
8 46 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (2.71%) GitHub
9 44 (2.59%) Amazon S3
9 44 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
10 43 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
11 39 (2.30%) Snowflake
12 38 (2.24%) PaaS
12 38 (2.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 35 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
14 34 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
15 30 (1.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 30 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 79 (4.66%) Firewall
2 69 (4.07%) Network Security
3 52 (3.07%) WAN
4 42 (2.48%) DNS
4 42 (2.48%) VPN
5 30 (1.77%) SD-WAN
6 28 (1.65%) LAN
7 16 (0.94%) BGP
8 15 (0.88%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.77%) OSPF
10 12 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.53%) VXLAN
12 8 (0.47%) Ethernet VPN
12 8 (0.47%) MPLS
12 8 (0.47%) OpenVPN
13 7 (0.41%) SSL
14 6 (0.35%) 5G
14 6 (0.35%) Internet
14 6 (0.35%) VSAN
15 4 (0.24%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
2 53 (3.13%) Data Lake
3 51 (3.01%) Power BI
4 43 (2.54%) Metadata
5 33 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (1.89%) SQL Server
7 25 (1.47%) NoSQL
8 24 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
9 18 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
10 17 (1.00%) Amazon Aurora
10 17 (1.00%) Tableau
11 16 (0.94%) Delta Lake
12 15 (0.88%) Data Vault
12 15 (0.88%) DB2
13 14 (0.83%) Amazon Athena
14 11 (0.65%) Big Data
14 11 (0.65%) BigQuery
14 11 (0.65%) Oracle Database
15 10 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
15 10 (0.59%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 41 (2.42%) Jenkins
2 28 (1.65%) JIRA
3 24 (1.42%) GitLab
4 19 (1.12%) Git
5 10 (0.59%) ERwin
6 8 (0.47%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.47%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.29%) MLflow
8 4 (0.24%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.24%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.24%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.18%) Snyk
10 2 (0.12%) Chocolatey
10 2 (0.12%) Katalon Studio
10 2 (0.12%) Maven
10 2 (0.12%) Postman
10 2 (0.12%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.059%) Ant
11 1 (0.059%) JUnit
General
1 400 (23.58%) Social Skills
2 349 (20.58%) Finance
3 205 (12.09%) Public Sector
4 121 (7.13%) Analytical Skills
5 116 (6.84%) Banking
6 67 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
7 49 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
8 45 (2.65%) Retail
9 38 (2.24%) Legal
9 38 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
10 34 (2.00%) Telecoms
11 27 (1.59%) Manufacturing
11 27 (1.59%) Marketing
12 24 (1.42%) Financial Institution
12 24 (1.42%) Law
13 22 (1.30%) Billing
14 18 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (0.77%) Military
16 10 (0.59%) Electronics
16 10 (0.59%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (7.25%) REST
2 90 (5.31%) Middleware
3 63 (3.71%) SOAP
4 61 (3.60%) LDAP
5 44 (2.59%) OpenID
6 43 (2.54%) .NET
7 39 (2.30%) JSON
8 33 (1.95%) SAML
9 32 (1.89%) Kafka
10 30 (1.77%) OAuth
11 24 (1.42%) AngularJS
12 18 (1.06%) React
13 16 (0.94%) PySpark
14 14 (0.83%) OAuth2
14 14 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
15 12 (0.71%) RESTful
15 12 (0.71%) Spring
16 11 (0.65%) Vue
16 11 (0.65%) XML
17 10 (0.59%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 150 (8.84%) Cloud Native
2 67 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
3 60 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
4 46 (2.71%) Onboarding
4 46 (2.71%) Security Posture
5 41 (2.42%) Data Centre
6 39 (2.30%) PKI
6 39 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
7 38 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
8 32 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
8 32 (1.89%) Product Ownership
9 29 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
10 23 (1.36%) Data Structures
11 20 (1.18%) Management Information System
12 19 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
12 19 (1.12%) Replication
13 18 (1.06%) CMDB
14 17 (1.00%) AI Agents
15 16 (0.94%) Private Cloud
16 15 (0.88%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 33 (1.95%) Windows
2 24 (1.42%) Linux
3 10 (0.59%) zOS
4 6 (0.35%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.29%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.29%) Unix
6 4 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.18%) Android
7 3 (0.18%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.18%) CentOS
7 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.059%) Solaris
8 1 (0.059%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (14.74%) Roadmaps
2 240 (14.15%) DevOps
3 223 (13.15%) Migration
4 204 (12.03%) AI
4 204 (12.03%) CI/CD
5 201 (11.85%) Stakeholder Management
6 197 (11.62%) Agile
7 176 (10.38%) Integration Patterns
8 175 (10.32%) Analytics
8 175 (10.32%) Data Modelling
8 175 (10.32%) Problem-Solving
9 168 (9.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 166 (9.79%) Data Architecture
11 164 (9.67%) Technical Leadership
12 158 (9.32%) Enterprise Architecture
13 143 (8.43%) TOGAF
14 123 (7.25%) Architectural Patterns
15 119 (7.02%) Infrastructure as Code
15 119 (7.02%) Microservices
16 101 (5.96%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 155 (9.14%) Python
2 124 (7.31%) SQL
3 87 (5.13%) PowerShell
4 57 (3.36%) Java
5 27 (1.59%) JavaScript
6 25 (1.47%) C#
7 24 (1.42%) TypeScript
8 19 (1.12%) Bicep
9 15 (0.88%) Bash
10 9 (0.53%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.47%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.41%) Ruby
12 7 (0.41%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.29%) R
13 5 (0.29%) Scala
14 4 (0.24%) Go
14 4 (0.24%) Korn
15 3 (0.18%) C
15 3 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.18%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 489 (28.83%) Security Cleared
2 418 (24.65%) SC Cleared
3 70 (4.13%) Degree
4 66 (3.89%) Azure Certification
5 47 (2.77%) AWS Certification
6 43 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (2.24%) DV Cleared
8 37 (2.18%) TOGAF Certification
9 32 (1.89%) CISSP
10 31 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
12 22 (1.30%) Master's Degree
13 20 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 18 (1.06%) CCNP
15 16 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
16 14 (0.83%) CISM
17 13 (0.77%) CCIE
18 12 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 10 (0.59%) CCSP
20 5 (0.29%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (3.77%) GDPR
2 54 (3.18%) Data Quality
3 47 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 41 (2.42%) NIST
5 39 (2.30%) NCSC
6 34 (2.00%) QA
7 26 (1.53%) PCI DSS
8 13 (0.77%) ISO 20022
9 10 (0.59%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.59%) GRC
10 9 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.53%) HIPAA
11 8 (0.47%) PSD2
12 7 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.35%) EU AI Act
13 6 (0.35%) SEPA
14 5 (0.29%) HL7
14 5 (0.29%) PERC
14 5 (0.29%) SLA
15 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 75 (4.42%) Docker
2 74 (4.36%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.00%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.47%) Squid
7 6 (0.35%) vSphere
8 5 (0.29%) Varnish
9 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.18%) Postfix
9 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.12%) Ceph
10 2 (0.12%) Firmware
10 2 (0.12%) Lustre
10 2 (0.12%) NFS
10 2 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.059%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.059%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 130 (7.67%) Terraform
2 116 (6.84%) Kubernetes
3 41 (2.42%) Ansible
4 20 (1.18%) Grafana
4 20 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (1.00%) FortiGate
6 14 (0.83%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.41%) Consul
9 4 (0.24%) Istio
9 4 (0.24%) Kibana
10 3 (0.18%) Argo
10 3 (0.18%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.18%) Karpenter
10 3 (0.18%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.12%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.12%) Puppet
11 2 (0.12%) VxRail
Vendors
1 242 (14.27%) Microsoft
2 94 (5.54%) SAP
3 91 (5.37%) Salesforce
4 88 (5.19%) Databricks
4 88 (5.19%) ServiceNow
5 70 (4.13%) Oracle
6 61 (3.60%) CyberArk
7 42 (2.48%) Cisco
8 40 (2.36%) Google
9 35 (2.06%) Splunk
10 34 (2.00%) BeyondTrust
10 34 (2.00%) Centrify
11 30 (1.77%) VMware
12 25 (1.47%) IBM
12 25 (1.47%) Palo Alto
13 23 (1.36%) MuleSoft
14 22 (1.30%) OpenAI
15 21 (1.24%) Workday
16 19 (1.12%) Zscaler
17 14 (0.83%) Ariba