Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Architect
England > London

The median Architect daily rate in London is £618, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 2,444 1,426 1,765
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.38% 10.54% 10.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.32% 11.30% 10.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,657 936 1,263
10th Percentile £463 £488 £488
25th Percentile £515 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £618 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £753
90th Percentile £804 £800 £875
England median daily rate £616 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -1.44% -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 18,343 12,617 16,363
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 93.26% 94.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,048 8,531 11,676
10th Percentile £359 £331 £330
25th Percentile £445 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £762 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 196 296
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.47 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.73 £22.98 £20.50
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.00 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% +13.27% -24.51%
75th Percentile £60.25 £50.56 £48.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £63.75 £69.13
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.18 £40.00
% change year-on-year +66.78% -29.55% -6.98%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +16 368 £618 -8.52% 93
West London -14 28 £625 +25.00% 24
South London -7 22 £723 +6.68% 1
East London +5 16 £672 +12.00% 9
North London -3 1 £650 -3.70% 1
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 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.

1 689 (28.19%) Azure
2 633 (25.90%) Security Cleared
3 578 (23.65%) AWS
4 539 (22.05%) SC Cleared
5 407 (16.65%) Migration
6 397 (16.24%) Roadmaps
7 374 (15.30%) AI
8 318 (13.01%) Microsoft
9 315 (12.89%) Stakeholder Management
10 311 (12.73%) DevOps
11 285 (11.66%) Data Modelling
12 283 (11.58%) Enterprise Architecture
13 282 (11.54%) Analytics
14 280 (11.46%) CI/CD
15 250 (10.23%) Agile
16 249 (10.19%) Data Architecture
17 243 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 229 (9.37%) Integration Patterns
19 218 (8.92%) Technical Leadership
20 216 (8.84%) GCP
21 207 (8.47%) Architectural Patterns
21 207 (8.47%) TOGAF
22 188 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
23 167 (6.83%) Architectural Design
24 166 (6.79%) Problem-Solving
25 157 (6.42%) Microservices
26 154 (6.30%) Python
27 153 (6.26%) Security Architecture
28 152 (6.22%) Event-Driven
28 152 (6.22%) 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 42 (1.72%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.23%) Confluence
3 27 (1.10%) Apache
4 25 (1.02%) Apache Spark
5 20 (0.82%) SAS
6 16 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
7 15 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (0.45%) nginx
9 10 (0.41%) CMS
10 9 (0.37%) Camunda
10 9 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
11 8 (0.33%) Appian
12 6 (0.25%) Anypoint
13 4 (0.16%) Mule
14 3 (0.12%) ArcGIS
14 3 (0.12%) Jupyter
14 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
15 2 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 2 (0.082%) OpenStack
15 2 (0.082%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (0.33%) MS Visio
2 7 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.041%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.041%) Notion
4 1 (0.041%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.041%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 58 (2.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 13 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.33%) SAP BRIM
6 7 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.25%) Endur
8 5 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 4 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 4 (0.16%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.16%) Oracle Retail
9 4 (0.16%) SAP Convergent Charging
9 4 (0.16%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.12%) SAP FSCM
10 3 (0.12%) SAP IBP
10 3 (0.12%) Teamcenter
10 3 (0.12%) Workday HCM
11 2 (0.082%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 689 (28.19%) Azure
2 578 (23.65%) AWS
3 216 (8.84%) GCP
4 152 (6.22%) Power Platform
5 104 (4.26%) SaaS
6 91 (3.72%) Entra ID
7 90 (3.68%) Serverless
8 80 (3.27%) Dynamics 365
9 67 (2.74%) GitHub
10 66 (2.70%) Snowflake
11 62 (2.54%) PaaS
12 57 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
13 50 (2.05%) Amazon S3
14 45 (1.84%) AWS Lambda
15 43 (1.76%) Microsoft 365
16 42 (1.72%) IaaS
17 36 (1.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 33 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
19 31 (1.27%) PowerApps
20 30 (1.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 93 (3.81%) Network Security
2 69 (2.82%) Firewall
3 47 (1.92%) VPN
4 38 (1.55%) DNS
5 26 (1.06%) WAN
6 18 (0.74%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.61%) LAN
8 12 (0.49%) BGP
8 12 (0.49%) SD-WAN
9 11 (0.45%) OSPF
10 10 (0.41%) 5G
10 10 (0.41%) MPLS
10 10 (0.41%) Radio Access Network
11 9 (0.37%) OpenVPN
11 9 (0.37%) VXLAN
12 8 (0.33%) 3GPP
12 8 (0.33%) Ethernet VPN
12 8 (0.33%) NGFW
13 7 (0.29%) 4G
14 5 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (4.46%) Power BI
2 85 (3.48%) Data Lake
3 75 (3.07%) Metadata
4 68 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (1.27%) NoSQL
5 31 (1.27%) SQL Server
6 29 (1.19%) Big Data
7 26 (1.06%) BigQuery
8 24 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
8 24 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
9 20 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
10 16 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
11 15 (0.61%) Delta Lake
11 15 (0.61%) Tableau
12 14 (0.57%) Oracle Database
13 11 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (0.45%) Semantic Layer
14 10 (0.41%) Data Vault
14 10 (0.41%) Db2
Development Applications
1 42 (1.72%) JIRA
2 39 (1.60%) Git
2 39 (1.60%) Jenkins
3 16 (0.65%) GitLab
4 10 (0.41%) ERwin
5 9 (0.37%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.33%) MLflow
7 7 (0.29%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.25%) PowerDesigner
9 5 (0.20%) Maven
10 4 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.16%) Snyk
11 3 (0.12%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.12%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.12%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.12%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.12%) JMeter
11 3 (0.12%) Storybook
11 3 (0.12%) VTune
12 2 (0.082%) Robot Framework
General
1 475 (19.44%) Finance
2 450 (18.41%) Social Skills
3 280 (11.46%) Public Sector
4 166 (6.79%) Banking
5 125 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
6 124 (5.07%) Retail
7 78 (3.19%) Telecoms
8 77 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
9 75 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
10 50 (2.05%) Legal
11 40 (1.64%) Billing
11 40 (1.64%) Law
12 32 (1.31%) Marketing
13 27 (1.10%) Financial Institution
14 24 (0.98%) Manufacturing
15 20 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 20 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
16 10 (0.41%) Investment Banking
17 9 (0.37%) Local Government
17 9 (0.37%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (5.03%) REST
2 87 (3.56%) Middleware
3 82 (3.36%) .NET
4 61 (2.50%) SOAP
5 52 (2.13%) Kafka
6 36 (1.47%) OAuth
6 36 (1.47%) OpenID
7 32 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
7 32 (1.31%) SAML
8 30 (1.23%) .NET Framework
8 30 (1.23%) React
9 28 (1.15%) LDAP
10 21 (0.86%) PySpark
11 20 (0.82%) Lightning Web Components
12 19 (0.78%) AngularJS
12 19 (0.78%) OAuth2
13 17 (0.70%) JSON
13 17 (0.70%) RESTful
14 15 (0.61%) XML
15 14 (0.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 240 (9.82%) Cloud Native
2 77 (3.15%) Onboarding
3 74 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 65 (2.66%) Product Ownership
5 61 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
6 60 (2.45%) Data Centre
7 51 (2.09%) AI Agents
8 50 (2.05%) CMDB
8 50 (2.05%) Management Information System
9 47 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
10 46 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
11 38 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
12 30 (1.23%) Security Posture
13 28 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
14 26 (1.06%) Public Cloud
15 25 (1.02%) Data Structures
15 25 (1.02%) Mainframe
15 25 (1.02%) Taxonomies
16 23 (0.94%) IoT
16 23 (0.94%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 38 (1.55%) Linux
2 30 (1.23%) Windows
3 10 (0.41%) Android
3 10 (0.41%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.41%) Unix
4 9 (0.37%) zOS
5 8 (0.33%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.16%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.12%) AIX
9 3 (0.12%) Solaris
10 2 (0.082%) CentOS
10 2 (0.082%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 407 (16.65%) Migration
2 397 (16.24%) Roadmaps
3 374 (15.30%) AI
4 315 (12.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 311 (12.73%) DevOps
6 285 (11.66%) Data Modelling
7 283 (11.58%) Enterprise Architecture
8 282 (11.54%) Analytics
9 280 (11.46%) CI/CD
10 250 (10.23%) Agile
11 249 (10.19%) Data Architecture
12 243 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 229 (9.37%) Integration Patterns
14 218 (8.92%) Technical Leadership
15 207 (8.47%) Architectural Patterns
15 207 (8.47%) TOGAF
16 188 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
17 167 (6.83%) Architectural Design
18 166 (6.79%) Problem-Solving
19 157 (6.42%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 154 (6.30%) Python
2 128 (5.24%) SQL
3 108 (4.42%) Java
4 52 (2.13%) JavaScript
5 42 (1.72%) PowerShell
6 36 (1.47%) C#
7 25 (1.02%) TypeScript
8 24 (0.98%) Bicep
9 20 (0.82%) Apex Code
10 17 (0.70%) Bash
11 15 (0.61%) Ruby
12 8 (0.33%) Scala
13 7 (0.29%) Go
13 7 (0.29%) R
13 7 (0.29%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.25%) C++
15 5 (0.20%) Cypher
15 5 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.20%) Rust
16 3 (0.12%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 633 (25.90%) Security Cleared
2 539 (22.05%) SC Cleared
3 82 (3.36%) Degree
4 67 (2.74%) Azure Certification
5 66 (2.70%) CISSP
6 58 (2.37%) AWS Certification
7 47 (1.92%) DV Cleared
8 36 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 35 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
9 35 (1.43%) CISM
9 35 (1.43%) TOGAF Certification
10 26 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
11 21 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 20 (0.82%) Master's Degree
13 19 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 15 (0.61%) CCSP
16 14 (0.57%) CISA
17 13 (0.53%) CCNP
18 10 (0.41%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (3.52%) GDPR
2 84 (3.44%) Data Quality
3 75 (3.07%) NIST
4 66 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 42 (1.72%) NCSC
6 30 (1.23%) GRC
7 29 (1.19%) QA
8 20 (0.82%) PCI DSS
9 18 (0.74%) SEPA
10 16 (0.65%) ISO 20022
10 16 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 14 (0.57%) NIST 800
12 12 (0.49%) Accessibility
13 9 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.37%) HIPAA
14 8 (0.33%) PSD2
15 7 (0.29%) IFRS
16 6 (0.25%) COBIT
16 6 (0.25%) HL7
17 5 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 57 (2.33%) Docker
2 50 (2.05%) Active Directory
3 20 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.37%) Squid
5 8 (0.33%) Varnish
5 8 (0.33%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.29%) Postfix
7 6 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.20%) NFS
9 4 (0.16%) Sendmail
10 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.082%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.041%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.041%) HDFS
12 1 (0.041%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.041%) IAG
12 1 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.041%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 134 (5.48%) Kubernetes
2 133 (5.44%) Terraform
3 46 (1.88%) Ansible
4 30 (1.23%) Grafana
5 24 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
6 21 (0.86%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.37%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.29%) Consul
9 7 (0.29%) HAProxy
10 6 (0.25%) Argo
11 5 (0.20%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.16%) Puppet
12 4 (0.16%) SCCM
13 3 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
14 2 (0.082%) Istio
14 2 (0.082%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (0.082%) Kubeflow
14 2 (0.082%) QRadar
14 2 (0.082%) VxRail
Vendors
1 318 (13.01%) Microsoft
2 142 (5.81%) ServiceNow
3 138 (5.65%) Oracle
4 134 (5.48%) Databricks
5 132 (5.40%) SAP
6 110 (4.50%) Salesforce
7 47 (1.92%) Google
8 46 (1.88%) Cisco
9 44 (1.80%) CyberArk
10 39 (1.60%) Splunk
11 33 (1.35%) MuleSoft
11 33 (1.35%) Workday
12 32 (1.31%) IBM
13 29 (1.19%) OpenAI
14 27 (1.10%) Foundry
15 24 (0.98%) VMware
16 22 (0.90%) Ariba
17 21 (0.86%) Palo Alto
18 19 (0.78%) Dynatrace
19 16 (0.65%) Sparx