Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Architect
England > London

The median Architect daily rate in London is £626, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,737 1,325 1,737
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.70% 10.26% 9.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.55% 10.95% 10.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,225 828 1,259
10th Percentile £475 £488 £500
25th Percentile £525 £550 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £626 £650 £668
Median % change year-on-year -3.69% -2.62% -1.11%
75th Percentile £750 £761 £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 11 2 2
10th Percentile £65.00 £36.75 £44.47
25th Percentile £65.50 £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 £94.38 £59.38 £59.15
90th Percentile £95.00 £64.25 £61.16
England median hourly rate £71.27 £72.50 £76.53
% change year-on-year -1.70% -5.27% +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 15,037 12,098 16,975
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 93.66% 93.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,085 8,120 12,250
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £434 £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 234 141 340
10th Percentile £18.13 £21.00 £15.99
25th Percentile £22.05 £24.66 £19.20
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.89 £27.91
Median % change year-on-year -2.48% +28.61% -20.27%
75th Percentile £60.12 £53.75 £47.02
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.40 £64.58
England median hourly rate £36.86 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +5.30% +7.69% -23.53%

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 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 13 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 13 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 +2 231 £650 -2.99% 109
South London +8 27 £619 -15.85% 6
West London -3 25 £633 +8.58% 12
East London -4 8 £543 -13.20% 18
North London +1 2 £663 -4.57% 2
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 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.

1 539 (31.03%) Azure
2 502 (28.90%) Security Cleared
3 440 (25.33%) AWS
4 429 (24.70%) SC Cleared
5 256 (14.74%) Roadmaps
6 250 (14.39%) Microsoft
7 248 (14.28%) DevOps
8 240 (13.82%) Migration
9 214 (12.32%) CI/CD
10 208 (11.97%) AI
11 207 (11.92%) Agile
12 204 (11.74%) Stakeholder Management
13 185 (10.65%) GCP
13 185 (10.65%) Problem-Solving
14 180 (10.36%) Data Modelling
14 180 (10.36%) Integration Patterns
15 177 (10.19%) Analytics
16 175 (10.07%) Technical Leadership
17 174 (10.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 172 (9.90%) Data Architecture
19 163 (9.38%) Python
20 162 (9.33%) Enterprise Architecture
21 144 (8.29%) TOGAF
22 131 (7.54%) SQL
23 130 (7.48%) Architectural Patterns
23 130 (7.48%) REST
23 130 (7.48%) Terraform
24 127 (7.31%) Microservices
25 123 (7.08%) Infrastructure as Code
26 122 (7.02%) 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 (2.25%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.38%) Confluence
3 17 (0.98%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (0.63%) CMS
4 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.58%) nginx
6 7 (0.40%) Apache
7 5 (0.29%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.29%) Camunda
7 5 (0.29%) Mule
8 4 (0.23%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.12%) Appian
10 2 (0.12%) JBoss
10 2 (0.12%) SAS
10 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (0.52%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.058%) ArchiCAD
5 1 (0.058%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.058%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 47 (2.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 8 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (0.46%) Workday HCM
5 7 (0.40%) NetSuite
5 7 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.40%) SAP PM
6 6 (0.35%) SAP EWM
7 5 (0.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.23%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.17%) SAP FSCM
9 3 (0.17%) SAP PP
9 3 (0.17%) SAP QM
9 3 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 539 (31.03%) Azure
2 440 (25.33%) AWS
3 185 (10.65%) GCP
4 86 (4.95%) Power Platform
5 74 (4.26%) Serverless
6 71 (4.09%) SaaS
7 62 (3.57%) Entra ID
8 53 (3.05%) IaaS
9 50 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
9 50 (2.88%) GitHub
10 47 (2.71%) Amazon S3
11 44 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
11 44 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
12 40 (2.30%) PaaS
13 39 (2.25%) Snowflake
14 38 (2.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 35 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
15 35 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
16 34 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
17 31 (1.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 73 (4.20%) Firewall
1 73 (4.20%) Network Security
2 53 (3.05%) WAN
3 42 (2.42%) VPN
4 40 (2.30%) DNS
5 30 (1.73%) SD-WAN
6 27 (1.55%) LAN
7 16 (0.92%) BGP
7 16 (0.92%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.81%) OSPF
9 12 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (0.58%) VXLAN
11 8 (0.46%) 5G
11 8 (0.46%) Ethernet VPN
11 8 (0.46%) MPLS
11 8 (0.46%) OpenVPN
12 6 (0.35%) Internet
12 6 (0.35%) VSAN
13 5 (0.29%) 3GPP
13 5 (0.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.22%) Power BI
2 55 (3.17%) Data Lake
2 55 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (2.71%) Metadata
4 35 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
5 33 (1.90%) SQL Server
6 30 (1.73%) NoSQL
7 24 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 19 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
9 17 (0.98%) Amazon Aurora
9 17 (0.98%) Tableau
10 16 (0.92%) Delta Lake
11 15 (0.86%) Big Data
11 15 (0.86%) Data Vault
11 15 (0.86%) DB2
12 14 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
13 12 (0.69%) Oracle Database
14 11 (0.63%) BigQuery
14 11 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
15 10 (0.58%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 41 (2.36%) Jenkins
2 28 (1.61%) JIRA
3 24 (1.38%) Git
3 24 (1.38%) GitLab
4 10 (0.58%) ERwin
5 8 (0.46%) Bitbucket
5 8 (0.46%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.29%) MLflow
7 4 (0.23%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.23%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.23%) Snyk
7 4 (0.23%) Terragrunt
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.12%) Chocolatey
9 2 (0.12%) Katalon Studio
9 2 (0.12%) Maven
9 2 (0.12%) Postman
9 2 (0.12%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.12%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.058%) ER Studio
General
1 412 (23.72%) Social Skills
2 364 (20.96%) Finance
3 210 (12.09%) Public Sector
4 127 (7.31%) Analytical Skills
5 120 (6.91%) Banking
6 69 (3.97%) Documentation Skills
7 54 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
8 45 (2.59%) Retail
9 40 (2.30%) Legal
10 39 (2.25%) Telecoms
11 37 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
12 28 (1.61%) Law
13 27 (1.55%) Marketing
14 26 (1.50%) Financial Institution
14 26 (1.50%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.38%) Billing
16 18 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 13 (0.75%) Military
18 10 (0.58%) Electronics
18 10 (0.58%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (7.48%) REST
2 93 (5.35%) Middleware
3 67 (3.86%) SOAP
4 61 (3.51%) LDAP
5 44 (2.53%) .NET
5 44 (2.53%) OpenID
6 38 (2.19%) JSON
7 35 (2.01%) Kafka
8 33 (1.90%) SAML
9 30 (1.73%) OAuth
10 26 (1.50%) AngularJS
11 19 (1.09%) React
12 16 (0.92%) PySpark
13 15 (0.86%) Spring
14 14 (0.81%) OAuth2
14 14 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
15 13 (0.75%) RESTful
16 12 (0.69%) Vue
17 11 (0.63%) gRPC
17 11 (0.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 164 (9.44%) Cloud Native
2 69 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
3 60 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
4 48 (2.76%) Onboarding
4 48 (2.76%) Security Posture
5 45 (2.59%) Data Centre
6 39 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
7 38 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
7 38 (2.19%) PKI
8 37 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
9 35 (2.01%) Product Ownership
10 31 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
11 23 (1.32%) CMDB
11 23 (1.32%) Data Structures
11 23 (1.32%) Management Information System
12 20 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
13 19 (1.09%) Replication
14 18 (1.04%) AI Agents
15 17 (0.98%) Private Cloud
16 15 (0.86%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 32 (1.84%) Windows
2 23 (1.32%) Linux
3 10 (0.58%) zOS
4 5 (0.29%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.29%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.23%) Android
5 4 (0.23%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.17%) Unix
6 3 (0.17%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.058%) CentOS
8 1 (0.058%) Solaris
8 1 (0.058%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.058%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (14.74%) Roadmaps
2 248 (14.28%) DevOps
3 240 (13.82%) Migration
4 214 (12.32%) CI/CD
5 208 (11.97%) AI
6 207 (11.92%) Agile
7 204 (11.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 185 (10.65%) Problem-Solving
9 180 (10.36%) Data Modelling
9 180 (10.36%) Integration Patterns
10 177 (10.19%) Analytics
11 175 (10.07%) Technical Leadership
12 174 (10.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 172 (9.90%) Data Architecture
14 162 (9.33%) Enterprise Architecture
15 144 (8.29%) TOGAF
16 130 (7.48%) Architectural Patterns
17 127 (7.31%) Microservices
18 123 (7.08%) Infrastructure as Code
19 109 (6.28%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 163 (9.38%) Python
2 131 (7.54%) SQL
3 88 (5.07%) PowerShell
4 67 (3.86%) Java
5 28 (1.61%) JavaScript
6 26 (1.50%) C#
7 23 (1.32%) TypeScript
8 19 (1.09%) Bicep
9 14 (0.81%) Bash
10 9 (0.52%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.52%) Ruby
11 8 (0.46%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.40%) Scala
12 7 (0.40%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.29%) R
14 4 (0.23%) C++
14 4 (0.23%) Go
14 4 (0.23%) Korn
15 3 (0.17%) C
15 3 (0.17%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 502 (28.90%) Security Cleared
2 429 (24.70%) SC Cleared
3 77 (4.43%) Degree
4 71 (4.09%) Azure Certification
5 50 (2.88%) AWS Certification
6 48 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (2.19%) DV Cleared
7 38 (2.19%) TOGAF Certification
8 34 (1.96%) CISSP
9 30 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
10 24 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (1.32%) Master's Degree
12 19 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 17 (0.98%) CISM
14 16 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
14 16 (0.92%) CCNP
15 13 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 13 (0.75%) CCIE
16 11 (0.63%) CCSP
17 5 (0.29%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (3.97%) GDPR
2 56 (3.22%) Data Quality
3 48 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 41 (2.36%) NIST
5 40 (2.30%) NCSC
6 35 (2.01%) QA
7 26 (1.50%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.81%) ISO 20022
9 10 (0.58%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.52%) GRC
10 9 (0.52%) HIPAA
11 8 (0.46%) PSD2
12 7 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.40%) SEPA
13 6 (0.35%) EU AI Act
13 6 (0.35%) SLA
14 5 (0.29%) HL7
14 5 (0.29%) PERC
15 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 77 (4.43%) Docker
2 75 (4.32%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.98%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.46%) Squid
7 6 (0.35%) vSphere
8 5 (0.29%) Varnish
9 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.17%) Postfix
9 3 (0.17%) 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 (0.058%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.058%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 130 (7.48%) Terraform
2 122 (7.02%) Kubernetes
3 40 (2.30%) Ansible
4 24 (1.38%) Grafana
5 20 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.98%) FortiGate
7 16 (0.92%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.40%) Consul
10 4 (0.23%) Istio
10 4 (0.23%) Kibana
11 3 (0.17%) Argo
11 3 (0.17%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.17%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.17%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.12%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.12%) VxRail
Vendors
1 250 (14.39%) Microsoft
2 97 (5.58%) SAP
3 92 (5.30%) Salesforce
4 91 (5.24%) ServiceNow
5 90 (5.18%) Databricks
6 71 (4.09%) Oracle
7 61 (3.51%) CyberArk
8 43 (2.48%) Cisco
9 41 (2.36%) Google
10 35 (2.01%) Splunk
11 34 (1.96%) BeyondTrust
11 34 (1.96%) Centrify
12 32 (1.84%) VMware
13 26 (1.50%) IBM
14 24 (1.38%) Palo Alto
15 23 (1.32%) MuleSoft
16 22 (1.27%) OpenAI
16 22 (1.27%) Workday
17 19 (1.09%) Zscaler
18 17 (0.98%) Ariba