Functional Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Functional Architect
England > London

The median Functional Architect daily rate in London is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 373 407
Rank change year-on-year -6 +34 -
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Architect 2 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.014% 0.026% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.027% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £570 -
25th Percentile £625 £619 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £750 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - -
75th Percentile £675 £800 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £650 £670 £700
% change year-on-year -2.99% -4.29% -6.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 13,179 14,595 18,242
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 93.55% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,760 9,478 13,182
10th Percentile £338 £338 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £799 £788
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 152 214
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.05
25th Percentile £21.12 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £27.61 £36.65 £36.14
Median % change year-on-year -24.68% +1.41% +3.26%
75th Percentile £53.59 £54.06 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.16 £80.75 £73.31
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%

Functional Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Functional Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Functional Architect job vacancy trend in London

Functional Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Functional Architect job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Functional Architect job vacancies in London

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

For the 6 months to 7 December 2025, Functional 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 Functional Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Accounts Payable
2 1 (50.00%) Accounts Receivable
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure AI
2 1 (50.00%) Cash Management
2 1 (50.00%) Copilot Studio
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (50.00%) PaaS
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (50.00%) Presales

Functional 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure AI
1 1 (50.00%) Copilot Studio
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (50.00%) PaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) General Ledger
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Accounts Payable
2 1 (50.00%) Accounts Receivable
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Cash Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Presales
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (50.00%) SAP