Head of Architecture Contracts in London

Head of Architecture
England > London

The median Head of Architecture daily rate in London is £838, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 381 486
Rank change year-on-year +32 +105 +105
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Architecture 4 10 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.032% 0.056% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.060% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 3
10th Percentile £741 £836 £683
25th Percentile £766 £838 £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £838 £900 £775
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% +16.13% -22.50%
75th Percentile £916 £925 £813
90th Percentile £944 £928 £828
England median daily rate £838 £900 £800
% change year-on-year -6.94% +12.50% -6.98%

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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Head of Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Head of Architecture in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Architecture in London

Head of Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Architecture in London.

Daily rate trend for Head of Architecture in London

Head of Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Architecture in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Architecture in London

Head of Architecture
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 Head of Architecture within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
East London - 1 £750 -
Head of Architecture
England

Head of Architecture Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Head of Architecture contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Head of Architecture in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) SQL
1 3 (75.00%) Python
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Kafka
2 2 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (50.00%) Docker
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Apache Spark
2 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Scala
2 2 (50.00%) Hadoop
2 2 (50.00%) Terraform
2 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Serverless

Head of Architecture Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Azure AKS
2 2 (50.00%) Azure API Management
2 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Functions
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (50.00%) Serverless
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Hadoop
2 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Police
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) ARM Templates
1 2 (50.00%) Kafka
1 2 (50.00%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) API Management
1 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Event-Driven
1 2 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (50.00%) Microservices
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Bicep
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) Scala
2 2 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Databricks