Head of Architecture Contract Job Trends in London

Head of Architecture
England > London

The median Head of Architecture daily rate in London is £831, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 378 449
Rank change year-on-year +7 +71 +135
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Architecture 4 12 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.030% 0.074% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.078% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 3
10th Percentile £808 £813 £200
25th Percentile £811 £838 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £831 £900 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.64% +50.00% -40.00%
75th Percentile £861 £925 £719
90th Percentile £869 £938 £790
England median daily rate £831 £900 £900
% change year-on-year -7.64% - -10.00%

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 12,474 15,321 20,870
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 94.00% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,348 10,224 15,217
10th Percentile £331 £341 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 179 231
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.45 £18.16
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £22.27
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £36.54
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.21% +13.30%
75th Percentile £51.13 £55.50 £63.13
90th Percentile £66.54 £71.88 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

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
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Architecture job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Architecture job vacancies 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 20 September 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
Central London - 1 £850 - 2
Head of Architecture
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (25.00%) GCP
3 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (25.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification