Java Technical Architect Contracts in London

Java Technical Architect
England > London

The median Java Technical Architect daily rate in London is £470, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 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
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 370 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Technical Architect 2 6 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.015% 0.037% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.039% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £424 - -
25th Percentile £439 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% - -
75th Percentile £507 £725 -
90th Percentile £525 £853 -
England median daily rate £550 £702 £683
% change year-on-year -21.60% +2.78% +24.09%

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 12,674 15,337 22,789
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 94.20% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,579 10,876 16,694
10th Percentile £326 £346 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
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 204 199 243
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.80 £18.55
25th Percentile £22.86 £22.00 £23.88
Median hourly rate £29.54 £33.07 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.69% -11.81% +12.78%
75th Percentile £50.50 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £80.00
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +67.45%

Java Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Java Technical Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Java Technical Architect in London

Java Technical Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java Technical Architect in London.

Daily rate trend for Java Technical Architect in London

Java Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 August 2025, Java Technical Architect 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 Java Technical Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (50.00%) Go
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Murex
2 1 (50.00%) Calypso

Java Technical Architect 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 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Go
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Calypso
1 1 (50.00%) Murex
1 1 (50.00%) SAP