Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Technical Architect
England > London

The median Technical Architect daily rate in London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 242 247 197
Rank change year-on-year +5 -50 +106
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 132 136 251
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.95% 0.88% 1.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 0.93% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 84 176
10th Percentile £425 £470 £500
25th Percentile £513 £523 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £688
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +1.85%
75th Percentile £700 £710 £744
90th Percentile £770 £775 £750
England median daily rate £575 £600 £670
% change year-on-year -4.17% -10.45% +3.08%

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 12,919 14,569 18,894
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 93.93% 93.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,577 9,421 13,716
10th Percentile £334 £338 £341
25th Percentile £425 £450 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £569
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -3.38% -1.00%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £794
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 155 224
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.21
25th Percentile £22.13 £23.80 £21.69
Median hourly rate £26.89 £36.80 £38.08
Median % change year-on-year -26.93% -3.35% +18.99%
75th Percentile £49.13 £57.38 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Technical Architect job vacancy trend in London

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect in London over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Architect in London

Technical Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in London

Technical 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 Technical Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 12 November 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 +8 18 £660 +5.60% 15
East London - 6 £585 -
West London -9 4 £463 -38.33% 6
South London -4 2 £538 - 1
Technical Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 November 2025, Technical 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 Technical Architect in the job title.

1 51 (38.64%) Azure
2 50 (37.88%) Security Cleared
3 49 (37.12%) AWS
4 41 (31.06%) SC Cleared
5 32 (24.24%) Roadmaps
6 31 (23.48%) Agile
6 31 (23.48%) CI/CD
7 30 (22.73%) Microservices
8 27 (20.45%) Technical Architecture
9 26 (19.70%) Terraform
10 23 (17.42%) DevOps
11 21 (15.91%) Infrastructure as Code
11 21 (15.91%) Java
11 21 (15.91%) Kubernetes
11 21 (15.91%) Microsoft
12 20 (15.15%) Integration Patterns
13 19 (14.39%) Data Modelling
13 19 (14.39%) Strategic Roadmap
14 18 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
15 16 (12.12%) API Design
15 16 (12.12%) Architectural Patterns
15 16 (12.12%) Migration
16 15 (11.36%) Mentoring
16 15 (11.36%) Salesforce
17 14 (10.61%) AI
17 14 (10.61%) Firewall
17 14 (10.61%) IT Strategy
17 14 (10.61%) Power Platform
18 13 (9.85%) Data Governance
18 13 (9.85%) Technology Strategy

Technical 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 2 (1.52%) Apache Solr
1 2 (1.52%) CMS
1 2 (1.52%) Jupyter
1 2 (1.52%) SAS
1 2 (1.52%) WebLogic
2 1 (0.76%) Appian
2 1 (0.76%) Camunda
2 1 (0.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.03%) Endur
1 4 (3.03%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.52%) Summit
4 1 (0.76%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.76%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.76%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 51 (38.64%) Azure
2 49 (37.12%) AWS
3 14 (10.61%) Power Platform
4 12 (9.09%) GitHub
5 10 (7.58%) GCP
5 10 (7.58%) GitHub Actions
5 10 (7.58%) Serverless
6 8 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (5.30%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
8 4 (3.03%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.03%) OpenShift
9 3 (2.27%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (2.27%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 2 (1.52%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.52%) PaaS
10 2 (1.52%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.61%) Firewall
2 8 (6.06%) WAN
3 6 (4.55%) LAN
3 6 (4.55%) SD-WAN
3 6 (4.55%) VPN
3 6 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (3.03%) Network Security
5 3 (2.27%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (2.27%) SAN
6 2 (1.52%) BGP
6 2 (1.52%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.52%) VSAN
7 1 (0.76%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.76%) DHCP
7 1 (0.76%) DMZ
7 1 (0.76%) DNS
7 1 (0.76%) Internet
7 1 (0.76%) NAS
7 1 (0.76%) OSPF
7 1 (0.76%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.06%) Power BI
2 5 (3.79%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.03%) Data Lake
3 4 (3.03%) Metadata
3 4 (3.03%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.27%) Electronic Patient Records
4 3 (2.27%) MySQL
5 2 (1.52%) Data Hub
5 2 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.52%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.52%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.76%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.76%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.76%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (6.82%) CircleCI
2 5 (3.79%) JIRA
3 2 (1.52%) GitLab
3 2 (1.52%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.76%) Git
4 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (24.24%) Public Sector
2 27 (20.45%) Social Skills
3 24 (18.18%) Finance
4 13 (9.85%) Banking
5 6 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.55%) Marketing
6 5 (3.79%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.03%) Back Office
7 4 (3.03%) Billing
7 4 (3.03%) Military
8 3 (2.27%) Automotive
9 2 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.52%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.76%) Front Office
10 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.76%) Law
10 1 (0.76%) Legal
10 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.09%) Middleware
2 9 (6.82%) REST
3 7 (5.30%) Lightning Web Components
4 5 (3.79%) JSON
4 5 (3.79%) Node.js
4 5 (3.79%) Visualforce
5 4 (3.03%) Kafka
5 4 (3.03%) React
5 4 (3.03%) Swagger
6 3 (2.27%) .NET
6 3 (2.27%) SOAP
6 3 (2.27%) Spring
6 3 (2.27%) Spring Boot
7 2 (1.52%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.52%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.52%) OAuth
7 2 (1.52%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (1.52%) RESTful
7 2 (1.52%) SAML
7 2 (1.52%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.58%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (6.06%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.06%) Public Cloud
3 7 (5.30%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.79%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 4 (3.03%) CMDB
5 4 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.03%) Grid Computing
6 3 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.27%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.52%) NHS
7 2 (1.52%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.76%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.76%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.55%) Windows
2 4 (3.03%) Linux
2 4 (3.03%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.76%) Android
4 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.76%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (24.24%) Roadmaps
2 31 (23.48%) Agile
2 31 (23.48%) CI/CD
3 30 (22.73%) Microservices
4 27 (20.45%) Technical Architecture
5 23 (17.42%) DevOps
6 21 (15.91%) Infrastructure as Code
7 20 (15.15%) Integration Patterns
8 19 (14.39%) Data Modelling
8 19 (14.39%) Strategic Roadmap
9 18 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
10 16 (12.12%) API Design
10 16 (12.12%) Architectural Patterns
10 16 (12.12%) Migration
11 15 (11.36%) Mentoring
12 14 (10.61%) AI
12 14 (10.61%) IT Strategy
13 13 (9.85%) Data Governance
13 13 (9.85%) Technology Strategy
14 12 (9.09%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 21 (15.91%) Java
2 13 (9.85%) TypeScript
3 11 (8.33%) Python
4 8 (6.06%) C#
4 8 (6.06%) Kotlin
5 7 (5.30%) Apex Code
5 7 (5.30%) SQL
6 3 (2.27%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.27%) SOQL
6 3 (2.27%) SOSL
7 1 (0.76%) Bicep
7 1 (0.76%) Go
7 1 (0.76%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.76%) Swift
Qualifications
1 50 (37.88%) Security Cleared
2 41 (31.06%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.82%) DV Cleared
4 7 (5.30%) Degree
5 5 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.27%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.27%) CCNP
7 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.52%) CCNA
9 1 (0.76%) CCIE
9 1 (0.76%) CCSE
9 1 (0.76%) CISSP
9 1 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.76%) JNCIE
9 1 (0.76%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.76%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.76%) VCDX
9 1 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.27%) Accessibility
1 3 (2.27%) Data Quality
1 3 (2.27%) GDPR
2 2 (1.52%) HIPAA
2 2 (1.52%) HL7
2 2 (1.52%) QA
3 1 (0.76%) MiFID
3 1 (0.76%) NCSC
3 1 (0.76%) NIST
3 1 (0.76%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.76%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (8.33%) Docker
2 6 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.52%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.52%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (19.70%) Terraform
2 21 (15.91%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.58%) Grafana
3 10 (7.58%) Prometheus
4 7 (5.30%) Ansible
5 4 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.76%) SCOM
7 1 (0.76%) VxRail
Vendors
1 21 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.36%) Salesforce
3 8 (6.06%) SAP
4 7 (5.30%) Cisco
4 7 (5.30%) Oracle
4 7 (5.30%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.55%) Databricks
5 6 (4.55%) MuleSoft
6 5 (3.79%) Fortinet
7 4 (3.03%) Google
7 4 (3.03%) VMware
8 3 (2.27%) Calypso
8 3 (2.27%) ForgeRock
8 3 (2.27%) Hitachi
8 3 (2.27%) Murex
8 3 (2.27%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.52%) Cerner
9 2 (1.52%) Dell
9 2 (1.52%) Genesys
9 2 (1.52%) OpenAI