Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Technical Architect
England > London

The median Technical Architect daily rate in London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026.

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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 231 213
Rank change year-on-year +32 -18 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 233 121 193
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.30% 0.97% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.40% 1.04% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 81 158
10th Percentile £453 £480 £400
25th Percentile £506 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -13.79%
75th Percentile £738 £700 £725
90th Percentile £860 £799 £825
England median daily rate £600 £614 £650
% change year-on-year -2.24% -5.58% -4.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - -
Median hourly rate £82.50 - -
75th Percentile £100.19 - -
90th Percentile £105.03 - -
England median hourly rate £92.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 16,702 11,587 16,334
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 93.28% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,075 7,923 11,812
10th Percentile £354 £349 £325
25th Percentile £430 £428 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £688
90th Percentile £756 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -2.03% -0.36% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 143 318
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.09 £20.07
Median hourly rate £37.54 £34.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.41% +23.64% -21.43%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.75 £46.05
90th Percentile £76.58 £65.00 £65.32
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.92
% change year-on-year +50.00% -18.73% -17.54%

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 19 May 2026.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Architect in London over the 6 months to 19 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Architect 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 19 May 2026. 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 -5 27 £500 -25.93% 5
South London - 8 £550 -
East London -7 2 £750 +11.11% 2
Technical Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2026, 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 86 (36.91%) Security Cleared
2 75 (32.19%) SC Cleared
3 61 (26.18%) Azure
4 59 (25.32%) AWS
5 40 (17.17%) Microsoft
5 40 (17.17%) Roadmaps
6 37 (15.88%) CI/CD
7 35 (15.02%) DevOps
8 34 (14.59%) Data Modelling
9 33 (14.16%) Microservices
10 29 (12.45%) Technical Leadership
11 28 (12.02%) Architectural Patterns
11 28 (12.02%) Migration
12 27 (11.59%) Infrastructure as Code
13 26 (11.16%) Java
13 26 (11.16%) Technical Architecture
14 25 (10.73%) Python
15 24 (10.30%) Integration Patterns
16 23 (9.87%) AI
17 22 (9.44%) Agile
18 20 (8.58%) Observability
18 20 (8.58%) Salesforce
19 19 (8.15%) Mentoring
19 19 (8.15%) ServiceNow
19 19 (8.15%) Terraform
19 19 (8.15%) TOGAF
20 17 (7.30%) API Design
20 17 (7.30%) Containerisation
20 17 (7.30%) Oracle
21 16 (6.87%) GitHub

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 9 (3.86%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.43%) Confluence
3 5 (2.15%) nginx
4 3 (1.29%) Apache
5 2 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.43%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.43%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) ArchiCAD
1 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.29%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.43%) Infor LN
4 1 (0.43%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.43%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 61 (26.18%) Azure
2 59 (25.32%) AWS
3 16 (6.87%) GitHub
3 16 (6.87%) Power Platform
4 13 (5.58%) Serverless
5 12 (5.15%) PaaS
6 10 (4.29%) Entra ID
6 10 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (3.86%) Amazon S3
7 9 (3.86%) GCP
8 8 (3.43%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (3.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 7 (3.00%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (3.00%) SaaS
10 6 (2.58%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (2.58%) PowerApps
10 6 (2.58%) Route 53
11 5 (2.15%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.86%) Firewall
1 9 (3.86%) VPN
2 6 (2.58%) DNS
3 5 (2.15%) OpenVPN
3 5 (2.15%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.72%) Network Security
5 2 (0.86%) BGP
6 1 (0.43%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.43%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.43%) DMZ
6 1 (0.43%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (0.43%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.43%) Internet
6 1 (0.43%) LAN
6 1 (0.43%) MQTT
6 1 (0.43%) NAS
6 1 (0.43%) OSPF
6 1 (0.43%) SAN
6 1 (0.43%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.00%) Power BI
2 6 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (2.58%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.72%) Big Data
3 4 (1.72%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.29%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.86%) Redis
5 2 (0.86%) Tableau
6 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.43%) Metadata
6 1 (0.43%) MySQL
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (4.72%) Git
2 5 (2.15%) Bitbucket
2 5 (2.15%) JIRA
2 5 (2.15%) SonarQube
3 2 (0.86%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.43%) GitLab
4 1 (0.43%) Maven
4 1 (0.43%) MSI
4 1 (0.43%) Postman
4 1 (0.43%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.43%) SpecFlow
General
1 51 (21.89%) Public Sector
2 42 (18.03%) Social Skills
3 22 (9.44%) Finance
4 11 (4.72%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (3.00%) Banking
7 6 (2.58%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.72%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.29%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.29%) Law
9 3 (1.29%) Legal
9 3 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.86%) Billing
10 2 (0.86%) Local Government
10 2 (0.86%) Military
11 1 (0.43%) Advertising
11 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.43%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.29%) REST
2 9 (3.86%) .NET
2 9 (3.86%) Middleware
3 6 (2.58%) SOAP
4 5 (2.15%) LDAP
4 5 (2.15%) Lightning Web Components
4 5 (2.15%) OpenID
5 4 (1.72%) .NET Core
5 4 (1.72%) Spring
6 3 (1.29%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.29%) HTML5 Canvas
6 3 (1.29%) Node.js
6 3 (1.29%) PySpark
7 2 (0.86%) Django
7 2 (0.86%) Kafka
7 2 (0.86%) RESTful
8 1 (0.43%) CSS
8 1 (0.43%) Memcached
8 1 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (15.02%) Cloud Native
2 23 (9.87%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (5.58%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.58%) CMDB
5 6 (2.58%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.15%) FMCG
7 4 (1.72%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.29%) NHS
9 2 (0.86%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.86%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.86%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.86%) PKI
9 2 (0.86%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.43%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.43%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.43%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 1 (0.43%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.29%) Linux
2 1 (0.43%) Solaris
2 1 (0.43%) Windows
2 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (17.17%) Roadmaps
2 37 (15.88%) CI/CD
3 35 (15.02%) DevOps
4 34 (14.59%) Data Modelling
5 33 (14.16%) Microservices
6 29 (12.45%) Technical Leadership
7 28 (12.02%) Architectural Patterns
7 28 (12.02%) Migration
8 27 (11.59%) Infrastructure as Code
9 26 (11.16%) Technical Architecture
10 24 (10.30%) Integration Patterns
11 23 (9.87%) AI
12 22 (9.44%) Agile
13 20 (8.58%) Observability
14 19 (8.15%) Mentoring
14 19 (8.15%) TOGAF
15 17 (7.30%) API Design
15 17 (7.30%) Containerisation
16 15 (6.44%) Decision-Making
17 14 (6.01%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.16%) Java
2 25 (10.73%) Python
3 16 (6.87%) SQL
4 12 (5.15%) Ruby
5 7 (3.00%) Bicep
6 6 (2.58%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.15%) Apex Code
7 5 (2.15%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.43%) Go
8 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.43%) R
8 1 (0.43%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 86 (36.91%) Security Cleared
2 75 (32.19%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.43%) Azure Certification
4 6 (2.58%) AWS Certification
4 6 (2.58%) TOGAF Certification
5 5 (2.15%) CISA
5 5 (2.15%) CISSP
5 5 (2.15%) Degree
5 5 (2.15%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.15%) OSCP
5 5 (2.15%) SANS
6 3 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.43%) CCIE
7 1 (0.43%) CCNP
7 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.43%) GDPR
1 8 (3.43%) NCSC
2 5 (2.15%) GRC
2 5 (2.15%) QA
3 4 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.86%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.43%) HL7
5 1 (0.43%) NIST
5 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
System Software
1 8 (3.43%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.58%) Docker
3 5 (2.15%) Squid
4 2 (0.86%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (8.15%) Terraform
2 15 (6.44%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.15%) Consul
3 5 (2.15%) FortiGate
3 5 (2.15%) Grafana
3 5 (2.15%) Prometheus
3 5 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.86%) Ansible
5 1 (0.43%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.43%) Istio
5 1 (0.43%) linkerd
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle ZFS
5 1 (0.43%) SCCM
5 1 (0.43%) VxRail
Vendors
1 40 (17.17%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.58%) Salesforce
3 19 (8.15%) ServiceNow
4 17 (7.30%) Oracle
5 9 (3.86%) Databricks
6 7 (3.00%) SAP
7 5 (2.15%) Atlassian
7 5 (2.15%) Dynatrace
7 5 (2.15%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.15%) Zscaler
8 3 (1.29%) Ariba
9 2 (0.86%) Google
9 2 (0.86%) Guidewire
9 2 (0.86%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.86%) VMware
10 1 (0.43%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.43%) Kepware
10 1 (0.43%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.43%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.43%) Virgin Media