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 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 224 216
Rank change year-on-year +31 -8 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 255 129 187
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.38% 1.07% 1.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 1.14% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 81 157
10th Percentile £453 £481 £400
25th Percentile £512 £500 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £630
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -0.79% -13.10%
75th Percentile £730 £734 £738
90th Percentile £860 £775 £825
England median daily rate £600 £624 £675
% change year-on-year -3.81% -7.59% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £70.50 - -
25th Percentile £78.75 - -
Median hourly rate £95.00 - -
75th Percentile £102.88 - -
90th Percentile £106.10 - -
England median hourly rate £95.50 - -

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 17,154 11,319 16,339
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 93.55% 93.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,330 7,658 11,782
10th Percentile £356 £350 £325
25th Percentile £433 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £762 £800 £800
England median daily rate £518 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 157 325
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% +15.07% -22.75%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.00 £46.86
90th Percentile £76.98 £63.10 £67.60
England median hourly rate £45.56 £29.27 £37.75
% change year-on-year +55.64% -22.46% -16.11%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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 5 June 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 0 30 £500 -26.74% 9
South London - 9 £550 -
East London -5 2 £750 +11.11% 3
Technical Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 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.

1 102 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 91 (35.69%) SC Cleared
3 69 (27.06%) Azure
4 63 (24.71%) AWS
5 44 (17.25%) Roadmaps
6 42 (16.47%) CI/CD
7 41 (16.08%) Microsoft
8 40 (15.69%) DevOps
9 36 (14.12%) Microservices
10 34 (13.33%) Data Modelling
11 32 (12.55%) Python
11 32 (12.55%) Technical Leadership
12 30 (11.76%) Agile
12 30 (11.76%) Architectural Patterns
12 30 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
12 30 (11.76%) Migration
13 28 (10.98%) Java
13 28 (10.98%) Technical Architecture
14 27 (10.59%) Integration Patterns
15 24 (9.41%) AI
16 23 (9.02%) Power Platform
17 22 (8.63%) Terraform
18 21 (8.24%) Mentoring
18 21 (8.24%) Observability
19 20 (7.84%) API Design
19 20 (7.84%) Containerisation
19 20 (7.84%) Salesforce
20 19 (7.45%) ERP
20 19 (7.45%) GitHub
20 19 (7.45%) ServiceNow

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 11 (4.31%) Confluence
2 9 (3.53%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.96%) nginx
3 5 (1.96%) SAS
4 3 (1.18%) Apache
5 2 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.39%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.39%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.39%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) ArchiCAD
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.96%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.39%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.39%) Infor LN
4 1 (0.39%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 69 (27.06%) Azure
2 63 (24.71%) AWS
3 23 (9.02%) Power Platform
4 19 (7.45%) GitHub
5 17 (6.67%) Serverless
6 13 (5.10%) PaaS
7 12 (4.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 11 (4.31%) Amazon S3
9 10 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (3.92%) Entra ID
9 10 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (3.53%) Amazon EKS
10 9 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (3.53%) GCP
10 9 (3.53%) Route 53
11 8 (3.14%) PowerApps
12 7 (2.75%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (2.75%) SaaS
13 6 (2.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.53%) Firewall
1 9 (3.53%) VPN
2 6 (2.35%) DNS
2 6 (2.35%) Network Security
3 5 (1.96%) OpenVPN
3 5 (1.96%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.78%) BGP
4 2 (0.78%) X.21
5 1 (0.39%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.39%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.39%) DMZ
5 1 (0.39%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (0.39%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (0.39%) Internet
5 1 (0.39%) LAN
5 1 (0.39%) NAS
5 1 (0.39%) OSPF
5 1 (0.39%) SAN
5 1 (0.39%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.39%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.71%) Power BI
2 8 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.96%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.57%) Big Data
5 4 (1.57%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.18%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.78%) Redis
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.39%) Metadata
8 1 (0.39%) MySQL
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (5.49%) Git
2 8 (3.14%) JIRA
3 5 (1.96%) Bitbucket
3 5 (1.96%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.18%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.78%) GitLab
6 1 (0.39%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.39%) Maven
6 1 (0.39%) MSI
6 1 (0.39%) Postman
6 1 (0.39%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.39%) SpecFlow
General
1 58 (22.75%) Public Sector
2 50 (19.61%) Social Skills
3 24 (9.41%) Finance
4 12 (4.71%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (4.31%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (2.75%) Banking
7 6 (2.35%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.57%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.18%) Law
10 3 (1.18%) Legal
10 3 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.78%) Billing
11 2 (0.78%) Local Government
11 2 (0.78%) Military
11 2 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.39%) Advertising
12 1 (0.39%) Front Office
12 1 (0.39%) Marketing
12 1 (0.39%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.10%) Middleware
2 10 (3.92%) .NET
3 9 (3.53%) REST
4 7 (2.75%) Lightning Web Components
4 7 (2.75%) OpenID
5 6 (2.35%) PySpark
6 5 (1.96%) HTML5 Canvas
6 5 (1.96%) LDAP
6 5 (1.96%) SOAP
7 4 (1.57%) .NET Core
7 4 (1.57%) Django
7 4 (1.57%) Spring
8 3 (1.18%) ARM Templates
8 3 (1.18%) Node.js
8 3 (1.18%) RESTful
9 2 (0.78%) GraphQL
9 2 (0.78%) OAuth
9 2 (0.78%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.78%) SAML
10 1 (0.39%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (15.29%) Cloud Native
2 24 (9.41%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (6.27%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.53%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.96%) FMCG
7 5 (1.96%) IoT
8 4 (1.57%) CMDB
8 4 (1.57%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.18%) NHS
10 2 (0.78%) Life Science
10 2 (0.78%) LIMS
10 2 (0.78%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.78%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.78%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.78%) PKI
10 2 (0.78%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.78%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.39%) Autonomous Agent
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.78%) Linux
2 1 (0.39%) Solaris
2 1 (0.39%) Windows
2 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (17.25%) Roadmaps
2 42 (16.47%) CI/CD
3 40 (15.69%) DevOps
4 36 (14.12%) Microservices
5 34 (13.33%) Data Modelling
6 32 (12.55%) Technical Leadership
7 30 (11.76%) Agile
7 30 (11.76%) Architectural Patterns
7 30 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
7 30 (11.76%) Migration
8 28 (10.98%) Technical Architecture
9 27 (10.59%) Integration Patterns
10 24 (9.41%) AI
11 21 (8.24%) Mentoring
11 21 (8.24%) Observability
12 20 (7.84%) API Design
12 20 (7.84%) Containerisation
13 19 (7.45%) ERP
13 19 (7.45%) TOGAF
14 17 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 32 (12.55%) Python
2 28 (10.98%) Java
3 17 (6.67%) SQL
4 12 (4.71%) Ruby
5 8 (3.14%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.75%) Apex Code
6 7 (2.75%) Bicep
6 7 (2.75%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.78%) Bash
7 2 (0.78%) SOQL
8 1 (0.39%) Go
8 1 (0.39%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.39%) R
8 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 102 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 91 (35.69%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.14%) Azure Certification
4 7 (2.75%) AWS Certification
5 6 (2.35%) Degree
5 6 (2.35%) TOGAF Certification
6 5 (1.96%) CISA
6 5 (1.96%) CISSP
6 5 (1.96%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.96%) OSCP
6 5 (1.96%) SANS
7 4 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.39%) CAPM
9 1 (0.39%) CCIE
9 1 (0.39%) CCNP
9 1 (0.39%) CCSE
9 1 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.39%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.14%) GDPR
1 8 (3.14%) NCSC
2 6 (2.35%) QA
3 5 (1.96%) GRC
4 4 (1.57%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.78%) GxP
6 1 (0.39%) HL7
6 1 (0.39%) NIST
6 1 (0.39%) NIST 800
System Software
1 8 (3.14%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.35%) Docker
3 5 (1.96%) Squid
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.39%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (8.63%) Terraform
2 15 (5.88%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.35%) Grafana
3 6 (2.35%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.96%) Consul
4 5 (1.96%) FortiGate
4 5 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.78%) Ansible
6 1 (0.39%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.39%) Istio
6 1 (0.39%) linkerd
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle ZFS
6 1 (0.39%) SCCM
6 1 (0.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 41 (16.08%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.84%) Salesforce
3 19 (7.45%) ServiceNow
4 18 (7.06%) Oracle
5 9 (3.53%) Databricks
6 7 (2.75%) SAP
7 5 (1.96%) Atlassian
7 5 (1.96%) Dynatrace
7 5 (1.96%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.96%) Zscaler
8 4 (1.57%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.18%) Ariba
10 2 (0.78%) Google
10 2 (0.78%) Guidewire
10 2 (0.78%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.78%) VMware
11 1 (0.39%) CyberArk
11 1 (0.39%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.39%) Sparx
11 1 (0.39%) Virgin Media