Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Technical Architect
England > London

The median Technical Architect daily rate in London is £609, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 243 195
Rank change year-on-year -11 -48 +112
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 127 133 215
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.89% 0.90% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 0.96% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 84 158
10th Percentile £425 £482 £486
25th Percentile £513 £548 £536
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £609 £625 £672
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% -6.99% -0.44%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £743
90th Percentile £750 £800 £750
England median daily rate £585 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -6.35% -3.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £90.00 - £78.00

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 13,243 13,839 17,255
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 93.46% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,772 8,936 12,466
10th Percentile £350 £335 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -1.79% -3.45%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £793 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -3.81% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 152 218
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.95 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.63 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.82 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.79% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 £55.06 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.15
England median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.86% -22.22% +38.46%

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 28 December 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 28 December 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 -6 12 £660 +1.54% 14
East London +3 3 £630 -3.08%
West London -14 3 £500 -33.33% 1
South London - 1 £650 - 1
Technical Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 December 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 53 (41.73%) Security Cleared
2 47 (37.01%) Azure
3 46 (36.22%) AWS
4 41 (32.28%) SC Cleared
5 29 (22.83%) Roadmaps
6 27 (21.26%) CI/CD
7 26 (20.47%) Microservices
7 26 (20.47%) Technical Architecture
8 24 (18.90%) Terraform
9 23 (18.11%) Agile
10 22 (17.32%) Microsoft
11 21 (16.54%) DevOps
11 21 (16.54%) Infrastructure as Code
12 18 (14.17%) Technical Leadership
13 17 (13.39%) Data Modelling
14 16 (12.60%) Integration Patterns
14 16 (12.60%) Mentoring
14 16 (12.60%) Migration
15 14 (11.02%) API Design
15 14 (11.02%) Architectural Patterns
15 14 (11.02%) Java
15 14 (11.02%) Kubernetes
15 14 (11.02%) Python
15 14 (11.02%) Serverless
16 13 (10.24%) AI
16 13 (10.24%) Firewall
16 13 (10.24%) Strategic Roadmap
17 12 (9.45%) Containerisation
17 12 (9.45%) Data Protection
17 12 (9.45%) Digital Transformation Programme

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 (1.57%) CMS
1 2 (1.57%) Jupyter
1 2 (1.57%) SAS
1 2 (1.57%) WebLogic
2 1 (0.79%) Appian
2 1 (0.79%) Camunda
2 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Endur
1 2 (1.57%) Salesforce CRM
1 2 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.79%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.79%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.79%) Magento
2 1 (0.79%) Shopify
2 1 (0.79%) Summit
2 1 (0.79%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 47 (37.01%) Azure
2 46 (36.22%) AWS
3 14 (11.02%) Serverless
4 10 (7.87%) Power Platform
5 9 (7.09%) GCP
6 8 (6.30%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (5.51%) Entra ID
7 7 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (5.51%) PaaS
8 6 (4.72%) GitHub
9 5 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (3.94%) Azure Key Vault
9 5 (3.94%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (3.15%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (3.15%) Azure Functions
10 4 (3.15%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (3.15%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (3.15%) IaaS
10 4 (3.15%) SaaS
11 3 (2.36%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.24%) Firewall
2 7 (5.51%) VPN
3 6 (4.72%) WAN
4 5 (3.94%) SD-WAN
5 3 (2.36%) LAN
5 3 (2.36%) NAS
5 3 (2.36%) Network Security
5 3 (2.36%) SAN
5 3 (2.36%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.57%) BGP
6 2 (1.57%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (1.57%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.57%) VSAN
7 1 (0.79%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.79%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (0.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.79%) Internet
7 1 (0.79%) OSPF
7 1 (0.79%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.79%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.30%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (3.94%) Power BI
3 4 (3.15%) Data Lake
3 4 (3.15%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.57%) Data Hub
4 2 (1.57%) Metadata
4 2 (1.57%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.57%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.57%) Redis
5 1 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.79%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.79%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.79%) MySQL
5 1 (0.79%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (3.94%) JIRA
2 2 (1.57%) CircleCI
2 2 (1.57%) Git
2 2 (1.57%) GitLab
2 2 (1.57%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
General
1 36 (28.35%) Public Sector
2 27 (21.26%) Social Skills
3 17 (13.39%) Finance
4 9 (7.09%) Banking
5 6 (4.72%) Marketing
5 6 (4.72%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.15%) Military
7 3 (2.36%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.57%) Back Office
8 2 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.57%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.79%) Automotive
9 1 (0.79%) Billing
9 1 (0.79%) Front Office
9 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.79%) Local Government
9 1 (0.79%) Retail
9 1 (0.79%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.51%) .NET
1 7 (5.51%) Middleware
2 6 (4.72%) REST
3 5 (3.94%) .NET Core
4 4 (3.15%) Spring
4 4 (3.15%) Spring Boot
5 3 (2.36%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.36%) ARM Templates
5 3 (2.36%) JSON
5 3 (2.36%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (2.36%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (2.36%) SOAP
6 2 (1.57%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.57%) Hugging Face
6 2 (1.57%) Node.js
6 2 (1.57%) React
6 2 (1.57%) RESTful
6 2 (1.57%) Swagger
7 1 (0.79%) Kafka
7 1 (0.79%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.87%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.30%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (3.94%) CMDB
3 5 (3.94%) Data Centre
3 5 (3.94%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.36%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.36%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.36%) Replication
5 3 (2.36%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.57%) Grid Computing
6 2 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.57%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.57%) PKI
7 1 (0.79%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.79%) Derivative
7 1 (0.79%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.36%) Windows
1 3 (2.36%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.57%) Linux
2 2 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.79%) Android
3 1 (0.79%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.79%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (22.83%) Roadmaps
2 27 (21.26%) CI/CD
3 26 (20.47%) Microservices
3 26 (20.47%) Technical Architecture
4 23 (18.11%) Agile
5 21 (16.54%) DevOps
5 21 (16.54%) Infrastructure as Code
6 18 (14.17%) Technical Leadership
7 17 (13.39%) Data Modelling
8 16 (12.60%) Integration Patterns
8 16 (12.60%) Mentoring
8 16 (12.60%) Migration
9 14 (11.02%) API Design
9 14 (11.02%) Architectural Patterns
10 13 (10.24%) AI
10 13 (10.24%) Strategic Roadmap
11 12 (9.45%) Containerisation
11 12 (9.45%) Data Protection
11 12 (9.45%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 12 (9.45%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.02%) Java
1 14 (11.02%) Python
2 11 (8.66%) SQL
3 7 (5.51%) TypeScript
4 6 (4.72%) C#
5 5 (3.94%) Bicep
6 4 (3.15%) Ruby
7 3 (2.36%) Apex Code
8 2 (1.57%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.79%) Go
9 1 (0.79%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.79%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.79%) PHP
9 1 (0.79%) SOQL
9 1 (0.79%) SOSL
9 1 (0.79%) Swift
Qualifications
1 53 (41.73%) Security Cleared
2 41 (32.28%) SC Cleared
3 12 (9.45%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.94%) Degree
5 4 (3.15%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.36%) CCNP
6 3 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.36%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.79%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.79%) CCIE
7 1 (0.79%) CCSE
7 1 (0.79%) CISSP
7 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.79%) JNCIE
7 1 (0.79%) JNCIP
7 1 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.79%) VCDX
7 1 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.57%) Accessibility
1 2 (1.57%) NCSC
1 2 (1.57%) QA
2 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.79%) MiFID
2 1 (0.79%) NIST
2 1 (0.79%) NIST 800
2 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.79%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (7.87%) Docker
2 7 (5.51%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.57%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.79%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.79%) Varnish
5 1 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (18.90%) Terraform
2 14 (11.02%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.94%) Ansible
4 3 (2.36%) Grafana
4 3 (2.36%) Prometheus
4 3 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.79%) VxRail
Vendors
1 22 (17.32%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.45%) Salesforce
3 10 (7.87%) ServiceNow
4 7 (5.51%) SAP
5 6 (4.72%) VMware
6 4 (3.15%) Databricks
6 4 (3.15%) Fortinet
6 4 (3.15%) NetApp
6 4 (3.15%) Oracle
7 3 (2.36%) Adobe
7 3 (2.36%) Calypso
7 3 (2.36%) Cisco
7 3 (2.36%) ForgeRock
7 3 (2.36%) Google
7 3 (2.36%) Murex
7 3 (2.36%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.57%) Dell
8 2 (1.57%) Genesys
8 2 (1.57%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.57%) Splunk