Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Technical Architect
England > London

The median Technical Architect daily rate in London is £573, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 240 232
Rank change year-on-year +19 -8 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 231 136 170
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.17% 1.00% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 1.07% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 96 132
10th Percentile £427 £425 £488
25th Percentile £506 £500 £548
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £606 £626
Median % change year-on-year -5.57% -3.15% -13.66%
75th Percentile £700 £718 £725
90th Percentile £821 £769 £800
England median daily rate £611 £586 £639
% change year-on-year +4.22% -8.22% -6.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £93.53 - -
25th Percentile £95.06 - -
Median hourly rate £100.25 - -
75th Percentile £105.56 - -
90th Percentile £107.18 - -
England median hourly rate £93.75 - -

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 18,427 12,663 15,835
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.97% 93.09% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,044 8,556 11,285
10th Percentile £363 £331 £338
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 196 248
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £22.69 £22.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.40 £32.15
Median % change year-on-year +23.35% -5.42% -17.58%
75th Percentile £59.72 £50.13 £51.75
90th Percentile £77.47 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £45.56 £27.29 £42.50
% change year-on-year +66.91% -35.78% -3.53%

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 23 July 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
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 23 July 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 +1 36 £550 -16.03% 5
South London -10 5 £661 +55.59% 2
East London -2 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 23 July 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 88 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 78 (33.77%) SC Cleared
3 61 (26.41%) Azure
4 59 (25.54%) AWS
5 41 (17.75%) Roadmaps
6 39 (16.88%) CI/CD
7 38 (16.45%) DevOps
7 38 (16.45%) Microsoft
8 36 (15.58%) Agile
8 36 (15.58%) Technical Leadership
9 35 (15.15%) Data Modelling
10 34 (14.72%) Technical Architecture
11 32 (13.85%) Microservices
12 30 (12.99%) Architectural Patterns
13 29 (12.55%) Python
14 28 (12.12%) Integration Patterns
15 27 (11.69%) Migration
16 26 (11.26%) Infrastructure as Code
16 26 (11.26%) Java
17 25 (10.82%) Power Platform
18 24 (10.39%) AI
18 24 (10.39%) Salesforce
19 23 (9.96%) Stakeholder Management
20 22 (9.52%) ERP
20 22 (9.52%) GitHub
21 21 (9.09%) API Design
21 21 (9.09%) Event-Driven
22 20 (8.66%) Containerisation
22 20 (8.66%) Observability
23 19 (8.23%) Business Intelligence

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 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.60%) Confluence
3 5 (2.16%) SAS
4 3 (1.30%) Apache
5 2 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.43%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.43%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.43%) CMS
6 1 (0.43%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.43%) nginx
6 1 (0.43%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.43%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 7 (3.03%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.30%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.87%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.87%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.87%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.43%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 61 (26.41%) Azure
2 59 (25.54%) AWS
3 25 (10.82%) Power Platform
4 22 (9.52%) GitHub
5 11 (4.76%) Serverless
6 10 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (4.33%) PowerApps
7 9 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (3.90%) PaaS
8 8 (3.46%) Amazon S3
8 8 (3.46%) Entra ID
8 8 (3.46%) GCP
8 8 (3.46%) Power Automate
8 8 (3.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 8 (3.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 7 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.60%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (2.60%) OpenShift
11 5 (2.16%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (2.16%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.16%) Network Security
2 3 (1.30%) VPN
3 2 (0.87%) DNS
3 2 (0.87%) Firewall
3 2 (0.87%) X.21
4 1 (0.43%) 3GPP
4 1 (0.43%) BGP
4 1 (0.43%) DMZ
4 1 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.43%) Internet
4 1 (0.43%) MQTT
4 1 (0.43%) OpenVPN
4 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.43%) VSAN
4 1 (0.43%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.06%) Power BI
2 8 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.16%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.73%) Big Data
5 4 (1.73%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.30%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.87%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.87%) Redis
8 1 (0.43%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.43%) Metadata
8 1 (0.43%) MySQL
8 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (7.36%) Git
2 4 (1.73%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.73%) JIRA
3 2 (0.87%) GitLab
4 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
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%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.43%) SpecFlow
General
1 55 (23.81%) Public Sector
2 52 (22.51%) Social Skills
3 25 (10.82%) Finance
4 10 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.60%) Banking
7 6 (2.60%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.30%) Legal
9 2 (0.87%) Billing
9 2 (0.87%) Front Office
9 2 (0.87%) Marketing
9 2 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.87%) Retail
10 1 (0.43%) Advertising
10 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.43%) Law
10 1 (0.43%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.79%) Middleware
2 10 (4.33%) REST
3 8 (3.46%) Lightning Web Components
4 6 (2.60%) .NET
4 6 (2.60%) SOAP
5 5 (2.16%) HTML5 Canvas
5 5 (2.16%) PySpark
5 5 (2.16%) RESTful
6 4 (1.73%) Django
6 4 (1.73%) OAuth
6 4 (1.73%) OpenID
6 4 (1.73%) Spring
7 3 (1.30%) Kafka
7 3 (1.30%) Node.js
8 2 (0.87%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.87%) IDoc
8 2 (0.87%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.87%) SAML
8 2 (0.87%) SAP ALE
9 1 (0.43%) Apollo GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 35 (15.15%) Cloud Native
2 24 (10.39%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (6.93%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.46%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.03%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.60%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.16%) FMCG
7 5 (2.16%) IoT
8 3 (1.30%) AS400
8 3 (1.30%) CMDB
8 3 (1.30%) iSeries
8 3 (1.30%) NHS
8 3 (1.30%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.87%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.87%) LIMS
9 2 (0.87%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.87%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.73%) Windows
2 2 (0.87%) Linux
3 1 (0.43%) Unix
3 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (17.75%) Roadmaps
2 39 (16.88%) CI/CD
3 38 (16.45%) DevOps
4 36 (15.58%) Agile
4 36 (15.58%) Technical Leadership
5 35 (15.15%) Data Modelling
6 34 (14.72%) Technical Architecture
7 32 (13.85%) Microservices
8 30 (12.99%) Architectural Patterns
9 28 (12.12%) Integration Patterns
10 27 (11.69%) Migration
11 26 (11.26%) Infrastructure as Code
12 24 (10.39%) AI
13 23 (9.96%) Stakeholder Management
14 22 (9.52%) ERP
15 21 (9.09%) API Design
15 21 (9.09%) Event-Driven
16 20 (8.66%) Containerisation
16 20 (8.66%) Observability
17 19 (8.23%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 29 (12.55%) Python
2 26 (11.26%) Java
3 13 (5.63%) SQL
4 10 (4.33%) Ruby
5 8 (3.46%) Apex Code
5 8 (3.46%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.03%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.30%) Bicep
7 3 (1.30%) SOQL
8 2 (0.87%) Bash
9 1 (0.43%) ABAP
9 1 (0.43%) C
9 1 (0.43%) C#
9 1 (0.43%) C++
9 1 (0.43%) Go
9 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.43%) R
9 1 (0.43%) SOSL
9 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 88 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 78 (33.77%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.46%) AWS Certification
4 7 (3.03%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.60%) Degree
6 5 (2.16%) CISA
6 5 (2.16%) CISSP
6 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.16%) OSCP
6 5 (2.16%) SANS
7 4 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.73%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.43%) CAPM
9 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.90%) GDPR
2 6 (2.60%) NCSC
2 6 (2.60%) QA
3 5 (2.16%) GRC
4 4 (1.73%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.87%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.87%) GxP
6 1 (0.43%) HL7
6 1 (0.43%) NIST
6 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (3.03%) Docker
2 5 (2.16%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.43%) Squid
3 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (6.49%) Terraform
2 13 (5.63%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.87%) Grafana
3 2 (0.87%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.43%) Ansible
4 1 (0.43%) Consul
4 1 (0.43%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.43%) Istio
4 1 (0.43%) linkerd
4 1 (0.43%) SCCM
4 1 (0.43%) VxRail
Vendors
1 38 (16.45%) Microsoft
2 24 (10.39%) Salesforce
3 16 (6.93%) Oracle
4 13 (5.63%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.33%) SAP
6 8 (3.46%) Databricks
7 4 (1.73%) Ariba
7 4 (1.73%) Guidewire
7 4 (1.73%) MuleSoft
7 4 (1.73%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.30%) IBM
8 3 (1.30%) Infor
9 2 (0.87%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.43%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.43%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.43%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.43%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.43%) Qualtrics
10 1 (0.43%) Sparx
10 1 (0.43%) Virgin Media