Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Technical Architect
England > London

The median Technical Architect daily rate in London is £615, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 245 241
Rank change year-on-year -5 -4 -40
Contract Technical Architect jobs 227 129 145
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.12% 0.94% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% 1.02% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 93 92
10th Percentile £453 £425 £451
25th Percentile £525 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -10.71%
75th Percentile £700 £701 £701
90th Percentile £825 £773 £775
England median daily rate £625 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% -9.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87.50 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £45.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
1 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in London matching a recognised job title 18,820 12,643 14,723
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.70% 92.58% 94.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,269 8,394 9,520
10th Percentile £363 £333 £338
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £794
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 223 162
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.16 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.72 £22.50 £24.68
Median hourly rate £41.00 £27.40 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.64% -29.74% -3.70%
75th Percentile £64.63 £47.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.11 £80.75
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -39.40% -9.66%

Technical Architect Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Technical Architect job postings 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 Technical Architect jobs in London over the 6 months to 1 November 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 Technical Architect jobs within the London region over the 6 months to 1 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Central London -15 20 £550 -16.67% 5
West London -21 2 - - 2
East London -3 1 £750 +28.21% 1
South London -3 1 £600 +41.18% 1
North London - 1 - -
Technical Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 November 2026, Technical Architect contract job ads cited 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 Technical Architect job ads across the London region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Security Cleared42.3%96
2SC Cleared39.2%89
3AWS28.6%65
4Technical Leadership27.3%62
5Azure26.9%61
5Technical Architecture26.9%61
7Stakeholder Management26.4%60
8DevOps20.7%47
8Roadmaps20.7%47
10Agile18.5%42
11Enterprise Architecture17.2%39
12CI/CD15.4%35
13Migration14.5%33
14Event-Driven14.1%32
14Integration Patterns14.1%32
16Architectural Patterns13.7%31
16Microsoft13.7%31
18AI12.8%29
19Microservices11.5%26
19Stakeholder Engagement11.5%26
21Architectural Design10.1%23
22Decision-Making9.7%22
22Event-Driven Architecture9.7%22
22Power Platform9.7%22
22REST9.7%22
26Cybersecurity9.3%21
26GitHub9.3%21
28Data Modelling8.8%20
29Architecture Governance8.4%19
29CRM8.4%19

Technical Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Lead Architect17.2%39
1Technical Leader17.2%39
3Technical Solutions Architect13.2%30
4Senior Technical Architect8.8%20
5SAP Technical Architect7.5%17
6Salesforce Technical Architect6.6%15
7AWS Architect6.2%14
7Dynamics 365 Architect6.2%14
9Artificial Intelligence Architect5.7%13
10Lead Solutions Architect4.0%9
11Dynamics 365 Solution Architect3.5%8
12Azure Architect2.6%6
13Cloud Architect2.2%5
13SAS Architect2.2%5
15CRM Architect1.8%4
15Enterprise Technical Architect1.8%4
15Microsoft 365 Architect1.8%4
15Security Technical Architect1.8%4
15Technical Consultant1.8%4
20Enterprise Architect1.3%3
52 Technical Architect jobs in London