Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Technical Architect
England > London

The median Technical Architect daily rate in London is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 226 232
Rank change year-on-year +10 +6 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 238 141 174
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.20% 1.04% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 1.11% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 94 136
10th Percentile £423 £456 £488
25th Percentile £505 £500 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £619 £630
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% -12.80%
75th Percentile £694 £725 £728
90th Percentile £808 £775 £819
England median daily rate £600 £600 £648
% change year-on-year - -7.34% -4.50%
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 £95.00 - -

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 18,394 12,646 16,190
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 93.25% 94.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,070 8,556 11,553
10th Percentile £360 £331 £331
25th Percentile £449 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 200 275
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.48 £22.86 £20.98
Median hourly rate £39.00 £31.25 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +24.80% +3.61% -19.40%
75th Percentile £60.25 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £78.88 £63.75 £70.55
England median hourly rate £45.56 £27.70 £40.00
% change year-on-year +64.46% -30.75% -6.98%

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 17 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 17 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 +8 37 £550 -16.67% 11
South London -5 9 £550 +29.41%
East London -2 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 17 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 94 (39.50%) Security Cleared
2 85 (35.71%) SC Cleared
3 64 (26.89%) AWS
4 62 (26.05%) Azure
5 43 (18.07%) Roadmaps
6 40 (16.81%) DevOps
7 39 (16.39%) CI/CD
7 39 (16.39%) Microsoft
8 36 (15.13%) Agile
9 35 (14.71%) Data Modelling
10 34 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
11 32 (13.45%) Microservices
12 30 (12.61%) Architectural Patterns
12 30 (12.61%) Python
12 30 (12.61%) Technical Architecture
13 27 (11.34%) Integration Patterns
13 27 (11.34%) Java
13 27 (11.34%) Migration
14 26 (10.92%) Infrastructure as Code
15 25 (10.50%) AI
15 25 (10.50%) Power Platform
16 23 (9.66%) Salesforce
17 22 (9.24%) ERP
17 22 (9.24%) GitHub
18 21 (8.82%) API Design
19 20 (8.40%) Containerisation
19 20 (8.40%) Observability
19 20 (8.40%) Stakeholder Management
19 20 (8.40%) Terraform
20 19 (7.98%) 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 11 (4.62%) Confluence
2 10 (4.20%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.10%) nginx
3 5 (2.10%) SAS
4 3 (1.26%) Apache
5 2 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.42%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.42%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.42%) CMS
6 1 (0.42%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.42%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.42%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.42%) ArchiCAD
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.94%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.26%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.84%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.84%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.84%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.42%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 64 (26.89%) AWS
2 62 (26.05%) Azure
3 25 (10.50%) Power Platform
4 22 (9.24%) GitHub
5 15 (6.30%) Serverless
6 12 (5.04%) Amazon S3
6 12 (5.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 11 (4.62%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (4.20%) Amazon EKS
8 10 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (4.20%) PaaS
8 10 (4.20%) PowerApps
9 9 (3.78%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (3.36%) Amazon EC2
10 8 (3.36%) Entra ID
10 8 (3.36%) GCP
10 8 (3.36%) Power Automate
10 8 (3.36%) Route 53
11 7 (2.94%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 6 (2.52%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.36%) VPN
2 7 (2.94%) Firewall
3 6 (2.52%) DNS
3 6 (2.52%) Network Security
4 5 (2.10%) OpenVPN
4 5 (2.10%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.84%) BGP
5 2 (0.84%) X.21
6 1 (0.42%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.42%) DMZ
6 1 (0.42%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.42%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (0.42%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.42%) Internet
6 1 (0.42%) LAN
6 1 (0.42%) MQTT
6 1 (0.42%) OSPF
6 1 (0.42%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.42%) VSAN
6 1 (0.42%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.88%) Power BI
2 8 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (2.10%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.68%) Big Data
5 4 (1.68%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.26%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.84%) Redis
8 1 (0.42%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.42%) Metadata
8 1 (0.42%) MySQL
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.42%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (6.72%) Git
2 8 (3.36%) JIRA
3 5 (2.10%) Bitbucket
3 5 (2.10%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.26%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.84%) GitLab
6 1 (0.42%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.42%) Maven
6 1 (0.42%) MSI
6 1 (0.42%) Postman
6 1 (0.42%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.42%) SpecFlow
General
1 55 (23.11%) Public Sector
2 52 (21.85%) Social Skills
3 25 (10.50%) Finance
4 11 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (4.20%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.20%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (2.52%) Banking
6 6 (2.52%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.26%) Legal
8 2 (0.84%) Billing
8 2 (0.84%) Marketing
8 2 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.42%) Advertising
9 1 (0.42%) Front Office
9 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.42%) Law
9 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.42%) Retail
9 1 (0.42%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.14%) Middleware
2 9 (3.78%) REST
3 8 (3.36%) OpenID
4 7 (2.94%) Lightning Web Components
5 6 (2.52%) .NET
6 5 (2.10%) HTML5 Canvas
6 5 (2.10%) LDAP
6 5 (2.10%) PySpark
6 5 (2.10%) RESTful
6 5 (2.10%) SOAP
7 4 (1.68%) Django
7 4 (1.68%) OAuth
7 4 (1.68%) Spring
8 3 (1.26%) Kafka
8 3 (1.26%) Node.js
9 2 (0.84%) GraphQL
9 2 (0.84%) IDoc
9 2 (0.84%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.84%) SAML
9 2 (0.84%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 38 (15.97%) Cloud Native
2 23 (9.66%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (6.72%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.94%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.10%) FMCG
6 5 (2.10%) IoT
7 4 (1.68%) CMDB
8 3 (1.26%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.26%) NHS
8 3 (1.26%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.84%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.84%) Life Science
9 2 (0.84%) LIMS
9 2 (0.84%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.84%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.42%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.42%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.26%) Windows
2 1 (0.42%) Linux
2 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (18.07%) Roadmaps
2 40 (16.81%) DevOps
3 39 (16.39%) CI/CD
4 36 (15.13%) Agile
5 35 (14.71%) Data Modelling
6 34 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
7 32 (13.45%) Microservices
8 30 (12.61%) Architectural Patterns
8 30 (12.61%) Technical Architecture
9 27 (11.34%) Integration Patterns
9 27 (11.34%) Migration
10 26 (10.92%) Infrastructure as Code
11 25 (10.50%) AI
12 22 (9.24%) ERP
13 21 (8.82%) API Design
14 20 (8.40%) Containerisation
14 20 (8.40%) Observability
14 20 (8.40%) Stakeholder Management
15 19 (7.98%) Business Intelligence
15 19 (7.98%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 30 (12.61%) Python
2 27 (11.34%) Java
3 13 (5.46%) SQL
4 11 (4.62%) Ruby
5 8 (3.36%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.94%) Apex Code
6 7 (2.94%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.26%) Bicep
8 2 (0.84%) Bash
8 2 (0.84%) SOQL
9 1 (0.42%) ABAP
9 1 (0.42%) Go
9 1 (0.42%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.42%) R
9 1 (0.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 94 (39.50%) Security Cleared
2 85 (35.71%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.36%) AWS Certification
4 7 (2.94%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.52%) Degree
6 5 (2.10%) CISA
6 5 (2.10%) CISSP
6 5 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.10%) OSCP
6 5 (2.10%) SANS
7 4 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.68%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.42%) CCSE
9 1 (0.42%) JNCIE
9 1 (0.42%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.42%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.78%) GDPR
2 7 (2.94%) NCSC
3 6 (2.52%) QA
4 5 (2.10%) GRC
5 4 (1.68%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.84%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.84%) GxP
7 1 (0.42%) HL7
7 1 (0.42%) NIST
7 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (2.94%) Docker
2 5 (2.10%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.10%) Squid
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.42%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (8.40%) Terraform
2 16 (6.72%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.52%) Grafana
3 6 (2.52%) Prometheus
3 6 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (2.10%) Consul
4 5 (2.10%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.84%) Ansible
6 1 (0.42%) Istio
6 1 (0.42%) linkerd
6 1 (0.42%) SCCM
6 1 (0.42%) VxRail
Vendors
1 39 (16.39%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.66%) Salesforce
3 17 (7.14%) Oracle
3 17 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.78%) SAP
5 8 (3.36%) Databricks
6 5 (2.10%) Atlassian
6 5 (2.10%) Dynatrace
6 5 (2.10%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.68%) Ariba
7 4 (1.68%) Guidewire
7 4 (1.68%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.68%) Zscaler
8 3 (1.26%) Infor
8 3 (1.26%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.42%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.42%) F5
9 1 (0.42%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.42%) Pega
9 1 (0.42%) Splunk