Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Technical Architect
England > London

The median Technical Architect daily rate in London is £631, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 246 249 194
Rank change year-on-year +3 -55 +108
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 130 141 255
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.94% 0.90% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 0.96% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 90 177
10th Percentile £425 £456 £500
25th Percentile £513 £514 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £631 £625 £700
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -10.71% +3.70%
75th Percentile £701 £702 £745
90th Percentile £771 £775 £750
England median daily rate £575 £600 £662
% change year-on-year -4.17% -9.37% +1.85%

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 12,732 14,689 18,858
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 94.01% 93.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,452 9,491 13,721
10th Percentile £333 £338 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £794 £798
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 157 210
10th Percentile £17.25 £17.25 £18.15
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.50 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.57 £38.50 £40.17
Median % change year-on-year -30.99% -4.15% +22.64%
75th Percentile £47.50 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.73 £80.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.88
% change year-on-year -37.63% -12.11% +52.93%

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 November 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 5 November 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 +8 19 £660 +5.60% 21
East London - 6 £585 - 7
West London -6 5 £463 -28.85% 17
South London -8 2 £538 - 12
Technical Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 November 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 49 (37.69%) Azure
2 47 (36.15%) AWS
2 47 (36.15%) Security Cleared
3 38 (29.23%) SC Cleared
4 31 (23.85%) Agile
5 29 (22.31%) CI/CD
5 29 (22.31%) Roadmaps
6 28 (21.54%) Microservices
7 27 (20.77%) Technical Architecture
8 24 (18.46%) Terraform
9 20 (15.38%) Data Modelling
9 20 (15.38%) DevOps
9 20 (15.38%) Java
10 19 (14.62%) Infrastructure as Code
10 19 (14.62%) Kubernetes
11 18 (13.85%) Integration Patterns
11 18 (13.85%) Microsoft
11 18 (13.85%) Strategic Roadmap
11 18 (13.85%) Technical Leadership
12 17 (13.08%) Architectural Patterns
13 16 (12.31%) API Design
13 16 (12.31%) Migration
14 15 (11.54%) Mentoring
14 15 (11.54%) Salesforce
15 14 (10.77%) AI
15 14 (10.77%) Firewall
15 14 (10.77%) IT Strategy
16 13 (10.00%) Architectural Design
16 13 (10.00%) ERP
16 13 (10.00%) Middleware

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 (1.54%) Apache Solr
1 2 (1.54%) CMS
1 2 (1.54%) Jupyter
1 2 (1.54%) SAS
1 2 (1.54%) WebLogic
2 1 (0.77%) Appian
2 1 (0.77%) Camunda
2 1 (0.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.77%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.08%) Endur
1 4 (3.08%) Salesforce CRM
1 4 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.54%) Summit
3 1 (0.77%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.77%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.77%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.77%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 49 (37.69%) Azure
2 47 (36.15%) AWS
3 13 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 12 (9.23%) GitHub
5 10 (7.69%) GCP
5 10 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
6 9 (6.92%) Serverless
7 8 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (4.62%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (3.08%) Entra ID
9 4 (3.08%) OpenShift
10 3 (2.31%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.31%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (2.31%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 2 (1.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (1.54%) PaaS
11 2 (1.54%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.54%) SaaS
11 2 (1.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.77%) Firewall
2 9 (6.92%) WAN
3 7 (5.38%) LAN
4 6 (4.62%) SD-WAN
4 6 (4.62%) VPN
4 6 (4.62%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (3.08%) Network Security
6 3 (2.31%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (2.31%) SAN
7 2 (1.54%) BGP
7 2 (1.54%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.54%) VSAN
8 1 (0.77%) DHCP
8 1 (0.77%) DNS
8 1 (0.77%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.77%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.77%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (0.77%) OSPF
8 1 (0.77%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.77%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.38%) Power BI
2 5 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.08%) Data Lake
3 4 (3.08%) Metadata
3 4 (3.08%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.31%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (2.31%) Electronic Patient Records
4 3 (2.31%) MySQL
5 2 (1.54%) Data Hub
5 2 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.54%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.54%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.77%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.77%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.77%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (6.92%) CircleCI
2 4 (3.08%) JIRA
3 2 (1.54%) GitLab
3 2 (1.54%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.77%) Jenkins
General
1 29 (22.31%) Public Sector
2 26 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 23 (17.69%) Finance
4 11 (8.46%) Banking
5 6 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.62%) Marketing
6 5 (3.85%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.08%) Back Office
7 4 (3.08%) Billing
7 4 (3.08%) Military
8 3 (2.31%) Automotive
9 2 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.54%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.77%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.77%) Law
10 1 (0.77%) Legal
10 1 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.77%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.00%) Middleware
2 8 (6.15%) REST
3 7 (5.38%) Lightning Web Components
4 5 (3.85%) JSON
4 5 (3.85%) Node.js
4 5 (3.85%) Visualforce
5 4 (3.08%) Kafka
5 4 (3.08%) React
5 4 (3.08%) Swagger
6 2 (1.54%) FHIR
6 2 (1.54%) Hugging Face
6 2 (1.54%) OAuth
6 2 (1.54%) OAuth2
6 2 (1.54%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (1.54%) RESTful
6 2 (1.54%) SAML
6 2 (1.54%) SAP Basis
6 2 (1.54%) SOAP
7 1 (0.77%) LDAP
7 1 (0.77%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.92%) Legacy Systems
1 9 (6.92%) Public Cloud
2 8 (6.15%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.38%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.85%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 4 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.08%) Grid Computing
6 3 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.31%) CMDB
6 3 (2.31%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.54%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.54%) NHS
7 2 (1.54%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.77%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.77%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.77%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.38%) Windows
2 5 (3.85%) Linux
3 4 (3.08%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.77%) Android
5 1 (0.77%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.77%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (23.85%) Agile
2 29 (22.31%) CI/CD
2 29 (22.31%) Roadmaps
3 28 (21.54%) Microservices
4 27 (20.77%) Technical Architecture
5 20 (15.38%) Data Modelling
5 20 (15.38%) DevOps
6 19 (14.62%) Infrastructure as Code
7 18 (13.85%) Integration Patterns
7 18 (13.85%) Strategic Roadmap
7 18 (13.85%) Technical Leadership
8 17 (13.08%) Architectural Patterns
9 16 (12.31%) API Design
9 16 (12.31%) Migration
10 15 (11.54%) Mentoring
11 14 (10.77%) AI
11 14 (10.77%) IT Strategy
12 13 (10.00%) Architectural Design
12 13 (10.00%) ERP
12 13 (10.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 20 (15.38%) Java
2 11 (8.46%) TypeScript
3 10 (7.69%) Python
4 8 (6.15%) Kotlin
5 7 (5.38%) Apex Code
6 6 (4.62%) C#
7 5 (3.85%) SQL
8 3 (2.31%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.31%) SOQL
8 3 (2.31%) SOSL
9 2 (1.54%) Go
10 1 (0.77%) Bicep
10 1 (0.77%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.77%) Swift
Qualifications
1 47 (36.15%) Security Cleared
2 38 (29.23%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.92%) DV Cleared
4 6 (4.62%) Degree
5 5 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.31%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.31%) CCNP
8 2 (1.54%) CCNA
8 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.77%) CCIE
9 1 (0.77%) CCSE
9 1 (0.77%) CISSP
9 1 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.77%) JNCIE
9 1 (0.77%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.77%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.77%) VCDX
9 1 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.31%) Accessibility
1 3 (2.31%) Data Quality
1 3 (2.31%) GDPR
1 3 (2.31%) QA
2 2 (1.54%) HIPAA
2 2 (1.54%) HL7
3 1 (0.77%) MiFID
3 1 (0.77%) NCSC
3 1 (0.77%) NIST
3 1 (0.77%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.77%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.77%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (6.92%) Docker
2 6 (4.62%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.54%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.77%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.77%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (18.46%) Terraform
2 19 (14.62%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.69%) Grafana
3 10 (7.69%) Prometheus
4 7 (5.38%) Ansible
5 4 (3.08%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.77%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.77%) SCOM
7 1 (0.77%) VxRail
Vendors
1 18 (13.85%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.54%) Salesforce
3 10 (7.69%) SAP
4 7 (5.38%) Cisco
4 7 (5.38%) Databricks
5 6 (4.62%) MuleSoft
5 6 (4.62%) Oracle
5 6 (4.62%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.85%) Fortinet
7 4 (3.08%) Google
8 3 (2.31%) Calypso
8 3 (2.31%) Hitachi
8 3 (2.31%) Murex
8 3 (2.31%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.31%) VMware
9 2 (1.54%) Adobe
9 2 (1.54%) Cerner
9 2 (1.54%) Dell
9 2 (1.54%) Genesys
9 2 (1.54%) OpenAI