Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Technical Architect
England > London

The median Technical Architect daily rate in London is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 244 236
Rank change year-on-year -3 -8 -47
Contract Technical Architect jobs 223 127 147
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.10% 0.93% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 1.01% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 91 94
10th Percentile £450 £425 £450
25th Percentile £525 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £615 £625
Median % change year-on-year -0.41% -1.60% -10.71%
75th Percentile £684 £700 £700
90th Percentile £805 £763 £775
England median daily rate £618 £575 £595
% change year-on-year +7.39% -3.36% -10.02%
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
29 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in London matching a recognised job title 18,889 12,627 14,826
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.76% 92.54% 94.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,310 8,391 9,608
10th Percentile £363 £334 £343
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.29% -1.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 429 221 162
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.08 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.50 £23.89
Median hourly rate £41.00 £27.40 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.64% -26.93% -7.41%
75th Percentile £65.00 £47.50 £59.69
90th Percentile £82.00 £67.50 £80.68
England median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £42.03
% change year-on-year +65.84% -40.16% -8.39%

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 29 October 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 29 October 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 -25 20 £550 -16.67% 6
East London -2 1 £750 +28.21% 1
South London -8 1 £600 +41.18%
West London -16 1 - - 1
North London - 1 - -
Technical Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 October 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 Cleared40.8%91
2SC Cleared37.7%84
3AWS26.5%59
3Azure26.5%59
5Stakeholder Management26.0%58
5Technical Leadership26.0%58
7Technical Architecture25.6%57
8DevOps21.1%47
9Agile19.3%43
9Roadmaps19.3%43
11Enterprise Architecture17.0%38
12CI/CD15.7%35
13Microsoft14.3%32
13Migration14.3%32
15Event-Driven13.5%30
16Integration Patterns13.0%29
17Architectural Patterns12.6%28
18AI11.7%26
19Stakeholder Engagement11.2%25
20Power Platform10.8%24
21Data Modelling9.9%22
22Decision-Making9.4%21
22Microservices9.4%21
22REST9.4%21
25Event-Driven Architecture9.0%20
26CRM8.5%19
26Cybersecurity8.5%19
26GitHub8.5%19
26Technical Debt8.5%19
26Translating Business Requirements8.5%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 Architect15.7%35
1Technical Leader15.7%35
3Technical Solutions Architect13.9%31
4Senior Technical Architect8.1%18
5SAP Technical Architect7.2%16
6Dynamics 365 Architect6.7%15
6Salesforce Technical Architect6.7%15
8AWS Architect6.3%14
9Artificial Intelligence Architect5.8%13
10Lead Solutions Architect4.5%10
11Dynamics 365 Solution Architect4.0%9
12Azure Architect2.2%5
12SAS Architect2.2%5
14Cloud Architect1.8%4
14CRM Architect1.8%4
14Enterprise Technical Architect1.8%4
14Microsoft 365 Architect1.8%4
14Security Technical Architect1.8%4
14Technical Consultant1.8%4
20Enterprise Architect1.3%3
23 Technical Architect jobs in London