Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Technical Architect
England > London

The median Technical Architect daily rate in London is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 246 201
Rank change year-on-year -8 -45 +93
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 118 151 261
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.88% 0.94% 1.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 1.00% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 97 182
10th Percentile £425 £434 £500
25th Percentile £513 £513 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £625 £700
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -10.71% +3.70%
75th Percentile £715 £700 £745
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
England median daily rate £575 £598 £664
% change year-on-year -3.77% -10.02% +2.15%

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 12,383 15,100 19,507
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.08% 94.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,270 9,834 14,215
10th Percentile £335 £341 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £665 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £512 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.48% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 170 212
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.89 £22.50
Median hourly rate £27.20 £35.75 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.92% -11.73% +23.66%
75th Percentile £49.13 £58.75 £61.59
90th Percentile £67.75 £78.95 £76.23
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +67.93%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 +5 19 £660 +5.60% 16
East London +8 6 £585 -6.70% 2
West London +2 6 £500 -23.08% 8
South London -5 1 £425 - 1
Technical Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 October 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 46 (38.98%) Azure
2 44 (37.29%) AWS
3 42 (35.59%) Security Cleared
4 33 (27.97%) SC Cleared
5 29 (24.58%) Microservices
5 29 (24.58%) Roadmaps
6 28 (23.73%) Agile
7 26 (22.03%) CI/CD
8 24 (20.34%) Terraform
9 22 (18.64%) Technical Architecture
10 21 (17.80%) Java
11 19 (16.10%) Infrastructure as Code
11 19 (16.10%) Kubernetes
11 19 (16.10%) Strategic Roadmap
12 17 (14.41%) Data Modelling
12 17 (14.41%) DevOps
13 16 (13.56%) Architectural Patterns
13 16 (13.56%) Microsoft
13 16 (13.56%) Technical Leadership
14 15 (12.71%) Integration Patterns
14 15 (12.71%) IT Strategy
14 15 (12.71%) Mentoring
14 15 (12.71%) Migration
15 14 (11.86%) Firewall
15 14 (11.86%) Technology Strategy
16 13 (11.02%) AI
16 13 (11.02%) API Design
16 13 (11.02%) GitHub
17 12 (10.17%) Architectural Design
17 12 (10.17%) ERP

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 3 (2.54%) WebLogic
2 2 (1.69%) Apache Solr
2 2 (1.69%) Jupyter
2 2 (1.69%) SAS
3 1 (0.85%) Appian
3 1 (0.85%) Camunda
3 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.39%) Endur
1 4 (3.39%) Salesforce CRM
1 4 (3.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.69%) Summit
3 1 (0.85%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.85%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.85%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.85%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 46 (38.98%) Azure
2 44 (37.29%) AWS
3 13 (11.02%) GitHub
4 11 (9.32%) GCP
4 11 (9.32%) GitHub Actions
4 11 (9.32%) Power Platform
5 9 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (5.08%) Serverless
7 5 (4.24%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.39%) OpenShift
9 3 (2.54%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.69%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (1.69%) PaaS
10 2 (1.69%) SaaS
10 2 (1.69%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 1 (0.85%) Unqork
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.86%) Firewall
2 8 (6.78%) WAN
3 7 (5.93%) LAN
4 6 (5.08%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (4.24%) SD-WAN
5 5 (4.24%) VPN
6 4 (3.39%) Network Security
7 3 (2.54%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (2.54%) SAN
8 2 (1.69%) BGP
8 2 (1.69%) DHCP
8 2 (1.69%) DNS
8 2 (1.69%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.69%) VSAN
9 1 (0.85%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.85%) DMZ
9 1 (0.85%) Internet
9 1 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.85%) NAS
9 1 (0.85%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.93%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.08%) Power BI
3 5 (4.24%) MongoDB
4 4 (3.39%) Data Lake
4 4 (3.39%) Metadata
5 3 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (2.54%) Electronic Patient Records
5 3 (2.54%) MySQL
5 3 (2.54%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.69%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.85%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.85%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.85%) Redis
Development Applications
1 10 (8.47%) CircleCI
2 3 (2.54%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (1.69%) GitLab
4 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.85%) JIRA
General
1 26 (22.03%) Public Sector
2 23 (19.49%) Social Skills
3 21 (17.80%) Finance
4 11 (9.32%) Banking
5 6 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.24%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.39%) Back Office
7 4 (3.39%) Billing
7 4 (3.39%) Military
8 3 (2.54%) Automotive
8 3 (2.54%) Marketing
9 2 (1.69%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.85%) Law
10 1 (0.85%) Legal
10 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.63%) Middleware
2 7 (5.93%) REST
3 6 (5.08%) Lightning Web Components
4 5 (4.24%) JSON
4 5 (4.24%) Kafka
4 5 (4.24%) Node.js
4 5 (4.24%) React
4 5 (4.24%) Visualforce
5 4 (3.39%) Swagger
6 2 (1.69%) .NET
6 2 (1.69%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.69%) FHIR
6 2 (1.69%) Hugging Face
6 2 (1.69%) OAuth
6 2 (1.69%) OAuth2
6 2 (1.69%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (1.69%) SAML
6 2 (1.69%) SAP Basis
6 2 (1.69%) SOAP
7 1 (0.85%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.47%) Legacy Systems
1 10 (8.47%) Public Cloud
2 8 (6.78%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.24%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.24%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.24%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 4 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.39%) Grid Computing
5 3 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.54%) CMDB
6 2 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.69%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.69%) NHS
6 2 (1.69%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.69%) PKI
6 2 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.78%) Windows
2 6 (5.08%) Linux
3 5 (4.24%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.85%) Android
5 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.85%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (24.58%) Microservices
1 29 (24.58%) Roadmaps
2 28 (23.73%) Agile
3 26 (22.03%) CI/CD
4 22 (18.64%) Technical Architecture
5 19 (16.10%) Infrastructure as Code
5 19 (16.10%) Strategic Roadmap
6 17 (14.41%) Data Modelling
6 17 (14.41%) DevOps
7 16 (13.56%) Architectural Patterns
7 16 (13.56%) Technical Leadership
8 15 (12.71%) Integration Patterns
8 15 (12.71%) IT Strategy
8 15 (12.71%) Mentoring
8 15 (12.71%) Migration
9 14 (11.86%) Technology Strategy
10 13 (11.02%) AI
10 13 (11.02%) API Design
11 12 (10.17%) Architectural Design
11 12 (10.17%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 21 (17.80%) Java
2 11 (9.32%) Python
2 11 (9.32%) TypeScript
3 8 (6.78%) Kotlin
4 7 (5.93%) C#
5 6 (5.08%) Apex Code
6 5 (4.24%) SQL
7 3 (2.54%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.54%) SOQL
7 3 (2.54%) SOSL
8 2 (1.69%) Go
9 1 (0.85%) Bicep
9 1 (0.85%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.85%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.85%) Swift
9 1 (0.85%) VB
Qualifications
1 42 (35.59%) Security Cleared
2 33 (27.97%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.63%) DV Cleared
4 6 (5.08%) Degree
5 5 (4.24%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.54%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.54%) CCNP
7 2 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.69%) CCNA
8 1 (0.85%) CCIE
8 1 (0.85%) CCSE
8 1 (0.85%) CISSP
8 1 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.85%) JNCIE
8 1 (0.85%) JNCIP
8 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.85%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.85%) VCDX
8 1 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.54%) Data Quality
1 3 (2.54%) GDPR
1 3 (2.54%) QA
2 2 (1.69%) HIPAA
2 2 (1.69%) HL7
3 1 (0.85%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.85%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (0.85%) MiFID
3 1 (0.85%) NCSC
3 1 (0.85%) NIST
3 1 (0.85%) NIST 800
System Software
1 9 (7.63%) Docker
2 7 (5.93%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.69%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (20.34%) Terraform
2 19 (16.10%) Kubernetes
3 11 (9.32%) Grafana
3 11 (9.32%) Prometheus
4 7 (5.93%) Ansible
5 4 (3.39%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.85%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.85%) SCOM
7 1 (0.85%) VxRail
Vendors
1 16 (13.56%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.32%) Salesforce
3 8 (6.78%) Cisco
3 8 (6.78%) SAP
4 7 (5.93%) Databricks
4 7 (5.93%) Oracle
5 6 (5.08%) MuleSoft
6 5 (4.24%) ServiceNow
7 4 (3.39%) Fortinet
7 4 (3.39%) Google
7 4 (3.39%) VMware
8 3 (2.54%) Calypso
8 3 (2.54%) Hitachi
8 3 (2.54%) Murex
9 2 (1.69%) Adobe
9 2 (1.69%) Cerner
9 2 (1.69%) Dell
9 2 (1.69%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.69%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.85%) NVIDIA