Test Architect Contracts in London

Test Architect
England > London

The median Test Architect daily rate in London is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 356 378 453
Rank change year-on-year +22 +75 +136
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Test Architect 6 11 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.045% 0.068% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.072% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 1
10th Percentile £414 £460 -
25th Percentile £566 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +29.41% -22.73%
75th Percentile £688 - £438
90th Percentile £755 £606 -
England median daily rate £503 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -8.55% +15.79% -13.64%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,434 15,280 21,755
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 93.99% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,373 10,574 15,936
10th Percentile £325 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 196 233
10th Percentile £17.05 £17.69 £18.23
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.29 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.87% -11.24% +9.84%
75th Percentile £50.25 £54.06 £64.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.56 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.63% +68.64%

Test Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Test Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Test Architect in London

Test Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Architect job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Architect job vacancies in London

Test Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Architect in London over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Architect in London

Test Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Architect job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Architect job vacancies in London

Test Architect
DemandTrendContract 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 Test Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London - 1 £750 -
Test Architect
England

Test Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 27 August 2025, Test Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Test Architect in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Data Management
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
1 3 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 3 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Test Management
2 2 (33.33%) Korn
2 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (16.67%) TDD
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) JUnit
3 1 (16.67%) Mainframe
3 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Selenium
3 1 (16.67%) Release Management
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Software Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Cucumber

Test Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Cucumber
1 1 (16.67%) JUnit
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
1 1 (16.67%) SpecFlow
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (16.67%) Mainframe
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (50.00%) Data Management
1 3 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 3 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) Test Management
2 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (16.67%) BDD
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Release Management
3 1 (16.67%) Software Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) TDD
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Korn
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
1 1 (16.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification