Principal Architect Contract Job Trends in Tower Hamlets

Principal Architect
East London > Tower Hamlets

The median Principal Architect daily rate in Tower Hamlets is £775, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tower Hamlets 1.96% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East London median daily rate £775 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Tower Hamlets

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Tower Hamlets. 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 Tower Hamlets with a recognized job title 45 50 113
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.24% 90.91% 89.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 46 107
10th Percentile £414 £350 £432
25th Percentile £450 £453 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £558 £585
Median % change year-on-year -10.31% -4.70% +1.30%
75th Percentile £596 £597 £650
90th Percentile £702 £638 £770
East London median daily rate £495 £495 £540
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £15.13
25th Percentile - - £16.56
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year - +111.30% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East London median hourly rate £24.03 £28.60 £22.00
% change year-on-year -15.98% +30.00% -60.88%

Principal Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Tower Hamlets

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Principal Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets.

Principal Architect job vacancy trend in Tower Hamlets

Principal Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Tower Hamlets

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Principal Architect job vacancies in Tower Hamlets.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Principal Architect job vacancies in Tower Hamlets

Principal Architect
Contract Job Locations in Tower Hamlets

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Architect within the Tower Hamlets region over the 6 months to 18 March 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
Canary Wharf - 1 £775 -
Principal Architect
East London

Principal Architect Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tower Hamlets

For the 6 months to 18 March 2026, Principal 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 Tower Hamlets region featuring Principal Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence

Principal Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tower Hamlets 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC