Junior Architect Contract Job Trends

Junior Architect
UK

The median Junior Architect daily rate in the UK is £492, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026.

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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 616 496 -
Rank change year-on-year -120 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Architect 17 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.036% 0.020% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.022% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 0
10th Percentile £445 £300 -
25th Percentile £483 £364 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £419 -
Median % change year-on-year +17.49% - -
75th Percentile £504 £456 -
90th Percentile £651 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £419 -
% change year-on-year +17.49% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 43,991 27,101 40,252
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 92.53% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,021 17,685 26,221
10th Percentile £316 £300 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +3.58% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,853 1,051 2,676
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.69 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.66% -20.55% -18.89%
75th Percentile £66.50 £62.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +60.71% -30.00% -5.11%

Junior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Junior Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Junior Architect
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Architect job vacancies in the UK

Junior Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior Architect over the 6 months to 7 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Junior Architect in the UK

Junior Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior Architect job vacancies in the UK

Junior Architect
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 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
England -102 12 £491 +12.23% 1
London -53 11 £490 -
Work from Home -35 1 £400 -4.48%
UK excluding London -106 1 £492 +17.49% 1
North of England - 1 £492 - 1
North West - 1 £492 - 1

Junior Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2026, Junior 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 featuring Junior Architect in the job title.

1 8 (47.06%) Java
1 8 (47.06%) SC Cleared
1 8 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 7 (41.18%) AWS
3 6 (35.29%) Agile
3 6 (35.29%) Microservices
3 6 (35.29%) Migration
4 5 (29.41%) Azure
4 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
5 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (23.53%) DevOps
5 4 (23.53%) Kubernetes
5 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
5 4 (23.53%) Software Engineering
6 3 (17.65%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (17.65%) Azure AKS
6 3 (17.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 3 (17.65%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (17.65%) Data Engineering
6 3 (17.65%) Data Governance
6 3 (17.65%) Data Migration
6 3 (17.65%) Data Protection
6 3 (17.65%) DevSecOps
6 3 (17.65%) Git
6 3 (17.65%) GitHub
6 3 (17.65%) NoSQL
6 3 (17.65%) Observability
6 3 (17.65%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (17.65%) Software Architecture

Junior Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) AWS
2 5 (29.41%) Azure
3 3 (17.65%) Azure AKS
3 3 (17.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 3 (17.65%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (17.65%) GitHub
4 1 (5.88%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Git
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Banking
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Retail
3 1 (5.88%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) Spring
2 1 (5.88%) FHIR
2 1 (5.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Cloud Native
2 3 (17.65%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (17.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (11.76%) Private Cloud
4 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (5.88%) NHS
4 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
4 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) AIX
1 2 (11.76%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Agile
1 6 (35.29%) Microservices
1 6 (35.29%) Migration
2 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
3 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (23.53%) DevOps
3 4 (23.53%) Software Engineering
4 3 (17.65%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (17.65%) Data Engineering
4 3 (17.65%) Data Governance
4 3 (17.65%) Data Migration
4 3 (17.65%) Data Protection
4 3 (17.65%) DevSecOps
4 3 (17.65%) Observability
4 3 (17.65%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (17.65%) Software Architecture
4 3 (17.65%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (11.76%) Impact Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) Java
2 3 (17.65%) SQL
3 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) SC Cleared
1 8 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.88%) HL7
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.88%) Ansible
2 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft