Technical Architect Contract Job Trends

Technical Architect
UK

The median Technical Architect daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 248 245
Rank change year-on-year +68 -3 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 728 322 417
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.45% 1.08% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.57% 1.18% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 206 314
10th Percentile £450 £450 £488
25th Percentile £513 £513 £552
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £626 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.15% -3.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £725 £754 £775
90th Percentile £800 £838 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £615 £600 £700
% change year-on-year +2.50% -14.29% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £35.00 - -
25th Percentile £36.25 - -
Median hourly rate £93.75 - -
75th Percentile £103.06 - -
90th Percentile £104.20 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.50 - -

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 46,477 27,381 40,501
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 92.25% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,258 17,617 25,961
10th Percentile £325 £289 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £624 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,104 1,172 2,957
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.87 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.86 £17.75 £16.37
Median hourly rate £43.61 £27.45 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.85% -26.80% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -1.45%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Technical Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Architect in the UK

Technical Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Technical Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Architect over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Architect in the UK

Technical Architect
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 17 June 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 +51 562 £600 -0.12% 178
UK excluding London +58 322 £615 +2.50% 165
London +23 245 £572 -7.52% 47
Work from Home -34 175 £600 -7.69% 108
South East +18 106 £640 +2.44% 31
North of England -30 75 £600 +9.09% 66
South West +5 52 £600 -11.11% 12
North West -19 44 £608 +5.74% 26
Midlands -27 37 £620 +2.90% 17
West Midlands -24 36 £620 -1.59% 12
East of England -5 29 £625 +108.33% 8
Yorkshire -38 27 £545 +3.81% 18
Wales -3 13 £600 +133.53% 7
Scotland -5 12 £635 +1.60% 13
North East -27 9 £800 +51.66% 22
Northern Ireland - 2 £475 - 12
East Midlands -20 1 £495 -10.00% 5

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

For the 6 months to 17 June 2026, 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 featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 357 (49.04%) Security Cleared
2 280 (38.46%) SC Cleared
3 223 (30.63%) AWS
4 178 (24.45%) Azure
5 139 (19.09%) Roadmaps
6 127 (17.45%) Technical Leadership
7 121 (16.62%) Microservices
8 120 (16.48%) Agile
9 118 (16.21%) CI/CD
10 107 (14.70%) DevOps
11 103 (14.15%) Technical Architecture
12 98 (13.46%) Architectural Patterns
13 95 (13.05%) Microsoft
14 87 (11.95%) Migration
15 73 (10.03%) DV Cleared
15 73 (10.03%) Infrastructure as Code
16 69 (9.48%) Enterprise Architecture
16 69 (9.48%) TOGAF
17 68 (9.34%) Integration Patterns
17 68 (9.34%) Java
18 63 (8.65%) Stakeholder Management
19 62 (8.52%) Decision-Making
20 59 (8.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 57 (7.83%) ServiceNow
22 56 (7.69%) Data Modelling
23 55 (7.55%) AI
23 55 (7.55%) Python
24 52 (7.14%) Containerisation
25 51 (7.01%) Serverless
26 48 (6.59%) Middleware

Technical 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.34%) Confluence
3 12 (1.65%) SAS
4 7 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.82%) CMS
5 6 (0.82%) Sitecore CMS
6 5 (0.69%) NetWeaver
6 5 (0.69%) nginx
6 5 (0.69%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.55%) Apache
7 4 (0.55%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.55%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.14%) Drupal
9 1 (0.14%) JBoss
9 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (0.55%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.14%) ArchiCAD
Business Applications
1 9 (1.24%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.69%) SAP CRM
4 4 (0.55%) Infor CloudSuite
4 4 (0.55%) Infor LN
4 4 (0.55%) Infor M3
4 4 (0.55%) Magento
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.41%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.14%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 223 (30.63%) AWS
2 178 (24.45%) Azure
3 51 (7.01%) Serverless
4 36 (4.95%) GitHub
5 32 (4.40%) GCP
6 31 (4.26%) Power Platform
7 28 (3.85%) PaaS
8 25 (3.43%) AWS Lambda
9 23 (3.16%) Amazon EKS
10 22 (3.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 20 (2.75%) Entra ID
11 20 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
11 20 (2.75%) SaaS
12 19 (2.61%) IaaS
13 18 (2.47%) Route 53
14 15 (2.06%) Amazon S3
15 13 (1.79%) Azure AKS
16 12 (1.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 12 (1.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 11 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 46 (6.32%) Firewall
2 33 (4.53%) VPN
3 24 (3.30%) DNS
4 22 (3.02%) WAN
5 18 (2.47%) LAN
6 14 (1.92%) Network Security
7 13 (1.79%) DHCP
7 13 (1.79%) VLAN
8 12 (1.65%) Structured Cabling
9 11 (1.51%) Wireless
10 9 (1.24%) Cisco IOS
10 9 (1.24%) NAS
10 9 (1.24%) NX-OS
10 9 (1.24%) SAN
11 7 (0.96%) TCP/IP
12 6 (0.82%) 3GPP
12 6 (0.82%) IPsec
12 6 (0.82%) SSL
12 6 (0.82%) VSAN
12 6 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.47%) Power BI
2 15 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (1.79%) NoSQL
4 11 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.37%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (1.24%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.10%) Amazon Aurora
7 8 (1.10%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.82%) Redis
8 6 (0.82%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 6 (0.82%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 5 (0.69%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (0.69%) Big Data
9 5 (0.69%) MySQL
10 4 (0.55%) Metadata
10 4 (0.55%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 17 (2.34%) Git
2 11 (1.51%) Jenkins
2 11 (1.51%) JIRA
3 5 (0.69%) Bitbucket
3 5 (0.69%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.27%) GitLab
5 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.14%) Maven
5 1 (0.14%) MSI
5 1 (0.14%) Postman
5 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
General
1 159 (21.84%) Public Sector
2 144 (19.78%) Social Skills
3 39 (5.36%) Finance
4 29 (3.98%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (3.71%) Influencing Skills
6 24 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (1.37%) Financial Institution
8 10 (1.37%) Legal
8 10 (1.37%) Military
9 9 (1.24%) Banking
10 5 (0.69%) Police
11 4 (0.55%) Aerospace
11 4 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (0.55%) Marketing
12 3 (0.41%) Law
12 3 (0.41%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.27%) Billing
13 2 (0.27%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (6.59%) Middleware
2 33 (4.53%) REST
3 29 (3.98%) OpenID
4 27 (3.71%) .NET
4 27 (3.71%) OAuth
5 22 (3.02%) SAML
6 21 (2.88%) SOAP
7 18 (2.47%) Node.js
8 16 (2.20%) OAuth2
9 15 (2.06%) RESTful
10 12 (1.65%) Kafka
10 12 (1.65%) Web Services
11 11 (1.51%) LDAP
12 10 (1.37%) GraphQL
13 9 (1.24%) React
13 9 (1.24%) SAP PI
14 8 (1.10%) AWS CDK
14 8 (1.10%) Lightning Web Components
14 8 (1.10%) PySpark
15 7 (0.96%) Apollo GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.44%) Cloud Native
2 51 (7.01%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (4.81%) Data Centre
4 31 (4.26%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (2.75%) Public Cloud
7 17 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
7 17 (2.34%) Product Ownership
8 15 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (1.65%) Onboarding
10 11 (1.51%) CMDB
11 10 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
13 8 (1.10%) IoT
13 8 (1.10%) Operational Technology
14 7 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (0.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 6 (0.82%) Private Cloud
16 5 (0.69%) FMCG
16 5 (0.69%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.43%) Windows
2 24 (3.30%) Linux
3 11 (1.51%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.55%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.55%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.27%) VMS
6 1 (0.14%) Android
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.14%) CatOS
6 1 (0.14%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Solaris
6 1 (0.14%) Unix
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (19.09%) Roadmaps
2 127 (17.45%) Technical Leadership
3 121 (16.62%) Microservices
4 120 (16.48%) Agile
5 118 (16.21%) CI/CD
6 107 (14.70%) DevOps
7 103 (14.15%) Technical Architecture
8 98 (13.46%) Architectural Patterns
9 87 (11.95%) Migration
10 73 (10.03%) Infrastructure as Code
11 69 (9.48%) Enterprise Architecture
11 69 (9.48%) TOGAF
12 68 (9.34%) Integration Patterns
13 63 (8.65%) Stakeholder Management
14 62 (8.52%) Decision-Making
15 59 (8.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 56 (7.69%) Data Modelling
17 55 (7.55%) AI
18 52 (7.14%) Containerisation
19 46 (6.32%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 68 (9.34%) Java
2 55 (7.55%) Python
3 33 (4.53%) SQL
4 27 (3.71%) JavaScript
5 20 (2.75%) PowerShell
6 18 (2.47%) Ruby
7 16 (2.20%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.51%) Bicep
9 9 (1.24%) C#
10 8 (1.10%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.69%) ABAP
11 5 (0.69%) Bash
12 4 (0.55%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.55%) PHP
12 4 (0.55%) VB
12 4 (0.55%) VBScript
13 2 (0.27%) SOQL
14 1 (0.14%) Go
14 1 (0.14%) R
14 1 (0.14%) Swift
Qualifications
1 357 (49.04%) Security Cleared
2 280 (38.46%) SC Cleared
3 73 (10.03%) DV Cleared
4 26 (3.57%) AWS Certification
5 24 (3.30%) Degree
6 23 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (2.20%) CCNP
7 16 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.79%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.65%) TOGAF Certification
11 9 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.10%) CCNA
12 8 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
12 8 (1.10%) Server+ Certification
13 7 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (0.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 5 (0.69%) CISA
14 5 (0.69%) OSCP
14 5 (0.69%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.12%) NCSC
2 26 (3.57%) NIST
3 20 (2.75%) GDPR
4 11 (1.51%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.10%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.96%) GRC
7 7 (0.96%) QA
8 5 (0.69%) WCAG
9 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.41%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.27%) GxP
11 2 (0.27%) IFRS
11 2 (0.27%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.14%) COBIT
12 1 (0.14%) HL7
System Software
1 27 (3.71%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.20%) Docker
4 14 (1.92%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.82%) Oracle RAC
6 5 (0.69%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.69%) RACF
6 5 (0.69%) Squid
7 4 (0.55%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.55%) Varnish
7 4 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (6.32%) Terraform
2 41 (5.63%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.06%) Grafana
4 14 (1.92%) Prometheus
4 14 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (1.51%) Ansible
6 8 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.69%) Consul
7 5 (0.69%) FortiGate
7 5 (0.69%) SCCM
8 2 (0.27%) Argo
8 2 (0.27%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.14%) Istio
9 1 (0.14%) linkerd
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle ZFS
9 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.14%) vRealize
9 1 (0.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 95 (13.05%) Microsoft
2 57 (7.83%) ServiceNow
3 37 (5.08%) Salesforce
4 32 (4.40%) VMware
5 31 (4.26%) Oracle
6 24 (3.30%) SAP
7 17 (2.34%) Databricks
8 16 (2.20%) Cisco
9 13 (1.79%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.37%) Ariba
11 7 (0.96%) Palo Alto
11 7 (0.96%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.96%) Zscaler
12 6 (0.82%) Adobe
12 6 (0.82%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.82%) Google
12 6 (0.82%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.82%) Sitecore
13 5 (0.69%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.69%) Infor