Technical Architect Contract Job Trends

Technical Architect
UK

The median Technical Architect daily rate in the UK is £585, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 254 212
Rank change year-on-year -23 -42 +81
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 309 352 589
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.93% 0.94% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 1.01% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 234 436
10th Percentile £425 £450 £500
25th Percentile £513 £508 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% -3.85% +1.96%
75th Percentile £702 £738 £741
90th Percentile £761 £788 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £565 £623
% change year-on-year -0.40% -9.39% +1.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £78.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 30,128 34,701 45,271
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.88% 92.90% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,009 20,914 30,950
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,674 1,398 1,545
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.02 £14.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.16 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.38% -10.75% +68.35%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.42 £40.33 £44.50
% change year-on-year -39.44% -9.38% +97.78%

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 19 October 2025.

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
Top 16 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 19 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
England -24 250 £575 -3.77% 168
UK excluding London -33 133 £563 -0.40% 141
London -4 122 £638 +2.00% 65
Work from Home -21 102 £643 -1.15% 103
North of England -3 57 £548 +9.50% 28
North West -1 35 £538 +7.50% 20
Yorkshire -9 21 £550 -3.00% 7
East of England -4 18 £553 -0.45% 10
Scotland -2 15 £723 -5.25% 10
South West -9 14 £675 +8.00% 15
Midlands -31 14 £515 -9.17% 9
West Midlands -25 13 £525 -6.96% 5
South East -10 12 £688 +32.21% 59
Wales +1 3 £625 +2.46% 9
North East -2 1 - - 1
East Midlands -12 1 £450 -21.74% 4

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 107 (34.63%) AWS
2 104 (33.66%) Security Cleared
3 101 (32.69%) Azure
4 77 (24.92%) SC Cleared
5 76 (24.60%) CI/CD
6 75 (24.27%) Roadmaps
7 63 (20.39%) Terraform
8 60 (19.42%) Agile
9 58 (18.77%) Technical Leadership
10 55 (17.80%) Microservices
11 54 (17.48%) Kubernetes
12 51 (16.50%) Migration
13 47 (15.21%) Java
14 44 (14.24%) Infrastructure as Code
15 43 (13.92%) Technical Architecture
16 42 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
17 38 (12.30%) Mentoring
17 38 (12.30%) Microsoft
18 37 (11.97%) DevOps
19 35 (11.33%) Containerisation
19 35 (11.33%) GitHub
19 35 (11.33%) IT Strategy
19 35 (11.33%) Stakeholder Management
20 34 (11.00%) Strategic Roadmap
21 33 (10.68%) Python
21 33 (10.68%) TOGAF
22 31 (10.03%) Architectural Patterns
22 31 (10.03%) Docker
22 31 (10.03%) Integration Patterns
23 30 (9.71%) AI

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 12 (3.88%) WebLogic
2 4 (1.29%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.65%) Apache Solr
4 2 (0.65%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.65%) SAS
5 1 (0.32%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.32%) Appian
5 1 (0.32%) Camunda
5 1 (0.32%) CMS
5 1 (0.32%) Confluence
5 1 (0.32%) Mule
5 1 (0.32%) Mule ESB
5 1 (0.32%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.32%) SAP EP
Applications
1 10 (3.24%) MS Visio
2 9 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.32%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
1 5 (1.62%) Workday HCM
2 4 (1.29%) Endur
2 4 (1.29%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.29%) SAP HR
2 4 (1.29%) SAP PM
3 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.65%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.65%) Summit
4 1 (0.32%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.32%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.32%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.32%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.32%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 107 (34.63%) AWS
2 101 (32.69%) Azure
3 35 (11.33%) GitHub
4 28 (9.06%) GCP
5 25 (8.09%) GitHub Actions
6 24 (7.77%) Serverless
7 15 (4.85%) AWS Lambda
7 15 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (4.85%) Power Platform
8 14 (4.53%) Entra ID
9 9 (2.91%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (2.91%) Amazon ECS
9 9 (2.91%) Amazon SQS
10 7 (2.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (2.27%) Amazon EventBridge
10 7 (2.27%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (2.27%) AWS Fargate
10 7 (2.27%) Route 53
10 7 (2.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.47%) Firewall
2 14 (4.53%) WAN
3 13 (4.21%) LAN
4 11 (3.56%) SAN
5 8 (2.59%) VPN
6 7 (2.27%) Network Security
7 6 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.62%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.97%) BGP
9 3 (0.97%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (0.97%) NetScaler
10 2 (0.65%) DHCP
10 2 (0.65%) DNS
10 2 (0.65%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.65%) VSAN
11 1 (0.32%) Ethernet VPN
11 1 (0.32%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 1 (0.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 1 (0.32%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (0.32%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.50%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.53%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (4.21%) NoSQL
4 11 (3.56%) Oracle Database
5 10 (3.24%) Metadata
5 10 (3.24%) MongoDB
6 9 (2.91%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (2.91%) DynamoDB
7 8 (2.59%) MySQL
7 8 (2.59%) Power BI
8 7 (2.27%) Data Lake
8 7 (2.27%) Redis
9 6 (1.94%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (1.62%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.62%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.62%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.97%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 23 (7.44%) CircleCI
2 16 (5.18%) Jenkins
3 15 (4.85%) Git
4 11 (3.56%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (2.59%) JIRA
6 6 (1.94%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.62%) Gradle
7 5 (1.62%) Maven
7 5 (1.62%) SonarLint
8 4 (1.29%) GitLab
9 3 (0.97%) Hudson
10 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.32%) Postman
10 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.32%) WebStorm
General
1 89 (28.80%) Social Skills
2 67 (21.68%) Public Sector
3 42 (13.59%) Finance
4 20 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.53%) Banking
6 9 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (2.59%) Marketing
7 8 (2.59%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.27%) Legal
8 7 (2.27%) Military
9 6 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.62%) Back Office
10 5 (1.62%) Billing
10 5 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.29%) Aviation
12 3 (0.97%) Automotive
12 3 (0.97%) Electronics
12 3 (0.97%) Law
12 3 (0.97%) Local Government
12 3 (0.97%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.12%) Middleware
2 20 (6.47%) RESTful
3 14 (4.53%) .NET
3 14 (4.53%) GraphQL
4 13 (4.21%) REST
4 13 (4.21%) Spring Boot
5 12 (3.88%) Kafka
5 12 (3.88%) Node.js
6 11 (3.56%) Lightning Web Components
7 9 (2.91%) Celery
7 9 (2.91%) React
7 9 (2.91%) Visualforce
8 8 (2.59%) J2EE
8 8 (2.59%) SOAP
9 7 (2.27%) JSON
9 7 (2.27%) JWT
10 6 (1.94%) Dropwizard
10 6 (1.94%) FHIR
10 6 (1.94%) Micronaut
10 6 (1.94%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.71%) Product Ownership
2 25 (8.09%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (5.83%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.50%) Cloud Native
5 14 (4.53%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.91%) NHS
7 8 (2.59%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.94%) N-Tier
9 5 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.62%) PKI
9 5 (1.62%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.29%) Grid Computing
10 4 (1.29%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.97%) CMDB
11 3 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.80%) Windows
2 16 (5.18%) Linux
3 6 (1.94%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.32%) Android
5 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (24.60%) CI/CD
2 75 (24.27%) Roadmaps
3 60 (19.42%) Agile
4 58 (18.77%) Technical Leadership
5 55 (17.80%) Microservices
6 51 (16.50%) Migration
7 44 (14.24%) Infrastructure as Code
8 43 (13.92%) Technical Architecture
9 42 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (12.30%) Mentoring
11 37 (11.97%) DevOps
12 35 (11.33%) Containerisation
12 35 (11.33%) IT Strategy
12 35 (11.33%) Stakeholder Management
13 34 (11.00%) Strategic Roadmap
14 33 (10.68%) TOGAF
15 31 (10.03%) Architectural Patterns
15 31 (10.03%) Integration Patterns
16 30 (9.71%) AI
16 30 (9.71%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 47 (15.21%) Java
2 33 (10.68%) Python
3 27 (8.74%) TypeScript
4 14 (4.53%) C#
5 12 (3.88%) Apex Code
5 12 (3.88%) Kotlin
5 12 (3.88%) SQL
6 8 (2.59%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.62%) Bicep
8 4 (1.29%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.97%) Ruby
9 3 (0.97%) SOQL
9 3 (0.97%) SOSL
10 2 (0.65%) Go
11 1 (0.32%) ABAP
11 1 (0.32%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.32%) Swift
11 1 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 104 (33.66%) Security Cleared
2 77 (24.92%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.15%) DV Cleared
4 11 (3.56%) Degree
5 8 (2.59%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.97%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.97%) CCNP
7 3 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (0.97%) VCAP
8 2 (0.65%) CCNA
8 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.32%) CCIE
9 1 (0.32%) CCSE
9 1 (0.32%) CISSP
9 1 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.32%) JNCIE
9 1 (0.32%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.27%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.94%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.29%) GDPR
3 4 (1.29%) HL7
3 4 (1.29%) NCSC
4 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.97%) QA
5 2 (0.65%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.65%) NIST
6 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.32%) MiFID
6 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (10.03%) Docker
2 17 (5.50%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.29%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.65%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 63 (20.39%) Terraform
2 54 (17.48%) Kubernetes
3 25 (8.09%) Grafana
3 25 (8.09%) Prometheus
4 7 (2.27%) Ansible
5 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.65%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.65%) SCOM
8 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.32%) VxRail
Vendors
1 38 (12.30%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.44%) Salesforce
3 22 (7.12%) Oracle
4 21 (6.80%) SAP
5 14 (4.53%) MuleSoft
6 12 (3.88%) Databricks
7 11 (3.56%) VMware
7 11 (3.56%) Workday
8 9 (2.91%) Cisco
8 9 (2.91%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.27%) Citrix
10 6 (1.94%) Gigya
10 6 (1.94%) Google
11 5 (1.62%) Dell
11 5 (1.62%) OpenAI
12 4 (1.29%) Fortinet
13 3 (0.97%) Ariba
13 3 (0.97%) Capita
13 3 (0.97%) Hitachi
13 3 (0.97%) Murex