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 23 June 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 254 246
Rank change year-on-year +73 -8 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 742 318 419
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.46% 1.06% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.58% 1.15% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 203 313
10th Percentile £450 £450 £492
25th Percentile £513 £513 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £645
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.10% -4.44%
75th Percentile £725 £750 £775
90th Percentile £800 £838 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £620 £600 £700
% change year-on-year +3.33% -14.29% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £35.00 - -
25th Percentile £37.50 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £102.88 - -
90th Percentile £103.75 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £94.00 - -

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 46,904 27,610 40,551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 92.14% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,521 17,729 25,983
10th Percentile £325 £288 £281
25th Percentile £414 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.60% -1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,134 1,203 2,979
10th Percentile £15.38 £13.85 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.44 £16.37
Median hourly rate £43.25 £27.38 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.99% -27.00% -14.77%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -1.23%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +53 571 £600 - 103
UK excluding London +66 330 £620 +3.33% 93
London +16 246 £565 -9.60% 26
Work from Home -6 186 £600 -6.98% 62
South East +21 107 £643 +2.92% 21
North of England -38 78 £600 +9.09% 43
South West +6 56 £600 -5.88% 7
North West -19 46 £608 +5.74% 16
Midlands -17 40 £620 +7.83% 8
West Midlands -23 39 £620 +2.90% 7
Yorkshire -38 28 £545 +1.40% 8
East of England -8 25 £625 +108.33% 1
Wales -5 14 £600 +133.53% 5
Scotland -8 12 £635 +1.60% 3
North East -30 9 £800 +51.66% 19
Northern Ireland - 2 £475 - 6
East Midlands -17 1 £495 -10.00% 1

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

For the 6 months to 23 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.

1 367 (49.46%) Security Cleared
2 288 (38.81%) SC Cleared
3 232 (31.27%) AWS
4 185 (24.93%) Azure
5 142 (19.14%) Roadmaps
6 133 (17.92%) Technical Leadership
7 123 (16.58%) Microservices
8 120 (16.17%) Agile
9 119 (16.04%) CI/CD
10 112 (15.09%) DevOps
11 110 (14.82%) Technical Architecture
12 98 (13.21%) Architectural Patterns
13 96 (12.94%) Microsoft
14 90 (12.13%) Migration
15 75 (10.11%) DV Cleared
15 75 (10.11%) Integration Patterns
16 74 (9.97%) Infrastructure as Code
17 72 (9.70%) TOGAF
18 71 (9.57%) Enterprise Architecture
19 69 (9.30%) Java
19 69 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
20 64 (8.63%) Decision-Making
21 63 (8.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 59 (7.95%) AI
23 58 (7.82%) ServiceNow
24 56 (7.55%) Data Modelling
25 55 (7.41%) Python
26 53 (7.14%) Middleware
27 52 (7.01%) Containerisation
28 51 (6.87%) Serverless

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 (2.83%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.56%) Confluence
3 13 (1.75%) SAS
4 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.81%) CMS
5 6 (0.81%) Sitecore CMS
6 5 (0.67%) NetWeaver
6 5 (0.67%) nginx
6 5 (0.67%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.54%) Apache
7 4 (0.54%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.54%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.13%) Drupal
9 1 (0.13%) JBoss
9 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (0.54%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.13%) ArchiCAD
Business Applications
1 9 (1.21%) Oracle EBS
1 9 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.67%) SAP CRM
3 4 (0.54%) Infor CloudSuite
3 4 (0.54%) Infor LN
3 4 (0.54%) Infor M3
3 4 (0.54%) Magento
4 3 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.40%) SAP EWM
4 3 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.13%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 232 (31.27%) AWS
2 185 (24.93%) Azure
3 51 (6.87%) Serverless
4 37 (4.99%) GitHub
5 36 (4.85%) GCP
6 31 (4.18%) Power Platform
7 27 (3.64%) PaaS
8 26 (3.50%) Amazon EKS
8 26 (3.50%) AWS Lambda
9 24 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 21 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
11 20 (2.70%) Entra ID
12 19 (2.56%) SaaS
13 18 (2.43%) Amazon S3
13 18 (2.43%) IaaS
13 18 (2.43%) Route 53
14 13 (1.75%) Amazon EC2
14 13 (1.75%) Azure AKS
14 13 (1.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 12 (1.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 49 (6.60%) Firewall
2 36 (4.85%) VPN
3 25 (3.37%) DNS
4 23 (3.10%) WAN
5 19 (2.56%) LAN
6 14 (1.89%) Network Security
6 14 (1.89%) VLAN
7 13 (1.75%) DHCP
8 12 (1.62%) Structured Cabling
9 11 (1.48%) Wireless
10 9 (1.21%) Cisco IOS
10 9 (1.21%) NAS
10 9 (1.21%) NX-OS
10 9 (1.21%) SAN
11 8 (1.08%) TCP/IP
12 6 (0.81%) 3GPP
12 6 (0.81%) IPsec
12 6 (0.81%) VSAN
12 6 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.67%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.43%) Power BI
2 16 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (1.75%) NoSQL
4 11 (1.48%) Data Lake
4 11 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (1.35%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (1.21%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.08%) Amazon Aurora
8 6 (0.81%) Redis
8 6 (0.81%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 6 (0.81%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 5 (0.67%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (0.67%) Big Data
9 5 (0.67%) MySQL
10 4 (0.54%) Metadata
10 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.54%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 17 (2.29%) Git
2 13 (1.75%) JIRA
3 12 (1.62%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.67%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.67%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.27%) GitLab
6 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.13%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.13%) Maven
6 1 (0.13%) MSI
6 1 (0.13%) Postman
6 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
General
1 165 (22.24%) Public Sector
2 151 (20.35%) Social Skills
3 41 (5.53%) Finance
4 29 (3.91%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
6 24 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (1.48%) Military
7 11 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (1.35%) Financial Institution
8 10 (1.35%) Legal
9 9 (1.21%) Banking
10 5 (0.67%) Police
11 4 (0.54%) Aerospace
11 4 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.54%) Marketing
11 4 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.40%) Law
12 3 (0.40%) Retail
13 2 (0.27%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (7.14%) Middleware
2 36 (4.85%) REST
3 28 (3.77%) OpenID
4 27 (3.64%) .NET
5 26 (3.50%) OAuth
6 24 (3.23%) SOAP
7 21 (2.83%) SAML
8 18 (2.43%) Node.js
9 15 (2.02%) OAuth2
9 15 (2.02%) RESTful
10 13 (1.75%) Kafka
11 11 (1.48%) LDAP
11 11 (1.48%) SAP PI
11 11 (1.48%) Web Services
12 10 (1.35%) GraphQL
13 9 (1.21%) PySpark
13 9 (1.21%) React
14 8 (1.08%) AWS CDK
14 8 (1.08%) Lightning Web Components
15 7 (0.94%) Apollo GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 79 (10.65%) Cloud Native
2 50 (6.74%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (5.12%) Data Centre
4 32 (4.31%) Management Information System
5 22 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (2.70%) Product Ownership
6 20 (2.70%) Public Cloud
7 18 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.75%) Onboarding
10 12 (1.62%) CMDB
11 10 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.21%) Enterprise Cloud
13 8 (1.08%) IoT
14 7 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (0.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 7 (0.94%) Operational Technology
14 7 (0.94%) Private Cloud
15 6 (0.81%) FMCG
16 5 (0.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.37%) Windows
2 24 (3.23%) Linux
3 11 (1.48%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.54%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.54%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.27%) VMS
6 1 (0.13%) Android
6 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.13%) CatOS
6 1 (0.13%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Solaris
6 1 (0.13%) Unix
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (19.14%) Roadmaps
2 133 (17.92%) Technical Leadership
3 123 (16.58%) Microservices
4 120 (16.17%) Agile
5 119 (16.04%) CI/CD
6 112 (15.09%) DevOps
7 110 (14.82%) Technical Architecture
8 98 (13.21%) Architectural Patterns
9 90 (12.13%) Migration
10 75 (10.11%) Integration Patterns
11 74 (9.97%) Infrastructure as Code
12 72 (9.70%) TOGAF
13 71 (9.57%) Enterprise Architecture
14 69 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
15 64 (8.63%) Decision-Making
16 63 (8.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 59 (7.95%) AI
18 56 (7.55%) Data Modelling
19 52 (7.01%) Containerisation
20 48 (6.47%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 69 (9.30%) Java
2 55 (7.41%) Python
3 32 (4.31%) SQL
4 28 (3.77%) JavaScript
5 20 (2.70%) PowerShell
6 17 (2.29%) Ruby
7 16 (2.16%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.48%) Bicep
9 9 (1.21%) C#
10 8 (1.08%) Apex Code
11 7 (0.94%) ABAP
12 5 (0.67%) Bash
13 4 (0.54%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.54%) PHP
13 4 (0.54%) VB
13 4 (0.54%) VBScript
14 2 (0.27%) SOQL
15 1 (0.13%) Scala
15 1 (0.13%) Swift
15 1 (0.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 367 (49.46%) Security Cleared
2 288 (38.81%) SC Cleared
3 75 (10.11%) DV Cleared
4 27 (3.64%) AWS Certification
5 25 (3.37%) Degree
6 23 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (2.29%) CCNP
7 17 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.89%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
11 10 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (1.08%) CCNA
12 8 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
12 8 (1.08%) Server+ Certification
13 5 (0.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 5 (0.67%) CISSP
13 5 (0.67%) OSCP
13 5 (0.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.18%) NCSC
2 27 (3.64%) NIST
3 20 (2.70%) GDPR
4 11 (1.48%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.21%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.94%) GRC
7 6 (0.81%) QA
8 5 (0.67%) WCAG
9 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.40%) 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 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.13%) COBIT
12 1 (0.13%) HL7
System Software
1 27 (3.64%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.16%) Docker
4 15 (2.02%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.81%) Oracle RAC
6 5 (0.67%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.67%) Squid
7 4 (0.54%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.54%) RACF
7 4 (0.54%) Varnish
7 4 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 47 (6.33%) Terraform
2 42 (5.66%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.02%) Grafana
4 14 (1.89%) Prometheus
5 13 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (1.48%) Ansible
7 8 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.67%) Consul
8 5 (0.67%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.67%) SCCM
9 2 (0.27%) Argo
9 2 (0.27%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.13%) Istio
10 1 (0.13%) linkerd
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.13%) vRealize
10 1 (0.13%) VxRail
Vendors
1 96 (12.94%) Microsoft
2 58 (7.82%) ServiceNow
3 38 (5.12%) Salesforce
4 32 (4.31%) VMware
5 31 (4.18%) Oracle
6 26 (3.50%) SAP
7 17 (2.29%) Cisco
7 17 (2.29%) Databricks
8 12 (1.62%) MuleSoft
9 10 (1.35%) Ariba
10 8 (1.08%) Google
10 8 (1.08%) Palo Alto
11 7 (0.94%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.94%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.94%) Zscaler
12 6 (0.81%) Adobe
12 6 (0.81%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.81%) Sitecore
13 5 (0.67%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.67%) Infor