Architect Contract Job Trends in West End of London

Architect
Central London > West End of London

The median Architect daily rate in West End of London is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 10 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 -6 +10
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1 8 14
As % of all contract jobs in West End of London 3.45% 10.39% 18.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.00% 12.50% 18.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 12
10th Percentile - £555 £620
25th Percentile - £566 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £584 £688
Median % change year-on-year +11.30% -15.12% +9.03%
75th Percentile - £602 £775
90th Percentile - £650 £892
Central London median daily rate £650 £665 £664
% change year-on-year -2.22% +0.15% -1.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West End of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West End of London. 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 West End of London with a recognized job title 25 64 75
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.21% 83.12% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 42 48
10th Percentile £425 £358 £178
25th Percentile £459 £450 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £524 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.40% +4.75% -7.41%
75th Percentile £750 £558 £638
90th Percentile £779 £687 £707
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £28.57 £29.24 -
25th Percentile £32.26 - -
Median hourly rate £38.78 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.79% +34.62% -
75th Percentile £45.65 £41.75 -
90th Percentile £49.56 £42.05 -
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% -2.78% -15.29%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

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

Architect job vacancy trend in West End of London

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in West End of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in West End of London

Architect
Contract Job Locations in West End of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the West End of London region over the 6 months to 22 November 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
Westminster - 1 £650 - 1
Architect
Central London

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London

For the 6 months to 22 November 2025, 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 West End of London region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CASP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) CSSLP
1 1 (100.00%) Data Encryption
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) SELinux
1 1 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Encryption
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CASP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) CSSLP
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SELinux