Architect Contract Job Trends in Westminster

Architect
City of Westminster > Westminster

The median Architect daily rate in Westminster 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 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Westminster 7.14% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
City of Westminster median daily rate £550 £525 £875
% change year-on-year +4.76% -40.00% -16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Westminster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Westminster. 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 Westminster with a recognized job title 12 14 10
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.71% 87.50% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 9
10th Percentile £450 £363 £163
25th Percentile £463 £444 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £185
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +183.78% -64.76%
75th Percentile £650 £558 £195
90th Percentile £792 £788 £415
City of Westminster median daily rate £510 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -2.86% -12.50% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £26.11 - £26.00
City of Westminster median hourly rate £19.00 - £26.00

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Westminster

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Westminster

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Westminster.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Westminster

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Westminster

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 Westminster 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 Westminster 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