Architect Contracts in Central London

Architect
London > Central London

The median Architect daily rate in Central London is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 14 16
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 221 365 375
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 9.24% 9.89% 8.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.68% 10.40% 8.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 208 269
10th Percentile £513 £535 £513
25th Percentile £563 £606 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £635
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +6.30% +5.83%
75th Percentile £775 £775 £738
90th Percentile £875 £868 £800
London median daily rate £661 £700 £663
% change year-on-year -5.54% +5.66% +10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
London median hourly rate £57.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -12.31% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,284 3,510 4,244
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 95.12% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,605 2,388 3,219
10th Percentile £340 £325 £356
25th Percentile £438 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £675
90th Percentile £788 £804 £775
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 23 49
10th Percentile £20.07 £15.50 £15.38
25th Percentile £21.44 £18.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £27.41 £35.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.70% -11.39% +122.69%
75th Percentile £28.98 £61.25 £51.75
90th Percentile £41.88 £87.64 £62.50
London median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +8.63%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Central London

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Architect in Central London

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Central London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Central London

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Central London

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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
City of London -1 205 £657 -2.67% 49
West End of London 0 5 £550 -9.28% 5
City of Westminster -2 2 £700 +18.44% 1
Camden - 1 £550 - 5
Architect
London

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 72 (32.58%) Finance
1 72 (32.58%) Azure
2 52 (23.53%) Microsoft
3 46 (20.81%) Social Skills
4 32 (14.48%) Agile
4 32 (14.48%) Banking
4 32 (14.48%) AWS
5 31 (14.03%) Roadmaps
6 23 (10.41%) Security Cleared
6 23 (10.41%) Python
6 23 (10.41%) Analytics
6 23 (10.41%) DevOps
7 22 (9.95%) SC Cleared
8 21 (9.50%) PowerShell
8 21 (9.50%) Degree
8 21 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (9.05%) CI/CD
10 19 (8.60%) Migration
11 18 (8.14%) Data Modelling
11 18 (8.14%) Computer Science
11 18 (8.14%) Power Platform
12 17 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
12 17 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
12 17 (7.69%) Active Directory
13 16 (7.24%) Computer Science Degree
14 15 (6.79%) Public Sector
14 15 (6.79%) Stakeholder Management
15 14 (6.33%) SharePoint
15 14 (6.33%) Enterprise Architecture
15 14 (6.33%) Security Architecture

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.33%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.36%) Confluence
4 2 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.90%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.90%) CMS
5 1 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.45%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (1.36%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.45%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.45%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.45%) Primavera
3 1 (0.45%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 72 (32.58%) Azure
2 32 (14.48%) AWS
3 21 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (8.14%) Power Platform
5 12 (5.43%) Entra ID
5 12 (5.43%) GCP
6 11 (4.98%) Power Automate
7 9 (4.07%) PowerApps
8 7 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (3.17%) IaaS
8 7 (3.17%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (3.17%) PaaS
8 7 (3.17%) WhatsApp
9 6 (2.71%) Azure Key Vault
9 6 (2.71%) Serverless
10 5 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.26%) OneDrive
10 5 (2.26%) SaaS
11 3 (1.36%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.36%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.98%) Firewall
2 5 (2.26%) SD-WAN
2 5 (2.26%) WAN
3 4 (1.81%) LAN
3 4 (1.81%) NetScaler
3 4 (1.81%) Network Security
3 4 (1.81%) VoIP
4 3 (1.36%) WLAN
5 2 (0.90%) CTI
5 2 (0.90%) DNS
5 2 (0.90%) MPLS
5 2 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.45%) Internet
6 1 (0.45%) Intranet
6 1 (0.45%) Multicast
6 1 (0.45%) NX-OS
6 1 (0.45%) VPN
6 1 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.43%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (3.62%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.17%) Metadata
3 7 (3.17%) Power BI
4 6 (2.71%) Data Vault
5 4 (1.81%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.36%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.36%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.90%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.90%) Big Data
7 2 (0.90%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.90%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.90%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.45%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.45%) OLTP
8 1 (0.45%) Parquet
8 1 (0.45%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.45%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.36%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.90%) Git
2 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.90%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.45%) ERwin
3 1 (0.45%) JIRA
3 1 (0.45%) MSI
3 1 (0.45%) webpack
General
1 72 (32.58%) Finance
2 46 (20.81%) Social Skills
3 32 (14.48%) Banking
4 15 (6.79%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.43%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (5.43%) Financial Institution
6 9 (4.07%) Investment Banking
7 8 (3.62%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.62%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.71%) Publishing
9 5 (2.26%) Legal
9 5 (2.26%) Retail
10 2 (0.90%) Advertising
10 2 (0.90%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (0.90%) Games
10 2 (0.90%) Law
10 2 (0.90%) Local Government
10 2 (0.90%) Marketing
11 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.43%) REST
2 11 (4.98%) SAML
3 8 (3.62%) JSON
4 7 (3.17%) .NET
4 7 (3.17%) OpenID
4 7 (3.17%) XACML
5 6 (2.71%) Microsoft Graph
5 6 (2.71%) Middleware
5 6 (2.71%) XML
6 4 (1.81%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.81%) React
7 3 (1.36%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.36%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.36%) Kafka
7 3 (1.36%) Node.js
7 3 (1.36%) Web Services
8 2 (0.90%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.90%) JSON Schema
8 2 (0.90%) LDAP
8 2 (0.90%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.62%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.17%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.71%) IVR
4 5 (2.26%) Reference Data
5 4 (1.81%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.81%) Mainframe
5 4 (1.81%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.81%) PKI
5 4 (1.81%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.36%) Credit Risk
6 3 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.36%) Enterprise Cloud
6 3 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.90%) Blockchain
7 2 (0.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.90%) IoT
7 2 (0.90%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.90%) Video on Demand
7 2 (0.90%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.17%) Windows
2 5 (2.26%) Linux
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (0.90%) Solaris
3 2 (0.90%) VMS
4 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (14.48%) Agile
2 31 (14.03%) Roadmaps
3 23 (10.41%) Analytics
3 23 (10.41%) DevOps
4 20 (9.05%) CI/CD
5 19 (8.60%) Migration
6 18 (8.14%) Computer Science
6 18 (8.14%) Data Modelling
7 17 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (6.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (6.33%) Business Strategy
9 14 (6.33%) Enterprise Architecture
9 14 (6.33%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (6.33%) Security Architecture
10 13 (5.88%) Data Loss Prevention
10 13 (5.88%) ITIL
11 12 (5.43%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (5.43%) Data Architecture
11 12 (5.43%) Microservices
12 11 (4.98%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.41%) Python
2 21 (9.50%) PowerShell
3 9 (4.07%) JavaScript
3 9 (4.07%) SQL
4 8 (3.62%) Java
5 4 (1.81%) C#
6 3 (1.36%) C++
6 3 (1.36%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.45%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.45%) Bash
7 1 (0.45%) Bicep
7 1 (0.45%) Go
Qualifications
1 23 (10.41%) Security Cleared
2 22 (9.95%) SC Cleared
3 21 (9.50%) Degree
4 16 (7.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.17%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.26%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.26%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (2.26%) TOGAF Certification
7 4 (1.81%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.36%) CISSP
8 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.45%) CCSP
10 1 (0.45%) CEH
10 1 (0.45%) CISM
10 1 (0.45%) OCP
10 1 (0.45%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.52%) GDPR
2 5 (2.26%) SLA
3 4 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.81%) NIST
4 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.90%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.90%) QA
4 2 (0.90%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 17 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.62%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.90%) KVM
4 2 (0.90%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.45%) Docker
5 1 (0.45%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (4.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.17%) Ansible
2 7 (3.17%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.71%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (2.26%) PingFederate
4 5 (2.26%) Terraform
5 4 (1.81%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.45%) Grafana
6 1 (0.45%) Opsgenie
6 1 (0.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 52 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.52%) Citrix
3 9 (4.07%) Google
3 9 (4.07%) Salesforce
4 8 (3.62%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.17%) Genesys
5 7 (3.17%) IBM
5 7 (3.17%) Oracle
6 6 (2.71%) Cisco
6 6 (2.71%) Okta
7 5 (2.26%) Palo Alto
7 5 (2.26%) SAP
7 5 (2.26%) Sparx
7 5 (2.26%) VMware
8 4 (1.81%) Juniper
9 3 (1.36%) Adobe
10 2 (0.90%) Aruba
10 2 (0.90%) Avaya
10 2 (0.90%) Charles River
10 2 (0.90%) HP