Architect Contracts in London

Architect
England > London

The median Architect daily rate in London is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 16 16
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,776 2,420 3,714
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 10.12% 9.62% 9.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.80% 10.12% 10.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,279 1,715 2,448
10th Percentile £490 £513 £513
25th Percentile £550 £600 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £700 £663
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +5.66% +10.42%
75th Percentile £763 £775 £763
90th Percentile £852 £850 £850
England median daily rate £650 £668 £650
% change year-on-year -2.69% +2.77% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 15 0
10th Percentile £52.55 £35.00 -
25th Percentile £53.38 £35.90 -
Median hourly rate £57.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.31% - -
75th Percentile £60.88 £72.50 -
90th Percentile £61.85 £81.80 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £61.72
% change year-on-year - +13.42% +2.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,438 23,913 36,894
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.64% 95.07% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,847 17,448 27,145
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.19% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 279 411
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.88 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.22 £22.57 £23.24
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +6.54%
75th Percentile £46.68 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.40 £80.45 £67.50
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -12.22% +88.21% +13.59%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in London

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in London

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in London

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in London

Architect
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Central London -1 223 £650 -3.70% 31
West London +14 37 £575 -17.86% 12
East London -17 10 £653 -13.00% 4
South London -9 2 - - 1
North London +1 1 £800 +33.33%
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 London region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 477 (26.86%) Azure
2 431 (24.27%) Finance
3 364 (20.50%) AWS
4 351 (19.76%) Social Skills
5 307 (17.29%) Security Cleared
6 303 (17.06%) Agile
7 269 (15.15%) Microsoft
8 260 (14.64%) SC Cleared
9 257 (14.47%) Migration
10 219 (12.33%) Public Sector
11 213 (11.99%) Roadmaps
12 208 (11.71%) Data Modelling
13 180 (10.14%) DevOps
14 175 (9.85%) GCP
15 167 (9.40%) Banking
16 159 (8.95%) Python
17 147 (8.28%) Data Architecture
18 142 (8.00%) Microservices
18 142 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
19 138 (7.77%) Security Architecture
20 136 (7.66%) Analytics
21 126 (7.09%) SQL
22 124 (6.98%) Java
23 118 (6.64%) CI/CD
24 117 (6.59%) Power Platform
25 114 (6.42%) Stakeholder Management
26 111 (6.25%) Degree
27 109 (6.14%) SAP
27 109 (6.14%) Data Governance
28 108 (6.08%) Enterprise Architecture

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 67 (3.77%) SharePoint
2 38 (2.14%) Apache Airflow
3 37 (2.08%) Apache
4 25 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 24 (1.35%) Confluence
6 20 (1.13%) Apache Spark
7 11 (0.62%) WebSphere
8 9 (0.51%) OpenStack
9 7 (0.39%) CMS
9 7 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
10 6 (0.34%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 6 (0.34%) SAS
11 5 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 5 (0.28%) ArcGIS
11 5 (0.28%) WebLogic
12 4 (0.23%) IIS
13 2 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
14 1 (0.056%) Exchange Server 2013
14 1 (0.056%) Oracle Coherence
14 1 (0.056%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 29 (1.63%) MS Visio
2 12 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.28%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.11%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 48 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 45 (2.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 29 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.79%) Distributed Ledger
5 8 (0.45%) SAP BPC
5 8 (0.45%) Teamcenter
6 7 (0.39%) Loan IQ
6 7 (0.39%) Primavera
7 6 (0.34%) SAP ERP
7 6 (0.34%) SAP HR
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.23%) SAP HCM
9 3 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.17%) Maximo
9 3 (0.17%) SAP MDG
10 2 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.11%) SAP CO
10 2 (0.11%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 477 (26.86%) Azure
2 364 (20.50%) AWS
3 175 (9.85%) GCP
4 117 (6.59%) Power Platform
5 94 (5.29%) Microsoft 365
6 88 (4.95%) SaaS
7 71 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
8 59 (3.32%) IaaS
9 56 (3.15%) PaaS
10 53 (2.98%) Entra ID
11 51 (2.87%) Snowflake
12 48 (2.70%) Serverless
13 42 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
13 42 (2.36%) dbt
14 29 (1.63%) GitHub
15 22 (1.24%) PowerApps
16 21 (1.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 21 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
16 21 (1.18%) Power Automate
17 20 (1.13%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 63 (3.55%) Firewall
2 33 (1.86%) Network Security
3 17 (0.96%) LAN
4 15 (0.84%) WAN
5 13 (0.73%) DNS
6 11 (0.62%) SSL
7 10 (0.56%) NetScaler
7 10 (0.56%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.51%) Internet
8 9 (0.51%) VoIP
9 8 (0.45%) MPLS
9 8 (0.45%) Wireless
10 7 (0.39%) HTTP
11 6 (0.34%) SAN
11 6 (0.34%) SNMP
11 6 (0.34%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.28%) HTTPS
12 5 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.23%) IPsec
13 4 (0.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (5.35%) Data Lake
2 84 (4.73%) Data Warehouse
3 76 (4.28%) NoSQL
3 76 (4.28%) Power BI
4 60 (3.38%) Big Data
5 57 (3.21%) Metadata
6 42 (2.36%) Data Vault
6 42 (2.36%) SQL Server
7 40 (2.25%) Amazon Athena
8 34 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
9 33 (1.86%) Apache Arrow
9 33 (1.86%) Dremio
10 32 (1.80%) Apache Ignite
11 29 (1.63%) Tableau
12 28 (1.58%) Relational Database
13 27 (1.52%) Metadata Repository
14 24 (1.35%) BigQuery
15 20 (1.13%) RDBMS
16 18 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 13 (0.73%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 32 (1.80%) JIRA
2 31 (1.75%) Jenkins
3 24 (1.35%) ERwin
4 16 (0.90%) Git
5 8 (0.45%) ER Studio
6 7 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 6 (0.34%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.34%) GitLab
8 5 (0.28%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.28%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.23%) Postman
10 3 (0.17%) Selenium
10 3 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.17%) Storybook
10 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.11%) Bugzilla
11 2 (0.11%) JMeter
11 2 (0.11%) Maven
11 2 (0.11%) Subversion
General
1 431 (24.27%) Finance
2 351 (19.76%) Social Skills
3 219 (12.33%) Public Sector
4 167 (9.40%) Banking
5 89 (5.01%) Analytical Skills
6 53 (2.98%) Retail
7 51 (2.87%) Marketing
8 49 (2.76%) Telecoms
9 46 (2.59%) Investment Banking
10 42 (2.36%) Front Office
11 40 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 40 (2.25%) Manufacturing
12 35 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
13 33 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
14 30 (1.69%) Financial Institution
15 28 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
16 26 (1.46%) Electronics
17 24 (1.35%) Legal
18 21 (1.18%) Publishing
19 14 (0.79%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (3.21%) .NET
2 56 (3.15%) REST
3 44 (2.48%) SAML
4 35 (1.97%) JSON
5 34 (1.91%) gRPC
5 34 (1.91%) React
6 33 (1.86%) Protocol Buffers
7 32 (1.80%) NumPy
7 32 (1.80%) Pandas
7 32 (1.80%) SciPy
8 31 (1.75%) Middleware
9 30 (1.69%) Kafka
10 28 (1.58%) XML
11 23 (1.30%) CSS
11 23 (1.30%) OAuth
11 23 (1.30%) OpenID
12 22 (1.24%) HTML
13 21 (1.18%) Spring Boot
14 20 (1.13%) Web Services
15 18 (1.01%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 56 (3.15%) Data Centre
2 53 (2.98%) Cloud Native
3 46 (2.59%) Product Ownership
4 42 (2.36%) Reference Data
5 41 (2.31%) Data Structures
6 37 (2.08%) Derivative
6 37 (2.08%) Management Information System
7 36 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 35 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
9 34 (1.91%) Fixed Income
10 33 (1.86%) Equities
10 33 (1.86%) Hedge funds
10 33 (1.86%) Onboarding
11 27 (1.52%) IoT
12 23 (1.30%) Mainframe
12 23 (1.30%) Mobile App
12 23 (1.30%) Security Posture
13 22 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
13 22 (1.24%) Public Cloud
14 19 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 56 (3.15%) Linux
2 40 (2.25%) Windows
3 11 (0.62%) VMS
4 9 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (0.51%) Unix
4 9 (0.51%) Windows 10
5 7 (0.39%) CentOS
6 6 (0.34%) Solaris
7 5 (0.28%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
7 5 (0.28%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.17%) Android
9 1 (0.056%) AIX
9 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (17.06%) Agile
2 257 (14.47%) Migration
3 213 (11.99%) Roadmaps
4 208 (11.71%) Data Modelling
5 180 (10.14%) DevOps
6 147 (8.28%) Data Architecture
7 142 (8.00%) Microservices
7 142 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
8 138 (7.77%) Security Architecture
9 136 (7.66%) Analytics
10 118 (6.64%) CI/CD
11 114 (6.42%) Stakeholder Management
12 109 (6.14%) Data Governance
13 108 (6.08%) Enterprise Architecture
14 107 (6.02%) Business Intelligence
15 103 (5.80%) Cloud Security
16 100 (5.63%) Cybersecurity
17 99 (5.57%) Data Integration
18 95 (5.35%) Business Strategy
19 92 (5.18%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 159 (8.95%) Python
2 126 (7.09%) SQL
3 124 (6.98%) Java
4 94 (5.29%) JavaScript
5 55 (3.10%) TypeScript
6 54 (3.04%) PowerShell
7 40 (2.25%) C#
8 22 (1.24%) Scala
9 20 (1.13%) T-SQL
10 13 (0.73%) Shell Script
11 12 (0.68%) C++
12 11 (0.62%) Apex Code
13 6 (0.34%) Bash
14 4 (0.23%) Go
15 3 (0.17%) Bicep
15 3 (0.17%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.17%) R
15 3 (0.17%) Ruby
16 2 (0.11%) ABAP
16 2 (0.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 307 (17.29%) Security Cleared
2 260 (14.64%) SC Cleared
3 111 (6.25%) Degree
4 67 (3.77%) DV Cleared
5 59 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 55 (3.10%) CISSP
7 41 (2.31%) CISM
8 28 (1.58%) AWS Certification
8 28 (1.58%) Azure Certification
8 28 (1.58%) CISA
9 21 (1.18%) Master's Degree
9 21 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
12 13 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 12 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (0.68%) SANS
14 11 (0.62%) CRISC
15 8 (0.45%) CCSK
15 8 (0.45%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (4.00%) NIST
2 63 (3.55%) Data Quality
3 58 (3.27%) GDPR
4 41 (2.31%) QA
5 31 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (1.18%) NCSC
7 18 (1.01%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.62%) SLA
9 9 (0.51%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.39%) COBIT
10 7 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.39%) GRC
10 7 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (0.34%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 4 (0.23%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.17%) GPG13
14 3 (0.17%) ISA99
14 3 (0.17%) SEPA
14 3 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (2.98%) Active Directory
2 30 (1.69%) Docker
3 24 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (0.73%) RACF
6 9 (0.51%) vSphere
7 7 (0.39%) ACF2
7 7 (0.39%) IAG
7 7 (0.39%) KVM
8 5 (0.28%) Firmware
9 4 (0.23%) vCloud
10 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.17%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.11%) HDFS
11 2 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.056%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.056%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 82 (4.62%) Terraform
2 50 (2.82%) Kubernetes
3 42 (2.36%) Ansible
4 22 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.62%) Puppet
7 9 (0.51%) Grafana
8 8 (0.45%) Kibana
8 8 (0.45%) SCCM
9 7 (0.39%) logstash
9 7 (0.39%) Prometheus
10 6 (0.34%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.34%) vCenter Server
10 6 (0.34%) zSecure
11 5 (0.28%) CSIRT
11 5 (0.28%) PingFederate
12 4 (0.23%) VxRail
13 3 (0.17%) Packer
14 2 (0.11%) Hadoop YARN
14 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 269 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 109 (6.14%) SAP
3 86 (4.84%) Oracle
4 73 (4.11%) Salesforce
5 71 (4.00%) ServiceNow
6 68 (3.83%) Google
7 52 (2.93%) Databricks
7 52 (2.93%) Sparx
8 39 (2.20%) VMware
9 35 (1.97%) IBM
10 28 (1.58%) Informatica
11 26 (1.46%) Cisco
12 25 (1.41%) CyberArk
13 22 (1.24%) NetApp
14 16 (0.90%) Citrix
15 15 (0.84%) Okta
15 15 (0.84%) Talend
16 14 (0.79%) MuleSoft
16 14 (0.79%) Pega
17 13 (0.73%) BeyondTrust