Architect Contracts with Work from Home Options

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect daily rate in Work from Home is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 15 11
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,610 2,440 4,608
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.68% 9.73% 10.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.42% 10.20% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,053 1,736 3,218
10th Percentile £500 £510 £510
25th Percentile £556 £568 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £630
Median % change year-on-year - +3.17% +7.97%
75th Percentile £725 £743 £725
90th Percentile £800 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £650 £657 £645
% change year-on-year -1.10% +1.90% +10.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 40 13
10th Percentile £59.00 £62.50 £55.20
25th Percentile £67.50 £66.00 £56.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £60.93
Median % change year-on-year - +14.89% +4.15%
75th Percentile £87.46 - £66.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £80.25 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £66.00
% change year-on-year - +6.06% +13.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,102 23,924 42,008
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 95.36% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,465 16,894 30,368
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 548 593
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.27
25th Percentile £23.37 £25.71 £18.76
Median hourly rate £44.87 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.91% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Architect trend for jobs with a WFH option

Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Architect.

Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Architect over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Architect.

Architect hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Architect over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Architect hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 9 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Architect in the job title.

1 416 (25.84%) Azure
2 391 (24.29%) Finance
3 382 (23.73%) Security Cleared
4 312 (19.38%) SC Cleared
5 293 (18.20%) AWS
6 283 (17.58%) Social Skills
7 249 (15.47%) Agile
8 229 (14.22%) Public Sector
9 224 (13.91%) Migration
10 192 (11.93%) Microsoft
11 183 (11.37%) DevOps
12 181 (11.24%) Roadmaps
13 165 (10.25%) Banking
14 145 (9.01%) Stakeholder Management
15 142 (8.82%) Degree
16 139 (8.63%) Data Modelling
17 127 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
18 119 (7.39%) Microservices
19 112 (6.96%) SAP
20 111 (6.89%) Change Management
21 104 (6.46%) TOGAF
21 104 (6.46%) Enterprise Architecture
22 103 (6.40%) GCP
23 100 (6.21%) Telecoms
24 98 (6.09%) DV Cleared
24 98 (6.09%) Cybersecurity
25 97 (6.02%) Security Architecture
26 95 (5.90%) Python
27 94 (5.84%) Analytics
28 90 (5.59%) Data Architecture

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 45 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.37%) Confluence
3 17 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (0.99%) Apache
5 15 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (0.62%) CMS
7 9 (0.56%) IIS
8 7 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 7 (0.43%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.31%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 5 (0.31%) SAS
10 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.25%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.19%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.19%) JBoss
11 3 (0.19%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.12%) Drupal
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 28 (1.74%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.50%) Chatbot
3 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.12%) Revit
6 1 (0.062%) CATIA
6 1 (0.062%) Gliffy
6 1 (0.062%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 39 (2.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 35 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 14 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
4 14 (0.87%) Teamcenter
5 13 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
6 12 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
7 9 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
7 9 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
8 8 (0.50%) Oracle AGIS
9 6 (0.37%) Distributed Ledger
9 6 (0.37%) SAP SD
10 5 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
10 5 (0.31%) OpenText VIM for SAP
10 5 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
10 5 (0.31%) SAP HCM
11 4 (0.25%) Loan IQ
11 4 (0.25%) SAP EWM
11 4 (0.25%) SAP FI-AP
11 4 (0.25%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 416 (25.84%) Azure
2 293 (18.20%) AWS
3 103 (6.40%) GCP
4 86 (5.34%) Power Platform
5 71 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
6 58 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
7 51 (3.17%) SaaS
8 41 (2.55%) PaaS
9 40 (2.48%) IaaS
10 38 (2.36%) Entra ID
11 33 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
12 26 (1.61%) Serverless
13 21 (1.30%) dbt
14 20 (1.24%) Snowflake
15 18 (1.12%) GitHub
16 17 (1.06%) OCI
17 16 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
18 15 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 14 (0.87%) Azure Stack
19 14 (0.87%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 75 (4.66%) Firewall
2 57 (3.54%) Network Security
3 52 (3.23%) WAN
4 43 (2.67%) SSL
5 38 (2.36%) LAN
6 23 (1.43%) VPN
7 19 (1.18%) VoIP
8 17 (1.06%) Intrusion Detection
9 16 (0.99%) SD-WAN
10 14 (0.87%) NetScaler
11 10 (0.62%) CTI
12 9 (0.56%) 4G
12 9 (0.56%) MPLS
13 8 (0.50%) ATM
13 8 (0.50%) WLAN
14 7 (0.43%) 3G
14 7 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
14 7 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (0.37%) DNS
15 6 (0.37%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (4.04%) Data Warehouse
2 39 (2.42%) Power BI
3 38 (2.36%) SQL Server
4 37 (2.30%) Data Lake
5 34 (2.11%) NoSQL
6 25 (1.55%) Metadata
7 24 (1.49%) Big Data
7 24 (1.49%) Relational Database
8 18 (1.12%) Oracle Database
9 17 (1.06%) Amazon Athena
10 15 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (0.81%) Apache Arrow
11 13 (0.81%) Dremio
12 12 (0.75%) Apache Ignite
12 12 (0.75%) RDBMS
12 12 (0.75%) Snowflake Schema
13 11 (0.68%) OLAP
13 11 (0.68%) OLTP
14 10 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
14 10 (0.62%) DB2
Development Applications
1 34 (2.11%) JIRA
2 15 (0.93%) ERwin
3 14 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.50%) Git
5 5 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.19%) Selenium
8 2 (0.12%) Bugzilla
8 2 (0.12%) GitLab
8 2 (0.12%) JMeter
8 2 (0.12%) JUnit
8 2 (0.12%) Postman
8 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.12%) TestNG
8 2 (0.12%) TestRail
8 2 (0.12%) Vagrant
8 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.062%) kappa
9 1 (0.062%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.062%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 391 (24.29%) Finance
2 283 (17.58%) Social Skills
3 229 (14.22%) Public Sector
4 165 (10.25%) Banking
5 100 (6.21%) Telecoms
6 79 (4.91%) Analytical Skills
7 56 (3.48%) Manufacturing
7 56 (3.48%) Retail
8 49 (3.04%) Marketing
9 48 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (1.68%) Electronics
11 24 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 22 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
13 17 (1.06%) Investment Banking
14 15 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (0.87%) Front Office
16 13 (0.81%) General Ledger
16 13 (0.81%) Local Government
17 12 (0.75%) Financial Institution
17 12 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (4.04%) Web Services
2 46 (2.86%) .NET
3 44 (2.73%) REST
4 39 (2.42%) SAML
5 38 (2.36%) Middleware
6 33 (2.05%) JSON
7 28 (1.74%) OpenID
8 24 (1.49%) XML
9 23 (1.43%) OAuth
9 23 (1.43%) React
10 22 (1.37%) Node.js
10 22 (1.37%) SOAP
11 20 (1.24%) SailPoint
12 18 (1.12%) RESTful
13 17 (1.06%) LDAP
14 15 (0.93%) GraphQL
14 15 (0.93%) Kafka
15 13 (0.81%) .NET Framework
15 13 (0.81%) gRPC
15 13 (0.81%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 42 (2.61%) Data Structures
1 42 (2.61%) PKI
2 37 (2.30%) Cloud Native
2 37 (2.30%) Product Ownership
3 36 (2.24%) Public Cloud
4 35 (2.17%) Data Centre
5 34 (2.11%) Management Information System
6 29 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
8 24 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
9 22 (1.37%) Mainframe
10 17 (1.06%) IVR
11 16 (0.99%) Operational Technology
12 15 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 15 (0.93%) Mobile App
12 15 (0.93%) Reference Data
13 14 (0.87%) Derivative
13 14 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
14 13 (0.81%) Equities
14 13 (0.81%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 49 (3.04%) Windows
2 39 (2.42%) Linux
3 17 (1.06%) Apple iOS
4 15 (0.93%) Android
5 14 (0.87%) Windows Server
6 13 (0.81%) Unix
7 8 (0.50%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.37%) Solaris
9 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.31%) VMS
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.19%) CentOS
12 2 (0.12%) AIX
13 1 (0.062%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (15.47%) Agile
2 224 (13.91%) Migration
3 183 (11.37%) DevOps
4 181 (11.24%) Roadmaps
5 145 (9.01%) Stakeholder Management
6 139 (8.63%) Data Modelling
7 127 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
8 119 (7.39%) Microservices
9 111 (6.89%) Change Management
10 104 (6.46%) Enterprise Architecture
10 104 (6.46%) TOGAF
11 98 (6.09%) Cybersecurity
12 97 (6.02%) Security Architecture
13 94 (5.84%) Analytics
14 90 (5.59%) Data Architecture
15 85 (5.28%) Architectural Design
15 85 (5.28%) Business Intelligence
16 84 (5.22%) Data Management
17 81 (5.03%) CI/CD
18 71 (4.41%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 95 (5.90%) Python
2 84 (5.22%) SQL
3 73 (4.53%) Java
4 54 (3.35%) JavaScript
5 30 (1.86%) C#
6 24 (1.49%) PowerShell
7 23 (1.43%) TypeScript
8 12 (0.75%) PL/SQL
9 9 (0.56%) C++
10 8 (0.50%) C
11 7 (0.43%) Apex Code
11 7 (0.43%) Bash
12 6 (0.37%) ABAP
13 5 (0.31%) Go
13 5 (0.31%) Scala
14 4 (0.25%) Bicep
14 4 (0.25%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.19%) Clojure
15 3 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 382 (23.73%) Security Cleared
2 312 (19.38%) SC Cleared
3 142 (8.82%) Degree
4 98 (6.09%) DV Cleared
5 51 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 39 (2.42%) CISSP
7 34 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (1.93%) TOGAF Certification
9 27 (1.68%) CISM
10 26 (1.61%) Master's Degree
11 25 (1.55%) AWS Certification
12 24 (1.49%) Azure Certification
13 23 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
14 22 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
15 19 (1.18%) CISA
16 15 (0.93%) CCNP
17 11 (0.68%) SAP Certification
18 8 (0.50%) CREST Certified
19 7 (0.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 7 (0.43%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (4.10%) NIST
2 48 (2.98%) Data Quality
2 48 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (2.92%) GDPR
4 32 (1.99%) NCSC
5 27 (1.68%) QA
6 19 (1.18%) PCI DSS
7 10 (0.62%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.56%) COBIT
9 8 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 7 (0.43%) GAAP
10 7 (0.43%) SLA
11 6 (0.37%) ISO 22301
12 5 (0.31%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
13 4 (0.25%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
14 3 (0.19%) GPG13
14 3 (0.19%) GRC
System Software
1 88 (5.47%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.37%) Docker
2 22 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.43%) RACF
5 6 (0.37%) vSphere
6 4 (0.25%) KVM
6 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.062%) ACF2
8 1 (0.062%) Ceph
8 1 (0.062%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.062%) IAG
8 1 (0.062%) UAG
8 1 (0.062%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 44 (2.73%) Terraform
2 35 (2.17%) Kubernetes
3 28 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (0.99%) Ansible
6 7 (0.43%) SCCM
7 6 (0.37%) VxRail
7 6 (0.37%) zSecure
8 5 (0.31%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.25%) CSIRT
9 4 (0.25%) Grafana
9 4 (0.25%) Kibana
9 4 (0.25%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.19%) logstash
10 3 (0.19%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.19%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.19%) Puppet
11 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.12%) Packer
11 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 192 (11.93%) Microsoft
2 112 (6.96%) SAP
3 89 (5.53%) Oracle
4 52 (3.23%) ServiceNow
5 48 (2.98%) Cisco
6 46 (2.86%) Google
7 40 (2.48%) Salesforce
8 36 (2.24%) VMware
9 35 (2.17%) Databricks
10 32 (1.99%) Sparx
11 28 (1.74%) CyberArk
12 27 (1.68%) IBM
12 27 (1.68%) Palo Alto
13 26 (1.61%) F5
14 21 (1.30%) Citrix
15 20 (1.24%) Genesys
16 18 (1.12%) NetApp
17 17 (1.06%) Okta
18 15 (0.93%) Pega
19 13 (0.81%) Informatica