Platform Architect Contracts with Work from Home Options

Platform Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Platform Architect daily rate in Work from Home is £613 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 329 457 606
Rank change year-on-year +128 +149 -148
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Architect 16 20 26
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 0.077% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.081% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 15
10th Percentile £513 £499 £497
25th Percentile £531 £545 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £706 £766 £681
90th Percentile £790 £985 £711
UK median daily rate £725 £650 £650
% change year-on-year +11.54% - +10.64%

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 14,352 24,650 42,717
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.33% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,594 17,415 30,863
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% +2.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 579 565 611
10th Percentile £14.38 £18.50 £13.12
25th Percentile £23.39 £26.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £44.74 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £63.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -19.07% +91.49% +3.14%

Platform Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Platform Architect trend for jobs with a WFH option

Platform 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 Platform Architect.

Platform Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Platform Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Platform Architect over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Platform Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Platform 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 Platform Architect in the job title.

1 11 (68.75%) Power Platform
2 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
3 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (43.75%) SharePoint
4 7 (43.75%) Azure
4 7 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
5 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
6 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (31.25%) Data Modelling
6 5 (31.25%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
6 5 (31.25%) Low-Code
6 5 (31.25%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (31.25%) Relational Database
7 4 (25.00%) Power BI
7 4 (25.00%) PowerApps
7 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (18.75%) Migration
8 3 (18.75%) Agile
8 3 (18.75%) JIRA
9 2 (12.50%) Git
9 2 (12.50%) GitHub
9 2 (12.50%) User Stories
9 2 (12.50%) JSON
9 2 (12.50%) RESTful
9 2 (12.50%) Banking
9 2 (12.50%) Finance
9 2 (12.50%) SOAP

Platform 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 7 (43.75%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 11 (68.75%) Power Platform
2 7 (43.75%) Azure
2 7 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (31.25%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (25.00%) PowerApps
5 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (12.50%) GitHub
5 2 (12.50%) Power Automate
6 1 (6.25%) GCP
6 1 (6.25%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) Relational Database
2 4 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
2 2 (12.50%) Git
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Retail Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) JSON
1 2 (12.50%) RESTful
1 2 (12.50%) SOAP
1 2 (12.50%) SPFx
1 2 (12.50%) XML
2 1 (6.25%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Low-Code
2 2 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Data Modelling
1 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (31.25%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (18.75%) Agile
3 3 (18.75%) Migration
4 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 2 (12.50%) DevOps
4 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 2 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (12.50%) User Stories
5 1 (6.25%) Architectural Design
5 1 (6.25%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (6.25%) Iteration Planning
5 1 (6.25%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (6.25%) Product Backlog
5 1 (6.25%) Release Train
5 1 (6.25%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (6.25%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Databricks
2 1 (6.25%) Google
2 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
2 1 (6.25%) SAP