Applications Architect Contracts with Work from Home Options

Application Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Application Architect daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 324 422 546
Rank change year-on-year +98 +124 -90
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 17 35 77
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.15% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.15% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 20 56
10th Percentile £503 £534 £509
25th Percentile £552 £596 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £649 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% +3.80% +8.70%
75th Percentile £647 £700 £675
90th Percentile £744 £738 £769
UK median daily rate £674 £675 £625
% change year-on-year -0.22% +8.00% +8.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 13,801 22,740 41,944
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.25% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,306 16,147 30,496
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 528 563
10th Percentile £14.27 £16.98 £14.05
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.00 £19.96
Median hourly rate £43.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +25.00% +70.21%
75th Percentile £63.56 £66.05 £59.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.15 £69.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Applications Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Applications Architect trend for jobs with a WFH option

Applications 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 Applications Architect.

Applications Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Applications Architect over the 6 months to 21 June 2024.

Applications Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 21 June 2024, Applications 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 Applications Architect in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) Finance
2 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (29.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (29.41%) SAP
3 5 (29.41%) CRM
3 5 (29.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (17.65%) Agile
5 2 (11.76%) TOGAF
5 2 (11.76%) DevSecOps
5 2 (11.76%) Architectural Design
5 2 (11.76%) Application Security
5 2 (11.76%) Blockchain
5 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (11.76%) DevOps
5 2 (11.76%) IoT
5 2 (11.76%) Microservices
5 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
5 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
5 2 (11.76%) Azure
5 2 (11.76%) Application Packaging
5 2 (11.76%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (11.76%) ERP
5 2 (11.76%) SQL
5 2 (11.76%) Oracle
5 2 (11.76%) Citrix
6 1 (5.88%) Salesforce
6 1 (5.88%) MSI
6 1 (5.88%) Mainframe
6 1 (5.88%) Scrum
6 1 (5.88%) C#

Applications 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) MSI
General
1 11 (64.71%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.88%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Blockchain
1 2 (11.76%) IoT
2 1 (5.88%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (29.41%) CRM
3 3 (17.65%) Agile
4 2 (11.76%) Application Packaging
4 2 (11.76%) Application Security
4 2 (11.76%) Architectural Design
4 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (11.76%) DevOps
4 2 (11.76%) DevSecOps
4 2 (11.76%) ERP
4 2 (11.76%) Microservices
4 2 (11.76%) TOGAF
5 1 (5.88%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 1 (5.88%) Business Process Modelling
5 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security
5 1 (5.88%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (5.88%) Programme Delivery
5 1 (5.88%) Project Delivery
5 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
5 1 (5.88%) Smoke Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) Citrix
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) Salesforce