Hybrid/Remote Applications Architect Contract Job Trends

Application Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Application Architect daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 297 355
Rank change year-on-year -27 +58 +111
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 8 6 12
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.075% 0.056% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.060% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 9
10th Percentile £386 £506 £499
25th Percentile £419 £679 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £799 £575
Median % change year-on-year -29.60% +38.96% -17.12%
75th Percentile £650 £806 £590
90th Percentile £688 £818 £640
UK median daily rate £650 £600 £643
% change year-on-year +8.33% -6.61% -8.21%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work 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 9,934 10,054 15,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 93.29% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,406 6,412 10,608
10th Percentile £330 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £627
90th Percentile £721 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 374 176 503
10th Percentile £15.74 £19.30 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.31 £25.25 £20.80
Median hourly rate £51.21 £38.25 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.88% -19.47% -17.39%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.84 £66.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £78.04
UK median hourly rate £29.65 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.17% -5.71% -

Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Applications Architect' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Applications Architect job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Applications Architect job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Applications Architect job vacancies

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Applications Architect over the 6 months to 6 February 2026.

Applications Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Applications Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 6 February 2026, Applications Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Applications Architect in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Azure
1 4 (50.00%) Migration
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Application Security
2 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 3 (37.50%) GCP
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Azure AKS
3 2 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (25.00%) Docker
3 2 (25.00%) Google
3 2 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (25.00%) Java
3 2 (25.00%) Microservices
3 2 (25.00%) Python
3 2 (25.00%) REST
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Splunk
3 2 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Debt
3 2 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight

Applications Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 3 (37.50%) GCP
3 2 (25.00%) Azure AKS
4 1 (12.50%) Akamai
4 1 (12.50%) Unqork
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (25.00%) Mobile Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Migration
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Application Security
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (25.00%) Microservices
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Debt
3 2 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (12.50%) DevSecOps
4 1 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Threat Management
4 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Java
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) CISM
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) GIAC
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Docker
1 2 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Google
1 2 (25.00%) Splunk
2 1 (12.50%) Cribl.io
2 1 (12.50%) F5