Architect Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025.

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

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 12 15
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,011 1,613 2,498
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.21% 10.57% 9.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.89% 11.31% 10.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 685 1,057 1,775
10th Percentile £481 £500 £508
25th Percentile £538 £550 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £725 £725 £743
90th Percentile £800 £800 £825
UK median daily rate £625 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 39 41
10th Percentile £58.25 £58.00 £62.50
25th Percentile £61.50 £67.50 £66.00
Median hourly rate £66.00 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% - +14.89%
75th Percentile £74.38 £87.46 -
90th Percentile £75.00 £87.53 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +6.06%

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 9,280 14,264 24,476
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 93.50% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,354 9,548 17,287
10th Percentile £338 £325 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £774 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 576 563
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.34 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.13 £23.32 £25.98
Median hourly rate £35.13 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%

Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Architect trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Architect over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

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 remote working options 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 remote working options citing Architect over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

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 3 May 2025, 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.

1 304 (30.07%) Azure
2 275 (27.20%) AWS
3 274 (27.10%) Security Cleared
4 251 (24.83%) Social Skills
5 236 (23.34%) SC Cleared
6 154 (15.23%) Microsoft
7 151 (14.94%) Public Sector
8 146 (14.44%) Agile
9 141 (13.95%) Finance
10 139 (13.75%) Problem-Solving
11 134 (13.25%) Stakeholder Management
12 132 (13.06%) Roadmaps
13 124 (12.27%) Migration
14 106 (10.48%) TOGAF
14 106 (10.48%) GCP
15 105 (10.39%) DevOps
16 92 (9.10%) CI/CD
17 91 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
18 89 (8.80%) Data Modelling
19 86 (8.51%) Data Architecture
20 74 (7.32%) Enterprise Architecture
21 72 (7.12%) SQL
21 72 (7.12%) Firewall
21 72 (7.12%) Terraform
22 71 (7.02%) Analytics
23 70 (6.92%) SaaS
24 68 (6.73%) Java
25 62 (6.13%) Microservices
26 61 (6.03%) AWS Certification
26 61 (6.03%) Infrastructure as Code

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 13 (1.29%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.89%) Confluence
3 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.69%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.59%) WebSphere
6 4 (0.40%) CMS
7 3 (0.30%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.30%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.20%) Apache
8 2 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.20%) Camunda
8 2 (0.20%) MTS
8 2 (0.20%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.20%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.099%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.099%) CICS
9 1 (0.099%) JBoss
9 1 (0.099%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (1.68%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.20%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.099%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.099%) Fusion 360
5 1 (0.099%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.099%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.099%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.19%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 7 (0.69%) Aladdin
5 7 (0.69%) Endur
6 6 (0.59%) Primavera
7 3 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.30%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.30%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.20%) SAP CRM
8 2 (0.20%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.20%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.099%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.099%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 304 (30.07%) Azure
2 275 (27.20%) AWS
3 106 (10.48%) GCP
4 70 (6.92%) SaaS
5 58 (5.74%) PaaS
6 57 (5.64%) AWS CloudFormation
7 54 (5.34%) Serverless
8 51 (5.04%) Entra ID
9 49 (4.85%) IaaS
9 49 (4.85%) Power Platform
10 44 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
11 35 (3.46%) AWS Lambda
12 34 (3.36%) Amazon S3
13 29 (2.87%) Amazon EKS
14 28 (2.77%) GitHub
15 26 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
16 24 (2.37%) Snowflake
17 20 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
18 18 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
19 14 (1.38%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 72 (7.12%) Firewall
2 46 (4.55%) DNS
3 38 (3.76%) VPN
4 34 (3.36%) BGP
5 31 (3.07%) OSPF
6 30 (2.97%) TCP/IP
7 28 (2.77%) DHCP
7 28 (2.77%) Network Security
8 26 (2.57%) HTTP
9 24 (2.37%) WAN
10 20 (1.98%) HTTPS
11 17 (1.68%) LAN
12 13 (1.29%) SD-WAN
13 11 (1.09%) SSL
14 9 (0.89%) NGFW
15 8 (0.79%) IPsec
15 8 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (0.69%) VSAN
17 6 (0.59%) Cisco Nexus
17 6 (0.59%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
2 33 (3.26%) Amazon RDS
3 29 (2.87%) Data Lake
4 25 (2.47%) Power BI
5 24 (2.37%) Metadata
6 21 (2.08%) NoSQL
7 18 (1.78%) SQL Server
8 17 (1.68%) Big Data
9 15 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
10 14 (1.38%) Hadoop
11 11 (1.09%) MongoDB
11 11 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (0.99%) Relational Database
13 7 (0.69%) Oracle Database
14 6 (0.59%) Apache Cassandra
14 6 (0.59%) DB2
14 6 (0.59%) Neo4j
15 5 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
16 4 (0.40%) DynamoDB
16 4 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (2.18%) Jenkins
2 15 (1.48%) GitLab
3 9 (0.89%) Git
3 9 (0.89%) JIRA
4 5 (0.49%) ERwin
5 3 (0.30%) Maven
5 3 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.20%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.20%) Storybook
6 2 (0.20%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.099%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.099%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.099%) GCC
7 1 (0.099%) MLflow
7 1 (0.099%) Mockito
7 1 (0.099%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.099%) Postman
7 1 (0.099%) Selenium
7 1 (0.099%) Visual Studio
General
1 251 (24.83%) Social Skills
2 151 (14.94%) Public Sector
3 141 (13.95%) Finance
4 91 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (5.93%) Banking
6 35 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
7 32 (3.17%) Telecoms
8 26 (2.57%) Retail
9 18 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (1.38%) Legal
12 11 (1.09%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.09%) Marketing
13 10 (0.99%) Law
13 10 (0.99%) Military
14 9 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.69%) Corporate Banking
16 6 (0.59%) Automotive
16 6 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.49%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.67%) Kafka
2 24 (2.37%) Middleware
3 22 (2.18%) REST
4 19 (1.88%) Web Services
5 18 (1.78%) HTML
6 17 (1.68%) OAuth
7 16 (1.58%) .NET
8 15 (1.48%) CSS
9 14 (1.38%) AngularJS
9 14 (1.38%) RESTful
9 14 (1.38%) SAML
10 12 (1.19%) React
10 12 (1.19%) Spring Boot
11 11 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
11 11 (1.09%) Spring
12 10 (0.99%) OpenID
12 10 (0.99%) SOAP
13 9 (0.89%) OAuth2
13 9 (0.89%) SailPoint
14 8 (0.79%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 54 (5.34%) Cloud Native
2 41 (4.06%) Data Centre
3 34 (3.36%) Management Information System
4 27 (2.67%) Hybrid Cloud
5 25 (2.47%) Public Cloud
6 19 (1.88%) CMDB
6 19 (1.88%) PKI
6 19 (1.88%) Product Ownership
7 18 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
7 18 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (1.78%) Operational Technology
8 17 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.38%) Security Posture
10 12 (1.19%) NHS
11 11 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (1.09%) Onboarding
11 11 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (0.99%) Data Structures
13 9 (0.89%) FMCG
13 9 (0.89%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 48 (4.75%) Windows
2 46 (4.55%) Linux
3 19 (1.88%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.79%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.40%) Android
7 3 (0.30%) Unix
8 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.099%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.099%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.099%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (14.44%) Agile
2 139 (13.75%) Problem-Solving
3 134 (13.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 132 (13.06%) Roadmaps
5 124 (12.27%) Migration
6 106 (10.48%) TOGAF
7 105 (10.39%) DevOps
8 92 (9.10%) CI/CD
9 89 (8.80%) Data Modelling
10 86 (8.51%) Data Architecture
11 74 (7.32%) Enterprise Architecture
12 71 (7.02%) Analytics
13 62 (6.13%) Microservices
14 61 (6.03%) Infrastructure as Code
15 57 (5.64%) Data Governance
16 56 (5.54%) Technical Leadership
17 55 (5.44%) Security Architecture
18 53 (5.24%) Cybersecurity
19 49 (4.85%) Technical Architecture
20 48 (4.75%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 72 (7.12%) SQL
2 68 (6.73%) Java
3 50 (4.95%) Python
4 32 (3.17%) PowerShell
5 31 (3.07%) JavaScript
6 28 (2.77%) Bicep
7 11 (1.09%) PL/SQL
8 10 (0.99%) C#
9 9 (0.89%) Apex Code
10 6 (0.59%) Bash
11 5 (0.49%) C
11 5 (0.49%) Embedded C
11 5 (0.49%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.40%) ABAP
12 4 (0.40%) Ruby
13 3 (0.30%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.30%) Scala
14 2 (0.20%) R
14 2 (0.20%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.20%) Swift
Qualifications
1 274 (27.10%) Security Cleared
2 236 (23.34%) SC Cleared
3 61 (6.03%) AWS Certification
4 51 (5.04%) Degree
5 45 (4.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 39 (3.86%) Azure Certification
7 35 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (3.17%) CISSP
9 23 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 20 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (1.98%) TOGAF Certification
11 18 (1.78%) CISM
12 15 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
13 14 (1.38%) DV Cleared
14 13 (1.29%) CCNP
14 13 (1.29%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
16 6 (0.59%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.59%) OCP
17 5 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (3.76%) NIST
2 34 (3.36%) GDPR
3 26 (2.57%) QA
4 18 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.68%) Data Quality
6 13 (1.29%) NCSC
7 12 (1.19%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.79%) HIPAA
9 7 (0.69%) GRC
10 5 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.49%) HL7
11 4 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.30%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.30%) PMO
12 3 (0.30%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 60 (5.93%) Active Directory
2 35 (3.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (3.26%) Docker
4 23 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (1.29%) VMware NSX
6 9 (0.89%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.59%) vSphere
8 5 (0.49%) Firmware
9 4 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.30%) RACF
10 3 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.099%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 1 (0.099%) Ceph
11 1 (0.099%) Gluster
11 1 (0.099%) GlusterFS
11 1 (0.099%) NFS
11 1 (0.099%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 72 (7.12%) Terraform
2 43 (4.25%) Kubernetes
3 27 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
4 24 (2.37%) Ansible
5 13 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.59%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.59%) SCCM
7 5 (0.49%) Grafana
7 5 (0.49%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.49%) Puppet
8 4 (0.40%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.40%) PingFederate
9 3 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.30%) Packer
9 3 (0.30%) QRadar
10 2 (0.20%) OPNET
10 2 (0.20%) SCOM
11 1 (0.099%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.099%) WSUS
11 1 (0.099%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 154 (15.23%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.84%) Oracle
3 54 (5.34%) VMware
4 52 (5.14%) ServiceNow
5 51 (5.04%) Cisco
5 51 (5.04%) SAP
6 37 (3.66%) Palo Alto
7 35 (3.46%) Fortinet
7 35 (3.46%) Google
7 35 (3.46%) Salesforce
8 32 (3.17%) Databricks
9 23 (2.27%) CheckPoint
10 18 (1.78%) CyberArk
11 14 (1.38%) IBM
12 13 (1.29%) Ariba
12 13 (1.29%) Splunk
13 10 (0.99%) MuleSoft
14 9 (0.89%) Sparx
15 8 (0.79%) Okta
16 7 (0.69%) F5