Hybrid/Remote Architecture Governance Contract Job Trends

Architecture Governance
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Architecture Governance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 274 306 350
Rank change year-on-year +32 +44 +145
Contract jobs citing Architecture Governance 34 19 23
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.33% 0.16% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.18% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 12 19
10th Percentile £452 £580 £474
25th Percentile £509 £588 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £620 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% -0.80% -0.95%
75th Percentile £625 £709 £713
90th Percentile £638 £749 £790
UK median daily rate £593 £610 £670
% change year-on-year -2.87% -8.96% +6.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Architecture Governance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,254 10,475 15,370
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.04% 88.94% 88.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,117 6,583 10,495
10th Percentile £330 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 216 369
10th Percentile £15.18 £17.50 £19.25
25th Percentile £20.43 £22.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £37.14 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.43% -29.92% -3.64%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.07
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.70
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.79% -22.35% +21.43%

Architecture Governance
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Architecture Governance and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Architecture Governance job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Architecture Governance
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Architecture Governance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Architecture Governance

Architecture Governance
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Architecture Governance over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Architecture Governance daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Architecture Governance
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (11.76%) Apache Spark
1 4 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 12 (35.29%) Azure
2 9 (26.47%) AWS
3 6 (17.65%) GCP
4 5 (14.71%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (11.76%) Entra ID
6 3 (8.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (8.82%) Amazon EKS
6 3 (8.82%) Amazon S3
6 3 (8.82%) AWS Fargate
6 3 (8.82%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (8.82%) CloudFront
6 3 (8.82%) GitHub
6 3 (8.82%) Serverless
6 3 (8.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (5.88%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (5.88%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (5.88%) Power Automate
7 2 (5.88%) Power Platform
7 2 (5.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (2.94%) Kerberos
2 1 (2.94%) NAS
2 1 (2.94%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (32.35%) Metadata
2 5 (14.71%) Data Lake
3 3 (8.82%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (5.88%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (5.88%) Power BI
5 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Git
1 2 (5.88%) GitLab
1 2 (5.88%) Jenkins
1 2 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 16 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 12 (35.29%) Public Sector
3 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Finance
3 4 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Electronics
4 3 (8.82%) Legal
5 1 (2.94%) Banking
5 1 (2.94%) German Language
5 1 (2.94%) Law
5 1 (2.94%) Marketing
5 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (52.94%) Architect
2 6 (17.65%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (14.71%) GCP Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) AWS Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) AWS Software Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Azure Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Azure Software Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Data Analytics Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) GCP Software Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Lead
4 4 (11.76%) Principal Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Principal Software Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Software Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Business Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) Consultant
5 3 (8.82%) Data Architect
5 3 (8.82%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (8.82%) Geospatial Architect
5 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.76%) Kafka
1 4 (11.76%) PySpark
2 1 (2.94%) .NET
2 1 (2.94%) HTML
2 1 (2.94%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (2.94%) OAuth
2 1 (2.94%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.82%) Client/Server
2 3 (8.82%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.94%) IVR
4 1 (2.94%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Linux
2 1 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 11 (32.35%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (29.41%) CI/CD
4 9 (26.47%) Roadmaps
4 9 (26.47%) Validation
5 8 (23.53%) Data Strategy
6 7 (20.59%) Data Engineering
6 7 (20.59%) Data Pipeline
6 7 (20.59%) Enterprise Architecture
6 7 (20.59%) Mentoring
6 7 (20.59%) Observability
7 6 (17.65%) Agile
7 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (17.65%) DevOps
7 6 (17.65%) TOGAF
8 5 (14.71%) Acceptance Criteria
8 5 (14.71%) Data Architecture
8 5 (14.71%) Data Governance
8 5 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (14.71%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) Python
2 2 (5.88%) SQL
3 1 (2.94%) C#
3 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 5 (14.71%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (8.82%) Degree
4 2 (5.88%) AWS Certification
4 2 (5.88%) Azure Certification
4 2 (5.88%) CISSP
4 2 (5.88%) Master's Degree
4 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (5.88%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.94%) CISM
5 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (2.94%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.59%) Data Quality
2 4 (11.76%) GDPR
2 4 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (8.82%) PERC
4 2 (5.88%) NCSC
4 2 (5.88%) NIST
5 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.94%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.88%) Docker
3 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (17.65%) Terraform
2 3 (8.82%) Prometheus
3 2 (5.88%) Grafana
4 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (26.47%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.76%) Databricks
3 3 (8.82%) Sparx
4 2 (5.88%) Dynatrace
4 2 (5.88%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.94%) Ariba
5 1 (2.94%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (2.94%) Cisco
5 1 (2.94%) Dell
5 1 (2.94%) F5
5 1 (2.94%) Google
5 1 (2.94%) Isilon
5 1 (2.94%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.94%) NetApp
5 1 (2.94%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.94%) SAP
5 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.94%) VMware