Hybrid/Remote Head of Architecture Contract Job Trends

Head of Architecture
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Architecture daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 September 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
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 318 335 409
Rank change year-on-year +17 +74 +174
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Architecture 4 4 8
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.041% 0.032% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.034% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £585 - £763
25th Percentile £638 £950 £944
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £1,000 £1,050
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -4.76% -1.18%
75th Percentile £838 £1,050 £1,150
90th Percentile £875 - £1,175
UK median daily rate £831 £900 £1,100
% change year-on-year -7.64% -18.18% +11.39%

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 9,147 11,789 19,066
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.48% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,032 7,477 13,483
10th Percentile £325 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 280 424
10th Percentile £13.82 £20.75 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.02 £34.73 £25.71
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% -10.00% +9.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £81.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Head of Architecture
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Head of Architecture trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Head of Architecture
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Head of Architecture job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Head of Architecture job vacancies

Head of Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Head of Architecture over the 6 months to 27 September 2025.

Head of Architecture daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Head of Architecture Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 27 September 2025, Head of Architecture 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring Head of Architecture in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (25.00%) GCP
3 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
3 1 (25.00%) Migration

Head of Architecture 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (25.00%) GCP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Certification