Hybrid/Remote IT Architect Contract Job Trends

IT Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Architect daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 294 319
Rank change year-on-year -21 +25 +189
Contract jobs requiring an IT Architect 5 24 54
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.049% 0.21% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.22% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 36
10th Percentile - £491 £622
25th Percentile £725 £580 £630
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £644 £650
Median % change year-on-year +16.50% -0.96% -1.89%
75th Percentile £775 £692 £678
90th Percentile - £713 £720
UK median daily rate £588 £656 £665
% change year-on-year -10.48% -1.32% -1.48%

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 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 9,552 10,824 16,033
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.29% 93.13% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,208 6,848 10,998
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 £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 339 195 356
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.70 £17.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.50 £28.03
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -30.84% -2.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.93% -25.56% +50.00%

IT Architect
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

IT Architect job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

IT Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

IT Architect
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid IT Architect job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid IT Architect job vacancies

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

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, IT 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 IT Architect in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) OSINT
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (20.00%) GAMP
3 1 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (20.00%) HIPAA
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (20.00%) NIST
3 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) SABSA
3 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) TOGAF

IT 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (20.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) OSINT
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (20.00%) SABSA
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (20.00%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GAMP
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley