Hybrid/Remote Open Source Architect Contract Job Trends

Open Source Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Open Source Architect daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
19 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Open Source Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.007% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 - -

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 12,540 9,301 12,155
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 93.57% 93.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,926 6,172 8,116
10th Percentile £358 £325 £325
25th Percentile £429 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -0.94%
75th Percentile £622 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 657 299 361
10th Percentile £16.62 £12.62 £17.08
25th Percentile £27.74 £17.21 £28.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% -22.22% -8.16%
75th Percentile £71.00 £65.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.03 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.84% -41.51% +2.87%

Open Source Architect
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Open Source Architect job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Open Source Architect Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 19 August 2026, Open Source 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 Open Source Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Superset
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Key Management
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Secrets Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Trino
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management

Open Source 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Superset
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Trino
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Key Management
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Secrets Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management