Hybrid/Remote Platform Architect Contract Job Trends

Platform Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Platform Architect daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £626, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 295 360
Rank change year-on-year -23 +65 +116
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Architect 11 14 8
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.098% 0.13% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.14% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 7
10th Percentile £573 £525 -
25th Percentile £613 £600 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £626 £607 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +1.17% -4.61%
75th Percentile £691 £659 £788
90th Percentile £744 £688 £830
UK median daily rate £626 £607 £750
% change year-on-year +3.05% -19.07% +21.65%

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 10,455 9,843 15,388
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 93.37% 93.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,735 6,489 10,349
10th Percentile £340 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -3.67%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £630
90th Percentile £725 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 450 192 523
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.56 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.19 £20.77
Median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -15.79% -15.75%
75th Percentile £66.19 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.41 £75.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £34.06 £34.25
% change year-on-year -1.63% -0.57% -14.38%

Platform Architect
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Platform Architect job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Platform Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Platform Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Platform Architect over the 6 months to 2 March 2026.

Platform Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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

For the 6 months to 2 March 2026, Platform 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 Platform Architect in the job title.

1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) AWS
2 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (27.27%) Containerisation
3 3 (27.27%) Power Automate
3 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
3 3 (27.27%) PowerApps
3 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
3 3 (27.27%) Technical Debt
3 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (18.18%) Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
4 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
4 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
4 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) ETL
4 2 (18.18%) GCP
4 2 (18.18%) Integration Patterns
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
4 2 (18.18%) OpenShift
4 2 (18.18%) Power BI
5 1 (9.09%) Agile
5 1 (9.09%) Ansible
5 1 (9.09%) API Development
5 1 (9.09%) ArchiMate

Platform 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 (9.09%) Camunda
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Power Automate
2 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
2 3 (27.27%) PowerApps
3 2 (18.18%) GCP
3 2 (18.18%) OpenShift
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (9.09%) Snowflake
4 1 (9.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
2 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (9.09%) SAP HANA
General
1 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Banking
2 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) JSON
1 1 (9.09%) Kafka
1 1 (9.09%) Middleware
1 1 (9.09%) OAuth
1 1 (9.09%) OAuth2
1 1 (9.09%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (9.09%) RESTful
1 1 (9.09%) Spring
1 1 (9.09%) Spring Boot
1 1 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
1 1 (9.09%) CMDB
1 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (9.09%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Containerisation
1 3 (27.27%) Technical Debt
1 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (18.18%) Analytics
2 2 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
2 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
2 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
2 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
2 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (18.18%) ETL
2 2 (18.18%) Integration Patterns
2 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 1 (9.09%) Data Extraction
3 1 (9.09%) Memory Management
3 1 (9.09%) Network Architecture
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
3 1 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 1 (9.09%) Python
1 1 (9.09%) Shell Script
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) OCP
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Ansible
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (9.09%) Databricks
3 1 (9.09%) Dell
3 1 (9.09%) Planview
3 1 (9.09%) Pure Storage
3 1 (9.09%) SAP