Hybrid/Remote Senior .NET Architect Contract Job Trends

Senior Microsoft .NET Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Microsoft .NET Architect daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior .NET Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 - -

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 9,563 10,559 15,446
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.42% 93.04% 94.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,217 6,663 10,578
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 £619 £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 330 188 363
10th Percentile £15.33 £19.21 £17.66
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.01 £26.63
Median hourly rate £45.46 £36.35 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.08% -31.42% -7.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.20 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.25
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -27.78% +41.93%

Senior .NET Architect
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Senior .NET Architect job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior .NET Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Senior .NET Architect Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Senior .NET 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 Senior .NET Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Flow Diagram
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SysML
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow

Senior .NET 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Flow Diagram
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SysML
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared