Hybrid/Remote Senior Systems Architect Contract Job Trends

Senior System Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior System Architect daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
28 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 - 354
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Systems Architect 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.044% - 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% - 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £735 - -
25th Percentile £750 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
75th Percentile £850 - -
90th Percentile £865 - -
UK median daily rate £800 £585 £475
% change year-on-year +36.75% +23.16% -

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 10,570 9,956 15,392
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 93.33% 93.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,814 6,533 10,363
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 450 187 517
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.13 £20.82
Median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £65.22 £64.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.41 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £34.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year -3.60% -0.71% -12.50%

Senior Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Senior Systems Architect job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior Systems Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Senior Systems Architect Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 28 February 2026, Senior Systems 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 Systems Architect in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Pega
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Data Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) SAP Data Services
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Case Management
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management

Senior Systems 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SAP Data Services
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) AI
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Case Management
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Pega
Senior Systems Architect jobs