Hybrid/Remote Senior Technical Architect Contract Job Trends

Senior Technical Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Technical Architect daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 313 294 359
Rank change year-on-year -19 +65 +153
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Technical Architect 7 23 11
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.069% 0.20% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.21% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 13 5
10th Percentile - £512 £518
25th Percentile - £566 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £628 £550
Median % change year-on-year +27.37% +14.19% -18.52%
75th Percentile - £734 £734
90th Percentile - £787 £819
UK median daily rate £700 £723 £745
% change year-on-year -3.11% -3.02% +6.43%

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 9,514 10,727 15,855
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 93.10% 94.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 6,777 10,863
10th Percentile £330 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% - -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 335 194 350
10th Percentile £15.23 £18.65 £17.74
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.50 £27.06
Median hourly rate £45.46 £36.85 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.38% -30.48% -3.64%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.55
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.48% -26.67% +50.00%

Senior Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Senior Technical Architect job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, Senior Technical 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 Technical Architect in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
3 4 (57.14%) AWS
3 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
3 4 (57.14%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (42.86%) Coaching
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (28.57%) Architecture Roadmap
5 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
5 2 (28.57%) Microservices
5 2 (28.57%) Observability
5 2 (28.57%) Python
5 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
6 1 (14.29%) Agile
6 1 (14.29%) AI
6 1 (14.29%) API Design
6 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
6 1 (14.29%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 1 (14.29%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (14.29%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (14.29%) Business Enablement
6 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
6 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
6 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
6 1 (14.29%) Data Flow Diagram
6 1 (14.29%) Databricks

Senior Technical 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 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) AWS
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Cognitive Services
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 1 (14.29%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MLflow
General
1 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) PySpark
1 1 (14.29%) PyTorch
1 1 (14.29%) scikit-learn
1 1 (14.29%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 1 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
2 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
2 4 (57.14%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Coaching
4 2 (28.57%) Architecture Roadmap
4 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
4 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
4 2 (28.57%) Microservices
4 2 (28.57%) Observability
4 2 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (14.29%) API Design
5 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Data Flow Diagram
5 1 (14.29%) Feature Engineering
5 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (14.29%) IT Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Databricks
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) OpenAI