Systems Architect Contracts with Work from Home Options

System Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median System Architect daily rate in Work from Home is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 308 443 596
Rank change year-on-year +135 +153 -128
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Architect 31 22 21
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.089% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.093% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 11
10th Percentile £89 £465 £360
25th Percentile £99 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £560 £588
Median % change year-on-year -12.95% -4.68% +11.90%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £645
90th Percentile £635 £735 £750
UK median daily rate £620 £607 £620
% change year-on-year +2.10% -2.06% +10.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 12 2
10th Percentile - - £60.92
25th Percentile £67.50 - £60.92
Median hourly rate £70.00 £66.00 £60.93
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +8.33% +28.26%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £60.93
90th Percentile - - £60.93
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £66.00 £60.92
% change year-on-year +6.06% +8.34% +0.96%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 13,873 23,568 42,083
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 95.33% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,324 16,647 30,443
10th Percentile £325 £362 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £723
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 559 539 600
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.68 £25.71 £19.33
Median hourly rate £44.00 £53.35 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.53% +52.43% +44.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.13 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £68.16
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%

Systems Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Systems Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Systems Architect trend for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Systems Architect.

Systems Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Systems Architect over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Systems Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Architect
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Systems Architect.

Systems Architect hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 15 May 2024, Systems Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Systems Architect in the job title.

1 27 (87.10%) Security Cleared
2 25 (80.65%) Network Management
2 25 (80.65%) SC Cleared
2 25 (80.65%) Telecoms
3 24 (77.42%) Systems Engineering
4 22 (70.97%) Strategic Thinking
4 22 (70.97%) Degree
4 22 (70.97%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (19.35%) ITIL
6 4 (12.90%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (9.68%) Enterprise Architecture
8 2 (6.45%) Finance
8 2 (6.45%) SysML
8 2 (6.45%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (6.45%) DevOps
8 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
9 1 (3.23%) Social Skills
9 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
9 1 (3.23%) IoT
9 1 (3.23%) Spring Boot
9 1 (3.23%) Security Hardening
9 1 (3.23%) Threat Analysis
9 1 (3.23%) Terraform
9 1 (3.23%) 4G
9 1 (3.23%) Process Improvement
9 1 (3.23%) ArchiMate
9 1 (3.23%) AVEVA
9 1 (3.23%) Information Assurance

Systems Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) AWS
1 1 (3.23%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) 4G
1 1 (3.23%) 5G
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
1 1 (3.23%) Network Security
1 1 (3.23%) VoIP
General
1 25 (80.65%) Telecoms
2 2 (6.45%) Finance
2 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.23%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.23%) Banking
3 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) J2EE
1 1 (3.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 22 (70.97%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.23%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (3.23%) IoT
2 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Linux
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (80.65%) Network Management
2 24 (77.42%) Systems Engineering
3 22 (70.97%) Strategic Thinking
4 6 (19.35%) ITIL
5 4 (12.90%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (9.68%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (6.45%) DevOps
7 2 (6.45%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 2 (6.45%) SysML
8 1 (3.23%) ArchiMate
8 1 (3.23%) Computer Science
8 1 (3.23%) Information Assurance
8 1 (3.23%) Network Architecture
8 1 (3.23%) Process Improvement
8 1 (3.23%) Security Hardening
8 1 (3.23%) System Testing
8 1 (3.23%) Technical Architecture
8 1 (3.23%) Threat Analysis
8 1 (3.23%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) C
1 1 (3.23%) C++
1 1 (3.23%) Java
1 1 (3.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (87.10%) Security Cleared
2 25 (80.65%) SC Cleared
3 22 (70.97%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (3.23%) AVEVA
1 1 (3.23%) SAP
1 1 (3.23%) Sparx