Technical Architecture Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Technical Architecture
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Technical Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Technical Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 226 282 321
Rank change year-on-year +56 +39 -7
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 76 67 154
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.77% 0.44% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.50% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 42 87
10th Percentile £461 £451 £434
25th Percentile £525 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £750 £600 £678
90th Percentile £815 £779 £750
UK median daily rate £603 £588 £600
% change year-on-year +2.68% -2.08% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £66.45
25th Percentile - - £67.13
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £68.50
75th Percentile - - £70.13
90th Percentile - - £70.95
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £68.50
% change year-on-year +13.64% -10.07% +95.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Technical Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,017 13,465 23,106
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.06% 87.90% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,189 8,984 16,334
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Technical Architecture
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Technical Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Technical Architecture trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Technical Architecture.

Technical Architecture daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Technical Architecture over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Technical Architecture daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Technical Architecture.

Technical Architecture hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.58%) Confluence
2 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.95%) OpenStack
3 2 (2.63%) Camunda
3 2 (2.63%) NetWeaver
3 2 (2.63%) SAP EP
3 2 (2.63%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.32%) Apache
4 1 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 5 (6.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (3.95%) SAP FSCM
2 3 (3.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (2.63%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (22.37%) AWS
2 15 (19.74%) Azure
3 12 (15.79%) SaaS
4 8 (10.53%) PaaS
4 8 (10.53%) Serverless
5 7 (9.21%) IaaS
5 7 (9.21%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (6.58%) Power Platform
7 4 (5.26%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (5.26%) GCP
7 4 (5.26%) Power Automate
7 4 (5.26%) PowerApps
8 3 (3.95%) GitHub
8 3 (3.95%) OpenShift
9 2 (2.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (2.63%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (2.63%) AWS Fargate
9 2 (2.63%) Route 53
9 2 (2.63%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.63%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (2.63%) IPsec
1 2 (2.63%) Kerberos
1 2 (2.63%) SSL
1 2 (2.63%) VPN
2 1 (1.32%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.58%) Oracle Database
2 4 (5.26%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (5.26%) MongoDB
3 3 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.63%) Big Data
4 2 (2.63%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.63%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.32%) Apache Hive
5 1 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.32%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.32%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.32%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (1.32%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.32%) SAP HANA
5 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.32%) Tableau
5 1 (1.32%) UniData
Development Applications
1 5 (6.58%) JIRA
2 2 (2.63%) GitLab
2 2 (2.63%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.63%) Maven
2 2 (2.63%) Terragrunt
3 1 (1.32%) Hudson
3 1 (1.32%) MLflow
General
1 28 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 16 (21.05%) Public Sector
3 15 (19.74%) Finance
4 6 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (7.89%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (5.26%) Banking
5 4 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.95%) Legal
7 1 (1.32%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.32%) Automotive
7 1 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.32%) Electronics
7 1 (1.32%) Front Office
7 1 (1.32%) Local Government
7 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.32%) Military
7 1 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (64.47%) Architect
2 22 (28.95%) Technical Architect
3 15 (19.74%) Lead
4 10 (13.16%) Solutions Architect
5 9 (11.84%) Technical Leader
6 8 (10.53%) Lead Architect
7 5 (6.58%) Consultant
7 5 (6.58%) IFS Consultant
7 5 (6.58%) SAP Architect
7 5 (6.58%) Senior
8 4 (5.26%) Analyst
8 4 (5.26%) Business Analyst
9 3 (3.95%) Dynamics 365 Architect
9 3 (3.95%) SAP Financial Architect
10 2 (2.63%) AWS Architect
10 2 (2.63%) Chief Technology Officer
10 2 (2.63%) Head of Engineering
10 2 (2.63%) Java Architect
10 2 (2.63%) Microsoft 365 Manager
10 2 (2.63%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.58%) Node.js
1 5 (6.58%) SAP PI
2 4 (5.26%) Kafka
2 4 (5.26%) React
2 4 (5.26%) Spring Boot
3 3 (3.95%) AngularJS
3 3 (3.95%) Spring
3 3 (3.95%) Web Services
4 2 (2.63%) .NET
4 2 (2.63%) Keycloak
4 2 (2.63%) OAuth2
4 2 (2.63%) OpenID
4 2 (2.63%) OpenJDK
4 2 (2.63%) PySpark
4 2 (2.63%) REST
4 2 (2.63%) SAML
4 2 (2.63%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (2.63%) SAPUI5
4 2 (2.63%) XACML
4 2 (2.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.58%) Operational Technology
1 5 (6.58%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.95%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.95%) Educational Technology
3 3 (3.95%) Private Cloud
4 2 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.32%) CMDB
5 1 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.32%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.32%) FMCG
5 1 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (23.68%) Roadmaps
2 17 (22.37%) Agile
2 17 (22.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (18.42%) DevOps
4 13 (17.11%) ERP
4 13 (17.11%) Microservices
4 13 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (15.79%) Enterprise Architecture
6 10 (13.16%) Migration
6 10 (13.16%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (10.53%) Data Architecture
7 8 (10.53%) Data Governance
7 8 (10.53%) Decision-Making
7 8 (10.53%) Requirements Gathering
8 7 (9.21%) CRM
8 7 (9.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (9.21%) TOGAF
8 7 (9.21%) Translating Business Requirements
9 6 (7.89%) Data Management
9 6 (7.89%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.16%) SQL
2 9 (11.84%) Java
3 6 (7.89%) JavaScript
4 5 (6.58%) PL/SQL
5 4 (5.26%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.63%) ABAP
6 2 (2.63%) C#
6 2 (2.63%) Python
7 1 (1.32%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.32%) UniBasic
Qualifications
1 26 (34.21%) Security Cleared
2 21 (27.63%) SC Cleared
3 7 (9.21%) Degree
4 4 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.95%) RHCSA
6 2 (2.63%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.32%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.32%) CEH
7 1 (1.32%) CISM
7 1 (1.32%) CISSP
7 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.32%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.32%) GIAC
7 1 (1.32%) IIBA
7 1 (1.32%) OSCP
7 1 (1.32%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.63%) Accessibility
1 2 (2.63%) NCSC
2 1 (1.32%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.32%) GDPR
2 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.32%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (7.89%) Docker
2 3 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.63%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.63%) RACF
4 1 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.32%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (10.53%) Terraform
2 5 (6.58%) Ansible
3 4 (5.26%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.63%) Packer
4 2 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.32%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 12 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.53%) SAP
3 7 (9.21%) Oracle
4 5 (6.58%) IFS
4 5 (6.58%) VMware
5 3 (3.95%) Cloudera
5 3 (3.95%) Fortinet
5 3 (3.95%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.63%) Ariba
6 2 (2.63%) Cisco
6 2 (2.63%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.32%) Citrix
7 1 (1.32%) Dell
7 1 (1.32%) Google
7 1 (1.32%) IBM
7 1 (1.32%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.32%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.32%) Splunk
7 1 (1.32%) Sybase