Architect Contracts with Work from Home Options

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect daily rate in Work from Home is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 14 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 1,585 2,423 4,596
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.83% 10.05% 10.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.58% 10.55% 10.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,048 1,723 3,221
10th Percentile £500 £510 £513
25th Percentile £550 £569 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £638
Median % change year-on-year - +1.96% +8.70%
75th Percentile £725 £743 £725
90th Percentile £800 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £650 £656 £650
% change year-on-year -0.88% +0.88% +9.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 43 13
10th Percentile £53.60 £55.30 £55.20
25th Percentile £67.50 £66.00 £56.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £60.93
Median % change year-on-year - +14.89% +5.97%
75th Percentile £86.23 - £66.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £80.25 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £66.00
% change year-on-year - +6.06% +14.11%

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 13,691 22,958 42,210
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.26% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,251 16,282 30,640
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £444 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +2.67% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 531 565
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.84 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £44.87 £52.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +43.84% +57.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.72 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £77.50 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Architect trend for jobs with a WFH option

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 Architect.

Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Architect over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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 Architect.

Architect hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Architect over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Architect hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 Architect in the job title.

1 404 (25.49%) Azure
2 388 (24.48%) Finance
3 364 (22.97%) Security Cleared
4 296 (18.68%) SC Cleared
5 287 (18.11%) Social Skills
6 285 (17.98%) AWS
7 243 (15.33%) Agile
8 227 (14.32%) Migration
9 209 (13.19%) Public Sector
10 185 (11.67%) DevOps
11 182 (11.48%) Microsoft
12 180 (11.36%) Banking
13 173 (10.91%) Roadmaps
14 143 (9.02%) Stakeholder Management
15 137 (8.64%) Degree
16 128 (8.08%) Problem-Solving
17 122 (7.70%) Data Modelling
18 120 (7.57%) Microservices
19 109 (6.88%) Change Management
20 105 (6.62%) GCP
21 103 (6.50%) SAP
22 102 (6.44%) Enterprise Architecture
23 98 (6.18%) DV Cleared
23 98 (6.18%) Python
24 95 (5.99%) Analytics
25 93 (5.87%) Security Architecture
26 91 (5.74%) Cybersecurity
26 91 (5.74%) TOGAF
27 87 (5.49%) SQL
27 87 (5.49%) Oracle

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:

Application Platforms
1 50 (3.15%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.32%) Confluence
3 20 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (1.14%) Apache
5 14 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (0.63%) CMS
7 8 (0.50%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 7 (0.44%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 6 (0.38%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.32%) IIS
10 5 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.32%) SAS
11 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.25%) JBoss
12 3 (0.19%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
13 2 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.13%) WebLogic
14 1 (0.063%) Tomcat
Applications
1 26 (1.64%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.50%) Chatbot
3 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.13%) Gliffy
5 2 (0.13%) Revit
6 1 (0.063%) CATIA
6 1 (0.063%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.063%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 37 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 35 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.07%) Teamcenter
4 14 (0.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 13 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
6 12 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
7 11 (0.69%) Oracle Assets
8 9 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
9 8 (0.50%) Oracle AGIS
9 8 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
10 6 (0.38%) Distributed Ledger
10 6 (0.38%) SAP SD
11 5 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
11 5 (0.32%) OpenText VIM for SAP
11 5 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
11 5 (0.32%) SAP HCM
11 5 (0.32%) SAP MM
11 5 (0.32%) Temenos T24
12 4 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
12 4 (0.25%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 404 (25.49%) Azure
2 285 (17.98%) AWS
3 105 (6.62%) GCP
4 81 (5.11%) Power Platform
5 73 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
6 57 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
7 45 (2.84%) SaaS
8 39 (2.46%) Entra ID
9 37 (2.33%) PaaS
10 36 (2.27%) IaaS
11 32 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
12 27 (1.70%) Serverless
13 24 (1.51%) dbt
14 23 (1.45%) GitHub
15 22 (1.39%) Snowflake
16 21 (1.32%) Amazon S3
17 17 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
17 17 (1.07%) PowerApps
18 16 (1.01%) Power Automate
19 14 (0.88%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 72 (4.54%) Firewall
2 51 (3.22%) Network Security
3 48 (3.03%) WAN
4 41 (2.59%) SSL
5 34 (2.15%) LAN
6 24 (1.51%) VPN
7 21 (1.32%) SD-WAN
8 16 (1.01%) Intrusion Detection
8 16 (1.01%) VoIP
9 14 (0.88%) NetScaler
10 11 (0.69%) 4G
10 11 (0.69%) MPLS
11 10 (0.63%) CTI
12 9 (0.57%) WLAN
13 8 (0.50%) 3G
13 8 (0.50%) ATM
13 8 (0.50%) Cisco Nexus
13 8 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.44%) Cisco ASA
14 7 (0.44%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (3.91%) Data Warehouse
2 44 (2.78%) Data Lake
3 39 (2.46%) Power BI
4 33 (2.08%) SQL Server
5 32 (2.02%) NoSQL
6 23 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
6 23 (1.45%) Relational Database
7 22 (1.39%) Big Data
8 19 (1.20%) Oracle Database
9 17 (1.07%) Metadata
10 16 (1.01%) Apache Arrow
10 16 (1.01%) Dremio
11 15 (0.95%) Apache Ignite
11 15 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
12 14 (0.88%) BigQuery
13 12 (0.76%) OLAP
13 12 (0.76%) OLTP
13 12 (0.76%) Snowflake Schema
14 11 (0.69%) RDBMS
15 9 (0.57%) DB2
Development Applications
1 35 (2.21%) JIRA
2 14 (0.88%) Git
2 14 (0.88%) Jenkins
3 8 (0.50%) ERwin
4 6 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.19%) GitLab
6 3 (0.19%) Postman
6 3 (0.19%) Selenium
7 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.13%) Bugzilla
7 2 (0.13%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.13%) JMeter
7 2 (0.13%) JUnit
7 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.13%) TestNG
7 2 (0.13%) TestRail
7 2 (0.13%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.063%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.063%) webpack
General
1 388 (24.48%) Finance
2 287 (18.11%) Social Skills
3 209 (13.19%) Public Sector
4 180 (11.36%) Banking
5 86 (5.43%) Telecoms
6 73 (4.61%) Analytical Skills
7 52 (3.28%) Retail
8 47 (2.97%) Manufacturing
9 44 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
10 39 (2.46%) Marketing
11 24 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (1.32%) Investment Banking
13 20 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 17 (1.07%) Electronics
14 17 (1.07%) Front Office
15 15 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (0.82%) General Ledger
17 12 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
18 11 (0.69%) Local Government
19 9 (0.57%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (3.85%) Web Services
2 44 (2.78%) REST
3 43 (2.71%) .NET
4 40 (2.52%) Middleware
4 40 (2.52%) SAML
5 31 (1.96%) JSON
6 28 (1.77%) OpenID
7 24 (1.51%) SOAP
8 23 (1.45%) OAuth
8 23 (1.45%) React
9 22 (1.39%) Node.js
9 22 (1.39%) XML
10 20 (1.26%) SailPoint
11 19 (1.20%) RESTful
12 16 (1.01%) gRPC
12 16 (1.01%) Kafka
12 16 (1.01%) Protocol Buffers
13 15 (0.95%) NumPy
13 15 (0.95%) Pandas
13 15 (0.95%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 42 (2.65%) Data Structures
2 41 (2.59%) Public Cloud
3 40 (2.52%) Data Centre
4 39 (2.46%) Cloud Native
4 39 (2.46%) PKI
5 38 (2.40%) Product Ownership
6 30 (1.89%) Management Information System
7 28 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
8 24 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
9 23 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
10 22 (1.39%) Mainframe
11 19 (1.20%) Derivative
12 18 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 17 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (1.01%) Equities
14 16 (1.01%) Fixed Income
14 16 (1.01%) Hedge funds
14 16 (1.01%) IVR
15 14 (0.88%) Mobile App
15 14 (0.88%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 53 (3.34%) Windows
2 49 (3.09%) Linux
3 16 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 14 (0.88%) Android
5 13 (0.82%) Unix
6 12 (0.76%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.57%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.44%) Solaris
8 7 (0.44%) VMS
9 5 (0.32%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.13%) AIX
11 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (15.33%) Agile
2 227 (14.32%) Migration
3 185 (11.67%) DevOps
4 173 (10.91%) Roadmaps
5 143 (9.02%) Stakeholder Management
6 128 (8.08%) Problem-Solving
7 122 (7.70%) Data Modelling
8 120 (7.57%) Microservices
9 109 (6.88%) Change Management
10 102 (6.44%) Enterprise Architecture
11 95 (5.99%) Analytics
12 93 (5.87%) Security Architecture
13 91 (5.74%) Cybersecurity
13 91 (5.74%) TOGAF
14 82 (5.17%) Architectural Design
15 79 (4.98%) CI/CD
16 78 (4.92%) Data Architecture
17 72 (4.54%) Business Intelligence
18 71 (4.48%) Architectural Patterns
19 69 (4.35%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 98 (6.18%) Python
2 87 (5.49%) SQL
3 83 (5.24%) Java
4 57 (3.60%) JavaScript
5 27 (1.70%) C#
6 25 (1.58%) TypeScript
7 19 (1.20%) PowerShell
8 12 (0.76%) C++
8 12 (0.76%) PL/SQL
9 11 (0.69%) C
10 9 (0.57%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.32%) ABAP
11 5 (0.32%) Bash
11 5 (0.32%) Bicep
11 5 (0.32%) Scala
12 3 (0.19%) Clojure
12 3 (0.19%) Go
12 3 (0.19%) PHP
13 2 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.13%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 364 (22.97%) Security Cleared
2 296 (18.68%) SC Cleared
3 137 (8.64%) Degree
4 98 (6.18%) DV Cleared
5 50 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 34 (2.15%) CISSP
7 33 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (1.70%) TOGAF Certification
9 26 (1.64%) AWS Certification
10 25 (1.58%) Master's Degree
11 24 (1.51%) Azure Certification
11 24 (1.51%) CISM
12 22 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
13 21 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
14 17 (1.07%) CISA
15 14 (0.88%) CCNP
16 11 (0.69%) SAP Certification
17 9 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 9 (0.57%) CCIE
18 8 (0.50%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (3.66%) NIST
2 42 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 41 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 37 (2.33%) GDPR
5 31 (1.96%) NCSC
6 28 (1.77%) QA
7 17 (1.07%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.69%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.63%) COBIT
10 8 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 7 (0.44%) GAAP
11 7 (0.44%) SLA
12 6 (0.38%) ISO 22301
13 5 (0.32%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
14 4 (0.25%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
15 3 (0.19%) GPG13
16 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 81 (5.11%) Active Directory
2 29 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (1.45%) Docker
4 9 (0.57%) VMware NSX
4 9 (0.57%) vSphere
5 7 (0.44%) RACF
6 6 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.32%) KVM
7 5 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.13%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.063%) ACF2
9 1 (0.063%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (0.063%) IAG
9 1 (0.063%) UAG
9 1 (0.063%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 47 (2.97%) Terraform
2 33 (2.08%) Kubernetes
3 28 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
4 18 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.69%) Ansible
6 6 (0.38%) CSIRT
6 6 (0.38%) VxRail
6 6 (0.38%) zSecure
7 5 (0.32%) SCCM
8 4 (0.25%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.25%) PingFederate
9 3 (0.19%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.13%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.13%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.063%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.063%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.063%) Istio
11 1 (0.063%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 182 (11.48%) Microsoft
2 103 (6.50%) SAP
3 87 (5.49%) Oracle
4 51 (3.22%) Cisco
5 48 (3.03%) Google
6 47 (2.97%) Salesforce
7 46 (2.90%) ServiceNow
8 40 (2.52%) VMware
9 38 (2.40%) Databricks
10 27 (1.70%) IBM
11 26 (1.64%) CyberArk
12 23 (1.45%) Palo Alto
13 22 (1.39%) F5
13 22 (1.39%) Sparx
14 21 (1.32%) Citrix
15 19 (1.20%) NetApp
16 18 (1.14%) Genesys
17 17 (1.07%) Okta
18 16 (1.01%) MuleSoft
19 14 (0.88%) Pega