Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 98 28
Rank change year-on-year +74 -70 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,589 624 2,135
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.36% 3.79% 7.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.82% 4.11% 7.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,122 435 1,385
10th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £66,544 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £97,500
90th Percentile £108,625 £107,500 £118,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 20,324 15,191 28,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.21% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,743 9,431 21,281
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Architect job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Architect
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Architect job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Architect job vacancies

Architect
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Architect over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Architect salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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

For the 6 months to 21 July 2026, Architect 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 permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Architect in the job title.

1 498 (31.34%) Azure
2 379 (23.85%) Roadmaps
3 333 (20.96%) Microsoft
4 283 (17.81%) Agile
5 281 (17.68%) AWS
6 278 (17.50%) Security Cleared
7 255 (16.05%) AI
8 230 (14.47%) SC Cleared
9 221 (13.91%) Enterprise Architecture
10 208 (13.09%) TOGAF
11 201 (12.65%) Technical Architecture
12 180 (11.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 175 (11.01%) CI/CD
14 171 (10.76%) DevOps
15 169 (10.64%) Technology Strategy
16 164 (10.32%) Cybersecurity
17 148 (9.31%) Continuous Improvement
18 143 (9.00%) Mentoring
19 140 (8.81%) Analytics
20 136 (8.56%) Presales
21 128 (8.06%) Data Architecture
21 128 (8.06%) Migration
22 125 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
23 124 (7.80%) GCP
23 124 (7.80%) IT Strategy
23 124 (7.80%) Technical Leadership
24 123 (7.74%) Business Strategy
25 122 (7.68%) Infrastructure as Code
26 120 (7.55%) Data Modelling
27 112 (7.05%) Decision-Making

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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (0.63%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.57%) CMS
3 5 (0.31%) Confluence
4 4 (0.25%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.19%) Apache
5 3 (0.19%) SAS
6 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.063%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.063%) Appian
7 1 (0.063%) JBoss
7 1 (0.063%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (0.69%) Chatbot
1 11 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.19%) Revit
5 2 (0.13%) ArchiCAD
5 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.063%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.063%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.063%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 12 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
1 12 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
2 10 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
2 10 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
3 9 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.13%) Shopify
9 1 (0.063%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.063%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.063%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.063%) SAP IS-U
9 1 (0.063%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.063%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.063%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 498 (31.34%) Azure
2 281 (17.68%) AWS
3 124 (7.80%) GCP
4 90 (5.66%) Power Platform
5 83 (5.22%) SaaS
6 70 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
7 61 (3.84%) Serverless
8 58 (3.65%) Cloud Computing
9 52 (3.27%) Dynamics 365
10 50 (3.15%) Entra ID
11 38 (2.39%) PaaS
11 38 (2.39%) Snowflake
12 31 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
12 31 (1.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 25 (1.57%) dbt
14 23 (1.45%) Anthropic Claude
15 17 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
15 17 (1.07%) Azure Service Bus
16 16 (1.01%) Azure Machine Learning
16 16 (1.01%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 112 (7.05%) WAN
2 86 (5.41%) LAN
3 66 (4.15%) Broadband
4 58 (3.65%) Network Security
5 40 (2.52%) SD-WAN
6 38 (2.39%) Firewall
7 29 (1.83%) MPLS
8 25 (1.57%) VPN
9 18 (1.13%) BGP
10 16 (1.01%) DNS
11 15 (0.94%) HTTP
11 15 (0.94%) SNMP
12 14 (0.88%) IPsec
12 14 (0.88%) WLAN
13 12 (0.76%) VoIP
13 12 (0.76%) VSAN
14 11 (0.69%) CTI
14 11 (0.69%) Kerberos
14 11 (0.69%) VLAN
15 10 (0.63%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (4.09%) Metadata
2 24 (1.51%) Power BI
2 24 (1.51%) SQL Server
3 23 (1.45%) Data Lake
4 21 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.20%) BigQuery
6 16 (1.01%) MongoDB
7 12 (0.76%) NoSQL
8 11 (0.69%) Delta Lake
9 10 (0.63%) Data Vault
10 8 (0.50%) Tableau
11 7 (0.44%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
12 6 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.38%) MySQL
13 5 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
14 4 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.25%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 47 (2.96%) Jenkins
2 35 (2.20%) GitLab
2 35 (2.20%) SonarQube
3 25 (1.57%) Snyk
4 9 (0.57%) Claude Code
5 8 (0.50%) Git
6 5 (0.31%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.13%) MLflow
8 1 (0.063%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.063%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.063%) ERwin
8 1 (0.063%) JMeter
8 1 (0.063%) Maven
8 1 (0.063%) Postman
8 1 (0.063%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.063%) Selenium
General
1 356 (22.40%) Social Skills
2 303 (19.07%) Finance
3 244 (15.36%) Public Sector
4 204 (12.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 101 (6.36%) Law
6 90 (5.66%) Presentation Skills
7 89 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
8 69 (4.34%) Influencing Skills
9 55 (3.46%) Legal
10 53 (3.34%) Games
11 50 (3.15%) Marketing
12 49 (3.08%) Retail
13 36 (2.27%) Banking
14 21 (1.32%) Manufacturing
15 13 (0.82%) Telecoms
16 12 (0.76%) Back Office
17 10 (0.63%) Financial Institution
18 7 (0.44%) Aviation
19 6 (0.38%) Health Technology
19 6 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.03%) REST
2 48 (3.02%) SOAP
3 37 (2.33%) .NET
3 37 (2.33%) Lightning Web Components
4 34 (2.14%) Visualforce
5 30 (1.89%) OAuth
6 28 (1.76%) RESTful
7 26 (1.64%) Middleware
8 25 (1.57%) SAML
9 18 (1.13%) OpenID
10 15 (0.94%) LDAP
11 12 (0.76%) LangChain
11 12 (0.76%) Node.js
11 12 (0.76%) OpenAPI
11 12 (0.76%) PySpark
11 12 (0.76%) Swagger
12 10 (0.63%) LangGraph
13 8 (0.50%) .NET Core
14 7 (0.44%) ARM Templates
14 7 (0.44%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 104 (6.54%) Cloud Native
2 69 (4.34%) Data Centre
3 59 (3.71%) Product Ownership
4 34 (2.14%) Cyberattack
5 32 (2.01%) Management Information System
6 31 (1.95%) Virtual Team
7 25 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
8 24 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (1.20%) Public Cloud
10 18 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
12 12 (0.76%) IoT
13 11 (0.69%) AI Agents
13 11 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (0.69%) IVR
14 10 (0.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 10 (0.63%) Low-Code
15 9 (0.57%) Hedge funds
15 9 (0.57%) PKI
16 8 (0.50%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.01%) Windows
2 9 (0.57%) Linux
3 4 (0.25%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (23.85%) Roadmaps
2 283 (17.81%) Agile
3 255 (16.05%) AI
4 221 (13.91%) Enterprise Architecture
5 208 (13.09%) TOGAF
6 201 (12.65%) Technical Architecture
7 180 (11.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 175 (11.01%) CI/CD
9 171 (10.76%) DevOps
10 169 (10.64%) Technology Strategy
11 164 (10.32%) Cybersecurity
12 148 (9.31%) Continuous Improvement
13 143 (9.00%) Mentoring
14 140 (8.81%) Analytics
15 136 (8.56%) Presales
16 128 (8.06%) Data Architecture
16 128 (8.06%) Migration
17 125 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
18 124 (7.80%) IT Strategy
18 124 (7.80%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 56 (3.52%) Python
2 49 (3.08%) SQL
3 37 (2.33%) Apex Code
4 36 (2.27%) SOQL
4 36 (2.27%) SOSL
5 29 (1.83%) C#
6 22 (1.38%) Bicep
7 20 (1.26%) Java
8 18 (1.13%) PowerShell
9 11 (0.69%) TypeScript
10 10 (0.63%) Scala
11 9 (0.57%) Go
11 9 (0.57%) JavaScript
12 4 (0.25%) Bash
12 4 (0.25%) Ruby
12 4 (0.25%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.13%) C
13 2 (0.13%) C++
13 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 278 (17.50%) Security Cleared
2 230 (14.47%) SC Cleared
3 107 (6.73%) Degree
4 50 (3.15%) CISSP
5 43 (2.71%) Azure Certification
6 42 (2.64%) TOGAF Certification
7 32 (2.01%) AWS Certification
8 29 (1.83%) DV Cleared
9 28 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
10 27 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 24 (1.51%) CISM
12 20 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
13 18 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.82%) CCNP
15 12 (0.76%) VCAP
15 12 (0.76%) VCDX
15 12 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 10 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 10 (0.63%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (5.79%) GRC
2 79 (4.97%) NIST
3 63 (3.96%) Data Quality
4 53 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.76%) GDPR
6 24 (1.51%) NCSC
7 22 (1.38%) Accessibility
8 15 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (0.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 12 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
11 10 (0.63%) PMO
12 9 (0.57%) QA
13 8 (0.50%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.44%) WCAG
15 5 (0.31%) IFRS
15 5 (0.31%) PCI DSS
16 4 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 4 (0.25%) Def Stans
16 4 (0.25%) NIST 800
17 3 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
2 37 (2.33%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.32%) vSphere
5 20 (1.26%) Docker
6 13 (0.82%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.63%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.44%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 35 (2.20%) Kubernetes
2 33 (2.08%) Terraform
3 24 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (0.82%) Ansible
5 12 (0.76%) CASB
6 11 (0.69%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.38%) Avamar
7 6 (0.38%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.38%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.38%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.38%) VxRail
8 5 (0.31%) Endace
8 5 (0.31%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.063%) Argo
Vendors
1 333 (20.96%) Microsoft
2 60 (3.78%) Cisco
3 54 (3.40%) Databricks
3 54 (3.40%) Salesforce
4 47 (2.96%) Palo Alto
5 38 (2.39%) Oracle
6 36 (2.27%) Splunk
7 31 (1.95%) Google
8 30 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
8 30 (1.89%) SAP
8 30 (1.89%) VMware
9 28 (1.76%) OpenAI
9 28 (1.76%) ServiceNow
10 25 (1.57%) Tenable
11 17 (1.07%) Juniper
12 14 (0.88%) Dell
12 14 (0.88%) Fortinet
13 13 (0.82%) NetApp
13 13 (0.82%) Nimble Storage
14 12 (0.76%) Broadcom