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 31 May 2026.

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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 94 30
Rank change year-on-year +69 -64 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,392 593 2,265
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.25% 3.97% 6.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.71% 4.31% 7.08%
Number of salaries quoted 957 416 1,493
10th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £68,456 £68,718
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 £96,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £107,500 £112,500
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 18,059 13,754 31,988
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 92.06% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 13,294 8,501 25,332
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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.

1 395 (28.38%) Azure
2 270 (19.40%) Roadmaps
3 251 (18.03%) AWS
4 215 (15.45%) Security Cleared
5 213 (15.30%) Agile
6 211 (15.16%) Microsoft
7 196 (14.08%) TOGAF
8 188 (13.51%) AI
9 173 (12.43%) Enterprise Architecture
10 171 (12.28%) SC Cleared
11 165 (11.85%) Cybersecurity
12 152 (10.92%) DevOps
13 133 (9.55%) CI/CD
14 132 (9.48%) Technology Strategy
15 127 (9.12%) Mentoring
16 120 (8.62%) GCP
17 113 (8.12%) Continuous Improvement
17 113 (8.12%) Data Modelling
18 111 (7.97%) Data Architecture
18 111 (7.97%) Presales
19 110 (7.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 108 (7.76%) Analytics
21 107 (7.69%) Migration
22 101 (7.26%) Degree
23 100 (7.18%) Problem-Solving
24 97 (6.97%) Stakeholder Management
25 96 (6.90%) IT Strategy
26 94 (6.75%) Technical Leadership
27 93 (6.68%) Event-Driven
28 91 (6.54%) Microservices

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 (0.72%) CMS
1 10 (0.72%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.57%) Confluence
3 7 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.29%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.29%) JBoss
4 4 (0.29%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.22%) Apache
5 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.22%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.22%) SAS
6 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.072%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.22%) Revit
5 2 (0.14%) ArchiCAD
5 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.072%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.072%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 16 (1.15%) Oracle Assets
1 16 (1.15%) Oracle Financials
1 16 (1.15%) Oracle General Ledger
1 16 (1.15%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.14%) Shopify
7 1 (0.072%) Actimize
7 1 (0.072%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.072%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.072%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.072%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 395 (28.38%) Azure
2 251 (18.03%) AWS
3 120 (8.62%) GCP
4 72 (5.17%) SaaS
5 70 (5.03%) Serverless
6 52 (3.74%) Power Platform
7 43 (3.09%) Entra ID
8 38 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
10 27 (1.94%) PaaS
11 25 (1.80%) Snowflake
12 24 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 16 (1.15%) Azure Machine Learning
15 13 (0.93%) IaaS
15 13 (0.93%) Nutanix
16 12 (0.86%) Azure AI
17 10 (0.72%) Anthropic Claude
17 10 (0.72%) Azure Service Bus
17 10 (0.72%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 84 (6.03%) Broadband
2 51 (3.66%) WAN
3 46 (3.30%) Network Security
4 39 (2.80%) Firewall
5 37 (2.66%) SD-WAN
6 30 (2.16%) LAN
7 24 (1.72%) MPLS
7 24 (1.72%) VPN
8 16 (1.15%) WLAN
9 12 (0.86%) BGP
10 10 (0.72%) Kerberos
11 9 (0.65%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (0.65%) DNS
11 9 (0.65%) HTTP
11 9 (0.65%) SNMP
11 9 (0.65%) VSAN
12 8 (0.57%) IPsec
12 8 (0.57%) SSL
13 7 (0.50%) Unified Communications
13 7 (0.50%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.52%) Metadata
2 27 (1.94%) SQL Server
3 20 (1.44%) Power BI
4 17 (1.22%) NoSQL
5 16 (1.15%) BigQuery
5 16 (1.15%) Data Lake
5 16 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (0.79%) MongoDB
8 8 (0.57%) Tableau
9 6 (0.43%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (0.36%) MySQL
11 4 (0.29%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
12 3 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.22%) Big Data
12 3 (0.22%) GIS
12 3 (0.22%) QGIS
13 2 (0.14%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 45 (3.23%) Jenkins
2 34 (2.44%) GitLab
2 34 (2.44%) SonarQube
3 25 (1.80%) Snyk
4 7 (0.50%) Git
5 5 (0.36%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.14%) MLflow
6 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.072%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.072%) JIRA
7 1 (0.072%) JMeter
7 1 (0.072%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.072%) Postman
7 1 (0.072%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.072%) Selenium
General
1 251 (18.03%) Social Skills
2 212 (15.23%) Public Sector
3 192 (13.79%) Finance
4 155 (11.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 88 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
6 67 (4.81%) Games
7 60 (4.31%) Law
8 55 (3.95%) Marketing
9 50 (3.59%) Influencing Skills
10 41 (2.95%) Legal
10 41 (2.95%) Retail
11 28 (2.01%) Banking
12 25 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (1.58%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.08%) Manufacturing
15 12 (0.86%) Back Office
16 10 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.50%) Financial Institution
18 6 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (0.43%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.60%) REST
2 51 (3.66%) SOAP
3 38 (2.73%) .NET
4 36 (2.59%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.44%) Visualforce
6 27 (1.94%) Middleware
7 26 (1.87%) OAuth
8 22 (1.58%) OpenID
8 22 (1.58%) SAML
9 21 (1.51%) RESTful
10 18 (1.29%) LDAP
11 12 (0.86%) GraphQL
12 9 (0.65%) Node.js
13 8 (0.57%) .NET Core
14 7 (0.50%) OpenAPI
14 7 (0.50%) Spring
14 7 (0.50%) Swagger
15 6 (0.43%) Django
15 6 (0.43%) Hibernate
15 6 (0.43%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 67 (4.81%) Cloud Native
2 61 (4.38%) Data Centre
3 51 (3.66%) Product Ownership
4 38 (2.73%) Cyberattack
5 32 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (2.23%) Public Cloud
7 30 (2.16%) Management Information System
8 28 (2.01%) Virtual Team
9 24 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
10 17 (1.22%) PKI
11 14 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
11 14 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (0.79%) IoT
12 11 (0.79%) Operational Technology
13 10 (0.72%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (0.57%) Onboarding
14 8 (0.57%) Video\Live Streaming
15 7 (0.50%) CMDB
15 7 (0.50%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.93%) Windows
2 8 (0.57%) Linux
3 5 (0.36%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (19.40%) Roadmaps
2 213 (15.30%) Agile
3 196 (14.08%) TOGAF
4 188 (13.51%) AI
5 173 (12.43%) Enterprise Architecture
6 165 (11.85%) Cybersecurity
7 152 (10.92%) DevOps
8 133 (9.55%) CI/CD
9 132 (9.48%) Technology Strategy
10 127 (9.12%) Mentoring
11 113 (8.12%) Continuous Improvement
11 113 (8.12%) Data Modelling
12 111 (7.97%) Data Architecture
12 111 (7.97%) Presales
13 110 (7.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 108 (7.76%) Analytics
15 107 (7.69%) Migration
16 100 (7.18%) Problem-Solving
17 97 (6.97%) Stakeholder Management
18 96 (6.90%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 45 (3.23%) Python
2 41 (2.95%) SQL
3 36 (2.59%) Apex Code
3 36 (2.59%) SOQL
3 36 (2.59%) SOSL
4 33 (2.37%) C#
5 23 (1.65%) Java
6 21 (1.51%) PowerShell
7 16 (1.15%) TypeScript
8 14 (1.01%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.57%) Bash
9 8 (0.57%) Bicep
9 8 (0.57%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.50%) Go
11 3 (0.22%) Scala
12 2 (0.14%) C++
12 2 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.072%) R
13 1 (0.072%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 215 (15.45%) Security Cleared
2 171 (12.28%) SC Cleared
3 101 (7.26%) Degree
4 48 (3.45%) CISSP
4 48 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
5 45 (3.23%) Azure Certification
6 37 (2.66%) AWS Certification
7 32 (2.30%) DV Cleared
8 30 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
9 29 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (1.72%) CISM
11 20 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.93%) CCNP
14 12 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 11 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 10 (0.72%) CCIE
17 9 (0.65%) VCAP
17 9 (0.65%) VCDX
17 9 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (5.10%) NIST
2 47 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (2.59%) Data Quality
3 36 (2.59%) GRC
4 25 (1.80%) NCSC
5 22 (1.58%) GDPR
6 12 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (0.79%) Accessibility
7 11 (0.79%) PMO
8 10 (0.72%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.65%) QA
10 8 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (0.57%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.50%) WCAG
12 5 (0.36%) IFRS
13 3 (0.22%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.22%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.14%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 38 (2.73%) Virtual Machines
2 35 (2.51%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.08%) vSphere
5 10 (0.72%) Docker
5 10 (0.72%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.50%) vCloud
7 6 (0.43%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 28 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (0.93%) Ansible
2 13 (0.93%) Terraform
3 12 (0.86%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.43%) Avamar
4 6 (0.43%) CASB
4 6 (0.43%) Dell DRAC
4 6 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
4 6 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
4 6 (0.43%) VxRail
5 5 (0.36%) Endace
5 5 (0.36%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.072%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.072%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 211 (15.16%) Microsoft
2 47 (3.38%) Salesforce
3 43 (3.09%) Cisco
4 41 (2.95%) Palo Alto
5 37 (2.66%) Splunk
6 36 (2.59%) Databricks
7 35 (2.51%) Google
8 31 (2.23%) Oracle
9 30 (2.16%) CrowdStrike
10 27 (1.94%) SAP
11 25 (1.80%) Tenable
11 25 (1.80%) VMware
12 22 (1.58%) ServiceNow
13 18 (1.29%) Juniper
14 14 (1.01%) Fortinet
15 13 (0.93%) Dell
15 13 (0.93%) NetApp
15 13 (0.93%) Nimble Storage
15 13 (0.93%) OpenAI
16 12 (0.86%) Meraki