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 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 54 30
Rank change year-on-year +27 -24 +9
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,169 685 2,176
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.54% 5.12% 6.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.99% 5.52% 7.01%
Number of salaries quoted 771 519 1,403
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
25th Percentile £72,079 £66,875 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 16,732 12,418 31,034
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 92.90% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 12,058 9,097 24,874
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,599 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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.

1 340 (29.08%) Azure
2 236 (20.19%) Roadmaps
3 199 (17.02%) AWS
4 191 (16.34%) Microsoft
5 177 (15.14%) Security Cleared
6 175 (14.97%) Agile
7 167 (14.29%) TOGAF
8 157 (13.43%) AI
9 153 (13.09%) Enterprise Architecture
10 138 (11.80%) DevOps
11 134 (11.46%) SC Cleared
12 130 (11.12%) Data Modelling
13 124 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
14 120 (10.27%) Data Architecture
14 120 (10.27%) Mentoring
15 119 (10.18%) Analytics
15 119 (10.18%) Continuous Improvement
16 107 (9.15%) Technology Strategy
17 103 (8.81%) Migration
18 100 (8.55%) GCP
19 95 (8.13%) CI/CD
19 95 (8.13%) Microservices
20 94 (8.04%) Problem-Solving
21 87 (7.44%) Event-Driven
22 85 (7.27%) Stakeholder Management
23 82 (7.01%) Degree
23 82 (7.01%) IT Strategy
24 80 (6.84%) Technical Architecture
25 79 (6.76%) Technology Roadmap
26 78 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 14 (1.20%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.11%) CMS
3 11 (0.94%) JBoss
3 11 (0.94%) WebSphere
4 8 (0.68%) Confluence
5 7 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.43%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.43%) GeoServer
6 5 (0.43%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.26%) SAS
8 2 (0.17%) Apache
8 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.086%) IIS
9 1 (0.086%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.086%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.17%) ArchiCAD
2 2 (0.17%) Revit
3 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.086%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (1.20%) Oracle Assets
1 14 (1.20%) Oracle General Ledger
1 14 (1.20%) Oracle Payables
2 12 (1.03%) Oracle Financials
3 11 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.26%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.17%) Shopify
8 1 (0.086%) Actimize
8 1 (0.086%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.086%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.086%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.086%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.086%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 340 (29.08%) Azure
2 199 (17.02%) AWS
3 100 (8.55%) GCP
4 65 (5.56%) SaaS
5 63 (5.39%) Serverless
6 56 (4.79%) Snowflake
7 52 (4.45%) Power Platform
8 46 (3.93%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (2.57%) Entra ID
10 24 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (1.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 18 (1.54%) PaaS
13 17 (1.45%) IaaS
14 16 (1.37%) Azure Machine Learning
15 12 (1.03%) Azure AI
15 12 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
16 10 (0.86%) iPaaS
17 8 (0.68%) Azure Service Bus
17 8 (0.68%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 72 (6.16%) Broadband
2 27 (2.31%) WAN
3 25 (2.14%) Network Security
4 22 (1.88%) Firewall
5 17 (1.45%) VPN
6 16 (1.37%) SD-WAN
7 15 (1.28%) LAN
8 10 (0.86%) MPLS
9 8 (0.68%) DNS
10 6 (0.51%) DHCP
10 6 (0.51%) Kerberos
11 5 (0.43%) BGP
11 5 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (0.43%) HTTP
11 5 (0.43%) SNMP
11 5 (0.43%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.34%) SSL
12 4 (0.34%) VSAN
12 4 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (0.26%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
2 37 (3.17%) Metadata
3 26 (2.22%) SQL Server
4 16 (1.37%) NoSQL
5 14 (1.20%) Power BI
6 13 (1.11%) Data Lake
7 11 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.68%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.51%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.43%) GIS
10 5 (0.43%) QGIS
11 4 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.34%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.34%) Tableau
12 3 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.26%) Big Data
12 3 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
12 3 (0.26%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.17%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 47 (4.02%) Jenkins
2 35 (2.99%) SonarQube
3 34 (2.91%) GitLab
4 13 (1.11%) Snyk
5 8 (0.68%) Git
6 3 (0.26%) JIRA
6 3 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.086%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.086%) ERwin
8 1 (0.086%) JMeter
8 1 (0.086%) MLflow
8 1 (0.086%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.086%) Postman
8 1 (0.086%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.086%) Selenium
8 1 (0.086%) Subversion
General
1 243 (20.79%) Social Skills
2 175 (14.97%) Finance
3 171 (14.63%) Public Sector
4 122 (10.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 76 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
6 62 (5.30%) Games
7 61 (5.22%) Marketing
8 53 (4.53%) Law
9 42 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
10 40 (3.42%) Retail
11 39 (3.34%) Legal
12 31 (2.65%) Banking
13 29 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (1.97%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.54%) Manufacturing
16 14 (1.20%) Back Office
17 10 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.60%) Financial Institution
19 6 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
20 4 (0.34%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.39%) REST
2 53 (4.53%) SOAP
3 47 (4.02%) .NET
4 36 (3.08%) Middleware
5 34 (2.91%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.91%) Visualforce
6 18 (1.54%) OAuth
6 18 (1.54%) OpenID
7 17 (1.45%) GraphQL
8 16 (1.37%) Spring
9 15 (1.28%) Hibernate
9 15 (1.28%) RESTful
10 14 (1.20%) LDAP
10 14 (1.20%) SAML
11 10 (0.86%) .NET Core
12 7 (0.60%) Django
12 7 (0.60%) OpenAPI
12 7 (0.60%) Swagger
13 6 (0.51%) Node.js
13 6 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (4.28%) Product Ownership
2 46 (3.93%) Cloud Native
3 35 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (2.82%) Cyberattack
4 33 (2.82%) Public Cloud
5 32 (2.74%) Data Centre
6 30 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
8 27 (2.31%) Management Information System
8 27 (2.31%) Virtual Team
9 17 (1.45%) PKI
10 15 (1.28%) IoT
11 14 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
11 14 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (0.94%) DataPower
12 11 (0.94%) Operational Technology
13 9 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.60%) Low-Code
15 6 (0.51%) Driving Licence
15 6 (0.51%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.37%) Windows
2 12 (1.03%) Linux
3 9 (0.77%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.43%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.17%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (20.19%) Roadmaps
2 175 (14.97%) Agile
3 167 (14.29%) TOGAF
4 157 (13.43%) AI
5 153 (13.09%) Enterprise Architecture
6 138 (11.80%) DevOps
7 130 (11.12%) Data Modelling
8 124 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
9 120 (10.27%) Data Architecture
9 120 (10.27%) Mentoring
10 119 (10.18%) Analytics
10 119 (10.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 107 (9.15%) Technology Strategy
12 103 (8.81%) Migration
13 95 (8.13%) CI/CD
13 95 (8.13%) Microservices
14 94 (8.04%) Problem-Solving
15 87 (7.44%) Event-Driven
16 85 (7.27%) Stakeholder Management
17 82 (7.01%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 49 (4.19%) SQL
2 43 (3.68%) Python
3 40 (3.42%) C#
3 40 (3.42%) Java
4 34 (2.91%) Apex Code
4 34 (2.91%) SOQL
4 34 (2.91%) SOSL
5 20 (1.71%) PowerShell
6 19 (1.63%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.45%) JavaScript
8 9 (0.77%) Bash
9 8 (0.68%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.43%) Bicep
11 4 (0.34%) C++
12 3 (0.26%) Go
13 2 (0.17%) C
13 2 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.17%) Scala
14 1 (0.086%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 177 (15.14%) Security Cleared
2 134 (11.46%) SC Cleared
3 82 (7.01%) Degree
4 45 (3.85%) TOGAF Certification
5 43 (3.68%) Azure Certification
6 41 (3.51%) CISSP
7 36 (3.08%) AWS Certification
8 30 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (2.48%) DV Cleared
10 26 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
11 25 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 19 (1.63%) CISM
14 14 (1.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (0.60%) CCNP
15 7 (0.60%) CCSP
16 4 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (0.34%) Master's Degree
16 4 (0.34%) VCDX
16 4 (0.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (4.45%) NIST
2 39 (3.34%) Accessibility
3 31 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (1.88%) GDPR
5 20 (1.71%) Data Quality
6 19 (1.63%) GRC
6 19 (1.63%) NCSC
7 11 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (0.86%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.68%) QA
10 7 (0.60%) WCAG
11 6 (0.51%) PMO
12 4 (0.34%) IFRS
12 4 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.17%) SLA
15 1 (0.086%) IFRS 17
15 1 (0.086%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 1 (0.086%) PERC
15 1 (0.086%) Solvency II
System Software
1 25 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
2 24 (2.05%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.45%) Docker
4 10 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.43%) VMware NSX
5 5 (0.43%) vSphere
6 4 (0.34%) vCloud
7 1 (0.086%) Firmware
7 1 (0.086%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
2 19 (1.63%) Ansible
3 17 (1.45%) Kubernetes
4 12 (1.03%) Terraform
5 6 (0.51%) Endace
6 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.17%) CASB
8 1 (0.086%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.086%) Avamar
8 1 (0.086%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.086%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.086%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.086%) EMC VPLEX
8 1 (0.086%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.086%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.086%) Puppet
8 1 (0.086%) Rancher
8 1 (0.086%) VxRail
Vendors
1 191 (16.34%) Microsoft
2 42 (3.59%) Salesforce
3 35 (2.99%) Splunk
4 33 (2.82%) Google
5 30 (2.57%) Databricks
6 28 (2.40%) Oracle
7 22 (1.88%) Cisco
7 22 (1.88%) SAP
8 18 (1.54%) Palo Alto
8 18 (1.54%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.28%) VMware
10 14 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
11 13 (1.11%) Tenable
12 10 (0.86%) Fortinet
13 8 (0.68%) Meraki
14 7 (0.60%) Adobe
14 7 (0.60%) Juniper
14 7 (0.60%) Okta
15 6 (0.51%) Barracuda Networks
15 6 (0.51%) Dell