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 June 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 93 28
Rank change year-on-year +67 -65 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,477 604 2,402
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.28% 3.88% 6.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.75% 4.22% 7.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,026 441 1,584
10th Percentile £63,733 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,750 £68,250 £69,688
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 £107,500 £107,500 £115,000
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 19,052 14,327 33,377
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 92.14% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 13,908 8,791 26,083
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 22 June 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 June 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.

1 423 (28.64%) Azure
2 302 (20.45%) Roadmaps
3 263 (17.81%) AWS
4 255 (17.26%) Microsoft
5 251 (16.99%) Agile
6 227 (15.37%) Security Cleared
7 210 (14.22%) AI
8 204 (13.81%) TOGAF
9 186 (12.59%) Enterprise Architecture
10 181 (12.25%) SC Cleared
11 165 (11.17%) DevOps
12 164 (11.10%) CI/CD
13 150 (10.16%) Cybersecurity
14 145 (9.82%) Technology Strategy
15 133 (9.00%) Mentoring
16 131 (8.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 128 (8.67%) GCP
18 127 (8.60%) Data Architecture
19 125 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
20 123 (8.33%) Data Modelling
21 118 (7.99%) Analytics
22 114 (7.72%) Presales
22 114 (7.72%) Technical Leadership
23 107 (7.24%) Stakeholder Management
24 105 (7.11%) Event-Driven
24 105 (7.11%) IT Strategy
25 103 (6.97%) Problem-Solving
26 100 (6.77%) Migration
27 99 (6.70%) Degree
28 98 (6.64%) 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 8 (0.54%) CMS
1 8 (0.54%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.41%) Confluence
3 5 (0.34%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.20%) Apache
4 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.20%) JBoss
4 3 (0.20%) SAS
4 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.14%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.20%) Revit
5 2 (0.14%) ArchiCAD
5 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.068%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.068%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.068%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.068%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 13 (0.88%) Oracle Assets
1 13 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
1 13 (0.88%) Oracle General Ledger
1 13 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
1 13 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.34%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.14%) Shopify
6 1 (0.068%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.068%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.068%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.068%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.068%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.068%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.068%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.068%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 423 (28.64%) Azure
2 263 (17.81%) AWS
3 128 (8.67%) GCP
4 78 (5.28%) SaaS
5 64 (4.33%) Serverless
6 59 (3.99%) Power Platform
7 47 (3.18%) Entra ID
8 44 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
9 36 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
10 33 (2.23%) PaaS
11 28 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
12 27 (1.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 26 (1.76%) Snowflake
14 16 (1.08%) Azure Machine Learning
14 16 (1.08%) Azure Service Bus
15 15 (1.02%) IaaS
16 14 (0.95%) Anthropic Claude
16 14 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
17 13 (0.88%) Azure AI
17 13 (0.88%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 86 (5.82%) Broadband
2 54 (3.66%) WAN
3 52 (3.52%) Network Security
4 40 (2.71%) SD-WAN
5 36 (2.44%) Firewall
6 29 (1.96%) LAN
7 27 (1.83%) MPLS
8 26 (1.76%) VPN
9 16 (1.08%) BGP
10 15 (1.02%) WLAN
11 14 (0.95%) DNS
12 13 (0.88%) HTTP
12 13 (0.88%) SNMP
13 12 (0.81%) IPsec
13 12 (0.81%) VSAN
14 11 (0.74%) SSL
15 10 (0.68%) Kerberos
16 9 (0.61%) Cisco Firepower
16 9 (0.61%) VLAN
17 8 (0.54%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (4.54%) Metadata
2 24 (1.62%) Power BI
2 24 (1.62%) SQL Server
3 21 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (1.35%) Data Lake
5 19 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (1.22%) BigQuery
6 18 (1.22%) NoSQL
7 16 (1.08%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.61%) Relational Database
8 9 (0.61%) Tableau
9 7 (0.47%) Delta Lake
9 7 (0.47%) MySQL
9 7 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
10 6 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.34%) Data Vault
11 5 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
12 4 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.27%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 47 (3.18%) Jenkins
2 35 (2.37%) GitLab
3 34 (2.30%) SonarQube
4 25 (1.69%) Snyk
5 7 (0.47%) Git
6 5 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.14%) MLflow
7 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.068%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.068%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.068%) ERwin
8 1 (0.068%) JMeter
8 1 (0.068%) Postman
8 1 (0.068%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.068%) Selenium
General
1 260 (17.60%) Social Skills
2 238 (16.11%) Public Sector
3 221 (14.96%) Finance
4 154 (10.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 90 (6.09%) Analytical Skills
6 68 (4.60%) Games
7 60 (4.06%) Influencing Skills
7 60 (4.06%) Law
8 52 (3.52%) Marketing
9 49 (3.32%) Retail
10 46 (3.11%) Legal
11 28 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
12 25 (1.69%) Banking
13 22 (1.49%) Telecoms
14 20 (1.35%) Manufacturing
15 10 (0.68%) Back Office
15 10 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (0.47%) Financial Institution
17 6 (0.41%) Aviation
17 6 (0.41%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (4.60%) REST
2 52 (3.52%) SOAP
3 38 (2.57%) .NET
4 37 (2.51%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.30%) Visualforce
6 31 (2.10%) OAuth
7 28 (1.90%) Middleware
8 26 (1.76%) SAML
9 24 (1.62%) RESTful
10 22 (1.49%) OpenID
11 18 (1.22%) LDAP
12 12 (0.81%) Node.js
13 11 (0.74%) GraphQL
14 9 (0.61%) OpenAPI
14 9 (0.61%) Swagger
15 8 (0.54%) PySpark
15 8 (0.54%) Spring
16 7 (0.47%) .NET Core
17 6 (0.41%) ARM Templates
17 6 (0.41%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 88 (5.96%) Cloud Native
2 67 (4.54%) Data Centre
3 55 (3.72%) Product Ownership
4 38 (2.57%) Cyberattack
5 30 (2.03%) Management Information System
5 30 (2.03%) Virtual Team
6 27 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
6 27 (1.83%) Public Cloud
7 23 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
9 16 (1.08%) PKI
10 14 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
11 12 (0.81%) IoT
11 12 (0.81%) Operational Technology
12 11 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (0.74%) Low-Code
13 10 (0.68%) Video\Live Streaming
14 8 (0.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 8 (0.54%) Onboarding
15 7 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (0.95%) Windows
2 8 (0.54%) Linux
3 4 (0.27%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (20.45%) Roadmaps
2 251 (16.99%) Agile
3 210 (14.22%) AI
4 204 (13.81%) TOGAF
5 186 (12.59%) Enterprise Architecture
6 165 (11.17%) DevOps
7 164 (11.10%) CI/CD
8 150 (10.16%) Cybersecurity
9 145 (9.82%) Technology Strategy
10 133 (9.00%) Mentoring
11 131 (8.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 127 (8.60%) Data Architecture
13 125 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
14 123 (8.33%) Data Modelling
15 118 (7.99%) Analytics
16 114 (7.72%) Presales
16 114 (7.72%) Technical Leadership
17 107 (7.24%) Stakeholder Management
18 105 (7.11%) Event-Driven
18 105 (7.11%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 50 (3.39%) Python
2 49 (3.32%) SQL
3 37 (2.51%) Apex Code
4 36 (2.44%) SOQL
4 36 (2.44%) SOSL
5 32 (2.17%) C#
6 24 (1.62%) Java
7 18 (1.22%) PowerShell
8 17 (1.15%) Bicep
9 15 (1.02%) TypeScript
10 12 (0.81%) JavaScript
11 10 (0.68%) Go
12 8 (0.54%) Bash
12 8 (0.54%) Scala
12 8 (0.54%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.14%) C++
13 2 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.14%) Ruby
13 2 (0.14%) X++
Qualifications
1 227 (15.37%) Security Cleared
2 181 (12.25%) SC Cleared
3 99 (6.70%) Degree
4 50 (3.39%) CISSP
5 48 (3.25%) TOGAF Certification
6 42 (2.84%) Azure Certification
7 37 (2.51%) AWS Certification
8 30 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
9 27 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (1.76%) CISM
10 26 (1.76%) DV Cleared
11 19 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.88%) CCNP
14 12 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (0.81%) VCAP
14 12 (0.81%) VCDX
14 12 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 11 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 10 (0.68%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (5.55%) NIST
2 55 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 53 (3.59%) Data Quality
4 37 (2.51%) GRC
5 29 (1.96%) NCSC
6 27 (1.83%) GDPR
7 16 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (0.81%) Accessibility
8 12 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (0.74%) PMO
10 10 (0.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 10 (0.68%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.68%) QA
11 8 (0.54%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.47%) WCAG
13 5 (0.34%) IFRS
14 4 (0.27%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.27%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.14%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 39 (2.64%) Virtual Machines
2 38 (2.57%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.22%) vSphere
5 15 (1.02%) Docker
6 13 (0.88%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.47%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.47%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 27 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
1 27 (1.83%) Terraform
2 20 (1.35%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.88%) Ansible
4 9 (0.61%) FortiGate
5 8 (0.54%) CASB
6 6 (0.41%) Avamar
6 6 (0.41%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (0.41%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.41%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.41%) VxRail
7 5 (0.34%) Endace
7 5 (0.34%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 255 (17.26%) Microsoft
2 52 (3.52%) Salesforce
3 47 (3.18%) Cisco
4 45 (3.05%) Palo Alto
5 43 (2.91%) Databricks
6 37 (2.51%) Google
6 37 (2.51%) Splunk
7 35 (2.37%) Oracle
8 31 (2.10%) SAP
9 30 (2.03%) CrowdStrike
10 27 (1.83%) VMware
11 25 (1.69%) Tenable
12 21 (1.42%) ServiceNow
13 18 (1.22%) Juniper
14 17 (1.15%) OpenAI
15 14 (0.95%) Fortinet
16 13 (0.88%) Dell
16 13 (0.88%) NetApp
16 13 (0.88%) Nimble Storage
17 12 (0.81%) Broadcom