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 4 July 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 95 29
Rank change year-on-year +70 -66 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,510 615 2,305
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.25% 3.80% 6.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.72% 4.12% 7.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,064 436 1,523
10th Percentile £63,744 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £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 £107,500 £107,500 £116,250
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 19,566 14,918 31,859
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 92.28% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 14,296 9,290 24,766
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £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 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.79% +6.67% -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 4 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 4 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.

1 447 (29.60%) Azure
2 330 (21.85%) Roadmaps
3 284 (18.81%) Microsoft
4 265 (17.55%) Agile
4 265 (17.55%) AWS
5 239 (15.83%) Security Cleared
6 225 (14.90%) AI
7 207 (13.71%) TOGAF
8 202 (13.38%) Enterprise Architecture
9 192 (12.72%) SC Cleared
10 174 (11.52%) CI/CD
10 174 (11.52%) DevOps
11 158 (10.46%) Technology Strategy
12 149 (9.87%) Cybersecurity
13 144 (9.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 141 (9.34%) Mentoring
15 135 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
16 133 (8.81%) Data Architecture
17 132 (8.74%) GCP
18 126 (8.34%) Analytics
19 125 (8.28%) Data Modelling
20 123 (8.15%) Presales
20 123 (8.15%) Technical Leadership
21 118 (7.81%) Technical Architecture
22 116 (7.68%) IT Strategy
23 114 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
24 111 (7.35%) Event-Driven
25 109 (7.22%) Decision-Making
26 106 (7.02%) Problem-Solving
27 103 (6.82%) Migration

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 9 (0.60%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.46%) CMS
3 6 (0.40%) Confluence
4 5 (0.33%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.20%) Apache
5 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.20%) JBoss
5 3 (0.20%) SAS
5 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.066%) Appian
Applications
1 12 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.46%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.20%) Revit
6 2 (0.13%) ArchiCAD
6 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.066%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.066%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.066%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 12 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.73%) Oracle Assets
2 11 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
2 11 (0.73%) Oracle General Ledger
2 11 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
3 8 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.33%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.13%) Shopify
7 1 (0.066%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.066%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.066%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.066%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.066%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.066%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.066%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 447 (29.60%) Azure
2 265 (17.55%) AWS
3 132 (8.74%) GCP
4 81 (5.36%) SaaS
5 75 (4.97%) Power Platform
6 61 (4.04%) Serverless
7 52 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
8 50 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
9 48 (3.18%) Entra ID
10 37 (2.45%) PaaS
11 30 (1.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 29 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
12 29 (1.92%) Snowflake
13 16 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
13 16 (1.06%) Azure Machine Learning
13 16 (1.06%) Azure Service Bus
13 16 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
13 16 (1.06%) IaaS
14 14 (0.93%) Anthropic Claude
15 13 (0.86%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 76 (5.03%) Broadband
2 70 (4.64%) WAN
3 54 (3.58%) Network Security
4 44 (2.91%) LAN
5 41 (2.72%) SD-WAN
6 36 (2.38%) Firewall
7 28 (1.85%) MPLS
8 27 (1.79%) VPN
9 17 (1.13%) BGP
10 15 (0.99%) DNS
10 15 (0.99%) WLAN
11 14 (0.93%) HTTP
11 14 (0.93%) SNMP
12 13 (0.86%) IPsec
13 12 (0.79%) SSL
13 12 (0.79%) VSAN
14 10 (0.66%) Kerberos
14 10 (0.66%) VLAN
15 9 (0.60%) DHCP
15 9 (0.60%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (4.70%) Metadata
2 24 (1.59%) Power BI
2 24 (1.59%) SQL Server
3 22 (1.46%) Data Lake
3 22 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.26%) BigQuery
6 16 (1.06%) MongoDB
7 14 (0.93%) NoSQL
8 9 (0.60%) Delta Lake
8 9 (0.60%) Tableau
9 8 (0.53%) Data Vault
10 7 (0.46%) MySQL
10 7 (0.46%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.46%) Semantic Layer
11 6 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.26%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.20%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 47 (3.11%) Jenkins
2 35 (2.32%) GitLab
3 34 (2.25%) SonarQube
4 25 (1.66%) Snyk
5 7 (0.46%) Git
6 5 (0.33%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.13%) MLflow
8 1 (0.066%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.066%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.066%) ERwin
8 1 (0.066%) JMeter
8 1 (0.066%) Postman
8 1 (0.066%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.066%) Selenium
8 1 (0.066%) TeamCity
General
1 278 (18.41%) Social Skills
2 256 (16.95%) Public Sector
3 243 (16.09%) Finance
4 163 (10.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 88 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
6 75 (4.97%) Law
7 65 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
8 61 (4.04%) Games
9 51 (3.38%) Marketing
10 50 (3.31%) Legal
11 49 (3.25%) Retail
12 43 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (1.46%) Banking
14 21 (1.39%) Manufacturing
15 16 (1.06%) Telecoms
16 9 (0.60%) Back Office
17 8 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.46%) Aviation
18 7 (0.46%) Financial Institution
19 6 (0.40%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (4.37%) REST
2 50 (3.31%) SOAP
3 38 (2.52%) .NET
4 37 (2.45%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.25%) Visualforce
6 30 (1.99%) OAuth
7 27 (1.79%) Middleware
8 25 (1.66%) RESTful
8 25 (1.66%) SAML
9 20 (1.32%) OpenID
10 16 (1.06%) LDAP
11 12 (0.79%) Node.js
12 10 (0.66%) PySpark
13 9 (0.60%) GraphQL
13 9 (0.60%) OpenAPI
13 9 (0.60%) Swagger
14 8 (0.53%) Spring
15 7 (0.46%) .NET Core
15 7 (0.46%) ARM Templates
15 7 (0.46%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 101 (6.69%) Cloud Native
2 68 (4.50%) Data Centre
3 55 (3.64%) Product Ownership
4 36 (2.38%) Cyberattack
5 32 (2.12%) Management Information System
6 30 (1.99%) Virtual Team
7 28 (1.85%) Public Cloud
8 27 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
10 17 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (0.93%) PKI
12 13 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
13 12 (0.79%) IoT
13 12 (0.79%) Operational Technology
14 11 (0.73%) Low-Code
15 9 (0.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 9 (0.60%) Video\Live Streaming
16 8 (0.53%) Onboarding
16 8 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.13%) Windows
2 9 (0.60%) Linux
3 4 (0.26%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (21.85%) Roadmaps
2 265 (17.55%) Agile
3 225 (14.90%) AI
4 207 (13.71%) TOGAF
5 202 (13.38%) Enterprise Architecture
6 174 (11.52%) CI/CD
6 174 (11.52%) DevOps
7 158 (10.46%) Technology Strategy
8 149 (9.87%) Cybersecurity
9 144 (9.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 141 (9.34%) Mentoring
11 135 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
12 133 (8.81%) Data Architecture
13 126 (8.34%) Analytics
14 125 (8.28%) Data Modelling
15 123 (8.15%) Presales
15 123 (8.15%) Technical Leadership
16 118 (7.81%) Technical Architecture
17 116 (7.68%) IT Strategy
18 114 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (3.38%) Python
1 51 (3.38%) SQL
2 37 (2.45%) Apex Code
3 36 (2.38%) SOQL
3 36 (2.38%) SOSL
4 28 (1.85%) C#
5 23 (1.52%) Java
6 20 (1.32%) Bicep
7 17 (1.13%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.73%) TypeScript
9 10 (0.66%) Go
10 9 (0.60%) Scala
11 8 (0.53%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.40%) Bash
12 6 (0.40%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.26%) Ruby
14 2 (0.13%) C++
14 2 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 239 (15.83%) Security Cleared
2 192 (12.72%) SC Cleared
3 99 (6.56%) Degree
4 49 (3.25%) CISSP
5 44 (2.91%) TOGAF Certification
6 40 (2.65%) Azure Certification
7 33 (2.19%) AWS Certification
8 30 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
9 28 (1.85%) DV Cleared
10 25 (1.66%) CISM
11 23 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.86%) CCNP
15 12 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 12 (0.79%) VCAP
15 12 (0.79%) VCDX
15 12 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 10 (0.66%) CCIE
17 9 (0.60%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (5.30%) NIST
2 60 (3.97%) Data Quality
3 54 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 51 (3.38%) GRC
5 28 (1.85%) GDPR
6 26 (1.72%) NCSC
7 18 (1.19%) Accessibility
8 15 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
10 11 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 11 (0.73%) PMO
10 11 (0.73%) QA
11 8 (0.53%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.46%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.46%) WCAG
13 5 (0.33%) IFRS
14 4 (0.26%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.26%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 3 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
2 37 (2.45%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.26%) vSphere
5 16 (1.06%) Docker
6 13 (0.86%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.53%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.46%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 31 (2.05%) Terraform
2 27 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
3 23 (1.52%) Kubernetes
4 14 (0.93%) Ansible
5 10 (0.66%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.60%) CASB
7 6 (0.40%) Avamar
7 6 (0.40%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.40%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.40%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.40%) VxRail
8 5 (0.33%) Endace
8 5 (0.33%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 284 (18.81%) Microsoft
2 55 (3.64%) Cisco
3 52 (3.44%) Salesforce
4 46 (3.05%) Palo Alto
5 44 (2.91%) Databricks
6 40 (2.65%) Google
7 37 (2.45%) Oracle
8 36 (2.38%) Splunk
9 31 (2.05%) SAP
10 30 (1.99%) CrowdStrike
11 28 (1.85%) VMware
12 25 (1.66%) Tenable
13 21 (1.39%) ServiceNow
14 19 (1.26%) OpenAI
15 18 (1.19%) Juniper
16 14 (0.93%) Dell
16 14 (0.93%) Fortinet
17 13 (0.86%) NetApp
17 13 (0.86%) Nimble Storage
18 12 (0.79%) Broadcom