Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £87,431 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 September 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 99 24
Rank change year-on-year +76 -75 +12
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,753 578 1,896
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.50% 3.53% 7.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.98% 3.81% 8.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,260 389 1,133
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £66,589 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,431 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.98% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £107,500 £125,000
UK median annual salary £85,800 £81,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.28% +1.88% -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 21,963 15,177 23,401
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 92.60% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 15,621 9,254 16,129
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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.

1 526 (30.01%) Azure
2 438 (24.99%) Roadmaps
3 355 (20.25%) Microsoft
4 317 (18.08%) AI
5 315 (17.97%) AWS
6 292 (16.66%) Agile
7 285 (16.26%) Security Cleared
8 237 (13.52%) SC Cleared
9 223 (12.72%) Enterprise Architecture
10 215 (12.26%) Technical Architecture
11 203 (11.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 193 (11.01%) Technical Leadership
13 188 (10.72%) Technology Strategy
14 182 (10.38%) TOGAF
15 175 (9.98%) CI/CD
16 170 (9.70%) Mentoring
17 165 (9.41%) Data Architecture
18 164 (9.36%) Analytics
19 161 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
20 151 (8.61%) Presales
21 145 (8.27%) DevOps
22 143 (8.16%) Decision-Making
23 142 (8.10%) Continuous Improvement
23 142 (8.10%) GCP
24 140 (7.99%) IT Strategy
24 140 (7.99%) Stakeholder Management
25 137 (7.82%) Data Modelling
26 136 (7.76%) Infrastructure as Code
27 134 (7.64%) Architectural Patterns
28 132 (7.53%) Business Strategy

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 23 (1.31%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.51%) CMS
3 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.29%) Apache
4 5 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.23%) Confluence
6 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.17%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.057%) Appian
7 1 (0.057%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 11 (0.63%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.23%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.17%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.11%) Weka
8 1 (0.057%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.057%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.057%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.057%) Revit
Business Applications
1 12 (0.68%) Oracle General Ledger
1 12 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
1 12 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
2 9 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
3 8 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.057%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.057%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.057%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.057%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.057%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.057%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 526 (30.01%) Azure
2 315 (17.97%) AWS
3 142 (8.10%) GCP
4 103 (5.88%) SaaS
5 101 (5.76%) Power Platform
6 79 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
7 63 (3.59%) Cloud Computing
8 61 (3.48%) Snowflake
9 57 (3.25%) Serverless
10 53 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
10 53 (3.02%) Entra ID
11 41 (2.34%) Anthropic Claude
12 39 (2.22%) PaaS
13 37 (2.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 34 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
15 30 (1.71%) Amazon Bedrock
16 27 (1.54%) Azure Databricks
17 26 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
18 25 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
19 24 (1.37%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 105 (5.99%) WAN
2 85 (4.85%) LAN
3 62 (3.54%) Network Security
4 41 (2.34%) Broadband
5 38 (2.17%) Firewall
6 36 (2.05%) SD-WAN
7 25 (1.43%) MPLS
8 19 (1.08%) VPN
9 15 (0.86%) DNS
10 14 (0.80%) BGP
10 14 (0.80%) IPsec
10 14 (0.80%) WLAN
11 13 (0.74%) HTTP
11 13 (0.74%) Unified Communications
12 12 (0.68%) VSAN
13 11 (0.63%) CTI
13 11 (0.63%) VLAN
13 11 (0.63%) VoIP
14 10 (0.57%) SSH
14 10 (0.57%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (4.73%) Metadata
2 35 (2.00%) SQL Server
3 34 (1.94%) Power BI
4 24 (1.37%) Data Lake
5 22 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (1.25%) Delta Lake
6 21 (1.20%) MongoDB
7 20 (1.14%) Data Vault
7 20 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (0.80%) BigQuery
9 12 (0.68%) Tableau
10 11 (0.63%) MySQL
11 9 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (0.51%) Metadata Repository
12 7 (0.40%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.40%) Semantic Layer
13 5 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
14 4 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
15 3 (0.17%) Amazon Athena
15 3 (0.17%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 27 (1.54%) Claude Code
2 25 (1.43%) Jenkins
2 25 (1.43%) Snyk
3 16 (0.91%) GitLab
4 15 (0.86%) SonarQube
5 10 (0.57%) Git
6 5 (0.29%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.11%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.11%) ERwin
7 2 (0.11%) MLflow
8 1 (0.057%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.057%) JMeter
8 1 (0.057%) Maven
8 1 (0.057%) Postman
8 1 (0.057%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.057%) Selenium
General
1 388 (22.13%) Social Skills
2 367 (20.94%) Finance
3 285 (16.26%) Public Sector
4 196 (11.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 102 (5.82%) Law
5 102 (5.82%) Presentation Skills
6 90 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
7 85 (4.85%) Influencing Skills
8 61 (3.48%) Banking
9 51 (2.91%) Legal
10 41 (2.34%) Retail
11 30 (1.71%) Games
12 28 (1.60%) Marketing
13 16 (0.91%) Back Office
14 15 (0.86%) Telecoms
15 12 (0.68%) Financial Institution
16 10 (0.57%) Manufacturing
17 9 (0.51%) Aerospace
18 7 (0.40%) Advertising
18 7 (0.40%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.45%) .NET
1 43 (2.45%) Terraform
2 41 (2.34%) REST
3 37 (2.11%) Middleware
4 30 (1.71%) RESTful
5 27 (1.54%) LangChain
5 27 (1.54%) SOAP
6 24 (1.37%) LangGraph
7 22 (1.25%) PySpark
8 21 (1.20%) OAuth
9 18 (1.03%) Lightning Web Components
9 18 (1.03%) SAML
10 14 (0.80%) OpenAPI
10 14 (0.80%) Swagger
10 14 (0.80%) Visualforce
11 12 (0.68%) LDAP
12 11 (0.63%) Node.js
13 9 (0.51%) Kafka
13 9 (0.51%) OpenID
13 9 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 120 (6.85%) Cloud Native
2 66 (3.76%) Data Centre
3 47 (2.68%) Product Ownership
4 36 (2.05%) Management Information System
5 34 (1.94%) AI Agents
6 32 (1.83%) Virtual Team
7 30 (1.71%) Cyberattack
8 29 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
9 27 (1.54%) Hedge funds
10 20 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
11 19 (1.08%) Public Cloud
12 17 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
13 15 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
14 13 (0.74%) Low-Code
15 11 (0.63%) IVR
15 11 (0.63%) Video\Live Streaming
16 10 (0.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 10 (0.57%) Onboarding
17 9 (0.51%) Cyber Defence
17 9 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 16 (0.91%) Windows
2 12 (0.68%) Linux
3 6 (0.34%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 438 (24.99%) Roadmaps
2 317 (18.08%) AI
3 292 (16.66%) Agile
4 223 (12.72%) Enterprise Architecture
5 215 (12.26%) Technical Architecture
6 203 (11.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 193 (11.01%) Technical Leadership
8 188 (10.72%) Technology Strategy
9 182 (10.38%) TOGAF
10 175 (9.98%) CI/CD
11 170 (9.70%) Mentoring
12 165 (9.41%) Data Architecture
13 164 (9.36%) Analytics
14 161 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
15 151 (8.61%) Presales
16 145 (8.27%) DevOps
17 143 (8.16%) Decision-Making
18 142 (8.10%) Continuous Improvement
19 140 (7.99%) IT Strategy
19 140 (7.99%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (4.16%) Python
2 61 (3.48%) SQL
3 49 (2.80%) C#
4 28 (1.60%) Bicep
5 25 (1.43%) Java
6 20 (1.14%) Scala
7 18 (1.03%) Apex Code
8 17 (0.97%) Go
9 16 (0.91%) SOQL
9 16 (0.91%) SOSL
10 14 (0.80%) PowerShell
11 12 (0.68%) JavaScript
12 10 (0.57%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.29%) Rust
14 4 (0.23%) C
14 4 (0.23%) Ruby
15 3 (0.17%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.17%) X++
16 2 (0.11%) ABAP
16 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 285 (16.26%) Security Cleared
2 237 (13.52%) SC Cleared
3 115 (6.56%) Degree
4 56 (3.19%) Azure Certification
5 45 (2.57%) CISSP
6 43 (2.45%) TOGAF Certification
7 38 (2.17%) AWS Certification
8 31 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 30 (1.71%) CISM
10 29 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 28 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (1.43%) DV Cleared
13 21 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (0.91%) SnowPro
15 14 (0.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 12 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 12 (0.68%) VCAP
16 12 (0.68%) VCDX
17 11 (0.63%) CCIE
17 11 (0.63%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (5.42%) GRC
2 82 (4.68%) NIST
3 75 (4.28%) Data Quality
4 60 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (1.71%) GDPR
6 28 (1.60%) Accessibility
7 24 (1.37%) NCSC
8 16 (0.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 15 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.51%) QA
12 8 (0.46%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.40%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.34%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.34%) PMO
15 5 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.29%) IFRS
16 4 (0.23%) Def Stans
16 4 (0.23%) WCAG
17 3 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
2 34 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (1.65%) Active Directory
4 23 (1.31%) Docker
4 23 (1.31%) vSphere
5 14 (0.80%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.63%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.40%) vCloud
8 2 (0.11%) Firmware
9 1 (0.057%) iptables
Systems Management
1 48 (2.74%) Kubernetes
2 26 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (0.86%) CASB
4 11 (0.63%) Ansible
5 10 (0.57%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.34%) Avamar
6 6 (0.34%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (0.34%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.34%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.34%) VxRail
7 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.23%) SCCM
9 1 (0.057%) Argo
Vendors
1 355 (20.25%) Microsoft
2 89 (5.08%) Databricks
3 54 (3.08%) Cisco
4 48 (2.74%) Oracle
5 46 (2.62%) Palo Alto
6 45 (2.57%) ServiceNow
7 41 (2.34%) Google
8 40 (2.28%) Salesforce
9 36 (2.05%) VMware
10 32 (1.83%) SAP
11 29 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
12 27 (1.54%) OpenAI
13 25 (1.43%) Tenable
14 16 (0.91%) Splunk
15 15 (0.86%) Juniper
16 14 (0.80%) Dell
16 14 (0.80%) Fortinet
17 13 (0.74%) Adobe
17 13 (0.74%) NetApp
17 13 (0.74%) Nimble Storage