Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £82,203 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 January 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 40 38
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 828 1,045 1,649
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.30% 6.44% 6.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.65% 6.70% 6.66%
Number of salaries quoted 517 660 1,217
10th Percentile £60,000 £59,168 £59,300
25th Percentile £71,349 £66,250 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,203 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £111,375 £110,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% - -7.62%

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 14,652 15,594 24,746
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 96.03% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 9,565 9,354 20,536
10th Percentile £30,350 £35,825 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.94% -4.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,938 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.09%

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 27 January 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 27 January 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.

1 275 (33.21%) Azure
2 187 (22.58%) Roadmaps
3 183 (22.10%) AWS
4 152 (18.36%) Agile
5 144 (17.39%) Microsoft
6 143 (17.27%) Data Modelling
7 127 (15.34%) Security Cleared
8 123 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 114 (13.77%) Data Architecture
10 112 (13.53%) AI
10 112 (13.53%) Analytics
11 101 (12.20%) Mentoring
12 100 (12.08%) TOGAF
13 99 (11.96%) Enterprise Architecture
14 92 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
15 91 (10.99%) Problem-Solving
16 90 (10.87%) DevOps
17 86 (10.39%) SC Cleared
18 85 (10.27%) Microservices
19 84 (10.14%) Migration
19 84 (10.14%) Technical Leadership
20 76 (9.18%) Data Management
21 75 (9.06%) GCP
21 75 (9.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 73 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
23 69 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
23 69 (8.33%) Technical Architecture
24 67 (8.09%) SaaS
25 66 (7.97%) Architectural Patterns
26 65 (7.85%) Data Warehouse

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 13 (1.57%) JBoss
1 13 (1.57%) WebSphere
2 9 (1.09%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.72%) CMS
5 5 (0.60%) Confluence
6 4 (0.48%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.48%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) IIS
8 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.12%) Strapi
Applications
1 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 13 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.33%) Oracle General Ledger
2 11 (1.33%) Oracle Payables
3 10 (1.21%) Oracle Assets
4 8 (0.97%) Oracle Financials
5 7 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.12%) Actimize
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.12%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 275 (33.21%) Azure
2 183 (22.10%) AWS
3 75 (9.06%) GCP
4 67 (8.09%) SaaS
5 57 (6.88%) Serverless
6 51 (6.16%) Snowflake
7 38 (4.59%) Power Platform
8 31 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (2.29%) IaaS
10 18 (2.17%) PaaS
11 14 (1.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 14 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (1.57%) Entra ID
13 10 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (1.21%) GitHub
13 10 (1.21%) OCI
14 9 (1.09%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (1.09%) dbt
15 7 (0.85%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 48 (5.80%) Broadband
2 22 (2.66%) Firewall
3 16 (1.93%) WAN
4 15 (1.81%) VPN
5 11 (1.33%) LAN
6 10 (1.21%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.85%) DHCP
8 6 (0.72%) Network Security
8 6 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.48%) DNS
9 4 (0.48%) MPLS
9 4 (0.48%) SSL
10 3 (0.36%) DOCSIS
10 3 (0.36%) DSL
10 3 (0.36%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.36%) IPv4
10 3 (0.36%) IPv6
10 3 (0.36%) PPP
10 3 (0.36%) RTP
10 3 (0.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (7.85%) Data Warehouse
2 35 (4.23%) Metadata
3 22 (2.66%) Data Lake
4 16 (1.93%) SQL Server
5 15 (1.81%) Power BI
6 12 (1.45%) NoSQL
6 12 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (1.33%) Data Vault
8 10 (1.21%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.97%) Data Mining
9 8 (0.97%) Tableau
10 6 (0.72%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.60%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.60%) GIS
11 5 (0.60%) Metadata Repository
12 4 (0.48%) DataStage
12 4 (0.48%) QGIS
12 4 (0.48%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 36 (4.35%) Jenkins
2 21 (2.54%) GitLab
2 21 (2.54%) SonarQube
3 6 (0.72%) ERwin
3 6 (0.72%) JIRA
4 5 (0.60%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.48%) Git
5 4 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.24%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 239 (28.86%) Social Skills
2 140 (16.91%) Finance
3 119 (14.37%) Public Sector
4 78 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (7.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 47 (5.68%) Marketing
6 47 (5.68%) Retail
7 41 (4.95%) Law
8 40 (4.83%) Games
9 37 (4.47%) Legal
10 33 (3.99%) Presentation Skills
11 32 (3.86%) Banking
12 21 (2.54%) Telecoms
13 17 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (1.81%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.57%) Back Office
15 13 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.60%) Electronics
16 5 (0.60%) Retail Banking
17 4 (0.48%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (4.83%) REST
2 38 (4.59%) SOAP
3 35 (4.23%) .NET
4 29 (3.50%) Middleware
5 25 (3.02%) React
6 23 (2.78%) Node.js
7 20 (2.42%) Lightning Web Components
7 20 (2.42%) Visualforce
8 16 (1.93%) GraphQL
8 16 (1.93%) Hibernate
8 16 (1.93%) React Native
8 16 (1.93%) Spring
9 10 (1.21%) Django
9 10 (1.21%) Web Services
10 8 (0.97%) RESTful
11 6 (0.72%) OAuth
11 6 (0.72%) OpenID
12 5 (0.60%) Kafka
12 5 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
13 4 (0.48%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.31%) Cloud Native
2 37 (4.47%) Legacy Systems
2 37 (4.47%) Self-Motivation
3 35 (4.23%) Public Cloud
4 33 (3.99%) Enterprise Software
5 32 (3.86%) Data Centre
6 30 (3.62%) Product Ownership
7 29 (3.50%) Virtual Team
8 24 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (2.54%) Management Information System
10 17 (2.05%) Mobile App
11 13 (1.57%) DataPower
12 12 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (1.45%) IoT
12 12 (1.45%) PKI
13 10 (1.21%) Operational Technology
14 9 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (0.97%) Reference Data
16 5 (0.60%) Low-Code
16 5 (0.60%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.93%) Linux
2 13 (1.57%) Windows
3 6 (0.72%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.48%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.36%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (22.58%) Roadmaps
2 152 (18.36%) Agile
3 143 (17.27%) Data Modelling
4 123 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 114 (13.77%) Data Architecture
6 112 (13.53%) AI
6 112 (13.53%) Analytics
7 101 (12.20%) Mentoring
8 100 (12.08%) TOGAF
9 99 (11.96%) Enterprise Architecture
10 92 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
11 91 (10.99%) Problem-Solving
12 90 (10.87%) DevOps
13 85 (10.27%) Microservices
14 84 (10.14%) Migration
14 84 (10.14%) Technical Leadership
15 76 (9.18%) Data Management
16 75 (9.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 73 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
18 69 (8.33%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 62 (7.49%) Python
2 52 (6.28%) Java
3 49 (5.92%) SQL
4 47 (5.68%) C#
5 26 (3.14%) JavaScript
6 25 (3.02%) TypeScript
7 20 (2.42%) Apex Code
7 20 (2.42%) SOQL
7 20 (2.42%) SOSL
8 12 (1.45%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.85%) Bicep
10 6 (0.72%) Bash
10 6 (0.72%) C++
11 5 (0.60%) Go
12 4 (0.48%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.36%) C
14 2 (0.24%) Scala
15 1 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 127 (15.34%) Security Cleared
2 86 (10.39%) SC Cleared
3 61 (7.37%) Degree
4 55 (6.64%) Azure Certification
5 50 (6.04%) AWS Certification
6 44 (5.31%) TOGAF Certification
7 35 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (4.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 33 (3.99%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (2.78%) DV Cleared
11 21 (2.54%) CISSP
12 14 (1.69%) CISM
13 10 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (1.21%) Master's Degree
14 7 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 4 (0.48%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.48%) SAP Certification
16 3 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.36%) PMI Certification
17 2 (0.24%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.11%) Accessibility
2 26 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (2.78%) NIST
4 17 (2.05%) GDPR
5 16 (1.93%) NCSC
6 12 (1.45%) Data Quality
7 11 (1.33%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.09%) QA
9 2 (0.24%) GRC
9 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.24%) PMO
9 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.12%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
System Software
1 23 (2.78%) Docker
2 11 (1.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.36%) Firmware
3 3 (0.36%) GPFS
3 3 (0.36%) Lustre
3 3 (0.36%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (3.26%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.90%) Terraform
3 22 (2.66%) Ansible
4 7 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.48%) Endace
7 3 (0.36%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.24%) CASB
8 2 (0.24%) Grafana
9 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.12%) Autotask
9 1 (0.12%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.12%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.12%) Puppet
9 1 (0.12%) Rancher
Vendors
1 144 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 34 (4.11%) Google
3 30 (3.62%) Databricks
4 24 (2.90%) Oracle
4 24 (2.90%) SAP
5 23 (2.78%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.54%) Splunk
7 16 (1.93%) Cisco
8 14 (1.69%) ServiceNow
9 6 (0.72%) Fortinet
9 6 (0.72%) Sparx
9 6 (0.72%) VMware
10 5 (0.60%) F5
10 5 (0.60%) IBM
10 5 (0.60%) Informatica
10 5 (0.60%) Juniper
11 4 (0.48%) Adobe
11 4 (0.48%) BiZZdesign
11 4 (0.48%) ESRI
11 4 (0.48%) Okta