Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 February 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 40 37
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 861 1,030 1,715
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.39% 6.46% 6.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.75% 6.73% 6.53%
Number of salaries quoted 544 655 1,277
10th Percentile £60,000 £61,243 £57,766
25th Percentile £71,349 £67,500 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,125 £110,750 £110,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% - -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 14,975 15,297 26,268
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 95.94% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 9,823 9,254 21,909
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,000 £33,516
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,231 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £81,188 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 6 February 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 6 February 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.

1 282 (32.75%) Azure
2 194 (22.53%) Roadmaps
3 190 (22.07%) AWS
4 155 (18.00%) Agile
5 145 (16.84%) Microsoft
6 144 (16.72%) Data Modelling
7 127 (14.75%) Security Cleared
8 126 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 117 (13.59%) AI
10 115 (13.36%) Data Architecture
11 112 (13.01%) Analytics
12 105 (12.20%) TOGAF
13 104 (12.08%) Mentoring
14 102 (11.85%) Enterprise Architecture
15 97 (11.27%) Cybersecurity
16 90 (10.45%) DevOps
16 90 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
17 86 (9.99%) Microservices
17 86 (9.99%) SC Cleared
18 85 (9.87%) Migration
19 83 (9.64%) Technical Leadership
20 78 (9.06%) GCP
21 76 (8.83%) Data Management
22 75 (8.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 71 (8.25%) Stakeholder Management
24 70 (8.13%) Strategic Thinking
24 70 (8.13%) Technical Architecture
25 69 (8.01%) Architectural Patterns
26 68 (7.90%) SaaS
27 67 (7.78%) Technology 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 13 (1.51%) JBoss
1 13 (1.51%) WebSphere
2 9 (1.05%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.70%) CMS
5 5 (0.58%) Confluence
6 4 (0.46%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.46%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.23%) 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 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.12%) ArchiCAD
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.12%) Revit
2 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 13 (1.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.28%) Oracle General Ledger
2 11 (1.28%) Oracle Payables
3 10 (1.16%) Oracle Assets
4 8 (0.93%) Oracle Financials
5 7 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.23%) 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
1 282 (32.75%) Azure
2 190 (22.07%) AWS
3 78 (9.06%) GCP
4 68 (7.90%) SaaS
5 59 (6.85%) Serverless
6 51 (5.92%) Snowflake
7 38 (4.41%) Power Platform
8 34 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (2.09%) IaaS
9 18 (2.09%) PaaS
10 15 (1.74%) Entra ID
11 14 (1.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 13 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (1.16%) GitHub
15 10 (1.16%) OCI
16 9 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
16 9 (1.05%) dbt
17 7 (0.81%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 53 (6.16%) Broadband
2 20 (2.32%) Firewall
3 18 (2.09%) WAN
4 14 (1.63%) VPN
5 11 (1.28%) LAN
5 11 (1.28%) SD-WAN
6 7 (0.81%) DHCP
7 6 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.58%) MPLS
8 5 (0.58%) Network Security
9 4 (0.46%) DNS
9 4 (0.46%) SSL
10 3 (0.35%) DOCSIS
10 3 (0.35%) DSL
10 3 (0.35%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.35%) IPv4
10 3 (0.35%) IPv6
10 3 (0.35%) PPP
10 3 (0.35%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (7.55%) Data Warehouse
2 36 (4.18%) Metadata
3 22 (2.56%) Data Lake
4 16 (1.86%) SQL Server
5 14 (1.63%) Power BI
6 13 (1.51%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (1.28%) Data Vault
9 10 (1.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.93%) Data Mining
10 8 (0.93%) Tableau
11 7 (0.81%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.58%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.58%) GIS
12 5 (0.58%) Metadata Repository
13 4 (0.46%) DataStage
13 4 (0.46%) QGIS
13 4 (0.46%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 39 (4.53%) Jenkins
2 24 (2.79%) GitLab
2 24 (2.79%) SonarQube
3 6 (0.70%) ERwin
3 6 (0.70%) JIRA
4 5 (0.58%) ER Studio
4 5 (0.58%) Git
5 4 (0.46%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.23%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 241 (27.99%) Social Skills
2 141 (16.38%) Finance
3 120 (13.94%) Public Sector
4 78 (9.06%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 50 (5.81%) Marketing
7 47 (5.46%) Retail
8 43 (4.99%) Games
9 42 (4.88%) Law
10 35 (4.07%) Legal
11 32 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (3.60%) Banking
13 21 (2.44%) Telecoms
14 18 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.74%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.51%) Back Office
17 12 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
19 5 (0.58%) Electronics
19 5 (0.58%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.34%) REST
2 43 (4.99%) SOAP
3 35 (4.07%) .NET
4 29 (3.37%) Middleware
5 23 (2.67%) Lightning Web Components
5 23 (2.67%) React
5 23 (2.67%) Visualforce
6 22 (2.56%) Node.js
7 18 (2.09%) GraphQL
7 18 (2.09%) Spring
8 17 (1.97%) Hibernate
9 14 (1.63%) React Native
10 11 (1.28%) Web Services
11 10 (1.16%) Django
12 9 (1.05%) RESTful
13 8 (0.93%) OAuth
13 8 (0.93%) OpenID
14 6 (0.70%) Kafka
14 6 (0.70%) LDAP
14 6 (0.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.11%) Cloud Native
2 38 (4.41%) Legacy Systems
3 37 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (4.07%) Public Cloud
5 34 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
6 33 (3.83%) Product Ownership
7 32 (3.72%) Data Centre
8 28 (3.25%) Virtual Team
9 24 (2.79%) Hybrid Cloud
10 21 (2.44%) Management Information System
11 15 (1.74%) Mobile App
12 13 (1.51%) DataPower
12 13 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (1.51%) IoT
12 13 (1.51%) PKI
13 10 (1.16%) Operational Technology
14 9 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (0.93%) Reference Data
16 6 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
16 6 (0.70%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.86%) Linux
2 13 (1.51%) Windows
3 6 (0.70%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.46%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.35%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (22.53%) Roadmaps
2 155 (18.00%) Agile
3 144 (16.72%) Data Modelling
4 126 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 117 (13.59%) AI
6 115 (13.36%) Data Architecture
7 112 (13.01%) Analytics
8 105 (12.20%) TOGAF
9 104 (12.08%) Mentoring
10 102 (11.85%) Enterprise Architecture
11 97 (11.27%) Cybersecurity
12 90 (10.45%) DevOps
12 90 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
13 86 (9.99%) Microservices
14 85 (9.87%) Migration
15 83 (9.64%) Technical Leadership
16 76 (8.83%) Data Management
17 75 (8.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 71 (8.25%) Stakeholder Management
19 70 (8.13%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 63 (7.32%) Python
2 52 (6.04%) Java
3 50 (5.81%) SQL
4 48 (5.57%) C#
5 26 (3.02%) JavaScript
5 26 (3.02%) TypeScript
6 23 (2.67%) Apex Code
6 23 (2.67%) SOQL
6 23 (2.67%) SOSL
7 13 (1.51%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.93%) Bash
9 6 (0.70%) Bicep
9 6 (0.70%) C++
9 6 (0.70%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.46%) Go
11 3 (0.35%) C
12 2 (0.23%) Scala
13 1 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 127 (14.75%) Security Cleared
2 86 (9.99%) SC Cleared
3 64 (7.43%) Degree
4 54 (6.27%) Azure Certification
5 50 (5.81%) AWS Certification
6 45 (5.23%) TOGAF Certification
7 37 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (3.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 33 (3.83%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (2.67%) DV Cleared
11 22 (2.56%) CISSP
12 15 (1.74%) CISM
13 11 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (1.16%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 4 (0.46%) DBS Check
16 4 (0.46%) SAP Certification
17 3 (0.35%) CCSP
18 2 (0.23%) CCNP
18 2 (0.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.95%) Accessibility
2 26 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (2.79%) NIST
4 18 (2.09%) NCSC
5 16 (1.86%) GDPR
6 12 (1.39%) Data Quality
7 10 (1.16%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.93%) QA
9 3 (0.35%) GRC
9 3 (0.35%) PMO
10 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
System Software
1 24 (2.79%) Docker
2 14 (1.63%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.35%) Firmware
3 3 (0.35%) GPFS
3 3 (0.35%) Lustre
3 3 (0.35%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (3.02%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.67%) Terraform
3 22 (2.56%) Ansible
4 7 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.58%) Endace
5 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.35%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.23%) CASB
7 2 (0.23%) Grafana
8 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.12%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.12%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.12%) Puppet
8 1 (0.12%) Rancher
Vendors
1 145 (16.84%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.07%) Google
3 29 (3.37%) Databricks
4 26 (3.02%) Salesforce
5 25 (2.90%) Oracle
5 25 (2.90%) SAP
6 24 (2.79%) Splunk
7 16 (1.86%) Cisco
8 15 (1.74%) ServiceNow
9 6 (0.70%) F5
9 6 (0.70%) Fortinet
9 6 (0.70%) Juniper
9 6 (0.70%) Sparx
9 6 (0.70%) VMware
10 5 (0.58%) IBM
10 5 (0.58%) Informatica
11 4 (0.46%) Adobe
11 4 (0.46%) BiZZdesign
11 4 (0.46%) ESRI
11 4 (0.46%) Red Hat