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 15 April 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 55 31
Rank change year-on-year +27 -24 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,130 696 2,110
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.47% 5.31% 6.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.90% 5.67% 6.85%
Number of salaries quoted 748 517 1,415
10th Percentile £60,000 £59,667 £57,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £96,000 £98,750 £96,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £113,600 £112,500
UK median annual salary £85,000 £81,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +4.29% +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 16,367 12,269 30,813
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 93.63% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,764 8,999 24,805
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £32,874
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +6.14% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,550 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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.

1 334 (29.56%) Azure
2 236 (20.88%) Roadmaps
3 200 (17.70%) AWS
4 191 (16.90%) Microsoft
5 173 (15.31%) Agile
6 169 (14.96%) Security Cleared
7 160 (14.16%) TOGAF
8 156 (13.81%) AI
9 148 (13.10%) Enterprise Architecture
10 138 (12.21%) DevOps
11 135 (11.95%) Data Modelling
12 125 (11.06%) SC Cleared
13 124 (10.97%) Data Architecture
14 120 (10.62%) Cybersecurity
14 120 (10.62%) Mentoring
15 119 (10.53%) Analytics
16 117 (10.35%) Continuous Improvement
17 103 (9.12%) Migration
18 102 (9.03%) Technology Strategy
19 101 (8.94%) GCP
20 96 (8.50%) Microservices
21 91 (8.05%) CI/CD
22 89 (7.88%) Problem-Solving
23 85 (7.52%) Stakeholder Management
24 84 (7.43%) Event-Driven
25 80 (7.08%) Degree
25 80 (7.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 80 (7.08%) Technical Architecture
26 79 (6.99%) IT Strategy
27 78 (6.90%) Technology Roadmap

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 (1.15%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.06%) CMS
2 12 (1.06%) JBoss
2 12 (1.06%) WebSphere
3 8 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.62%) Confluence
5 4 (0.35%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.35%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.35%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.27%) SAS
7 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.088%) Apache
8 1 (0.088%) IIS
8 1 (0.088%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.088%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.18%) ArchiCAD
2 2 (0.18%) Revit
3 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.088%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (1.33%) Oracle General Ledger
1 15 (1.33%) Oracle Payables
2 14 (1.24%) Oracle Assets
3 13 (1.15%) Oracle Financials
4 11 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
5 10 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.27%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.18%) Shopify
9 1 (0.088%) Actimize
9 1 (0.088%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.088%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.088%) SAP IS-U
9 1 (0.088%) Sprinklr
9 1 (0.088%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 334 (29.56%) Azure
2 200 (17.70%) AWS
3 101 (8.94%) GCP
4 69 (6.11%) SaaS
5 65 (5.75%) Serverless
6 61 (5.40%) Snowflake
7 52 (4.60%) Power Platform
8 46 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (2.30%) Entra ID
10 23 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (1.77%) PaaS
13 19 (1.68%) IaaS
14 18 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 17 (1.50%) Azure Machine Learning
16 12 (1.06%) Azure AI
16 12 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
17 10 (0.88%) iPaaS
18 8 (0.71%) dbt
18 8 (0.71%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 70 (6.19%) Broadband
2 27 (2.39%) WAN
3 22 (1.95%) Firewall
4 21 (1.86%) Network Security
5 17 (1.50%) SD-WAN
5 17 (1.50%) VPN
6 15 (1.33%) LAN
7 10 (0.88%) MPLS
8 8 (0.71%) DNS
9 6 (0.53%) DHCP
10 5 (0.44%) BGP
10 5 (0.44%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (0.44%) HTTP
10 5 (0.44%) Kerberos
10 5 (0.44%) SNMP
10 5 (0.44%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.35%) SSL
11 4 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.27%) VoIP
12 3 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (4.34%) Data Warehouse
2 35 (3.10%) Metadata
3 26 (2.30%) SQL Server
4 16 (1.42%) Data Lake
4 16 (1.42%) NoSQL
4 16 (1.42%) Power BI
5 12 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (0.80%) BigQuery
7 7 (0.62%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.44%) Tableau
9 4 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.35%) GIS
9 4 (0.35%) QGIS
9 4 (0.35%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.27%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.18%) Big Data
11 2 (0.18%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 48 (4.25%) Jenkins
2 35 (3.10%) SonarQube
3 34 (3.01%) GitLab
4 11 (0.97%) Snyk
5 8 (0.71%) Git
6 3 (0.27%) ERwin
6 3 (0.27%) JIRA
7 2 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.088%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.088%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.088%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.088%) Subversion
General
1 242 (21.42%) Social Skills
2 179 (15.84%) Finance
3 162 (14.34%) Public Sector
4 114 (10.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 74 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
6 61 (5.40%) Games
7 59 (5.22%) Marketing
8 50 (4.42%) Law
9 42 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
9 42 (3.72%) Retail
10 38 (3.36%) Legal
11 32 (2.83%) Banking
12 27 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (2.04%) Telecoms
14 19 (1.68%) Manufacturing
15 16 (1.42%) Back Office
16 10 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (0.62%) Financial Institution
18 4 (0.35%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.58%) REST
2 54 (4.78%) SOAP
3 46 (4.07%) .NET
4 35 (3.10%) Middleware
5 34 (3.01%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (3.01%) Visualforce
6 18 (1.59%) GraphQL
7 17 (1.50%) OAuth
7 17 (1.50%) OpenID
7 17 (1.50%) Spring
8 16 (1.42%) Hibernate
9 15 (1.33%) RESTful
10 13 (1.15%) LDAP
10 13 (1.15%) SAML
11 10 (0.88%) .NET Core
12 7 (0.62%) OpenAPI
12 7 (0.62%) Swagger
13 6 (0.53%) Django
13 6 (0.53%) Node.js
14 5 (0.44%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 50 (4.42%) Product Ownership
2 48 (4.25%) Cloud Native
3 36 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (3.10%) Public Cloud
5 32 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
6 30 (2.65%) Data Centre
7 28 (2.48%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.48%) Virtual Team
8 27 (2.39%) Cyberattack
8 27 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (1.50%) PKI
10 14 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
10 14 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (1.24%) IoT
11 12 (1.06%) DataPower
11 12 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.06%) Operational Technology
12 7 (0.62%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.53%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.53%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.42%) Windows
2 12 (1.06%) Linux
3 9 (0.80%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.35%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.18%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (20.88%) Roadmaps
2 173 (15.31%) Agile
3 160 (14.16%) TOGAF
4 156 (13.81%) AI
5 148 (13.10%) Enterprise Architecture
6 138 (12.21%) DevOps
7 135 (11.95%) Data Modelling
8 124 (10.97%) Data Architecture
9 120 (10.62%) Cybersecurity
9 120 (10.62%) Mentoring
10 119 (10.53%) Analytics
11 117 (10.35%) Continuous Improvement
12 103 (9.12%) Migration
13 102 (9.03%) Technology Strategy
14 96 (8.50%) Microservices
15 91 (8.05%) CI/CD
16 89 (7.88%) Problem-Solving
17 85 (7.52%) Stakeholder Management
18 84 (7.43%) Event-Driven
19 80 (7.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 51 (4.51%) SQL
2 47 (4.16%) Python
3 45 (3.98%) Java
4 41 (3.63%) C#
5 34 (3.01%) Apex Code
5 34 (3.01%) SOQL
5 34 (3.01%) SOSL
6 21 (1.86%) TypeScript
7 20 (1.77%) JavaScript
7 20 (1.77%) PowerShell
8 9 (0.80%) Bash
9 8 (0.71%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.44%) C++
11 4 (0.35%) Bicep
12 3 (0.27%) Go
13 2 (0.18%) C
13 2 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.18%) Scala
14 1 (0.088%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 169 (14.96%) Security Cleared
2 125 (11.06%) SC Cleared
3 80 (7.08%) Degree
4 48 (4.25%) TOGAF Certification
5 47 (4.16%) Azure Certification
6 39 (3.45%) AWS Certification
7 37 (3.27%) CISSP
8 32 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (2.57%) DV Cleared
10 28 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
11 24 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
12 23 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 17 (1.50%) CISM
14 13 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (0.62%) CCNP
16 6 (0.53%) CCSP
16 6 (0.53%) Master's Degree
17 3 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
17 3 (0.27%) CCIE
17 3 (0.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (4.34%) NIST
2 41 (3.63%) Accessibility
3 30 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.77%) Data Quality
4 20 (1.77%) GDPR
5 18 (1.59%) NCSC
6 17 (1.50%) GRC
7 10 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (0.88%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.71%) QA
9 6 (0.53%) WCAG
10 5 (0.44%) PMO
11 4 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.27%) IFRS
13 2 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.088%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.088%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 23 (2.04%) Active Directory
1 23 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
2 17 (1.50%) Docker
3 8 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.35%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.27%) vCloud
5 3 (0.27%) vSphere
6 1 (0.088%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (1.77%) Ansible
2 18 (1.59%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
4 15 (1.33%) Terraform
5 6 (0.53%) Endace
6 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.18%) CASB
8 1 (0.088%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.088%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.088%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.088%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.088%) Puppet
8 1 (0.088%) Rancher
Vendors
1 191 (16.90%) Microsoft
2 42 (3.72%) Salesforce
3 35 (3.10%) Google
3 35 (3.10%) Splunk
4 31 (2.74%) Databricks
5 28 (2.48%) Oracle
6 24 (2.12%) SAP
7 23 (2.04%) Cisco
8 18 (1.59%) ServiceNow
9 17 (1.50%) Palo Alto
10 14 (1.24%) VMware
11 12 (1.06%) CrowdStrike
12 11 (0.97%) Tenable
13 10 (0.88%) Fortinet
14 8 (0.71%) Meraki
15 7 (0.62%) F5
15 7 (0.62%) Juniper
15 7 (0.62%) Okta
16 6 (0.53%) N-able
16 6 (0.53%) Sophos