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 1 September 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 101 24
Rank change year-on-year +78 -77 +12
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,750 580 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 1,260 391 1,133
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £67,044 £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 £98,474 £97,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £107,500 £125,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £81,764 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.96% +2.20% -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 21,941 15,228 23,394
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 92.62% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 15,614 9,294 16,117
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 1 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 1 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 (30.06%) Azure
2 437 (24.97%) Roadmaps
3 356 (20.34%) Microsoft
4 316 (18.06%) AI
5 315 (18.00%) AWS
6 289 (16.51%) Agile
7 285 (16.29%) Security Cleared
8 237 (13.54%) SC Cleared
9 223 (12.74%) Enterprise Architecture
10 212 (12.11%) Technical Architecture
11 203 (11.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 192 (10.97%) Technical Leadership
13 188 (10.74%) Technology Strategy
14 183 (10.46%) TOGAF
15 176 (10.06%) CI/CD
16 167 (9.54%) Mentoring
17 165 (9.43%) Analytics
18 164 (9.37%) Data Architecture
19 162 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
20 151 (8.63%) Presales
21 145 (8.29%) DevOps
22 144 (8.23%) Decision-Making
23 143 (8.17%) GCP
24 142 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
25 141 (8.06%) Stakeholder Management
26 140 (8.00%) IT Strategy
27 138 (7.89%) Infrastructure as Code
28 136 (7.77%) Data Modelling
29 133 (7.60%) Business Strategy
30 132 (7.54%) 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 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 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
1 12 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
1 12 (0.69%) 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 (30.06%) Azure
2 315 (18.00%) AWS
3 143 (8.17%) GCP
4 104 (5.94%) SaaS
5 101 (5.77%) Power Platform
6 79 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
7 62 (3.54%) Cloud Computing
8 61 (3.49%) Snowflake
9 57 (3.26%) Serverless
10 53 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
10 53 (3.03%) Entra ID
11 41 (2.34%) Anthropic Claude
12 39 (2.23%) 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 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
18 25 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
19 24 (1.37%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 105 (6.00%) WAN
2 85 (4.86%) LAN
3 62 (3.54%) Network Security
4 41 (2.34%) Broadband
5 38 (2.17%) Firewall
6 36 (2.06%) SD-WAN
7 25 (1.43%) MPLS
8 19 (1.09%) 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 (0.69%) VSAN
13 11 (0.63%) CTI
13 11 (0.63%) VLAN
13 11 (0.63%) VoIP
14 10 (0.57%) ICMP
14 10 (0.57%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (4.69%) Metadata
2 35 (2.00%) SQL Server
3 34 (1.94%) Power BI
4 26 (1.49%) Data Lake
5 22 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (1.26%) 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 (0.69%) Tableau
10 11 (0.63%) MySQL
11 9 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (0.51%) NoSQL
12 8 (0.46%) Metadata Repository
13 7 (0.40%) Semantic Layer
14 5 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
15 4 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
16 3 (0.17%) Amazon Athena
16 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 (22.17%) Social Skills
2 364 (20.80%) Finance
3 283 (16.17%) Public Sector
4 196 (11.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 102 (5.83%) Law
5 102 (5.83%) Presentation Skills
6 93 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
7 85 (4.86%) Influencing Skills
8 60 (3.43%) Banking
9 50 (2.86%) 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 (0.69%) Financial Institution
15 12 (0.69%) Manufacturing
16 9 (0.51%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.40%) Advertising
17 7 (0.40%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.57%) .NET
2 43 (2.46%) Terraform
3 42 (2.40%) REST
4 37 (2.11%) Middleware
5 30 (1.71%) RESTful
6 27 (1.54%) LangChain
6 27 (1.54%) SOAP
7 24 (1.37%) LangGraph
8 22 (1.26%) PySpark
9 21 (1.20%) OAuth
10 18 (1.03%) Lightning Web Components
10 18 (1.03%) SAML
11 14 (0.80%) OpenAPI
11 14 (0.80%) Swagger
11 14 (0.80%) Visualforce
12 12 (0.69%) LDAP
13 11 (0.63%) Node.js
14 9 (0.51%) Kafka
14 9 (0.51%) OpenID
14 9 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 121 (6.91%) Cloud Native
2 66 (3.77%) Data Centre
3 46 (2.63%) Product Ownership
4 36 (2.06%) Management Information System
5 34 (1.94%) AI Agents
6 32 (1.83%) Virtual Team
7 30 (1.71%) Cyberattack
8 28 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
9 27 (1.54%) Hedge funds
10 20 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
11 19 (1.09%) 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 (0.69%) Linux
3 6 (0.34%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 437 (24.97%) Roadmaps
2 316 (18.06%) AI
3 289 (16.51%) Agile
4 223 (12.74%) Enterprise Architecture
5 212 (12.11%) Technical Architecture
6 203 (11.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 192 (10.97%) Technical Leadership
8 188 (10.74%) Technology Strategy
9 183 (10.46%) TOGAF
10 176 (10.06%) CI/CD
11 167 (9.54%) Mentoring
12 165 (9.43%) Analytics
13 164 (9.37%) Data Architecture
14 162 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
15 151 (8.63%) Presales
16 145 (8.29%) DevOps
17 144 (8.23%) Decision-Making
18 142 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
19 141 (8.06%) Stakeholder Management
20 140 (8.00%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 72 (4.11%) Python
2 63 (3.60%) SQL
3 51 (2.91%) 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 (0.69%) 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 (16.29%) Security Cleared
2 237 (13.54%) SC Cleared
3 115 (6.57%) Degree
4 56 (3.20%) Azure Certification
5 45 (2.57%) CISSP
6 43 (2.46%) TOGAF Certification
7 38 (2.17%) AWS Certification
8 31 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 30 (1.71%) CISM
10 29 (1.66%) 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 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 12 (0.69%) VCAP
16 12 (0.69%) VCDX
17 11 (0.63%) CCIE
17 11 (0.63%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (5.43%) GRC
2 82 (4.69%) NIST
3 74 (4.23%) Data Quality
4 60 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (1.71%) GDPR
6 27 (1.54%) Accessibility
7 24 (1.37%) NCSC
8 16 (0.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 15 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (0.69%) 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 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
2 34 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (1.66%) 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 (1.49%) 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
1 356 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 89 (5.09%) Databricks
3 54 (3.09%) Cisco
4 48 (2.74%) Oracle
5 46 (2.63%) Palo Alto
6 44 (2.51%) ServiceNow
7 40 (2.29%) Google
7 40 (2.29%) Salesforce
8 36 (2.06%) VMware
9 32 (1.83%) SAP
10 29 (1.66%) CrowdStrike
11 27 (1.54%) OpenAI
12 25 (1.43%) Tenable
13 16 (0.91%) Splunk
14 15 (0.86%) Juniper
15 14 (0.80%) Dell
15 14 (0.80%) Fortinet
16 13 (0.74%) Adobe
16 13 (0.74%) NetApp
16 13 (0.74%) Nimble Storage