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 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 94 31
Rank change year-on-year +68 -63 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,398 588 2,297
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.25% 3.96% 6.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.70% 4.30% 7.11%
Number of salaries quoted 959 413 1,518
10th Percentile £63,139 £62,500 £56,809
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 £100,000 £98,474 £96,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £107,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -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 18,160 13,666 32,295
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 91.93% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 13,272 8,437 25,504
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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.

1 394 (28.18%) Azure
2 276 (19.74%) Roadmaps
3 248 (17.74%) AWS
4 218 (15.59%) Microsoft
5 214 (15.31%) Agile
6 213 (15.24%) Security Cleared
7 194 (13.88%) TOGAF
8 192 (13.73%) AI
9 173 (12.37%) Enterprise Architecture
10 170 (12.16%) SC Cleared
11 160 (11.44%) Cybersecurity
12 153 (10.94%) DevOps
13 138 (9.87%) CI/CD
14 133 (9.51%) Technology Strategy
15 127 (9.08%) Mentoring
16 118 (8.44%) GCP
17 115 (8.23%) Continuous Improvement
18 112 (8.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 111 (7.94%) Presales
20 109 (7.80%) Data Architecture
21 107 (7.65%) Data Modelling
22 105 (7.51%) Analytics
22 105 (7.51%) Migration
23 99 (7.08%) Technical Leadership
24 98 (7.01%) Problem-Solving
25 97 (6.94%) Degree
26 96 (6.87%) IT Strategy
27 95 (6.80%) Event-Driven
27 95 (6.80%) Stakeholder Management
28 92 (6.58%) Microservices

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 10 (0.72%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.64%) CMS
3 7 (0.50%) Confluence
4 6 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.29%) JBoss
5 4 (0.29%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.21%) Apache
6 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.21%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.21%) SAS
7 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.072%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.21%) Revit
5 2 (0.14%) ArchiCAD
5 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.072%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.072%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (1.07%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.07%) Oracle Financials
1 15 (1.07%) Oracle General Ledger
1 15 (1.07%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.14%) Shopify
7 1 (0.072%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.072%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.072%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.072%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 394 (28.18%) Azure
2 248 (17.74%) AWS
3 118 (8.44%) GCP
4 73 (5.22%) SaaS
5 69 (4.94%) Serverless
6 51 (3.65%) Power Platform
7 44 (3.15%) Entra ID
8 36 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
9 35 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
10 28 (2.00%) PaaS
11 25 (1.79%) Snowflake
12 23 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
13 21 (1.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 16 (1.14%) Azure Machine Learning
15 14 (1.00%) Anthropic Claude
15 14 (1.00%) IaaS
16 13 (0.93%) Azure Service Bus
16 13 (0.93%) Nutanix
17 12 (0.86%) Azure AI
17 12 (0.86%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 84 (6.01%) Broadband
2 51 (3.65%) WAN
3 46 (3.29%) Network Security
4 39 (2.79%) Firewall
5 37 (2.65%) SD-WAN
6 30 (2.15%) LAN
7 24 (1.72%) MPLS
7 24 (1.72%) VPN
8 16 (1.14%) WLAN
9 12 (0.86%) BGP
10 10 (0.72%) Kerberos
10 10 (0.72%) VSAN
11 9 (0.64%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (0.64%) DNS
11 9 (0.64%) HTTP
11 9 (0.64%) SNMP
12 8 (0.57%) IPsec
12 8 (0.57%) SSL
13 7 (0.50%) Unified Communications
13 7 (0.50%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.51%) Metadata
2 26 (1.86%) SQL Server
3 20 (1.43%) Power BI
4 17 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.14%) BigQuery
5 16 (1.14%) Data Lake
5 16 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (1.14%) NoSQL
6 10 (0.72%) MongoDB
7 8 (0.57%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.50%) Tableau
9 5 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (0.36%) MySQL
10 4 (0.29%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.21%) Big Data
11 3 (0.21%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.21%) GIS
11 3 (0.21%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 45 (3.22%) Jenkins
2 34 (2.43%) GitLab
2 34 (2.43%) SonarQube
3 25 (1.79%) Snyk
4 7 (0.50%) Git
5 5 (0.36%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.14%) MLflow
6 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.072%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.072%) JMeter
7 1 (0.072%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.072%) Postman
7 1 (0.072%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.072%) Selenium
General
1 246 (17.60%) Social Skills
2 213 (15.24%) Public Sector
3 197 (14.09%) Finance
4 154 (11.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 85 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
6 66 (4.72%) Games
7 59 (4.22%) Law
8 55 (3.93%) Marketing
9 48 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
10 40 (2.86%) Legal
10 40 (2.86%) Retail
11 27 (1.93%) Banking
12 24 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (1.65%) Telecoms
14 16 (1.14%) Manufacturing
15 11 (0.79%) Back Office
16 10 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.50%) Financial Institution
18 6 (0.43%) Health Technology
19 4 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (4.72%) REST
2 51 (3.65%) SOAP
3 39 (2.79%) .NET
4 36 (2.58%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.43%) Visualforce
6 27 (1.93%) Middleware
7 26 (1.86%) OAuth
8 22 (1.57%) OpenID
8 22 (1.57%) SAML
9 21 (1.50%) RESTful
10 18 (1.29%) LDAP
11 12 (0.86%) GraphQL
12 9 (0.64%) Node.js
12 9 (0.64%) Spring
13 8 (0.57%) .NET Core
14 7 (0.50%) OpenAPI
14 7 (0.50%) Swagger
15 6 (0.43%) Django
15 6 (0.43%) Hibernate
15 6 (0.43%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 70 (5.01%) Cloud Native
2 62 (4.43%) Data Centre
3 51 (3.65%) Product Ownership
4 38 (2.72%) Cyberattack
5 31 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
5 31 (2.22%) Public Cloud
6 28 (2.00%) Virtual Team
7 27 (1.93%) Management Information System
8 22 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.29%) PKI
10 14 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
11 13 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (0.79%) IoT
12 11 (0.79%) Operational Technology
13 10 (0.72%) Low-Code
14 9 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
15 8 (0.57%) Onboarding
15 8 (0.57%) Video\Live Streaming
16 7 (0.50%) CMDB
16 7 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.93%) Windows
2 8 (0.57%) Linux
3 5 (0.36%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.21%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (19.74%) Roadmaps
2 214 (15.31%) Agile
3 194 (13.88%) TOGAF
4 192 (13.73%) AI
5 173 (12.37%) Enterprise Architecture
6 160 (11.44%) Cybersecurity
7 153 (10.94%) DevOps
8 138 (9.87%) CI/CD
9 133 (9.51%) Technology Strategy
10 127 (9.08%) Mentoring
11 115 (8.23%) Continuous Improvement
12 112 (8.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 111 (7.94%) Presales
14 109 (7.80%) Data Architecture
15 107 (7.65%) Data Modelling
16 105 (7.51%) Analytics
16 105 (7.51%) Migration
17 99 (7.08%) Technical Leadership
18 98 (7.01%) Problem-Solving
19 96 (6.87%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 43 (3.08%) Python
2 41 (2.93%) SQL
3 36 (2.58%) Apex Code
3 36 (2.58%) SOQL
3 36 (2.58%) SOSL
4 32 (2.29%) C#
5 24 (1.72%) Java
6 20 (1.43%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.00%) TypeScript
8 12 (0.86%) JavaScript
9 10 (0.72%) Bicep
10 8 (0.57%) Bash
10 8 (0.57%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.50%) Go
12 4 (0.29%) Scala
13 2 (0.14%) C++
13 2 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.072%) R
14 1 (0.072%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 213 (15.24%) Security Cleared
2 170 (12.16%) SC Cleared
3 97 (6.94%) Degree
4 49 (3.51%) CISSP
5 47 (3.36%) TOGAF Certification
6 45 (3.22%) Azure Certification
7 36 (2.58%) AWS Certification
8 30 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
8 30 (2.15%) DV Cleared
9 26 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (1.79%) CISM
11 20 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.93%) CCNP
14 12 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 10 (0.72%) CCIE
15 10 (0.72%) VCAP
15 10 (0.72%) VCDX
15 10 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 9 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (5.36%) NIST
2 47 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (2.50%) Data Quality
3 35 (2.50%) GRC
4 26 (1.86%) NCSC
5 22 (1.57%) GDPR
6 16 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
8 11 (0.79%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.79%) PMO
9 9 (0.64%) QA
10 8 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (0.57%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.50%) WCAG
12 5 (0.36%) IFRS
13 3 (0.21%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.21%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.14%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 38 (2.72%) Virtual Machines
2 36 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.14%) vSphere
5 12 (0.86%) Docker
6 11 (0.79%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.50%) vCloud
8 6 (0.43%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 28 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
2 16 (1.14%) Terraform
3 14 (1.00%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.93%) Ansible
5 6 (0.43%) Avamar
5 6 (0.43%) CASB
5 6 (0.43%) Dell DRAC
5 6 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
5 6 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
5 6 (0.43%) VxRail
6 5 (0.36%) Endace
6 5 (0.36%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.21%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.072%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.072%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 218 (15.59%) Microsoft
2 48 (3.43%) Salesforce
3 43 (3.08%) Cisco
4 41 (2.93%) Palo Alto
5 37 (2.65%) Splunk
6 36 (2.58%) Databricks
6 36 (2.58%) Google
7 30 (2.15%) CrowdStrike
7 30 (2.15%) Oracle
8 27 (1.93%) SAP
9 26 (1.86%) VMware
10 25 (1.79%) Tenable
11 21 (1.50%) ServiceNow
12 18 (1.29%) Juniper
13 17 (1.22%) OpenAI
14 14 (1.00%) Fortinet
15 13 (0.93%) Dell
15 13 (0.93%) NetApp
15 13 (0.93%) Nimble Storage
16 12 (0.86%) Meraki