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 14 May 2026.

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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 81 30
Rank change year-on-year +55 -51 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,294 639 2,181
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.99% 4.40% 6.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.46% 4.76% 7.01%
Number of salaries quoted 884 465 1,421
10th Percentile £60,802 £61,243 £56,809
25th Percentile £71,659 £69,500 £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 £95,000 £98,474 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,100 £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 17,349 13,411 31,118
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 92.27% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12,737 8,791 24,816
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £33,070
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,359
Median % change year-on-year - +6.46% -9.83%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,686
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.46% -12.19%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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.

1 362 (27.98%) Azure
2 244 (18.86%) Roadmaps
3 230 (17.77%) AWS
4 208 (16.07%) Security Cleared
5 196 (15.15%) Agile
6 183 (14.14%) Microsoft
7 176 (13.60%) AI
8 175 (13.52%) TOGAF
9 156 (12.06%) SC Cleared
10 148 (11.44%) DevOps
11 147 (11.36%) Enterprise Architecture
12 144 (11.13%) Cybersecurity
13 124 (9.58%) Mentoring
14 118 (9.12%) CI/CD
15 116 (8.96%) Technology Strategy
16 112 (8.66%) Data Modelling
17 109 (8.42%) Data Architecture
18 107 (8.27%) GCP
19 106 (8.19%) Analytics
19 106 (8.19%) Migration
20 95 (7.34%) Presales
21 94 (7.26%) Microservices
21 94 (7.26%) Problem-Solving
22 93 (7.19%) Continuous Improvement
23 90 (6.96%) IT Strategy
23 90 (6.96%) Stakeholder Management
24 89 (6.88%) Event-Driven
25 85 (6.57%) Technical Leadership
26 84 (6.49%) Degree
26 84 (6.49%) Security Architecture

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 14 (1.08%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.00%) CMS
3 8 (0.62%) Confluence
3 8 (0.62%) JBoss
3 8 (0.62%) WebSphere
4 7 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.31%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.31%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.31%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.31%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.23%) Apache
6 3 (0.23%) SAS
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.077%) IIS
8 1 (0.077%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.077%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.15%) ArchiCAD
3 2 (0.15%) Revit
4 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.077%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.077%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.077%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (1.16%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.16%) Oracle Financials
1 15 (1.16%) Oracle General Ledger
1 15 (1.16%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.31%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.077%) Actimize
5 1 (0.077%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.077%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.077%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.077%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.077%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 362 (27.98%) Azure
2 230 (17.77%) AWS
3 107 (8.27%) GCP
4 74 (5.72%) Serverless
5 72 (5.56%) SaaS
6 52 (4.02%) Power Platform
7 44 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
8 38 (2.94%) Entra ID
9 33 (2.55%) Snowflake
10 28 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
10 28 (2.16%) PaaS
11 21 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 17 (1.31%) IaaS
14 15 (1.16%) Azure Machine Learning
15 12 (0.93%) Azure AI
15 12 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
16 10 (0.77%) Azure Service Bus
16 10 (0.77%) iPaaS
16 10 (0.77%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 80 (6.18%) Broadband
2 38 (2.94%) WAN
3 36 (2.78%) Network Security
4 35 (2.70%) Firewall
5 27 (2.09%) SD-WAN
6 25 (1.93%) LAN
7 21 (1.62%) VPN
8 18 (1.39%) MPLS
9 11 (0.85%) WLAN
10 9 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
10 9 (0.70%) Kerberos
11 7 (0.54%) BGP
11 7 (0.54%) VSAN
12 6 (0.46%) VXLAN
13 5 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
13 5 (0.39%) DNS
13 5 (0.39%) HTTP
13 5 (0.39%) SNMP
13 5 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (3.48%) Metadata
2 30 (2.32%) SQL Server
3 22 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (1.24%) Power BI
5 15 (1.16%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.08%) Data Lake
6 14 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (0.93%) BigQuery
8 8 (0.62%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.46%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (0.39%) Tableau
11 4 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.31%) Big Data
11 4 (0.31%) GIS
11 4 (0.31%) QGIS
11 4 (0.31%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.23%) MySQL
13 2 (0.15%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 45 (3.48%) Jenkins
2 34 (2.63%) GitLab
2 34 (2.63%) SonarQube
3 24 (1.85%) Snyk
4 5 (0.39%) Git
4 5 (0.39%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (0.15%) MLflow
5 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.077%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.077%) JIRA
6 1 (0.077%) JMeter
6 1 (0.077%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.077%) Postman
6 1 (0.077%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.077%) Selenium
General
1 224 (17.31%) Social Skills
2 192 (14.84%) Public Sector
3 180 (13.91%) Finance
4 143 (11.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 74 (5.72%) Analytical Skills
6 66 (5.10%) Games
7 60 (4.64%) Law
8 58 (4.48%) Marketing
9 41 (3.17%) Legal
10 39 (3.01%) Retail
11 32 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
12 29 (2.24%) Banking
13 22 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (1.70%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.16%) Manufacturing
15 14 (1.08%) Back Office
16 10 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.54%) Financial Institution
18 6 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (0.46%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (5.10%) REST
2 54 (4.17%) SOAP
3 44 (3.40%) .NET
4 36 (2.78%) Lightning Web Components
5 35 (2.70%) Middleware
6 34 (2.63%) Visualforce
7 21 (1.62%) OAuth
7 21 (1.62%) OpenID
7 21 (1.62%) RESTful
8 17 (1.31%) LDAP
8 17 (1.31%) SAML
9 14 (1.08%) GraphQL
10 11 (0.85%) Spring
11 10 (0.77%) Hibernate
12 8 (0.62%) .NET Core
13 7 (0.54%) Django
13 7 (0.54%) Node.js
13 7 (0.54%) OpenAPI
13 7 (0.54%) Swagger
14 6 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 59 (4.56%) Cloud Native
2 55 (4.25%) Data Centre
3 51 (3.94%) Product Ownership
4 37 (2.86%) Cyberattack
5 31 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
5 31 (2.40%) Public Cloud
6 28 (2.16%) Management Information System
7 27 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
7 27 (2.09%) Virtual Team
8 17 (1.31%) PKI
9 15 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
11 13 (1.00%) IoT
12 11 (0.85%) Operational Technology
13 10 (0.77%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.62%) DataPower
14 8 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (0.62%) Video\Live Streaming
15 7 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
16 6 (0.46%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.00%) Windows
2 8 (0.62%) Linux
3 6 (0.46%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.31%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.077%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (18.86%) Roadmaps
2 196 (15.15%) Agile
3 176 (13.60%) AI
4 175 (13.52%) TOGAF
5 148 (11.44%) DevOps
6 147 (11.36%) Enterprise Architecture
7 144 (11.13%) Cybersecurity
8 124 (9.58%) Mentoring
9 118 (9.12%) CI/CD
10 116 (8.96%) Technology Strategy
11 112 (8.66%) Data Modelling
12 109 (8.42%) Data Architecture
13 106 (8.19%) Analytics
13 106 (8.19%) Migration
14 95 (7.34%) Presales
15 94 (7.26%) Microservices
15 94 (7.26%) Problem-Solving
16 93 (7.19%) Continuous Improvement
17 90 (6.96%) IT Strategy
17 90 (6.96%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (3.71%) Python
2 47 (3.63%) SQL
3 36 (2.78%) Apex Code
3 36 (2.78%) C#
3 36 (2.78%) SOQL
3 36 (2.78%) SOSL
4 31 (2.40%) Java
5 20 (1.55%) PowerShell
6 16 (1.24%) TypeScript
7 14 (1.08%) JavaScript
8 8 (0.62%) Bash
8 8 (0.62%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.54%) Go
10 5 (0.39%) Bicep
11 3 (0.23%) Scala
12 2 (0.15%) C++
12 2 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.077%) R
13 1 (0.077%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 208 (16.07%) Security Cleared
2 156 (12.06%) SC Cleared
3 84 (6.49%) Degree
4 45 (3.48%) CISSP
5 42 (3.25%) TOGAF Certification
6 40 (3.09%) Azure Certification
7 34 (2.63%) AWS Certification
8 32 (2.47%) DV Cleared
9 30 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (1.70%) CISM
11 22 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 12 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 12 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (0.85%) CCNP
15 7 (0.54%) CCIE
15 7 (0.54%) CCSP
15 7 (0.54%) VCDX
15 7 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (4.17%) NIST
2 32 (2.47%) GRC
2 32 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (2.16%) Data Quality
4 22 (1.70%) GDPR
4 22 (1.70%) NCSC
5 17 (1.31%) Accessibility
6 11 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.70%) QA
9 8 (0.62%) PMO
10 7 (0.54%) WCAG
11 6 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 5 (0.39%) IFRS
13 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.15%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.15%) SLA
14 2 (0.15%) Solvency II
15 1 (0.077%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 1 (0.077%) PERC
System Software
1 37 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
2 28 (2.16%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.93%) Docker
5 10 (0.77%) vSphere
6 8 (0.62%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.54%) vCloud
8 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 27 (2.09%) Single Sign-On
2 16 (1.24%) Ansible
3 12 (0.93%) Kubernetes
4 11 (0.85%) Terraform
5 6 (0.46%) Endace
6 3 (0.23%) Avamar
6 3 (0.23%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
6 3 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
6 3 (0.23%) VxRail
7 2 (0.15%) CASB
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.077%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.077%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.077%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 183 (14.14%) Microsoft
2 47 (3.63%) Salesforce
3 36 (2.78%) Splunk
4 35 (2.70%) Databricks
5 34 (2.63%) Cisco
5 34 (2.63%) Google
6 33 (2.55%) Palo Alto
7 29 (2.24%) Oracle
8 27 (2.09%) CrowdStrike
9 24 (1.85%) SAP
9 24 (1.85%) Tenable
10 20 (1.55%) ServiceNow
10 20 (1.55%) VMware
11 14 (1.08%) Juniper
12 12 (0.93%) Fortinet
12 12 (0.93%) Meraki
13 11 (0.85%) Dell
14 10 (0.77%) NetApp
14 10 (0.77%) Nimble Storage
15 8 (0.62%) CheckPoint