Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £85,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 August 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 101 23
Rank change year-on-year +75 -78 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,649 593 1,961
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.27% 3.58% 7.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.73% 3.89% 8.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,175 407 1,235
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,750 £66,250 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £97,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £107,700 £125,000
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 21,327 15,231 23,962
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.07% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 15,293 9,420 17,619
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £42,750
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 £100,000 £96,050
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 9 August 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 9 August 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.

1 528 (32.02%) Azure
2 410 (24.86%) Roadmaps
3 351 (21.29%) Microsoft
4 294 (17.83%) Security Cleared
5 290 (17.59%) AWS
6 286 (17.34%) Agile
7 276 (16.74%) AI
8 245 (14.86%) SC Cleared
9 233 (14.13%) Enterprise Architecture
10 208 (12.61%) Technical Architecture
11 200 (12.13%) TOGAF
12 184 (11.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 180 (10.92%) Technology Strategy
14 175 (10.61%) CI/CD
15 164 (9.95%) Analytics
15 164 (9.95%) DevOps
16 163 (9.88%) Cybersecurity
17 152 (9.22%) Mentoring
18 149 (9.04%) Technical Leadership
19 148 (8.98%) Presales
20 143 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
21 139 (8.43%) Data Architecture
22 138 (8.37%) Stakeholder Management
23 137 (8.31%) Data Modelling
24 133 (8.07%) GCP
24 133 (8.07%) Infrastructure as Code
24 133 (8.07%) IT Strategy
25 131 (7.94%) Business Strategy
25 131 (7.94%) Decision-Making
26 128 (7.76%) 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 13 (0.79%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.67%) CMS
3 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.30%) Confluence
5 4 (0.24%) Apache
5 4 (0.24%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.18%) SAS
7 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.061%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.061%) Appian
Applications
1 11 (0.67%) Chatbot
2 10 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.18%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.061%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.061%) Revit
Business Applications
1 12 (0.73%) Oracle General Ledger
1 12 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
2 9 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
2 9 (0.55%) Oracle Financials
2 9 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.30%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.12%) Shopify
7 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.061%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.061%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.061%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.061%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.061%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 528 (32.02%) Azure
2 290 (17.59%) AWS
3 133 (8.07%) GCP
4 100 (6.06%) Power Platform
5 85 (5.15%) SaaS
6 74 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
7 63 (3.82%) Cloud Computing
8 59 (3.58%) Serverless
9 56 (3.40%) Entra ID
10 55 (3.34%) Dynamics 365
11 49 (2.97%) Snowflake
12 38 (2.30%) PaaS
13 37 (2.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 33 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
15 29 (1.76%) Anthropic Claude
16 25 (1.52%) dbt
17 23 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
18 21 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
19 18 (1.09%) Amazon Bedrock
20 17 (1.03%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 110 (6.67%) WAN
2 87 (5.28%) LAN
3 60 (3.64%) Network Security
4 55 (3.34%) Broadband
5 39 (2.37%) Firewall
6 38 (2.30%) SD-WAN
7 27 (1.64%) MPLS
8 20 (1.21%) VPN
9 16 (0.97%) DNS
10 15 (0.91%) BGP
10 15 (0.91%) HTTP
11 14 (0.85%) IPsec
11 14 (0.85%) WLAN
12 12 (0.73%) Kerberos
12 12 (0.73%) SNMP
12 12 (0.73%) Unified Communications
12 12 (0.73%) VSAN
13 11 (0.67%) CTI
13 11 (0.67%) VLAN
13 11 (0.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (4.49%) Metadata
2 32 (1.94%) SQL Server
3 29 (1.76%) Power BI
4 27 (1.64%) Data Lake
5 26 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.15%) BigQuery
6 19 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (1.09%) Delta Lake
7 18 (1.09%) MongoDB
8 17 (1.03%) Data Vault
9 12 (0.73%) Tableau
10 11 (0.67%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (0.49%) MySQL
13 7 (0.42%) Semantic Layer
14 5 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.30%) Relational Database
15 4 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
16 3 (0.18%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 39 (2.37%) Jenkins
2 27 (1.64%) GitLab
3 26 (1.58%) SonarQube
4 25 (1.52%) Snyk
5 15 (0.91%) Claude Code
6 10 (0.61%) Git
7 5 (0.30%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.12%) ERwin
8 2 (0.12%) MLflow
9 1 (0.061%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.061%) JMeter
9 1 (0.061%) Maven
9 1 (0.061%) Postman
9 1 (0.061%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.061%) Selenium
General
1 369 (22.38%) Social Skills
2 328 (19.89%) Finance
3 253 (15.34%) Public Sector
4 202 (12.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 101 (6.12%) Law
6 95 (5.76%) Presentation Skills
7 91 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
8 70 (4.24%) Influencing Skills
9 53 (3.21%) Legal
10 46 (2.79%) Retail
11 43 (2.61%) Games
12 42 (2.55%) Marketing
13 41 (2.49%) Banking
14 20 (1.21%) Manufacturing
15 14 (0.85%) Telecoms
16 11 (0.67%) Back Office
17 9 (0.55%) Financial Institution
18 8 (0.49%) Health Technology
19 7 (0.42%) Advertising
19 7 (0.42%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.40%) REST
2 40 (2.43%) .NET
3 39 (2.37%) SOAP
4 29 (1.76%) Lightning Web Components
4 29 (1.76%) Middleware
5 28 (1.70%) OAuth
5 28 (1.70%) RESTful
6 25 (1.52%) Visualforce
7 24 (1.46%) SAML
8 19 (1.15%) PySpark
9 18 (1.09%) LDAP
10 17 (1.03%) LangChain
11 16 (0.97%) OpenID
12 15 (0.91%) LangGraph
13 11 (0.67%) Node.js
13 11 (0.67%) OpenAPI
13 11 (0.67%) Swagger
14 9 (0.55%) .NET Core
15 8 (0.49%) Kafka
15 8 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 120 (7.28%) Cloud Native
2 66 (4.00%) Data Centre
3 53 (3.21%) Product Ownership
4 35 (2.12%) Management Information System
5 32 (1.94%) Cyberattack
6 31 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
6 31 (1.88%) Virtual Team
7 26 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
8 21 (1.27%) AI Agents
9 19 (1.15%) Public Cloud
10 17 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (0.91%) Hedge funds
12 13 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (0.67%) IVR
13 11 (0.67%) Video\Live Streaming
14 10 (0.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 10 (0.61%) Low-Code
15 9 (0.55%) Cyber Threat
16 8 (0.49%) IoT
16 8 (0.49%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.09%) Windows
2 9 (0.55%) Linux
3 5 (0.30%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.24%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (24.86%) Roadmaps
2 286 (17.34%) Agile
3 276 (16.74%) AI
4 233 (14.13%) Enterprise Architecture
5 208 (12.61%) Technical Architecture
6 200 (12.13%) TOGAF
7 184 (11.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 180 (10.92%) Technology Strategy
9 175 (10.61%) CI/CD
10 164 (9.95%) Analytics
10 164 (9.95%) DevOps
11 163 (9.88%) Cybersecurity
12 152 (9.22%) Mentoring
13 149 (9.04%) Technical Leadership
14 148 (8.98%) Presales
15 143 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
16 139 (8.43%) Data Architecture
17 138 (8.37%) Stakeholder Management
18 137 (8.31%) Data Modelling
19 133 (8.07%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 65 (3.94%) Python
2 58 (3.52%) SQL
3 42 (2.55%) C#
4 29 (1.76%) Apex Code
5 27 (1.64%) SOQL
5 27 (1.64%) SOSL
6 26 (1.58%) Bicep
7 21 (1.27%) Java
8 18 (1.09%) PowerShell
9 17 (1.03%) Scala
10 14 (0.85%) Go
11 12 (0.73%) JavaScript
12 10 (0.61%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.24%) C
13 4 (0.24%) Ruby
14 3 (0.18%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.12%) Bash
15 2 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.12%) X++
Qualifications
1 294 (17.83%) Security Cleared
2 245 (14.86%) SC Cleared
3 116 (7.03%) Degree
4 50 (3.03%) Azure Certification
5 48 (2.91%) CISSP
6 45 (2.73%) TOGAF Certification
7 34 (2.06%) AWS Certification
8 32 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (1.64%) DV Cleared
10 26 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
11 25 (1.52%) CISM
12 24 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
12 24 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (0.79%) CCNP
13 13 (0.79%) SnowPro
14 12 (0.73%) VCAP
14 12 (0.73%) VCDX
14 12 (0.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 10 (0.61%) CCIE
16 9 (0.55%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (5.76%) GRC
2 78 (4.73%) NIST
3 72 (4.37%) Data Quality
4 53 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 31 (1.88%) GDPR
6 24 (1.46%) Accessibility
7 22 (1.33%) NCSC
8 15 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 12 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.55%) QA
12 8 (0.49%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.42%) PMO
13 7 (0.42%) WCAG
14 6 (0.36%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.30%) IFRS
16 4 (0.24%) Def Stans
16 4 (0.24%) NIST 800
17 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
2 36 (2.18%) Active Directory
3 30 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.33%) Docker
5 21 (1.27%) vSphere
6 12 (0.73%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.61%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.42%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 46 (2.79%) Kubernetes
2 38 (2.30%) Terraform
3 28 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (0.79%) Ansible
4 13 (0.79%) CASB
5 10 (0.61%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.36%) Avamar
6 6 (0.36%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (0.36%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.36%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.36%) VxRail
7 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.30%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.18%) SCCM
9 2 (0.12%) Endace
10 1 (0.061%) Argo
Vendors
1 351 (21.29%) Microsoft
2 72 (4.37%) Databricks
3 58 (3.52%) Cisco
4 51 (3.09%) Salesforce
5 47 (2.85%) Palo Alto
6 40 (2.43%) Oracle
7 33 (2.00%) Google
7 33 (2.00%) VMware
8 32 (1.94%) SAP
9 30 (1.82%) ServiceNow
10 29 (1.76%) CrowdStrike
11 27 (1.64%) Splunk
12 26 (1.58%) OpenAI
13 25 (1.52%) Tenable
14 14 (0.85%) Dell
14 14 (0.85%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.85%) Juniper
15 13 (0.79%) NetApp
15 13 (0.79%) Nimble Storage
16 12 (0.73%) Broadcom