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 11 May 2026.

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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 74 30
Rank change year-on-year +47 -44 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,272 659 2,186
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.90% 4.51% 6.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.36% 4.89% 7.01%
Number of salaries quoted 870 483 1,423
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,249 £56,809
25th Percentile £71,659 £68,875 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £95,750 £98,474 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £114,500
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 17,275 13,485 31,193
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 92.26% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12,676 9,055 24,903
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,152
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.37% -12.42%

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 11 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 11 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.

1 354 (27.83%) Azure
2 240 (18.87%) Roadmaps
3 225 (17.69%) AWS
4 202 (15.88%) Security Cleared
5 191 (15.02%) Agile
6 179 (14.07%) Microsoft
7 173 (13.60%) AI
7 173 (13.60%) TOGAF
8 152 (11.95%) SC Cleared
9 147 (11.56%) DevOps
10 146 (11.48%) Enterprise Architecture
11 143 (11.24%) Cybersecurity
12 124 (9.75%) Mentoring
13 118 (9.28%) CI/CD
14 112 (8.81%) Data Modelling
14 112 (8.81%) Technology Strategy
15 109 (8.57%) Data Architecture
16 106 (8.33%) GCP
17 105 (8.25%) Analytics
17 105 (8.25%) Migration
18 93 (7.31%) Microservices
18 93 (7.31%) Problem-Solving
19 92 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
19 92 (7.23%) Presales
20 90 (7.08%) Stakeholder Management
21 89 (7.00%) Event-Driven
22 88 (6.92%) IT Strategy
23 83 (6.53%) Technical Leadership
24 82 (6.45%) Degree
25 81 (6.37%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 (1.10%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.02%) CMS
3 9 (0.71%) JBoss
3 9 (0.71%) WebSphere
4 8 (0.63%) Confluence
5 7 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.31%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.31%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.31%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.24%) Apache
7 3 (0.24%) SAS
8 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.079%) IIS
9 1 (0.079%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.079%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.16%) ArchiCAD
3 2 (0.16%) Revit
4 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.079%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.079%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (1.18%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.18%) Oracle Financials
1 15 (1.18%) Oracle General Ledger
1 15 (1.18%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.16%) Shopify
6 1 (0.079%) Actimize
6 1 (0.079%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.079%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.079%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.079%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.079%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 354 (27.83%) Azure
2 225 (17.69%) AWS
3 106 (8.33%) GCP
4 75 (5.90%) Serverless
5 71 (5.58%) SaaS
6 51 (4.01%) Power Platform
7 44 (3.46%) Microsoft 365
8 35 (2.75%) Entra ID
9 33 (2.59%) Snowflake
10 29 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (2.04%) PaaS
12 21 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
13 19 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 17 (1.34%) IaaS
15 15 (1.18%) Azure Machine Learning
16 12 (0.94%) Azure AI
16 12 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
17 10 (0.79%) Azure Service Bus
17 10 (0.79%) iPaaS
18 9 (0.71%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 80 (6.29%) Broadband
2 38 (2.99%) WAN
3 34 (2.67%) Firewall
3 34 (2.67%) Network Security
4 27 (2.12%) SD-WAN
5 25 (1.97%) LAN
6 21 (1.65%) VPN
7 17 (1.34%) MPLS
8 11 (0.86%) WLAN
9 9 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
10 8 (0.63%) Kerberos
11 6 (0.47%) BGP
11 6 (0.47%) VSAN
11 6 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
12 5 (0.39%) DNS
12 5 (0.39%) HTTP
12 5 (0.39%) SNMP
12 5 (0.39%) VXLAN
13 4 (0.31%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (3.54%) Metadata
2 30 (2.36%) SQL Server
3 22 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (1.26%) NoSQL
5 15 (1.18%) Power BI
6 14 (1.10%) Data Lake
6 14 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (0.94%) BigQuery
8 8 (0.63%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.47%) 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 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.24%) MySQL
13 2 (0.16%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 46 (3.62%) Jenkins
2 34 (2.67%) GitLab
2 34 (2.67%) SonarQube
3 23 (1.81%) Snyk
4 6 (0.47%) Git
5 5 (0.39%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.16%) MLflow
6 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.079%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.079%) JIRA
7 1 (0.079%) JMeter
7 1 (0.079%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.079%) Postman
7 1 (0.079%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.079%) Selenium
7 1 (0.079%) Subversion
General
1 222 (17.45%) Social Skills
2 188 (14.78%) Public Sector
3 179 (14.07%) Finance
4 138 (10.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 73 (5.74%) Analytical Skills
6 66 (5.19%) Games
7 61 (4.80%) Marketing
8 58 (4.56%) Law
9 40 (3.14%) Legal
10 38 (2.99%) Retail
11 30 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
12 28 (2.20%) Banking
13 24 (1.89%) Telecoms
14 21 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (1.34%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.02%) Back Office
17 10 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (0.47%) Financial Institution
18 6 (0.47%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (5.19%) REST
2 54 (4.25%) SOAP
3 45 (3.54%) .NET
4 36 (2.83%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.67%) Middleware
5 34 (2.67%) Visualforce
6 20 (1.57%) OAuth
6 20 (1.57%) OpenID
7 19 (1.49%) RESTful
8 16 (1.26%) LDAP
8 16 (1.26%) SAML
9 15 (1.18%) GraphQL
10 12 (0.94%) Spring
11 11 (0.86%) Hibernate
12 8 (0.63%) .NET Core
13 7 (0.55%) Django
13 7 (0.55%) Node.js
14 6 (0.47%) OpenAPI
14 6 (0.47%) Swagger
14 6 (0.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (4.72%) Cloud Native
2 52 (4.09%) Data Centre
3 51 (4.01%) Product Ownership
4 37 (2.91%) Cyberattack
5 31 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
5 31 (2.44%) Public Cloud
6 28 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
7 27 (2.12%) Management Information System
7 27 (2.12%) Virtual Team
8 17 (1.34%) PKI
9 15 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
11 13 (1.02%) IoT
12 11 (0.86%) Operational Technology
13 10 (0.79%) Low-Code
14 9 (0.71%) DataPower
15 8 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (0.63%) Video\Live Streaming
16 7 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
17 6 (0.47%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.02%) Windows
2 8 (0.63%) Linux
3 6 (0.47%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.31%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.079%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (18.87%) Roadmaps
2 191 (15.02%) Agile
3 173 (13.60%) AI
3 173 (13.60%) TOGAF
4 147 (11.56%) DevOps
5 146 (11.48%) Enterprise Architecture
6 143 (11.24%) Cybersecurity
7 124 (9.75%) Mentoring
8 118 (9.28%) CI/CD
9 112 (8.81%) Data Modelling
9 112 (8.81%) Technology Strategy
10 109 (8.57%) Data Architecture
11 105 (8.25%) Analytics
11 105 (8.25%) Migration
12 93 (7.31%) Microservices
12 93 (7.31%) Problem-Solving
13 92 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
13 92 (7.23%) Presales
14 90 (7.08%) Stakeholder Management
15 89 (7.00%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 49 (3.85%) Python
1 49 (3.85%) SQL
2 36 (2.83%) Apex Code
2 36 (2.83%) C#
2 36 (2.83%) SOQL
2 36 (2.83%) SOSL
3 33 (2.59%) Java
4 20 (1.57%) PowerShell
5 16 (1.26%) TypeScript
6 14 (1.10%) JavaScript
7 9 (0.71%) Bash
8 8 (0.63%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.55%) Go
10 6 (0.47%) Bicep
11 3 (0.24%) Scala
12 2 (0.16%) C++
12 2 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.079%) R
13 1 (0.079%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 202 (15.88%) Security Cleared
2 152 (11.95%) SC Cleared
3 82 (6.45%) Degree
4 43 (3.38%) CISSP
4 43 (3.38%) TOGAF Certification
5 40 (3.14%) Azure Certification
6 34 (2.67%) AWS Certification
7 33 (2.59%) DV Cleared
8 31 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
11 21 (1.65%) CISM
12 16 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 12 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 12 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (0.86%) CCNP
15 7 (0.55%) CCIE
15 7 (0.55%) CCSP
16 6 (0.47%) VCDX
16 6 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (4.09%) NIST
2 31 (2.44%) GRC
3 29 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (2.20%) Data Quality
5 22 (1.73%) GDPR
6 21 (1.65%) NCSC
7 17 (1.34%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.79%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.63%) PMO
10 8 (0.63%) QA
11 7 (0.55%) WCAG
12 5 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 5 (0.39%) IFRS
13 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.16%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.16%) SLA
14 2 (0.16%) Solvency II
15 1 (0.079%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 1 (0.079%) PERC
System Software
1 36 (2.83%) Virtual Machines
2 26 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.10%) Docker
3 14 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.71%) vSphere
5 7 (0.55%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.47%) vCloud
7 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
2 17 (1.34%) Ansible
3 14 (1.10%) Kubernetes
4 13 (1.02%) Terraform
5 6 (0.47%) Endace
6 3 (0.24%) Avamar
6 3 (0.24%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
6 3 (0.24%) EMC VPLEX
6 3 (0.24%) VxRail
7 2 (0.16%) CASB
7 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.079%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.079%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.079%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.079%) Puppet
8 1 (0.079%) Rancher
Vendors
1 179 (14.07%) Microsoft
2 47 (3.69%) Salesforce
3 35 (2.75%) Databricks
3 35 (2.75%) Google
3 35 (2.75%) Splunk
4 33 (2.59%) Cisco
5 32 (2.52%) Palo Alto
6 29 (2.28%) Oracle
7 26 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
8 25 (1.97%) SAP
9 23 (1.81%) Tenable
10 20 (1.57%) ServiceNow
11 19 (1.49%) VMware
12 13 (1.02%) Fortinet
12 13 (1.02%) Juniper
13 12 (0.94%) Meraki
14 10 (0.79%) Dell
15 9 (0.71%) NetApp
15 9 (0.71%) Nimble Storage
16 8 (0.63%) CheckPoint