Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £82,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 January 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 39 34
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 804 1,058 1,535
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.25% 6.44% 6.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.60% 6.70% 7.00%
Number of salaries quoted 504 675 1,119
10th Percentile £60,000 £56,809 £59,775
25th Percentile £71,349 £66,250 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,250 £82,500 £80,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.30% +2.48% -5.29%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,539
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,750 £110,000
UK median annual salary £83,781 £80,000 £80,250
% change year-on-year +4.73% -0.31% -6.69%

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 14,349 15,792 21,921
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 96.08% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 9,367 9,508 18,042
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,220 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,424 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,813 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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.

1 270 (33.58%) Azure
2 181 (22.51%) Roadmaps
3 179 (22.26%) AWS
4 146 (18.16%) Agile
5 145 (18.03%) Microsoft
6 143 (17.79%) Data Modelling
7 123 (15.30%) Security Cleared
8 117 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 113 (14.05%) AI
9 113 (14.05%) Analytics
10 112 (13.93%) Data Architecture
11 98 (12.19%) Enterprise Architecture
11 98 (12.19%) Mentoring
12 94 (11.69%) Cybersecurity
13 89 (11.07%) Problem-Solving
13 89 (11.07%) TOGAF
14 84 (10.45%) Technical Leadership
15 83 (10.32%) SC Cleared
16 82 (10.20%) DevOps
16 82 (10.20%) Migration
17 81 (10.07%) Microservices
18 76 (9.45%) Data Management
19 73 (9.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 72 (8.96%) Degree
20 72 (8.96%) GCP
21 70 (8.71%) Strategic Thinking
22 68 (8.46%) Stakeholder Management
22 68 (8.46%) Technical Architecture
23 65 (8.08%) Data Warehouse
23 65 (8.08%) Decision-Making

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 12 (1.49%) JBoss
1 12 (1.49%) WebSphere
2 7 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (0.87%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.75%) CMS
3 6 (0.75%) Confluence
4 4 (0.50%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.50%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.50%) Oracle Spatial
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.12%) IIS
6 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.12%) Strapi
Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 14 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.24%) Oracle General Ledger
2 10 (1.24%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (1.12%) Oracle Assets
4 7 (0.87%) Oracle Financials
5 6 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.25%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.12%) Actimize
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.12%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 270 (33.58%) Azure
2 179 (22.26%) AWS
3 72 (8.96%) GCP
4 63 (7.84%) SaaS
5 57 (7.09%) Serverless
6 51 (6.34%) Snowflake
7 33 (4.10%) Power Platform
8 27 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (2.36%) IaaS
9 19 (2.36%) PaaS
10 15 (1.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 14 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (1.62%) Entra ID
13 12 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (1.37%) OCI
15 10 (1.24%) GitHub
16 9 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
16 9 (1.12%) dbt
17 8 (1.00%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 43 (5.35%) Broadband
2 23 (2.86%) Firewall
3 15 (1.87%) WAN
4 14 (1.74%) VPN
5 11 (1.37%) LAN
6 10 (1.24%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.87%) DHCP
8 6 (0.75%) Network Security
8 6 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.62%) DNS
10 4 (0.50%) SSL
11 3 (0.37%) DOCSIS
11 3 (0.37%) DSL
11 3 (0.37%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.37%) IPv4
11 3 (0.37%) IPv6
11 3 (0.37%) MPLS
11 3 (0.37%) PPP
11 3 (0.37%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (8.08%) Data Warehouse
2 35 (4.35%) Metadata
3 22 (2.74%) Data Lake
4 16 (1.99%) SQL Server
5 15 (1.87%) Power BI
6 13 (1.62%) NoSQL
7 11 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (1.37%) Data Vault
7 11 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (1.24%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 8 (1.00%) Data Mining
9 8 (1.00%) Tableau
10 5 (0.62%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (0.62%) GIS
10 5 (0.62%) Metadata Repository
10 5 (0.62%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.50%) DataStage
11 4 (0.50%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 32 (3.98%) Jenkins
2 16 (1.99%) GitLab
2 16 (1.99%) SonarQube
3 7 (0.87%) JIRA
4 6 (0.75%) ER Studio
4 6 (0.75%) ERwin
5 4 (0.50%) Git
5 4 (0.50%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.25%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 233 (28.98%) Social Skills
2 128 (15.92%) Finance
3 117 (14.55%) Public Sector
4 76 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (7.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 46 (5.72%) Retail
7 42 (5.22%) Marketing
8 36 (4.48%) Law
9 35 (4.35%) Games
10 32 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (3.86%) Legal
12 30 (3.73%) Banking
13 20 (2.49%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (1.87%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.24%) Back Office
17 5 (0.62%) Electronics
17 5 (0.62%) Retail Banking
18 4 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.23%) .NET
1 34 (4.23%) REST
2 32 (3.98%) SOAP
3 28 (3.48%) Middleware
4 27 (3.36%) React
5 25 (3.11%) Node.js
6 18 (2.24%) React Native
7 16 (1.99%) GraphQL
7 16 (1.99%) Spring
8 15 (1.87%) Hibernate
8 15 (1.87%) Lightning Web Components
8 15 (1.87%) Visualforce
9 11 (1.37%) Django
10 10 (1.24%) Web Services
11 7 (0.87%) RESTful
12 6 (0.75%) Kafka
13 5 (0.62%) Blazor
13 5 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
14 4 (0.50%) OAuth
14 4 (0.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (5.72%) Cloud Native
2 40 (4.98%) Data Centre
3 37 (4.60%) Legacy Systems
4 35 (4.35%) Public Cloud
5 34 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
6 31 (3.86%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (3.61%) Virtual Team
8 26 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 26 (3.23%) Product Ownership
9 22 (2.74%) Management Information System
10 19 (2.36%) Mobile App
11 12 (1.49%) DataPower
11 12 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.12%) IoT
12 9 (1.12%) Operational Technology
12 9 (1.12%) PKI
13 8 (1.00%) Reference Data
14 6 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
15 5 (0.62%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.99%) Linux
2 11 (1.37%) Windows
3 6 (0.75%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.50%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.37%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (22.51%) Roadmaps
2 146 (18.16%) Agile
3 143 (17.79%) Data Modelling
4 117 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 113 (14.05%) AI
5 113 (14.05%) Analytics
6 112 (13.93%) Data Architecture
7 98 (12.19%) Enterprise Architecture
7 98 (12.19%) Mentoring
8 94 (11.69%) Cybersecurity
9 89 (11.07%) Problem-Solving
9 89 (11.07%) TOGAF
10 84 (10.45%) Technical Leadership
11 82 (10.20%) DevOps
11 82 (10.20%) Migration
12 81 (10.07%) Microservices
13 76 (9.45%) Data Management
14 73 (9.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 70 (8.71%) Strategic Thinking
16 68 (8.46%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 63 (7.84%) Python
2 51 (6.34%) Java
3 49 (6.09%) C#
4 48 (5.97%) SQL
5 26 (3.23%) JavaScript
6 25 (3.11%) TypeScript
7 15 (1.87%) Apex Code
7 15 (1.87%) SOQL
7 15 (1.87%) SOSL
8 12 (1.49%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.87%) Bicep
10 6 (0.75%) Bash
10 6 (0.75%) C++
11 5 (0.62%) Go
12 4 (0.50%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.37%) C
14 2 (0.25%) Scala
15 1 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 123 (15.30%) Security Cleared
2 83 (10.32%) SC Cleared
3 72 (8.96%) Degree
4 54 (6.72%) Azure Certification
5 49 (6.09%) AWS Certification
6 39 (4.85%) TOGAF Certification
7 36 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (4.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 32 (3.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (2.74%) DV Cleared
11 15 (1.87%) CISSP
12 12 (1.49%) CISM
12 12 (1.49%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.62%) SAP Certification
15 4 (0.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 4 (0.50%) DBS Check
16 3 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.37%) PMI Certification
17 2 (0.25%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.23%) Accessibility
2 24 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (2.86%) NIST
4 15 (1.87%) GDPR
5 14 (1.74%) NCSC
6 12 (1.49%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.12%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.12%) QA
8 3 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.25%) GRC
9 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.12%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
System Software
1 25 (3.11%) Docker
2 9 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.37%) Firmware
3 3 (0.37%) GPFS
3 3 (0.37%) Lustre
3 3 (0.37%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 29 (3.61%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.99%) Terraform
3 22 (2.74%) Ansible
4 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.37%) Endace
6 3 (0.37%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.25%) CASB
7 2 (0.25%) Grafana
8 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.12%) Autotask
8 1 (0.12%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.12%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.12%) Puppet
8 1 (0.12%) Rancher
Vendors
1 145 (18.03%) Microsoft
2 31 (3.86%) Google
3 30 (3.73%) Databricks
4 26 (3.23%) SAP
5 24 (2.99%) Oracle
6 18 (2.24%) Salesforce
7 16 (1.99%) Splunk
8 15 (1.87%) Cisco
9 13 (1.62%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.49%) Adobe
11 11 (1.37%) Palo Alto
12 10 (1.24%) Apple
13 6 (0.75%) Fortinet
13 6 (0.75%) Sparx
13 6 (0.75%) VMware
14 5 (0.62%) Informatica
15 4 (0.50%) ESRI
15 4 (0.50%) IBM
15 4 (0.50%) Juniper
15 4 (0.50%) Red Hat