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 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 38 32
Rank change year-on-year -12 -6 +16
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 734 1,134 1,460
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.83% 6.64% 7.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.16% 6.90% 7.43%
Number of salaries quoted 453 728 1,048
10th Percentile £60,875 £56,809 £61,000
25th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,375 £110,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -3.03% -2.94%

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 14,212 16,440 19,650
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 96.20% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 9,180 10,100 15,966
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.92% +1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% 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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 2025, 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.

1 273 (37.19%) Azure
2 168 (22.89%) AWS
3 163 (22.21%) Roadmaps
4 147 (20.03%) Microsoft
5 142 (19.35%) Agile
6 131 (17.85%) AI
7 129 (17.57%) Data Modelling
8 119 (16.21%) Security Cleared
9 116 (15.80%) Analytics
9 116 (15.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 100 (13.62%) TOGAF
11 98 (13.35%) Data Architecture
12 96 (13.08%) Problem-Solving
13 95 (12.94%) Enterprise Architecture
14 87 (11.85%) Technical Leadership
15 86 (11.72%) Cybersecurity
16 83 (11.31%) Degree
16 83 (11.31%) Mentoring
17 82 (11.17%) DevOps
17 82 (11.17%) Microservices
17 82 (11.17%) SC Cleared
18 74 (10.08%) Migration
19 73 (9.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 72 (9.81%) Python
21 71 (9.67%) Stakeholder Management
22 70 (9.54%) Presales
23 69 (9.40%) Technical Architecture
24 67 (9.13%) Data Management
24 67 (9.13%) Decision-Making
25 65 (8.86%) SaaS

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 (1.36%) JBoss
1 10 (1.36%) WebSphere
2 7 (0.95%) CMS
2 7 (0.95%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.82%) Confluence
4 5 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.54%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.54%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle Spatial
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.14%) Apache
7 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.14%) Strapi
Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.14%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 14 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.09%) Oracle General Ledger
2 8 (1.09%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.95%) Oracle Assets
4 5 (0.68%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.27%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.14%) Actimize
7 1 (0.14%) Magento
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 273 (37.19%) Azure
2 168 (22.89%) AWS
3 65 (8.86%) SaaS
4 60 (8.17%) GCP
5 55 (7.49%) Serverless
6 49 (6.68%) Snowflake
7 33 (4.50%) Power Platform
8 27 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (3.00%) IaaS
9 22 (3.00%) PaaS
10 18 (2.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 16 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (1.77%) GitHub
13 12 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (1.50%) OCI
15 10 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (1.36%) Entra ID
16 9 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
17 8 (1.09%) Amazon S3
18 7 (0.95%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.27%) Broadband
2 23 (3.13%) Firewall
3 13 (1.77%) WAN
4 10 (1.36%) LAN
4 10 (1.36%) VPN
5 8 (1.09%) SD-WAN
6 7 (0.95%) DHCP
7 6 (0.82%) DNS
7 6 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.68%) Network Security
9 3 (0.41%) DOCSIS
9 3 (0.41%) DSL
9 3 (0.41%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.41%) IPv4
9 3 (0.41%) IPv6
9 3 (0.41%) MPLS
9 3 (0.41%) PPP
9 3 (0.41%) RTP
9 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.41%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (8.72%) Data Warehouse
2 24 (3.27%) Data Lake
3 22 (3.00%) Metadata
4 16 (2.18%) Power BI
4 16 (2.18%) SQL Server
5 15 (2.04%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
6 14 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (1.50%) Data Vault
8 10 (1.36%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 8 (1.09%) Data Mining
10 6 (0.82%) Tableau
11 5 (0.68%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.68%) GIS
11 5 (0.68%) Metadata Repository
11 5 (0.68%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.54%) DataStage
12 4 (0.54%) QGIS
12 4 (0.54%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 34 (4.63%) Jenkins
2 17 (2.32%) GitLab
3 16 (2.18%) SonarQube
4 11 (1.50%) JIRA
5 6 (0.82%) ER Studio
5 6 (0.82%) ERwin
5 6 (0.82%) Git
6 4 (0.54%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.14%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.14%) Subversion
8 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 222 (30.25%) Social Skills
2 132 (17.98%) Finance
3 93 (12.67%) Public Sector
4 80 (10.90%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (9.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 49 (6.68%) Retail
7 40 (5.45%) Marketing
8 36 (4.90%) Law
9 35 (4.77%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (4.09%) Legal
11 29 (3.95%) Banking
12 19 (2.59%) Games
13 18 (2.45%) Manufacturing
14 16 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (1.50%) Back Office
17 6 (0.82%) Telecoms
18 5 (0.68%) Electronics
18 5 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
18 5 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.18%) .NET
2 31 (4.22%) React
3 29 (3.95%) Node.js
3 29 (3.95%) REST
4 26 (3.54%) SOAP
5 25 (3.41%) Middleware
6 22 (3.00%) React Native
7 15 (2.04%) Lightning Web Components
7 15 (2.04%) Visualforce
8 14 (1.91%) Django
8 14 (1.91%) Spring
9 13 (1.77%) GraphQL
9 13 (1.77%) Hibernate
10 9 (1.23%) Web Services
11 8 (1.09%) Kafka
11 8 (1.09%) RESTful
12 7 (0.95%) Blazor
13 6 (0.82%) gRPC
13 6 (0.82%) SAP Fiori
14 5 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.08%) Data Centre
2 44 (5.99%) Cloud Native
3 35 (4.77%) Legacy Systems
4 32 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (3.95%) Product Ownership
5 29 (3.95%) Virtual Team
6 27 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
6 27 (3.68%) Hybrid Cloud
6 27 (3.68%) Management Information System
7 26 (3.54%) Public Cloud
8 23 (3.13%) Mobile App
9 11 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.36%) DataPower
11 9 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.23%) IoT
12 8 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.09%) Reference Data
13 6 (0.82%) CMDB
13 6 (0.82%) Low-Code
14 5 (0.68%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.18%) Linux
2 11 (1.50%) Windows
3 6 (0.82%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.54%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.41%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.14%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (22.21%) Roadmaps
2 142 (19.35%) Agile
3 131 (17.85%) AI
4 129 (17.57%) Data Modelling
5 116 (15.80%) Analytics
5 116 (15.80%) Continuous Improvement
6 100 (13.62%) TOGAF
7 98 (13.35%) Data Architecture
8 96 (13.08%) Problem-Solving
9 95 (12.94%) Enterprise Architecture
10 87 (11.85%) Technical Leadership
11 86 (11.72%) Cybersecurity
12 83 (11.31%) Mentoring
13 82 (11.17%) DevOps
13 82 (11.17%) Microservices
14 74 (10.08%) Migration
15 73 (9.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 71 (9.67%) Stakeholder Management
17 70 (9.54%) Presales
18 69 (9.40%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 72 (9.81%) Python
2 55 (7.49%) C#
3 50 (6.81%) SQL
4 48 (6.54%) Java
5 25 (3.41%) JavaScript
6 23 (3.13%) TypeScript
7 15 (2.04%) Apex Code
7 15 (2.04%) SOQL
7 15 (2.04%) SOSL
8 8 (1.09%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.95%) Bicep
10 6 (0.82%) C++
11 4 (0.54%) Go
12 3 (0.41%) C
13 2 (0.27%) Bash
14 1 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.14%) PHP
14 1 (0.14%) R
14 1 (0.14%) Scala
Qualifications
1 119 (16.21%) Security Cleared
2 83 (11.31%) Degree
3 82 (11.17%) SC Cleared
4 55 (7.49%) Azure Certification
5 51 (6.95%) AWS Certification
6 40 (5.45%) TOGAF Certification
7 35 (4.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (4.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 33 (4.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (3.13%) DV Cleared
11 14 (1.91%) CISSP
11 14 (1.91%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.50%) CISM
13 6 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.82%) SAP Certification
14 4 (0.54%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 3 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.41%) PMI Certification
16 2 (0.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.63%) Accessibility
2 20 (2.72%) NIST
3 19 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (2.45%) GDPR
5 12 (1.63%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.23%) QA
7 8 (1.09%) NCSC
8 6 (0.82%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.41%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.14%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
System Software
1 31 (4.22%) Docker
2 5 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.41%) Firmware
3 3 (0.41%) GPFS
3 3 (0.41%) Lustre
3 3 (0.41%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 36 (4.90%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.13%) Terraform
3 21 (2.86%) Ansible
4 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.41%) Endace
5 3 (0.41%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.27%) CASB
6 2 (0.27%) Grafana
6 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.14%) Autotask
7 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.14%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.14%) Puppet
7 1 (0.14%) Rancher
Vendors
1 147 (20.03%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.09%) Databricks
3 28 (3.81%) SAP
4 23 (3.13%) Google
5 21 (2.86%) Oracle
6 20 (2.72%) Adobe
7 19 (2.59%) Palo Alto
8 18 (2.45%) Apple
8 18 (2.45%) Salesforce
9 15 (2.04%) Splunk
10 13 (1.77%) Cisco
10 13 (1.77%) ServiceNow
10 13 (1.77%) Workday
11 6 (0.82%) Ariba
11 6 (0.82%) Fortinet
11 6 (0.82%) Sparx
11 6 (0.82%) VMware
12 5 (0.68%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.54%) IBM
13 4 (0.54%) Informatica