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 27 June 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 99 30
Rank change year-on-year +74 -69 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,487 600 2,315
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.28% 3.84% 6.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.75% 4.17% 7.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,042 435 1,536
10th Percentile £63,744 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,563 £67,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £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 19,193 14,402 32,286
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 92.17% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14,026 8,840 25,194
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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.

1 428 (28.78%) Azure
2 314 (21.12%) Roadmaps
3 263 (17.69%) AWS
4 262 (17.62%) Microsoft
5 257 (17.28%) Agile
6 228 (15.33%) Security Cleared
7 211 (14.19%) AI
8 206 (13.85%) TOGAF
9 188 (12.64%) Enterprise Architecture
10 182 (12.24%) SC Cleared
11 170 (11.43%) DevOps
12 169 (11.37%) CI/CD
13 152 (10.22%) Technology Strategy
14 147 (9.89%) Cybersecurity
15 137 (9.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 134 (9.01%) Mentoring
17 132 (8.88%) Data Architecture
18 130 (8.74%) GCP
19 128 (8.61%) Continuous Improvement
20 124 (8.34%) Data Modelling
21 118 (7.94%) Technical Leadership
22 117 (7.87%) Analytics
22 117 (7.87%) Presales
23 110 (7.40%) IT Strategy
23 110 (7.40%) Stakeholder Management
24 106 (7.13%) Event-Driven
25 105 (7.06%) Problem-Solving
26 104 (6.99%) Decision-Making
27 101 (6.79%) Migration
28 99 (6.66%) Degree

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 9 (0.61%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.47%) CMS
3 6 (0.40%) Confluence
4 5 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.20%) Apache
5 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.20%) JBoss
5 3 (0.20%) SAS
5 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.067%) Appian
Applications
1 12 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.20%) Revit
5 2 (0.13%) ArchiCAD
5 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.067%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.067%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.067%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.067%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 12 (0.81%) Oracle Assets
1 12 (0.81%) Oracle Financials
1 12 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
1 12 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
1 12 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.34%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.13%) Shopify
7 1 (0.067%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.067%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.067%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.067%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.067%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.067%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 428 (28.78%) Azure
2 263 (17.69%) AWS
3 130 (8.74%) GCP
4 80 (5.38%) SaaS
5 62 (4.17%) Serverless
6 59 (3.97%) Power Platform
7 49 (3.30%) Entra ID
8 45 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
9 37 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
10 36 (2.42%) PaaS
11 29 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
12 28 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 27 (1.82%) Snowflake
14 16 (1.08%) Azure Machine Learning
14 16 (1.08%) Azure Service Bus
14 16 (1.08%) IaaS
15 15 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
16 14 (0.94%) Anthropic Claude
17 13 (0.87%) Azure AI
17 13 (0.87%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 86 (5.78%) Broadband
2 56 (3.77%) WAN
3 54 (3.63%) Network Security
4 41 (2.76%) SD-WAN
5 37 (2.49%) Firewall
6 30 (2.02%) LAN
7 28 (1.88%) MPLS
8 27 (1.82%) VPN
9 17 (1.14%) BGP
10 15 (1.01%) DNS
10 15 (1.01%) WLAN
11 14 (0.94%) HTTP
11 14 (0.94%) SNMP
12 13 (0.87%) IPsec
13 12 (0.81%) SSL
13 12 (0.81%) VSAN
14 10 (0.67%) Kerberos
14 10 (0.67%) VLAN
15 9 (0.61%) DHCP
15 9 (0.61%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (4.71%) Metadata
2 24 (1.61%) Power BI
2 24 (1.61%) SQL Server
3 21 (1.41%) Data Lake
3 21 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (1.21%) BigQuery
6 16 (1.08%) MongoDB
6 16 (1.08%) NoSQL
7 9 (0.61%) Tableau
8 8 (0.54%) Delta Lake
8 8 (0.54%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.47%) MySQL
9 7 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
10 6 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.40%) Data Vault
11 5 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
12 4 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.27%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.20%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 48 (3.23%) Jenkins
2 35 (2.35%) GitLab
3 34 (2.29%) SonarQube
4 25 (1.68%) Snyk
5 7 (0.47%) Git
6 5 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.13%) MLflow
7 2 (0.13%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.067%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.067%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.067%) ERwin
8 1 (0.067%) JMeter
8 1 (0.067%) Postman
8 1 (0.067%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.067%) Selenium
General
1 261 (17.55%) Social Skills
2 244 (16.41%) Public Sector
3 224 (15.06%) Finance
4 154 (10.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 88 (5.92%) Analytical Skills
6 68 (4.57%) Games
7 61 (4.10%) Influencing Skills
7 61 (4.10%) Law
8 52 (3.50%) Marketing
9 49 (3.30%) Retail
10 46 (3.09%) Legal
11 28 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (1.61%) Banking
13 22 (1.48%) Telecoms
14 20 (1.34%) Manufacturing
15 10 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (0.61%) Back Office
17 7 (0.47%) Aviation
17 7 (0.47%) Financial Institution
18 6 (0.40%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (4.57%) REST
2 52 (3.50%) SOAP
3 38 (2.56%) .NET
4 37 (2.49%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.29%) Visualforce
6 32 (2.15%) OAuth
7 28 (1.88%) Middleware
8 27 (1.82%) SAML
9 24 (1.61%) RESTful
10 22 (1.48%) OpenID
11 18 (1.21%) LDAP
12 12 (0.81%) Node.js
13 11 (0.74%) GraphQL
14 9 (0.61%) OpenAPI
14 9 (0.61%) PySpark
14 9 (0.61%) Swagger
15 8 (0.54%) Spring
16 7 (0.47%) .NET Core
16 7 (0.47%) ARM Templates
17 6 (0.40%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 93 (6.25%) Cloud Native
2 68 (4.57%) Data Centre
3 55 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 38 (2.56%) Cyberattack
5 31 (2.08%) Management Information System
6 30 (2.02%) Virtual Team
7 27 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
7 27 (1.82%) Public Cloud
8 22 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (1.01%) PKI
11 14 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
12 13 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (0.81%) IoT
13 12 (0.81%) Operational Technology
14 11 (0.74%) Low-Code
15 10 (0.67%) Video\Live Streaming
16 9 (0.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
17 8 (0.54%) Onboarding
18 7 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.08%) Windows
2 9 (0.61%) Linux
3 4 (0.27%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (21.12%) Roadmaps
2 257 (17.28%) Agile
3 211 (14.19%) AI
4 206 (13.85%) TOGAF
5 188 (12.64%) Enterprise Architecture
6 170 (11.43%) DevOps
7 169 (11.37%) CI/CD
8 152 (10.22%) Technology Strategy
9 147 (9.89%) Cybersecurity
10 137 (9.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 134 (9.01%) Mentoring
12 132 (8.88%) Data Architecture
13 128 (8.61%) Continuous Improvement
14 124 (8.34%) Data Modelling
15 118 (7.94%) Technical Leadership
16 117 (7.87%) Analytics
16 117 (7.87%) Presales
17 110 (7.40%) IT Strategy
17 110 (7.40%) Stakeholder Management
18 106 (7.13%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 50 (3.36%) Python
1 50 (3.36%) SQL
2 37 (2.49%) Apex Code
3 36 (2.42%) SOQL
3 36 (2.42%) SOSL
4 30 (2.02%) C#
5 23 (1.55%) Java
6 19 (1.28%) Bicep
6 19 (1.28%) PowerShell
7 13 (0.87%) TypeScript
8 10 (0.67%) Go
8 10 (0.67%) JavaScript
9 9 (0.61%) Scala
10 8 (0.54%) Bash
10 8 (0.54%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.20%) Ruby
12 2 (0.13%) C++
12 2 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 228 (15.33%) Security Cleared
2 182 (12.24%) SC Cleared
3 99 (6.66%) Degree
4 50 (3.36%) CISSP
5 47 (3.16%) TOGAF Certification
6 42 (2.82%) Azure Certification
7 36 (2.42%) AWS Certification
8 30 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
9 26 (1.75%) CISM
9 26 (1.75%) DV Cleared
10 25 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.87%) CCNP
14 12 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (0.81%) VCAP
14 12 (0.81%) VCDX
14 12 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 11 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 10 (0.67%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (5.58%) NIST
2 57 (3.83%) Data Quality
3 56 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 37 (2.49%) GRC
5 29 (1.95%) NCSC
6 27 (1.82%) GDPR
7 16 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (0.81%) Accessibility
8 12 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 11 (0.74%) PMO
9 11 (0.74%) QA
10 9 (0.61%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.54%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.47%) WCAG
13 5 (0.34%) IFRS
14 4 (0.27%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.27%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 2 (0.13%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 39 (2.62%) Active Directory
1 39 (2.62%) Virtual Machines
2 24 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (1.28%) vSphere
4 17 (1.14%) Docker
5 13 (0.87%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.54%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.47%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 30 (2.02%) Terraform
2 27 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
3 22 (1.48%) Kubernetes
4 14 (0.94%) Ansible
5 10 (0.67%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.61%) CASB
7 6 (0.40%) Avamar
7 6 (0.40%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.40%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.40%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.40%) VxRail
8 5 (0.34%) Endace
8 5 (0.34%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 262 (17.62%) Microsoft
2 52 (3.50%) Salesforce
3 49 (3.30%) Cisco
4 46 (3.09%) Palo Alto
5 43 (2.89%) Databricks
6 38 (2.56%) Google
7 37 (2.49%) Splunk
8 36 (2.42%) Oracle
9 31 (2.08%) SAP
10 30 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
11 28 (1.88%) VMware
12 25 (1.68%) Tenable
13 21 (1.41%) ServiceNow
14 18 (1.21%) Juniper
15 17 (1.14%) OpenAI
16 14 (0.94%) Fortinet
17 13 (0.87%) Dell
17 13 (0.87%) NetApp
17 13 (0.87%) Nimble Storage
18 12 (0.81%) Broadcom