Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 December 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 33 34
Rank change year-on-year -19 +1 +19
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 711 1,255 1,472
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.65% 6.67% 7.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.97% 6.92% 7.46%
Number of salaries quoted 448 813 1,101
10th Percentile £60,875 £56,809 £62,250
25th Percentile £71,349 £66,250 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 14,301 18,135 19,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 96.44% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,124 11,360 16,118
10th Percentile £29,825 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -0.83% -3.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -

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 8 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 8 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 (38.40%) Azure
2 168 (23.63%) AWS
3 158 (22.22%) Agile
4 157 (22.08%) Roadmaps
5 135 (18.99%) Microsoft
6 123 (17.30%) Data Modelling
7 121 (17.02%) AI
8 120 (16.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 119 (16.74%) Security Cleared
10 117 (16.46%) Enterprise Architecture
11 116 (16.32%) Analytics
12 108 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
13 98 (13.78%) TOGAF
14 95 (13.36%) Technical Leadership
15 93 (13.08%) Data Architecture
16 88 (12.38%) DevOps
17 80 (11.25%) Degree
17 80 (11.25%) Microservices
18 79 (11.11%) SC Cleared
19 75 (10.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 75 (10.55%) Stakeholder Management
20 74 (10.41%) Mentoring
20 74 (10.41%) SaaS
21 73 (10.27%) GCP
21 73 (10.27%) Python
22 69 (9.70%) Data Warehouse
23 68 (9.56%) CI/CD
24 67 (9.42%) Data Management
25 66 (9.28%) Decision-Making
26 64 (9.00%) Cybersecurity

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 (1.27%) JBoss
1 9 (1.27%) WebSphere
2 6 (0.84%) Confluence
3 5 (0.70%) CMS
3 5 (0.70%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.42%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.42%) GeoServer
4 3 (0.42%) Oracle Spatial
5 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.14%) Strapi
Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.14%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 14 (1.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
2 5 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
3 4 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.28%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.14%) Actimize
5 1 (0.14%) Magento
5 1 (0.14%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.14%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.14%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 273 (38.40%) Azure
2 168 (23.63%) AWS
3 74 (10.41%) SaaS
4 73 (10.27%) GCP
5 46 (6.47%) Snowflake
6 43 (6.05%) Serverless
7 33 (4.64%) Power Platform
8 32 (4.50%) PaaS
9 30 (4.22%) IaaS
10 24 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
11 21 (2.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 21 (2.95%) OCI
12 18 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (1.97%) GitHub
14 12 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (1.41%) AWS Lambda
16 9 (1.27%) Amazon S3
17 8 (1.13%) Entra ID
18 7 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.95%) Broadband
1 21 (2.95%) Firewall
2 16 (2.25%) WAN
3 14 (1.97%) VPN
4 13 (1.83%) LAN
5 9 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (1.13%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.98%) DHCP
7 7 (0.98%) DNS
8 4 (0.56%) Network Security
9 3 (0.42%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (0.42%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.42%) GPON
9 3 (0.42%) InfiniBand
9 3 (0.42%) IPv4
9 3 (0.42%) IPv6
9 3 (0.42%) Junos
9 3 (0.42%) PPP
9 3 (0.42%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.42%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (9.70%) Data Warehouse
2 27 (3.80%) Data Lake
3 22 (3.09%) Metadata
4 16 (2.25%) NoSQL
4 16 (2.25%) Power BI
4 16 (2.25%) SQL Server
5 15 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (1.55%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 11 (1.55%) Data Vault
8 8 (1.13%) Data Mining
9 5 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.70%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (0.70%) Metadata Repository
9 5 (0.70%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.70%) Tableau
10 4 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.56%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 31 (4.36%) Jenkins
2 17 (2.39%) GitLab
3 16 (2.25%) SonarQube
4 15 (2.11%) JIRA
5 9 (1.27%) Git
6 6 (0.84%) ER Studio
6 6 (0.84%) ERwin
7 4 (0.56%) MSBuild
7 4 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
7 4 (0.56%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.56%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.14%) MSI
8 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 217 (30.52%) Social Skills
2 139 (19.55%) Finance
3 81 (11.39%) Analytical Skills
3 81 (11.39%) Public Sector
4 62 (8.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (7.03%) Retail
6 38 (5.34%) Marketing
7 35 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
8 34 (4.78%) Law
9 30 (4.22%) Banking
10 29 (4.08%) Legal
11 17 (2.39%) Games
11 17 (2.39%) Manufacturing
12 16 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (1.97%) Back Office
14 13 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.70%) Electronics
15 5 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.70%) Retail Banking
15 5 (0.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (5.63%) .NET
2 32 (4.50%) React
2 32 (4.50%) REST
3 31 (4.36%) Node.js
4 26 (3.66%) SOAP
5 25 (3.52%) Middleware
6 23 (3.23%) React Native
7 17 (2.39%) Lightning Web Components
7 17 (2.39%) Visualforce
8 13 (1.83%) Django
9 12 (1.69%) GraphQL
9 12 (1.69%) Spring
10 11 (1.55%) Hibernate
11 9 (1.27%) gRPC
11 9 (1.27%) Kafka
11 9 (1.27%) Web Services
12 7 (0.98%) ASP.NET
12 7 (0.98%) Blazor
12 7 (0.98%) JSON
12 7 (0.98%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.59%) Data Centre
2 45 (6.33%) Cloud Native
3 33 (4.64%) Legacy Systems
4 32 (4.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 31 (4.36%) Product Ownership
5 31 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
6 30 (4.22%) Virtual Team
7 29 (4.08%) Management Information System
8 26 (3.66%) Public Cloud
9 24 (3.38%) Mobile App
10 21 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.41%) IoT
12 10 (1.41%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (1.27%) DataPower
14 7 (0.98%) CMDB
14 7 (0.98%) Reference Data
15 6 (0.84%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.83%) Linux
2 9 (1.27%) Windows
3 4 (0.56%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.42%) OpenWrt
4 3 (0.42%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.14%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (22.22%) Agile
2 157 (22.08%) Roadmaps
3 123 (17.30%) Data Modelling
4 121 (17.02%) AI
5 120 (16.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 117 (16.46%) Enterprise Architecture
7 116 (16.32%) Analytics
8 108 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
9 98 (13.78%) TOGAF
10 95 (13.36%) Technical Leadership
11 93 (13.08%) Data Architecture
12 88 (12.38%) DevOps
13 80 (11.25%) Microservices
14 75 (10.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 75 (10.55%) Stakeholder Management
15 74 (10.41%) Mentoring
16 68 (9.56%) CI/CD
17 67 (9.42%) Data Management
18 66 (9.28%) Decision-Making
19 64 (9.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 73 (10.27%) Python
2 62 (8.72%) SQL
3 58 (8.16%) C#
4 45 (6.33%) Java
5 24 (3.38%) JavaScript
6 19 (2.67%) TypeScript
7 17 (2.39%) Apex Code
8 15 (2.11%) SOQL
8 15 (2.11%) SOSL
9 8 (1.13%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.98%) Bicep
11 6 (0.84%) C++
12 4 (0.56%) Go
13 3 (0.42%) C
14 2 (0.28%) Bash
15 1 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.14%) PHP
15 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.14%) R
Qualifications
1 119 (16.74%) Security Cleared
2 80 (11.25%) Degree
3 79 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 48 (6.75%) AWS Certification
5 44 (6.19%) Azure Certification
6 34 (4.78%) TOGAF Certification
7 31 (4.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 31 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (4.36%) DV Cleared
8 22 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (2.25%) Master's Degree
10 12 (1.69%) CISSP
11 11 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.27%) CISM
13 7 (0.98%) CCNP
13 7 (0.98%) SAP Certification
14 4 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.56%) CCNA
14 4 (0.56%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.78%) Accessibility
2 23 (3.23%) GDPR
3 22 (3.09%) NIST
4 19 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.55%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.27%) NCSC
7 8 (1.13%) QA
8 6 (0.84%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.14%) COBIT
12 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.14%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.14%) GRC
12 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
System Software
1 34 (4.78%) Docker
2 6 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.70%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.42%) Firmware
4 3 (0.42%) GPFS
4 3 (0.42%) Lustre
4 3 (0.42%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (5.06%) Kubernetes
2 27 (3.80%) Terraform
3 22 (3.09%) Ansible
4 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.42%) Endace
5 3 (0.42%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.28%) Grafana
7 1 (0.14%) Autotask
7 1 (0.14%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.14%) Puppet
7 1 (0.14%) Rancher
7 1 (0.14%) SCCM
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 135 (18.99%) Microsoft
2 31 (4.36%) Databricks
3 28 (3.94%) SAP
4 27 (3.80%) Google
5 22 (3.09%) Oracle
5 22 (3.09%) Salesforce
6 19 (2.67%) Adobe
6 19 (2.67%) Palo Alto
7 18 (2.53%) Apple
8 17 (2.39%) Workday
9 16 (2.25%) Cisco
9 16 (2.25%) ServiceNow
10 15 (2.11%) Splunk
11 7 (0.98%) Juniper
12 6 (0.84%) Ariba
12 6 (0.84%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.70%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.70%) Sparx
14 4 (0.56%) BiZZdesign
14 4 (0.56%) Okta