Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 February 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 44 37
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 930 903 1,722
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.66% 5.98% 6.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.04% 6.28% 6.52%
Number of salaries quoted 586 570 1,295
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £56,809
25th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £114,325 £110,000
UK median annual salary £84,957 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +2.98% +3.13% -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 15,403 14,387 26,430
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 95.25% 95.81%
Number of salaries quoted 10,287 8,936 22,144
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,516
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 26 February 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 26 February 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.

1 307 (33.01%) Azure
2 208 (22.37%) Roadmaps
3 196 (21.08%) AWS
4 170 (18.28%) Agile
5 156 (16.77%) Microsoft
6 149 (16.02%) Data Modelling
7 140 (15.05%) Security Cleared
8 133 (14.30%) Continuous Improvement
9 131 (14.09%) TOGAF
10 122 (13.12%) Data Architecture
11 118 (12.69%) Analytics
12 116 (12.47%) AI
12 116 (12.47%) DevOps
13 115 (12.37%) Enterprise Architecture
14 111 (11.94%) Mentoring
15 102 (10.97%) Cybersecurity
16 97 (10.43%) SC Cleared
17 90 (9.68%) Migration
18 89 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
19 85 (9.14%) GCP
20 84 (9.03%) Microservices
21 77 (8.28%) Technical Leadership
22 76 (8.17%) Data Management
22 76 (8.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 75 (8.06%) CI/CD
23 75 (8.06%) Stakeholder Management
23 75 (8.06%) Technical Architecture
23 75 (8.06%) Technology Roadmap
24 73 (7.85%) Technology Strategy
25 72 (7.74%) Event-Driven

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 13 (1.40%) JBoss
1 13 (1.40%) WebSphere
2 9 (0.97%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.75%) CMS
5 6 (0.65%) Confluence
6 4 (0.43%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.43%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.43%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.32%) SAS
8 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.11%) Apache
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Strapi
Applications
1 2 (0.22%) ArchiCAD
1 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.22%) Revit
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
2 10 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (0.97%) Oracle Assets
4 8 (0.86%) Oracle Financials
5 6 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.32%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.22%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.11%) Actimize
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.11%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.11%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 307 (33.01%) Azure
2 196 (21.08%) AWS
3 85 (9.14%) GCP
4 68 (7.31%) SaaS
5 57 (6.13%) Serverless
6 55 (5.91%) Snowflake
7 42 (4.52%) Power Platform
8 38 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (2.37%) PaaS
10 21 (2.26%) Entra ID
11 20 (2.15%) IaaS
12 18 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (1.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 11 (1.18%) GitHub
16 10 (1.08%) dbt
16 10 (1.08%) OCI
17 9 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
18 8 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
18 8 (0.86%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 67 (7.20%) Broadband
2 21 (2.26%) WAN
3 15 (1.61%) Firewall
3 15 (1.61%) VPN
4 13 (1.40%) SD-WAN
5 11 (1.18%) LAN
6 10 (1.08%) MPLS
7 7 (0.75%) DHCP
7 7 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.54%) BGP
8 5 (0.54%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (0.54%) DNS
8 5 (0.54%) HTTP
8 5 (0.54%) Network Security
8 5 (0.54%) SNMP
9 4 (0.43%) SSL
9 4 (0.43%) VoIP
10 3 (0.32%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.32%) Kerberos
10 3 (0.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (7.42%) Data Warehouse
2 41 (4.41%) Metadata
3 22 (2.37%) Data Lake
4 17 (1.83%) SQL Server
5 14 (1.51%) Power BI
6 13 (1.40%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (1.18%) Data Vault
9 10 (1.08%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.97%) BigQuery
10 9 (0.97%) Relational Database
11 8 (0.86%) Data Mining
11 8 (0.86%) Tableau
12 5 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.54%) GIS
12 5 (0.54%) Metadata Repository
13 4 (0.43%) QGIS
13 4 (0.43%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 53 (5.70%) Jenkins
2 35 (3.76%) GitLab
2 35 (3.76%) SonarQube
3 6 (0.65%) ERwin
3 6 (0.65%) JIRA
4 5 (0.54%) Git
5 4 (0.43%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.43%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.11%) Subversion
General
1 244 (26.24%) Social Skills
2 156 (16.77%) Finance
3 127 (13.66%) Public Sector
4 76 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (8.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 61 (6.56%) Marketing
6 56 (6.02%) Games
7 54 (5.81%) Retail
8 45 (4.84%) Law
9 37 (3.98%) Legal
10 33 (3.55%) Banking
10 33 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (2.26%) Manufacturing
11 21 (2.26%) Telecoms
12 17 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.72%) Back Office
14 11 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.65%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.43%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (6.24%) REST
2 56 (6.02%) SOAP
3 34 (3.66%) Lightning Web Components
3 34 (3.66%) Visualforce
4 33 (3.55%) .NET
5 31 (3.33%) Middleware
6 19 (2.04%) GraphQL
7 18 (1.94%) React
7 18 (1.94%) Spring
8 17 (1.83%) Hibernate
8 17 (1.83%) Node.js
9 13 (1.40%) OAuth
9 13 (1.40%) OpenID
9 13 (1.40%) RESTful
10 11 (1.18%) LDAP
10 11 (1.18%) SAML
11 10 (1.08%) Django
11 10 (1.08%) React Native
11 10 (1.08%) Web Services
12 6 (0.65%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.16%) Product Ownership
2 45 (4.84%) Cloud Native
3 39 (4.19%) Legacy Systems
4 37 (3.98%) Enterprise Software
4 37 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
5 35 (3.76%) Public Cloud
6 28 (3.01%) Virtual Team
7 25 (2.69%) Data Centre
8 22 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
8 22 (2.37%) Management Information System
9 17 (1.83%) IoT
9 17 (1.83%) PKI
10 13 (1.40%) DataPower
11 12 (1.29%) Operational Technology
12 11 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.18%) Mobile App
13 8 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (0.86%) Cyberattack
13 8 (0.86%) Reference Data
14 6 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.40%) Linux
2 10 (1.08%) Windows
3 6 (0.65%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.43%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.32%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (22.37%) Roadmaps
2 170 (18.28%) Agile
3 149 (16.02%) Data Modelling
4 133 (14.30%) Continuous Improvement
5 131 (14.09%) TOGAF
6 122 (13.12%) Data Architecture
7 118 (12.69%) Analytics
8 116 (12.47%) AI
8 116 (12.47%) DevOps
9 115 (12.37%) Enterprise Architecture
10 111 (11.94%) Mentoring
11 102 (10.97%) Cybersecurity
12 90 (9.68%) Migration
13 89 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
14 84 (9.03%) Microservices
15 77 (8.28%) Technical Leadership
16 76 (8.17%) Data Management
16 76 (8.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 75 (8.06%) Stakeholder Management
17 75 (8.06%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 59 (6.34%) Python
2 51 (5.48%) Java
3 44 (4.73%) C#
3 44 (4.73%) SQL
4 34 (3.66%) Apex Code
4 34 (3.66%) SOQL
4 34 (3.66%) SOSL
5 26 (2.80%) JavaScript
5 26 (2.80%) TypeScript
6 18 (1.94%) PowerShell
7 9 (0.97%) Bash
8 8 (0.86%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.65%) C++
10 5 (0.54%) Bicep
11 3 (0.32%) C
12 2 (0.22%) Go
12 2 (0.22%) Scala
13 1 (0.11%) PHP
13 1 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 140 (15.05%) Security Cleared
2 97 (10.43%) SC Cleared
3 67 (7.20%) Degree
4 56 (6.02%) Azure Certification
5 49 (5.27%) AWS Certification
6 48 (5.16%) TOGAF Certification
7 39 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 32 (3.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 27 (2.90%) CISSP
11 23 (2.47%) DV Cleared
12 15 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (1.61%) CISM
13 10 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 10 (1.08%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.43%) CCNP
14 4 (0.43%) CCSP
14 4 (0.43%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.43%) SAP Certification
15 2 (0.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (4.19%) Accessibility
2 28 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (2.90%) NIST
4 19 (2.04%) NCSC
5 17 (1.83%) GDPR
6 15 (1.61%) Data Quality
7 10 (1.08%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.75%) QA
9 5 (0.54%) PMO
10 3 (0.32%) GRC
11 2 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.22%) WCAG
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.11%) JSP 440
System Software
1 20 (2.15%) Active Directory
1 20 (2.15%) Docker
2 3 (0.32%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.22%) Firmware
4 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (2.69%) Ansible
2 21 (2.26%) Kubernetes
2 21 (2.26%) Terraform
3 11 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.65%) Endace
5 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.32%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.22%) CASB
8 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.11%) Grafana
8 1 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.11%) Rancher
Vendors
1 156 (16.77%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.19%) Salesforce
3 37 (3.98%) Google
4 35 (3.76%) Splunk
5 31 (3.33%) SAP
6 27 (2.90%) Databricks
7 26 (2.80%) Oracle
8 18 (1.94%) Cisco
9 14 (1.51%) ServiceNow
10 9 (0.97%) F5
11 7 (0.75%) Juniper
12 6 (0.65%) Fortinet
12 6 (0.65%) Informatica
12 6 (0.65%) Okta
12 6 (0.65%) VMware
13 5 (0.54%) IBM
13 5 (0.54%) Sparx
13 5 (0.54%) Workday
14 4 (0.43%) Ariba
14 4 (0.43%) Red Hat