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 1 March 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 45 37
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 930 872 1,786
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.66% 5.89% 6.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.04% 6.19% 6.55%
Number of salaries quoted 587 569 1,344
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 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +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 15,407 14,088 27,279
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 95.19% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 10,307 8,888 22,829
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,500
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 £100,000 £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 1 March 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 1 March 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.

1 309 (33.23%) Azure
2 206 (22.15%) Roadmaps
3 197 (21.18%) AWS
4 167 (17.96%) Agile
5 157 (16.88%) Microsoft
6 146 (15.70%) Data Modelling
7 144 (15.48%) Security Cleared
8 130 (13.98%) TOGAF
9 129 (13.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 120 (12.90%) Data Architecture
11 117 (12.58%) Enterprise Architecture
12 116 (12.47%) Analytics
12 116 (12.47%) DevOps
13 114 (12.26%) AI
14 109 (11.72%) Mentoring
15 101 (10.86%) Cybersecurity
16 100 (10.75%) SC Cleared
17 91 (9.78%) Migration
18 89 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
19 86 (9.25%) GCP
20 84 (9.03%) Microservices
21 76 (8.17%) CI/CD
22 75 (8.06%) Data Management
22 75 (8.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 75 (8.06%) Technical Architecture
22 75 (8.06%) Technical Leadership
23 74 (7.96%) Stakeholder Management
23 74 (7.96%) Technology Strategy
24 73 (7.85%) Technology Roadmap
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
3 8 (0.86%) CMS
4 6 (0.65%) Confluence
5 4 (0.43%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.43%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.43%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.32%) SAS
7 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
8 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%) Shopify
8 1 (0.11%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 309 (33.23%) Azure
2 197 (21.18%) AWS
3 86 (9.25%) GCP
4 67 (7.20%) SaaS
5 58 (6.24%) Serverless
6 55 (5.91%) Snowflake
7 44 (4.73%) Power Platform
8 39 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (2.37%) Entra ID
9 22 (2.37%) PaaS
10 21 (2.26%) IaaS
11 19 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (1.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 11 (1.18%) GitHub
13 11 (1.18%) OCI
14 10 (1.08%) dbt
15 9 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
16 8 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
16 8 (0.86%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 65 (6.99%) 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 66 (7.10%) Data Warehouse
2 41 (4.41%) Metadata
3 21 (2.26%) Data Lake
4 18 (1.94%) SQL Server
5 14 (1.51%) Power BI
6 13 (1.40%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (1.08%) Data Vault
9 9 (0.97%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.97%) BigQuery
9 9 (0.97%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.86%) Tableau
11 7 (0.75%) Data Mining
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 51 (5.48%) Jenkins
2 34 (3.66%) GitLab
2 34 (3.66%) 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
1 239 (25.70%) Social Skills
2 159 (17.10%) Finance
3 128 (13.76%) Public Sector
4 77 (8.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 75 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
6 60 (6.45%) Marketing
7 55 (5.91%) Games
8 53 (5.70%) Retail
9 46 (4.95%) Law
10 37 (3.98%) Legal
11 33 (3.55%) Banking
11 33 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (2.26%) Manufacturing
12 21 (2.26%) Telecoms
13 17 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.72%) Back Office
15 11 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.65%) Financial Institution
18 4 (0.43%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (6.13%) REST
2 55 (5.91%) SOAP
3 34 (3.66%) .NET
4 33 (3.55%) Lightning Web Components
4 33 (3.55%) Visualforce
5 31 (3.33%) Middleware
6 19 (2.04%) GraphQL
7 18 (1.94%) Spring
8 17 (1.83%) Hibernate
9 16 (1.72%) React
10 15 (1.61%) Node.js
11 13 (1.40%) OAuth
11 13 (1.40%) OpenID
11 13 (1.40%) RESTful
12 11 (1.18%) Django
12 11 (1.18%) LDAP
12 11 (1.18%) SAML
13 10 (1.08%) Web Services
14 8 (0.86%) React Native
15 6 (0.65%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.05%) Product Ownership
2 46 (4.95%) Cloud Native
3 41 (4.41%) Legacy Systems
4 37 (3.98%) Enterprise Software
4 37 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
5 34 (3.66%) Public Cloud
6 28 (3.01%) Virtual Team
7 24 (2.58%) Data Centre
8 22 (2.37%) Management Information System
9 21 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (1.83%) PKI
11 16 (1.72%) IoT
12 13 (1.40%) DataPower
12 13 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.29%) Operational Technology
14 9 (0.97%) Mobile App
15 8 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
15 8 (0.86%) Cyberattack
16 7 (0.75%) Reference Data
17 6 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.40%) Linux
2 11 (1.18%) 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
1 206 (22.15%) Roadmaps
2 167 (17.96%) Agile
3 146 (15.70%) Data Modelling
4 130 (13.98%) TOGAF
5 129 (13.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 120 (12.90%) Data Architecture
7 117 (12.58%) Enterprise Architecture
8 116 (12.47%) Analytics
8 116 (12.47%) DevOps
9 114 (12.26%) AI
10 109 (11.72%) Mentoring
11 101 (10.86%) Cybersecurity
12 91 (9.78%) Migration
13 89 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
14 84 (9.03%) Microservices
15 76 (8.17%) CI/CD
16 75 (8.06%) Data Management
16 75 (8.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 75 (8.06%) Technical Architecture
16 75 (8.06%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 59 (6.34%) Python
2 50 (5.38%) Java
3 43 (4.62%) C#
3 43 (4.62%) SQL
4 33 (3.55%) Apex Code
4 33 (3.55%) SOQL
4 33 (3.55%) SOSL
5 25 (2.69%) JavaScript
5 25 (2.69%) 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
1 144 (15.48%) Security Cleared
2 100 (10.75%) SC Cleared
3 66 (7.10%) Degree
4 55 (5.91%) Azure Certification
5 48 (5.16%) AWS Certification
5 48 (5.16%) TOGAF Certification
6 39 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (3.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 28 (3.01%) CISSP
10 24 (2.58%) DV Cleared
11 15 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.61%) CISM
12 10 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 9 (0.97%) 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 14 (1.51%) Data Quality
7 10 (1.08%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.65%) QA
9 5 (0.54%) PMO
10 3 (0.32%) GRC
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
12 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (2.26%) Active Directory
1 21 (2.26%) Docker
2 3 (0.32%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.11%) Firmware
3 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (2.58%) Ansible
2 22 (2.37%) Kubernetes
3 21 (2.26%) Terraform
4 11 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.65%) Endace
6 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.32%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.22%) CASB
9 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Grafana
9 1 (0.11%) Puppet
9 1 (0.11%) Rancher
Vendors
1 157 (16.88%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.19%) Salesforce
3 36 (3.87%) Google
4 34 (3.66%) Splunk
5 32 (3.44%) SAP
6 27 (2.90%) Oracle
7 26 (2.80%) Databricks
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