Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £87,431 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 October 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 99 27
Rank change year-on-year +74 -72 +9
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,803 602 1,530
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.19% 3.64% 7.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.66% 3.91% 7.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,236 395 961
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,525 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,431 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.98% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £125,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +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 23,547 15,413 20,278
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 93.26% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 16,155 8,720 12,665
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.35% -2.73% -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 14 October 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 14 October 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.

1 519 (28.79%) Azure
2 467 (25.90%) Roadmaps
3 369 (20.47%) Microsoft
4 341 (18.91%) AI
5 305 (16.92%) AWS
6 298 (16.53%) Security Cleared
7 280 (15.53%) Agile
8 246 (13.64%) SC Cleared
9 233 (12.92%) Technical Leadership
10 215 (11.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 215 (11.92%) Technical Architecture
11 213 (11.81%) Enterprise Architecture
12 187 (10.37%) Technology Strategy
13 181 (10.04%) Analytics
14 179 (9.93%) Stakeholder Management
15 171 (9.48%) Data Architecture
16 168 (9.32%) Cybersecurity
17 167 (9.26%) Mentoring
17 167 (9.26%) TOGAF
18 164 (9.10%) CI/CD
19 163 (9.04%) Architectural Patterns
20 157 (8.71%) Decision-Making
21 150 (8.32%) Migration
22 148 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
23 145 (8.04%) IT Strategy
23 145 (8.04%) Presales
24 141 (7.82%) Infrastructure as Code
25 140 (7.76%) Data Modelling
26 133 (7.38%) GCP
27 132 (7.32%) Architecture Governance

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 21 (1.16%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.33%) CMS
4 5 (0.28%) Apache
4 5 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.22%) Confluence
5 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.055%) Appian
6 1 (0.055%) JBoss
6 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.055%) SAS
6 1 (0.055%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (0.61%) Chatbot
2 8 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.28%) Notion
4 5 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.17%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.11%) Revit
7 2 (0.11%) Weka
8 1 (0.055%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
3 8 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
5 5 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.055%) Infor CloudSuite
9 1 (0.055%) Infor LN
9 1 (0.055%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.055%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.055%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.055%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 519 (28.79%) Azure
2 305 (16.92%) AWS
3 133 (7.38%) GCP
4 110 (6.10%) SaaS
5 109 (6.05%) Power Platform
6 87 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
7 71 (3.94%) Entra ID
8 63 (3.49%) Cloud Computing
9 61 (3.38%) Snowflake
10 54 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
11 51 (2.83%) Anthropic Claude
12 48 (2.66%) Serverless
13 43 (2.38%) PaaS
14 38 (2.11%) Amazon Bedrock
15 37 (2.05%) Microsoft Purview
16 31 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
17 28 (1.55%) dbt
17 28 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
18 26 (1.44%) Azure Databricks
19 25 (1.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 97 (5.38%) WAN
2 79 (4.38%) LAN
3 56 (3.11%) Network Security
4 32 (1.77%) Firewall
5 30 (1.66%) SD-WAN
6 23 (1.28%) MPLS
7 22 (1.22%) Broadband
8 21 (1.16%) VPN
9 16 (0.89%) DNS
9 16 (0.89%) Unified Communications
10 15 (0.83%) BGP
11 14 (0.78%) HTTP
11 14 (0.78%) IPsec
12 13 (0.72%) WLAN
13 11 (0.61%) CTI
13 11 (0.61%) DHCP
13 11 (0.61%) SSL
13 11 (0.61%) VLAN
13 11 (0.61%) VoIP
14 10 (0.55%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (5.10%) Metadata
2 40 (2.22%) Power BI
3 26 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (1.33%) Data Lake
4 24 (1.33%) SQL Server
5 23 (1.28%) Delta Lake
6 20 (1.11%) Data Vault
6 20 (1.11%) MongoDB
6 20 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (0.67%) BigQuery
7 12 (0.67%) MySQL
7 12 (0.67%) Tableau
8 9 (0.50%) Metadata Repository
9 8 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
10 7 (0.39%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.28%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
12 4 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 42 (2.33%) Claude Code
2 14 (0.78%) Snyk
3 10 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.44%) Git
5 4 (0.22%) GitLab
5 4 (0.22%) Rational Rhapsody
6 3 (0.17%) JIRA
7 2 (0.11%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.11%) ERwin
7 2 (0.11%) MLflow
8 1 (0.055%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.055%) JMeter
8 1 (0.055%) Maven
8 1 (0.055%) Postman
8 1 (0.055%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.055%) Selenium
8 1 (0.055%) SonarQube
General
1 426 (23.63%) Social Skills
2 424 (23.52%) Finance
3 273 (15.14%) Public Sector
4 159 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 104 (5.77%) Law
6 99 (5.49%) Presentation Skills
7 98 (5.44%) Analytical Skills
8 97 (5.38%) Influencing Skills
9 88 (4.88%) Banking
10 57 (3.16%) Legal
11 51 (2.83%) Retail
12 27 (1.50%) Back Office
13 20 (1.11%) Financial Institution
14 16 (0.89%) Aerospace
15 14 (0.78%) Manufacturing
15 14 (0.78%) Telecoms
16 13 (0.72%) Marketing
17 12 (0.67%) French Language
18 11 (0.61%) Games
19 9 (0.50%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.72%) Terraform
2 48 (2.66%) Middleware
3 45 (2.50%) .NET
4 38 (2.11%) RESTful
5 31 (1.72%) REST
6 26 (1.44%) LangChain
7 24 (1.33%) LangGraph
7 24 (1.33%) OpenAPI
7 24 (1.33%) Swagger
8 22 (1.22%) OAuth
9 21 (1.16%) PySpark
10 19 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
11 18 (1.00%) SAML
12 13 (0.72%) LDAP
12 13 (0.72%) SOAP
13 10 (0.55%) Django
13 10 (0.55%) Kafka
13 10 (0.55%) OpenID
14 9 (0.50%) XML
15 8 (0.44%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 129 (7.15%) Cloud Native
2 56 (3.11%) Data Centre
3 55 (3.05%) AI Agents
4 43 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 38 (2.11%) Product Ownership
6 36 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
6 36 (2.00%) Hedge funds
7 32 (1.77%) Virtual Team
8 24 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (0.78%) Low-Code
12 13 (0.72%) Onboarding
13 12 (0.67%) IVR
13 12 (0.67%) Public Cloud
14 11 (0.61%) Cyberattack
15 10 (0.55%) Cyber Defence
15 10 (0.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 10 (0.55%) Video\Live Streaming
16 9 (0.50%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.11%) Linux
2 18 (1.00%) Windows
3 7 (0.39%) macOS
4 4 (0.22%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.055%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.055%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 467 (25.90%) Roadmaps
2 341 (18.91%) AI
3 280 (15.53%) Agile
4 233 (12.92%) Technical Leadership
5 215 (11.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 215 (11.92%) Technical Architecture
6 213 (11.81%) Enterprise Architecture
7 187 (10.37%) Technology Strategy
8 181 (10.04%) Analytics
9 179 (9.93%) Stakeholder Management
10 171 (9.48%) Data Architecture
11 168 (9.32%) Cybersecurity
12 167 (9.26%) Mentoring
12 167 (9.26%) TOGAF
13 164 (9.10%) CI/CD
14 163 (9.04%) Architectural Patterns
15 157 (8.71%) Decision-Making
16 150 (8.32%) Migration
17 148 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
18 145 (8.04%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 80 (4.44%) Python
2 59 (3.27%) C#
3 58 (3.22%) SQL
4 36 (2.00%) Bicep
5 25 (1.39%) Java
6 20 (1.11%) Scala
7 16 (0.89%) Go
7 16 (0.89%) PowerShell
8 14 (0.78%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.44%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.33%) C
10 6 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.33%) Rust
11 4 (0.22%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.17%) Ruby
12 3 (0.17%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.17%) X++
13 2 (0.11%) ABAP
13 2 (0.11%) SOQL
13 2 (0.11%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 298 (16.53%) Security Cleared
2 246 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 110 (6.10%) Degree
4 66 (3.66%) Azure Certification
5 55 (3.05%) TOGAF Certification
6 43 (2.38%) CISSP
7 41 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 38 (2.11%) AWS Certification
9 37 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (1.61%) CISM
10 29 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (1.39%) DV Cleared
12 16 (0.89%) SnowPro
13 13 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
13 13 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 12 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (0.55%) VCAP
15 10 (0.55%) VCDX
16 9 (0.50%) CIPD
17 8 (0.44%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (4.60%) GRC
2 78 (4.33%) Data Quality
3 64 (3.55%) NIST
4 62 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 40 (2.22%) GDPR
6 37 (2.05%) Accessibility
7 25 (1.39%) NCSC
8 14 (0.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 12 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.44%) ISO 9001
10 8 (0.44%) QA
11 7 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.33%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.33%) PMO
13 5 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.22%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.22%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.17%) SLA
16 2 (0.11%) COBIT
System Software
1 35 (1.94%) Active Directory
2 29 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (1.50%) Docker
4 22 (1.22%) vSphere
5 18 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.72%) VMware NSX
7 11 (0.61%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.28%) vCloud
9 2 (0.11%) Firmware
10 1 (0.055%) iptables
10 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 53 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 24 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (0.83%) CASB
4 10 (0.55%) Ansible
4 10 (0.55%) FortiGate
5 9 (0.50%) Grafana
6 6 (0.33%) Avamar
6 6 (0.33%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (0.33%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.33%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.33%) VxRail
7 5 (0.28%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.22%) SCCM
9 1 (0.055%) Argo
Vendors
1 369 (20.47%) Microsoft
2 87 (4.83%) Databricks
3 68 (3.77%) Oracle
4 57 (3.16%) ServiceNow
5 47 (2.61%) Cisco
6 40 (2.22%) Google
7 34 (1.89%) SAP
8 33 (1.83%) VMware
9 31 (1.72%) Palo Alto
10 28 (1.55%) Salesforce
11 27 (1.50%) OpenAI
12 18 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
13 16 (0.89%) Juniper
14 14 (0.78%) Dynatrace
14 14 (0.78%) NetApp
14 14 (0.78%) Tenable
15 12 (0.67%) Dell
15 12 (0.67%) Genesys
15 12 (0.67%) YouTube
16 11 (0.61%) Adobe