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 24 April 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 54 30
Rank change year-on-year +26 -24 +8
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,178 685 2,198
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.56% 5.13% 6.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.01% 5.53% 7.06%
Number of salaries quoted 779 516 1,417
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,543 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £85,000 £81,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +4.29% +1.88% -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 16,804 12,395 31,147
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.64% 92.89% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,110 9,074 24,964
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,530 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,675 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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.

1 342 (29.03%) Azure
2 237 (20.12%) Roadmaps
3 201 (17.06%) AWS
4 190 (16.13%) Microsoft
5 178 (15.11%) Security Cleared
6 176 (14.94%) Agile
7 168 (14.26%) TOGAF
8 155 (13.16%) AI
9 152 (12.90%) Enterprise Architecture
10 138 (11.71%) DevOps
11 135 (11.46%) SC Cleared
12 131 (11.12%) Data Modelling
13 123 (10.44%) Cybersecurity
14 121 (10.27%) Data Architecture
15 120 (10.19%) Mentoring
16 118 (10.02%) Analytics
16 118 (10.02%) Continuous Improvement
17 109 (9.25%) Technology Strategy
18 103 (8.74%) Migration
19 99 (8.40%) GCP
20 95 (8.06%) CI/CD
21 94 (7.98%) Microservices
22 92 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
23 87 (7.39%) Event-Driven
24 85 (7.22%) Stakeholder Management
25 83 (7.05%) Degree
25 83 (7.05%) IT Strategy
26 80 (6.79%) Technical Architecture
27 78 (6.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
27 78 (6.62%) Technology Roadmap

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 14 (1.19%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.10%) CMS
3 11 (0.93%) JBoss
3 11 (0.93%) WebSphere
4 8 (0.68%) Confluence
5 7 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.42%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.42%) GeoServer
6 5 (0.42%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.25%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.25%) SAS
8 2 (0.17%) Apache
8 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.085%) IIS
9 1 (0.085%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.085%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.17%) ArchiCAD
2 2 (0.17%) Revit
3 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.085%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (1.19%) Oracle Assets
1 14 (1.19%) Oracle General Ledger
1 14 (1.19%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (1.10%) Oracle Financials
3 11 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.25%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.17%) Shopify
8 1 (0.085%) Actimize
8 1 (0.085%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.085%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.085%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.085%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 342 (29.03%) Azure
2 201 (17.06%) AWS
3 99 (8.40%) GCP
4 65 (5.52%) SaaS
5 62 (5.26%) Serverless
6 56 (4.75%) Snowflake
7 51 (4.33%) Power Platform
8 46 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
9 31 (2.63%) Entra ID
10 25 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (1.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 18 (1.53%) PaaS
13 17 (1.44%) IaaS
14 15 (1.27%) Azure Machine Learning
15 12 (1.02%) Azure AI
15 12 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
16 10 (0.85%) iPaaS
17 8 (0.68%) Azure Service Bus
17 8 (0.68%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 72 (6.11%) Broadband
2 30 (2.55%) WAN
3 26 (2.21%) Network Security
4 25 (2.12%) Firewall
5 19 (1.61%) SD-WAN
5 19 (1.61%) VPN
6 18 (1.53%) LAN
7 13 (1.10%) MPLS
8 8 (0.68%) DNS
9 7 (0.59%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (0.51%) DHCP
10 6 (0.51%) Kerberos
10 6 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.51%) WLAN
11 5 (0.42%) BGP
11 5 (0.42%) HTTP
11 5 (0.42%) SNMP
11 5 (0.42%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.34%) SSL
12 4 (0.34%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
2 39 (3.31%) Metadata
3 26 (2.21%) SQL Server
4 16 (1.36%) NoSQL
5 13 (1.10%) Data Lake
5 13 (1.10%) Power BI
6 10 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (0.68%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.51%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.42%) GIS
9 5 (0.42%) QGIS
10 4 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.34%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.34%) Tableau
11 3 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.25%) Big Data
11 3 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
11 3 (0.25%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.17%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 46 (3.90%) Jenkins
2 35 (2.97%) SonarQube
3 34 (2.89%) GitLab
4 13 (1.10%) Snyk
5 8 (0.68%) Git
6 3 (0.25%) JIRA
6 3 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.085%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.085%) JMeter
8 1 (0.085%) MLflow
8 1 (0.085%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.085%) Postman
8 1 (0.085%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.085%) Selenium
8 1 (0.085%) Subversion
General
1 243 (20.63%) Social Skills
2 174 (14.77%) Public Sector
3 173 (14.69%) Finance
4 123 (10.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 76 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
6 62 (5.26%) Games
7 61 (5.18%) Marketing
8 53 (4.50%) Law
9 43 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
10 39 (3.31%) Legal
10 39 (3.31%) Retail
11 30 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
12 29 (2.46%) Banking
13 23 (1.95%) Telecoms
14 18 (1.53%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.10%) Back Office
16 10 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.51%) Financial Institution
18 4 (0.34%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.35%) REST
2 53 (4.50%) SOAP
3 47 (3.99%) .NET
4 35 (2.97%) Middleware
5 34 (2.89%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.89%) Visualforce
6 18 (1.53%) OAuth
6 18 (1.53%) OpenID
7 17 (1.44%) GraphQL
8 16 (1.36%) Spring
9 15 (1.27%) Hibernate
10 14 (1.19%) LDAP
10 14 (1.19%) RESTful
10 14 (1.19%) SAML
11 10 (0.85%) .NET Core
12 7 (0.59%) Django
13 6 (0.51%) Node.js
13 6 (0.51%) OpenAPI
13 6 (0.51%) Swagger
13 6 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (4.16%) Product Ownership
2 46 (3.90%) Cloud Native
3 35 (2.97%) Data Centre
3 35 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (2.80%) Cyberattack
5 32 (2.72%) Public Cloud
6 30 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
8 28 (2.38%) Management Information System
9 27 (2.29%) Virtual Team
10 17 (1.44%) PKI
11 15 (1.27%) IoT
12 14 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
13 13 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.93%) DataPower
14 11 (0.93%) Operational Technology
15 8 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
16 7 (0.59%) Low-Code
17 6 (0.51%) Security Posture
17 6 (0.51%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.36%) Windows
2 12 (1.02%) Linux
3 9 (0.76%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.42%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.17%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (20.12%) Roadmaps
2 176 (14.94%) Agile
3 168 (14.26%) TOGAF
4 155 (13.16%) AI
5 152 (12.90%) Enterprise Architecture
6 138 (11.71%) DevOps
7 131 (11.12%) Data Modelling
8 123 (10.44%) Cybersecurity
9 121 (10.27%) Data Architecture
10 120 (10.19%) Mentoring
11 118 (10.02%) Analytics
11 118 (10.02%) Continuous Improvement
12 109 (9.25%) Technology Strategy
13 103 (8.74%) Migration
14 95 (8.06%) CI/CD
15 94 (7.98%) Microservices
16 92 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
17 87 (7.39%) Event-Driven
18 85 (7.22%) Stakeholder Management
19 83 (7.05%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 49 (4.16%) SQL
2 43 (3.65%) Python
3 40 (3.40%) C#
4 39 (3.31%) Java
5 34 (2.89%) Apex Code
5 34 (2.89%) SOQL
5 34 (2.89%) SOSL
6 20 (1.70%) PowerShell
7 19 (1.61%) TypeScript
8 17 (1.44%) JavaScript
9 9 (0.76%) Bash
10 8 (0.68%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.42%) Bicep
12 4 (0.34%) C++
13 3 (0.25%) Go
14 2 (0.17%) C
14 2 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.17%) Scala
15 1 (0.085%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 178 (15.11%) Security Cleared
2 135 (11.46%) SC Cleared
3 83 (7.05%) Degree
4 45 (3.82%) TOGAF Certification
5 43 (3.65%) Azure Certification
6 41 (3.48%) CISSP
7 36 (3.06%) AWS Certification
8 31 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (2.46%) DV Cleared
10 26 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
11 25 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 19 (1.61%) CISM
14 14 (1.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (0.59%) CCNP
15 7 (0.59%) CCSP
16 5 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
17 4 (0.34%) VCAP
17 4 (0.34%) VCDX
17 4 (0.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (4.41%) NIST
2 39 (3.31%) Accessibility
3 31 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (1.87%) GDPR
5 20 (1.70%) Data Quality
6 19 (1.61%) GRC
6 19 (1.61%) NCSC
7 11 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (0.85%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.68%) QA
10 7 (0.59%) PMO
10 7 (0.59%) WCAG
11 4 (0.34%) IFRS
11 4 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.17%) SLA
14 1 (0.085%) IFRS 17
14 1 (0.085%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.085%) PERC
14 1 (0.085%) Solvency II
System Software
1 25 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
2 24 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.44%) Docker
4 11 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.51%) vSphere
6 5 (0.42%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.34%) vCloud
8 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.085%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
2 18 (1.53%) Ansible
3 17 (1.44%) Kubernetes
4 12 (1.02%) Terraform
5 6 (0.51%) Endace
6 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.17%) Avamar
7 2 (0.17%) CASB
7 2 (0.17%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.17%) EMC VPLEX
7 2 (0.17%) VxRail
8 1 (0.085%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.085%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.085%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.085%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.085%) Puppet
8 1 (0.085%) Rancher
Vendors
1 190 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 42 (3.57%) Salesforce
3 35 (2.97%) Splunk
4 33 (2.80%) Google
5 29 (2.46%) Databricks
6 28 (2.38%) Oracle
7 25 (2.12%) Cisco
8 22 (1.87%) SAP
9 18 (1.53%) Palo Alto
9 18 (1.53%) ServiceNow
10 16 (1.36%) VMware
11 14 (1.19%) CrowdStrike
12 13 (1.10%) Tenable
13 11 (0.93%) Fortinet
14 10 (0.85%) Meraki
15 8 (0.68%) Juniper
16 7 (0.59%) Adobe
16 7 (0.59%) Dell
16 7 (0.59%) Okta
17 6 (0.51%) N-able