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 10 June 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 98 31
Rank change year-on-year +72 -67 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,412 589 2,355
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.26% 3.90% 6.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.71% 4.24% 7.17%
Number of salaries quoted 971 416 1,566
10th Percentile £63,440 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,500 £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 £100,000 £98,474 £96,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £107,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -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 18,313 13,906 32,865
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 91.99% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 13,356 8,568 25,832
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,314
Median % change year-on-year - +8.47% -11.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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.

1 403 (28.54%) Azure
2 284 (20.11%) Roadmaps
3 252 (17.85%) AWS
4 231 (16.36%) Microsoft
5 228 (16.15%) Agile
6 213 (15.08%) Security Cleared
7 198 (14.02%) TOGAF
8 197 (13.95%) AI
9 178 (12.61%) Enterprise Architecture
10 171 (12.11%) SC Cleared
11 155 (10.98%) Cybersecurity
11 155 (10.98%) DevOps
12 144 (10.20%) CI/CD
13 139 (9.84%) Technology Strategy
14 128 (9.07%) Mentoring
15 124 (8.78%) Continuous Improvement
16 120 (8.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 119 (8.43%) GCP
18 114 (8.07%) Data Architecture
18 114 (8.07%) Data Modelling
19 111 (7.86%) Presales
20 110 (7.79%) Analytics
21 106 (7.51%) Migration
22 103 (7.29%) Problem-Solving
23 101 (7.15%) IT Strategy
24 100 (7.08%) Technical Leadership
25 99 (7.01%) Degree
25 99 (7.01%) Event-Driven
26 98 (6.94%) Stakeholder Management
27 94 (6.66%) Microservices

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 10 (0.71%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.64%) CMS
3 7 (0.50%) Confluence
4 5 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.28%) JBoss
5 4 (0.28%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.21%) Apache
6 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.21%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.21%) SAS
7 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.071%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.21%) Revit
5 2 (0.14%) ArchiCAD
5 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.071%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.071%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (0.99%) Oracle Assets
1 14 (0.99%) Oracle Financials
1 14 (0.99%) Oracle General Ledger
1 14 (0.99%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.35%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.14%) Shopify
7 1 (0.071%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.071%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.071%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.071%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.071%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.071%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.071%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.071%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 403 (28.54%) Azure
2 252 (17.85%) AWS
3 119 (8.43%) GCP
4 75 (5.31%) SaaS
5 69 (4.89%) Serverless
6 54 (3.82%) Power Platform
7 45 (3.19%) Entra ID
8 36 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
9 34 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
10 30 (2.12%) PaaS
11 26 (1.84%) Snowflake
12 24 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (1.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 16 (1.13%) Azure Machine Learning
15 15 (1.06%) IaaS
16 14 (0.99%) Anthropic Claude
16 14 (0.99%) Azure Service Bus
17 13 (0.92%) Nutanix
18 12 (0.85%) Azure AI
18 12 (0.85%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 87 (6.16%) Broadband
2 53 (3.75%) WAN
3 49 (3.47%) Network Security
4 39 (2.76%) SD-WAN
5 38 (2.69%) Firewall
6 30 (2.12%) LAN
7 26 (1.84%) MPLS
7 26 (1.84%) VPN
8 16 (1.13%) WLAN
9 14 (0.99%) BGP
10 12 (0.85%) DNS
11 11 (0.78%) HTTP
11 11 (0.78%) SNMP
12 10 (0.71%) IPsec
12 10 (0.71%) Kerberos
12 10 (0.71%) SSL
12 10 (0.71%) VSAN
13 9 (0.64%) Cisco Firepower
14 7 (0.50%) Unified Communications
14 7 (0.50%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.97%) Metadata
2 26 (1.84%) SQL Server
3 23 (1.63%) Power BI
4 22 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.27%) NoSQL
6 16 (1.13%) BigQuery
6 16 (1.13%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (1.06%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.64%) Relational Database
8 9 (0.64%) Tableau
9 7 (0.50%) MySQL
10 5 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (0.35%) Semantic Layer
11 4 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.28%) Delta Lake
11 4 (0.28%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.21%) Big Data
12 3 (0.21%) GIS
Development Applications
1 43 (3.05%) Jenkins
2 34 (2.41%) GitLab
2 34 (2.41%) SonarQube
3 25 (1.77%) Snyk
4 6 (0.42%) Git
5 5 (0.35%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.14%) MLflow
6 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.071%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.071%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.071%) ERwin
7 1 (0.071%) JMeter
7 1 (0.071%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.071%) Postman
7 1 (0.071%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.071%) Selenium
General
1 255 (18.06%) Social Skills
2 218 (15.44%) Public Sector
3 198 (14.02%) Finance
4 158 (11.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 91 (6.44%) Analytical Skills
6 68 (4.82%) Games
7 60 (4.25%) Law
8 55 (3.90%) Marketing
9 54 (3.82%) Influencing Skills
10 42 (2.97%) Legal
10 42 (2.97%) Retail
11 26 (1.84%) Banking
12 24 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (1.63%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.06%) Manufacturing
15 11 (0.78%) Back Office
16 10 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.50%) Financial Institution
18 6 (0.42%) Health Technology
19 4 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (4.75%) REST
2 51 (3.61%) SOAP
3 39 (2.76%) .NET
4 36 (2.55%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.41%) Visualforce
6 28 (1.98%) OAuth
7 27 (1.91%) Middleware
8 24 (1.70%) RESTful
8 24 (1.70%) SAML
9 22 (1.56%) OpenID
10 18 (1.27%) LDAP
11 12 (0.85%) GraphQL
12 10 (0.71%) Node.js
13 9 (0.64%) Spring
14 8 (0.57%) OpenAPI
14 8 (0.57%) Swagger
15 7 (0.50%) .NET Core
16 6 (0.42%) Django
16 6 (0.42%) SAP Fiori
17 5 (0.35%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 76 (5.38%) Cloud Native
2 62 (4.39%) Data Centre
3 52 (3.68%) Product Ownership
4 38 (2.69%) Cyberattack
5 31 (2.20%) Public Cloud
6 29 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
6 29 (2.05%) Management Information System
7 28 (1.98%) Virtual Team
8 22 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.27%) PKI
10 15 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
12 12 (0.85%) Low-Code
13 11 (0.78%) IoT
13 11 (0.78%) Operational Technology
14 10 (0.71%) Video\Live Streaming
15 9 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
16 8 (0.57%) Onboarding
17 7 (0.50%) Greenfield Project
17 7 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (0.85%) Windows
2 7 (0.50%) Linux
3 5 (0.35%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.21%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (20.11%) Roadmaps
2 228 (16.15%) Agile
3 198 (14.02%) TOGAF
4 197 (13.95%) AI
5 178 (12.61%) Enterprise Architecture
6 155 (10.98%) Cybersecurity
6 155 (10.98%) DevOps
7 144 (10.20%) CI/CD
8 139 (9.84%) Technology Strategy
9 128 (9.07%) Mentoring
10 124 (8.78%) Continuous Improvement
11 120 (8.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 114 (8.07%) Data Architecture
12 114 (8.07%) Data Modelling
13 111 (7.86%) Presales
14 110 (7.79%) Analytics
15 106 (7.51%) Migration
16 103 (7.29%) Problem-Solving
17 101 (7.15%) IT Strategy
18 100 (7.08%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 45 (3.19%) Python
2 44 (3.12%) SQL
3 36 (2.55%) Apex Code
3 36 (2.55%) SOQL
3 36 (2.55%) SOSL
4 32 (2.27%) C#
5 25 (1.77%) Java
6 20 (1.42%) PowerShell
7 15 (1.06%) TypeScript
8 13 (0.92%) Bicep
9 12 (0.85%) JavaScript
10 9 (0.64%) Go
11 8 (0.57%) Bash
11 8 (0.57%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.35%) Scala
13 2 (0.14%) C++
13 2 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.071%) R
14 1 (0.071%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 213 (15.08%) Security Cleared
2 171 (12.11%) SC Cleared
3 99 (7.01%) Degree
4 49 (3.47%) CISSP
5 48 (3.40%) TOGAF Certification
6 45 (3.19%) Azure Certification
7 35 (2.48%) AWS Certification
8 30 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
9 29 (2.05%) DV Cleared
10 27 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (1.77%) CISM
12 21 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
13 15 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.92%) CCNP
15 12 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (0.71%) CCIE
16 10 (0.71%) VCAP
16 10 (0.71%) VCDX
16 10 (0.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 9 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (5.52%) NIST
2 50 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (2.90%) Data Quality
4 35 (2.48%) GRC
5 28 (1.98%) NCSC
6 22 (1.56%) GDPR
7 16 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (0.78%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.78%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.78%) PMO
10 9 (0.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 9 (0.64%) QA
11 8 (0.57%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.50%) WCAG
13 5 (0.35%) IFRS
14 4 (0.28%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.28%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.14%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 38 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
2 37 (2.62%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.13%) vSphere
5 13 (0.92%) Docker
6 11 (0.78%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.50%) vCloud
8 6 (0.42%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 28 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
2 19 (1.35%) Terraform
3 16 (1.13%) Kubernetes
4 12 (0.85%) Ansible
5 8 (0.57%) CASB
6 7 (0.50%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.42%) Avamar
7 6 (0.42%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.42%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.42%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.42%) VxRail
8 5 (0.35%) Endace
9 3 (0.21%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.071%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.071%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 231 (16.36%) Microsoft
2 49 (3.47%) Salesforce
3 45 (3.19%) Cisco
4 43 (3.05%) Palo Alto
5 37 (2.62%) Databricks
5 37 (2.62%) Splunk
6 35 (2.48%) Google
7 32 (2.27%) Oracle
8 30 (2.12%) CrowdStrike
9 28 (1.98%) SAP
10 26 (1.84%) VMware
11 25 (1.77%) Tenable
12 22 (1.56%) ServiceNow
13 18 (1.27%) Juniper
14 17 (1.20%) OpenAI
15 14 (0.99%) Fortinet
16 13 (0.92%) Dell
16 13 (0.92%) NetApp
16 13 (0.92%) Nimble Storage
17 12 (0.85%) Meraki