Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 April 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 53 34
Rank change year-on-year +24 -19 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,064 697 1,959
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.31% 5.43% 6.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.73% 5.77% 6.56%
Number of salaries quoted 690 522 1,427
10th Percentile £60,000 £59,251 £57,500
25th Percentile £71,807 £70,000 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £84,418 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +5.52% -5.88%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £96,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £113,725 £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 15,809 12,076 29,857
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.72% 94.11% 95.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11,321 8,912 24,562
10th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £32,754
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,995
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.10% -8.34%

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 3 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 3 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.

1 332 (31.20%) Azure
2 237 (22.27%) Roadmaps
3 203 (19.08%) AWS
4 183 (17.20%) Microsoft
5 182 (17.11%) Agile
6 162 (15.23%) Security Cleared
7 157 (14.76%) TOGAF
8 143 (13.44%) AI
9 141 (13.25%) Data Modelling
9 141 (13.25%) DevOps
10 134 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 133 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
12 125 (11.75%) Data Architecture
13 121 (11.37%) Analytics
14 117 (11.00%) Mentoring
15 116 (10.90%) SC Cleared
16 109 (10.24%) Cybersecurity
17 99 (9.30%) GCP
18 97 (9.12%) Migration
19 92 (8.65%) Technology Strategy
20 89 (8.36%) Event-Driven
21 88 (8.27%) CI/CD
21 88 (8.27%) Microservices
21 88 (8.27%) Problem-Solving
22 86 (8.08%) Technology Roadmap
23 85 (7.99%) Technical Architecture
24 82 (7.71%) Stakeholder Management
25 77 (7.24%) Broadband
25 77 (7.24%) Degree
25 77 (7.24%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 (1.22%) JBoss
1 13 (1.22%) SharePoint
1 13 (1.22%) WebSphere
2 11 (1.03%) CMS
3 8 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.56%) Confluence
5 4 (0.38%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.38%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.38%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.28%) SAS
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.094%) Apache
8 1 (0.094%) IIS
8 1 (0.094%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.094%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.19%) ArchiCAD
2 2 (0.19%) Revit
3 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.094%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 13 (1.22%) Oracle General Ledger
1 13 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
2 12 (1.13%) Oracle Assets
2 12 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.03%) Oracle Financials
4 10 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.19%) Shopify
8 1 (0.094%) Actimize
8 1 (0.094%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.094%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.094%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.094%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.094%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 332 (31.20%) Azure
2 203 (19.08%) AWS
3 99 (9.30%) GCP
4 73 (6.86%) SaaS
5 62 (5.83%) Snowflake
6 53 (4.98%) Power Platform
6 53 (4.98%) Serverless
7 44 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
8 24 (2.26%) Entra ID
9 22 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (1.79%) IaaS
10 19 (1.79%) PaaS
11 14 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 13 (1.22%) Azure Machine Learning
13 12 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
14 9 (0.85%) GitHub
15 8 (0.75%) Azure AI
15 8 (0.75%) dbt
15 8 (0.75%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 77 (7.24%) Broadband
2 28 (2.63%) WAN
3 21 (1.97%) Firewall
4 17 (1.60%) SD-WAN
4 17 (1.60%) VPN
5 15 (1.41%) LAN
5 15 (1.41%) Network Security
6 10 (0.94%) MPLS
7 8 (0.75%) DNS
8 7 (0.66%) DHCP
9 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.47%) BGP
10 5 (0.47%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (0.47%) HTTP
10 5 (0.47%) Kerberos
10 5 (0.47%) SNMP
10 5 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.38%) SSL
11 4 (0.38%) VoIP
12 3 (0.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (5.17%) Data Warehouse
2 37 (3.48%) Metadata
3 24 (2.26%) SQL Server
4 19 (1.79%) Data Lake
5 17 (1.60%) Power BI
6 16 (1.50%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.03%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.75%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (0.66%) Tableau
11 5 (0.47%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.38%) Data Vault
12 4 (0.38%) GIS
12 4 (0.38%) QGIS
12 4 (0.38%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.28%) Data Mining
13 3 (0.28%) DataStage
13 3 (0.28%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 56 (5.26%) Jenkins
2 42 (3.95%) SonarQube
3 41 (3.85%) GitLab
4 5 (0.47%) ERwin
4 5 (0.47%) Git
5 4 (0.38%) JIRA
6 3 (0.28%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.28%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.19%) Snyk
7 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.094%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.094%) Subversion
General
1 235 (22.09%) Social Skills
2 173 (16.26%) Finance
3 151 (14.19%) Public Sector
4 110 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 75 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
6 67 (6.30%) Games
7 64 (6.02%) Marketing
8 51 (4.79%) Law
9 45 (4.23%) Retail
10 41 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
11 36 (3.38%) Legal
12 33 (3.10%) Banking
13 24 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (2.16%) Telecoms
15 20 (1.88%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.50%) Back Office
17 10 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
18 9 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
19 7 (0.66%) Financial Institution
20 4 (0.38%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (6.67%) REST
2 62 (5.83%) SOAP
3 45 (4.23%) .NET
4 41 (3.85%) Lightning Web Components
4 41 (3.85%) Visualforce
5 33 (3.10%) Middleware
6 19 (1.79%) GraphQL
7 18 (1.69%) Spring
8 17 (1.60%) Hibernate
8 17 (1.60%) OAuth
8 17 (1.60%) OpenID
9 14 (1.32%) RESTful
10 13 (1.22%) LDAP
10 13 (1.22%) SAML
11 12 (1.13%) Django
11 12 (1.13%) Node.js
12 10 (0.94%) .NET Core
12 10 (0.94%) Web Services
13 7 (0.66%) React
13 7 (0.66%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.26%) Product Ownership
2 46 (4.32%) Cloud Native
3 37 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
4 36 (3.38%) Public Cloud
5 32 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
6 31 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
7 28 (2.63%) Management Information System
8 27 (2.54%) Virtual Team
9 21 (1.97%) Cyberattack
9 21 (1.97%) Data Centre
10 17 (1.60%) PKI
11 15 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (1.41%) IoT
12 13 (1.22%) DataPower
12 13 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
13 12 (1.13%) Operational Technology
14 7 (0.66%) Security Posture
15 6 (0.56%) Low-Code
16 5 (0.47%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.50%) Windows
2 13 (1.22%) Linux
3 9 (0.85%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.38%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.28%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (22.27%) Roadmaps
2 182 (17.11%) Agile
3 157 (14.76%) TOGAF
4 143 (13.44%) AI
5 141 (13.25%) Data Modelling
5 141 (13.25%) DevOps
6 134 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 133 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
8 125 (11.75%) Data Architecture
9 121 (11.37%) Analytics
10 117 (11.00%) Mentoring
11 109 (10.24%) Cybersecurity
12 97 (9.12%) Migration
13 92 (8.65%) Technology Strategy
14 89 (8.36%) Event-Driven
15 88 (8.27%) CI/CD
15 88 (8.27%) Microservices
15 88 (8.27%) Problem-Solving
16 86 (8.08%) Technology Roadmap
17 85 (7.99%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 54 (5.08%) Python
2 53 (4.98%) SQL
3 43 (4.04%) Java
4 41 (3.85%) Apex Code
4 41 (3.85%) SOQL
4 41 (3.85%) SOSL
5 39 (3.67%) C#
6 20 (1.88%) PowerShell
7 19 (1.79%) TypeScript
8 18 (1.69%) JavaScript
9 9 (0.85%) Bash
10 8 (0.75%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.47%) C++
12 4 (0.38%) Bicep
13 3 (0.28%) C
13 3 (0.28%) Go
14 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.19%) Scala
15 1 (0.094%) R
Qualifications
1 162 (15.23%) Security Cleared
2 116 (10.90%) SC Cleared
3 77 (7.24%) Degree
4 48 (4.51%) Azure Certification
5 46 (4.32%) TOGAF Certification
6 39 (3.67%) AWS Certification
7 35 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (3.20%) CISSP
9 28 (2.63%) DV Cleared
9 28 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 24 (2.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 22 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (1.32%) CISM
13 11 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 8 (0.75%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.66%) CCNP
16 4 (0.38%) CCSP
17 3 (0.28%) CCIE
17 3 (0.28%) DBS Check
18 2 (0.19%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.04%) Accessibility
2 40 (3.76%) NIST
3 27 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.88%) Data Quality
4 20 (1.88%) GDPR
5 17 (1.60%) NCSC
6 10 (0.94%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.75%) GRC
7 8 (0.75%) QA
8 5 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.47%) PMO
8 5 (0.47%) WCAG
9 4 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.28%) IFRS
11 1 (0.094%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.094%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.094%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 23 (2.16%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.79%) Docker
3 10 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.28%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.19%) vCloud
6 2 (0.19%) vSphere
7 1 (0.094%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (1.97%) Ansible
2 20 (1.88%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.60%) Terraform
4 15 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.56%) Endace
6 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.19%) CASB
8 1 (0.094%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.094%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.094%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.094%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.094%) Puppet
8 1 (0.094%) Rancher
Vendors
1 183 (17.20%) Microsoft
2 49 (4.61%) Salesforce
3 42 (3.95%) Splunk
4 37 (3.48%) Google
5 30 (2.82%) Databricks
6 27 (2.54%) SAP
7 25 (2.35%) Oracle
8 22 (2.07%) Cisco
9 15 (1.41%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.13%) VMware
11 9 (0.85%) Fortinet
12 8 (0.75%) Meraki
12 8 (0.75%) Palo Alto
13 7 (0.66%) F5
13 7 (0.66%) Juniper
13 7 (0.66%) Okta
14 5 (0.47%) Adobe
14 5 (0.47%) Barracuda Networks
14 5 (0.47%) Informatica
14 5 (0.47%) Sophos