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 22 September 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 100 27
Rank change year-on-year +75 -73 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,819 584 1,732
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.43% 3.62% 7.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.92% 3.90% 7.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,291 396 999
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £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 £112,500 £107,500 £125,000
UK median annual salary £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% +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 22,963 14,956 21,934
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 92.66% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,069 8,877 14,057
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 22 September 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 22 September 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.

1 533 (29.30%) Azure
2 469 (25.78%) Roadmaps
3 371 (20.40%) Microsoft
4 343 (18.86%) AI
5 319 (17.54%) AWS
6 307 (16.88%) Security Cleared
7 293 (16.11%) Agile
8 256 (14.07%) SC Cleared
9 226 (12.42%) Enterprise Architecture
10 220 (12.09%) Technical Architecture
11 214 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 211 (11.60%) Technical Leadership
13 200 (11.00%) Technology Strategy
14 186 (10.23%) TOGAF
15 180 (9.90%) Mentoring
16 175 (9.62%) CI/CD
16 175 (9.62%) Data Architecture
17 174 (9.57%) Analytics
18 171 (9.40%) Cybersecurity
19 164 (9.02%) Stakeholder Management
20 153 (8.41%) IT Strategy
20 153 (8.41%) Presales
21 152 (8.36%) Decision-Making
22 149 (8.19%) Continuous Improvement
23 145 (7.97%) Architectural Patterns
24 144 (7.92%) DevOps
24 144 (7.92%) Migration
25 143 (7.86%) Infrastructure as Code
26 141 (7.75%) Data Modelling
27 139 (7.64%) GCP

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 23 (1.26%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.44%) CMS
4 5 (0.27%) Apache
4 5 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.16%) Confluence
7 1 (0.055%) Appian
7 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 11 (0.60%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.16%) 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
8 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
2 11 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
3 10 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 8 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
4 8 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
5 7 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.16%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.055%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.055%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.055%) Infor LN
8 1 (0.055%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.055%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.055%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.055%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.055%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 533 (29.30%) Azure
2 319 (17.54%) AWS
3 139 (7.64%) GCP
4 108 (5.94%) SaaS
5 107 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 86 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
7 64 (3.52%) Entra ID
7 64 (3.52%) Snowflake
8 63 (3.46%) Cloud Computing
9 59 (3.24%) Serverless
10 54 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
11 48 (2.64%) Anthropic Claude
12 43 (2.36%) PaaS
13 36 (1.98%) Amazon Bedrock
14 34 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 34 (1.87%) Microsoft Purview
15 32 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
16 27 (1.48%) Azure Databricks
17 25 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
17 25 (1.37%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 102 (5.61%) WAN
2 83 (4.56%) LAN
3 63 (3.46%) Network Security
4 37 (2.03%) Firewall
5 33 (1.81%) SD-WAN
6 30 (1.65%) Broadband
7 24 (1.32%) MPLS
8 21 (1.15%) VPN
9 17 (0.93%) DNS
10 16 (0.88%) Unified Communications
11 14 (0.77%) BGP
11 14 (0.77%) HTTP
11 14 (0.77%) IPsec
12 13 (0.71%) WLAN
13 11 (0.60%) CTI
13 11 (0.60%) DHCP
13 11 (0.60%) SSL
13 11 (0.60%) VLAN
13 11 (0.60%) VoIP
14 10 (0.55%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (4.95%) Metadata
2 37 (2.03%) Power BI
3 32 (1.76%) SQL Server
4 24 (1.32%) Data Lake
4 24 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (1.21%) Delta Lake
6 20 (1.10%) Data Vault
6 20 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (1.04%) MongoDB
8 12 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (0.66%) BigQuery
8 12 (0.66%) Tableau
9 11 (0.60%) MySQL
10 9 (0.49%) Metadata Repository
11 8 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
12 6 (0.33%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (0.27%) Relational Database
14 4 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 39 (2.14%) Claude Code
2 25 (1.37%) Snyk
3 16 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.55%) Git
5 8 (0.44%) GitLab
6 7 (0.38%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.27%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.11%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.11%) ERwin
8 2 (0.11%) MLflow
9 1 (0.055%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.055%) JMeter
9 1 (0.055%) Maven
9 1 (0.055%) Postman
9 1 (0.055%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.055%) Selenium
General
1 418 (22.98%) Social Skills
2 400 (21.99%) Finance
3 299 (16.44%) Public Sector
4 188 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (5.83%) Law
6 104 (5.72%) Presentation Skills
7 96 (5.28%) Influencing Skills
8 93 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
9 74 (4.07%) Banking
10 55 (3.02%) Legal
11 44 (2.42%) Retail
12 20 (1.10%) Back Office
12 20 (1.10%) Marketing
13 19 (1.04%) Games
14 16 (0.88%) Telecoms
15 15 (0.82%) Financial Institution
16 13 (0.71%) Aerospace
17 11 (0.60%) Manufacturing
18 7 (0.38%) Advertising
18 7 (0.38%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.64%) Middleware
1 48 (2.64%) Terraform
2 39 (2.14%) .NET
3 35 (1.92%) REST
4 34 (1.87%) RESTful
5 27 (1.48%) LangChain
6 24 (1.32%) LangGraph
7 23 (1.26%) OAuth
8 22 (1.21%) PySpark
9 19 (1.04%) SAML
9 19 (1.04%) SOAP
10 18 (0.99%) OpenAPI
10 18 (0.99%) Swagger
11 14 (0.77%) LDAP
12 13 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
13 11 (0.60%) OpenID
14 10 (0.55%) Lightning Web Components
14 10 (0.55%) XML
15 9 (0.49%) Kafka
16 8 (0.44%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 127 (6.98%) Cloud Native
2 67 (3.68%) Data Centre
3 47 (2.58%) AI Agents
4 44 (2.42%) Management Information System
5 40 (2.20%) Product Ownership
6 35 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
7 33 (1.81%) Hedge funds
7 33 (1.81%) Virtual Team
8 26 (1.43%) Cyberattack
9 22 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
10 21 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
11 18 (0.99%) Public Cloud
12 12 (0.66%) IVR
12 12 (0.66%) Low-Code
13 11 (0.60%) Onboarding
14 10 (0.55%) Cyber Defence
14 10 (0.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 10 (0.55%) Video\Live Streaming
15 9 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.10%) Windows
2 16 (0.88%) Linux
3 7 (0.38%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.22%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.16%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.055%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 469 (25.78%) Roadmaps
2 343 (18.86%) AI
3 293 (16.11%) Agile
4 226 (12.42%) Enterprise Architecture
5 220 (12.09%) Technical Architecture
6 214 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 211 (11.60%) Technical Leadership
8 200 (11.00%) Technology Strategy
9 186 (10.23%) TOGAF
10 180 (9.90%) Mentoring
11 175 (9.62%) CI/CD
11 175 (9.62%) Data Architecture
12 174 (9.57%) Analytics
13 171 (9.40%) Cybersecurity
14 164 (9.02%) Stakeholder Management
15 153 (8.41%) IT Strategy
15 153 (8.41%) Presales
16 152 (8.36%) Decision-Making
17 149 (8.19%) Continuous Improvement
18 145 (7.97%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 70 (3.85%) Python
2 59 (3.24%) SQL
3 49 (2.69%) C#
4 34 (1.87%) Bicep
5 26 (1.43%) Java
6 20 (1.10%) Scala
7 15 (0.82%) Go
8 14 (0.77%) PowerShell
9 13 (0.71%) JavaScript
10 10 (0.55%) Apex Code
10 10 (0.55%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.44%) SOQL
11 8 (0.44%) SOSL
12 5 (0.27%) Rust
13 4 (0.22%) C
13 4 (0.22%) Ruby
14 3 (0.16%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.16%) X++
15 2 (0.11%) ABAP
15 2 (0.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 307 (16.88%) Security Cleared
2 256 (14.07%) SC Cleared
3 117 (6.43%) Degree
4 63 (3.46%) Azure Certification
5 49 (2.69%) CISSP
5 49 (2.69%) TOGAF Certification
6 41 (2.25%) AWS Certification
7 35 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
8 33 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 32 (1.76%) CISM
10 30 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (1.37%) DV Cleared
12 18 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (0.88%) SnowPro
14 13 (0.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 12 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 10 (0.55%) VCAP
16 10 (0.55%) VCDX
17 9 (0.49%) CCIE
17 9 (0.49%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (5.22%) GRC
2 81 (4.45%) NIST
3 75 (4.12%) Data Quality
4 63 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 34 (1.87%) Accessibility
5 34 (1.87%) GDPR
6 25 (1.37%) NCSC
7 16 (0.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 15 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 11 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (0.44%) ISO 9001
10 8 (0.44%) QA
11 7 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.33%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.33%) PMO
13 5 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.27%) IFRS
14 4 (0.22%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.22%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 36 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
2 32 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (1.70%) Active Directory
4 24 (1.32%) Docker
5 22 (1.21%) vSphere
6 13 (0.71%) VMware NSX
7 11 (0.60%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.27%) vCloud
9 2 (0.11%) Firmware
10 1 (0.055%) iptables
10 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 51 (2.80%) Kubernetes
2 28 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (0.82%) CASB
4 10 (0.55%) Ansible
4 10 (0.55%) FortiGate
5 7 (0.38%) 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 (0.27%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.22%) SCCM
9 1 (0.055%) Argo
Vendors
1 371 (20.40%) Microsoft
2 91 (5.00%) Databricks
3 57 (3.13%) Oracle
3 57 (3.13%) ServiceNow
4 52 (2.86%) Cisco
5 44 (2.42%) Palo Alto
6 41 (2.25%) Google
7 37 (2.03%) VMware
8 34 (1.87%) SAP
9 30 (1.65%) Salesforce
10 29 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
11 27 (1.48%) OpenAI
12 25 (1.37%) Tenable
13 16 (0.88%) Juniper
14 14 (0.77%) NetApp
15 13 (0.71%) Adobe
16 12 (0.66%) Dell
16 12 (0.66%) Dynatrace
16 12 (0.66%) Fortinet
16 12 (0.66%) Genesys