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 10 September 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 99 25
Rank change year-on-year +74 -74 +12
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,788 592 1,822
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.47% 3.65% 7.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.95% 3.94% 8.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,279 398 1,042
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 £130,000
UK median annual salary £87,431 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.98% +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 22,484 15,034 22,493
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 92.67% 96.26%
Number of salaries quoted 15,944 9,087 14,798
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,850
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -3.93% -4.24%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 10 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 10 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.

1 532 (29.75%) Azure
2 449 (25.11%) Roadmaps
3 360 (20.13%) Microsoft
4 329 (18.40%) AI
5 322 (18.01%) AWS
6 296 (16.55%) Security Cleared
7 295 (16.50%) Agile
8 245 (13.70%) SC Cleared
9 225 (12.58%) Enterprise Architecture
10 218 (12.19%) Technical Architecture
11 209 (11.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 201 (11.24%) Technical Leadership
13 190 (10.63%) Technology Strategy
14 184 (10.29%) TOGAF
15 173 (9.68%) Data Architecture
16 172 (9.62%) CI/CD
16 172 (9.62%) Mentoring
17 165 (9.23%) Analytics
18 164 (9.17%) Cybersecurity
19 156 (8.72%) Presales
20 148 (8.28%) Decision-Making
21 147 (8.22%) Stakeholder Management
22 144 (8.05%) Continuous Improvement
23 143 (8.00%) DevOps
23 143 (8.00%) IT Strategy
24 140 (7.83%) GCP
25 139 (7.77%) Migration
26 138 (7.72%) Data Modelling
27 137 (7.66%) Architectural Patterns
28 136 (7.61%) Infrastructure as Code

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 (1.29%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.50%) CMS
3 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
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 (0.056%) Appian
6 1 (0.056%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 11 (0.62%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.17%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.11%) Weka
8 1 (0.056%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.056%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.056%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.67%) Oracle General Ledger
2 12 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
3 9 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
4 8 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.056%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.056%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.056%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.056%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.056%) Shopify
8 1 (0.056%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 532 (29.75%) Azure
2 322 (18.01%) AWS
3 140 (7.83%) GCP
4 101 (5.65%) Power Platform
5 100 (5.59%) SaaS
6 79 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
7 64 (3.58%) Snowflake
8 63 (3.52%) Cloud Computing
9 56 (3.13%) Serverless
10 55 (3.08%) Entra ID
11 53 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
12 44 (2.46%) Anthropic Claude
13 40 (2.24%) PaaS
14 37 (2.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 34 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
16 33 (1.85%) Amazon Bedrock
17 27 (1.51%) Azure Databricks
18 26 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
19 24 (1.34%) dbt
20 23 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 104 (5.82%) WAN
2 84 (4.70%) LAN
3 63 (3.52%) Network Security
4 39 (2.18%) Broadband
5 37 (2.07%) Firewall
6 35 (1.96%) SD-WAN
7 25 (1.40%) MPLS
8 19 (1.06%) VPN
9 15 (0.84%) DNS
9 15 (0.84%) Unified Communications
10 14 (0.78%) BGP
10 14 (0.78%) IPsec
11 13 (0.73%) HTTP
11 13 (0.73%) WLAN
12 12 (0.67%) VSAN
13 11 (0.62%) CTI
13 11 (0.62%) VLAN
13 11 (0.62%) VoIP
14 10 (0.56%) DHCP
14 10 (0.56%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (4.75%) Metadata
2 35 (1.96%) SQL Server
3 34 (1.90%) Power BI
4 24 (1.34%) Data Lake
5 22 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (1.23%) Delta Lake
6 21 (1.17%) MongoDB
6 21 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
7 20 (1.12%) Data Vault
8 12 (0.67%) BigQuery
8 12 (0.67%) Tableau
9 11 (0.62%) MySQL
10 9 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (0.50%) Metadata Repository
11 7 (0.39%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.39%) Semantic Layer
12 5 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.22%) Power Query
13 4 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 30 (1.68%) Claude Code
2 25 (1.40%) Snyk
3 22 (1.23%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.78%) GitLab
5 13 (0.73%) SonarQube
6 10 (0.56%) Git
7 5 (0.28%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.11%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.11%) ERwin
8 2 (0.11%) MLflow
9 1 (0.056%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.056%) JMeter
9 1 (0.056%) Maven
9 1 (0.056%) Postman
9 1 (0.056%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.056%) Selenium
General
1 398 (22.26%) Social Skills
2 384 (21.48%) Finance
3 288 (16.11%) Public Sector
4 195 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 105 (5.87%) Law
6 103 (5.76%) Presentation Skills
7 92 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
8 90 (5.03%) Influencing Skills
9 66 (3.69%) Banking
10 55 (3.08%) Legal
11 41 (2.29%) Retail
12 28 (1.57%) Games
13 25 (1.40%) Marketing
14 17 (0.95%) Back Office
14 17 (0.95%) Telecoms
15 13 (0.73%) Financial Institution
16 9 (0.50%) Aerospace
16 9 (0.50%) Manufacturing
17 7 (0.39%) Advertising
17 7 (0.39%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.40%) Terraform
2 40 (2.24%) .NET
3 39 (2.18%) REST
4 38 (2.13%) Middleware
5 31 (1.73%) RESTful
6 27 (1.51%) LangChain
7 25 (1.40%) SOAP
8 24 (1.34%) LangGraph
9 21 (1.17%) OAuth
9 21 (1.17%) PySpark
10 18 (1.01%) SAML
11 16 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
12 15 (0.84%) OpenAPI
12 15 (0.84%) Swagger
13 13 (0.73%) LDAP
14 12 (0.67%) Visualforce
15 9 (0.50%) Kafka
15 9 (0.50%) OpenID
15 9 (0.50%) XML
16 8 (0.45%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 123 (6.88%) Cloud Native
2 68 (3.80%) Data Centre
3 46 (2.57%) Product Ownership
4 39 (2.18%) AI Agents
5 35 (1.96%) Management Information System
6 33 (1.85%) Virtual Team
7 30 (1.68%) Cyberattack
7 30 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
7 30 (1.68%) Hedge funds
8 20 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (1.06%) Public Cloud
10 18 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
11 16 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (0.78%) Low-Code
13 11 (0.62%) IVR
13 11 (0.62%) Video\Live Streaming
14 10 (0.56%) Cyber Defence
14 10 (0.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 10 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
14 10 (0.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.01%) Windows
2 15 (0.84%) Linux
3 6 (0.34%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.22%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 449 (25.11%) Roadmaps
2 329 (18.40%) AI
3 295 (16.50%) Agile
4 225 (12.58%) Enterprise Architecture
5 218 (12.19%) Technical Architecture
6 209 (11.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 201 (11.24%) Technical Leadership
8 190 (10.63%) Technology Strategy
9 184 (10.29%) TOGAF
10 173 (9.68%) Data Architecture
11 172 (9.62%) CI/CD
11 172 (9.62%) Mentoring
12 165 (9.23%) Analytics
13 164 (9.17%) Cybersecurity
14 156 (8.72%) Presales
15 148 (8.28%) Decision-Making
16 147 (8.22%) Stakeholder Management
17 144 (8.05%) Continuous Improvement
18 143 (8.00%) DevOps
18 143 (8.00%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 72 (4.03%) Python
2 60 (3.36%) SQL
3 49 (2.74%) C#
4 28 (1.57%) Bicep
5 25 (1.40%) Java
6 20 (1.12%) Scala
7 17 (0.95%) Go
8 16 (0.89%) Apex Code
9 14 (0.78%) PowerShell
9 14 (0.78%) SOQL
9 14 (0.78%) SOSL
10 12 (0.67%) JavaScript
11 10 (0.56%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.28%) Rust
13 4 (0.22%) C
13 4 (0.22%) Ruby
14 3 (0.17%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.17%) X++
15 2 (0.11%) ABAP
15 2 (0.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 296 (16.55%) Security Cleared
2 245 (13.70%) SC Cleared
3 117 (6.54%) Degree
4 57 (3.19%) Azure Certification
5 47 (2.63%) CISSP
6 45 (2.52%) TOGAF Certification
7 39 (2.18%) AWS Certification
8 33 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 31 (1.73%) CISM
10 30 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
11 29 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (1.40%) DV Cleared
13 21 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (0.89%) SnowPro
15 15 (0.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 12 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 12 (0.67%) VCAP
16 12 (0.67%) VCDX
17 10 (0.56%) CCIE
17 10 (0.56%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (5.43%) GRC
2 84 (4.70%) NIST
3 75 (4.19%) Data Quality
4 62 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 32 (1.79%) GDPR
6 30 (1.68%) Accessibility
7 24 (1.34%) NCSC
8 16 (0.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 15 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.50%) QA
12 8 (0.45%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.39%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.34%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.34%) PMO
15 5 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.28%) IFRS
16 4 (0.22%) Def Stans
16 4 (0.22%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 39 (2.18%) Virtual Machines
2 35 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (1.68%) Active Directory
4 24 (1.34%) vSphere
5 23 (1.29%) Docker
6 15 (0.84%) VMware NSX
7 11 (0.62%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.39%) vCloud
9 2 (0.11%) Firmware
10 1 (0.056%) iptables
Systems Management
1 48 (2.68%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (0.84%) CASB
4 11 (0.62%) Ansible
5 10 (0.56%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.34%) Avamar
6 6 (0.34%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (0.34%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.34%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.34%) VxRail
7 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.28%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.22%) SCCM
9 1 (0.056%) Argo
Vendors
1 360 (20.13%) Microsoft
2 92 (5.15%) Databricks
3 54 (3.02%) Cisco
4 51 (2.85%) Oracle
5 50 (2.80%) ServiceNow
6 46 (2.57%) Palo Alto
7 39 (2.18%) Google
7 39 (2.18%) VMware
8 38 (2.13%) Salesforce
9 33 (1.85%) SAP
10 29 (1.62%) CrowdStrike
11 27 (1.51%) OpenAI
12 25 (1.40%) Tenable
13 15 (0.84%) Juniper
13 15 (0.84%) NetApp
14 14 (0.78%) Dell
14 14 (0.78%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.78%) Splunk
15 13 (0.73%) Adobe
15 13 (0.73%) Nimble Storage