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 26 August 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 103 24
Rank change year-on-year +79 -79 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,731 577 1,944
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.46% 3.49% 7.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.93% 3.77% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,243 393 1,191
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £66,589 £66,250
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 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £107,500 £125,000
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 21,825 15,296 23,881
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 92.52% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 15,556 9,335 16,901
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,593
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
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 26 August 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 26 August 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.

1 524 (30.27%) Azure
2 427 (24.67%) Roadmaps
3 354 (20.45%) Microsoft
4 312 (18.02%) AWS
5 310 (17.91%) AI
6 286 (16.52%) Security Cleared
7 285 (16.46%) Agile
8 238 (13.75%) SC Cleared
9 224 (12.94%) Enterprise Architecture
10 210 (12.13%) Technical Architecture
11 198 (11.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 186 (10.75%) Technology Strategy
13 182 (10.51%) Technical Leadership
14 178 (10.28%) TOGAF
15 173 (9.99%) CI/CD
16 165 (9.53%) Mentoring
17 164 (9.47%) Analytics
18 161 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
19 154 (8.90%) Data Architecture
20 150 (8.67%) Presales
21 144 (8.32%) Decision-Making
21 144 (8.32%) DevOps
21 144 (8.32%) GCP
22 141 (8.15%) Continuous Improvement
23 140 (8.09%) Stakeholder Management
24 139 (8.03%) IT Strategy
25 137 (7.91%) Infrastructure as Code
26 133 (7.68%) Business Strategy
26 133 (7.68%) Data Modelling
27 131 (7.57%) Migration

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 25 (1.44%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.58%) CMS
3 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.29%) Apache
4 5 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.23%) Confluence
6 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.17%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.058%) Appian
7 1 (0.058%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 11 (0.64%) Chatbot
2 10 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.23%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.17%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.12%) Weka
8 1 (0.058%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.058%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.058%) Revit
Business Applications
1 12 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
1 12 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
1 12 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.52%) Oracle Assets
2 9 (0.52%) Oracle Financials
3 8 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.12%) Shopify
7 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.058%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.058%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.058%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.058%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.058%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 524 (30.27%) Azure
2 312 (18.02%) AWS
3 144 (8.32%) GCP
4 102 (5.89%) SaaS
5 101 (5.83%) Power Platform
6 81 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
7 62 (3.58%) Cloud Computing
8 58 (3.35%) Serverless
9 57 (3.29%) Snowflake
10 54 (3.12%) Entra ID
11 51 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
12 38 (2.20%) Anthropic Claude
12 38 (2.20%) PaaS
13 36 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 33 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
15 27 (1.56%) Amazon Bedrock
15 27 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
16 25 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
17 24 (1.39%) dbt
18 21 (1.21%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 107 (6.18%) WAN
2 86 (4.97%) LAN
3 61 (3.52%) Network Security
4 41 (2.37%) Broadband
5 39 (2.25%) Firewall
6 37 (2.14%) SD-WAN
7 25 (1.44%) MPLS
8 20 (1.16%) VPN
9 16 (0.92%) DNS
10 14 (0.81%) BGP
10 14 (0.81%) IPsec
10 14 (0.81%) WLAN
11 13 (0.75%) HTTP
11 13 (0.75%) Unified Communications
12 12 (0.69%) VSAN
13 11 (0.64%) CTI
13 11 (0.64%) VLAN
13 11 (0.64%) VoIP
14 10 (0.58%) DHCP
14 10 (0.58%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (4.45%) Metadata
2 35 (2.02%) SQL Server
3 32 (1.85%) Power BI
4 26 (1.50%) Data Lake
5 23 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (1.21%) Delta Lake
7 20 (1.16%) MongoDB
7 20 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (1.10%) Data Vault
9 15 (0.87%) BigQuery
10 12 (0.69%) Tableau
11 10 (0.58%) MySQL
12 9 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (0.52%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.40%) Semantic Layer
14 6 (0.35%) Metadata Repository
15 5 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
16 4 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
17 3 (0.17%) QGIS
17 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 25 (1.44%) Jenkins
1 25 (1.44%) Snyk
2 24 (1.39%) Claude Code
3 16 (0.92%) GitLab
4 15 (0.87%) SonarQube
5 10 (0.58%) Git
6 5 (0.29%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.12%) ERwin
7 2 (0.12%) MLflow
8 1 (0.058%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.058%) JMeter
8 1 (0.058%) Maven
8 1 (0.058%) Postman
8 1 (0.058%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.058%) Selenium
General
1 378 (21.84%) Social Skills
2 355 (20.51%) Finance
3 279 (16.12%) Public Sector
4 198 (11.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 101 (5.83%) Law
6 100 (5.78%) Presentation Skills
7 93 (5.37%) Analytical Skills
8 84 (4.85%) Influencing Skills
9 56 (3.24%) Banking
10 51 (2.95%) Legal
11 41 (2.37%) Retail
12 30 (1.73%) Games
13 29 (1.68%) Marketing
14 15 (0.87%) Telecoms
15 14 (0.81%) Back Office
16 12 (0.69%) Manufacturing
17 11 (0.64%) Financial Institution
18 8 (0.46%) Aerospace
19 7 (0.40%) Advertising
19 7 (0.40%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.54%) .NET
2 42 (2.43%) REST
2 42 (2.43%) Terraform
3 37 (2.14%) Middleware
4 29 (1.68%) RESTful
5 27 (1.56%) LangChain
6 26 (1.50%) SOAP
7 24 (1.39%) LangGraph
8 23 (1.33%) OAuth
9 21 (1.21%) PySpark
10 19 (1.10%) SAML
11 18 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
12 14 (0.81%) Visualforce
13 13 (0.75%) LDAP
13 13 (0.75%) OpenAPI
13 13 (0.75%) Swagger
14 11 (0.64%) Node.js
14 11 (0.64%) OpenID
15 9 (0.52%) .NET Core
15 9 (0.52%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 120 (6.93%) Cloud Native
2 66 (3.81%) Data Centre
3 44 (2.54%) Product Ownership
4 33 (1.91%) Management Information System
5 31 (1.79%) AI Agents
5 31 (1.79%) Virtual Team
6 30 (1.73%) Cyberattack
6 30 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
7 24 (1.39%) Hedge funds
8 22 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
9 19 (1.10%) Public Cloud
10 15 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (0.69%) Low-Code
12 11 (0.64%) IVR
12 11 (0.64%) Video\Live Streaming
13 10 (0.58%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 10 (0.58%) Onboarding
14 8 (0.46%) Cyber Defence
14 8 (0.46%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.10%) Windows
2 12 (0.69%) Linux
3 6 (0.35%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.23%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (24.67%) Roadmaps
2 310 (17.91%) AI
3 285 (16.46%) Agile
4 224 (12.94%) Enterprise Architecture
5 210 (12.13%) Technical Architecture
6 198 (11.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 186 (10.75%) Technology Strategy
8 182 (10.51%) Technical Leadership
9 178 (10.28%) TOGAF
10 173 (9.99%) CI/CD
11 165 (9.53%) Mentoring
12 164 (9.47%) Analytics
13 161 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
14 154 (8.90%) Data Architecture
15 150 (8.67%) Presales
16 144 (8.32%) Decision-Making
16 144 (8.32%) DevOps
17 141 (8.15%) Continuous Improvement
18 140 (8.09%) Stakeholder Management
19 139 (8.03%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 71 (4.10%) Python
2 62 (3.58%) SQL
3 48 (2.77%) C#
4 27 (1.56%) Bicep
5 24 (1.39%) Java
6 19 (1.10%) Scala
7 18 (1.04%) Apex Code
8 16 (0.92%) Go
8 16 (0.92%) SOQL
8 16 (0.92%) SOSL
9 15 (0.87%) PowerShell
10 12 (0.69%) JavaScript
11 10 (0.58%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.23%) C
12 4 (0.23%) Ruby
12 4 (0.23%) Rust
13 3 (0.17%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.12%) ABAP
14 2 (0.12%) C++
14 2 (0.12%) X++
Qualifications
1 286 (16.52%) Security Cleared
2 238 (13.75%) SC Cleared
3 116 (6.70%) Degree
4 52 (3.00%) Azure Certification
5 45 (2.60%) CISSP
6 42 (2.43%) TOGAF Certification
7 36 (2.08%) AWS Certification
8 30 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
10 27 (1.56%) CISM
10 27 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 26 (1.50%) DV Cleared
12 23 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (0.87%) SnowPro
14 14 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 12 (0.69%) VCAP
15 12 (0.69%) VCDX
16 11 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 11 (0.64%) CCIE
16 11 (0.64%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (5.49%) GRC
2 79 (4.56%) NIST
3 72 (4.16%) Data Quality
4 57 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (1.73%) GDPR
6 25 (1.44%) Accessibility
7 22 (1.27%) NCSC
8 15 (0.87%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 15 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.52%) QA
11 8 (0.46%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.35%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.35%) PMO
13 5 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.29%) IFRS
13 5 (0.29%) NIST 800
13 5 (0.29%) WCAG
14 4 (0.23%) Def Stans
15 3 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
2 34 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (1.79%) Active Directory
4 24 (1.39%) Docker
5 23 (1.33%) vSphere
6 14 (0.81%) VMware NSX
7 11 (0.64%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.40%) vCloud
9 2 (0.12%) Firmware
10 1 (0.058%) iptables
Systems Management
1 49 (2.83%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (0.81%) CASB
4 11 (0.64%) Ansible
5 10 (0.58%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.35%) Avamar
6 6 (0.35%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.35%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.35%) VxRail
7 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.23%) SCCM
9 1 (0.058%) Argo
Vendors
1 354 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 85 (4.91%) Databricks
3 55 (3.18%) Cisco
4 47 (2.72%) Oracle
5 46 (2.66%) Palo Alto
6 41 (2.37%) Google
6 41 (2.37%) Salesforce
6 41 (2.37%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.14%) VMware
8 33 (1.91%) SAP
9 29 (1.68%) CrowdStrike
10 27 (1.56%) OpenAI
11 25 (1.44%) Tenable
12 16 (0.92%) Splunk
13 15 (0.87%) Juniper
14 14 (0.81%) Dell
14 14 (0.81%) Fortinet
15 13 (0.75%) Adobe
15 13 (0.75%) NetApp
15 13 (0.75%) Nimble Storage