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 20 May 2026.

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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 87 30
Rank change year-on-year +60 -57 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,333 644 2,186
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.09% 4.27% 6.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.56% 4.63% 7.00%
Number of salaries quoted 915 469 1,420
10th Percentile £62,000 £61,243 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,700 £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 17,621 13,922 31,249
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 92.22% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12,951 8,831 24,870
10th Percentile £34,764 £31,250 £33,116
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 20 May 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 20 May 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.

1 367 (27.53%) Azure
2 250 (18.75%) Roadmaps
3 233 (17.48%) AWS
4 208 (15.60%) Security Cleared
5 202 (15.15%) Agile
6 191 (14.33%) Microsoft
7 180 (13.50%) AI
8 178 (13.35%) TOGAF
9 159 (11.93%) SC Cleared
10 154 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
11 152 (11.40%) Enterprise Architecture
12 148 (11.10%) DevOps
13 126 (9.45%) Mentoring
14 122 (9.15%) CI/CD
15 118 (8.85%) Technology Strategy
16 110 (8.25%) GCP
17 108 (8.10%) Data Modelling
18 105 (7.88%) Data Architecture
18 105 (7.88%) Migration
19 103 (7.73%) Analytics
20 100 (7.50%) Presales
21 96 (7.20%) Continuous Improvement
22 93 (6.98%) Microservices
22 93 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
23 91 (6.83%) Event-Driven
24 90 (6.75%) Stakeholder Management
25 89 (6.68%) IT Strategy
25 89 (6.68%) Technical Leadership
26 87 (6.53%) Degree
27 86 (6.45%) 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 14 (1.05%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.90%) CMS
3 8 (0.60%) Confluence
4 7 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.53%) JBoss
4 7 (0.53%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.30%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.30%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.30%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.23%) Apache
6 3 (0.23%) SAS
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.075%) IIS
8 1 (0.075%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.075%) Strapi
Applications
1 6 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.15%) ArchiCAD
4 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.15%) Revit
5 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.075%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.075%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 16 (1.20%) Oracle Assets
1 16 (1.20%) Oracle Financials
1 16 (1.20%) Oracle General Ledger
1 16 (1.20%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.075%) Actimize
5 1 (0.075%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.075%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.075%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.075%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.075%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 367 (27.53%) Azure
2 233 (17.48%) AWS
3 110 (8.25%) GCP
4 73 (5.48%) Serverless
5 70 (5.25%) SaaS
6 54 (4.05%) Power Platform
7 43 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
8 38 (2.85%) Entra ID
9 29 (2.18%) PaaS
10 28 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
10 28 (2.10%) Snowflake
11 21 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 17 (1.28%) IaaS
14 15 (1.13%) Azure Machine Learning
15 12 (0.90%) Azure AI
15 12 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (0.83%) Nutanix
17 10 (0.75%) Azure Service Bus
17 10 (0.75%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 82 (6.15%) Broadband
2 42 (3.15%) WAN
3 39 (2.93%) Network Security
4 38 (2.85%) Firewall
5 31 (2.33%) SD-WAN
6 26 (1.95%) LAN
7 22 (1.65%) VPN
8 20 (1.50%) MPLS
9 11 (0.83%) WLAN
10 10 (0.75%) Kerberos
11 9 (0.68%) BGP
11 9 (0.68%) Cisco Firepower
12 8 (0.60%) VSAN
13 7 (0.53%) VXLAN
14 6 (0.45%) HTTP
14 6 (0.45%) SNMP
15 5 (0.38%) DNS
15 5 (0.38%) IPsec
15 5 (0.38%) SSL
15 5 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (3.53%) Metadata
2 29 (2.18%) SQL Server
3 19 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.35%) Power BI
5 16 (1.20%) NoSQL
6 15 (1.13%) Data Lake
7 14 (1.05%) BigQuery
7 14 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (0.68%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.45%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.45%) Tableau
10 5 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (0.30%) Big Data
11 4 (0.30%) GIS
11 4 (0.30%) MySQL
11 4 (0.30%) QGIS
11 4 (0.30%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.23%) Semantic Layer
13 2 (0.15%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 45 (3.38%) Jenkins
2 34 (2.55%) GitLab
2 34 (2.55%) SonarQube
3 25 (1.88%) Snyk
4 6 (0.45%) Git
5 5 (0.38%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.15%) MLflow
6 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.075%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.075%) JIRA
7 1 (0.075%) JMeter
7 1 (0.075%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.075%) Postman
7 1 (0.075%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.075%) Selenium
General
1 223 (16.73%) Social Skills
2 199 (14.93%) Public Sector
3 180 (13.50%) Finance
4 146 (10.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 74 (5.55%) Analytical Skills
6 66 (4.95%) Games
7 59 (4.43%) Law
8 56 (4.20%) Marketing
9 42 (3.15%) Legal
10 39 (2.93%) Retail
11 35 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
12 28 (2.10%) Banking
13 23 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.58%) Telecoms
15 14 (1.05%) Manufacturing
16 13 (0.98%) Back Office
17 10 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.53%) Financial Institution
19 6 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
19 6 (0.45%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (4.95%) REST
2 53 (3.98%) SOAP
3 42 (3.15%) .NET
4 36 (2.70%) Lightning Web Components
4 36 (2.70%) Middleware
5 34 (2.55%) Visualforce
6 23 (1.73%) OAuth
7 22 (1.65%) OpenID
8 21 (1.58%) RESTful
9 19 (1.43%) SAML
10 18 (1.35%) LDAP
11 13 (0.98%) GraphQL
12 10 (0.75%) Spring
13 9 (0.68%) Hibernate
14 8 (0.60%) .NET Core
14 8 (0.60%) Node.js
15 7 (0.53%) Django
15 7 (0.53%) OpenAPI
15 7 (0.53%) Swagger
16 6 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (4.50%) Cloud Native
2 58 (4.35%) Data Centre
3 51 (3.83%) Product Ownership
4 37 (2.78%) Cyberattack
5 32 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
6 30 (2.25%) Public Cloud
7 27 (2.03%) Management Information System
7 27 (2.03%) Virtual Team
8 26 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.28%) PKI
10 14 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
10 14 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (0.98%) IoT
12 11 (0.83%) Operational Technology
13 10 (0.75%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (0.60%) Video\Live Streaming
15 7 (0.53%) DataPower
15 7 (0.53%) Onboarding
16 6 (0.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.98%) Windows
2 9 (0.68%) Linux
3 5 (0.38%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.30%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (18.75%) Roadmaps
2 202 (15.15%) Agile
3 180 (13.50%) AI
4 178 (13.35%) TOGAF
5 154 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
6 152 (11.40%) Enterprise Architecture
7 148 (11.10%) DevOps
8 126 (9.45%) Mentoring
9 122 (9.15%) CI/CD
10 118 (8.85%) Technology Strategy
11 108 (8.10%) Data Modelling
12 105 (7.88%) Data Architecture
12 105 (7.88%) Migration
13 103 (7.73%) Analytics
14 100 (7.50%) Presales
15 96 (7.20%) Continuous Improvement
16 93 (6.98%) Microservices
16 93 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
17 91 (6.83%) Event-Driven
18 90 (6.75%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (3.53%) Python
2 44 (3.30%) SQL
3 36 (2.70%) Apex Code
3 36 (2.70%) SOQL
3 36 (2.70%) SOSL
4 34 (2.55%) C#
5 28 (2.10%) Java
6 21 (1.58%) PowerShell
7 16 (1.20%) TypeScript
8 14 (1.05%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.60%) Bash
9 8 (0.60%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.53%) Go
11 5 (0.38%) Bicep
12 3 (0.23%) Scala
13 2 (0.15%) C++
13 2 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.075%) R
14 1 (0.075%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 208 (15.60%) Security Cleared
2 159 (11.93%) SC Cleared
3 87 (6.53%) Degree
4 46 (3.45%) CISSP
5 42 (3.15%) TOGAF Certification
6 41 (3.08%) Azure Certification
7 34 (2.55%) AWS Certification
8 33 (2.48%) DV Cleared
9 30 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 29 (2.18%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (1.65%) CISM
12 21 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 13 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (0.90%) CCNP
15 9 (0.68%) CCIE
16 8 (0.60%) VCAP
16 8 (0.60%) VCDX
16 8 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (4.43%) NIST
2 34 (2.55%) GRC
2 34 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 22 (1.65%) GDPR
4 22 (1.65%) NCSC
5 12 (0.90%) Accessibility
5 12 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
6 10 (0.75%) PCI DSS
7 9 (0.68%) PMO
7 9 (0.68%) QA
8 8 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.53%) WCAG
10 6 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 5 (0.38%) IFRS
12 3 (0.23%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.15%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.15%) SLA
13 2 (0.15%) Solvency II
14 1 (0.075%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 38 (2.85%) Virtual Machines
2 28 (2.10%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.90%) Docker
4 12 (0.90%) vSphere
5 9 (0.68%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.53%) vCloud
7 4 (0.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 28 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
2 15 (1.13%) Ansible
3 12 (0.90%) Kubernetes
4 11 (0.83%) Terraform
5 6 (0.45%) Endace
6 4 (0.30%) Avamar
6 4 (0.30%) Dell DRAC
6 4 (0.30%) EMC NetWorker
6 4 (0.30%) EMC VPLEX
6 4 (0.30%) VxRail
7 3 (0.23%) CASB
8 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.075%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.075%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.075%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 191 (14.33%) Microsoft
2 48 (3.60%) Salesforce
3 38 (2.85%) Cisco
3 38 (2.85%) Databricks
4 37 (2.78%) Palo Alto
4 37 (2.78%) Splunk
5 35 (2.63%) Google
6 31 (2.33%) Oracle
7 29 (2.18%) CrowdStrike
8 25 (1.88%) Tenable
9 24 (1.80%) SAP
10 22 (1.65%) VMware
11 21 (1.58%) ServiceNow
12 17 (1.28%) Juniper
13 13 (0.98%) Fortinet
14 12 (0.90%) Dell
14 12 (0.90%) Meraki
15 11 (0.83%) NetApp
15 11 (0.83%) Nimble Storage
16 9 (0.68%) OpenAI