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 9 October 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 103 26
Rank change year-on-year +78 -77 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,786 595 1,624
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.21% 3.54% 7.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.67% 3.80% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,229 394 982
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £67,875 £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 £110,000 £125,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +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 23,273 15,647 20,929
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 93.19% 96.57%
Number of salaries quoted 16,038 8,787 13,019
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,363 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,210 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.42% -2.39% -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 9 October 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 9 October 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.

1 508 (28.44%) Azure
2 456 (25.53%) Roadmaps
3 355 (19.88%) Microsoft
4 336 (18.81%) AI
5 306 (17.13%) AWS
6 289 (16.18%) Security Cleared
7 279 (15.62%) Agile
8 238 (13.33%) SC Cleared
9 219 (12.26%) Technical Leadership
10 214 (11.98%) Technical Architecture
11 210 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 209 (11.70%) Enterprise Architecture
13 190 (10.64%) Technology Strategy
14 179 (10.02%) Analytics
15 170 (9.52%) Mentoring
16 168 (9.41%) TOGAF
17 167 (9.35%) Cybersecurity
18 166 (9.29%) Stakeholder Management
19 165 (9.24%) CI/CD
19 165 (9.24%) Data Architecture
20 148 (8.29%) Architectural Patterns
21 147 (8.23%) Decision-Making
21 147 (8.23%) IT Strategy
21 147 (8.23%) Presales
22 144 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
23 142 (7.95%) Migration
24 141 (7.89%) Infrastructure as Code
25 138 (7.73%) Data Modelling
26 134 (7.50%) GCP
27 131 (7.33%) DevOps

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 21 (1.18%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.39%) CMS
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%) JBoss
6 1 (0.056%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.056%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (0.62%) Chatbot
2 8 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.17%) Notion
6 3 (0.17%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.11%) Revit
7 2 (0.11%) Weka
8 1 (0.056%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
3 8 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
4 5 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.056%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.056%) Infor LN
8 1 (0.056%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.056%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.056%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.056%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 508 (28.44%) Azure
2 306 (17.13%) AWS
3 134 (7.50%) GCP
4 110 (6.16%) SaaS
5 106 (5.94%) Power Platform
6 84 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
7 67 (3.75%) Entra ID
8 63 (3.53%) Cloud Computing
9 61 (3.42%) Snowflake
10 53 (2.97%) Serverless
11 52 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
12 51 (2.86%) Anthropic Claude
13 42 (2.35%) PaaS
14 38 (2.13%) Amazon Bedrock
15 34 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
16 30 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
17 27 (1.51%) Azure Databricks
17 27 (1.51%) dbt
18 25 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 24 (1.34%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 97 (5.43%) WAN
2 79 (4.42%) LAN
3 56 (3.14%) Network Security
4 31 (1.74%) Firewall
5 30 (1.68%) SD-WAN
6 23 (1.29%) Broadband
6 23 (1.29%) MPLS
7 20 (1.12%) VPN
8 16 (0.90%) DNS
8 16 (0.90%) Unified Communications
9 15 (0.84%) BGP
10 14 (0.78%) HTTP
10 14 (0.78%) IPsec
11 13 (0.73%) WLAN
12 11 (0.62%) CTI
12 11 (0.62%) DHCP
12 11 (0.62%) SSL
12 11 (0.62%) VLAN
12 11 (0.62%) VoIP
13 10 (0.56%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (5.04%) Metadata
2 38 (2.13%) Power BI
3 27 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (1.40%) Data Lake
5 24 (1.34%) SQL Server
6 22 (1.23%) Delta Lake
7 20 (1.12%) Data Vault
7 20 (1.12%) MongoDB
7 20 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (0.67%) BigQuery
8 12 (0.67%) MySQL
8 12 (0.67%) Tableau
9 9 (0.50%) Metadata Repository
10 8 (0.45%) Semantic Layer
11 7 (0.39%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.28%) Relational Database
13 4 (0.22%) Big Data
13 4 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 42 (2.35%) Claude Code
2 18 (1.01%) Snyk
3 10 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.45%) Git
5 4 (0.22%) Rational Rhapsody
6 3 (0.17%) GitLab
7 2 (0.11%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.11%) ERwin
7 2 (0.11%) JIRA
7 2 (0.11%) MLflow
8 1 (0.056%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.056%) JMeter
8 1 (0.056%) Maven
8 1 (0.056%) Postman
8 1 (0.056%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.056%) Selenium
8 1 (0.056%) SonarQube
General
1 416 (23.29%) Social Skills
2 414 (23.18%) Finance
3 282 (15.79%) Public Sector
4 165 (9.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 104 (5.82%) Law
6 98 (5.49%) Presentation Skills
7 95 (5.32%) Influencing Skills
8 93 (5.21%) Analytical Skills
9 86 (4.82%) Banking
10 55 (3.08%) Legal
11 51 (2.86%) Retail
12 27 (1.51%) Back Office
13 20 (1.12%) Financial Institution
14 16 (0.90%) Aerospace
15 14 (0.78%) Marketing
15 14 (0.78%) Telecoms
16 13 (0.73%) Manufacturing
17 12 (0.67%) French Language
17 12 (0.67%) Games
18 9 (0.50%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.74%) Middleware
1 49 (2.74%) Terraform
2 38 (2.13%) RESTful
3 36 (2.02%) .NET
4 30 (1.68%) REST
5 26 (1.46%) LangChain
6 24 (1.34%) LangGraph
6 24 (1.34%) OpenAPI
6 24 (1.34%) Swagger
7 22 (1.23%) OAuth
8 21 (1.18%) PySpark
9 18 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
9 18 (1.01%) SAML
10 13 (0.73%) LDAP
10 13 (0.73%) SOAP
11 10 (0.56%) Django
11 10 (0.56%) Kafka
11 10 (0.56%) OpenID
12 9 (0.50%) XML
13 8 (0.45%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 127 (7.11%) Cloud Native
2 60 (3.36%) Data Centre
3 50 (2.80%) AI Agents
4 42 (2.35%) Management Information System
5 39 (2.18%) Product Ownership
6 36 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
6 36 (2.02%) Hedge funds
7 32 (1.79%) Virtual Team
8 24 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (0.78%) Cyberattack
12 13 (0.73%) Low-Code
12 13 (0.73%) Onboarding
13 12 (0.67%) IVR
13 12 (0.67%) Public Cloud
14 10 (0.56%) Cyber Defence
14 10 (0.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 10 (0.56%) Video\Live Streaming
15 8 (0.45%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.06%) Linux
2 18 (1.01%) Windows
3 7 (0.39%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.22%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.056%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.056%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 456 (25.53%) Roadmaps
2 336 (18.81%) AI
3 279 (15.62%) Agile
4 219 (12.26%) Technical Leadership
5 214 (11.98%) Technical Architecture
6 210 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 209 (11.70%) Enterprise Architecture
8 190 (10.64%) Technology Strategy
9 179 (10.02%) Analytics
10 170 (9.52%) Mentoring
11 168 (9.41%) TOGAF
12 167 (9.35%) Cybersecurity
13 166 (9.29%) Stakeholder Management
14 165 (9.24%) CI/CD
14 165 (9.24%) Data Architecture
15 148 (8.29%) Architectural Patterns
16 147 (8.23%) Decision-Making
16 147 (8.23%) IT Strategy
16 147 (8.23%) Presales
17 144 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 75 (4.20%) Python
2 56 (3.14%) SQL
3 49 (2.74%) C#
4 36 (2.02%) Bicep
5 24 (1.34%) Java
6 20 (1.12%) Scala
7 16 (0.90%) Go
8 14 (0.78%) JavaScript
9 13 (0.73%) PowerShell
10 8 (0.45%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.34%) Rust
12 4 (0.22%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.22%) C
12 4 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.17%) Ruby
13 3 (0.17%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.17%) X++
14 2 (0.11%) ABAP
14 2 (0.11%) SOQL
14 2 (0.11%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 289 (16.18%) Security Cleared
2 238 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 109 (6.10%) Degree
4 66 (3.70%) Azure Certification
5 53 (2.97%) TOGAF Certification
6 44 (2.46%) CISSP
7 40 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
8 38 (2.13%) AWS Certification
9 36 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 30 (1.68%) CISM
11 28 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (1.34%) DV Cleared
13 16 (0.90%) SnowPro
14 14 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (0.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 12 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 10 (0.56%) VCAP
17 10 (0.56%) VCDX
18 9 (0.50%) CIPD
19 8 (0.45%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (4.87%) GRC
2 76 (4.26%) Data Quality
3 67 (3.75%) NIST
4 62 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 37 (2.07%) GDPR
6 36 (2.02%) Accessibility
7 24 (1.34%) NCSC
8 15 (0.84%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 12 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.45%) ISO 9001
10 8 (0.45%) QA
11 7 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.34%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.34%) PMO
13 5 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.22%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.22%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.17%) SLA
16 2 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 33 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 29 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (1.51%) Docker
4 22 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (1.23%) vSphere
5 13 (0.73%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.62%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.28%) vCloud
8 2 (0.11%) Firmware
9 1 (0.056%) iptables
9 1 (0.056%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 53 (2.97%) Kubernetes
2 25 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (0.84%) CASB
4 10 (0.56%) Ansible
4 10 (0.56%) FortiGate
5 9 (0.50%) Grafana
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%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.34%) VxRail
7 5 (0.28%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.22%) SCCM
9 1 (0.056%) Argo
Vendors
1 355 (19.88%) Microsoft
2 86 (4.82%) Databricks
3 66 (3.70%) Oracle
4 58 (3.25%) ServiceNow
5 47 (2.63%) Cisco
6 40 (2.24%) Google
7 35 (1.96%) Palo Alto
8 34 (1.90%) SAP
9 33 (1.85%) VMware
10 27 (1.51%) OpenAI
11 26 (1.46%) Salesforce
12 22 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
13 18 (1.01%) Tenable
14 16 (0.90%) Juniper
15 14 (0.78%) Dynatrace
15 14 (0.78%) NetApp
16 12 (0.67%) Adobe
16 12 (0.67%) Dell
16 12 (0.67%) Genesys
17 11 (0.62%) Nimble Storage