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 29 July 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 92 25
Rank change year-on-year +68 -67 +8
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,612 613 2,029
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.36% 3.72% 7.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.83% 4.04% 7.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,151 426 1,287
10th Percentile £64,439 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,000 £66,522 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £107,500 £120,000
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 20,592 15,159 25,656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.10% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,903 9,397 19,178
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,584 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 29 July 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 29 July 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.

1 510 (31.64%) Azure
2 388 (24.07%) Roadmaps
3 344 (21.34%) Microsoft
4 284 (17.62%) Security Cleared
5 281 (17.43%) AWS
6 275 (17.06%) Agile
7 264 (16.38%) AI
8 235 (14.58%) SC Cleared
9 222 (13.77%) Enterprise Architecture
10 204 (12.66%) Technical Architecture
11 196 (12.16%) TOGAF
12 182 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 172 (10.67%) CI/CD
14 171 (10.61%) Technology Strategy
15 160 (9.93%) Cybersecurity
15 160 (9.93%) DevOps
16 153 (9.49%) Analytics
17 147 (9.12%) Mentoring
18 145 (9.00%) Presales
19 140 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
20 135 (8.37%) Technical Leadership
21 132 (8.19%) Business Strategy
21 132 (8.19%) Stakeholder Management
22 131 (8.13%) Data Architecture
23 129 (8.00%) Data Modelling
23 129 (8.00%) Infrastructure as Code
23 129 (8.00%) Migration
24 128 (7.94%) IT Strategy
25 124 (7.69%) GCP
26 123 (7.63%) Decision-Making

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 10 (0.62%) CMS
2 9 (0.56%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.31%) Confluence
4 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.19%) Apache
5 3 (0.19%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.19%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.062%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.062%) Appian
Applications
1 11 (0.68%) Chatbot
2 10 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.12%) PlantUML
6 2 (0.12%) Revit
7 1 (0.062%) ArchiCAD
7 1 (0.062%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.062%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (0.74%) Oracle General Ledger
1 12 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
2 9 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
2 9 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
2 9 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.12%) Shopify
8 1 (0.062%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.062%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.062%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.062%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.062%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.062%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 510 (31.64%) Azure
2 281 (17.43%) AWS
3 124 (7.69%) GCP
4 95 (5.89%) Power Platform
5 83 (5.15%) SaaS
6 72 (4.47%) Microsoft 365
7 61 (3.78%) Cloud Computing
8 58 (3.60%) Serverless
9 54 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
10 50 (3.10%) Entra ID
11 44 (2.73%) Snowflake
12 38 (2.36%) PaaS
13 35 (2.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 32 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
15 26 (1.61%) Anthropic Claude
16 25 (1.55%) dbt
17 21 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
18 18 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
19 17 (1.05%) Azure Service Bus
20 16 (0.99%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 112 (6.95%) WAN
2 88 (5.46%) LAN
3 59 (3.66%) Network Security
4 56 (3.47%) Broadband
5 39 (2.42%) Firewall
5 39 (2.42%) SD-WAN
6 28 (1.74%) MPLS
7 23 (1.43%) VPN
8 16 (0.99%) BGP
8 16 (0.99%) DNS
9 15 (0.93%) HTTP
10 14 (0.87%) IPsec
10 14 (0.87%) WLAN
11 13 (0.81%) SNMP
12 12 (0.74%) Kerberos
12 12 (0.74%) VoIP
12 12 (0.74%) VSAN
13 11 (0.68%) CTI
13 11 (0.68%) Unified Communications
13 11 (0.68%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (4.22%) Metadata
2 28 (1.74%) SQL Server
3 27 (1.67%) Power BI
4 25 (1.55%) Data Lake
5 24 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.18%) BigQuery
6 19 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (1.05%) MongoDB
8 15 (0.93%) Delta Lake
9 14 (0.87%) Data Vault
10 11 (0.68%) NoSQL
11 10 (0.62%) Tableau
12 8 (0.50%) Semantic Layer
13 7 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (0.43%) MySQL
14 6 (0.37%) Relational Database
15 5 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
16 4 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
16 4 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
17 3 (0.19%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 40 (2.48%) Jenkins
2 28 (1.74%) GitLab
3 27 (1.67%) SonarQube
4 25 (1.55%) Snyk
5 12 (0.74%) Claude Code
6 8 (0.50%) Git
7 5 (0.31%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.12%) MLflow
9 1 (0.062%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.062%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.062%) ERwin
9 1 (0.062%) JMeter
9 1 (0.062%) Maven
9 1 (0.062%) Postman
9 1 (0.062%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.062%) Selenium
General
1 358 (22.21%) Social Skills
2 312 (19.35%) Finance
3 243 (15.07%) Public Sector
4 194 (12.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 98 (6.08%) Law
6 95 (5.89%) Presentation Skills
7 90 (5.58%) Analytical Skills
8 69 (4.28%) Influencing Skills
9 51 (3.16%) Legal
10 47 (2.92%) Retail
11 44 (2.73%) Games
12 42 (2.61%) Marketing
13 37 (2.30%) Banking
14 20 (1.24%) Manufacturing
15 14 (0.87%) Telecoms
16 11 (0.68%) Back Office
17 9 (0.56%) Financial Institution
18 8 (0.50%) Health Technology
19 7 (0.43%) Advertising
19 7 (0.43%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.47%) REST
2 39 (2.42%) SOAP
3 37 (2.30%) .NET
4 30 (1.86%) Lightning Web Components
5 28 (1.74%) OAuth
6 27 (1.67%) Middleware
7 26 (1.61%) RESTful
7 26 (1.61%) Visualforce
8 24 (1.49%) SAML
9 18 (1.12%) LDAP
10 16 (0.99%) OpenID
10 16 (0.99%) PySpark
11 14 (0.87%) LangChain
12 12 (0.74%) LangGraph
13 11 (0.68%) Node.js
13 11 (0.68%) OpenAPI
13 11 (0.68%) Swagger
14 8 (0.50%) XML
15 7 (0.43%) Django
15 7 (0.43%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 112 (6.95%) Cloud Native
2 68 (4.22%) Data Centre
3 53 (3.29%) Product Ownership
4 34 (2.11%) Management Information System
5 32 (1.99%) Cyberattack
6 31 (1.92%) Virtual Team
7 28 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
8 26 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (1.12%) Public Cloud
10 17 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (0.93%) AI Agents
12 14 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (0.74%) Hedge funds
14 11 (0.68%) IVR
15 10 (0.62%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 10 (0.62%) Low-Code
15 10 (0.62%) Video\Live Streaming
16 9 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
17 8 (0.50%) CMDB
17 8 (0.50%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 16 (0.99%) Windows
2 9 (0.56%) Linux
3 4 (0.25%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (24.07%) Roadmaps
2 275 (17.06%) Agile
3 264 (16.38%) AI
4 222 (13.77%) Enterprise Architecture
5 204 (12.66%) Technical Architecture
6 196 (12.16%) TOGAF
7 182 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 172 (10.67%) CI/CD
9 171 (10.61%) Technology Strategy
10 160 (9.93%) Cybersecurity
10 160 (9.93%) DevOps
11 153 (9.49%) Analytics
12 147 (9.12%) Mentoring
13 145 (9.00%) Presales
14 140 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
15 135 (8.37%) Technical Leadership
16 132 (8.19%) Business Strategy
16 132 (8.19%) Stakeholder Management
17 131 (8.13%) Data Architecture
18 129 (8.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 62 (3.85%) Python
2 53 (3.29%) SQL
3 37 (2.30%) C#
4 30 (1.86%) Apex Code
5 28 (1.74%) SOQL
5 28 (1.74%) SOSL
6 25 (1.55%) Bicep
7 18 (1.12%) Java
7 18 (1.12%) PowerShell
8 14 (0.87%) Scala
9 12 (0.74%) Go
9 12 (0.74%) JavaScript
10 10 (0.62%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.25%) Ruby
12 3 (0.19%) C
13 2 (0.12%) Bash
13 2 (0.12%) C++
13 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.12%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.12%) X++
Qualifications
1 284 (17.62%) Security Cleared
2 235 (14.58%) SC Cleared
3 109 (6.76%) Degree
4 48 (2.98%) CISSP
5 46 (2.85%) Azure Certification
6 39 (2.42%) TOGAF Certification
7 32 (1.99%) AWS Certification
8 28 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
10 26 (1.61%) DV Cleared
11 25 (1.55%) CISM
12 22 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.81%) CCNP
15 12 (0.74%) VCAP
15 12 (0.74%) VCDX
15 12 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 11 (0.68%) SnowPro
17 10 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 10 (0.62%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (5.96%) GRC
2 78 (4.84%) NIST
3 70 (4.34%) Data Quality
4 53 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (1.80%) GDPR
6 22 (1.36%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.36%) NCSC
7 15 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 13 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 12 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.56%) PMO
10 9 (0.56%) QA
11 8 (0.50%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.43%) WCAG
13 6 (0.37%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.31%) IFRS
15 4 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 4 (0.25%) Def Stans
15 4 (0.25%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
2 34 (2.11%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.30%) vSphere
5 19 (1.18%) Docker
6 12 (0.74%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.62%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.43%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 41 (2.54%) Kubernetes
2 35 (2.17%) Terraform
3 25 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (0.81%) CASB
5 12 (0.74%) Ansible
6 10 (0.62%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.37%) Avamar
7 6 (0.37%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.37%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.37%) VxRail
8 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.31%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.19%) Endace
10 1 (0.062%) Argo
10 1 (0.062%) SCCM
Vendors
1 344 (21.34%) Microsoft
2 64 (3.97%) Databricks
3 58 (3.60%) Cisco
4 48 (2.98%) Salesforce
5 47 (2.92%) Palo Alto
6 38 (2.36%) Oracle
7 31 (1.92%) SAP
8 30 (1.86%) ServiceNow
8 30 (1.86%) VMware
9 29 (1.80%) CrowdStrike
10 28 (1.74%) Splunk
11 27 (1.67%) Google
11 27 (1.67%) OpenAI
12 25 (1.55%) Tenable
13 15 (0.93%) Juniper
14 14 (0.87%) Dell
14 14 (0.87%) Fortinet
15 13 (0.81%) NetApp
15 13 (0.81%) Nimble Storage
16 12 (0.74%) Broadcom