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 15 October 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 97 27
Rank change year-on-year +72 -70 +9
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,807 601 1,535
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.19% 3.64% 7.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.65% 3.90% 7.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,233 394 966
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,525 £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 £115,000 £110,000 £122,500
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 23,615 15,415 20,109
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 93.24% 96.56%
Number of salaries quoted 16,192 8,723 12,727
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.35% -2.73% -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 15 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 15 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.

1 522 (28.89%) Azure
2 471 (26.07%) Roadmaps
3 373 (20.64%) Microsoft
4 344 (19.04%) AI
5 307 (16.99%) AWS
6 300 (16.60%) Security Cleared
7 281 (15.55%) Agile
8 246 (13.61%) SC Cleared
9 232 (12.84%) Technical Leadership
10 215 (11.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 214 (11.84%) Enterprise Architecture
11 214 (11.84%) Technical Architecture
12 190 (10.51%) Technology Strategy
13 183 (10.13%) Analytics
13 183 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
14 174 (9.63%) Data Architecture
15 170 (9.41%) Cybersecurity
15 170 (9.41%) TOGAF
16 168 (9.30%) Mentoring
17 166 (9.19%) Architectural Patterns
18 163 (9.02%) CI/CD
19 159 (8.80%) Decision-Making
20 149 (8.25%) Migration
21 148 (8.19%) Continuous Improvement
21 148 (8.19%) IT Strategy
22 145 (8.02%) Presales
23 141 (7.80%) Data Modelling
24 140 (7.75%) Infrastructure as Code
25 135 (7.47%) Architecture Governance
26 132 (7.30%) GCP

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 (1.16%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.33%) 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 (0.055%) Appian
6 1 (0.055%) JBoss
6 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.055%) SAS
6 1 (0.055%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (0.61%) Chatbot
2 8 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.28%) Notion
4 5 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.17%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.11%) Revit
7 2 (0.11%) Weka
8 1 (0.055%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.77%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.055%) Infor CloudSuite
9 1 (0.055%) Infor LN
9 1 (0.055%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.055%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.055%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.055%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 522 (28.89%) Azure
2 307 (16.99%) AWS
3 132 (7.30%) GCP
4 113 (6.25%) SaaS
5 110 (6.09%) Power Platform
6 88 (4.87%) Microsoft 365
7 72 (3.98%) Entra ID
8 63 (3.49%) Cloud Computing
9 61 (3.38%) Snowflake
10 54 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
11 51 (2.82%) Anthropic Claude
12 48 (2.66%) Serverless
13 44 (2.43%) PaaS
14 38 (2.10%) Amazon Bedrock
14 38 (2.10%) Microsoft Purview
15 31 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
16 28 (1.55%) dbt
16 28 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
17 27 (1.49%) Azure Databricks
18 25 (1.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 97 (5.37%) WAN
2 79 (4.37%) LAN
3 57 (3.15%) Network Security
4 32 (1.77%) Firewall
5 30 (1.66%) SD-WAN
6 23 (1.27%) MPLS
7 22 (1.22%) Broadband
8 21 (1.16%) VPN
9 16 (0.89%) DNS
9 16 (0.89%) Unified Communications
10 15 (0.83%) BGP
11 14 (0.77%) HTTP
11 14 (0.77%) IPsec
12 13 (0.72%) WLAN
13 11 (0.61%) CTI
13 11 (0.61%) DHCP
13 11 (0.61%) SSL
13 11 (0.61%) VLAN
13 11 (0.61%) VoIP
14 10 (0.55%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (5.09%) Metadata
2 41 (2.27%) Power BI
3 26 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (1.38%) Data Lake
5 24 (1.33%) SQL Server
6 23 (1.27%) Delta Lake
7 20 (1.11%) Data Vault
7 20 (1.11%) MongoDB
7 20 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (0.66%) BigQuery
8 12 (0.66%) MySQL
8 12 (0.66%) Tableau
9 9 (0.50%) Metadata Repository
10 8 (0.44%) 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 (2.32%) Claude Code
2 14 (0.77%) Snyk
3 10 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.39%) Git
5 4 (0.22%) GitLab
6 3 (0.17%) JIRA
6 3 (0.17%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.11%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.11%) ERwin
7 2 (0.11%) MLflow
8 1 (0.055%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.055%) JMeter
8 1 (0.055%) Maven
8 1 (0.055%) Postman
8 1 (0.055%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.055%) Selenium
8 1 (0.055%) SonarQube
General
1 427 (23.63%) Social Skills
2 426 (23.57%) Finance
3 274 (15.16%) Public Sector
4 159 (8.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 104 (5.76%) Law
6 100 (5.53%) Presentation Skills
7 98 (5.42%) Analytical Skills
7 98 (5.42%) Influencing Skills
8 89 (4.93%) Banking
9 57 (3.15%) Legal
10 51 (2.82%) Retail
11 27 (1.49%) Back Office
12 20 (1.11%) Financial Institution
13 16 (0.89%) Aerospace
14 14 (0.77%) Manufacturing
14 14 (0.77%) Telecoms
15 13 (0.72%) Marketing
16 12 (0.66%) French Language
17 11 (0.61%) Games
18 9 (0.50%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.71%) Terraform
2 47 (2.60%) Middleware
3 45 (2.49%) .NET
4 38 (2.10%) RESTful
5 31 (1.72%) REST
6 26 (1.44%) LangChain
7 24 (1.33%) LangGraph
7 24 (1.33%) OpenAPI
7 24 (1.33%) Swagger
8 22 (1.22%) OAuth
9 21 (1.16%) PySpark
10 19 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
11 18 (1.00%) SAML
12 13 (0.72%) LDAP
12 13 (0.72%) SOAP
13 11 (0.61%) Kafka
14 10 (0.55%) Django
14 10 (0.55%) OpenID
15 9 (0.50%) XML
16 8 (0.44%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 129 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 55 (3.04%) AI Agents
2 55 (3.04%) Data Centre
3 43 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 38 (2.10%) Product Ownership
5 36 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
5 36 (1.99%) Hedge funds
6 31 (1.72%) Virtual Team
7 24 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
8 22 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (0.77%) Low-Code
11 13 (0.72%) Onboarding
12 12 (0.66%) IVR
12 12 (0.66%) Public Cloud
13 11 (0.61%) Cyberattack
14 10 (0.55%) Cyber Defence
14 10 (0.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 10 (0.55%) Video\Live Streaming
15 9 (0.50%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.11%) Linux
2 18 (1.00%) Windows
3 7 (0.39%) macOS
4 4 (0.22%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.055%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.055%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (26.07%) Roadmaps
2 344 (19.04%) AI
3 281 (15.55%) Agile
4 232 (12.84%) Technical Leadership
5 215 (11.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 214 (11.84%) Enterprise Architecture
6 214 (11.84%) Technical Architecture
7 190 (10.51%) Technology Strategy
8 183 (10.13%) Analytics
8 183 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
9 174 (9.63%) Data Architecture
10 170 (9.41%) Cybersecurity
10 170 (9.41%) TOGAF
11 168 (9.30%) Mentoring
12 166 (9.19%) Architectural Patterns
13 163 (9.02%) CI/CD
14 159 (8.80%) Decision-Making
15 149 (8.25%) Migration
16 148 (8.19%) Continuous Improvement
16 148 (8.19%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 80 (4.43%) Python
2 58 (3.21%) C#
2 58 (3.21%) SQL
3 36 (1.99%) Bicep
4 24 (1.33%) Java
5 20 (1.11%) Scala
6 16 (0.89%) Go
6 16 (0.89%) PowerShell
7 13 (0.72%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.39%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.33%) C
9 6 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.33%) Rust
10 4 (0.22%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.17%) Ruby
11 3 (0.17%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.17%) X++
12 2 (0.11%) ABAP
12 2 (0.11%) SOQL
12 2 (0.11%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 300 (16.60%) Security Cleared
2 246 (13.61%) SC Cleared
3 112 (6.20%) Degree
4 67 (3.71%) Azure Certification
5 56 (3.10%) TOGAF Certification
6 44 (2.43%) CISSP
7 42 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 39 (2.16%) AWS Certification
9 37 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 30 (1.66%) CISM
11 29 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 26 (1.44%) DV Cleared
13 16 (0.89%) SnowPro
14 13 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
15 12 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 12 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 9 (0.50%) CIPD
16 9 (0.50%) VCAP
16 9 (0.50%) VCDX
17 8 (0.44%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (4.59%) GRC
2 78 (4.32%) Data Quality
3 65 (3.60%) NIST
4 63 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 40 (2.21%) GDPR
6 37 (2.05%) Accessibility
7 25 (1.38%) NCSC
8 14 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 12 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.44%) ISO 9001
10 8 (0.44%) QA
11 7 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.33%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.33%) 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%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.17%) SLA
16 2 (0.11%) COBIT
System Software
1 35 (1.94%) Active Directory
2 28 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (1.49%) Docker
4 21 (1.16%) vSphere
5 18 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.66%) VMware NSX
7 11 (0.61%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.22%) vCloud
9 2 (0.11%) Firmware
10 1 (0.055%) iptables
10 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 53 (2.93%) Kubernetes
2 24 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (0.83%) CASB
4 10 (0.55%) Ansible
4 10 (0.55%) FortiGate
5 9 (0.50%) Grafana
6 6 (0.33%) Avamar
6 6 (0.33%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (0.33%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.33%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.33%) VxRail
7 5 (0.28%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.22%) SCCM
9 1 (0.055%) Argo
Vendors
1 373 (20.64%) Microsoft
2 88 (4.87%) Databricks
3 67 (3.71%) Oracle
4 57 (3.15%) ServiceNow
5 47 (2.60%) Cisco
6 40 (2.21%) Google
7 34 (1.88%) SAP
8 32 (1.77%) VMware
9 31 (1.72%) Palo Alto
10 28 (1.55%) Salesforce
11 27 (1.49%) OpenAI
12 18 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
13 16 (0.89%) Juniper
14 14 (0.77%) Dynatrace
14 14 (0.77%) Tenable
15 13 (0.72%) NetApp
16 12 (0.66%) Genesys
16 12 (0.66%) YouTube
17 11 (0.61%) Avaya
17 11 (0.61%) Dell