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 21 August 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 101 23
Rank change year-on-year +75 -78 +12
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,690 574 1,947
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.36% 3.46% 7.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.83% 3.75% 8.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,203 391 1,199
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,431 £81,764 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% +2.20% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £107,500 £125,000
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 21,595 15,325 23,813
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 92.48% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 15,427 9,279 17,053
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,400
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 £96,250
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 21 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 21 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.

1 517 (30.59%) Azure
2 425 (25.15%) Roadmaps
3 352 (20.83%) Microsoft
4 301 (17.81%) AI
4 301 (17.81%) AWS
5 288 (17.04%) Security Cleared
6 284 (16.80%) Agile
7 241 (14.26%) SC Cleared
8 226 (13.37%) Enterprise Architecture
9 205 (12.13%) Technical Architecture
10 193 (11.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 188 (11.12%) Technology Strategy
12 185 (10.95%) TOGAF
13 173 (10.24%) CI/CD
14 165 (9.76%) Technical Leadership
15 164 (9.70%) Analytics
16 162 (9.59%) Cybersecurity
17 151 (8.93%) Mentoring
18 147 (8.70%) DevOps
18 147 (8.70%) Presales
19 146 (8.64%) Data Architecture
20 145 (8.58%) Continuous Improvement
21 144 (8.52%) Stakeholder Management
22 140 (8.28%) Decision-Making
22 140 (8.28%) IT Strategy
23 137 (8.11%) GCP
24 136 (8.05%) Infrastructure as Code
25 133 (7.87%) Business Strategy
26 129 (7.63%) Data Modelling
27 128 (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 22 (1.30%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.65%) CMS
3 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.30%) Apache
4 5 (0.30%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.30%) Confluence
5 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.18%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.059%) Appian
6 1 (0.059%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 11 (0.65%) Chatbot
2 10 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.18%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.059%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.059%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.059%) Revit
7 1 (0.059%) Weka
Business Applications
1 12 (0.71%) Oracle General Ledger
1 12 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
3 9 (0.53%) Oracle Financials
4 8 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.12%) Shopify
8 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.059%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.059%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.059%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.059%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 517 (30.59%) Azure
2 301 (17.81%) AWS
3 137 (8.11%) GCP
4 101 (5.98%) Power Platform
5 97 (5.74%) SaaS
6 78 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
7 62 (3.67%) Cloud Computing
8 58 (3.43%) Serverless
9 53 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
9 53 (3.14%) Entra ID
9 53 (3.14%) Snowflake
10 37 (2.19%) PaaS
11 35 (2.07%) Anthropic Claude
11 35 (2.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 29 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
12 29 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
13 24 (1.42%) Amazon Bedrock
13 24 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
13 24 (1.42%) dbt
14 18 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 109 (6.45%) WAN
2 87 (5.15%) LAN
3 61 (3.61%) Network Security
4 48 (2.84%) Broadband
5 39 (2.31%) Firewall
6 38 (2.25%) SD-WAN
7 27 (1.60%) MPLS
8 20 (1.18%) VPN
9 16 (0.95%) DNS
10 15 (0.89%) BGP
11 14 (0.83%) HTTP
11 14 (0.83%) IPsec
11 14 (0.83%) WLAN
12 13 (0.77%) Unified Communications
13 12 (0.71%) VSAN
14 11 (0.65%) CTI
14 11 (0.65%) SNMP
14 11 (0.65%) VLAN
14 11 (0.65%) VoIP
15 10 (0.59%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (4.26%) Metadata
2 34 (2.01%) SQL Server
3 31 (1.83%) Power BI
4 27 (1.60%) Data Lake
5 24 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (1.18%) Delta Lake
6 20 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (1.12%) MongoDB
8 18 (1.07%) Data Vault
9 15 (0.89%) BigQuery
10 12 (0.71%) Tableau
11 9 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (0.53%) MySQL
11 9 (0.53%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
13 5 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
14 4 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
15 3 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
15 3 (0.18%) QGIS
15 3 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (1.95%) Jenkins
2 25 (1.48%) Snyk
3 22 (1.30%) GitLab
4 21 (1.24%) Claude Code
4 21 (1.24%) SonarQube
5 10 (0.59%) Git
6 5 (0.30%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.12%) ERwin
7 2 (0.12%) MLflow
8 1 (0.059%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.059%) JMeter
8 1 (0.059%) Maven
8 1 (0.059%) Postman
8 1 (0.059%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.059%) Selenium
General
1 375 (22.19%) Social Skills
2 344 (20.36%) Finance
3 265 (15.68%) Public Sector
4 202 (11.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 101 (5.98%) Law
6 98 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
7 93 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
8 79 (4.67%) Influencing Skills
9 53 (3.14%) Legal
10 52 (3.08%) Banking
11 43 (2.54%) Retail
12 37 (2.19%) Games
12 37 (2.19%) Marketing
13 15 (0.89%) Manufacturing
13 15 (0.89%) Telecoms
14 13 (0.77%) Back Office
15 10 (0.59%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.47%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.41%) Advertising
17 7 (0.41%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.84%) REST
2 42 (2.49%) .NET
3 41 (2.43%) Terraform
4 33 (1.95%) Middleware
5 32 (1.89%) SOAP
6 28 (1.66%) RESTful
7 24 (1.42%) LangChain
7 24 (1.42%) Lightning Web Components
8 23 (1.36%) OAuth
9 21 (1.24%) LangGraph
10 20 (1.18%) PySpark
10 20 (1.18%) Visualforce
11 19 (1.12%) SAML
12 13 (0.77%) LDAP
13 12 (0.71%) OpenAPI
13 12 (0.71%) Swagger
14 11 (0.65%) Node.js
14 11 (0.65%) OpenID
15 9 (0.53%) .NET Core
16 8 (0.47%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 120 (7.10%) Cloud Native
2 66 (3.91%) Data Centre
3 48 (2.84%) Product Ownership
4 35 (2.07%) Management Information System
5 31 (1.83%) Virtual Team
6 30 (1.78%) Cyberattack
6 30 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (1.66%) AI Agents
8 22 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (1.24%) Hedge funds
10 20 (1.18%) Public Cloud
11 18 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (0.65%) IVR
13 11 (0.65%) Low-Code
13 11 (0.65%) Video\Live Streaming
14 10 (0.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 10 (0.59%) Onboarding
15 8 (0.47%) Cyber Defence
15 8 (0.47%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.12%) Windows
2 11 (0.65%) Linux
3 6 (0.36%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.24%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (25.15%) Roadmaps
2 301 (17.81%) AI
3 284 (16.80%) Agile
4 226 (13.37%) Enterprise Architecture
5 205 (12.13%) Technical Architecture
6 193 (11.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 188 (11.12%) Technology Strategy
8 185 (10.95%) TOGAF
9 173 (10.24%) CI/CD
10 165 (9.76%) Technical Leadership
11 164 (9.70%) Analytics
12 162 (9.59%) Cybersecurity
13 151 (8.93%) Mentoring
14 147 (8.70%) DevOps
14 147 (8.70%) Presales
15 146 (8.64%) Data Architecture
16 145 (8.58%) Continuous Improvement
17 144 (8.52%) Stakeholder Management
18 140 (8.28%) Decision-Making
18 140 (8.28%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 68 (4.02%) Python
2 61 (3.61%) SQL
3 45 (2.66%) C#
4 26 (1.54%) Bicep
5 24 (1.42%) Apex Code
6 23 (1.36%) Java
7 22 (1.30%) SOQL
7 22 (1.30%) SOSL
8 18 (1.07%) Scala
9 15 (0.89%) Go
9 15 (0.89%) PowerShell
10 12 (0.71%) JavaScript
11 10 (0.59%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.24%) C
12 4 (0.24%) Ruby
13 3 (0.18%) Rust
13 3 (0.18%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.12%) ABAP
14 2 (0.12%) C++
14 2 (0.12%) X++
Qualifications
1 288 (17.04%) Security Cleared
2 241 (14.26%) SC Cleared
3 117 (6.92%) Degree
4 52 (3.08%) Azure Certification
5 46 (2.72%) CISSP
6 42 (2.49%) TOGAF Certification
7 37 (2.19%) AWS Certification
8 30 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (1.66%) CISM
10 27 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 27 (1.60%) DV Cleared
11 25 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
12 24 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (0.83%) SnowPro
14 13 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 12 (0.71%) VCAP
15 12 (0.71%) VCDX
16 11 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 11 (0.65%) CCIE
16 11 (0.65%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (5.62%) GRC
2 79 (4.67%) NIST
3 68 (4.02%) Data Quality
4 56 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (1.78%) GDPR
6 23 (1.36%) Accessibility
7 22 (1.30%) NCSC
8 15 (0.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 15 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.53%) QA
11 8 (0.47%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.36%) PMO
12 6 (0.36%) WCAG
13 5 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.30%) IFRS
13 5 (0.30%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.24%) Def Stans
15 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
2 33 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (1.83%) Active Directory
4 23 (1.36%) Docker
5 22 (1.30%) vSphere
6 13 (0.77%) VMware NSX
7 11 (0.65%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.41%) vCloud
9 1 (0.059%) Firmware
9 1 (0.059%) iptables
Systems Management
1 48 (2.84%) Kubernetes
2 26 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (0.83%) CASB
4 13 (0.77%) Ansible
5 10 (0.59%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.36%) Avamar
6 6 (0.36%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (0.36%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.36%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.36%) VxRail
7 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.30%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.24%) SCCM
9 1 (0.059%) Argo
9 1 (0.059%) Endace
Vendors
1 352 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 81 (4.79%) Databricks
3 57 (3.37%) Cisco
4 48 (2.84%) Salesforce
5 47 (2.78%) Palo Alto
6 43 (2.54%) Oracle
7 39 (2.31%) Google
8 36 (2.13%) ServiceNow
8 36 (2.13%) VMware
9 34 (2.01%) SAP
10 29 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
11 27 (1.60%) OpenAI
12 25 (1.48%) Tenable
13 22 (1.30%) Splunk
14 15 (0.89%) Juniper
15 14 (0.83%) Dell
15 14 (0.83%) Fortinet
16 13 (0.77%) NetApp
16 13 (0.77%) Nimble Storage
17 12 (0.71%) Broadcom