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 11 August 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 98 23
Rank change year-on-year +72 -75 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,641 585 1,958
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.23% 3.56% 7.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.69% 3.86% 8.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,179 397 1,228
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,937 £66,250 £66,250
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 £98,474 £97,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £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 21,347 15,142 24,012
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.09% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 15,330 9,342 17,539
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,503
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.01% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £96,000
UK median annual salary £55,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.91% - -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 11 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 11 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.

1 523 (31.87%) Azure
2 406 (24.74%) Roadmaps
3 351 (21.39%) Microsoft
4 290 (17.67%) AWS
5 289 (17.61%) Security Cleared
6 281 (17.12%) AI
7 276 (16.82%) Agile
8 241 (14.69%) SC Cleared
9 229 (13.95%) Enterprise Architecture
10 207 (12.61%) Technical Architecture
11 189 (11.52%) TOGAF
12 183 (11.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 179 (10.91%) Technology Strategy
14 170 (10.36%) CI/CD
15 164 (9.99%) Analytics
16 161 (9.81%) Cybersecurity
17 156 (9.51%) DevOps
18 150 (9.14%) Technical Leadership
19 149 (9.08%) Mentoring
20 148 (9.02%) Presales
21 139 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
22 138 (8.41%) Data Architecture
23 137 (8.35%) Stakeholder Management
24 133 (8.10%) GCP
24 133 (8.10%) Infrastructure as Code
24 133 (8.10%) IT Strategy
25 132 (8.04%) Data Modelling
25 132 (8.04%) Decision-Making
26 131 (7.98%) Business Strategy
27 126 (7.68%) 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 14 (0.85%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.67%) CMS
3 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.30%) Confluence
5 4 (0.24%) Apache
5 4 (0.24%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.18%) SAS
7 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.061%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.061%) Appian
Applications
1 11 (0.67%) Chatbot
2 10 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.18%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.061%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.061%) Revit
Business Applications
1 12 (0.73%) Oracle General Ledger
1 12 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
2 9 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
2 9 (0.55%) Oracle Financials
3 8 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.30%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.12%) Shopify
7 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.061%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.061%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.061%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.061%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.061%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 523 (31.87%) Azure
2 290 (17.67%) AWS
3 133 (8.10%) GCP
4 102 (6.22%) Power Platform
5 86 (5.24%) SaaS
6 75 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
7 63 (3.84%) Cloud Computing
8 57 (3.47%) Serverless
9 55 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
9 55 (3.35%) Entra ID
10 52 (3.17%) Snowflake
11 37 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 36 (2.19%) PaaS
13 33 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
14 32 (1.95%) Anthropic Claude
15 25 (1.52%) dbt
16 23 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
17 21 (1.28%) Amazon Bedrock
17 21 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
18 17 (1.04%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 110 (6.70%) WAN
2 87 (5.30%) LAN
3 60 (3.66%) Network Security
4 48 (2.93%) Broadband
5 39 (2.38%) Firewall
6 38 (2.32%) SD-WAN
7 27 (1.65%) MPLS
8 20 (1.22%) VPN
9 16 (0.98%) DNS
10 15 (0.91%) BGP
10 15 (0.91%) HTTP
11 14 (0.85%) IPsec
11 14 (0.85%) WLAN
12 12 (0.73%) Kerberos
12 12 (0.73%) SNMP
12 12 (0.73%) Unified Communications
12 12 (0.73%) VSAN
13 11 (0.67%) CTI
13 11 (0.67%) VLAN
13 11 (0.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (4.39%) Metadata
2 32 (1.95%) SQL Server
3 30 (1.83%) Power BI
4 27 (1.65%) Data Lake
5 26 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.16%) BigQuery
6 19 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (1.10%) Delta Lake
7 18 (1.10%) MongoDB
8 17 (1.04%) Data Vault
9 12 (0.73%) Tableau
10 11 (0.67%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (0.49%) MySQL
13 7 (0.43%) Semantic Layer
14 5 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
15 4 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
15 4 (0.24%) Relational Database
16 3 (0.18%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 34 (2.07%) Jenkins
2 25 (1.52%) Snyk
3 22 (1.34%) GitLab
4 21 (1.28%) SonarQube
5 18 (1.10%) Claude Code
6 10 (0.61%) Git
7 5 (0.30%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.12%) ERwin
8 2 (0.12%) MLflow
9 1 (0.061%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.061%) JMeter
9 1 (0.061%) Maven
9 1 (0.061%) Postman
9 1 (0.061%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.061%) Selenium
General
1 365 (22.24%) Social Skills
2 330 (20.11%) Finance
3 252 (15.36%) Public Sector
4 196 (11.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 100 (6.09%) Law
6 95 (5.79%) Presentation Skills
7 91 (5.55%) Analytical Skills
8 71 (4.33%) Influencing Skills
9 53 (3.23%) Legal
10 44 (2.68%) Banking
10 44 (2.68%) Retail
11 37 (2.25%) Games
11 37 (2.25%) Marketing
12 19 (1.16%) Manufacturing
13 14 (0.85%) Telecoms
14 10 (0.61%) Back Office
15 9 (0.55%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.49%) Health Technology
17 7 (0.43%) Advertising
17 7 (0.43%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.99%) REST
2 40 (2.44%) .NET
3 32 (1.95%) SOAP
4 29 (1.77%) Middleware
5 28 (1.71%) RESTful
6 26 (1.58%) OAuth
7 24 (1.46%) Lightning Web Components
8 22 (1.34%) SAML
9 20 (1.22%) LangChain
9 20 (1.22%) Visualforce
10 19 (1.16%) PySpark
11 18 (1.10%) LangGraph
12 16 (0.98%) LDAP
13 14 (0.85%) OpenID
14 11 (0.67%) Node.js
14 11 (0.67%) OpenAPI
14 11 (0.67%) Swagger
15 9 (0.55%) .NET Core
16 8 (0.49%) Kafka
16 8 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 118 (7.19%) Cloud Native
2 66 (4.02%) Data Centre
3 48 (2.93%) Product Ownership
4 35 (2.13%) Management Information System
5 31 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
5 31 (1.89%) Virtual Team
6 30 (1.83%) Cyberattack
7 26 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
8 24 (1.46%) AI Agents
9 19 (1.16%) Public Cloud
10 18 (1.10%) Hedge funds
11 17 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (0.67%) IVR
13 11 (0.67%) Video\Live Streaming
14 10 (0.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 10 (0.61%) Low-Code
15 8 (0.49%) IoT
15 8 (0.49%) Onboarding
16 7 (0.43%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.16%) Windows
2 9 (0.55%) Linux
3 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.24%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (24.74%) Roadmaps
2 281 (17.12%) AI
3 276 (16.82%) Agile
4 229 (13.95%) Enterprise Architecture
5 207 (12.61%) Technical Architecture
6 189 (11.52%) TOGAF
7 183 (11.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 179 (10.91%) Technology Strategy
9 170 (10.36%) CI/CD
10 164 (9.99%) Analytics
11 161 (9.81%) Cybersecurity
12 156 (9.51%) DevOps
13 150 (9.14%) Technical Leadership
14 149 (9.08%) Mentoring
15 148 (9.02%) Presales
16 139 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
17 138 (8.41%) Data Architecture
18 137 (8.35%) Stakeholder Management
19 133 (8.10%) Infrastructure as Code
19 133 (8.10%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 65 (3.96%) Python
2 57 (3.47%) SQL
3 43 (2.62%) C#
4 26 (1.58%) Bicep
5 24 (1.46%) Apex Code
6 22 (1.34%) SOQL
6 22 (1.34%) SOSL
7 21 (1.28%) Java
8 17 (1.04%) Scala
9 16 (0.98%) PowerShell
10 14 (0.85%) Go
11 12 (0.73%) JavaScript
12 10 (0.61%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.24%) C
13 4 (0.24%) Ruby
14 3 (0.18%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.12%) C++
15 2 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.12%) Rust
15 2 (0.12%) X++
Qualifications
1 289 (17.61%) Security Cleared
2 241 (14.69%) SC Cleared
3 115 (7.01%) Degree
4 50 (3.05%) Azure Certification
5 48 (2.93%) CISSP
6 41 (2.50%) TOGAF Certification
7 34 (2.07%) AWS Certification
8 31 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (1.65%) DV Cleared
10 26 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
11 25 (1.52%) CISM
12 24 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
12 24 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (0.79%) CCNP
13 13 (0.79%) SnowPro
14 12 (0.73%) VCAP
14 12 (0.73%) VCDX
14 12 (0.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 10 (0.61%) CCIE
16 9 (0.55%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (5.79%) GRC
2 76 (4.63%) NIST
3 71 (4.33%) Data Quality
4 52 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 31 (1.89%) GDPR
6 24 (1.46%) Accessibility
7 20 (1.22%) NCSC
8 15 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 12 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.55%) QA
12 8 (0.49%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.43%) PMO
13 7 (0.43%) WCAG
14 6 (0.37%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.30%) IFRS
16 4 (0.24%) Def Stans
16 4 (0.24%) NIST 800
17 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
2 35 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.34%) Docker
5 21 (1.28%) vSphere
6 12 (0.73%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.61%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.43%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 47 (2.86%) Kubernetes
2 38 (2.32%) Terraform
3 28 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (0.79%) Ansible
4 13 (0.79%) CASB
5 10 (0.61%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.37%) Avamar
6 6 (0.37%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.37%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.37%) VxRail
7 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.30%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.24%) SCCM
9 2 (0.12%) Endace
10 1 (0.061%) Argo
Vendors
1 351 (21.39%) Microsoft
2 75 (4.57%) Databricks
3 58 (3.53%) Cisco
4 47 (2.86%) Palo Alto
5 46 (2.80%) Salesforce
6 39 (2.38%) Oracle
7 35 (2.13%) Google
8 34 (2.07%) VMware
9 30 (1.83%) SAP
9 30 (1.83%) ServiceNow
10 29 (1.77%) CrowdStrike
11 26 (1.58%) OpenAI
12 25 (1.52%) Tenable
13 22 (1.34%) Splunk
14 14 (0.85%) Dell
14 14 (0.85%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.85%) Juniper
15 13 (0.79%) NetApp
15 13 (0.79%) Nimble Storage
16 12 (0.73%) Broadcom