Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote or hybrid work is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 26 37
Rank change year-on-year -74 +11 +29
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 586 1,820 1,696
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.60% 7.76% 6.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.88% 8.07% 7.16%
Number of salaries quoted 395 1,023 1,277
10th Percentile £62,500 £56,809 £61,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £70,735
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £125,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 15,105 22,566 23,696
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 96.28% 96.50%
Number of salaries quoted 8,998 14,513 19,625
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,738 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,005 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Architect trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Architect
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for remote Architect job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Architect job vacancies

Architect
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Architect over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Architect salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Architect in the job title.

1 239 (40.78%) Azure
2 172 (29.35%) Social Skills
3 167 (28.50%) Agile
4 160 (27.30%) AWS
5 158 (26.96%) Roadmaps
6 138 (23.55%) TOGAF
7 128 (21.84%) DevOps
8 117 (19.97%) Security Cleared
9 114 (19.45%) Enterprise Architecture
10 104 (17.75%) Finance
11 94 (16.04%) Technical Leadership
12 92 (15.70%) SC Cleared
13 87 (14.85%) SQL
14 86 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
15 85 (14.51%) CI/CD
16 82 (13.99%) Artificial Intelligence
17 80 (13.65%) Microsoft
18 77 (13.14%) Degree
19 74 (12.63%) Mentoring
20 73 (12.46%) Microservices
21 70 (11.95%) Data Modelling
21 70 (11.95%) Analytics
21 70 (11.95%) SaaS
22 69 (11.77%) Data Centre
23 67 (11.43%) GCP
24 65 (11.09%) Cybersecurity
24 65 (11.09%) Migration
25 64 (10.92%) Data Architecture
26 63 (10.75%) Infrastructure as Code
27 60 (10.24%) Stakeholder Management

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (1.88%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.02%) Apache
3 5 (0.85%) Confluence
4 1 (0.17%) CMS
4 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.17%) IIS
4 1 (0.17%) Mendix
4 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (0.85%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.17%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.17%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 16 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
2 5 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
2 5 (0.85%) Shopify
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.34%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.34%) Magento
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.34%) SAP SCM
4 2 (0.34%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.17%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.17%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 239 (40.78%) Azure
2 160 (27.30%) AWS
3 70 (11.95%) SaaS
4 67 (11.43%) GCP
5 48 (8.19%) Power Platform
6 46 (7.85%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (7.34%) PaaS
8 41 (7.00%) IaaS
9 32 (5.46%) Azure Service Bus
10 27 (4.61%) OCI
11 25 (4.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 22 (3.75%) Entra ID
13 20 (3.41%) Azure AI
13 20 (3.41%) Serverless
14 18 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
14 18 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
14 18 (3.07%) Power Automate
15 17 (2.90%) Azure Key Vault
16 16 (2.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 16 (2.73%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.00%) Firewall
2 38 (6.48%) VPN
3 32 (5.46%) WAN
4 25 (4.27%) Network Security
5 21 (3.58%) SD-WAN
6 20 (3.41%) DNS
7 17 (2.90%) LAN
8 11 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (1.54%) Junos
10 4 (0.68%) Broadband
11 3 (0.51%) BGP
11 3 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (0.51%) InfiniBand
11 3 (0.51%) S/MIME
11 3 (0.51%) SNMP
11 3 (0.51%) SSL
11 3 (0.51%) X.509
12 2 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.34%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (5.97%) Data Lake
2 28 (4.78%) Power BI
3 25 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (3.75%) NoSQL
5 19 (3.24%) Metadata
6 16 (2.73%) MySQL
7 14 (2.39%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (1.71%) SQL Server
9 9 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (1.37%) Big Data
11 7 (1.19%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 6 (1.02%) BigQuery
12 6 (1.02%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.85%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.85%) Hadoop
13 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.68%) Apache Hive
14 4 (0.68%) SAP BW
14 4 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (5.46%) Git
2 17 (2.90%) Visual Studio
3 14 (2.39%) JIRA
3 14 (2.39%) MSBuild
3 14 (2.39%) Octopus Deploy
3 14 (2.39%) Team Foundation Server
4 9 (1.54%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.85%) GitLab
6 2 (0.34%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.34%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.17%) ERwin
7 1 (0.17%) MSI
General
1 172 (29.35%) Social Skills
2 104 (17.75%) Finance
3 55 (9.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 50 (8.53%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (7.17%) Public Sector
5 42 (7.17%) Retail
6 27 (4.61%) Banking
6 27 (4.61%) Law
7 24 (4.10%) Legal
8 21 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (2.90%) Marketing
10 12 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.88%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.37%) Back Office
13 6 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.68%) Advertising
14 4 (0.68%) Electronics
14 4 (0.68%) Local Government
14 4 (0.68%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.48%) .NET
2 26 (4.44%) REST
3 24 (4.10%) Node.js
4 22 (3.75%) React
5 20 (3.41%) React Native
6 19 (3.24%) gRPC
7 18 (3.07%) JSON
8 17 (2.90%) HTML
9 16 (2.73%) CSS
9 16 (2.73%) Kafka
10 15 (2.56%) ASP.NET
10 15 (2.56%) XML
11 14 (2.39%) Bootstrap
12 10 (1.71%) Middleware
12 10 (1.71%) RESTful
13 9 (1.54%) SAP Fiori
13 9 (1.54%) SOAP
14 7 (1.19%) Blazor
14 7 (1.19%) Lightning Web Components
15 5 (0.85%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 69 (11.77%) Data Centre
2 44 (7.51%) Cloud Native
3 38 (6.48%) Management Information System
4 25 (4.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 23 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
6 21 (3.58%) Product Ownership
7 20 (3.41%) Mobile App
8 17 (2.90%) Public Cloud
9 16 (2.73%) NHS
9 16 (2.73%) Operational Technology
10 10 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.71%) Private Cloud
11 8 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.02%) Augmented Reality
13 6 (1.02%) CMDB
13 6 (1.02%) IoT
14 5 (0.85%) Algorithms
14 5 (0.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.05%) Linux
2 11 (1.88%) Windows
3 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.17%) Android
4 1 (0.17%) OpenVMS
4 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (28.50%) Agile
2 158 (26.96%) Roadmaps
3 138 (23.55%) TOGAF
4 128 (21.84%) DevOps
5 114 (19.45%) Enterprise Architecture
6 94 (16.04%) Technical Leadership
7 86 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
8 85 (14.51%) CI/CD
9 82 (13.99%) Artificial Intelligence
10 74 (12.63%) Mentoring
11 73 (12.46%) Microservices
12 70 (11.95%) Analytics
12 70 (11.95%) Data Modelling
13 65 (11.09%) Cybersecurity
13 65 (11.09%) Migration
14 64 (10.92%) Data Architecture
15 63 (10.75%) Infrastructure as Code
16 60 (10.24%) Stakeholder Management
17 58 (9.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 56 (9.56%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 87 (14.85%) SQL
2 59 (10.07%) Python
3 54 (9.22%) C#
4 30 (5.12%) Java
5 23 (3.92%) Bicep
6 21 (3.58%) PowerShell
7 20 (3.41%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.19%) Apex Code
9 5 (0.85%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.85%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.68%) C
10 4 (0.68%) Go
10 4 (0.68%) SOQL
11 2 (0.34%) Bash
11 2 (0.34%) C++
11 2 (0.34%) R
11 2 (0.34%) Scala
11 2 (0.34%) SOSL
11 2 (0.34%) X++
12 1 (0.17%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 117 (19.97%) Security Cleared
2 92 (15.70%) SC Cleared
3 77 (13.14%) Degree
4 56 (9.56%) Azure Certification
5 43 (7.34%) AWS Certification
6 35 (5.97%) TOGAF Certification
7 28 (4.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (4.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 27 (4.61%) DV Cleared
9 20 (3.41%) Master's Degree
10 19 (3.24%) Cisco Certification
11 17 (2.90%) DBS Check
12 16 (2.73%) CCNP
13 14 (2.39%) CISSP
14 11 (1.88%) CCNA
14 11 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (1.88%) SAP Certification
15 9 (1.54%) CISM
15 9 (1.54%) JNCIA
16 4 (0.68%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (9.04%) GDPR
2 44 (7.51%) NIST
3 34 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (4.44%) HIPAA
5 23 (3.92%) NCSC
6 15 (2.56%) QA
7 10 (1.71%) Data Quality
8 7 (1.19%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.34%) COBIT
11 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.17%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.17%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.17%) GRC
12 1 (0.17%) ISO 15022
12 1 (0.17%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 46 (7.85%) Docker
2 22 (3.75%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.68%) HDFS
4 3 (0.51%) GPFS
4 3 (0.51%) Lustre
4 3 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.34%) Firmware
5 2 (0.34%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.17%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (0.17%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 38 (6.48%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.92%) Terraform
3 16 (2.73%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (1.37%) Ansible
5 6 (1.02%) Grafana
5 6 (1.02%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.51%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 3 (0.51%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.34%) Endace
7 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.17%) Autotask
8 1 (0.17%) Marathon
8 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 80 (13.65%) Microsoft
2 43 (7.34%) Databricks
3 38 (6.48%) Google
4 32 (5.46%) Oracle
5 31 (5.29%) SAP
6 23 (3.92%) ServiceNow
7 21 (3.58%) Cisco
8 19 (3.24%) Palo Alto
8 19 (3.24%) Workday
9 18 (3.07%) Adobe
9 18 (3.07%) Apple
10 17 (2.90%) Meraki
11 15 (2.56%) Salesforce
12 12 (2.05%) Juniper
13 10 (1.71%) VMware
14 7 (1.19%) Ariba
15 5 (0.85%) Avaloq
15 5 (0.85%) Fortinet
15 5 (0.85%) MuleSoft
16 4 (0.68%) Teradata