Architect Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 1 July 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 26 25
Rank change year-on-year -91 -1 +49
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 606 2,587 3,280
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.00% 7.50% 9.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.28% 7.79% 9.50%
Number of salaries quoted 435 1,528 1,670
10th Percentile £62,500 £56,809 £60,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £70,735
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £84,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.33% -0.59%
75th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £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 18,468 33,189 34,528
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.45% 96.22% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 10,258 25,035 25,473
10th Percentile £25,313 £32,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £98,474 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Architect.

Architect salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Architect
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Architect over the 6 months to 1 July 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 1 July 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.

1 241 (39.77%) Azure
2 179 (29.54%) Agile
3 174 (28.71%) AWS
4 164 (27.06%) Roadmaps
5 158 (26.07%) Social Skills
6 154 (25.41%) DevOps
7 148 (24.42%) Finance
8 147 (24.26%) TOGAF
9 127 (20.96%) Enterprise Architecture
10 124 (20.46%) Security Cleared
11 119 (19.64%) Microservices
12 112 (18.48%) SQL
13 111 (18.32%) Technical Leadership
14 105 (17.33%) GCP
15 101 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
16 97 (16.01%) SC Cleared
17 87 (14.36%) Microsoft
18 81 (13.37%) CI/CD
19 76 (12.54%) Mentoring
20 75 (12.38%) GDPR
20 75 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
21 73 (12.05%) Banking
21 73 (12.05%) Data Architecture
21 73 (12.05%) Analytics
22 69 (11.39%) Degree
23 67 (11.06%) Migration
24 66 (10.89%) Docker
25 64 (10.56%) Data Modelling
26 61 (10.07%) C#
26 61 (10.07%) Security Architecture

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 13 (2.15%) Apache Spark
2 11 (1.82%) Umbraco
3 6 (0.99%) Apache
4 4 (0.66%) SAS
5 3 (0.50%) Confluence
6 2 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.33%) IBM Domino
6 2 (0.33%) NetWeaver
6 2 (0.33%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.33%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.33%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.17%) IIS
7 1 (0.17%) Luigi
7 1 (0.17%) Mendix
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.99%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.99%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.17%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 23 (3.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.83%) SAP PP
3 5 (0.83%) Shopify
4 4 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.50%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.50%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.33%) Magento
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.33%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.33%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 241 (39.77%) Azure
2 174 (28.71%) AWS
3 105 (17.33%) GCP
4 57 (9.41%) SaaS
5 55 (9.08%) Azure DevOps
6 50 (8.25%) Power Platform
7 45 (7.43%) Azure Service Bus
8 44 (7.26%) PaaS
9 33 (5.45%) IaaS
10 27 (4.46%) OCI
11 25 (4.13%) Serverless
12 23 (3.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 23 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
13 22 (3.63%) Entra ID
13 22 (3.63%) Power Automate
14 21 (3.47%) SonarCloud
15 18 (2.97%) Azure AI
16 17 (2.81%) Azure Key Vault
17 16 (2.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 16 (2.64%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 37 (6.11%) Firewall
1 37 (6.11%) VPN
2 35 (5.78%) WAN
3 33 (5.45%) Network Security
4 20 (3.30%) SD-WAN
5 18 (2.97%) DNS
5 18 (2.97%) LAN
6 13 (2.15%) Junos
7 12 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (0.99%) BGP
9 5 (0.83%) VoIP
10 4 (0.66%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (0.66%) Internet
10 4 (0.66%) IPsec
10 4 (0.66%) MPLS
10 4 (0.66%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.50%) S/MIME
11 3 (0.50%) SAN
11 3 (0.50%) SNMP
11 3 (0.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.93%) Data Lake
2 35 (5.78%) Data Warehouse
2 35 (5.78%) NoSQL
3 33 (5.45%) Power BI
4 25 (4.13%) SQL Server
5 22 (3.63%) MySQL
6 21 (3.47%) Elasticsearch
7 18 (2.97%) BigQuery
8 17 (2.81%) Big Data
9 13 (2.15%) Metadata
10 8 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.99%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.99%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.99%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.83%) SAP BW
12 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.66%) Apache Hive
13 4 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 43 (7.10%) Git
2 30 (4.95%) Visual Studio
3 22 (3.63%) Team Foundation Server
4 21 (3.47%) MSBuild
4 21 (3.47%) Octopus Deploy
5 13 (2.15%) JIRA
6 5 (0.83%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.33%) ERwin
7 2 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.17%) GitLab
8 1 (0.17%) MSI
General
1 158 (26.07%) Social Skills
2 148 (24.42%) Finance
3 73 (12.05%) Banking
4 49 (8.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 47 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (5.61%) Public Sector
7 33 (5.45%) Retail
8 24 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (2.64%) Law
10 12 (1.98%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.98%) Marketing
11 11 (1.82%) Legal
11 11 (1.82%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.65%) Back Office
13 9 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.32%) Advertising
15 7 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.99%) Electronics
17 5 (0.83%) Local Government
18 4 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (8.42%) .NET
2 44 (7.26%) CSS
3 37 (6.11%) REST
4 35 (5.78%) HTML
5 26 (4.29%) JSON
6 25 (4.13%) XML
7 24 (3.96%) ASP.NET
8 22 (3.63%) gRPC
8 22 (3.63%) Kafka
9 21 (3.47%) Bootstrap
10 20 (3.30%) React
11 14 (2.31%) .NET Framework
12 13 (2.15%) Middleware
13 11 (1.82%) Ajax
13 11 (1.82%) jQuery
13 11 (1.82%) OAuth
13 11 (1.82%) OpenID
13 11 (1.82%) RESTful
13 11 (1.82%) SAML
14 10 (1.65%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 58 (9.57%) Management Information System
2 44 (7.26%) Cloud Native
3 43 (7.10%) Product Ownership
4 37 (6.11%) Data Centre
5 29 (4.79%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (3.14%) Operational Technology
7 18 (2.97%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (2.81%) Private Cloud
9 16 (2.64%) NHS
10 14 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (2.31%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (1.16%) SCADA
14 6 (0.99%) DataPower
14 6 (0.99%) IoT
15 5 (0.83%) CMDB
15 5 (0.83%) Credit Risk
15 5 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
15 5 (0.83%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.64%) Linux
1 16 (2.64%) Windows
2 7 (1.16%) Android
3 6 (0.99%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.33%) Solaris
5 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (29.54%) Agile
2 164 (27.06%) Roadmaps
3 154 (25.41%) DevOps
4 147 (24.26%) TOGAF
5 127 (20.96%) Enterprise Architecture
6 119 (19.64%) Microservices
7 111 (18.32%) Technical Leadership
8 101 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 81 (13.37%) CI/CD
10 76 (12.54%) Mentoring
11 75 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
12 73 (12.05%) Analytics
12 73 (12.05%) Data Architecture
13 67 (11.06%) Migration
14 64 (10.56%) Data Modelling
15 61 (10.07%) Infrastructure as Code
15 61 (10.07%) Security Architecture
16 59 (9.74%) Containerisation
17 57 (9.41%) Artificial Intelligence
18 55 (9.08%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 112 (18.48%) SQL
2 61 (10.07%) C#
3 57 (9.41%) Java
4 54 (8.91%) Python
5 51 (8.42%) JavaScript
6 24 (3.96%) PowerShell
7 20 (3.30%) Bicep
8 9 (1.49%) C
9 8 (1.32%) C++
10 6 (0.99%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.99%) R
10 6 (0.99%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.83%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.66%) Scala
13 3 (0.50%) ABAP
14 2 (0.33%) Bash
14 2 (0.33%) PHP
14 2 (0.33%) SOQL
14 2 (0.33%) X++
15 1 (0.17%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 124 (20.46%) Security Cleared
2 97 (16.01%) SC Cleared
3 69 (11.39%) Degree
4 47 (7.76%) Azure Certification
5 45 (7.43%) AWS Certification
6 40 (6.60%) TOGAF Certification
7 34 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (4.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 25 (4.13%) DV Cleared
10 19 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (2.97%) CCNP
12 17 (2.81%) DBS Check
13 16 (2.64%) Master's Degree
14 14 (2.31%) CCNA
14 14 (2.31%) CISSP
15 9 (1.49%) JNCIA
16 6 (0.99%) CISM
16 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (0.99%) SAP Certification
17 4 (0.66%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (12.38%) GDPR
2 47 (7.76%) NIST
3 35 (5.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (5.61%) HIPAA
5 20 (3.30%) NCSC
6 14 (2.31%) QA
7 12 (1.98%) Data Quality
8 11 (1.82%) PCI DSS
9 10 (1.65%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.83%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.66%) Basel II
11 4 (0.66%) Basel III
11 4 (0.66%) COBIT
11 4 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.66%) Dodd-Frank
11 4 (0.66%) IFRS
11 4 (0.66%) IFRS 9
11 4 (0.66%) SLA
12 3 (0.50%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 66 (10.89%) Docker
2 23 (3.80%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.49%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.66%) HDFS
6 2 (0.33%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.33%) KVM
6 2 (0.33%) NFS
6 2 (0.33%) SRDF
6 2 (0.33%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 2 (0.33%) Xen
7 1 (0.17%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.17%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 52 (8.58%) Kubernetes
2 30 (4.95%) Terraform
3 28 (4.62%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (1.98%) Grafana
4 12 (1.98%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.16%) Ansible
6 3 (0.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (0.33%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.33%) Puppet
7 2 (0.33%) SCCM
8 1 (0.17%) Marathon
Vendors
1 87 (14.36%) Microsoft
2 48 (7.92%) Google
3 42 (6.93%) Databricks
3 42 (6.93%) SAP
4 39 (6.44%) Oracle
5 25 (4.13%) ServiceNow
6 24 (3.96%) Cisco
7 23 (3.80%) Salesforce
8 17 (2.81%) Meraki
9 14 (2.31%) Juniper
10 12 (1.98%) IBM
10 12 (1.98%) VMware
11 9 (1.49%) PayPal
12 7 (1.16%) Workday
13 6 (0.99%) Apple
14 5 (0.83%) Avaloq
14 5 (0.83%) Informatica
15 4 (0.66%) MuleSoft
15 4 (0.66%) Teradata
16 3 (0.50%) Conga