Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 November 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 33 35
Rank change year-on-year -20 +2 +23
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 677 1,386 1,485
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.43% 7.05% 6.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.72% 7.30% 7.27%
Number of salaries quoted 417 902 1,129
10th Percentile £60,875 £56,250 £62,200
25th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -3.03% -2.94%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £110,000
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 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 14,348 18,977 20,426
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 96.59% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 9,141 11,832 16,667
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,631 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% -1.64% -2.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,048 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.74% -4.17% -

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 2025, 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.

1 274 (40.47%) Azure
2 169 (24.96%) AWS
3 159 (23.49%) Roadmaps
4 156 (23.04%) Agile
5 124 (18.32%) Microsoft
6 121 (17.87%) Security Cleared
7 120 (17.73%) AI
7 120 (17.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 116 (17.13%) Data Modelling
9 114 (16.84%) Enterprise Architecture
10 113 (16.69%) Problem-Solving
11 111 (16.40%) Analytics
12 104 (15.36%) Technical Leadership
13 99 (14.62%) TOGAF
14 96 (14.18%) DevOps
15 89 (13.15%) Data Architecture
16 83 (12.26%) SC Cleared
17 79 (11.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 77 (11.37%) Degree
18 77 (11.37%) GCP
18 77 (11.37%) SaaS
19 75 (11.08%) Microservices
19 75 (11.08%) Python
20 71 (10.49%) CI/CD
20 71 (10.49%) Decision-Making
20 71 (10.49%) Mentoring
20 71 (10.49%) Stakeholder Management
21 67 (9.90%) Data Management
21 67 (9.90%) Data Warehouse
22 66 (9.75%) Technical Architecture

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 6 (0.89%) JBoss
1 6 (0.89%) WebSphere
2 5 (0.74%) Confluence
3 2 (0.30%) Apache
3 2 (0.30%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.30%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.30%) CMS
3 2 (0.30%) GeoServer
3 2 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.15%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.15%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.89%) Oracle General Ledger
2 6 (0.89%) Oracle Payables
2 6 (0.89%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.59%) Shopify
4 3 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.30%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.30%) SAP SCM
5 2 (0.30%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.15%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.15%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.15%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.15%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 274 (40.47%) Azure
2 169 (24.96%) AWS
3 77 (11.37%) GCP
3 77 (11.37%) SaaS
4 42 (6.20%) Snowflake
5 35 (5.17%) Serverless
6 30 (4.43%) Power Platform
7 28 (4.14%) PaaS
8 26 (3.84%) IaaS
9 23 (3.40%) OCI
10 22 (3.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 22 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
12 13 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (1.92%) GitHub
13 11 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (1.48%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
16 8 (1.18%) Amazon S3
16 8 (1.18%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.25%) WAN
2 21 (3.10%) Broadband
2 21 (3.10%) Firewall
3 20 (2.95%) VPN
4 19 (2.81%) LAN
5 17 (2.51%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (1.33%) Junos
6 9 (1.33%) SD-WAN
7 7 (1.03%) DHCP
7 7 (1.03%) DNS
8 6 (0.89%) Network Security
9 3 (0.44%) BGP
9 3 (0.44%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (0.44%) DOCSIS
9 3 (0.44%) DSL
9 3 (0.44%) GPON
9 3 (0.44%) InfiniBand
9 3 (0.44%) IPv4
9 3 (0.44%) IPv6
9 3 (0.44%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (9.90%) Data Warehouse
2 26 (3.84%) Data Lake
3 22 (3.25%) Metadata
4 17 (2.51%) NoSQL
5 14 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
5 14 (2.07%) Power BI
6 13 (1.92%) SQL Server
7 12 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.62%) Data Vault
9 10 (1.48%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 8 (1.18%) Data Mining
11 6 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (0.89%) Metadata Repository
12 5 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.74%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.59%) DataStage
13 4 (0.59%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.59%) QlikView
13 4 (0.59%) Relational Database
13 4 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (4.43%) Jenkins
2 18 (2.66%) GitLab
3 16 (2.36%) SonarQube
4 14 (2.07%) JIRA
5 11 (1.62%) Git
6 6 (0.89%) ER Studio
6 6 (0.89%) ERwin
6 6 (0.89%) MSBuild
6 6 (0.89%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (0.89%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (0.89%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.59%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.15%) MSI
8 1 (0.15%) Subversion
General
1 215 (31.76%) Social Skills
2 148 (21.86%) Finance
3 81 (11.96%) Public Sector
4 80 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (9.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 49 (7.24%) Retail
7 37 (5.47%) Marketing
7 37 (5.47%) Presentation Skills
8 33 (4.87%) Law
9 32 (4.73%) Banking
10 25 (3.69%) Legal
11 17 (2.51%) Manufacturing
12 16 (2.36%) Games
13 15 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (2.07%) Back Office
14 14 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.74%) Electronics
15 5 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.74%) Retail Banking
15 5 (0.74%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (6.20%) .NET
2 34 (5.02%) Node.js
3 33 (4.87%) React
4 31 (4.58%) REST
5 24 (3.55%) React Native
6 23 (3.40%) SOAP
7 17 (2.51%) Lightning Web Components
7 17 (2.51%) Visualforce
8 15 (2.22%) Middleware
9 12 (1.77%) Django
10 11 (1.62%) GraphQL
10 11 (1.62%) gRPC
11 9 (1.33%) ASP.NET
11 9 (1.33%) JSON
11 9 (1.33%) Spring
12 8 (1.18%) Hibernate
12 8 (1.18%) Kafka
12 8 (1.18%) SAP Fiori
13 7 (1.03%) CSS
13 7 (1.03%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 53 (7.83%) Data Centre
2 44 (6.50%) Cloud Native
3 36 (5.32%) Legacy Systems
4 34 (5.02%) Hybrid Cloud
5 33 (4.87%) Management Information System
6 31 (4.58%) Product Ownership
6 31 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
7 30 (4.43%) Virtual Team
8 26 (3.84%) Public Cloud
9 25 (3.69%) Mobile App
10 21 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.48%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (1.18%) IoT
14 8 (1.18%) Operational Technology
15 7 (1.03%) CMDB
15 7 (1.03%) Reference Data
16 6 (0.89%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.92%) Linux
2 9 (1.33%) Windows
3 4 (0.59%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.44%) OpenWrt
5 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.15%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (23.49%) Roadmaps
2 156 (23.04%) Agile
3 120 (17.73%) AI
3 120 (17.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 116 (17.13%) Data Modelling
5 114 (16.84%) Enterprise Architecture
6 113 (16.69%) Problem-Solving
7 111 (16.40%) Analytics
8 104 (15.36%) Technical Leadership
9 99 (14.62%) TOGAF
10 96 (14.18%) DevOps
11 89 (13.15%) Data Architecture
12 79 (11.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 75 (11.08%) Microservices
14 71 (10.49%) CI/CD
14 71 (10.49%) Decision-Making
14 71 (10.49%) Mentoring
14 71 (10.49%) Stakeholder Management
15 67 (9.90%) Data Management
16 66 (9.75%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 75 (11.08%) Python
2 63 (9.31%) SQL
3 58 (8.57%) C#
4 40 (5.91%) Java
5 22 (3.25%) JavaScript
6 17 (2.51%) Apex Code
7 15 (2.22%) SOQL
7 15 (2.22%) SOSL
7 15 (2.22%) TypeScript
8 7 (1.03%) Bicep
8 7 (1.03%) C++
8 7 (1.03%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.59%) C
9 4 (0.59%) Go
10 2 (0.30%) Bash
11 1 (0.15%) ABAP
11 1 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.15%) PHP
11 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.15%) R
Qualifications
1 121 (17.87%) Security Cleared
2 83 (12.26%) SC Cleared
3 77 (11.37%) Degree
4 47 (6.94%) AWS Certification
5 45 (6.65%) Azure Certification
6 34 (5.02%) TOGAF Certification
7 30 (4.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 30 (4.43%) DV Cleared
8 28 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (2.36%) Master's Degree
12 14 (2.07%) CCNP
13 13 (1.92%) CISSP
14 11 (1.62%) CCNA
15 10 (1.48%) CISM
16 9 (1.33%) JNCIA
17 7 (1.03%) SAP Certification
18 4 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
18 4 (0.59%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.87%) Accessibility
2 31 (4.58%) GDPR
3 26 (3.84%) NIST
4 23 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.62%) NCSC
6 10 (1.48%) HIPAA
7 9 (1.33%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.33%) QA
8 5 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.59%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.30%) COBIT
10 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.30%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.15%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.15%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.15%) JSP 440
System Software
1 36 (5.32%) Docker
2 6 (0.89%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.44%) Firmware
3 3 (0.44%) GPFS
3 3 (0.44%) Lustre
3 3 (0.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 37 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 26 (3.84%) Terraform
3 20 (2.95%) Ansible
4 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.59%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (0.30%) Endace
6 2 (0.30%) Grafana
7 1 (0.15%) Autotask
7 1 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.15%) Puppet
7 1 (0.15%) Rancher
7 1 (0.15%) SCCM
7 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 124 (18.32%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.87%) Google
3 30 (4.43%) SAP
4 29 (4.28%) Databricks
5 23 (3.40%) Cisco
6 22 (3.25%) Oracle
6 22 (3.25%) Salesforce
7 20 (2.95%) Palo Alto
8 18 (2.66%) Adobe
8 18 (2.66%) Apple
9 17 (2.51%) Workday
10 16 (2.36%) ServiceNow
11 15 (2.22%) Splunk
12 12 (1.77%) Juniper
13 7 (1.03%) Fortinet
14 6 (0.89%) Ariba
15 5 (0.74%) IBM
16 4 (0.59%) F5
16 4 (0.59%) Informatica
16 4 (0.59%) VMware