Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 July 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 92 28
Rank change year-on-year +69 -64 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,576 636 2,269
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.38% 3.85% 7.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.85% 4.17% 7.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,110 443 1,485
10th Percentile £63,744 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £116,250
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 20,074 15,237 30,562
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 92.31% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 14,571 9,480 23,545
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +0.88% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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.

1 494 (31.35%) Azure
2 372 (23.60%) Roadmaps
3 329 (20.88%) Microsoft
4 278 (17.64%) Agile
5 277 (17.58%) AWS
5 277 (17.58%) Security Cleared
6 254 (16.12%) AI
7 231 (14.66%) SC Cleared
8 221 (14.02%) Enterprise Architecture
9 212 (13.45%) TOGAF
10 192 (12.18%) Technical Architecture
11 178 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 172 (10.91%) CI/CD
13 168 (10.66%) Cybersecurity
13 168 (10.66%) DevOps
14 167 (10.60%) Technology Strategy
15 144 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
16 141 (8.95%) Mentoring
17 140 (8.88%) Analytics
18 131 (8.31%) Presales
19 127 (8.06%) Data Architecture
20 125 (7.93%) Migration
21 124 (7.87%) IT Strategy
21 124 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
21 124 (7.87%) Technical Leadership
22 122 (7.74%) GCP
23 119 (7.55%) Data Modelling
24 118 (7.49%) Business Strategy
25 116 (7.36%) Infrastructure as Code
26 113 (7.17%) Decision-Making

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 10 (0.63%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.57%) CMS
3 5 (0.32%) Confluence
4 4 (0.25%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.19%) Apache
5 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.19%) SAS
6 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.13%) JBoss
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
6 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.063%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.063%) Appian
Applications
1 12 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (0.70%) Chatbot
3 10 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.19%) Revit
6 2 (0.13%) ArchiCAD
6 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.063%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.063%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.063%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 11 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
1 11 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
2 10 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
2 10 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
2 10 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.32%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.13%) Shopify
7 1 (0.063%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.063%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.063%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.063%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.063%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.063%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.063%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 494 (31.35%) Azure
2 277 (17.58%) AWS
3 122 (7.74%) GCP
4 91 (5.77%) Power Platform
5 84 (5.33%) SaaS
6 71 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
7 60 (3.81%) Serverless
8 53 (3.36%) Cloud Computing
9 52 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
10 50 (3.17%) Entra ID
11 37 (2.35%) PaaS
12 35 (2.22%) Snowflake
13 31 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
13 31 (1.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 25 (1.59%) dbt
15 20 (1.27%) Anthropic Claude
16 17 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
16 17 (1.08%) Azure Service Bus
17 16 (1.02%) Azure Machine Learning
17 16 (1.02%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 107 (6.79%) WAN
2 81 (5.14%) LAN
3 68 (4.31%) Broadband
4 58 (3.68%) Network Security
5 40 (2.54%) SD-WAN
6 37 (2.35%) Firewall
7 29 (1.84%) MPLS
8 25 (1.59%) VPN
9 18 (1.14%) BGP
10 16 (1.02%) DNS
11 15 (0.95%) HTTP
11 15 (0.95%) SNMP
12 14 (0.89%) IPsec
12 14 (0.89%) WLAN
13 12 (0.76%) VoIP
13 12 (0.76%) VSAN
14 11 (0.70%) CTI
14 11 (0.70%) VLAN
15 10 (0.63%) DHCP
15 10 (0.63%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (4.06%) Metadata
2 24 (1.52%) SQL Server
3 23 (1.46%) Power BI
4 22 (1.40%) Data Lake
5 21 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (1.21%) BigQuery
7 16 (1.02%) MongoDB
8 13 (0.82%) NoSQL
9 11 (0.70%) Delta Lake
10 10 (0.63%) Data Vault
11 8 (0.51%) Tableau
12 7 (0.44%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
13 6 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.38%) MySQL
14 5 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
15 4 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
15 4 (0.25%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 47 (2.98%) Jenkins
2 35 (2.22%) GitLab
2 35 (2.22%) SonarQube
3 25 (1.59%) Snyk
4 7 (0.44%) Git
5 6 (0.38%) Claude Code
6 5 (0.32%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.13%) MLflow
8 1 (0.063%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.063%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.063%) ERwin
8 1 (0.063%) JMeter
8 1 (0.063%) Maven
8 1 (0.063%) Postman
8 1 (0.063%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.063%) Selenium
General
1 350 (22.21%) Social Skills
2 291 (18.46%) Finance
3 240 (15.23%) Public Sector
4 200 (12.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 99 (6.28%) Law
6 91 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
7 85 (5.39%) Presentation Skills
8 69 (4.38%) Influencing Skills
9 55 (3.49%) Legal
10 54 (3.43%) Games
11 50 (3.17%) Marketing
11 50 (3.17%) Retail
12 33 (2.09%) Banking
13 21 (1.33%) Manufacturing
14 12 (0.76%) Back Office
15 11 (0.70%) Telecoms
16 10 (0.63%) Financial Institution
17 8 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.44%) Aviation
19 6 (0.38%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (4.25%) REST
2 51 (3.24%) SOAP
3 37 (2.35%) Lightning Web Components
4 36 (2.28%) .NET
5 34 (2.16%) Visualforce
6 32 (2.03%) OAuth
7 27 (1.71%) Middleware
7 27 (1.71%) RESTful
8 26 (1.65%) SAML
9 20 (1.27%) OpenID
10 16 (1.02%) LDAP
11 12 (0.76%) Node.js
11 12 (0.76%) OpenAPI
11 12 (0.76%) PySpark
11 12 (0.76%) Swagger
12 9 (0.57%) LangChain
13 8 (0.51%) GraphQL
14 7 (0.44%) .NET Core
14 7 (0.44%) ARM Templates
14 7 (0.44%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 103 (6.54%) Cloud Native
2 69 (4.38%) Data Centre
3 59 (3.74%) Product Ownership
4 36 (2.28%) Cyberattack
5 33 (2.09%) Management Information System
6 31 (1.97%) Virtual Team
7 24 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
7 24 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (1.21%) Public Cloud
9 17 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
10 13 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (0.76%) IoT
12 11 (0.70%) IVR
12 11 (0.70%) PKI
13 10 (0.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 10 (0.63%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.51%) AI Agents
14 8 (0.51%) Onboarding
14 8 (0.51%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.08%) Windows
2 8 (0.51%) Linux
3 4 (0.25%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (23.60%) Roadmaps
2 278 (17.64%) Agile
3 254 (16.12%) AI
4 221 (14.02%) Enterprise Architecture
5 212 (13.45%) TOGAF
6 192 (12.18%) Technical Architecture
7 178 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 172 (10.91%) CI/CD
9 168 (10.66%) Cybersecurity
9 168 (10.66%) DevOps
10 167 (10.60%) Technology Strategy
11 144 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 141 (8.95%) Mentoring
13 140 (8.88%) Analytics
14 131 (8.31%) Presales
15 127 (8.06%) Data Architecture
16 125 (7.93%) Migration
17 124 (7.87%) IT Strategy
17 124 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
17 124 (7.87%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 53 (3.36%) Python
2 50 (3.17%) SQL
3 37 (2.35%) Apex Code
4 36 (2.28%) SOQL
4 36 (2.28%) SOSL
5 27 (1.71%) C#
6 22 (1.40%) Bicep
7 21 (1.33%) Java
8 18 (1.14%) PowerShell
9 11 (0.70%) TypeScript
10 10 (0.63%) Scala
11 9 (0.57%) Go
11 9 (0.57%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.38%) Bash
12 6 (0.38%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.25%) Ruby
14 2 (0.13%) C
14 2 (0.13%) C++
14 2 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 277 (17.58%) Security Cleared
2 231 (14.66%) SC Cleared
3 104 (6.60%) Degree
4 52 (3.30%) CISSP
5 45 (2.86%) TOGAF Certification
6 44 (2.79%) Azure Certification
7 34 (2.16%) AWS Certification
8 29 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
8 29 (1.84%) DV Cleared
9 26 (1.65%) CISM
10 25 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
12 16 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.82%) CCNP
14 12 (0.76%) VCAP
14 12 (0.76%) VCDX
14 12 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 11 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 10 (0.63%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (5.58%) GRC
2 83 (5.27%) NIST
3 62 (3.93%) Data Quality
4 56 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (1.90%) GDPR
6 28 (1.78%) NCSC
7 22 (1.40%) Accessibility
8 15 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (0.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 12 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
11 11 (0.70%) PMO
12 9 (0.57%) QA
13 8 (0.51%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.44%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.44%) WCAG
15 5 (0.32%) IFRS
16 4 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 4 (0.25%) Def Stans
16 4 (0.25%) NIST 800
17 3 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
2 38 (2.41%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.27%) vSphere
5 17 (1.08%) Docker
6 13 (0.82%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.57%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.44%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 33 (2.09%) Terraform
2 30 (1.90%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (0.82%) Ansible
5 11 (0.70%) CASB
5 11 (0.70%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.38%) Avamar
6 6 (0.38%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (0.38%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.38%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.38%) VxRail
7 5 (0.32%) Endace
7 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.063%) Argo
Vendors
1 329 (20.88%) Microsoft
2 59 (3.74%) Cisco
3 54 (3.43%) Salesforce
4 51 (3.24%) Databricks
5 47 (2.98%) Palo Alto
6 37 (2.35%) Oracle
7 36 (2.28%) Splunk
8 31 (1.97%) SAP
9 30 (1.90%) CrowdStrike
9 30 (1.90%) Google
10 29 (1.84%) ServiceNow
10 29 (1.84%) VMware
11 28 (1.78%) OpenAI
12 25 (1.59%) Tenable
13 17 (1.08%) Juniper
14 14 (0.89%) Dell
14 14 (0.89%) Fortinet
15 13 (0.82%) NetApp
15 13 (0.82%) Nimble Storage
16 12 (0.76%) Broadcom