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 20 July 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 94 28
Rank change year-on-year +71 -66 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,575 629 2,176
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.32% 3.81% 7.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.78% 4.13% 7.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,113 440 1,417
10th Percentile £63,744 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £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 £118,750
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 20,247 15,241 28,938
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 92.22% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 14,713 9,478 22,127
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year - +2.80% -10.83%

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 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 20 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.

1 491 (31.17%) Azure
2 371 (23.56%) Roadmaps
3 329 (20.89%) Microsoft
4 279 (17.71%) Agile
5 276 (17.52%) Security Cleared
6 275 (17.46%) AWS
7 251 (15.94%) AI
8 229 (14.54%) SC Cleared
9 220 (13.97%) Enterprise Architecture
10 209 (13.27%) TOGAF
11 194 (12.32%) Technical Architecture
12 179 (11.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 172 (10.92%) CI/CD
14 169 (10.73%) DevOps
15 166 (10.54%) Technology Strategy
16 164 (10.41%) Cybersecurity
17 146 (9.27%) Continuous Improvement
18 141 (8.95%) Mentoring
19 139 (8.83%) Analytics
20 135 (8.57%) Presales
21 128 (8.13%) Migration
22 126 (8.00%) Data Architecture
23 124 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
24 123 (7.81%) IT Strategy
24 123 (7.81%) Technical Leadership
25 121 (7.68%) GCP
26 119 (7.56%) Business Strategy
27 118 (7.49%) Data Modelling
28 117 (7.43%) Infrastructure as Code
29 112 (7.11%) 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
4 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.19%) Apache
5 3 (0.19%) SAS
6 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.063%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.063%) Appian
7 1 (0.063%) JBoss
7 1 (0.063%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (0.70%) Chatbot
1 11 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.19%) Revit
5 2 (0.13%) ArchiCAD
5 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.063%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.063%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.063%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 12 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
1 12 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
2 10 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
2 10 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
3 9 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.32%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.13%) Shopify
9 1 (0.063%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.063%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.063%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.063%) SAP IS-U
9 1 (0.063%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.063%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.063%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 491 (31.17%) Azure
2 275 (17.46%) AWS
3 121 (7.68%) GCP
4 90 (5.71%) Power Platform
5 83 (5.27%) SaaS
6 70 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
7 60 (3.81%) Serverless
8 53 (3.37%) Cloud Computing
9 52 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
10 50 (3.17%) Entra ID
11 38 (2.41%) 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
1 108 (6.86%) WAN
2 82 (5.21%) LAN
3 66 (4.19%) Broadband
4 58 (3.68%) Network Security
5 40 (2.54%) SD-WAN
6 38 (2.41%) 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%) Kerberos
14 11 (0.70%) VLAN
15 10 (0.63%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (4.00%) Metadata
2 24 (1.52%) Power BI
2 24 (1.52%) SQL Server
3 23 (1.46%) Data Lake
4 21 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.21%) BigQuery
6 16 (1.02%) MongoDB
7 12 (0.76%) NoSQL
8 11 (0.70%) Delta Lake
9 10 (0.63%) Data Vault
10 8 (0.51%) Tableau
11 7 (0.44%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
12 6 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.38%) MySQL
13 5 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
14 4 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
14 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
1 349 (22.16%) Social Skills
2 295 (18.73%) Finance
3 239 (15.17%) Public Sector
4 200 (12.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 98 (6.22%) Law
6 90 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
7 86 (5.46%) Presentation Skills
8 69 (4.38%) Influencing Skills
9 54 (3.43%) Legal
10 53 (3.37%) Games
11 50 (3.17%) Marketing
12 48 (3.05%) Retail
13 33 (2.10%) Banking
14 21 (1.33%) Manufacturing
15 12 (0.76%) Back Office
15 12 (0.76%) Telecoms
16 10 (0.63%) Financial Institution
17 7 (0.44%) Aviation
18 6 (0.38%) Health Technology
18 6 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.06%) REST
2 48 (3.05%) SOAP
3 37 (2.35%) Lightning Web Components
4 35 (2.22%) .NET
5 34 (2.16%) Visualforce
6 30 (1.90%) OAuth
7 28 (1.78%) RESTful
8 26 (1.65%) Middleware
9 25 (1.59%) SAML
10 18 (1.14%) OpenID
11 15 (0.95%) LDAP
12 12 (0.76%) Node.js
12 12 (0.76%) OpenAPI
12 12 (0.76%) PySpark
12 12 (0.76%) Swagger
13 9 (0.57%) LangChain
14 7 (0.44%) .NET Core
14 7 (0.44%) ARM Templates
14 7 (0.44%) Kafka
14 7 (0.44%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 102 (6.48%) Cloud Native
2 69 (4.38%) Data Centre
3 59 (3.75%) Product Ownership
4 34 (2.16%) Cyberattack
5 32 (2.03%) Management Information System
6 31 (1.97%) Virtual Team
7 25 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
8 24 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (1.21%) Public Cloud
10 17 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
12 12 (0.76%) IoT
13 11 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (0.70%) IVR
14 10 (0.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 10 (0.63%) Low-Code
14 10 (0.63%) PKI
15 8 (0.51%) AI Agents
15 8 (0.51%) Onboarding
15 8 (0.51%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.02%) 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
1 371 (23.56%) Roadmaps
2 279 (17.71%) Agile
3 251 (15.94%) AI
4 220 (13.97%) Enterprise Architecture
5 209 (13.27%) TOGAF
6 194 (12.32%) Technical Architecture
7 179 (11.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 172 (10.92%) CI/CD
9 169 (10.73%) DevOps
10 166 (10.54%) Technology Strategy
11 164 (10.41%) Cybersecurity
12 146 (9.27%) Continuous Improvement
13 141 (8.95%) Mentoring
14 139 (8.83%) Analytics
15 135 (8.57%) Presales
16 128 (8.13%) Migration
17 126 (8.00%) Data Architecture
18 124 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
19 123 (7.81%) IT Strategy
19 123 (7.81%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 54 (3.43%) Python
2 49 (3.11%) SQL
3 37 (2.35%) Apex Code
4 36 (2.29%) SOQL
4 36 (2.29%) SOSL
5 27 (1.71%) C#
6 22 (1.40%) Bicep
7 20 (1.27%) 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 4 (0.25%) Bash
12 4 (0.25%) Ruby
12 4 (0.25%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.13%) C++
13 2 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 276 (17.52%) Security Cleared
2 229 (14.54%) SC Cleared
3 104 (6.60%) Degree
4 51 (3.24%) CISSP
5 44 (2.79%) Azure Certification
6 43 (2.73%) TOGAF Certification
7 33 (2.10%) AWS Certification
8 29 (1.84%) DV Cleared
9 28 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
10 25 (1.59%) CISM
10 25 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.83%) CCNP
14 12 (0.76%) VCAP
14 12 (0.76%) VCDX
14 12 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 10 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 10 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (0.63%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (5.59%) GRC
2 80 (5.08%) NIST
3 63 (4.00%) Data Quality
4 54 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (1.84%) GDPR
6 25 (1.59%) NCSC
7 22 (1.40%) Accessibility
8 15 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (0.83%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 12 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
11 10 (0.63%) PMO
12 9 (0.57%) QA
13 8 (0.51%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.44%) WCAG
15 6 (0.38%) PCI DSS
16 5 (0.32%) IFRS
17 4 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 4 (0.25%) Def Stans
17 4 (0.25%) NIST 800
18 3 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
2 37 (2.35%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.33%) vSphere
5 17 (1.08%) Docker
6 13 (0.83%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.63%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.44%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 33 (2.10%) Terraform
2 31 (1.97%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (0.83%) 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 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.063%) Argo
Vendors
1 329 (20.89%) Microsoft
2 60 (3.81%) Cisco
3 54 (3.43%) Salesforce
4 51 (3.24%) Databricks
5 47 (2.98%) Palo Alto
6 38 (2.41%) Oracle
7 36 (2.29%) Splunk
8 30 (1.90%) CrowdStrike
8 30 (1.90%) Google
8 30 (1.90%) SAP
8 30 (1.90%) VMware
9 28 (1.78%) OpenAI
9 28 (1.78%) ServiceNow
10 25 (1.59%) Tenable
11 17 (1.08%) Juniper
12 14 (0.89%) Dell
12 14 (0.89%) Fortinet
13 13 (0.83%) NetApp
13 13 (0.83%) Nimble Storage
14 12 (0.76%) Broadcom