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 24 June 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 96 30
Rank change year-on-year +70 -66 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,482 604 2,356
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.26% 3.88% 6.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.73% 4.21% 7.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,034 442 1,554
10th Percentile £63,744 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,750 £68,319 £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 £96,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £115,000
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 19,168 14,341 32,968
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 92.12% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 14,017 8,798 25,741
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,818 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 24 June 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 24 June 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.

1 426 (28.74%) Azure
2 308 (20.78%) Roadmaps
3 262 (17.68%) AWS
4 257 (17.34%) Microsoft
5 253 (17.07%) Agile
6 227 (15.32%) Security Cleared
7 212 (14.30%) AI
8 204 (13.77%) TOGAF
9 187 (12.62%) Enterprise Architecture
10 181 (12.21%) SC Cleared
11 169 (11.40%) CI/CD
12 168 (11.34%) DevOps
13 150 (10.12%) Technology Strategy
14 149 (10.05%) Cybersecurity
15 134 (9.04%) Mentoring
16 131 (8.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 129 (8.70%) Data Architecture
17 129 (8.70%) GCP
18 125 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
19 122 (8.23%) Data Modelling
20 118 (7.96%) Analytics
21 116 (7.83%) Presales
21 116 (7.83%) Technical Leadership
22 109 (7.35%) IT Strategy
23 107 (7.22%) Stakeholder Management
24 106 (7.15%) Event-Driven
25 104 (7.02%) Problem-Solving
26 101 (6.82%) Decision-Making
27 99 (6.68%) Microservices
27 99 (6.68%) Migration

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 8 (0.54%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.47%) CMS
3 6 (0.40%) Confluence
4 5 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.20%) Apache
5 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.20%) JBoss
5 3 (0.20%) SAS
5 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.20%) Revit
5 2 (0.13%) ArchiCAD
5 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.067%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.067%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.067%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.067%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 13 (0.88%) Oracle Assets
1 13 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
1 13 (0.88%) Oracle General Ledger
1 13 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
2 12 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.34%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.13%) Shopify
8 1 (0.067%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.067%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.067%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.067%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.067%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.067%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.067%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 426 (28.74%) Azure
2 262 (17.68%) AWS
3 129 (8.70%) GCP
4 79 (5.33%) SaaS
5 63 (4.25%) Serverless
6 59 (3.98%) Power Platform
7 48 (3.24%) Entra ID
8 44 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
9 36 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
10 35 (2.36%) PaaS
11 29 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
12 28 (1.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 27 (1.82%) Snowflake
14 16 (1.08%) Azure Machine Learning
14 16 (1.08%) Azure Service Bus
14 16 (1.08%) IaaS
15 15 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
16 14 (0.94%) Anthropic Claude
17 13 (0.88%) Azure AI
17 13 (0.88%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 86 (5.80%) Broadband
2 54 (3.64%) WAN
3 52 (3.51%) Network Security
4 40 (2.70%) SD-WAN
5 36 (2.43%) Firewall
6 29 (1.96%) LAN
7 27 (1.82%) MPLS
8 26 (1.75%) VPN
9 16 (1.08%) BGP
10 15 (1.01%) WLAN
11 14 (0.94%) DNS
12 13 (0.88%) HTTP
12 13 (0.88%) SNMP
13 12 (0.81%) IPsec
13 12 (0.81%) VSAN
14 11 (0.74%) SSL
15 10 (0.67%) Kerberos
16 9 (0.61%) Cisco Firepower
16 9 (0.61%) VLAN
17 8 (0.54%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (4.59%) Metadata
2 24 (1.62%) Power BI
2 24 (1.62%) SQL Server
3 21 (1.42%) Data Lake
3 21 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (1.21%) BigQuery
6 17 (1.15%) NoSQL
7 16 (1.08%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.61%) Tableau
9 8 (0.54%) Delta Lake
9 8 (0.54%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.47%) MySQL
10 7 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
11 6 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.40%) Data Vault
12 5 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.27%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 47 (3.17%) Jenkins
2 35 (2.36%) GitLab
3 34 (2.29%) SonarQube
4 25 (1.69%) Snyk
5 7 (0.47%) Git
6 5 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.13%) MLflow
7 2 (0.13%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.067%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.067%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.067%) ERwin
8 1 (0.067%) JMeter
8 1 (0.067%) Postman
8 1 (0.067%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.067%) Selenium
General
1 259 (17.48%) Social Skills
2 240 (16.19%) Public Sector
3 222 (14.98%) Finance
4 154 (10.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 89 (6.01%) Analytical Skills
6 68 (4.59%) Games
7 61 (4.12%) Influencing Skills
8 60 (4.05%) Law
9 52 (3.51%) Marketing
10 50 (3.37%) Retail
11 47 (3.17%) Legal
12 28 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (1.69%) Banking
14 22 (1.48%) Telecoms
15 20 (1.35%) Manufacturing
16 10 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (0.61%) Back Office
18 7 (0.47%) Aviation
18 7 (0.47%) Financial Institution
19 6 (0.40%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (4.59%) REST
2 52 (3.51%) SOAP
3 38 (2.56%) .NET
4 37 (2.50%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.29%) Visualforce
6 31 (2.09%) OAuth
7 29 (1.96%) Middleware
8 26 (1.75%) SAML
9 24 (1.62%) RESTful
10 22 (1.48%) OpenID
11 18 (1.21%) LDAP
12 12 (0.81%) Node.js
13 11 (0.74%) GraphQL
14 9 (0.61%) OpenAPI
14 9 (0.61%) PySpark
14 9 (0.61%) Swagger
15 8 (0.54%) Spring
16 7 (0.47%) .NET Core
16 7 (0.47%) ARM Templates
17 6 (0.40%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 92 (6.21%) Cloud Native
2 67 (4.52%) Data Centre
3 55 (3.71%) Product Ownership
4 38 (2.56%) Cyberattack
5 31 (2.09%) Management Information System
6 30 (2.02%) Virtual Team
7 28 (1.89%) Public Cloud
8 27 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
10 17 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (1.08%) PKI
12 14 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
13 12 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (0.81%) IoT
13 12 (0.81%) Operational Technology
14 11 (0.74%) Low-Code
15 10 (0.67%) Video\Live Streaming
16 8 (0.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 8 (0.54%) Onboarding
17 7 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.01%) Windows
2 8 (0.54%) Linux
3 4 (0.27%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (20.78%) Roadmaps
2 253 (17.07%) Agile
3 212 (14.30%) AI
4 204 (13.77%) TOGAF
5 187 (12.62%) Enterprise Architecture
6 169 (11.40%) CI/CD
7 168 (11.34%) DevOps
8 150 (10.12%) Technology Strategy
9 149 (10.05%) Cybersecurity
10 134 (9.04%) Mentoring
11 131 (8.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 129 (8.70%) Data Architecture
13 125 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
14 122 (8.23%) Data Modelling
15 118 (7.96%) Analytics
16 116 (7.83%) Presales
16 116 (7.83%) Technical Leadership
17 109 (7.35%) IT Strategy
18 107 (7.22%) Stakeholder Management
19 106 (7.15%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 50 (3.37%) Python
1 50 (3.37%) SQL
2 37 (2.50%) Apex Code
3 36 (2.43%) SOQL
3 36 (2.43%) SOSL
4 30 (2.02%) C#
5 23 (1.55%) Java
6 19 (1.28%) Bicep
7 18 (1.21%) PowerShell
8 13 (0.88%) TypeScript
9 10 (0.67%) Go
9 10 (0.67%) JavaScript
10 9 (0.61%) Scala
11 8 (0.54%) Bash
11 8 (0.54%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.20%) Ruby
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
1 227 (15.32%) Security Cleared
2 181 (12.21%) SC Cleared
3 97 (6.55%) Degree
4 50 (3.37%) CISSP
5 46 (3.10%) TOGAF Certification
6 42 (2.83%) Azure Certification
7 36 (2.43%) AWS Certification
8 30 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
9 26 (1.75%) CISM
9 26 (1.75%) DV Cleared
10 25 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.88%) CCNP
14 12 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (0.81%) VCAP
14 12 (0.81%) VCDX
14 12 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 10 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (0.67%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (5.53%) NIST
2 55 (3.71%) Data Quality
2 55 (3.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (2.50%) GRC
4 29 (1.96%) NCSC
5 28 (1.89%) GDPR
6 16 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (0.81%) Accessibility
7 12 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
8 11 (0.74%) PMO
8 11 (0.74%) QA
9 10 (0.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 10 (0.67%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.54%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.47%) WCAG
12 5 (0.34%) IFRS
13 4 (0.27%) Def Stans
13 4 (0.27%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.13%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 39 (2.63%) Active Directory
1 39 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
2 23 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (1.21%) vSphere
4 17 (1.15%) Docker
5 13 (0.88%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.47%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.47%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 29 (1.96%) Terraform
2 27 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
3 22 (1.48%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.88%) Ansible
5 9 (0.61%) FortiGate
6 8 (0.54%) CASB
7 6 (0.40%) Avamar
7 6 (0.40%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.40%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.40%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.40%) VxRail
8 5 (0.34%) Endace
8 5 (0.34%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 257 (17.34%) Microsoft
2 52 (3.51%) Salesforce
3 47 (3.17%) Cisco
4 45 (3.04%) Palo Alto
5 44 (2.97%) Databricks
6 37 (2.50%) Google
6 37 (2.50%) Oracle
6 37 (2.50%) Splunk
7 31 (2.09%) SAP
8 30 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
9 27 (1.82%) VMware
10 25 (1.69%) Tenable
11 21 (1.42%) ServiceNow
12 18 (1.21%) Juniper
13 17 (1.15%) OpenAI
14 14 (0.94%) Fortinet
15 13 (0.88%) Dell
15 13 (0.88%) NetApp
15 13 (0.88%) Nimble Storage
16 12 (0.81%) Broadcom