Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 February 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 45 36
Rank change year-on-year +5 -9 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 899 952 1,759
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.55% 6.06% 6.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.92% 6.33% 6.62%
Number of salaries quoted 568 594 1,324
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £56,809
25th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £84,335 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.14% +5.42% -5.88%
75th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £113,979 £110,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year - +3.13% -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 15,179 15,041 26,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 95.77% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 10,129 9,110 22,221
10th Percentile £30,921 £35,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,231 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,207 £81,250 £75,781
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 15 February 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 15 February 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.

1 297 (33.04%) Azure
2 206 (22.91%) Roadmaps
3 194 (21.58%) AWS
4 161 (17.91%) Agile
5 152 (16.91%) Microsoft
6 148 (16.46%) Data Modelling
7 137 (15.24%) Security Cleared
8 128 (14.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 122 (13.57%) TOGAF
10 118 (13.13%) AI
10 118 (13.13%) Data Architecture
11 117 (13.01%) Analytics
12 109 (12.12%) Enterprise Architecture
12 109 (12.12%) Mentoring
13 100 (11.12%) Cybersecurity
13 100 (11.12%) DevOps
14 93 (10.34%) SC Cleared
15 90 (10.01%) Migration
16 86 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
17 85 (9.45%) Microservices
18 80 (8.90%) GCP
19 79 (8.79%) Technical Leadership
20 77 (8.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 76 (8.45%) Data Management
22 71 (7.90%) Stakeholder Management
23 70 (7.79%) SaaS
23 70 (7.79%) Technical Architecture
24 69 (7.68%) Strategic Thinking
25 68 (7.56%) Architectural Patterns
25 68 (7.56%) CI/CD

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 13 (1.45%) JBoss
1 13 (1.45%) WebSphere
2 9 (1.00%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.67%) CMS
5 5 (0.56%) Confluence
6 4 (0.44%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.44%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.44%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.33%) SAS
8 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.11%) Apache
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Strapi
Applications
1 2 (0.22%) ArchiCAD
1 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.22%) Revit
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.11%) Oracle General Ledger
2 10 (1.11%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (1.00%) Oracle Assets
4 8 (0.89%) Oracle Financials
5 7 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.22%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.11%) Actimize
8 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.11%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 297 (33.04%) Azure
2 194 (21.58%) AWS
3 80 (8.90%) GCP
4 70 (7.79%) SaaS
5 61 (6.79%) Serverless
6 53 (5.90%) Snowflake
7 39 (4.34%) Power Platform
8 37 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (2.34%) PaaS
10 20 (2.22%) IaaS
11 19 (2.11%) Entra ID
12 13 (1.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 13 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (1.11%) GitHub
15 10 (1.11%) OCI
16 9 (1.00%) dbt
17 8 (0.89%) AWS CloudFormation
17 8 (0.89%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 60 (6.67%) Broadband
2 19 (2.11%) WAN
3 18 (2.00%) Firewall
4 15 (1.67%) VPN
5 12 (1.33%) SD-WAN
6 10 (1.11%) LAN
7 8 (0.89%) MPLS
8 7 (0.78%) DHCP
8 7 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.56%) DNS
9 5 (0.56%) Network Security
10 4 (0.44%) BGP
10 4 (0.44%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (0.44%) HTTP
10 4 (0.44%) SNMP
10 4 (0.44%) SSL
10 4 (0.44%) VoIP
11 3 (0.33%) DOCSIS
11 3 (0.33%) DSL
11 3 (0.33%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (7.45%) Data Warehouse
2 41 (4.56%) Metadata
3 23 (2.56%) Data Lake
4 16 (1.78%) SQL Server
5 13 (1.45%) Power BI
6 12 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (1.22%) Data Vault
7 11 (1.22%) NoSQL
8 10 (1.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.89%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.89%) Data Mining
9 8 (0.89%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.89%) Tableau
10 6 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.56%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.56%) GIS
11 5 (0.56%) Metadata Repository
12 4 (0.44%) DataStage
12 4 (0.44%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 45 (5.01%) Jenkins
2 29 (3.23%) GitLab
2 29 (3.23%) SonarQube
3 6 (0.67%) ERwin
3 6 (0.67%) JIRA
4 5 (0.56%) ER Studio
4 5 (0.56%) Git
5 4 (0.44%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.11%) Subversion
General
1 240 (26.70%) Social Skills
2 146 (16.24%) Finance
3 125 (13.90%) Public Sector
4 79 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
5 70 (7.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (6.01%) Marketing
7 50 (5.56%) Retail
8 49 (5.45%) Games
8 49 (5.45%) Law
9 37 (4.12%) Legal
10 33 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
11 32 (3.56%) Banking
12 21 (2.34%) Telecoms
13 17 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.78%) Back Office
14 16 (1.78%) Manufacturing
15 12 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.67%) Financial Institution
18 4 (0.44%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (5.90%) REST
2 50 (5.56%) SOAP
3 33 (3.67%) .NET
4 29 (3.23%) Middleware
5 28 (3.11%) Lightning Web Components
5 28 (3.11%) Visualforce
6 20 (2.22%) GraphQL
7 18 (2.00%) React
7 18 (2.00%) Spring
8 17 (1.89%) Hibernate
8 17 (1.89%) Node.js
9 12 (1.33%) OAuth
9 12 (1.33%) OpenID
9 12 (1.33%) RESTful
10 11 (1.22%) Web Services
11 10 (1.11%) Django
11 10 (1.11%) LDAP
11 10 (1.11%) React Native
11 10 (1.11%) SAML
12 6 (0.67%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 44 (4.89%) Cloud Native
2 43 (4.78%) Product Ownership
3 38 (4.23%) Legacy Systems
4 37 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
5 35 (3.89%) Enterprise Software
5 35 (3.89%) Public Cloud
6 29 (3.23%) Data Centre
7 28 (3.11%) Virtual Team
8 25 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (2.34%) Management Information System
10 16 (1.78%) IoT
10 16 (1.78%) PKI
11 13 (1.45%) DataPower
12 11 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.22%) Mobile App
13 10 (1.11%) Operational Technology
14 9 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
15 8 (0.89%) Cyberattack
15 8 (0.89%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.78%) Linux
2 13 (1.45%) Windows
3 6 (0.67%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.44%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.33%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (22.91%) Roadmaps
2 161 (17.91%) Agile
3 148 (16.46%) Data Modelling
4 128 (14.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 122 (13.57%) TOGAF
6 118 (13.13%) AI
6 118 (13.13%) Data Architecture
7 117 (13.01%) Analytics
8 109 (12.12%) Enterprise Architecture
8 109 (12.12%) Mentoring
9 100 (11.12%) Cybersecurity
9 100 (11.12%) DevOps
10 90 (10.01%) Migration
11 86 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
12 85 (9.45%) Microservices
13 79 (8.79%) Technical Leadership
14 77 (8.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 76 (8.45%) Data Management
16 71 (7.90%) Stakeholder Management
17 70 (7.79%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 59 (6.56%) Python
2 51 (5.67%) Java
3 46 (5.12%) SQL
4 44 (4.89%) C#
5 28 (3.11%) Apex Code
5 28 (3.11%) SOQL
5 28 (3.11%) SOSL
6 26 (2.89%) JavaScript
6 26 (2.89%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.89%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.00%) Bash
9 8 (0.89%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.67%) C++
11 5 (0.56%) Bicep
12 3 (0.33%) C
13 2 (0.22%) Go
13 2 (0.22%) Scala
14 1 (0.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 137 (15.24%) Security Cleared
2 93 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 64 (7.12%) Degree
4 56 (6.23%) Azure Certification
5 52 (5.78%) AWS Certification
6 50 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
7 38 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (3.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 33 (3.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 27 (3.00%) CISSP
11 22 (2.45%) DV Cleared
12 17 (1.89%) CISM
13 14 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (1.11%) Master's Degree
15 9 (1.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 5 (0.56%) SAP Certification
17 4 (0.44%) CCNP
17 4 (0.44%) CCSP
17 4 (0.44%) DBS Check
18 2 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.89%) Accessibility
2 29 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (3.11%) NIST
4 20 (2.22%) NCSC
5 17 (1.89%) GDPR
6 15 (1.67%) Data Quality
7 11 (1.22%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.78%) QA
9 5 (0.56%) PMO
10 3 (0.33%) GRC
11 2 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.11%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.11%) JSP 440
System Software
1 22 (2.45%) Docker
2 18 (2.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.33%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.22%) Firmware
4 2 (0.22%) GPFS
4 2 (0.22%) Lustre
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (2.56%) Ansible
1 23 (2.56%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.45%) Terraform
3 9 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.56%) Endace
4 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.33%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.22%) CASB
7 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.11%) Grafana
7 1 (0.11%) Puppet
7 1 (0.11%) Rancher
Vendors
1 152 (16.91%) Microsoft
2 35 (3.89%) Google
3 32 (3.56%) Salesforce
4 29 (3.23%) Splunk
5 28 (3.11%) SAP
6 27 (3.00%) Databricks
7 25 (2.78%) Oracle
8 16 (1.78%) Cisco
8 16 (1.78%) ServiceNow
9 8 (0.89%) F5
10 6 (0.67%) Fortinet
10 6 (0.67%) Juniper
10 6 (0.67%) Sparx
10 6 (0.67%) VMware
11 5 (0.56%) IBM
11 5 (0.56%) Informatica
12 4 (0.44%) Ariba
12 4 (0.44%) BiZZdesign
12 4 (0.44%) ESRI
12 4 (0.44%) Red Hat