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 26 July 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 94 26
Rank change year-on-year +70 -68 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,609 620 2,041
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.37% 3.76% 7.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.83% 4.08% 7.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,138 431 1,304
10th Percentile £64,439 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £66,375 £68,938
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 £110,000 £107,500 £120,000
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 20,537 15,191 26,328
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 92.16% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 14,843 9,439 19,801
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,828 £34,089
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,875 £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 £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 26 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 26 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.

1 505 (31.39%) Azure
2 389 (24.18%) Roadmaps
3 338 (21.01%) Microsoft
4 281 (17.46%) Agile
5 279 (17.34%) Security Cleared
6 278 (17.28%) AWS
7 259 (16.10%) AI
8 231 (14.36%) SC Cleared
9 222 (13.80%) Enterprise Architecture
10 205 (12.74%) Technical Architecture
10 205 (12.74%) TOGAF
11 180 (11.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 179 (11.12%) CI/CD
13 173 (10.75%) Technology Strategy
14 169 (10.50%) DevOps
15 161 (10.01%) Cybersecurity
16 147 (9.14%) Analytics
16 147 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
17 143 (8.89%) Mentoring
17 143 (8.89%) Presales
18 130 (8.08%) Stakeholder Management
19 129 (8.02%) Business Strategy
19 129 (8.02%) Data Architecture
19 129 (8.02%) Technical Leadership
20 128 (7.96%) Infrastructure as Code
20 128 (7.96%) IT Strategy
20 128 (7.96%) Migration
21 126 (7.83%) Data Modelling
22 124 (7.71%) GCP
23 117 (7.27%) 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 (0.62%) CMS
1 10 (0.62%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.31%) Confluence
3 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.19%) Apache
4 3 (0.19%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.19%) SAS
5 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.062%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.062%) Appian
Applications
1 11 (0.68%) Chatbot
1 11 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.19%) Revit
5 2 (0.12%) ArchiCAD
5 2 (0.12%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.062%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.062%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (0.68%) Oracle General Ledger
1 11 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
2 9 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
2 9 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
2 9 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.12%) Shopify
8 1 (0.062%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.062%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.062%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.062%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.062%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.062%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 505 (31.39%) Azure
2 278 (17.28%) AWS
3 124 (7.71%) GCP
4 90 (5.59%) Power Platform
5 80 (4.97%) SaaS
6 69 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
7 61 (3.79%) Cloud Computing
8 60 (3.73%) Serverless
9 52 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
10 51 (3.17%) Entra ID
11 40 (2.49%) Snowflake
12 38 (2.36%) PaaS
13 33 (2.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 32 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
15 25 (1.55%) dbt
16 23 (1.43%) Anthropic Claude
17 19 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
18 17 (1.06%) Azure Service Bus
18 17 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
19 16 (0.99%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 115 (7.15%) WAN
2 88 (5.47%) LAN
3 66 (4.10%) Broadband
4 59 (3.67%) Network Security
5 40 (2.49%) SD-WAN
6 39 (2.42%) Firewall
7 30 (1.86%) MPLS
8 25 (1.55%) VPN
9 18 (1.12%) BGP
10 17 (1.06%) HTTP
11 16 (0.99%) DNS
12 15 (0.93%) SNMP
13 14 (0.87%) IPsec
13 14 (0.87%) WLAN
14 12 (0.75%) Kerberos
14 12 (0.75%) VoIP
14 12 (0.75%) VSAN
15 11 (0.68%) CTI
15 11 (0.68%) Unified Communications
15 11 (0.68%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (4.16%) Metadata
2 27 (1.68%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.55%) Power BI
4 23 (1.43%) Data Lake
5 21 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.18%) BigQuery
6 19 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (1.06%) MongoDB
8 14 (0.87%) Delta Lake
9 13 (0.81%) Data Vault
10 12 (0.75%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.56%) Tableau
12 7 (0.44%) MySQL
12 7 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
13 6 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.37%) Relational Database
14 5 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
15 4 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
16 3 (0.19%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 48 (2.98%) Jenkins
2 36 (2.24%) GitLab
3 35 (2.18%) SonarQube
4 25 (1.55%) Snyk
5 9 (0.56%) Claude Code
6 8 (0.50%) Git
7 5 (0.31%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.12%) MLflow
9 1 (0.062%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.062%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.062%) ERwin
9 1 (0.062%) JMeter
9 1 (0.062%) Maven
9 1 (0.062%) Postman
9 1 (0.062%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.062%) Selenium
General
1 358 (22.25%) Social Skills
2 304 (18.89%) Finance
3 240 (14.92%) Public Sector
4 203 (12.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 99 (6.15%) Law
6 94 (5.84%) Presentation Skills
7 91 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
8 69 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
9 53 (3.29%) Games
10 51 (3.17%) Marketing
11 50 (3.11%) Legal
12 47 (2.92%) Retail
13 34 (2.11%) Banking
14 20 (1.24%) Manufacturing
15 14 (0.87%) Telecoms
16 10 (0.62%) Back Office
17 9 (0.56%) Financial Institution
18 7 (0.44%) Advertising
18 7 (0.44%) Aviation
19 6 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (4.10%) REST
2 48 (2.98%) SOAP
3 38 (2.36%) .NET
3 38 (2.36%) Lightning Web Components
4 34 (2.11%) Visualforce
5 31 (1.93%) OAuth
6 27 (1.68%) RESTful
7 26 (1.62%) SAML
8 25 (1.55%) Middleware
9 19 (1.18%) OpenID
10 18 (1.12%) LDAP
11 15 (0.93%) PySpark
12 12 (0.75%) Node.js
13 11 (0.68%) LangChain
13 11 (0.68%) OpenAPI
13 11 (0.68%) Swagger
14 9 (0.56%) LangGraph
15 8 (0.50%) .NET Core
15 8 (0.50%) Kafka
16 7 (0.44%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.71%) Cloud Native
2 68 (4.23%) Data Centre
3 61 (3.79%) Product Ownership
4 34 (2.11%) Cyberattack
5 33 (2.05%) Management Information System
6 31 (1.93%) Virtual Team
7 28 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
8 26 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
9 18 (1.12%) Public Cloud
10 13 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (0.75%) AI Agents
12 11 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (0.68%) IVR
13 10 (0.62%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 10 (0.62%) Low-Code
13 10 (0.62%) Video\Live Streaming
14 9 (0.56%) Hedge funds
14 9 (0.56%) IoT
14 9 (0.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 16 (0.99%) Windows
2 9 (0.56%) Linux
3 4 (0.25%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (24.18%) Roadmaps
2 281 (17.46%) Agile
3 259 (16.10%) AI
4 222 (13.80%) Enterprise Architecture
5 205 (12.74%) Technical Architecture
5 205 (12.74%) TOGAF
6 180 (11.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 179 (11.12%) CI/CD
8 173 (10.75%) Technology Strategy
9 169 (10.50%) DevOps
10 161 (10.01%) Cybersecurity
11 147 (9.14%) Analytics
11 147 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 143 (8.89%) Mentoring
12 143 (8.89%) Presales
13 130 (8.08%) Stakeholder Management
14 129 (8.02%) Business Strategy
14 129 (8.02%) Data Architecture
14 129 (8.02%) Technical Leadership
15 128 (7.96%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 58 (3.60%) Python
2 50 (3.11%) SQL
3 38 (2.36%) Apex Code
4 36 (2.24%) SOQL
4 36 (2.24%) SOSL
5 33 (2.05%) C#
6 24 (1.49%) Bicep
7 19 (1.18%) PowerShell
8 18 (1.12%) Java
9 13 (0.81%) Scala
10 12 (0.75%) Go
11 11 (0.68%) TypeScript
12 10 (0.62%) JavaScript
13 4 (0.25%) Bash
13 4 (0.25%) Ruby
13 4 (0.25%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.19%) C
15 2 (0.12%) C++
15 2 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 279 (17.34%) Security Cleared
2 231 (14.36%) SC Cleared
3 110 (6.84%) Degree
4 49 (3.05%) CISSP
5 44 (2.73%) Azure Certification
6 42 (2.61%) TOGAF Certification
7 31 (1.93%) AWS Certification
8 30 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
9 28 (1.74%) DV Cleared
10 24 (1.49%) CISM
11 21 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.81%) CCNP
14 12 (0.75%) VCAP
14 12 (0.75%) VCDX
14 12 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 10 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 10 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (0.62%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (5.97%) GRC
2 79 (4.91%) NIST
3 65 (4.04%) Data Quality
4 53 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (1.80%) GDPR
6 24 (1.49%) NCSC
7 22 (1.37%) Accessibility
8 15 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 12 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.56%) PMO
11 9 (0.56%) QA
12 8 (0.50%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.44%) WCAG
14 6 (0.37%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.31%) 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 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
2 36 (2.24%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.31%) vSphere
5 20 (1.24%) Docker
6 12 (0.75%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.62%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.44%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 40 (2.49%) Kubernetes
2 34 (2.11%) Terraform
3 26 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (0.81%) CASB
5 12 (0.75%) Ansible
6 10 (0.62%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.37%) Avamar
7 6 (0.37%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.37%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.37%) VxRail
8 5 (0.31%) Endace
8 5 (0.31%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.062%) Argo
Vendors
1 338 (21.01%) Microsoft
2 60 (3.73%) Cisco
3 57 (3.54%) Databricks
4 56 (3.48%) Salesforce
5 47 (2.92%) Palo Alto
6 38 (2.36%) Oracle
7 36 (2.24%) Splunk
8 31 (1.93%) SAP
9 30 (1.86%) ServiceNow
10 29 (1.80%) CrowdStrike
10 29 (1.80%) VMware
11 27 (1.68%) Google
11 27 (1.68%) OpenAI
12 25 (1.55%) Tenable
13 17 (1.06%) Juniper
14 15 (0.93%) Fortinet
15 14 (0.87%) Dell
16 13 (0.81%) NetApp
16 13 (0.81%) Nimble Storage
17 12 (0.75%) Broadcom