Architect Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote or hybrid work is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 26 22
Rank change year-on-year -91 -4 +54
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 631 2,420 3,257
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.97% 7.71% 9.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.26% 8.01% 9.96%
Number of salaries quoted 444 1,425 1,597
10th Percentile £62,500 £56,809 £60,000
25th Percentile £66,438 £70,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £118,750 £110,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year - -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 19,360 30,215 32,692
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.26% 96.26% 95.81%
Number of salaries quoted 10,688 22,432 24,576
10th Percentile £25,267 £33,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.66% -12.42% -

Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Architect trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Architect
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Architect.

Architect salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Architect
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Architect over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.

Architect salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 19 July 2025, Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Architect in the job title.

1 253 (40.10%) Azure
2 191 (30.27%) Agile
3 169 (26.78%) AWS
4 167 (26.47%) Roadmaps
5 159 (25.20%) Social Skills
5 159 (25.20%) TOGAF
6 157 (24.88%) DevOps
7 145 (22.98%) Finance
8 127 (20.13%) Enterprise Architecture
9 122 (19.33%) Security Cleared
10 112 (17.75%) Microservices
11 111 (17.59%) SQL
12 110 (17.43%) Technical Leadership
13 97 (15.37%) Problem-Solving
14 96 (15.21%) SC Cleared
15 94 (14.90%) GCP
16 93 (14.74%) Microsoft
17 89 (14.10%) CI/CD
18 77 (12.20%) Degree
19 75 (11.89%) Data Architecture
19 75 (11.89%) GDPR
20 74 (11.73%) Mentoring
21 73 (11.57%) Artificial Intelligence
21 73 (11.57%) Stakeholder Management
22 70 (11.09%) Analytics
23 68 (10.78%) Banking
24 67 (10.62%) C#
25 66 (10.46%) Data Modelling
25 66 (10.46%) Migration
25 66 (10.46%) Docker

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (2.06%) Apache Spark
2 9 (1.43%) Umbraco
3 6 (0.95%) Apache
4 4 (0.63%) Confluence
5 2 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.32%) IBM Domino
5 2 (0.32%) NetWeaver
5 2 (0.32%) SAS
6 1 (0.16%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) Luigi
6 1 (0.16%) Mendix
6 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.95%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.95%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.16%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (3.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.79%) SAP PP
3 5 (0.79%) Shopify
4 4 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.48%) Magento
5 3 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.48%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.48%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.32%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.32%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 253 (40.10%) Azure
2 169 (26.78%) AWS
3 94 (14.90%) GCP
4 58 (9.19%) SaaS
5 54 (8.56%) Azure DevOps
6 52 (8.24%) Power Platform
7 45 (7.13%) PaaS
8 44 (6.97%) Azure Service Bus
9 35 (5.55%) IaaS
10 26 (4.12%) OCI
11 24 (3.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 22 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (3.49%) Entra ID
13 21 (3.33%) Serverless
14 20 (3.17%) Power Automate
14 20 (3.17%) SonarCloud
15 19 (3.01%) Azure AI
16 17 (2.69%) Azure Key Vault
17 16 (2.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 16 (2.54%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.71%) VPN
2 32 (5.07%) Firewall
2 32 (5.07%) Network Security
2 32 (5.07%) WAN
3 19 (3.01%) DNS
3 19 (3.01%) SD-WAN
4 15 (2.38%) LAN
5 12 (1.90%) Junos
6 11 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.79%) BGP
8 3 (0.48%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (0.48%) IPsec
8 3 (0.48%) MPLS
8 3 (0.48%) S/MIME
8 3 (0.48%) SNMP
8 3 (0.48%) SSL
8 3 (0.48%) X.509
9 2 (0.32%) SAN
9 2 (0.32%) VoIP
9 2 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (6.81%) Data Lake
2 35 (5.55%) Data Warehouse
2 35 (5.55%) Power BI
3 34 (5.39%) NoSQL
4 20 (3.17%) Elasticsearch
4 20 (3.17%) SQL Server
5 19 (3.01%) MySQL
6 16 (2.54%) Big Data
6 16 (2.54%) BigQuery
7 13 (2.06%) Metadata
8 8 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.95%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.95%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.95%) Hadoop
10 5 (0.79%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.79%) SAP BW
10 5 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.63%) Apache Hive
11 4 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (6.66%) Git
2 28 (4.44%) Visual Studio
3 21 (3.33%) Team Foundation Server
4 20 (3.17%) MSBuild
4 20 (3.17%) Octopus Deploy
5 16 (2.54%) JIRA
6 6 (0.95%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.32%) ERwin
7 2 (0.32%) GitLab
7 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.16%) MSI
8 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 159 (25.20%) Social Skills
2 145 (22.98%) Finance
3 68 (10.78%) Banking
4 53 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (5.86%) Retail
7 36 (5.71%) Public Sector
8 22 (3.49%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (2.54%) Law
10 13 (2.06%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.74%) Back Office
12 11 (1.74%) Marketing
13 10 (1.58%) Legal
13 10 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.27%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.11%) Advertising
16 6 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (0.79%) Electronics
17 5 (0.79%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (8.24%) .NET
2 38 (6.02%) CSS
3 33 (5.23%) REST
4 31 (4.91%) HTML
5 24 (3.80%) JSON
6 23 (3.65%) gRPC
6 23 (3.65%) XML
7 22 (3.49%) ASP.NET
7 22 (3.49%) Kafka
8 21 (3.33%) React
9 20 (3.17%) Bootstrap
10 13 (2.06%) React Native
11 12 (1.90%) Middleware
12 11 (1.74%) .NET Framework
13 10 (1.58%) Elastic Stack
13 10 (1.58%) RESTful
14 9 (1.43%) jQuery
14 9 (1.43%) Node.js
14 9 (1.43%) OAuth
14 9 (1.43%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 57 (9.03%) Management Information System
2 46 (7.29%) Data Centre
3 44 (6.97%) Cloud Native
4 40 (6.34%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.96%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (3.01%) Hybrid Cloud
6 19 (3.01%) Operational Technology
7 16 (2.54%) NHS
7 16 (2.54%) Private Cloud
8 14 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.90%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.27%) CMDB
10 8 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.11%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.11%) SCADA
12 6 (0.95%) DataPower
13 4 (0.63%) Augmented Reality
13 4 (0.63%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.22%) Linux
2 13 (2.06%) Windows
3 7 (1.11%) Android
4 6 (0.95%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.16%) Solaris
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (30.27%) Agile
2 167 (26.47%) Roadmaps
3 159 (25.20%) TOGAF
4 157 (24.88%) DevOps
5 127 (20.13%) Enterprise Architecture
6 112 (17.75%) Microservices
7 110 (17.43%) Technical Leadership
8 97 (15.37%) Problem-Solving
9 89 (14.10%) CI/CD
10 75 (11.89%) Data Architecture
11 74 (11.73%) Mentoring
12 73 (11.57%) Artificial Intelligence
12 73 (11.57%) Stakeholder Management
13 70 (11.09%) Analytics
14 66 (10.46%) Data Modelling
14 66 (10.46%) Migration
15 63 (9.98%) Security Architecture
16 62 (9.83%) Infrastructure as Code
17 57 (9.03%) Technology Roadmap
18 55 (8.72%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 111 (17.59%) SQL
2 67 (10.62%) C#
3 62 (9.83%) Python
4 59 (9.35%) Java
5 45 (7.13%) JavaScript
6 22 (3.49%) PowerShell
7 20 (3.17%) Bicep
8 8 (1.27%) C
9 7 (1.11%) C++
10 6 (0.95%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.79%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.79%) R
11 5 (0.79%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.63%) Scala
13 3 (0.48%) ABAP
14 2 (0.32%) Bash
14 2 (0.32%) SOQL
14 2 (0.32%) X++
15 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.16%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 122 (19.33%) Security Cleared
2 96 (15.21%) SC Cleared
3 77 (12.20%) Degree
4 53 (8.40%) AWS Certification
4 53 (8.40%) Azure Certification
5 45 (7.13%) TOGAF Certification
6 33 (5.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (4.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 27 (4.28%) DV Cleared
9 18 (2.85%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (2.69%) CCNP
10 17 (2.69%) DBS Check
10 17 (2.69%) Master's Degree
11 13 (2.06%) CCNA
11 13 (2.06%) CISSP
12 9 (1.43%) JNCIA
12 9 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.27%) SAP Certification
14 7 (1.11%) CISM
15 4 (0.63%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (11.89%) GDPR
2 49 (7.77%) NIST
3 37 (5.86%) HIPAA
4 35 (5.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (3.01%) NCSC
6 16 (2.54%) QA
7 12 (1.90%) Data Quality
8 10 (1.58%) SOC 2
9 9 (1.43%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.63%) COBIT
10 4 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.48%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.48%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.48%) SLA
12 2 (0.32%) Basel II
12 2 (0.32%) Basel III
12 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.32%) Dodd-Frank
12 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 66 (10.46%) Docker
2 22 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (1.11%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.63%) HDFS
4 4 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.16%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.16%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.16%) KVM
5 1 (0.16%) NFS
5 1 (0.16%) SRDF
5 1 (0.16%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 54 (8.56%) Kubernetes
2 29 (4.60%) Terraform
3 25 (3.96%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (1.90%) Grafana
4 12 (1.90%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.95%) Ansible
6 3 (0.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.16%) Marathon
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.16%) Puppet
7 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 93 (14.74%) Microsoft
2 48 (7.61%) Google
3 44 (6.97%) SAP
4 43 (6.81%) Databricks
5 35 (5.55%) Oracle
6 26 (4.12%) ServiceNow
7 20 (3.17%) Salesforce
8 19 (3.01%) Cisco
9 17 (2.69%) Meraki
10 16 (2.54%) Workday
11 14 (2.22%) Apple
12 13 (2.06%) Juniper
13 11 (1.74%) VMware
14 10 (1.58%) IBM
15 9 (1.43%) Palo Alto
15 9 (1.43%) PayPal
16 8 (1.27%) Adobe
17 5 (0.79%) Ariba
17 5 (0.79%) Avaloq
17 5 (0.79%) Informatica