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 8 May 2026.

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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 73 30
Rank change year-on-year +45 -43 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,264 639 2,191
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.93% 4.49% 6.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.40% 4.88% 7.04%
Number of salaries quoted 848 477 1,424
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
25th Percentile £71,659 £68,750 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,900 £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 17,091 13,102 31,137
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.64% 92.13% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,478 8,944 24,903
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £33,127
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,318
Median % change year-on-year - +6.54% -9.89%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £93,200
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £53,000
% change year-on-year -5.23% +9.50% -11.67%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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.

1 355 (28.09%) Azure
2 236 (18.67%) Roadmaps
3 223 (17.64%) AWS
4 197 (15.59%) Security Cleared
5 187 (14.79%) Agile
6 179 (14.16%) Microsoft
7 176 (13.92%) AI
8 171 (13.53%) TOGAF
9 150 (11.87%) SC Cleared
10 144 (11.39%) DevOps
11 142 (11.23%) Enterprise Architecture
12 135 (10.68%) Cybersecurity
13 121 (9.57%) Analytics
14 117 (9.26%) Mentoring
15 114 (9.02%) Data Modelling
16 113 (8.94%) Data Architecture
17 110 (8.70%) CI/CD
18 107 (8.47%) Technology Strategy
19 106 (8.39%) GCP
20 105 (8.31%) Continuous Improvement
21 104 (8.23%) Migration
21 104 (8.23%) Problem-Solving
22 92 (7.28%) Technical Architecture
23 90 (7.12%) Microservices
24 89 (7.04%) Stakeholder Management
25 87 (6.88%) Event-Driven
25 87 (6.88%) Presales
26 83 (6.57%) Degree
26 83 (6.57%) IT Strategy
27 81 (6.41%) Broadband

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 14 (1.11%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.03%) CMS
3 9 (0.71%) JBoss
3 9 (0.71%) WebSphere
4 8 (0.63%) Confluence
5 7 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.40%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.40%) GeoServer
6 5 (0.40%) Oracle Spatial
7 4 (0.32%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.24%) Apache
8 3 (0.24%) SAS
9 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.079%) IIS
10 1 (0.079%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.079%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.16%) ArchiCAD
4 2 (0.16%) Revit
5 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.079%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.079%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (1.11%) Oracle Assets
1 14 (1.11%) Oracle Financials
1 14 (1.11%) Oracle General Ledger
1 14 (1.11%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.32%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.16%) Shopify
6 1 (0.079%) Actimize
6 1 (0.079%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.079%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.079%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.079%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.079%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 355 (28.09%) Azure
2 223 (17.64%) AWS
3 106 (8.39%) GCP
4 69 (5.46%) SaaS
5 68 (5.38%) Serverless
6 50 (3.96%) Power Platform
7 44 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
8 40 (3.16%) Snowflake
9 34 (2.69%) Entra ID
10 29 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
11 24 (1.90%) PaaS
12 21 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
13 19 (1.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 17 (1.34%) IaaS
15 15 (1.19%) Azure Machine Learning
16 12 (0.95%) Azure AI
16 12 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
17 10 (0.79%) Azure Service Bus
17 10 (0.79%) iPaaS
18 9 (0.71%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 81 (6.41%) Broadband
2 37 (2.93%) WAN
3 34 (2.69%) Network Security
4 33 (2.61%) Firewall
5 26 (2.06%) SD-WAN
6 24 (1.90%) LAN
7 21 (1.66%) VPN
8 17 (1.34%) MPLS
9 10 (0.79%) WLAN
10 9 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
11 8 (0.63%) Kerberos
12 7 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.47%) BGP
13 6 (0.47%) DNS
13 6 (0.47%) VSAN
14 5 (0.40%) Cisco ISE
14 5 (0.40%) HTTP
14 5 (0.40%) SNMP
14 5 (0.40%) VXLAN
15 4 (0.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (3.48%) Metadata
2 29 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
2 29 (2.29%) SQL Server
3 16 (1.27%) NoSQL
4 15 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (1.11%) Data Lake
5 14 (1.11%) Power BI
6 12 (0.95%) BigQuery
7 8 (0.63%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.47%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (0.40%) GIS
9 5 (0.40%) QGIS
9 5 (0.40%) Tableau
10 4 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.32%) Big Data
10 4 (0.32%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.24%) MySQL
12 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 46 (3.64%) Jenkins
2 34 (2.69%) GitLab
2 34 (2.69%) SonarQube
3 18 (1.42%) Snyk
4 6 (0.47%) Git
5 5 (0.40%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.16%) JIRA
6 2 (0.16%) MLflow
6 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.079%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.079%) JMeter
7 1 (0.079%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.079%) Postman
7 1 (0.079%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.079%) Selenium
7 1 (0.079%) Subversion
General
1 230 (18.20%) Social Skills
2 196 (15.51%) Public Sector
3 185 (14.64%) Finance
4 132 (10.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 86 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
6 66 (5.22%) Games
7 60 (4.75%) Marketing
8 56 (4.43%) Law
9 40 (3.16%) Legal
10 38 (3.01%) Retail
11 33 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
12 29 (2.29%) Banking
12 29 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (1.90%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.34%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.03%) Back Office
16 10 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.47%) Financial Institution
17 6 (0.47%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (4.98%) REST
2 52 (4.11%) SOAP
3 44 (3.48%) .NET
4 34 (2.69%) Lightning Web Components
4 34 (2.69%) Visualforce
5 33 (2.61%) Middleware
6 20 (1.58%) OAuth
6 20 (1.58%) OpenID
7 19 (1.50%) RESTful
8 16 (1.27%) LDAP
8 16 (1.27%) SAML
9 15 (1.19%) GraphQL
10 12 (0.95%) Spring
11 11 (0.87%) Hibernate
12 8 (0.63%) .NET Core
13 7 (0.55%) Django
13 7 (0.55%) Node.js
14 6 (0.47%) OpenAPI
14 6 (0.47%) Swagger
14 6 (0.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (4.43%) Cloud Native
2 50 (3.96%) Product Ownership
3 47 (3.72%) Data Centre
4 39 (3.09%) Virtual Team
5 35 (2.77%) Cyberattack
6 31 (2.45%) Public Cloud
7 30 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
8 28 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
9 27 (2.14%) Management Information System
10 21 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.34%) PKI
12 16 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
14 13 (1.03%) IoT
15 11 (0.87%) Operational Technology
16 10 (0.79%) Low-Code
17 9 (0.71%) DataPower
18 8 (0.63%) Video\Live Streaming
19 7 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
20 6 (0.47%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.11%) Windows
2 10 (0.79%) Linux
3 7 (0.55%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.40%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.079%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.079%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (18.67%) Roadmaps
2 187 (14.79%) Agile
3 176 (13.92%) AI
4 171 (13.53%) TOGAF
5 144 (11.39%) DevOps
6 142 (11.23%) Enterprise Architecture
7 135 (10.68%) Cybersecurity
8 121 (9.57%) Analytics
9 117 (9.26%) Mentoring
10 114 (9.02%) Data Modelling
11 113 (8.94%) Data Architecture
12 110 (8.70%) CI/CD
13 107 (8.47%) Technology Strategy
14 105 (8.31%) Continuous Improvement
15 104 (8.23%) Migration
15 104 (8.23%) Problem-Solving
16 92 (7.28%) Technical Architecture
17 90 (7.12%) Microservices
18 89 (7.04%) Stakeholder Management
19 87 (6.88%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 48 (3.80%) Python
1 48 (3.80%) SQL
2 34 (2.69%) Apex Code
2 34 (2.69%) C#
2 34 (2.69%) SOQL
2 34 (2.69%) SOSL
3 33 (2.61%) Java
4 20 (1.58%) PowerShell
5 16 (1.27%) TypeScript
6 14 (1.11%) JavaScript
7 9 (0.71%) Bash
8 8 (0.63%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.55%) Go
10 6 (0.47%) Bicep
11 3 (0.24%) C++
11 3 (0.24%) Scala
12 2 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.079%) R
13 1 (0.079%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 197 (15.59%) Security Cleared
2 150 (11.87%) SC Cleared
3 83 (6.57%) Degree
4 43 (3.40%) CISSP
5 42 (3.32%) TOGAF Certification
6 40 (3.16%) Azure Certification
7 34 (2.69%) AWS Certification
8 32 (2.53%) DV Cleared
9 31 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.66%) CISM
13 16 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 12 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 11 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (0.79%) CCNP
17 7 (0.55%) CCSP
18 6 (0.47%) CCIE
18 6 (0.47%) VCAP
18 6 (0.47%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (4.11%) NIST
2 30 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (2.14%) Data Quality
4 25 (1.98%) GRC
5 24 (1.90%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.74%) GDPR
7 21 (1.66%) NCSC
8 11 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.79%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.63%) PMO
11 7 (0.55%) QA
11 7 (0.55%) WCAG
12 5 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 5 (0.40%) IFRS
13 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.16%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.16%) SLA
14 2 (0.16%) Solvency II
15 1 (0.079%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 1 (0.079%) PERC
System Software
1 30 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
2 25 (1.98%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.19%) Docker
4 14 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.71%) vSphere
6 7 (0.55%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.47%) vCloud
8 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
2 18 (1.42%) Ansible
3 15 (1.19%) Kubernetes
4 13 (1.03%) Terraform
5 6 (0.47%) Endace
6 3 (0.24%) Avamar
6 3 (0.24%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
6 3 (0.24%) EMC VPLEX
6 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.24%) VxRail
7 2 (0.16%) CASB
8 1 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.079%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.079%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.079%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.079%) Puppet
8 1 (0.079%) Rancher
Vendors
1 179 (14.16%) Microsoft
2 44 (3.48%) Salesforce
3 35 (2.77%) Google
3 35 (2.77%) Splunk
4 33 (2.61%) Databricks
5 32 (2.53%) Cisco
6 29 (2.29%) Oracle
7 26 (2.06%) Palo Alto
8 24 (1.90%) SAP
9 20 (1.58%) CrowdStrike
10 19 (1.50%) ServiceNow
10 19 (1.50%) VMware
11 18 (1.42%) Tenable
12 13 (1.03%) Fortinet
13 12 (0.95%) Juniper
13 12 (0.95%) Meraki
14 10 (0.79%) Dell
15 9 (0.71%) NetApp
15 9 (0.71%) Nimble Storage
16 8 (0.63%) CheckPoint