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 19 February 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 46 37
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 914 940 1,720
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.56% 6.05% 6.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.93% 6.34% 6.53%
Number of salaries quoted 578 588 1,290
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
25th Percentile £71,349 £71,250 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £114,060 £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 15,409 14,827 26,323
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 95.49% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 10,265 9,057 22,029
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,750 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £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 £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £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 19 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 19 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.

1 303 (33.15%) Azure
2 207 (22.65%) Roadmaps
3 197 (21.55%) AWS
4 162 (17.72%) Agile
5 157 (17.18%) Microsoft
6 151 (16.52%) Data Modelling
7 138 (15.10%) Security Cleared
8 128 (14.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 123 (13.46%) Data Architecture
9 123 (13.46%) TOGAF
10 118 (12.91%) Analytics
11 117 (12.80%) AI
12 112 (12.25%) Enterprise Architecture
13 109 (11.93%) Mentoring
14 102 (11.16%) DevOps
15 99 (10.83%) Cybersecurity
16 94 (10.28%) SC Cleared
17 90 (9.85%) Migration
18 86 (9.41%) Problem-Solving
19 83 (9.08%) GCP
19 83 (9.08%) Microservices
20 78 (8.53%) Technical Leadership
21 77 (8.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 76 (8.32%) Data Management
23 72 (7.88%) Technical Architecture
24 71 (7.77%) Stakeholder Management
25 70 (7.66%) SaaS
25 70 (7.66%) Technology Strategy
26 69 (7.55%) CI/CD
26 69 (7.55%) Data Warehouse

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 (1.42%) JBoss
1 13 (1.42%) WebSphere
2 9 (0.98%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.66%) CMS
5 5 (0.55%) 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%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.09%) Oracle General Ledger
2 10 (1.09%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (0.98%) Oracle Assets
4 8 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
5 6 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.22%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.11%) Actimize
8 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.11%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 303 (33.15%) Azure
2 197 (21.55%) AWS
3 83 (9.08%) GCP
4 70 (7.66%) SaaS
5 61 (6.67%) Serverless
6 55 (6.02%) Snowflake
7 41 (4.49%) Power Platform
8 39 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
9 24 (2.63%) PaaS
10 21 (2.30%) Entra ID
10 21 (2.30%) IaaS
11 14 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (1.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 13 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (1.09%) dbt
14 10 (1.09%) GitHub
14 10 (1.09%) OCI
15 8 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
15 8 (0.88%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 60 (6.56%) Broadband
2 19 (2.08%) WAN
3 18 (1.97%) Firewall
4 14 (1.53%) VPN
5 12 (1.31%) SD-WAN
6 10 (1.09%) LAN
7 8 (0.88%) MPLS
8 7 (0.77%) DHCP
8 7 (0.77%) Network Security
8 7 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.55%) DNS
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%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (0.33%) GPON
11 3 (0.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (7.55%) Data Warehouse
2 42 (4.60%) Metadata
3 22 (2.41%) Data Lake
4 17 (1.86%) SQL Server
5 14 (1.53%) Power BI
6 13 (1.42%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (1.20%) Data Vault
9 10 (1.09%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.98%) BigQuery
10 9 (0.98%) Relational Database
11 8 (0.88%) Data Mining
11 8 (0.88%) Tableau
12 6 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
13 5 (0.55%) GIS
13 5 (0.55%) Metadata Repository
14 4 (0.44%) DataStage
14 4 (0.44%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 45 (4.92%) Jenkins
2 29 (3.17%) GitLab
2 29 (3.17%) SonarQube
3 6 (0.66%) ERwin
3 6 (0.66%) JIRA
4 5 (0.55%) ER Studio
4 5 (0.55%) Git
5 4 (0.44%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.11%) Subversion
General
1 242 (26.48%) Social Skills
2 148 (16.19%) Finance
3 126 (13.79%) Public Sector
4 77 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (7.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (5.91%) Marketing
7 51 (5.58%) Retail
8 50 (5.47%) Law
9 49 (5.36%) Games
10 38 (4.16%) Legal
11 33 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
12 32 (3.50%) Banking
13 21 (2.30%) Telecoms
14 18 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (1.86%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.75%) Back Office
17 12 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
19 6 (0.66%) Financial Institution
20 4 (0.44%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (5.69%) REST
2 50 (5.47%) SOAP
3 33 (3.61%) .NET
4 31 (3.39%) Middleware
5 28 (3.06%) Lightning Web Components
5 28 (3.06%) Visualforce
6 19 (2.08%) GraphQL
7 18 (1.97%) React
7 18 (1.97%) Spring
8 17 (1.86%) Hibernate
8 17 (1.86%) Node.js
9 13 (1.42%) OAuth
9 13 (1.42%) OpenID
9 13 (1.42%) RESTful
10 11 (1.20%) LDAP
10 11 (1.20%) SAML
11 10 (1.09%) Django
11 10 (1.09%) React Native
11 10 (1.09%) Web Services
12 6 (0.66%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 45 (4.92%) Cloud Native
2 42 (4.60%) Product Ownership
3 39 (4.27%) Legacy Systems
4 37 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
5 36 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
6 35 (3.83%) Public Cloud
7 28 (3.06%) Data Centre
7 28 (3.06%) Virtual Team
8 25 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (2.30%) Management Information System
10 16 (1.75%) IoT
11 15 (1.64%) PKI
12 13 (1.42%) DataPower
13 12 (1.31%) Operational Technology
14 11 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (1.20%) Mobile App
15 8 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
15 8 (0.88%) Cyberattack
15 8 (0.88%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.75%) Linux
2 13 (1.42%) Windows
3 6 (0.66%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.44%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.33%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (22.65%) Roadmaps
2 162 (17.72%) Agile
3 151 (16.52%) Data Modelling
4 128 (14.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 123 (13.46%) Data Architecture
5 123 (13.46%) TOGAF
6 118 (12.91%) Analytics
7 117 (12.80%) AI
8 112 (12.25%) Enterprise Architecture
9 109 (11.93%) Mentoring
10 102 (11.16%) DevOps
11 99 (10.83%) Cybersecurity
12 90 (9.85%) Migration
13 86 (9.41%) Problem-Solving
14 83 (9.08%) Microservices
15 78 (8.53%) Technical Leadership
16 77 (8.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 76 (8.32%) Data Management
18 72 (7.88%) Technical Architecture
19 71 (7.77%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (6.67%) Python
2 51 (5.58%) Java
3 45 (4.92%) SQL
4 44 (4.81%) C#
5 28 (3.06%) Apex Code
5 28 (3.06%) SOQL
5 28 (3.06%) SOSL
6 26 (2.84%) JavaScript
6 26 (2.84%) TypeScript
7 18 (1.97%) PowerShell
8 9 (0.98%) Bash
9 8 (0.88%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.66%) C++
11 4 (0.44%) Bicep
12 3 (0.33%) C
13 2 (0.22%) Go
13 2 (0.22%) Scala
14 1 (0.11%) PHP
14 1 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 138 (15.10%) Security Cleared
2 94 (10.28%) SC Cleared
3 66 (7.22%) Degree
4 55 (6.02%) Azure Certification
5 51 (5.58%) AWS Certification
6 49 (5.36%) TOGAF Certification
7 39 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (3.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 33 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 27 (2.95%) CISSP
11 22 (2.41%) DV Cleared
12 16 (1.75%) CISM
13 14 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (1.09%) Master's Degree
15 9 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 5 (0.55%) 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 (3.83%) Accessibility
2 28 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (2.95%) NIST
4 19 (2.08%) NCSC
5 17 (1.86%) GDPR
6 16 (1.75%) Data Quality
7 10 (1.09%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.77%) QA
9 5 (0.55%) 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 (2.41%) Docker
2 20 (2.19%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.33%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.22%) Firmware
5 1 (0.11%) GPFS
5 1 (0.11%) Lustre
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (2.52%) Ansible
1 23 (2.52%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.41%) Terraform
3 10 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.55%) Endace
4 5 (0.55%) 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
1 157 (17.18%) Microsoft
2 36 (3.94%) Google
3 32 (3.50%) Salesforce
4 29 (3.17%) SAP
4 29 (3.17%) Splunk
5 28 (3.06%) Databricks
6 26 (2.84%) Oracle
7 16 (1.75%) Cisco
8 15 (1.64%) ServiceNow
9 8 (0.88%) F5
10 6 (0.66%) Fortinet
10 6 (0.66%) Juniper
10 6 (0.66%) Okta
10 6 (0.66%) Sparx
10 6 (0.66%) VMware
11 5 (0.55%) IBM
11 5 (0.55%) Informatica
12 4 (0.44%) Ariba
12 4 (0.44%) ESRI
12 4 (0.44%) Red Hat