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 5 March 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 46 37
Rank change year-on-year +11 -9 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 950 858 1,771
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.69% 5.91% 6.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.07% 6.22% 6.51%
Number of salaries quoted 604 568 1,321
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £56,809
25th Percentile £71,250 £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 £98,543 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +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 15,656 13,796 27,224
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 95.05% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 10,518 8,796 22,743
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £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 £75,643
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 5 March 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 5 March 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.

1 312 (32.84%) Azure
2 211 (22.21%) Roadmaps
3 200 (21.05%) AWS
4 166 (17.47%) Agile
5 159 (16.74%) Microsoft
6 147 (15.47%) Security Cleared
7 146 (15.37%) Data Modelling
8 133 (14.00%) TOGAF
9 130 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 121 (12.74%) Data Architecture
11 120 (12.63%) DevOps
11 120 (12.63%) Enterprise Architecture
12 118 (12.42%) AI
13 117 (12.32%) Analytics
14 112 (11.79%) Mentoring
15 104 (10.95%) Cybersecurity
16 103 (10.84%) SC Cleared
17 91 (9.58%) Migration
17 91 (9.58%) Problem-Solving
18 90 (9.47%) GCP
19 86 (9.05%) Microservices
20 77 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 77 (8.11%) Technical Leadership
20 77 (8.11%) Technology Strategy
21 76 (8.00%) CI/CD
21 76 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
21 76 (8.00%) Technical Architecture
22 75 (7.89%) Event-Driven
23 74 (7.79%) Data Management
24 73 (7.68%) Technology Roadmap

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 (1.37%) JBoss
1 13 (1.37%) WebSphere
2 10 (1.05%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (0.84%) CMS
4 5 (0.53%) Confluence
5 4 (0.42%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.42%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.42%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.32%) SAS
7 2 (0.21%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Strapi
Applications
1 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.21%) ArchiCAD
2 2 (0.21%) Revit
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.05%) Oracle General Ledger
2 10 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (0.95%) Oracle Assets
4 8 (0.84%) Oracle Financials
5 6 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.32%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.21%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.11%) Actimize
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.11%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.11%) Shopify
8 1 (0.11%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 312 (32.84%) Azure
2 200 (21.05%) AWS
3 90 (9.47%) GCP
4 68 (7.16%) SaaS
5 58 (6.11%) Serverless
6 55 (5.79%) Snowflake
7 45 (4.74%) Power Platform
8 40 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
9 23 (2.42%) Entra ID
10 22 (2.32%) PaaS
11 21 (2.21%) IaaS
12 19 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (1.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 11 (1.16%) GitHub
14 11 (1.16%) OCI
15 10 (1.05%) dbt
15 10 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
16 8 (0.84%) AWS Lambda
16 8 (0.84%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 65 (6.84%) Broadband
2 23 (2.42%) WAN
3 17 (1.79%) Firewall
4 16 (1.68%) VPN
5 14 (1.47%) SD-WAN
6 12 (1.26%) LAN
7 10 (1.05%) MPLS
8 7 (0.74%) DHCP
8 7 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.63%) DNS
9 6 (0.63%) Network Security
10 5 (0.53%) BGP
10 5 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (0.53%) HTTP
10 5 (0.53%) SNMP
10 5 (0.53%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.42%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.42%) SSL
11 4 (0.42%) VoIP
12 3 (0.32%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (6.95%) Data Warehouse
2 41 (4.32%) Metadata
3 23 (2.42%) Data Lake
4 17 (1.79%) SQL Server
5 15 (1.58%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.47%) Power BI
7 12 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (1.05%) BigQuery
8 10 (1.05%) Data Vault
9 9 (0.95%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.95%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.84%) Tableau
11 7 (0.74%) Data Mining
12 5 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.53%) GIS
12 5 (0.53%) Metadata Repository
13 4 (0.42%) QGIS
13 4 (0.42%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 51 (5.37%) Jenkins
2 34 (3.58%) GitLab
2 34 (3.58%) SonarQube
3 6 (0.63%) ERwin
4 5 (0.53%) Git
4 5 (0.53%) JIRA
5 4 (0.42%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.42%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.21%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.11%) Subversion
General
1 237 (24.95%) Social Skills
2 160 (16.84%) Finance
3 131 (13.79%) Public Sector
4 79 (8.32%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (8.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 60 (6.32%) Marketing
6 55 (5.79%) Games
7 52 (5.47%) Retail
8 45 (4.74%) Law
9 36 (3.79%) Legal
10 34 (3.58%) Banking
11 32 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (2.32%) Manufacturing
13 21 (2.21%) Telecoms
14 19 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
15 16 (1.68%) Back Office
16 11 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (0.63%) Financial Institution
19 4 (0.42%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (6.32%) REST
2 55 (5.79%) SOAP
3 36 (3.79%) .NET
4 33 (3.47%) Lightning Web Components
4 33 (3.47%) Visualforce
5 31 (3.26%) Middleware
6 19 (2.00%) GraphQL
7 18 (1.89%) Spring
8 17 (1.79%) Hibernate
9 16 (1.68%) React
10 15 (1.58%) Node.js
10 15 (1.58%) OAuth
10 15 (1.58%) OpenID
11 13 (1.37%) RESTful
12 12 (1.26%) LDAP
12 12 (1.26%) SAML
13 11 (1.16%) Django
14 10 (1.05%) Web Services
15 8 (0.84%) .NET Core
15 8 (0.84%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.05%) Cloud Native
2 47 (4.95%) Product Ownership
3 39 (4.11%) Enterprise Software
3 39 (4.11%) Legacy Systems
4 37 (3.89%) Self-Motivation
5 34 (3.58%) Public Cloud
6 28 (2.95%) Virtual Team
7 23 (2.42%) Data Centre
8 22 (2.32%) Management Information System
9 19 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (1.79%) PKI
11 16 (1.68%) IoT
12 13 (1.37%) DataPower
12 13 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.26%) Operational Technology
14 9 (0.95%) Mobile App
15 8 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
15 8 (0.84%) Cyberattack
16 7 (0.74%) Reference Data
17 5 (0.53%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.37%) Linux
1 13 (1.37%) Windows
2 7 (0.74%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.42%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.32%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (22.21%) Roadmaps
2 166 (17.47%) Agile
3 146 (15.37%) Data Modelling
4 133 (14.00%) TOGAF
5 130 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 121 (12.74%) Data Architecture
7 120 (12.63%) DevOps
7 120 (12.63%) Enterprise Architecture
8 118 (12.42%) AI
9 117 (12.32%) Analytics
10 112 (11.79%) Mentoring
11 104 (10.95%) Cybersecurity
12 91 (9.58%) Migration
12 91 (9.58%) Problem-Solving
13 86 (9.05%) Microservices
14 77 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 77 (8.11%) Technical Leadership
14 77 (8.11%) Technology Strategy
15 76 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
15 76 (8.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 58 (6.11%) Python
2 50 (5.26%) Java
3 45 (4.74%) C#
4 44 (4.63%) SQL
5 33 (3.47%) Apex Code
5 33 (3.47%) SOQL
5 33 (3.47%) SOSL
6 25 (2.63%) JavaScript
6 25 (2.63%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.00%) PowerShell
8 9 (0.95%) Bash
9 8 (0.84%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.63%) C++
11 5 (0.53%) Bicep
12 3 (0.32%) C
13 2 (0.21%) Go
13 2 (0.21%) Scala
14 1 (0.11%) PHP
14 1 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 147 (15.47%) Security Cleared
2 103 (10.84%) SC Cleared
3 67 (7.05%) Degree
4 54 (5.68%) Azure Certification
5 49 (5.16%) TOGAF Certification
6 47 (4.95%) AWS Certification
7 40 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 31 (3.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 30 (3.16%) CISSP
11 25 (2.63%) DV Cleared
12 17 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (1.58%) CISM
14 11 (1.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 8 (0.84%) Master's Degree
16 4 (0.42%) CCNP
16 4 (0.42%) CCSP
16 4 (0.42%) DBS Check
17 3 (0.32%) SAP Certification
18 2 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (4.21%) Accessibility
2 28 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (2.84%) NIST
4 18 (1.89%) GDPR
4 18 (1.89%) NCSC
5 15 (1.58%) Data Quality
6 10 (1.05%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.63%) QA
8 5 (0.53%) PMO
9 3 (0.32%) GRC
9 3 (0.32%) WCAG
10 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.11%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (2.32%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.21%) Docker
3 3 (0.32%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.11%) Firmware
4 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (2.53%) Ansible
2 22 (2.32%) Kubernetes
3 21 (2.21%) Terraform
4 13 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.63%) Endace
6 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.32%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.21%) CASB
9 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Grafana
9 1 (0.11%) Puppet
9 1 (0.11%) Rancher
Vendors
1 159 (16.74%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.11%) Salesforce
3 37 (3.89%) Google
4 34 (3.58%) Splunk
5 31 (3.26%) SAP
6 27 (2.84%) Oracle
7 25 (2.63%) Databricks
8 19 (2.00%) Cisco
9 14 (1.47%) ServiceNow
10 9 (0.95%) F5
11 7 (0.74%) Juniper
11 7 (0.74%) VMware
12 6 (0.63%) Fortinet
12 6 (0.63%) Informatica
12 6 (0.63%) Okta
13 5 (0.53%) IBM
13 5 (0.53%) Sparx
13 5 (0.53%) Workday
14 4 (0.42%) ESRI
14 4 (0.42%) Red Hat