Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £87,431 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 99 26
Rank change year-on-year +75 -73 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,813 589 1,824
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.45% 3.61% 7.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.94% 3.90% 8.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,295 398 1,027
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £67,563 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,431 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.98% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £107,500 £125,000
UK median annual salary £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% +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 22,820 15,114 22,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 92.65% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 16,029 9,007 14,453
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,458
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £58,589 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.53% - -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 18 September 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 18 September 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.

1 529 (29.18%) Azure
2 462 (25.48%) Roadmaps
3 368 (20.30%) Microsoft
4 341 (18.81%) AI
5 318 (17.54%) AWS
6 298 (16.44%) Security Cleared
7 294 (16.22%) Agile
8 248 (13.68%) SC Cleared
9 225 (12.41%) Enterprise Architecture
10 219 (12.08%) Technical Architecture
11 213 (11.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 208 (11.47%) Technical Leadership
13 199 (10.98%) Technology Strategy
14 181 (9.98%) TOGAF
15 178 (9.82%) Mentoring
16 177 (9.76%) Data Architecture
17 166 (9.16%) Analytics
17 166 (9.16%) CI/CD
18 163 (8.99%) Cybersecurity
19 156 (8.60%) Stakeholder Management
20 155 (8.55%) Presales
21 152 (8.38%) Decision-Making
21 152 (8.38%) IT Strategy
22 141 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
23 140 (7.72%) Architectural Patterns
23 140 (7.72%) Migration
24 139 (7.67%) Data Modelling
24 139 (7.67%) GCP
25 138 (7.61%) DevOps
26 133 (7.34%) Business Strategy

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 23 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.44%) CMS
2 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.28%) Apache
3 5 (0.28%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.17%) Confluence
6 1 (0.055%) Appian
6 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 11 (0.61%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.17%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.11%) Revit
7 2 (0.11%) Weka
8 1 (0.055%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Office
8 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.66%) Oracle General Ledger
2 12 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
3 10 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
4 9 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
5 8 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.055%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.055%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.055%) Infor LN
8 1 (0.055%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.055%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.055%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.055%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.055%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 529 (29.18%) Azure
2 318 (17.54%) AWS
3 139 (7.67%) GCP
4 106 (5.85%) SaaS
5 103 (5.68%) Power Platform
6 85 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
7 68 (3.75%) Snowflake
8 63 (3.47%) Cloud Computing
9 56 (3.09%) Entra ID
9 56 (3.09%) Serverless
10 54 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
11 48 (2.65%) Anthropic Claude
12 41 (2.26%) PaaS
13 38 (2.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 36 (1.99%) Amazon Bedrock
15 34 (1.88%) Microsoft Purview
16 27 (1.49%) Azure Databricks
17 25 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
17 25 (1.38%) dbt
18 24 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 101 (5.57%) WAN
2 82 (4.52%) LAN
3 61 (3.36%) Network Security
4 35 (1.93%) Firewall
5 32 (1.77%) SD-WAN
6 30 (1.65%) Broadband
7 24 (1.32%) MPLS
8 19 (1.05%) VPN
9 16 (0.88%) Unified Communications
10 15 (0.83%) DNS
11 14 (0.77%) BGP
11 14 (0.77%) HTTP
11 14 (0.77%) IPsec
12 13 (0.72%) WLAN
13 12 (0.66%) VSAN
14 11 (0.61%) CTI
14 11 (0.61%) SSL
14 11 (0.61%) VLAN
14 11 (0.61%) VoIP
15 10 (0.55%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (4.80%) Metadata
2 35 (1.93%) Power BI
2 35 (1.93%) SQL Server
3 23 (1.27%) Data Lake
3 23 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (1.21%) Delta Lake
5 20 (1.10%) Data Vault
6 19 (1.05%) MongoDB
6 19 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (0.66%) BigQuery
7 12 (0.66%) Tableau
8 11 (0.61%) MySQL
9 10 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (0.50%) Metadata Repository
11 8 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
12 6 (0.33%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
14 4 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.22%) Power Query
14 4 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 39 (2.15%) Claude Code
2 25 (1.38%) Snyk
3 16 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.55%) Git
5 8 (0.44%) GitLab
6 7 (0.39%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.28%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.11%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.11%) ERwin
8 2 (0.11%) MLflow
9 1 (0.055%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.055%) JMeter
9 1 (0.055%) Maven
9 1 (0.055%) Postman
9 1 (0.055%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.055%) Selenium
General
1 411 (22.67%) Social Skills
2 399 (22.01%) Finance
3 292 (16.11%) Public Sector
4 190 (10.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (5.85%) Law
6 103 (5.68%) Presentation Skills
7 96 (5.30%) Influencing Skills
8 91 (5.02%) Analytical Skills
9 73 (4.03%) Banking
10 54 (2.98%) Legal
11 44 (2.43%) Retail
12 20 (1.10%) Back Office
12 20 (1.10%) Marketing
13 19 (1.05%) Games
14 16 (0.88%) Telecoms
15 15 (0.83%) Financial Institution
16 13 (0.72%) Aerospace
17 11 (0.61%) Manufacturing
18 7 (0.39%) Advertising
18 7 (0.39%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.43%) Middleware
2 42 (2.32%) Terraform
3 39 (2.15%) .NET
4 34 (1.88%) RESTful
5 30 (1.65%) REST
6 27 (1.49%) LangChain
7 24 (1.32%) LangGraph
8 22 (1.21%) PySpark
9 21 (1.16%) OAuth
10 19 (1.05%) SOAP
11 18 (0.99%) SAML
12 17 (0.94%) OpenAPI
12 17 (0.94%) Swagger
13 13 (0.72%) LDAP
14 11 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
15 10 (0.55%) Lightning Web Components
16 9 (0.50%) Kafka
16 9 (0.50%) OpenID
16 9 (0.50%) XML
17 8 (0.44%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 125 (6.89%) Cloud Native
2 68 (3.75%) Data Centre
3 47 (2.59%) AI Agents
4 40 (2.21%) Product Ownership
5 35 (1.93%) Management Information System
6 33 (1.82%) Hedge funds
6 33 (1.82%) Virtual Team
7 30 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
8 28 (1.54%) Cyberattack
9 20 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
10 19 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
11 17 (0.94%) Public Cloud
12 16 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (0.66%) Low-Code
14 11 (0.61%) IVR
15 10 (0.55%) Cyber Defence
15 10 (0.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 10 (0.55%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (0.55%) Onboarding
16 9 (0.50%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.05%) Windows
2 16 (0.88%) Linux
3 7 (0.39%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.22%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 462 (25.48%) Roadmaps
2 341 (18.81%) AI
3 294 (16.22%) Agile
4 225 (12.41%) Enterprise Architecture
5 219 (12.08%) Technical Architecture
6 213 (11.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 208 (11.47%) Technical Leadership
8 199 (10.98%) Technology Strategy
9 181 (9.98%) TOGAF
10 178 (9.82%) Mentoring
11 177 (9.76%) Data Architecture
12 166 (9.16%) Analytics
12 166 (9.16%) CI/CD
13 163 (8.99%) Cybersecurity
14 156 (8.60%) Stakeholder Management
15 155 (8.55%) Presales
16 152 (8.38%) Decision-Making
16 152 (8.38%) IT Strategy
17 141 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
18 140 (7.72%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 70 (3.86%) Python
2 61 (3.36%) SQL
3 48 (2.65%) C#
4 28 (1.54%) Bicep
5 25 (1.38%) Java
6 20 (1.10%) Scala
7 15 (0.83%) Go
8 14 (0.77%) PowerShell
9 13 (0.72%) JavaScript
10 10 (0.55%) Apex Code
10 10 (0.55%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.44%) SOQL
11 8 (0.44%) SOSL
12 5 (0.28%) Rust
13 4 (0.22%) C
13 4 (0.22%) Ruby
14 3 (0.17%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.17%) X++
15 2 (0.11%) ABAP
15 2 (0.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 298 (16.44%) Security Cleared
2 248 (13.68%) SC Cleared
3 117 (6.45%) Degree
4 57 (3.14%) Azure Certification
5 49 (2.70%) CISSP
6 45 (2.48%) TOGAF Certification
7 39 (2.15%) AWS Certification
8 33 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 32 (1.77%) CISM
9 32 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 30 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
11 24 (1.32%) DV Cleared
12 18 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (0.88%) SnowPro
14 15 (0.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 12 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 12 (0.66%) VCAP
15 12 (0.66%) VCDX
16 9 (0.50%) CCIE
16 9 (0.50%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (5.30%) GRC
2 83 (4.58%) NIST
3 74 (4.08%) Data Quality
4 63 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 34 (1.88%) GDPR
6 33 (1.82%) Accessibility
7 25 (1.38%) NCSC
8 16 (0.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 15 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.44%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.39%) QA
13 6 (0.33%) NIST 800
13 6 (0.33%) PMO
14 5 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.28%) IFRS
15 4 (0.22%) Def Stans
15 4 (0.22%) SOC 2
16 3 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 39 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
2 34 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (1.65%) Active Directory
4 24 (1.32%) vSphere
5 23 (1.27%) Docker
6 15 (0.83%) VMware NSX
7 11 (0.61%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.39%) vCloud
9 2 (0.11%) Firmware
10 1 (0.055%) iptables
Systems Management
1 48 (2.65%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (0.83%) CASB
4 10 (0.55%) Ansible
4 10 (0.55%) FortiGate
5 6 (0.33%) Avamar
5 6 (0.33%) Dell DRAC
5 6 (0.33%) EMC NetWorker
5 6 (0.33%) EMC VPLEX
5 6 (0.33%) VxRail
6 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.28%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.22%) SCCM
8 1 (0.055%) Argo
Vendors
1 368 (20.30%) Microsoft
2 95 (5.24%) Databricks
3 56 (3.09%) ServiceNow
4 55 (3.03%) Oracle
5 50 (2.76%) Cisco
6 44 (2.43%) Palo Alto
7 40 (2.21%) Google
8 39 (2.15%) VMware
9 33 (1.82%) SAP
10 30 (1.65%) Salesforce
11 29 (1.60%) CrowdStrike
12 27 (1.49%) OpenAI
13 25 (1.38%) Tenable
14 16 (0.88%) NetApp
15 15 (0.83%) Juniper
16 14 (0.77%) Dell
17 13 (0.72%) Nimble Storage
18 12 (0.66%) Adobe
18 12 (0.66%) Broadcom
18 12 (0.66%) Fortinet