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 11 October 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 98 26
Rank change year-on-year +73 -72 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,787 601 1,617
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.18% 3.62% 7.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.65% 3.88% 7.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,226 397 977
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,000 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,525 £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 £112,625 £110,000 £125,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +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 23,365 15,489 20,858
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 93.21% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 16,055 8,753 12,926
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,821 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,015 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.44% -2.73% -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 11 October 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 11 October 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.

1 512 (28.65%) Azure
2 457 (25.57%) Roadmaps
3 361 (20.20%) Microsoft
4 343 (19.19%) AI
5 305 (17.07%) AWS
6 292 (16.34%) Security Cleared
7 278 (15.56%) Agile
8 241 (13.49%) SC Cleared
9 225 (12.59%) Technical Leadership
10 214 (11.98%) Technical Architecture
11 212 (11.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 208 (11.64%) Enterprise Architecture
13 189 (10.58%) Technology Strategy
14 180 (10.07%) Analytics
15 172 (9.63%) Stakeholder Management
16 168 (9.40%) Cybersecurity
17 167 (9.35%) Data Architecture
17 167 (9.35%) Mentoring
18 165 (9.23%) CI/CD
19 164 (9.18%) TOGAF
20 156 (8.73%) Architectural Patterns
21 153 (8.56%) Decision-Making
22 147 (8.23%) IT Strategy
23 146 (8.17%) Continuous Improvement
23 146 (8.17%) Migration
24 145 (8.11%) Presales
25 141 (7.89%) Infrastructure as Code
26 139 (7.78%) Data Modelling
27 133 (7.44%) GCP
28 129 (7.22%) DevOps

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 21 (1.18%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.39%) CMS
4 5 (0.28%) Apache
4 5 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.22%) Confluence
5 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.056%) Appian
6 1 (0.056%) JBoss
6 1 (0.056%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.056%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (0.62%) Chatbot
2 8 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.22%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.22%) Notion
6 3 (0.17%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.11%) Revit
7 2 (0.11%) Weka
8 1 (0.056%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
3 8 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
4 5 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.056%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.056%) Infor LN
8 1 (0.056%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.056%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.056%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.056%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 512 (28.65%) Azure
2 305 (17.07%) AWS
3 133 (7.44%) GCP
4 109 (6.10%) SaaS
5 106 (5.93%) Power Platform
6 85 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
7 69 (3.86%) Entra ID
8 63 (3.53%) Cloud Computing
9 61 (3.41%) Snowflake
10 52 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
10 52 (2.91%) Serverless
11 51 (2.85%) Anthropic Claude
12 42 (2.35%) PaaS
13 38 (2.13%) Amazon Bedrock
14 36 (2.01%) Microsoft Purview
15 31 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
16 27 (1.51%) dbt
17 26 (1.45%) Azure Databricks
17 26 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
18 25 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 97 (5.43%) WAN
2 79 (4.42%) LAN
3 55 (3.08%) Network Security
4 31 (1.73%) Firewall
5 30 (1.68%) SD-WAN
6 23 (1.29%) Broadband
6 23 (1.29%) MPLS
7 20 (1.12%) VPN
8 16 (0.90%) DNS
8 16 (0.90%) Unified Communications
9 15 (0.84%) BGP
10 14 (0.78%) HTTP
10 14 (0.78%) IPsec
11 13 (0.73%) WLAN
12 11 (0.62%) CTI
12 11 (0.62%) DHCP
12 11 (0.62%) SSL
12 11 (0.62%) VLAN
12 11 (0.62%) VoIP
13 10 (0.56%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (5.09%) Metadata
2 38 (2.13%) Power BI
3 26 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (1.34%) Data Lake
4 24 (1.34%) SQL Server
5 23 (1.29%) Delta Lake
6 20 (1.12%) Data Vault
6 20 (1.12%) MongoDB
6 20 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (0.67%) BigQuery
7 12 (0.67%) MySQL
7 12 (0.67%) Tableau
8 9 (0.50%) Metadata Repository
9 8 (0.45%) Semantic Layer
10 7 (0.39%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.28%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.22%) Big Data
12 4 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 42 (2.35%) Claude Code
2 18 (1.01%) Snyk
3 10 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.45%) Git
5 4 (0.22%) Rational Rhapsody
6 3 (0.17%) GitLab
7 2 (0.11%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.11%) ERwin
7 2 (0.11%) JIRA
7 2 (0.11%) MLflow
8 1 (0.056%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.056%) JMeter
8 1 (0.056%) Maven
8 1 (0.056%) Postman
8 1 (0.056%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.056%) Selenium
8 1 (0.056%) SonarQube
General
1 421 (23.56%) Social Skills
2 416 (23.28%) Finance
3 274 (15.33%) Public Sector
4 162 (9.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 104 (5.82%) Law
6 97 (5.43%) Presentation Skills
7 96 (5.37%) Influencing Skills
8 94 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
9 86 (4.81%) Banking
10 57 (3.19%) Legal
11 51 (2.85%) Retail
12 27 (1.51%) Back Office
13 20 (1.12%) Financial Institution
14 16 (0.90%) Aerospace
15 14 (0.78%) Telecoms
16 13 (0.73%) Manufacturing
16 13 (0.73%) Marketing
17 12 (0.67%) French Language
17 12 (0.67%) Games
18 9 (0.50%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.74%) Terraform
2 48 (2.69%) Middleware
3 40 (2.24%) .NET
4 38 (2.13%) RESTful
5 30 (1.68%) REST
6 26 (1.45%) LangChain
7 24 (1.34%) LangGraph
7 24 (1.34%) OpenAPI
7 24 (1.34%) Swagger
8 22 (1.23%) OAuth
9 21 (1.18%) PySpark
10 18 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
10 18 (1.01%) SAML
11 13 (0.73%) LDAP
11 13 (0.73%) SOAP
12 10 (0.56%) Django
12 10 (0.56%) Kafka
12 10 (0.56%) OpenID
13 9 (0.50%) XML
14 8 (0.45%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 127 (7.11%) Cloud Native
2 60 (3.36%) Data Centre
3 53 (2.97%) AI Agents
4 41 (2.29%) Management Information System
5 38 (2.13%) Product Ownership
6 36 (2.01%) Hedge funds
7 35 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
8 32 (1.79%) Virtual Team
9 24 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
10 22 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (0.73%) Low-Code
13 12 (0.67%) IVR
13 12 (0.67%) Onboarding
13 12 (0.67%) Public Cloud
14 11 (0.62%) Cyberattack
15 10 (0.56%) Cyber Defence
15 10 (0.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 10 (0.56%) Video\Live Streaming
16 9 (0.50%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.12%) Linux
2 18 (1.01%) Windows
3 7 (0.39%) macOS
4 4 (0.22%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.056%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.056%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 457 (25.57%) Roadmaps
2 343 (19.19%) AI
3 278 (15.56%) Agile
4 225 (12.59%) Technical Leadership
5 214 (11.98%) Technical Architecture
6 212 (11.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 208 (11.64%) Enterprise Architecture
8 189 (10.58%) Technology Strategy
9 180 (10.07%) Analytics
10 172 (9.63%) Stakeholder Management
11 168 (9.40%) Cybersecurity
12 167 (9.35%) Data Architecture
12 167 (9.35%) Mentoring
13 165 (9.23%) CI/CD
14 164 (9.18%) TOGAF
15 156 (8.73%) Architectural Patterns
16 153 (8.56%) Decision-Making
17 147 (8.23%) IT Strategy
18 146 (8.17%) Continuous Improvement
18 146 (8.17%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 78 (4.36%) Python
2 57 (3.19%) SQL
3 54 (3.02%) C#
4 36 (2.01%) Bicep
5 25 (1.40%) Java
6 20 (1.12%) Scala
7 16 (0.90%) Go
8 15 (0.84%) PowerShell
9 14 (0.78%) JavaScript
10 8 (0.45%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.34%) C
11 6 (0.34%) Rust
12 5 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.22%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.17%) Ruby
14 3 (0.17%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.17%) X++
15 2 (0.11%) ABAP
15 2 (0.11%) SOQL
15 2 (0.11%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 292 (16.34%) Security Cleared
2 241 (13.49%) SC Cleared
3 107 (5.99%) Degree
4 66 (3.69%) Azure Certification
5 54 (3.02%) TOGAF Certification
6 43 (2.41%) CISSP
7 40 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
8 38 (2.13%) AWS Certification
9 36 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (1.62%) CISM
10 29 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
11 24 (1.34%) DV Cleared
12 16 (0.90%) SnowPro
13 13 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
13 13 (0.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 12 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (0.56%) VCAP
15 10 (0.56%) VCDX
16 9 (0.50%) CIPD
17 8 (0.45%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (4.87%) GRC
2 77 (4.31%) Data Quality
3 63 (3.53%) NIST
4 61 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 39 (2.18%) GDPR
6 37 (2.07%) Accessibility
7 23 (1.29%) NCSC
8 14 (0.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 12 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.45%) ISO 9001
10 8 (0.45%) QA
11 7 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.34%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.34%) PMO
13 5 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.22%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.22%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.17%) SLA
16 2 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
16 2 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (1.90%) Active Directory
2 29 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (1.51%) Docker
4 22 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (1.23%) vSphere
5 13 (0.73%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.62%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.28%) vCloud
8 2 (0.11%) Firmware
9 1 (0.056%) iptables
9 1 (0.056%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 53 (2.97%) Kubernetes
2 24 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (0.84%) CASB
4 10 (0.56%) Ansible
4 10 (0.56%) FortiGate
5 9 (0.50%) Grafana
6 6 (0.34%) Avamar
6 6 (0.34%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (0.34%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.34%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.34%) VxRail
7 5 (0.28%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.22%) SCCM
9 1 (0.056%) Argo
Vendors
1 361 (20.20%) Microsoft
2 87 (4.87%) Databricks
3 67 (3.75%) Oracle
4 58 (3.25%) ServiceNow
5 47 (2.63%) Cisco
6 40 (2.24%) Google
7 35 (1.96%) Palo Alto
8 34 (1.90%) SAP
9 33 (1.85%) VMware
10 27 (1.51%) OpenAI
10 27 (1.51%) Salesforce
11 22 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
12 18 (1.01%) Tenable
13 16 (0.90%) Juniper
14 14 (0.78%) Dynatrace
14 14 (0.78%) NetApp
15 12 (0.67%) Adobe
15 12 (0.67%) Dell
15 12 (0.67%) Genesys
16 11 (0.62%) Nimble Storage