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 12 March 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 52 37
Rank change year-on-year +17 -15 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 951 779 1,876
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.67% 5.61% 6.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.04% 5.92% 6.54%
Number of salaries quoted 601 540 1,404
10th Percentile £60,000 £59,168 £57,058
25th Percentile £71,349 £70,097 £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 £98,750 £96,250
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 15,734 13,169 28,668
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 94.82% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,585 8,912 23,923
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £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 £80,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,491 £93,750
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 12 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 12 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.

1 304 (31.97%) Azure
2 219 (23.03%) Roadmaps
3 193 (20.29%) AWS
4 170 (17.88%) Agile
5 155 (16.30%) Microsoft
6 146 (15.35%) Security Cleared
7 143 (15.04%) Data Modelling
8 139 (14.62%) TOGAF
9 135 (14.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 128 (13.46%) DevOps
11 123 (12.93%) AI
12 119 (12.51%) Data Architecture
13 116 (12.20%) Analytics
13 116 (12.20%) Enterprise Architecture
14 112 (11.78%) Mentoring
15 102 (10.73%) SC Cleared
16 97 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
17 93 (9.78%) GCP
18 90 (9.46%) Migration
19 88 (9.25%) Problem-Solving
20 84 (8.83%) Event-Driven
20 84 (8.83%) Microservices
21 83 (8.73%) CI/CD
22 82 (8.62%) Technology Roadmap
23 79 (8.31%) Technology Strategy
24 76 (7.99%) Technical Architecture
25 75 (7.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 74 (7.78%) Data Management
27 73 (7.68%) Broadband
27 73 (7.68%) SaaS

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%) CMS
2 10 (1.05%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
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 13 (1.37%) 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 4 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.32%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.21%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.21%) Shopify
9 1 (0.11%) Actimize
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.11%) SAP IS-U
9 1 (0.11%) Sprinklr
9 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 304 (31.97%) Azure
2 193 (20.29%) AWS
3 93 (9.78%) GCP
4 73 (7.68%) SaaS
5 56 (5.89%) Serverless
6 55 (5.78%) Snowflake
7 47 (4.94%) Power Platform
8 40 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (2.31%) Entra ID
10 20 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (2.10%) PaaS
11 19 (2.00%) IaaS
12 18 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (1.05%) GitHub
15 9 (0.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 9 (0.95%) dbt
16 8 (0.84%) AWS Lambda
16 8 (0.84%) Google Workspace
17 7 (0.74%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 73 (7.68%) Broadband
2 23 (2.42%) WAN
3 15 (1.58%) Firewall
3 15 (1.58%) VPN
4 14 (1.47%) SD-WAN
5 11 (1.16%) LAN
6 10 (1.05%) MPLS
7 8 (0.84%) Network Security
8 7 (0.74%) DHCP
8 7 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.63%) DNS
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%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (6.83%) Data Warehouse
2 40 (4.21%) Metadata
3 22 (2.31%) Data Lake
4 18 (1.89%) SQL Server
5 15 (1.58%) NoSQL
5 15 (1.58%) Power BI
6 12 (1.26%) BigQuery
6 12 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (0.95%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.84%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.84%) Data Vault
8 8 (0.84%) Tableau
9 6 (0.63%) Data Mining
10 5 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (0.53%) GIS
10 5 (0.53%) Metadata Repository
11 4 (0.42%) QGIS
11 4 (0.42%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 57 (5.99%) Jenkins
2 41 (4.31%) SonarQube
3 40 (4.21%) GitLab
4 6 (0.63%) ERwin
5 5 (0.53%) Git
6 4 (0.42%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.42%) JIRA
6 4 (0.42%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.21%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.11%) Subversion
General
1 225 (23.66%) Social Skills
2 158 (16.61%) Finance
3 131 (13.77%) Public Sector
4 89 (9.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 79 (8.31%) Analytical Skills
6 66 (6.94%) Marketing
7 63 (6.62%) Games
8 51 (5.36%) Retail
9 47 (4.94%) Law
10 35 (3.68%) Legal
11 33 (3.47%) Banking
12 32 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (2.21%) Manufacturing
14 20 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (2.10%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.79%) Back Office
16 10 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (0.74%) Financial Institution
19 4 (0.42%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (7.05%) REST
2 62 (6.52%) SOAP
3 41 (4.31%) .NET
4 40 (4.21%) Lightning Web Components
4 40 (4.21%) Visualforce
5 31 (3.26%) Middleware
6 19 (2.00%) GraphQL
7 18 (1.89%) Spring
8 17 (1.79%) Hibernate
9 15 (1.58%) Node.js
9 15 (1.58%) OAuth
9 15 (1.58%) OpenID
10 14 (1.47%) RESTful
11 12 (1.26%) Django
11 12 (1.26%) LDAP
11 12 (1.26%) SAML
12 11 (1.16%) React
13 10 (1.05%) Web Services
14 9 (0.95%) .NET Core
15 7 (0.74%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 54 (5.68%) Product Ownership
2 47 (4.94%) Cloud Native
3 38 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
4 37 (3.89%) Enterprise Software
4 37 (3.89%) Self-Motivation
5 31 (3.26%) Public Cloud
6 28 (2.94%) Virtual Team
7 24 (2.52%) Management Information System
8 18 (1.89%) Data Centre
9 17 (1.79%) PKI
10 16 (1.68%) IoT
11 15 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
12 14 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (1.37%) DataPower
14 12 (1.26%) Operational Technology
15 8 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
15 8 (0.84%) Cyberattack
16 7 (0.74%) Reference Data
17 5 (0.53%) Mobile App
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
1 219 (23.03%) Roadmaps
2 170 (17.88%) Agile
3 143 (15.04%) Data Modelling
4 139 (14.62%) TOGAF
5 135 (14.20%) Continuous Improvement
6 128 (13.46%) DevOps
7 123 (12.93%) AI
8 119 (12.51%) Data Architecture
9 116 (12.20%) Analytics
9 116 (12.20%) Enterprise Architecture
10 112 (11.78%) Mentoring
11 97 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
12 90 (9.46%) Migration
13 88 (9.25%) Problem-Solving
14 84 (8.83%) Event-Driven
14 84 (8.83%) Microservices
15 83 (8.73%) CI/CD
16 82 (8.62%) Technology Roadmap
17 79 (8.31%) Technology Strategy
18 76 (7.99%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 55 (5.78%) Python
2 48 (5.05%) Java
3 44 (4.63%) SQL
4 43 (4.52%) C#
5 40 (4.21%) Apex Code
5 40 (4.21%) SOQL
5 40 (4.21%) SOSL
6 23 (2.42%) JavaScript
6 23 (2.42%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.00%) PowerShell
8 9 (0.95%) Bash
9 8 (0.84%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.63%) C++
11 4 (0.42%) Bicep
12 3 (0.32%) C
13 2 (0.21%) Scala
14 1 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.11%) Go
14 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 146 (15.35%) Security Cleared
2 102 (10.73%) SC Cleared
3 65 (6.83%) Degree
4 50 (5.26%) Azure Certification
5 48 (5.05%) TOGAF Certification
6 44 (4.63%) AWS Certification
7 38 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 30 (3.15%) CISSP
10 29 (3.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 26 (2.73%) DV Cleared
12 17 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (1.47%) CISM
14 10 (1.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (0.74%) Master's Degree
16 5 (0.53%) CCNP
17 4 (0.42%) CCSP
17 4 (0.42%) DBS Check
18 2 (0.21%) BPSS Clearance
18 2 (0.21%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (4.42%) Accessibility
2 27 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (2.73%) NIST
4 17 (1.79%) GDPR
4 17 (1.79%) NCSC
5 15 (1.58%) Data Quality
6 10 (1.05%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.63%) QA
8 5 (0.53%) PMO
9 4 (0.42%) WCAG
10 3 (0.32%) GRC
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.11%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (2.31%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.10%) Docker
3 2 (0.21%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.11%) Firmware
4 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (2.31%) Ansible
2 21 (2.21%) Kubernetes
3 19 (2.00%) Terraform
4 13 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.63%) Endace
6 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.21%) CASB
7 2 (0.21%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.11%) Grafana
8 1 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.11%) Rancher
Vendors
1 155 (16.30%) Microsoft
2 47 (4.94%) Salesforce
3 41 (4.31%) Splunk
4 38 (4.00%) Google
5 30 (3.15%) SAP
6 24 (2.52%) Databricks
7 22 (2.31%) Oracle
8 17 (1.79%) Cisco
9 13 (1.37%) ServiceNow
10 8 (0.84%) F5
11 7 (0.74%) Juniper
11 7 (0.74%) Okta
12 6 (0.63%) Informatica
12 6 (0.63%) VMware
13 5 (0.53%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.53%) IBM
13 5 (0.53%) Sparx
14 4 (0.42%) Meraki
14 4 (0.42%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.42%) Workday