Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 November 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 33 35
Rank change year-on-year -19 +2 +19
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 695 1,394 1,472
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.55% 7.02% 7.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.86% 7.28% 7.35%
Number of salaries quoted 430 915 1,118
10th Percentile £60,875 £56,809 £62,250
25th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £82,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.94%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 14,305 19,153 20,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.59% 96.49% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 9,159 11,993 16,383
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -0.83% -3.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025, 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.

1 279 (40.14%) Azure
2 167 (24.03%) AWS
3 159 (22.88%) Agile
4 156 (22.45%) Roadmaps
5 130 (18.71%) Microsoft
6 121 (17.41%) AI
7 120 (17.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 117 (16.83%) Security Cleared
9 115 (16.55%) Analytics
9 115 (16.55%) Data Modelling
9 115 (16.55%) Enterprise Architecture
10 110 (15.83%) Problem-Solving
11 105 (15.11%) Technical Leadership
12 98 (14.10%) TOGAF
13 92 (13.24%) DevOps
14 91 (13.09%) Data Architecture
15 79 (11.37%) Microservices
16 78 (11.22%) SC Cleared
17 77 (11.08%) Degree
17 77 (11.08%) SaaS
18 76 (10.94%) GCP
19 75 (10.79%) Mentoring
20 74 (10.65%) Python
20 74 (10.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 71 (10.22%) Stakeholder Management
22 70 (10.07%) CI/CD
23 69 (9.93%) Data Warehouse
24 68 (9.78%) Data Management
24 68 (9.78%) Decision-Making
25 66 (9.50%) SQL

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 9 (1.29%) JBoss
1 9 (1.29%) WebSphere
2 5 (0.72%) Confluence
3 4 (0.58%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.43%) CMS
5 2 (0.29%) Apache
5 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.29%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.29%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.14%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 15 (2.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.58%) Oracle General Ledger
2 4 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.43%) Shopify
4 2 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.29%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.29%) SAP SCM
4 2 (0.29%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.14%) Magento
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.14%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.14%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.14%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 279 (40.14%) Azure
2 167 (24.03%) AWS
3 77 (11.08%) SaaS
4 76 (10.94%) GCP
5 45 (6.47%) Snowflake
6 38 (5.47%) Serverless
7 34 (4.89%) Power Platform
8 31 (4.46%) PaaS
9 29 (4.17%) IaaS
10 23 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
11 22 (3.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 21 (3.02%) OCI
13 20 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
15 13 (1.87%) GitHub
16 10 (1.44%) AWS CloudFormation
16 10 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
17 8 (1.15%) Amazon S3
17 8 (1.15%) Entra ID
17 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.17%) Firewall
2 21 (3.02%) Broadband
2 21 (3.02%) WAN
3 18 (2.59%) LAN
3 18 (2.59%) VPN
4 15 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (1.29%) SD-WAN
6 7 (1.01%) DHCP
6 7 (1.01%) DNS
6 7 (1.01%) Junos
7 5 (0.72%) Network Security
8 3 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
8 3 (0.43%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.43%) GPON
8 3 (0.43%) InfiniBand
8 3 (0.43%) IPv4
8 3 (0.43%) IPv6
8 3 (0.43%) PPP
8 3 (0.43%) SNMP
8 3 (0.43%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (9.93%) Data Warehouse
2 27 (3.88%) Data Lake
3 21 (3.02%) Metadata
4 17 (2.45%) NoSQL
5 15 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
5 15 (2.16%) Power BI
6 14 (2.01%) SQL Server
7 12 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.58%) Data Vault
9 8 (1.15%) Data Mining
10 5 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.72%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (0.72%) Metadata Repository
11 4 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.58%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.58%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.58%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (4.46%) Jenkins
2 17 (2.45%) GitLab
3 16 (2.30%) SonarQube
4 14 (2.01%) JIRA
5 10 (1.44%) Git
6 6 (0.86%) ER Studio
6 6 (0.86%) ERwin
7 5 (0.72%) MSBuild
7 5 (0.72%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.58%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.14%) MSI
9 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 214 (30.79%) Social Skills
2 146 (21.01%) Finance
3 81 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (11.37%) Public Sector
5 62 (8.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 49 (7.05%) Retail
7 38 (5.47%) Marketing
8 35 (5.04%) Presentation Skills
9 33 (4.75%) Law
10 32 (4.60%) Banking
11 26 (3.74%) Legal
12 17 (2.45%) Manufacturing
13 16 (2.30%) Games
14 14 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (1.87%) Back Office
15 13 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.72%) Electronics
16 5 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.72%) Retail Banking
16 5 (0.72%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (6.19%) .NET
2 34 (4.89%) Node.js
3 33 (4.75%) React
3 33 (4.75%) REST
4 26 (3.74%) SOAP
5 24 (3.45%) React Native
6 22 (3.17%) Middleware
7 17 (2.45%) Lightning Web Components
7 17 (2.45%) Visualforce
8 12 (1.73%) Django
8 12 (1.73%) GraphQL
8 12 (1.73%) Spring
9 11 (1.58%) Hibernate
10 10 (1.44%) gRPC
11 9 (1.29%) Web Services
12 8 (1.15%) ASP.NET
12 8 (1.15%) JSON
12 8 (1.15%) Kafka
13 7 (1.01%) RESTful
13 7 (1.01%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.77%) Data Centre
2 47 (6.76%) Cloud Native
3 34 (4.89%) Legacy Systems
4 32 (4.60%) Hybrid Cloud
4 32 (4.60%) Management Information System
5 31 (4.46%) Product Ownership
5 31 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
6 30 (4.32%) Virtual Team
7 27 (3.88%) Public Cloud
8 25 (3.60%) Mobile App
9 21 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.44%) IoT
11 10 (1.44%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.29%) DataPower
13 7 (1.01%) CMDB
13 7 (1.01%) Reference Data
14 6 (0.86%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.73%) Linux
2 9 (1.29%) Windows
3 4 (0.58%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.43%) OpenWrt
5 2 (0.29%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.14%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (22.88%) Agile
2 156 (22.45%) Roadmaps
3 121 (17.41%) AI
4 120 (17.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 115 (16.55%) Analytics
5 115 (16.55%) Data Modelling
5 115 (16.55%) Enterprise Architecture
6 110 (15.83%) Problem-Solving
7 105 (15.11%) Technical Leadership
8 98 (14.10%) TOGAF
9 92 (13.24%) DevOps
10 91 (13.09%) Data Architecture
11 79 (11.37%) Microservices
12 75 (10.79%) Mentoring
13 74 (10.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 71 (10.22%) Stakeholder Management
15 70 (10.07%) CI/CD
16 68 (9.78%) Data Management
16 68 (9.78%) Decision-Making
17 64 (9.21%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 74 (10.65%) Python
2 66 (9.50%) SQL
3 59 (8.49%) C#
4 45 (6.47%) Java
5 23 (3.31%) JavaScript
6 17 (2.45%) Apex Code
6 17 (2.45%) TypeScript
7 15 (2.16%) SOQL
7 15 (2.16%) SOSL
8 7 (1.01%) Bicep
8 7 (1.01%) PowerShell
9 6 (0.86%) C++
10 4 (0.58%) Go
11 3 (0.43%) C
12 2 (0.29%) Bash
13 1 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.14%) PHP
13 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.14%) R
Qualifications
1 117 (16.83%) Security Cleared
2 78 (11.22%) SC Cleared
3 77 (11.08%) Degree
4 48 (6.91%) AWS Certification
5 46 (6.62%) Azure Certification
6 34 (4.89%) TOGAF Certification
7 31 (4.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 29 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (4.03%) DV Cleared
10 20 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (2.30%) Master's Degree
13 12 (1.73%) CCNP
13 12 (1.73%) CISSP
14 9 (1.29%) CCNA
14 9 (1.29%) CISM
15 7 (1.01%) JNCIA
15 7 (1.01%) SAP Certification
16 4 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (0.58%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.89%) Accessibility
2 26 (3.74%) GDPR
3 24 (3.45%) NIST
4 20 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.29%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.29%) HIPAA
5 9 (1.29%) NCSC
6 8 (1.15%) QA
7 5 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.58%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.29%) COBIT
9 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.14%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 36 (5.18%) Docker
2 6 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.72%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.43%) Firmware
4 3 (0.43%) GPFS
4 3 (0.43%) Lustre
4 3 (0.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (5.18%) Kubernetes
2 27 (3.88%) Terraform
3 21 (3.02%) Ansible
4 7 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.58%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.43%) Endace
7 2 (0.29%) Grafana
8 1 (0.14%) Autotask
8 1 (0.14%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.14%) Puppet
8 1 (0.14%) Rancher
8 1 (0.14%) SCCM
8 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 130 (18.71%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.75%) Google
3 31 (4.46%) Databricks
4 29 (4.17%) SAP
5 22 (3.17%) Cisco
5 22 (3.17%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.88%) Oracle
6 20 (2.88%) Palo Alto
7 18 (2.59%) Adobe
7 18 (2.59%) Apple
8 17 (2.45%) Workday
9 15 (2.16%) ServiceNow
9 15 (2.16%) Splunk
10 11 (1.58%) Juniper
11 7 (1.01%) Fortinet
12 6 (0.86%) Ariba
13 5 (0.72%) IBM
14 4 (0.58%) F5
14 4 (0.58%) Informatica
14 4 (0.58%) VMware