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 25 September 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 104 26
Rank change year-on-year +79 -78 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,811 594 1,752
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.33% 3.60% 7.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.81% 3.88% 7.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,284 398 1,005
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £67,750 £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 £109,125 £125,000
UK median annual salary £88,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +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 23,177 15,297 22,200
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 92.79% 96.38%
Number of salaries quoted 16,143 8,924 14,002
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 25 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 25 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.

1 530 (29.27%) Azure
2 465 (25.68%) Roadmaps
3 370 (20.43%) Microsoft
4 345 (19.05%) AI
5 320 (17.67%) AWS
6 303 (16.73%) Security Cleared
7 286 (15.79%) Agile
8 252 (13.91%) SC Cleared
9 225 (12.42%) Enterprise Architecture
10 219 (12.09%) Technical Architecture
11 213 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
12 212 (11.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 201 (11.10%) Technology Strategy
14 179 (9.88%) Mentoring
14 179 (9.88%) TOGAF
15 175 (9.66%) Data Architecture
16 173 (9.55%) Analytics
16 173 (9.55%) Cybersecurity
17 170 (9.39%) CI/CD
18 166 (9.17%) Stakeholder Management
19 154 (8.50%) IT Strategy
20 151 (8.34%) Decision-Making
20 151 (8.34%) Presales
21 146 (8.06%) Architectural Patterns
22 145 (8.01%) Migration
23 143 (7.90%) Infrastructure as Code
24 142 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
25 141 (7.79%) Data Modelling
26 138 (7.62%) GCP
27 137 (7.56%) 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 23 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.61%) 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%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.17%) Confluence
7 1 (0.055%) Appian
7 1 (0.055%) JBoss
7 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.055%) WebLogic
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 15 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.55%) Oracle General Ledger
2 10 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
3 7 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.055%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.055%) Infor CloudSuite
6 1 (0.055%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.055%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.055%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.055%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.055%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.055%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 530 (29.27%) Azure
2 320 (17.67%) AWS
3 138 (7.62%) GCP
4 109 (6.02%) SaaS
5 106 (5.85%) Power Platform
6 86 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
7 67 (3.70%) Snowflake
8 65 (3.59%) Entra ID
9 63 (3.48%) Cloud Computing
10 59 (3.26%) Serverless
11 54 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
12 51 (2.82%) Anthropic Claude
13 43 (2.37%) PaaS
14 39 (2.15%) Amazon Bedrock
15 35 (1.93%) Microsoft Purview
16 34 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 32 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
18 27 (1.49%) Azure Databricks
19 25 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
19 25 (1.38%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 98 (5.41%) WAN
2 80 (4.42%) LAN
3 62 (3.42%) Network Security
4 34 (1.88%) Firewall
5 30 (1.66%) SD-WAN
6 23 (1.27%) Broadband
6 23 (1.27%) MPLS
7 20 (1.10%) VPN
8 16 (0.88%) DNS
8 16 (0.88%) Unified Communications
9 15 (0.83%) BGP
10 14 (0.77%) HTTP
10 14 (0.77%) IPsec
11 13 (0.72%) WLAN
12 11 (0.61%) CTI
12 11 (0.61%) DHCP
12 11 (0.61%) SSL
12 11 (0.61%) VLAN
12 11 (0.61%) VoIP
13 10 (0.55%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (4.97%) Metadata
2 36 (1.99%) Power BI
3 32 (1.77%) SQL Server
4 25 (1.38%) Data Lake
4 25 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (1.21%) Delta Lake
6 20 (1.10%) Data Vault
6 20 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (1.05%) MongoDB
8 12 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (0.66%) BigQuery
8 12 (0.66%) Tableau
9 11 (0.61%) MySQL
10 9 (0.50%) Metadata Repository
11 8 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
12 7 (0.39%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (0.28%) Relational Database
14 4 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 42 (2.32%) Claude Code
2 25 (1.38%) Snyk
3 10 (0.55%) Git
3 10 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.28%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (0.11%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.11%) ERwin
5 2 (0.11%) GitLab
5 2 (0.11%) MLflow
6 1 (0.055%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.055%) JIRA
6 1 (0.055%) JMeter
6 1 (0.055%) Maven
6 1 (0.055%) Postman
6 1 (0.055%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.055%) Selenium
6 1 (0.055%) SonarQube
General
1 419 (23.14%) Social Skills
2 408 (22.53%) Finance
3 299 (16.51%) Public Sector
4 180 (9.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 105 (5.80%) Law
6 103 (5.69%) Presentation Skills
7 96 (5.30%) Influencing Skills
8 93 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
9 78 (4.31%) Banking
10 56 (3.09%) Legal
11 44 (2.43%) Retail
12 20 (1.10%) Back Office
13 15 (0.83%) Aerospace
13 15 (0.83%) Financial Institution
13 15 (0.83%) Telecoms
14 14 (0.77%) Marketing
15 12 (0.66%) Games
16 11 (0.61%) Manufacturing
17 7 (0.39%) Advertising
17 7 (0.39%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.76%) Middleware
2 47 (2.60%) Terraform
3 39 (2.15%) .NET
4 34 (1.88%) RESTful
5 29 (1.60%) REST
6 27 (1.49%) LangChain
7 24 (1.33%) LangGraph
8 23 (1.27%) OAuth
9 21 (1.16%) PySpark
10 19 (1.05%) SAML
11 18 (0.99%) OpenAPI
11 18 (0.99%) Swagger
12 14 (0.77%) LDAP
13 13 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
13 13 (0.72%) SOAP
14 11 (0.61%) OpenID
15 10 (0.55%) Kafka
15 10 (0.55%) XML
16 8 (0.44%) Django
16 8 (0.44%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 129 (7.12%) Cloud Native
2 66 (3.64%) Data Centre
3 50 (2.76%) AI Agents
4 44 (2.43%) Management Information System
5 36 (1.99%) Hedge funds
6 35 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
7 34 (1.88%) Product Ownership
8 33 (1.82%) Virtual Team
9 24 (1.33%) Cyberattack
9 24 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
10 22 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
12 17 (0.94%) Public Cloud
13 12 (0.66%) IVR
13 12 (0.66%) Low-Code
14 11 (0.61%) Onboarding
15 10 (0.55%) Cyber Defence
15 10 (0.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 10 (0.55%) Video\Live Streaming
16 9 (0.50%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.10%) Windows
2 17 (0.94%) Linux
3 7 (0.39%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.22%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.11%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.055%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 465 (25.68%) Roadmaps
2 345 (19.05%) AI
3 286 (15.79%) Agile
4 225 (12.42%) Enterprise Architecture
5 219 (12.09%) Technical Architecture
6 213 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
7 212 (11.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 201 (11.10%) Technology Strategy
9 179 (9.88%) Mentoring
9 179 (9.88%) TOGAF
10 175 (9.66%) Data Architecture
11 173 (9.55%) Analytics
11 173 (9.55%) Cybersecurity
12 170 (9.39%) CI/CD
13 166 (9.17%) Stakeholder Management
14 154 (8.50%) IT Strategy
15 151 (8.34%) Decision-Making
15 151 (8.34%) Presales
16 146 (8.06%) Architectural Patterns
17 145 (8.01%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 69 (3.81%) Python
2 58 (3.20%) SQL
3 49 (2.71%) C#
4 34 (1.88%) Bicep
5 26 (1.44%) 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%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.28%) Rust
12 4 (0.22%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.22%) C
12 4 (0.22%) Ruby
13 3 (0.17%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.17%) X++
14 2 (0.11%) ABAP
14 2 (0.11%) C++
14 2 (0.11%) SOQL
14 2 (0.11%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 303 (16.73%) Security Cleared
2 252 (13.91%) SC Cleared
3 120 (6.63%) Degree
4 64 (3.53%) Azure Certification
5 50 (2.76%) TOGAF Certification
6 49 (2.71%) CISSP
7 40 (2.21%) AWS Certification
8 37 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 34 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 32 (1.77%) CISM
11 31 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (1.38%) DV Cleared
13 16 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (0.88%) SnowPro
14 13 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 12 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 10 (0.55%) VCAP
16 10 (0.55%) VCDX
17 9 (0.50%) CIPD
18 8 (0.44%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (5.19%) GRC
2 80 (4.42%) NIST
3 76 (4.20%) Data Quality
4 64 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 35 (1.93%) 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 11 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.44%) ISO 9001
11 8 (0.44%) QA
12 7 (0.39%) PCI DSS
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%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
2 31 (1.71%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (1.33%) Docker
4 22 (1.21%) vSphere
5 13 (0.72%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.61%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.28%) vCloud
8 2 (0.11%) Firmware
9 1 (0.055%) iptables
9 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 51 (2.82%) Kubernetes
2 28 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (0.83%) CASB
4 10 (0.55%) Ansible
4 10 (0.55%) FortiGate
5 7 (0.39%) Grafana
6 6 (0.33%) Avamar
6 6 (0.33%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (0.33%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.33%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.33%) VxRail
7 5 (0.28%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.22%) SCCM
9 1 (0.055%) Argo
Vendors
1 370 (20.43%) Microsoft
2 94 (5.19%) Databricks
3 58 (3.20%) Oracle
4 57 (3.15%) ServiceNow
5 49 (2.71%) Cisco
6 42 (2.32%) Palo Alto
7 41 (2.26%) Google
8 36 (1.99%) VMware
9 34 (1.88%) SAP
10 29 (1.60%) CrowdStrike
11 27 (1.49%) OpenAI
12 25 (1.38%) Tenable
13 24 (1.33%) Salesforce
14 16 (0.88%) Juniper
15 14 (0.77%) NetApp
16 12 (0.66%) Adobe
16 12 (0.66%) Dell
16 12 (0.66%) Dynatrace
16 12 (0.66%) Genesys
17 11 (0.61%) Avaya