Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 April 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 52 30
Rank change year-on-year +24 -22 +9
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,145 703 2,184
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.46% 5.32% 6.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.91% 5.72% 7.01%
Number of salaries quoted 758 525 1,412
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £83,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% +4.38% -5.88%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,100 £112,500
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 16,573 12,283 31,172
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 92.93% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,925 9,030 24,989
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.19% -9.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 April 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 April 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.

1 337 (29.43%) Azure
2 240 (20.96%) Roadmaps
3 200 (17.47%) AWS
4 191 (16.68%) Microsoft
5 176 (15.37%) Security Cleared
6 175 (15.28%) Agile
7 162 (14.15%) TOGAF
8 156 (13.62%) AI
9 150 (13.10%) Enterprise Architecture
10 138 (12.05%) DevOps
11 132 (11.53%) Data Modelling
12 130 (11.35%) SC Cleared
13 122 (10.66%) Data Architecture
14 121 (10.57%) Mentoring
15 120 (10.48%) Cybersecurity
16 117 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
17 116 (10.13%) Analytics
18 105 (9.17%) Technology Strategy
19 102 (8.91%) Migration
20 101 (8.82%) GCP
21 98 (8.56%) Microservices
22 92 (8.03%) CI/CD
23 90 (7.86%) Problem-Solving
24 87 (7.60%) Stakeholder Management
25 85 (7.42%) Event-Driven
26 82 (7.16%) Technical Architecture
27 81 (7.07%) Degree
27 81 (7.07%) IT Strategy
28 80 (6.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
29 79 (6.90%) Technology Roadmap

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 14 (1.22%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.05%) CMS
2 12 (1.05%) JBoss
2 12 (1.05%) WebSphere
3 8 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.61%) Confluence
5 4 (0.35%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.35%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.35%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.26%) SAS
7 2 (0.17%) Apache
7 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.087%) IIS
8 1 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.087%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.17%) ArchiCAD
2 2 (0.17%) Revit
3 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.087%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (1.31%) Oracle General Ledger
1 15 (1.31%) Oracle Payables
2 14 (1.22%) Oracle Assets
3 13 (1.14%) Oracle Financials
4 11 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
5 10 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.26%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.17%) Shopify
9 1 (0.087%) Actimize
9 1 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.087%) SAP IS-U
9 1 (0.087%) Sprinklr
9 1 (0.087%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 337 (29.43%) Azure
2 200 (17.47%) AWS
3 101 (8.82%) GCP
4 70 (6.11%) SaaS
5 62 (5.41%) Serverless
6 57 (4.98%) Snowflake
7 52 (4.54%) Power Platform
8 46 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (2.45%) Entra ID
10 23 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (1.66%) PaaS
13 18 (1.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 18 (1.57%) IaaS
14 17 (1.48%) Azure Machine Learning
15 12 (1.05%) Azure AI
15 12 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
16 10 (0.87%) iPaaS
17 8 (0.70%) dbt
17 8 (0.70%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 70 (6.11%) Broadband
2 27 (2.36%) WAN
3 22 (1.92%) Firewall
3 22 (1.92%) Network Security
4 17 (1.48%) VPN
5 16 (1.40%) SD-WAN
6 15 (1.31%) LAN
7 10 (0.87%) MPLS
8 8 (0.70%) DNS
9 6 (0.52%) DHCP
9 6 (0.52%) Kerberos
10 5 (0.44%) BGP
10 5 (0.44%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (0.44%) HTTP
10 5 (0.44%) SNMP
10 5 (0.44%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.35%) SSL
11 4 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.26%) VoIP
12 3 (0.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (3.93%) Data Warehouse
2 37 (3.23%) Metadata
3 26 (2.27%) SQL Server
4 16 (1.40%) NoSQL
5 15 (1.31%) Data Lake
5 15 (1.31%) Power BI
6 11 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (0.70%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.52%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.35%) GIS
10 4 (0.35%) QGIS
10 4 (0.35%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.35%) Tableau
11 3 (0.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.26%) Big Data
11 3 (0.26%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.17%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.17%) Redis
Development Applications
1 47 (4.10%) Jenkins
2 35 (3.06%) SonarQube
3 34 (2.97%) GitLab
4 11 (0.96%) Snyk
5 8 (0.70%) Git
6 3 (0.26%) JIRA
7 2 (0.17%) ERwin
7 2 (0.17%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.087%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.087%) JMeter
8 1 (0.087%) MLflow
8 1 (0.087%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.087%) Postman
8 1 (0.087%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.087%) Selenium
8 1 (0.087%) Subversion
General
1 245 (21.40%) Social Skills
2 180 (15.72%) Finance
3 166 (14.50%) Public Sector
4 118 (10.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 74 (6.46%) Analytical Skills
6 61 (5.33%) Games
7 59 (5.15%) Marketing
8 52 (4.54%) Law
9 43 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
10 42 (3.67%) Retail
11 38 (3.32%) Legal
12 31 (2.71%) Banking
13 29 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (2.01%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.57%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.40%) Back Office
17 10 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (0.70%) Financial Institution
19 7 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
20 4 (0.35%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (5.59%) REST
2 54 (4.72%) SOAP
3 48 (4.19%) .NET
4 38 (3.32%) Middleware
5 34 (2.97%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.97%) Visualforce
6 18 (1.57%) GraphQL
6 18 (1.57%) OAuth
6 18 (1.57%) OpenID
7 17 (1.48%) Spring
8 16 (1.40%) Hibernate
8 16 (1.40%) RESTful
9 14 (1.22%) LDAP
9 14 (1.22%) SAML
10 10 (0.87%) .NET Core
11 8 (0.70%) OpenAPI
11 8 (0.70%) Swagger
12 6 (0.52%) Django
12 6 (0.52%) Node.js
12 6 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (4.45%) Product Ownership
2 47 (4.10%) Cloud Native
3 36 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (2.88%) Public Cloud
5 31 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
6 30 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
7 29 (2.53%) Cyberattack
7 29 (2.53%) Data Centre
8 28 (2.45%) Management Information System
9 27 (2.36%) Virtual Team
10 17 (1.48%) PKI
11 14 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
11 14 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.22%) IoT
12 12 (1.05%) DataPower
12 12 (1.05%) Operational Technology
13 11 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.61%) Low-Code
14 7 (0.61%) Security Posture
15 6 (0.52%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.40%) Windows
2 11 (0.96%) Linux
3 9 (0.79%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.35%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.17%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (20.96%) Roadmaps
2 175 (15.28%) Agile
3 162 (14.15%) TOGAF
4 156 (13.62%) AI
5 150 (13.10%) Enterprise Architecture
6 138 (12.05%) DevOps
7 132 (11.53%) Data Modelling
8 122 (10.66%) Data Architecture
9 121 (10.57%) Mentoring
10 120 (10.48%) Cybersecurity
11 117 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 116 (10.13%) Analytics
13 105 (9.17%) Technology Strategy
14 102 (8.91%) Migration
15 98 (8.56%) Microservices
16 92 (8.03%) CI/CD
17 90 (7.86%) Problem-Solving
18 87 (7.60%) Stakeholder Management
19 85 (7.42%) Event-Driven
20 82 (7.16%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 52 (4.54%) SQL
2 43 (3.76%) Java
2 43 (3.76%) Python
3 42 (3.67%) C#
4 34 (2.97%) Apex Code
4 34 (2.97%) SOQL
4 34 (2.97%) SOSL
5 20 (1.75%) PowerShell
5 20 (1.75%) TypeScript
6 18 (1.57%) JavaScript
7 9 (0.79%) Bash
8 8 (0.70%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.44%) Bicep
10 4 (0.35%) C++
11 3 (0.26%) Go
12 2 (0.17%) C
12 2 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.17%) Scala
13 1 (0.087%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 176 (15.37%) Security Cleared
2 130 (11.35%) SC Cleared
3 81 (7.07%) Degree
4 46 (4.02%) TOGAF Certification
5 45 (3.93%) Azure Certification
6 39 (3.41%) AWS Certification
7 38 (3.32%) CISSP
8 32 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 30 (2.62%) DV Cleared
10 27 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
11 24 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 17 (1.48%) CISM
14 13 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (0.61%) CCNP
16 6 (0.52%) CCSP
17 5 (0.44%) Master's Degree
18 4 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
19 3 (0.26%) CCIE
19 3 (0.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (4.45%) NIST
2 38 (3.32%) Accessibility
3 30 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (1.83%) GDPR
5 19 (1.66%) Data Quality
6 18 (1.57%) NCSC
7 17 (1.48%) GRC
8 10 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (0.87%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.79%) QA
10 6 (0.52%) PMO
10 6 (0.52%) WCAG
11 4 (0.35%) IFRS
11 4 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.087%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.087%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.087%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.087%) Solvency II
System Software
1 24 (2.10%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (1.40%) Docker
4 9 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.35%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.35%) vSphere
6 3 (0.26%) vCloud
7 1 (0.087%) Firmware
7 1 (0.087%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
2 18 (1.57%) Ansible
3 16 (1.40%) Kubernetes
4 14 (1.22%) Terraform
5 6 (0.52%) Endace
6 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.17%) CASB
8 1 (0.087%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.087%) Avamar
8 1 (0.087%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.087%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.087%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.087%) EMC VPLEX
8 1 (0.087%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.087%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.087%) Puppet
8 1 (0.087%) Rancher
8 1 (0.087%) VxRail
Vendors
1 191 (16.68%) Microsoft
2 42 (3.67%) Salesforce
3 35 (3.06%) Splunk
4 34 (2.97%) Google
5 31 (2.71%) Databricks
6 28 (2.45%) Oracle
7 24 (2.10%) SAP
8 22 (1.92%) Cisco
9 18 (1.57%) ServiceNow
10 16 (1.40%) Palo Alto
11 14 (1.22%) VMware
12 12 (1.05%) CrowdStrike
13 11 (0.96%) Tenable
14 10 (0.87%) Fortinet
15 8 (0.70%) Meraki
16 7 (0.61%) Juniper
16 7 (0.61%) Okta
17 6 (0.52%) Adobe
17 6 (0.52%) N-able
17 6 (0.52%) Sophos