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 30 April 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 58 30
Rank change year-on-year +30 -28 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,197 674 2,194
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.61% 5.01% 6.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.05% 5.46% 7.04%
Number of salaries quoted 795 508 1,418
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,373
25th Percentile £72,500 £68,269 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,800 £115,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -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 16,977 12,346 31,166
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 91.70% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12,297 9,013 24,940
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,956 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,550 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 30 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 30 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.

1 352 (29.41%) Azure
2 234 (19.55%) Roadmaps
3 210 (17.54%) AWS
4 190 (15.87%) Microsoft
5 188 (15.71%) Security Cleared
6 178 (14.87%) Agile
7 167 (13.95%) TOGAF
8 147 (12.28%) Enterprise Architecture
9 145 (12.11%) AI
10 143 (11.95%) SC Cleared
11 142 (11.86%) DevOps
12 129 (10.78%) Data Modelling
13 127 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
14 125 (10.44%) Data Architecture
15 117 (9.77%) Mentoring
16 107 (8.94%) Technology Strategy
17 106 (8.86%) Analytics
18 105 (8.77%) GCP
19 103 (8.60%) Migration
20 101 (8.44%) Continuous Improvement
21 100 (8.35%) CI/CD
22 93 (7.77%) Microservices
23 88 (7.35%) Event-Driven
24 85 (7.10%) Stakeholder Management
25 84 (7.02%) IT Strategy
26 82 (6.85%) Degree
27 79 (6.60%) Presales
28 78 (6.52%) Problem-Solving
28 78 (6.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
29 75 (6.27%) 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 (1.17%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.09%) CMS
3 10 (0.84%) JBoss
3 10 (0.84%) WebSphere
4 8 (0.67%) Confluence
5 7 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.42%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.42%) GeoServer
6 5 (0.42%) Oracle Spatial
7 4 (0.33%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.25%) Apache
8 3 (0.25%) SAS
9 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.084%) IIS
10 1 (0.084%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.084%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.17%) ArchiCAD
2 2 (0.17%) Revit
2 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.084%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 13 (1.09%) Oracle Assets
1 13 (1.09%) Oracle Financials
1 13 (1.09%) Oracle General Ledger
1 13 (1.09%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.33%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.17%) Shopify
5 1 (0.084%) Actimize
5 1 (0.084%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.084%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.084%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.084%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.084%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 352 (29.41%) Azure
2 210 (17.54%) AWS
3 105 (8.77%) GCP
4 66 (5.51%) SaaS
4 66 (5.51%) Serverless
5 53 (4.43%) Snowflake
6 50 (4.18%) Power Platform
7 44 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (2.67%) Entra ID
9 28 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (1.75%) PaaS
11 19 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 17 (1.42%) IaaS
13 15 (1.25%) Azure Machine Learning
14 12 (1.00%) Azure AI
14 12 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (0.84%) iPaaS
16 9 (0.75%) Azure Service Bus
17 8 (0.67%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 71 (5.93%) Broadband
2 30 (2.51%) WAN
3 29 (2.42%) Network Security
4 27 (2.26%) Firewall
5 20 (1.67%) SD-WAN
5 20 (1.67%) VPN
6 19 (1.59%) LAN
7 14 (1.17%) MPLS
8 8 (0.67%) Cisco Firepower
8 8 (0.67%) Kerberos
9 7 (0.58%) DNS
9 7 (0.58%) WLAN
10 6 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.42%) BGP
11 5 (0.42%) HTTP
11 5 (0.42%) SNMP
11 5 (0.42%) VSAN
12 4 (0.33%) DHCP
12 4 (0.33%) SSL
12 4 (0.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (3.59%) Data Warehouse
2 41 (3.43%) Metadata
3 28 (2.34%) SQL Server
4 16 (1.34%) NoSQL
5 15 (1.25%) Data Lake
6 13 (1.09%) Power BI
7 11 (0.92%) BigQuery
8 10 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.50%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.42%) GIS
10 5 (0.42%) QGIS
11 4 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.33%) Big Data
11 4 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (0.33%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.33%) Tableau
12 3 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.25%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.17%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.17%) Redis
Development Applications
1 46 (3.84%) Jenkins
2 35 (2.92%) SonarQube
3 34 (2.84%) GitLab
4 16 (1.34%) Snyk
5 7 (0.58%) Git
6 4 (0.33%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.17%) JIRA
7 2 (0.17%) MLflow
7 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.084%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.084%) JMeter
8 1 (0.084%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.084%) Postman
8 1 (0.084%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.084%) Selenium
8 1 (0.084%) Subversion
General
1 227 (18.96%) Social Skills
2 164 (13.70%) Public Sector
3 162 (13.53%) Finance
4 126 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 64 (5.35%) Analytical Skills
6 62 (5.18%) Games
7 60 (5.01%) Marketing
8 54 (4.51%) Law
9 40 (3.34%) Legal
10 38 (3.17%) Retail
11 31 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
12 29 (2.42%) Banking
13 27 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (1.92%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.50%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.09%) Back Office
17 10 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (0.50%) Financial Institution
19 5 (0.42%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.26%) REST
2 52 (4.34%) SOAP
3 46 (3.84%) .NET
4 34 (2.84%) Lightning Web Components
4 34 (2.84%) Middleware
4 34 (2.84%) Visualforce
5 20 (1.67%) OAuth
5 20 (1.67%) OpenID
6 16 (1.34%) GraphQL
6 16 (1.34%) LDAP
6 16 (1.34%) SAML
7 15 (1.25%) RESTful
8 14 (1.17%) Spring
9 13 (1.09%) Hibernate
10 9 (0.75%) .NET Core
11 7 (0.58%) Django
12 6 (0.50%) Node.js
12 6 (0.50%) OpenAPI
12 6 (0.50%) Swagger
12 6 (0.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (4.09%) Product Ownership
2 48 (4.01%) Cloud Native
3 41 (3.43%) Data Centre
4 35 (2.92%) Cyberattack
5 32 (2.67%) Public Cloud
6 30 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
7 29 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
8 28 (2.34%) Management Information System
9 21 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
10 17 (1.42%) PKI
11 15 (1.25%) Virtual Team
12 14 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
12 14 (1.17%) IoT
13 13 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.92%) Operational Technology
15 10 (0.84%) DataPower
16 8 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
17 6 (0.50%) Driving Licence
17 6 (0.50%) Low-Code
17 6 (0.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.25%) Windows
2 10 (0.84%) Linux
3 8 (0.67%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.42%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.084%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (19.55%) Roadmaps
2 178 (14.87%) Agile
3 167 (13.95%) TOGAF
4 147 (12.28%) Enterprise Architecture
5 145 (12.11%) AI
6 142 (11.86%) DevOps
7 129 (10.78%) Data Modelling
8 127 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
9 125 (10.44%) Data Architecture
10 117 (9.77%) Mentoring
11 107 (8.94%) Technology Strategy
12 106 (8.86%) Analytics
13 103 (8.60%) Migration
14 101 (8.44%) Continuous Improvement
15 100 (8.35%) CI/CD
16 93 (7.77%) Microservices
17 88 (7.35%) Event-Driven
18 85 (7.10%) Stakeholder Management
19 84 (7.02%) IT Strategy
20 79 (6.60%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 49 (4.09%) SQL
2 44 (3.68%) Python
3 38 (3.17%) C#
4 37 (3.09%) Java
5 34 (2.84%) Apex Code
5 34 (2.84%) SOQL
5 34 (2.84%) SOSL
6 20 (1.67%) PowerShell
7 18 (1.50%) TypeScript
8 16 (1.34%) JavaScript
9 9 (0.75%) Bash
10 8 (0.67%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.50%) Bicep
12 3 (0.25%) C++
12 3 (0.25%) Go
12 3 (0.25%) Scala
13 2 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.084%) C
14 1 (0.084%) R
Qualifications
1 188 (15.71%) Security Cleared
2 143 (11.95%) SC Cleared
3 82 (6.85%) Degree
4 43 (3.59%) TOGAF Certification
5 42 (3.51%) CISSP
6 40 (3.34%) Azure Certification
7 35 (2.92%) AWS Certification
8 31 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 30 (2.51%) DV Cleared
10 25 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.67%) CISM
13 18 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 12 (1.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.58%) CCNP
15 7 (0.58%) CCSP
16 5 (0.42%) VCAP
16 5 (0.42%) VCDX
16 5 (0.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (4.26%) NIST
2 36 (3.01%) Accessibility
3 29 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (2.01%) GDPR
5 23 (1.92%) Data Quality
6 22 (1.84%) GRC
7 20 (1.67%) NCSC
8 11 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.84%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.67%) PMO
11 7 (0.58%) QA
11 7 (0.58%) WCAG
12 5 (0.42%) IFRS
13 4 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.17%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.17%) SLA
14 2 (0.17%) Solvency II
15 1 (0.084%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 1 (0.084%) PERC
System Software
1 28 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
2 25 (2.09%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.34%) Docker
4 13 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.67%) vSphere
6 6 (0.50%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.42%) vCloud
8 3 (0.25%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.084%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
2 18 (1.50%) Ansible
3 16 (1.34%) Kubernetes
4 13 (1.09%) Terraform
5 6 (0.50%) Endace
6 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.25%) Avamar
7 3 (0.25%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (0.25%) EMC VPLEX
7 3 (0.25%) VxRail
8 2 (0.17%) CASB
9 1 (0.084%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.084%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.084%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.084%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.084%) Puppet
9 1 (0.084%) Rancher
Vendors
1 190 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 42 (3.51%) Salesforce
3 37 (3.09%) Google
4 35 (2.92%) Splunk
5 32 (2.67%) Databricks
6 26 (2.17%) Cisco
6 26 (2.17%) Oracle
7 24 (2.01%) SAP
8 21 (1.75%) Palo Alto
9 18 (1.50%) VMware
10 17 (1.42%) CrowdStrike
10 17 (1.42%) ServiceNow
11 16 (1.34%) Tenable
12 11 (0.92%) Fortinet
12 11 (0.92%) Meraki
13 9 (0.75%) Dell
14 8 (0.67%) Juniper
14 8 (0.67%) NetApp
14 8 (0.67%) Nimble Storage
15 7 (0.58%) Adobe