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 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 37 33
Rank change year-on-year -13 -4 +19
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 735 1,177 1,412
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.82% 6.60% 7.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.16% 6.86% 7.34%
Number of salaries quoted 461 758 1,037
10th Percentile £61,250 £56,809 £62,250
25th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £83,672 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +4.59% -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 14,238 17,169 19,242
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 96.30% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9,244 10,770 15,640
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.45% -0.95% -

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 14 December 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 14 December 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.

1 273 (37.14%) Azure
2 169 (22.99%) AWS
3 160 (21.77%) Roadmaps
4 152 (20.68%) Agile
5 137 (18.64%) Microsoft
6 124 (16.87%) AI
6 124 (16.87%) Data Modelling
7 119 (16.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 118 (16.05%) Enterprise Architecture
9 117 (15.92%) Analytics
9 117 (15.92%) Security Cleared
10 104 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
11 100 (13.61%) TOGAF
12 96 (13.06%) Data Architecture
13 90 (12.24%) Technical Leadership
14 88 (11.97%) DevOps
15 81 (11.02%) Degree
16 79 (10.75%) Microservices
17 77 (10.48%) SC Cleared
18 76 (10.34%) Mentoring
18 76 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
19 75 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
20 74 (10.07%) Python
21 73 (9.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 70 (9.52%) GCP
22 70 (9.52%) SaaS
23 68 (9.25%) CI/CD
24 67 (9.12%) Data Warehouse
24 67 (9.12%) Decision-Making
24 67 (9.12%) Technical Architecture

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 (1.22%) JBoss
1 9 (1.22%) WebSphere
2 6 (0.82%) Confluence
3 5 (0.68%) CMS
3 5 (0.68%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.54%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.54%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.54%) Oracle Spatial
5 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.14%) Strapi
Applications
1 1 (0.14%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 14 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
2 7 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.82%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.27%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.14%) Actimize
6 1 (0.14%) Magento
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.14%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.14%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.14%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 273 (37.14%) Azure
2 169 (22.99%) AWS
3 70 (9.52%) GCP
3 70 (9.52%) SaaS
4 48 (6.53%) Snowflake
5 45 (6.12%) Serverless
6 36 (4.90%) Power Platform
7 27 (3.67%) PaaS
8 26 (3.54%) IaaS
9 25 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (2.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 18 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (2.31%) OCI
13 14 (1.90%) GitHub
14 13 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (1.36%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
16 9 (1.22%) Amazon S3
17 8 (1.09%) Entra ID
18 7 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.99%) Firewall
2 21 (2.86%) Broadband
3 13 (1.77%) WAN
4 10 (1.36%) LAN
4 10 (1.36%) VPN
5 8 (1.09%) SD-WAN
6 7 (0.95%) DHCP
6 7 (0.95%) DNS
7 6 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.54%) Network Security
9 3 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (0.41%) DOCSIS
9 3 (0.41%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.41%) GPON
9 3 (0.41%) InfiniBand
9 3 (0.41%) IPv4
9 3 (0.41%) IPv6
9 3 (0.41%) PPP
9 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.41%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (9.12%) Data Warehouse
2 27 (3.67%) Data Lake
3 21 (2.86%) Metadata
4 17 (2.31%) Power BI
5 16 (2.18%) SQL Server
6 15 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (2.04%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.50%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.50%) Data Vault
9 8 (1.09%) Data Mining
10 6 (0.82%) Tableau
11 5 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.68%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.68%) GIS
11 5 (0.68%) Metadata Repository
11 5 (0.68%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.54%) DataStage
12 4 (0.54%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 33 (4.49%) Jenkins
2 17 (2.31%) GitLab
3 16 (2.18%) SonarQube
4 15 (2.04%) JIRA
5 9 (1.22%) Git
6 6 (0.82%) ER Studio
6 6 (0.82%) ERwin
7 4 (0.54%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.41%) MSBuild
8 3 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.41%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 223 (30.34%) Social Skills
2 135 (18.37%) Finance
3 87 (11.84%) Public Sector
4 80 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (8.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 51 (6.94%) Retail
7 40 (5.44%) Marketing
8 36 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
9 35 (4.76%) Law
10 29 (3.95%) Banking
10 29 (3.95%) Legal
11 18 (2.45%) Games
11 18 (2.45%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.63%) Back Office
15 6 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.68%) Electronics
16 5 (0.68%) Retail Banking
16 5 (0.68%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (5.71%) .NET
2 31 (4.22%) React
3 30 (4.08%) Node.js
3 30 (4.08%) REST
4 25 (3.40%) SOAP
5 23 (3.13%) Middleware
6 22 (2.99%) React Native
7 16 (2.18%) Lightning Web Components
7 16 (2.18%) Visualforce
8 14 (1.90%) Django
9 13 (1.77%) Spring
10 12 (1.63%) GraphQL
10 12 (1.63%) Hibernate
11 9 (1.22%) Kafka
11 9 (1.22%) Web Services
12 8 (1.09%) gRPC
12 8 (1.09%) RESTful
13 7 (0.95%) ASP.NET
13 7 (0.95%) Blazor
14 6 (0.82%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.07%) Data Centre
2 46 (6.26%) Cloud Native
3 35 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
4 32 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (4.08%) Product Ownership
5 30 (4.08%) Virtual Team
6 29 (3.95%) Hybrid Cloud
6 29 (3.95%) Management Information System
7 26 (3.54%) Public Cloud
8 23 (3.13%) Mobile App
9 22 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.36%) IoT
12 9 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.22%) DataPower
13 8 (1.09%) Reference Data
14 7 (0.95%) CMDB
14 7 (0.95%) Private Cloud
15 6 (0.82%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.04%) Linux
2 9 (1.22%) Windows
3 4 (0.54%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.54%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.41%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.14%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (21.77%) Roadmaps
2 152 (20.68%) Agile
3 124 (16.87%) AI
3 124 (16.87%) Data Modelling
4 119 (16.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 118 (16.05%) Enterprise Architecture
6 117 (15.92%) Analytics
7 104 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
8 100 (13.61%) TOGAF
9 96 (13.06%) Data Architecture
10 90 (12.24%) Technical Leadership
11 88 (11.97%) DevOps
12 79 (10.75%) Microservices
13 76 (10.34%) Mentoring
13 76 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
14 75 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
15 73 (9.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 68 (9.25%) CI/CD
17 67 (9.12%) Decision-Making
17 67 (9.12%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 74 (10.07%) Python
2 58 (7.89%) C#
3 57 (7.76%) SQL
4 45 (6.12%) Java
5 23 (3.13%) JavaScript
6 19 (2.59%) TypeScript
7 16 (2.18%) Apex Code
8 15 (2.04%) SOQL
8 15 (2.04%) SOSL
9 6 (0.82%) Bicep
9 6 (0.82%) C++
9 6 (0.82%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.54%) Go
11 3 (0.41%) C
12 2 (0.27%) 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 (15.92%) Security Cleared
2 81 (11.02%) Degree
3 77 (10.48%) SC Cleared
4 48 (6.53%) AWS Certification
5 45 (6.12%) Azure Certification
6 35 (4.76%) TOGAF Certification
7 31 (4.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 31 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (3.67%) DV Cleared
9 24 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (2.04%) Master's Degree
11 12 (1.63%) CISSP
12 9 (1.22%) CISM
13 8 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.95%) SAP Certification
15 4 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.54%) CCNP
15 4 (0.54%) DBS Check
16 3 (0.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 3 (0.41%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.63%) Accessibility
2 21 (2.86%) NIST
3 20 (2.72%) GDPR
4 18 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.63%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.22%) QA
7 7 (0.95%) NCSC
8 5 (0.68%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.41%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.14%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.14%) GRC
12 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
System Software
1 34 (4.63%) Docker
2 4 (0.54%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.41%) Firmware
3 3 (0.41%) GPFS
3 3 (0.41%) Lustre
3 3 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 37 (5.03%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.27%) Terraform
3 22 (2.99%) Ansible
4 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.41%) Endace
5 3 (0.41%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.27%) Grafana
7 1 (0.14%) Autotask
7 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.14%) Puppet
7 1 (0.14%) Rancher
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 137 (18.64%) Microsoft
2 31 (4.22%) Databricks
3 28 (3.81%) SAP
4 26 (3.54%) Google
5 24 (3.27%) Oracle
6 21 (2.86%) Salesforce
7 19 (2.59%) Adobe
7 19 (2.59%) Palo Alto
8 18 (2.45%) Apple
9 17 (2.31%) Workday
10 15 (2.04%) Splunk
11 14 (1.90%) ServiceNow
12 13 (1.77%) Cisco
13 6 (0.82%) Ariba
13 6 (0.82%) Fortinet
13 6 (0.82%) Sparx
14 5 (0.68%) Red Hat
15 4 (0.54%) ESRI
15 4 (0.54%) Informatica
15 4 (0.54%) Juniper