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 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 95 30
Rank change year-on-year +69 -65 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,385 587 2,252
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.23% 4.01% 6.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.68% 4.36% 7.08%
Number of salaries quoted 952 415 1,471
10th Percentile £62,275 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £68,638 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £96,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £107,500 £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 18,028 13,468 31,797
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 91.99% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 13,255 8,291 25,241
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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.

1 393 (28.38%) Azure
2 269 (19.42%) Roadmaps
3 249 (17.98%) AWS
4 212 (15.31%) Agile
4 212 (15.31%) Security Cleared
5 208 (15.02%) Microsoft
6 196 (14.15%) TOGAF
7 188 (13.57%) AI
8 171 (12.35%) Enterprise Architecture
9 168 (12.13%) SC Cleared
10 165 (11.91%) Cybersecurity
11 152 (10.97%) DevOps
12 133 (9.60%) CI/CD
13 129 (9.31%) Mentoring
13 129 (9.31%) Technology Strategy
14 118 (8.52%) GCP
15 113 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
15 113 (8.16%) Data Modelling
16 111 (8.01%) Data Architecture
16 111 (8.01%) Presales
17 109 (7.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 108 (7.80%) Analytics
19 105 (7.58%) Migration
20 101 (7.29%) Degree
21 97 (7.00%) Problem-Solving
22 96 (6.93%) Stakeholder Management
23 94 (6.79%) IT Strategy
23 94 (6.79%) Technical Leadership
24 93 (6.71%) Event-Driven
24 93 (6.71%) Microservices

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 10 (0.72%) CMS
1 10 (0.72%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.58%) Confluence
3 7 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.29%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.29%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.29%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.29%) JBoss
4 4 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
4 4 (0.29%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.22%) Apache
5 3 (0.22%) SAS
6 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.072%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.22%) Revit
4 2 (0.14%) ArchiCAD
4 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.072%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.072%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 16 (1.16%) Oracle Assets
1 16 (1.16%) Oracle Financials
1 16 (1.16%) Oracle General Ledger
1 16 (1.16%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.14%) Shopify
7 1 (0.072%) Actimize
7 1 (0.072%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.072%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.072%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.072%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 393 (28.38%) Azure
2 249 (17.98%) AWS
3 118 (8.52%) GCP
4 72 (5.20%) SaaS
4 72 (5.20%) Serverless
5 52 (3.75%) Power Platform
6 43 (3.10%) Entra ID
7 38 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (2.09%) PaaS
9 27 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (1.81%) Snowflake
11 24 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 16 (1.16%) Azure Machine Learning
14 15 (1.08%) IaaS
15 13 (0.94%) Nutanix
16 12 (0.87%) Azure AI
17 10 (0.72%) Anthropic Claude
17 10 (0.72%) Azure Service Bus
17 10 (0.72%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 84 (6.06%) Broadband
2 50 (3.61%) WAN
3 44 (3.18%) Network Security
4 39 (2.82%) Firewall
5 36 (2.60%) SD-WAN
6 30 (2.17%) LAN
7 23 (1.66%) MPLS
7 23 (1.66%) VPN
8 16 (1.16%) WLAN
9 11 (0.79%) BGP
10 10 (0.72%) Kerberos
11 9 (0.65%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (0.65%) VSAN
12 8 (0.58%) DNS
12 8 (0.58%) HTTP
12 8 (0.58%) SNMP
13 7 (0.51%) IPsec
13 7 (0.51%) SSL
13 7 (0.51%) Unified Communications
13 7 (0.51%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.54%) Metadata
2 28 (2.02%) SQL Server
3 20 (1.44%) Power BI
4 17 (1.23%) NoSQL
5 16 (1.16%) BigQuery
5 16 (1.16%) Data Lake
5 16 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (0.79%) MongoDB
7 8 (0.58%) Tableau
8 6 (0.43%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (0.36%) MySQL
10 4 (0.29%) GIS
10 4 (0.29%) QGIS
10 4 (0.29%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.22%) Big Data
12 2 (0.14%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 45 (3.25%) Jenkins
2 34 (2.45%) GitLab
2 34 (2.45%) SonarQube
3 25 (1.81%) Snyk
4 7 (0.51%) Git
5 5 (0.36%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.14%) MLflow
6 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.072%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.072%) JIRA
7 1 (0.072%) JMeter
7 1 (0.072%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.072%) Postman
7 1 (0.072%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.072%) Selenium
General
1 249 (17.98%) Social Skills
2 211 (15.23%) Public Sector
3 190 (13.72%) Finance
4 154 (11.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 85 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
6 67 (4.84%) Games
7 59 (4.26%) Law
8 55 (3.97%) Marketing
9 48 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
10 43 (3.10%) Legal
11 40 (2.89%) Retail
12 28 (2.02%) Banking
13 25 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (1.59%) Telecoms
15 15 (1.08%) Manufacturing
16 12 (0.87%) Back Office
17 10 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.51%) Financial Institution
19 6 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
19 6 (0.43%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.62%) REST
2 51 (3.68%) SOAP
3 39 (2.82%) .NET
4 36 (2.60%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.45%) Visualforce
6 29 (2.09%) Middleware
7 25 (1.81%) OAuth
8 22 (1.59%) OpenID
9 21 (1.52%) RESTful
9 21 (1.52%) SAML
10 18 (1.30%) LDAP
11 12 (0.87%) GraphQL
12 9 (0.65%) Node.js
13 8 (0.58%) .NET Core
14 7 (0.51%) Django
14 7 (0.51%) OpenAPI
14 7 (0.51%) Spring
14 7 (0.51%) Swagger
15 6 (0.43%) Hibernate
15 6 (0.43%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 67 (4.84%) Cloud Native
2 61 (4.40%) Data Centre
3 51 (3.68%) Product Ownership
4 38 (2.74%) Cyberattack
5 32 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (2.24%) Public Cloud
7 28 (2.02%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.02%) Virtual Team
8 24 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.23%) PKI
10 14 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
10 14 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (0.79%) IoT
11 11 (0.79%) Operational Technology
12 10 (0.72%) Low-Code
13 8 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (0.58%) Onboarding
13 8 (0.58%) Video\Live Streaming
14 7 (0.51%) CMDB
14 7 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.94%) Windows
2 9 (0.65%) Linux
3 5 (0.36%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.29%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (19.42%) Roadmaps
2 212 (15.31%) Agile
3 196 (14.15%) TOGAF
4 188 (13.57%) AI
5 171 (12.35%) Enterprise Architecture
6 165 (11.91%) Cybersecurity
7 152 (10.97%) DevOps
8 133 (9.60%) CI/CD
9 129 (9.31%) Mentoring
9 129 (9.31%) Technology Strategy
10 113 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
10 113 (8.16%) Data Modelling
11 111 (8.01%) Data Architecture
11 111 (8.01%) Presales
12 109 (7.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 108 (7.80%) Analytics
14 105 (7.58%) Migration
15 97 (7.00%) Problem-Solving
16 96 (6.93%) Stakeholder Management
17 94 (6.79%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 46 (3.32%) Python
2 41 (2.96%) SQL
3 36 (2.60%) Apex Code
3 36 (2.60%) SOQL
3 36 (2.60%) SOSL
4 33 (2.38%) C#
5 23 (1.66%) Java
6 21 (1.52%) PowerShell
7 16 (1.16%) TypeScript
8 14 (1.01%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.58%) Bash
9 8 (0.58%) Bicep
9 8 (0.58%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.51%) Go
11 3 (0.22%) Scala
12 2 (0.14%) C++
12 2 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.072%) R
13 1 (0.072%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 212 (15.31%) Security Cleared
2 168 (12.13%) SC Cleared
3 101 (7.29%) Degree
4 48 (3.47%) TOGAF Certification
5 47 (3.39%) CISSP
6 45 (3.25%) Azure Certification
7 37 (2.67%) AWS Certification
8 32 (2.31%) DV Cleared
9 30 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
10 29 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (1.66%) CISM
12 20 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
13 14 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.94%) CCNP
15 12 (0.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 11 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 10 (0.72%) CCIE
18 9 (0.65%) VCAP
18 9 (0.65%) VCDX
18 9 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (4.91%) NIST
2 44 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (2.60%) Data Quality
3 36 (2.60%) GRC
4 24 (1.73%) NCSC
5 22 (1.59%) GDPR
6 12 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (0.79%) Accessibility
7 11 (0.79%) PMO
8 10 (0.72%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.65%) QA
10 8 (0.58%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (0.51%) WCAG
12 5 (0.36%) IFRS
13 2 (0.14%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.14%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 38 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
2 35 (2.53%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.08%) vSphere
5 11 (0.79%) Docker
6 10 (0.72%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.51%) vCloud
8 6 (0.43%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 28 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (1.01%) Ansible
3 13 (0.94%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.94%) Terraform
4 6 (0.43%) Avamar
4 6 (0.43%) Dell DRAC
4 6 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
4 6 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
4 6 (0.43%) VxRail
5 5 (0.36%) CASB
5 5 (0.36%) Endace
6 4 (0.29%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.072%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.072%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 208 (15.02%) Microsoft
2 47 (3.39%) Salesforce
3 42 (3.03%) Cisco
4 40 (2.89%) Palo Alto
5 37 (2.67%) Splunk
6 36 (2.60%) Databricks
7 35 (2.53%) Google
8 32 (2.31%) Oracle
9 30 (2.17%) CrowdStrike
10 27 (1.95%) SAP
11 25 (1.81%) Tenable
11 25 (1.81%) VMware
12 22 (1.59%) ServiceNow
13 18 (1.30%) Juniper
14 14 (1.01%) Fortinet
15 13 (0.94%) Dell
15 13 (0.94%) NetApp
15 13 (0.94%) Nimble Storage
15 13 (0.94%) OpenAI
16 12 (0.87%) Meraki