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 10 April 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 52 32
Rank change year-on-year +22 -20 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,102 697 2,054
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.37% 5.37% 6.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.80% 5.73% 6.77%
Number of salaries quoted 727 519 1,424
10th Percentile £60,000 £59,168 £57,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £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 £96,000 £98,474 £96,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £113,796 £111,250
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 16,210 12,167 30,323
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 93.70% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 11,634 8,990 24,797
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,339 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% +6.68% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 10 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 10 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.

1 333 (30.22%) Azure
2 235 (21.32%) Roadmaps
3 201 (18.24%) AWS
4 189 (17.15%) Microsoft
5 171 (15.52%) Agile
6 166 (15.06%) Security Cleared
7 158 (14.34%) TOGAF
8 153 (13.88%) AI
9 142 (12.89%) Enterprise Architecture
10 137 (12.43%) DevOps
11 136 (12.34%) Data Modelling
12 124 (11.25%) Data Architecture
13 121 (10.98%) SC Cleared
14 117 (10.62%) Mentoring
15 116 (10.53%) Analytics
15 116 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
16 115 (10.44%) Cybersecurity
17 102 (9.26%) Migration
18 100 (9.07%) GCP
19 98 (8.89%) Technology Strategy
20 94 (8.53%) Microservices
21 90 (8.17%) Problem-Solving
22 85 (7.71%) CI/CD
22 85 (7.71%) Stakeholder Management
23 83 (7.53%) Event-Driven
24 80 (7.26%) Technical Architecture
25 79 (7.17%) Degree
25 79 (7.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 78 (7.08%) Technology Roadmap
27 76 (6.90%) Decision-Making

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 13 (1.18%) JBoss
1 13 (1.18%) SharePoint
1 13 (1.18%) WebSphere
2 11 (1.00%) CMS
3 8 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.54%) Confluence
5 4 (0.36%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.36%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.36%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.27%) SAS
7 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.091%) Apache
8 1 (0.091%) IIS
8 1 (0.091%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.091%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.18%) ArchiCAD
2 2 (0.18%) Revit
3 1 (0.091%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.091%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.091%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (1.27%) Oracle General Ledger
1 14 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (1.18%) Oracle Assets
3 12 (1.09%) Oracle Financials
3 12 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.27%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.18%) Shopify
8 1 (0.091%) Actimize
8 1 (0.091%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.091%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.091%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.091%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.091%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.091%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 333 (30.22%) Azure
2 201 (18.24%) AWS
3 100 (9.07%) GCP
4 72 (6.53%) SaaS
5 61 (5.54%) Snowflake
6 59 (5.35%) Serverless
7 52 (4.72%) Power Platform
8 46 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (2.27%) Entra ID
10 23 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (1.91%) PaaS
12 20 (1.81%) IaaS
13 18 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 17 (1.54%) Azure Machine Learning
15 12 (1.09%) Azure AI
15 12 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
16 8 (0.73%) dbt
16 8 (0.73%) GitHub
16 8 (0.73%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 69 (6.26%) Broadband
2 27 (2.45%) WAN
3 22 (2.00%) Firewall
4 19 (1.72%) Network Security
5 17 (1.54%) SD-WAN
5 17 (1.54%) VPN
6 15 (1.36%) LAN
7 10 (0.91%) MPLS
8 8 (0.73%) DNS
9 6 (0.54%) DHCP
10 5 (0.45%) BGP
10 5 (0.45%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (0.45%) HTTP
10 5 (0.45%) Kerberos
10 5 (0.45%) SNMP
10 5 (0.45%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.36%) SSL
11 4 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.27%) VoIP
12 3 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (4.45%) Data Warehouse
2 35 (3.18%) Metadata
3 27 (2.45%) SQL Server
4 17 (1.54%) Data Lake
5 16 (1.45%) NoSQL
5 16 (1.45%) Power BI
6 13 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (0.82%) BigQuery
8 7 (0.64%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.45%) Tableau
11 4 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.36%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.36%) GIS
11 4 (0.36%) QGIS
11 4 (0.36%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.27%) Data Vault
12 3 (0.27%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.18%) Big Data
13 2 (0.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 48 (4.36%) Jenkins
2 35 (3.18%) SonarQube
3 34 (3.09%) GitLab
4 7 (0.64%) Git
4 7 (0.64%) Snyk
5 3 (0.27%) ERwin
5 3 (0.27%) JIRA
6 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.091%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.091%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.091%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.091%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.091%) Subversion
General
1 242 (21.96%) Social Skills
2 177 (16.06%) Finance
3 154 (13.97%) Public Sector
4 108 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 74 (6.72%) Analytical Skills
6 60 (5.44%) Games
7 59 (5.35%) Marketing
8 49 (4.45%) Law
9 43 (3.90%) Retail
10 42 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
11 36 (3.27%) Legal
12 31 (2.81%) Banking
13 26 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (2.09%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.72%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.45%) Back Office
17 10 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
19 7 (0.64%) Financial Institution
20 4 (0.36%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (5.81%) REST
2 55 (4.99%) SOAP
3 48 (4.36%) .NET
4 35 (3.18%) Middleware
5 34 (3.09%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (3.09%) Visualforce
6 19 (1.72%) GraphQL
7 18 (1.63%) Spring
8 17 (1.54%) Hibernate
8 17 (1.54%) OAuth
8 17 (1.54%) OpenID
9 15 (1.36%) RESTful
10 13 (1.18%) LDAP
10 13 (1.18%) SAML
11 10 (0.91%) .NET Core
12 7 (0.64%) OpenAPI
12 7 (0.64%) Swagger
13 6 (0.54%) Django
13 6 (0.54%) Node.js
14 5 (0.45%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 50 (4.54%) Product Ownership
2 48 (4.36%) Cloud Native
3 36 (3.27%) Public Cloud
3 36 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
5 29 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
6 27 (2.45%) Cyberattack
6 27 (2.45%) Management Information System
6 27 (2.45%) Virtual Team
7 25 (2.27%) Data Centre
8 17 (1.54%) PKI
9 14 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
9 14 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (1.27%) IoT
10 13 (1.18%) DataPower
11 12 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.09%) Operational Technology
12 7 (0.64%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.54%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.54%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.45%) Windows
2 12 (1.09%) Linux
3 9 (0.82%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.36%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.18%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (21.32%) Roadmaps
2 171 (15.52%) Agile
3 158 (14.34%) TOGAF
4 153 (13.88%) AI
5 142 (12.89%) Enterprise Architecture
6 137 (12.43%) DevOps
7 136 (12.34%) Data Modelling
8 124 (11.25%) Data Architecture
9 117 (10.62%) Mentoring
10 116 (10.53%) Analytics
10 116 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 115 (10.44%) Cybersecurity
12 102 (9.26%) Migration
13 98 (8.89%) Technology Strategy
14 94 (8.53%) Microservices
15 90 (8.17%) Problem-Solving
16 85 (7.71%) CI/CD
16 85 (7.71%) Stakeholder Management
17 83 (7.53%) Event-Driven
18 80 (7.26%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 55 (4.99%) SQL
2 47 (4.26%) Python
3 45 (4.08%) Java
4 42 (3.81%) C#
5 34 (3.09%) Apex Code
5 34 (3.09%) SOQL
5 34 (3.09%) SOSL
6 21 (1.91%) TypeScript
7 20 (1.81%) PowerShell
8 19 (1.72%) JavaScript
9 9 (0.82%) Bash
10 8 (0.73%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.36%) Bicep
11 4 (0.36%) C++
12 3 (0.27%) Go
13 2 (0.18%) C
13 2 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.18%) Scala
14 1 (0.091%) PHP
Qualifications
1 166 (15.06%) Security Cleared
2 121 (10.98%) SC Cleared
3 79 (7.17%) Degree
4 47 (4.26%) Azure Certification
4 47 (4.26%) TOGAF Certification
5 39 (3.54%) AWS Certification
6 35 (3.18%) CISSP
7 33 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (2.63%) DV Cleared
9 28 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (2.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 23 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.36%) CISM
12 12 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 7 (0.64%) CCNP
14 6 (0.54%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.45%) CCSP
16 3 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.27%) CCIE
17 2 (0.18%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (4.26%) NIST
2 40 (3.63%) Accessibility
3 28 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.81%) GDPR
5 19 (1.72%) Data Quality
6 17 (1.54%) NCSC
7 13 (1.18%) GRC
8 10 (0.91%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.73%) QA
10 7 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.45%) PMO
11 5 (0.45%) WCAG
12 4 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.27%) IFRS
14 1 (0.091%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.091%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.091%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 23 (2.09%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
3 18 (1.63%) Docker
4 7 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.27%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.18%) vCloud
6 2 (0.18%) vSphere
7 1 (0.091%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (1.81%) Ansible
2 18 (1.63%) Kubernetes
3 16 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
4 15 (1.36%) Terraform
5 6 (0.54%) Endace
6 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.18%) CASB
8 1 (0.091%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.091%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.091%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.091%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.091%) Puppet
8 1 (0.091%) Rancher
Vendors
1 189 (17.15%) Microsoft
2 42 (3.81%) Salesforce
3 35 (3.18%) Google
3 35 (3.18%) Splunk
4 31 (2.81%) Databricks
5 27 (2.45%) Oracle
6 26 (2.36%) SAP
7 23 (2.09%) Cisco
8 17 (1.54%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.18%) Palo Alto
9 13 (1.18%) VMware
10 10 (0.91%) Fortinet
11 8 (0.73%) CrowdStrike
11 8 (0.73%) Meraki
12 7 (0.64%) F5
12 7 (0.64%) Juniper
12 7 (0.64%) Okta
12 7 (0.64%) Tenable
13 6 (0.54%) Barracuda Networks
13 6 (0.54%) Sophos