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 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 97 27
Rank change year-on-year +73 -70 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,596 624 2,118
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.36% 3.78% 7.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.83% 4.10% 7.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,131 433 1,372
10th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £66,500 £69,563
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 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £118,750
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 20,395 15,201 27,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 92.20% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 14,769 9,441 20,973
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -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 23 July 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 23 July 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.

1 501 (31.39%) Azure
2 385 (24.12%) Roadmaps
3 336 (21.05%) Microsoft
4 279 (17.48%) AWS
5 278 (17.42%) Agile
6 277 (17.36%) Security Cleared
7 257 (16.10%) AI
8 230 (14.41%) SC Cleared
9 221 (13.85%) Enterprise Architecture
10 205 (12.84%) TOGAF
11 203 (12.72%) Technical Architecture
12 179 (11.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 174 (10.90%) CI/CD
14 170 (10.65%) Technology Strategy
15 166 (10.40%) DevOps
16 161 (10.09%) Cybersecurity
17 147 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
18 145 (9.09%) Analytics
19 141 (8.83%) Mentoring
20 138 (8.65%) Presales
21 128 (8.02%) Business Strategy
22 127 (7.96%) Data Architecture
22 127 (7.96%) Migration
22 127 (7.96%) Stakeholder Management
22 127 (7.96%) Technical Leadership
23 126 (7.89%) Infrastructure as Code
24 125 (7.83%) IT Strategy
25 122 (7.64%) Data Modelling
25 122 (7.64%) GCP
26 116 (7.27%) WAN

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 (0.63%) CMS
1 10 (0.63%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.31%) Confluence
3 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.19%) Apache
4 3 (0.19%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.19%) SAS
5 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.063%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.063%) Appian
6 1 (0.063%) JBoss
6 1 (0.063%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (0.69%) Chatbot
1 11 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.19%) Revit
5 2 (0.13%) ArchiCAD
5 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.063%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.063%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
1 11 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
2 9 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
2 9 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
2 9 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.13%) Shopify
8 1 (0.063%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.063%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.063%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.063%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.063%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.063%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 501 (31.39%) Azure
2 279 (17.48%) AWS
3 122 (7.64%) GCP
4 90 (5.64%) Power Platform
5 82 (5.14%) SaaS
6 70 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
7 61 (3.82%) Cloud Computing
7 61 (3.82%) Serverless
8 52 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
9 50 (3.13%) Entra ID
10 39 (2.44%) Snowflake
11 38 (2.38%) PaaS
12 32 (2.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 31 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
14 25 (1.57%) dbt
15 23 (1.44%) Anthropic Claude
16 18 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
17 17 (1.07%) Azure Service Bus
18 16 (1.00%) IaaS
19 15 (0.94%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 116 (7.27%) WAN
2 89 (5.58%) LAN
3 66 (4.14%) Broadband
4 58 (3.63%) Network Security
5 41 (2.57%) SD-WAN
6 39 (2.44%) Firewall
7 30 (1.88%) MPLS
8 25 (1.57%) VPN
9 18 (1.13%) BGP
10 16 (1.00%) DNS
10 16 (1.00%) HTTP
11 15 (0.94%) SNMP
12 14 (0.88%) IPsec
12 14 (0.88%) WLAN
13 12 (0.75%) VoIP
13 12 (0.75%) VSAN
14 11 (0.69%) CTI
14 11 (0.69%) Kerberos
14 11 (0.69%) VLAN
15 10 (0.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (4.14%) Metadata
2 25 (1.57%) SQL Server
3 24 (1.50%) Power BI
4 23 (1.44%) Data Lake
5 21 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (1.19%) BigQuery
8 16 (1.00%) MongoDB
9 12 (0.75%) Delta Lake
9 12 (0.75%) NoSQL
10 11 (0.69%) Data Vault
11 8 (0.50%) Tableau
12 7 (0.44%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
13 6 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.38%) MySQL
14 5 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
15 4 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
15 4 (0.25%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 47 (2.94%) Jenkins
2 35 (2.19%) GitLab
2 35 (2.19%) SonarQube
3 25 (1.57%) Snyk
4 9 (0.56%) Claude Code
5 8 (0.50%) Git
6 5 (0.31%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.13%) MLflow
8 1 (0.063%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.063%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.063%) ERwin
8 1 (0.063%) JMeter
8 1 (0.063%) Maven
8 1 (0.063%) Postman
8 1 (0.063%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.063%) Selenium
General
1 357 (22.37%) Social Skills
2 300 (18.80%) Finance
3 242 (15.16%) Public Sector
4 204 (12.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 100 (6.27%) Law
6 94 (5.89%) Presentation Skills
7 90 (5.64%) Analytical Skills
8 69 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
9 53 (3.32%) Games
10 50 (3.13%) Legal
11 49 (3.07%) Marketing
12 47 (2.94%) Retail
13 34 (2.13%) Banking
14 20 (1.25%) Manufacturing
15 13 (0.81%) Telecoms
16 11 (0.69%) Back Office
17 9 (0.56%) Financial Institution
18 7 (0.44%) Aviation
19 6 (0.38%) Advertising
19 6 (0.38%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.01%) REST
2 48 (3.01%) SOAP
3 38 (2.38%) .NET
4 37 (2.32%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.13%) Visualforce
6 30 (1.88%) OAuth
7 27 (1.69%) RESTful
8 25 (1.57%) Middleware
8 25 (1.57%) SAML
9 18 (1.13%) OpenID
10 17 (1.07%) LDAP
11 13 (0.81%) PySpark
12 12 (0.75%) Node.js
13 11 (0.69%) LangChain
13 11 (0.69%) OpenAPI
13 11 (0.69%) Swagger
14 9 (0.56%) LangGraph
15 8 (0.50%) .NET Core
16 7 (0.44%) ARM Templates
16 7 (0.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 107 (6.70%) Cloud Native
2 69 (4.32%) Data Centre
3 58 (3.63%) Product Ownership
4 34 (2.13%) Cyberattack
5 32 (2.01%) Management Information System
6 31 (1.94%) Virtual Team
7 26 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
8 25 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
9 18 (1.13%) Public Cloud
10 13 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (0.75%) AI Agents
11 12 (0.75%) IoT
12 11 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (0.69%) IVR
13 10 (0.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 10 (0.63%) Low-Code
14 9 (0.56%) Hedge funds
14 9 (0.56%) PKI
14 9 (0.56%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.00%) Windows
2 9 (0.56%) Linux
3 4 (0.25%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (24.12%) Roadmaps
2 278 (17.42%) Agile
3 257 (16.10%) AI
4 221 (13.85%) Enterprise Architecture
5 205 (12.84%) TOGAF
6 203 (12.72%) Technical Architecture
7 179 (11.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 174 (10.90%) CI/CD
9 170 (10.65%) Technology Strategy
10 166 (10.40%) DevOps
11 161 (10.09%) Cybersecurity
12 147 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
13 145 (9.09%) Analytics
14 141 (8.83%) Mentoring
15 138 (8.65%) Presales
16 128 (8.02%) Business Strategy
17 127 (7.96%) Data Architecture
17 127 (7.96%) Migration
17 127 (7.96%) Stakeholder Management
17 127 (7.96%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 56 (3.51%) Python
2 49 (3.07%) SQL
3 37 (2.32%) Apex Code
4 36 (2.26%) SOQL
4 36 (2.26%) SOSL
5 31 (1.94%) C#
6 23 (1.44%) Bicep
7 19 (1.19%) Java
8 18 (1.13%) PowerShell
9 11 (0.69%) Scala
9 11 (0.69%) TypeScript
10 10 (0.63%) Go
10 10 (0.63%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.25%) Bash
11 4 (0.25%) Ruby
11 4 (0.25%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.19%) C
13 2 (0.13%) C++
13 2 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 277 (17.36%) Security Cleared
2 230 (14.41%) SC Cleared
3 108 (6.77%) Degree
4 48 (3.01%) CISSP
5 43 (2.69%) Azure Certification
6 42 (2.63%) TOGAF Certification
7 31 (1.94%) AWS Certification
8 28 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (1.75%) DV Cleared
9 24 (1.50%) CISM
10 20 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (0.81%) CCNP
13 12 (0.75%) VCAP
13 12 (0.75%) VCDX
13 12 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 10 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 10 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 10 (0.63%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (6.02%) GRC
2 79 (4.95%) NIST
3 64 (4.01%) Data Quality
4 53 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.75%) GDPR
6 24 (1.50%) NCSC
7 22 (1.38%) Accessibility
8 15 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 12 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
11 10 (0.63%) PMO
12 9 (0.56%) QA
13 8 (0.50%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.44%) WCAG
15 6 (0.38%) PCI DSS
16 5 (0.31%) IFRS
17 4 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 4 (0.25%) Def Stans
17 4 (0.25%) NIST 800
18 3 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
2 35 (2.19%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.32%) vSphere
5 20 (1.25%) Docker
6 13 (0.81%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.63%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.44%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 37 (2.32%) Kubernetes
2 34 (2.13%) Terraform
3 25 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (0.81%) Ansible
4 13 (0.81%) CASB
5 11 (0.69%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.38%) Avamar
6 6 (0.38%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (0.38%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.38%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.38%) VxRail
7 5 (0.31%) Endace
7 5 (0.31%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.063%) Argo
Vendors
1 336 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 61 (3.82%) Cisco
3 55 (3.45%) Databricks
3 55 (3.45%) Salesforce
4 47 (2.94%) Palo Alto
5 37 (2.32%) Oracle
6 36 (2.26%) Splunk
7 30 (1.88%) SAP
7 30 (1.88%) VMware
8 29 (1.82%) CrowdStrike
8 29 (1.82%) ServiceNow
9 28 (1.75%) Google
10 27 (1.69%) OpenAI
11 25 (1.57%) Tenable
12 17 (1.07%) Juniper
13 15 (0.94%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.88%) Dell
15 13 (0.81%) NetApp
15 13 (0.81%) Nimble Storage
16 12 (0.75%) Broadcom