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 16 May 2026.

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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 84 30
Rank change year-on-year +57 -54 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,302 635 2,179
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.00% 4.29% 6.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.46% 4.66% 6.99%
Number of salaries quoted 890 463 1,417
10th Percentile £61,200 £61,243 £56,809
25th Percentile £71,659 £69,500 £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 £96,000 £98,474 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,300 £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 17,460 13,632 31,157
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 92.02% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 12,834 8,796 24,820
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,159
Median % change year-on-year - +6.84% -10.15%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,531 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £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 16 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 16 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.

1 361 (27.73%) Azure
2 241 (18.51%) Roadmaps
3 230 (17.67%) AWS
4 205 (15.75%) Security Cleared
5 198 (15.21%) Agile
6 184 (14.13%) Microsoft
7 177 (13.59%) TOGAF
8 173 (13.29%) AI
9 154 (11.83%) SC Cleared
10 148 (11.37%) Enterprise Architecture
11 147 (11.29%) Cybersecurity
11 147 (11.29%) DevOps
12 123 (9.45%) Mentoring
13 118 (9.06%) CI/CD
13 118 (9.06%) Technology Strategy
14 108 (8.29%) Data Modelling
15 107 (8.22%) GCP
16 106 (8.14%) Data Architecture
17 105 (8.06%) Migration
18 103 (7.91%) Analytics
19 97 (7.45%) Presales
20 96 (7.37%) Continuous Improvement
21 93 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
22 92 (7.07%) Microservices
23 89 (6.84%) IT Strategy
23 89 (6.84%) Stakeholder Management
24 88 (6.76%) Event-Driven
25 87 (6.68%) Technical Leadership
26 86 (6.61%) Degree
26 86 (6.61%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 (1.08%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.92%) CMS
3 8 (0.61%) Confluence
4 7 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.54%) JBoss
4 7 (0.54%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.31%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.31%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.31%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.31%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.23%) Apache
6 3 (0.23%) SAS
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.077%) IIS
8 1 (0.077%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.077%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.15%) ArchiCAD
3 2 (0.15%) Revit
4 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.077%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.077%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.077%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (1.15%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.15%) Oracle Financials
1 15 (1.15%) Oracle General Ledger
1 15 (1.15%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.31%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.077%) Actimize
5 1 (0.077%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.077%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.077%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.077%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.077%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 361 (27.73%) Azure
2 230 (17.67%) AWS
3 107 (8.22%) GCP
4 73 (5.61%) Serverless
5 70 (5.38%) SaaS
6 53 (4.07%) Power Platform
7 44 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
8 38 (2.92%) Entra ID
9 31 (2.38%) Snowflake
10 28 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
10 28 (2.15%) PaaS
11 21 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (1.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 17 (1.31%) IaaS
14 15 (1.15%) Azure Machine Learning
15 12 (0.92%) Azure AI
15 12 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (0.84%) Nutanix
17 10 (0.77%) Azure Service Bus
17 10 (0.77%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 80 (6.14%) Broadband
2 40 (3.07%) WAN
3 37 (2.84%) Network Security
4 35 (2.69%) Firewall
5 29 (2.23%) SD-WAN
6 25 (1.92%) LAN
7 22 (1.69%) VPN
8 19 (1.46%) MPLS
9 11 (0.84%) WLAN
10 9 (0.69%) Cisco Firepower
10 9 (0.69%) Kerberos
11 8 (0.61%) BGP
11 8 (0.61%) VSAN
12 6 (0.46%) DNS
12 6 (0.46%) HTTP
12 6 (0.46%) SNMP
12 6 (0.46%) VXLAN
13 5 (0.38%) IPsec
13 5 (0.38%) SSL
13 5 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (3.53%) Metadata
2 29 (2.23%) SQL Server
3 20 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (1.31%) Power BI
5 15 (1.15%) Data Lake
5 15 (1.15%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (0.92%) BigQuery
8 8 (0.61%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.46%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (0.38%) Tableau
11 4 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.31%) Big Data
11 4 (0.31%) GIS
11 4 (0.31%) QGIS
11 4 (0.31%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.23%) MySQL
13 2 (0.15%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 45 (3.46%) Jenkins
2 34 (2.61%) GitLab
2 34 (2.61%) SonarQube
3 24 (1.84%) Snyk
4 5 (0.38%) Git
4 5 (0.38%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (0.15%) MLflow
5 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.077%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.077%) JIRA
6 1 (0.077%) JMeter
6 1 (0.077%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.077%) Postman
6 1 (0.077%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.077%) Selenium
General
1 220 (16.90%) Social Skills
2 195 (14.98%) Public Sector
3 177 (13.59%) Finance
4 144 (11.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 72 (5.53%) Analytical Skills
6 66 (5.07%) Games
7 59 (4.53%) Law
8 57 (4.38%) Marketing
9 41 (3.15%) Legal
10 39 (3.00%) Retail
11 35 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
12 29 (2.23%) Banking
13 22 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.61%) Telecoms
15 14 (1.08%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.00%) Back Office
17 10 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.54%) Financial Institution
19 6 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
19 6 (0.46%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (4.99%) REST
2 53 (4.07%) SOAP
3 42 (3.23%) .NET
4 36 (2.76%) Lightning Web Components
5 35 (2.69%) Middleware
6 34 (2.61%) Visualforce
7 22 (1.69%) OAuth
8 21 (1.61%) OpenID
8 21 (1.61%) RESTful
9 18 (1.38%) SAML
10 17 (1.31%) LDAP
11 13 (1.00%) GraphQL
12 10 (0.77%) Spring
13 9 (0.69%) Hibernate
14 8 (0.61%) .NET Core
15 7 (0.54%) Django
15 7 (0.54%) Node.js
15 7 (0.54%) OpenAPI
15 7 (0.54%) Swagger
16 6 (0.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (4.45%) Cloud Native
1 58 (4.45%) Data Centre
2 51 (3.92%) Product Ownership
3 37 (2.84%) Cyberattack
4 32 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
5 31 (2.38%) Public Cloud
6 28 (2.15%) Management Information System
7 26 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
7 26 (2.00%) Virtual Team
8 17 (1.31%) PKI
9 15 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
11 13 (1.00%) IoT
12 11 (0.84%) Operational Technology
13 10 (0.77%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (0.61%) Video\Live Streaming
15 7 (0.54%) DataPower
15 7 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
16 6 (0.46%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.08%) Windows
2 9 (0.69%) Linux
3 6 (0.46%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.31%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (18.51%) Roadmaps
2 198 (15.21%) Agile
3 177 (13.59%) TOGAF
4 173 (13.29%) AI
5 148 (11.37%) Enterprise Architecture
6 147 (11.29%) Cybersecurity
6 147 (11.29%) DevOps
7 123 (9.45%) Mentoring
8 118 (9.06%) CI/CD
8 118 (9.06%) Technology Strategy
9 108 (8.29%) Data Modelling
10 106 (8.14%) Data Architecture
11 105 (8.06%) Migration
12 103 (7.91%) Analytics
13 97 (7.45%) Presales
14 96 (7.37%) Continuous Improvement
15 93 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
16 92 (7.07%) Microservices
17 89 (6.84%) IT Strategy
17 89 (6.84%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (3.53%) Python
1 46 (3.53%) SQL
2 36 (2.76%) Apex Code
2 36 (2.76%) SOQL
2 36 (2.76%) SOSL
3 34 (2.61%) C#
4 28 (2.15%) Java
5 20 (1.54%) PowerShell
6 15 (1.15%) TypeScript
7 13 (1.00%) JavaScript
8 8 (0.61%) Bash
8 8 (0.61%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.54%) Go
10 5 (0.38%) Bicep
11 3 (0.23%) Scala
12 2 (0.15%) C++
12 2 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.077%) R
13 1 (0.077%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 205 (15.75%) Security Cleared
2 154 (11.83%) SC Cleared
3 86 (6.61%) Degree
4 45 (3.46%) CISSP
5 42 (3.23%) TOGAF Certification
6 41 (3.15%) Azure Certification
7 33 (2.53%) AWS Certification
8 32 (2.46%) DV Cleared
9 29 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 28 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (1.69%) CISM
12 21 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 12 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (0.84%) CCNP
16 8 (0.61%) CCIE
16 8 (0.61%) VCAP
16 8 (0.61%) VCDX
16 8 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (4.22%) NIST
2 35 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (2.46%) GRC
4 28 (2.15%) Data Quality
5 22 (1.69%) NCSC
6 21 (1.61%) GDPR
7 14 (1.08%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.77%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.69%) PMO
10 9 (0.69%) QA
11 7 (0.54%) WCAG
12 6 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 5 (0.38%) IFRS
14 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.23%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.15%) IFRS 17
16 2 (0.15%) SLA
16 2 (0.15%) Solvency II
17 1 (0.077%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 37 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
2 28 (2.15%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.92%) Docker
4 12 (0.92%) vSphere
5 9 (0.69%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.54%) vCloud
7 4 (0.31%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 27 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
2 16 (1.23%) Ansible
3 12 (0.92%) Kubernetes
4 11 (0.84%) Terraform
5 6 (0.46%) Endace
6 4 (0.31%) Avamar
6 4 (0.31%) Dell DRAC
6 4 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
6 4 (0.31%) EMC VPLEX
6 4 (0.31%) VxRail
7 3 (0.23%) CASB
8 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.077%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.077%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.077%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 184 (14.13%) Microsoft
2 47 (3.61%) Salesforce
3 37 (2.84%) Splunk
4 36 (2.76%) Cisco
4 36 (2.76%) Databricks
5 35 (2.69%) Palo Alto
6 34 (2.61%) Google
7 29 (2.23%) Oracle
8 27 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
9 24 (1.84%) Tenable
10 23 (1.77%) SAP
11 22 (1.69%) VMware
12 20 (1.54%) ServiceNow
13 15 (1.15%) Juniper
14 13 (1.00%) Fortinet
15 12 (0.92%) Dell
15 12 (0.92%) Meraki
16 11 (0.84%) NetApp
16 11 (0.84%) Nimble Storage
17 8 (0.61%) CheckPoint