Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £87,431 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 October 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 104 26
Rank change year-on-year +79 -78 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,806 590 1,737
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.26% 3.51% 7.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.73% 3.77% 8.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,254 392 990
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,431 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.98% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £108,625 £125,000
UK median annual salary £89,250 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% +3.13% -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 23,349 15,648 21,563
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.85% 92.99% 96.48%
Number of salaries quoted 16,180 8,788 13,430
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.36% - -8.33%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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.

1 524 (29.01%) Azure
2 458 (25.36%) Roadmaps
3 364 (20.16%) Microsoft
4 342 (18.94%) AI
5 317 (17.55%) AWS
6 295 (16.33%) Security Cleared
7 283 (15.67%) Agile
8 246 (13.62%) SC Cleared
9 222 (12.29%) Technical Leadership
10 216 (11.96%) Technical Architecture
11 214 (11.85%) Enterprise Architecture
12 211 (11.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 196 (10.85%) Technology Strategy
14 176 (9.75%) Analytics
15 174 (9.63%) CI/CD
15 174 (9.63%) Mentoring
16 170 (9.41%) Cybersecurity
17 168 (9.30%) Data Architecture
17 168 (9.30%) TOGAF
18 165 (9.14%) Stakeholder Management
19 151 (8.36%) IT Strategy
20 149 (8.25%) Decision-Making
21 147 (8.14%) Presales
22 146 (8.08%) Architectural Patterns
23 144 (7.97%) Continuous Improvement
24 142 (7.86%) Infrastructure as Code
24 142 (7.86%) Migration
25 140 (7.75%) GCP
26 139 (7.70%) Data Modelling
27 134 (7.42%) DevOps

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 20 (1.11%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.39%) CMS
4 5 (0.28%) Apache
4 5 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.22%) Confluence
6 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.17%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.055%) Appian
7 1 (0.055%) JBoss
7 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.055%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (0.61%) Chatbot
2 8 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.17%) Notion
6 3 (0.17%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.11%) Revit
7 2 (0.11%) Weka
8 1 (0.055%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
3 9 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
4 8 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
5 6 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.055%) Infor CloudSuite
9 1 (0.055%) Infor LN
9 1 (0.055%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.055%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.055%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.055%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 524 (29.01%) Azure
2 317 (17.55%) AWS
3 140 (7.75%) GCP
4 108 (5.98%) SaaS
5 106 (5.87%) Power Platform
6 85 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
7 67 (3.71%) Entra ID
8 65 (3.60%) Snowflake
9 63 (3.49%) Cloud Computing
10 59 (3.27%) Serverless
11 54 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
12 50 (2.77%) Anthropic Claude
13 43 (2.38%) PaaS
14 37 (2.05%) Amazon Bedrock
15 34 (1.88%) Microsoft Purview
16 31 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
17 29 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 27 (1.50%) Azure Databricks
18 27 (1.50%) dbt
19 24 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 98 (5.43%) WAN
2 80 (4.43%) LAN
3 61 (3.38%) Network Security
4 33 (1.83%) Firewall
5 30 (1.66%) SD-WAN
6 23 (1.27%) Broadband
6 23 (1.27%) MPLS
7 20 (1.11%) VPN
8 16 (0.89%) DNS
8 16 (0.89%) Unified Communications
9 15 (0.83%) BGP
10 14 (0.78%) HTTP
10 14 (0.78%) IPsec
11 13 (0.72%) WLAN
12 11 (0.61%) CTI
12 11 (0.61%) DHCP
12 11 (0.61%) SSL
12 11 (0.61%) VLAN
12 11 (0.61%) VoIP
13 10 (0.55%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (4.98%) Metadata
2 38 (2.10%) Power BI
3 27 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (1.50%) SQL Server
4 25 (1.38%) Data Lake
5 22 (1.22%) Delta Lake
6 20 (1.11%) Data Vault
7 19 (1.05%) MongoDB
7 19 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (0.66%) BigQuery
8 12 (0.66%) Tableau
9 11 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (0.61%) MySQL
10 9 (0.50%) Metadata Repository
11 8 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
12 7 (0.39%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (0.28%) Relational Database
14 4 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.22%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 42 (2.33%) Claude Code
2 25 (1.38%) Snyk
3 10 (0.55%) Git
3 10 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.28%) Rational Rhapsody
5 3 (0.17%) GitLab
6 2 (0.11%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.11%) ERwin
6 2 (0.11%) JIRA
6 2 (0.11%) MLflow
7 1 (0.055%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.055%) JMeter
7 1 (0.055%) Maven
7 1 (0.055%) Postman
7 1 (0.055%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.055%) Selenium
7 1 (0.055%) SonarQube
General
1 412 (22.81%) Social Skills
2 410 (22.70%) Finance
3 287 (15.89%) Public Sector
4 175 (9.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 103 (5.70%) Law
6 100 (5.54%) Presentation Skills
7 98 (5.43%) Influencing Skills
8 94 (5.20%) Analytical Skills
9 82 (4.54%) Banking
10 57 (3.16%) Legal
11 48 (2.66%) Retail
12 23 (1.27%) Back Office
13 17 (0.94%) Financial Institution
14 16 (0.89%) Aerospace
15 15 (0.83%) Marketing
16 14 (0.78%) Telecoms
17 13 (0.72%) Manufacturing
18 12 (0.66%) Games
19 9 (0.50%) French Language
20 7 (0.39%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.66%) Middleware
2 47 (2.60%) Terraform
3 37 (2.05%) .NET
4 36 (1.99%) RESTful
5 29 (1.61%) REST
6 26 (1.44%) LangChain
7 24 (1.33%) LangGraph
8 22 (1.22%) OAuth
9 21 (1.16%) PySpark
10 20 (1.11%) OpenAPI
10 20 (1.11%) Swagger
11 19 (1.05%) SAML
12 15 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
13 14 (0.78%) LDAP
14 13 (0.72%) SOAP
15 10 (0.55%) Kafka
15 10 (0.55%) OpenID
16 8 (0.44%) Django
16 8 (0.44%) XML
17 7 (0.39%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 128 (7.09%) Cloud Native
2 66 (3.65%) Data Centre
3 50 (2.77%) AI Agents
4 42 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 36 (1.99%) Hedge funds
6 35 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
6 35 (1.94%) Product Ownership
7 33 (1.83%) Virtual Team
8 23 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
11 17 (0.94%) Cyberattack
12 14 (0.78%) Public Cloud
13 12 (0.66%) IVR
13 12 (0.66%) Low-Code
14 11 (0.61%) Onboarding
15 10 (0.55%) Cyber Defence
15 10 (0.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 10 (0.55%) Video\Live Streaming
16 8 (0.44%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.05%) Windows
2 17 (0.94%) Linux
3 7 (0.39%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.11%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.055%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (25.36%) Roadmaps
2 342 (18.94%) AI
3 283 (15.67%) Agile
4 222 (12.29%) Technical Leadership
5 216 (11.96%) Technical Architecture
6 214 (11.85%) Enterprise Architecture
7 211 (11.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 196 (10.85%) Technology Strategy
9 176 (9.75%) Analytics
10 174 (9.63%) CI/CD
10 174 (9.63%) Mentoring
11 170 (9.41%) Cybersecurity
12 168 (9.30%) Data Architecture
12 168 (9.30%) TOGAF
13 165 (9.14%) Stakeholder Management
14 151 (8.36%) IT Strategy
15 149 (8.25%) Decision-Making
16 147 (8.14%) Presales
17 146 (8.08%) Architectural Patterns
18 144 (7.97%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 72 (3.99%) Python
2 59 (3.27%) SQL
3 50 (2.77%) C#
4 34 (1.88%) Bicep
5 26 (1.44%) Java
6 20 (1.11%) Scala
7 15 (0.83%) Go
8 14 (0.78%) JavaScript
8 14 (0.78%) PowerShell
9 10 (0.55%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.28%) Rust
11 4 (0.22%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.22%) C
11 4 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.22%) Ruby
12 3 (0.17%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.17%) X++
13 2 (0.11%) ABAP
13 2 (0.11%) SOQL
13 2 (0.11%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 295 (16.33%) Security Cleared
2 246 (13.62%) SC Cleared
3 112 (6.20%) Degree
4 64 (3.54%) Azure Certification
5 50 (2.77%) TOGAF Certification
6 47 (2.60%) CISSP
7 40 (2.21%) AWS Certification
7 40 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 34 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 32 (1.77%) CISM
10 29 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 24 (1.33%) DV Cleared
12 16 (0.89%) SnowPro
13 15 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
14 13 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 12 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 10 (0.55%) VCAP
16 10 (0.55%) VCDX
17 9 (0.50%) CIPD
18 8 (0.44%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (5.20%) GRC
2 77 (4.26%) Data Quality
3 72 (3.99%) NIST
4 64 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 40 (2.21%) GDPR
6 36 (1.99%) Accessibility
7 25 (1.38%) NCSC
8 16 (0.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 15 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.44%) ISO 9001
10 8 (0.44%) QA
11 7 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.33%) NIST 800
12 6 (0.33%) PMO
13 5 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.28%) IFRS
14 4 (0.22%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.22%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (1.88%) Active Directory
2 32 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
3 30 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (1.33%) Docker
5 22 (1.22%) vSphere
6 13 (0.72%) VMware NSX
7 11 (0.61%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.28%) vCloud
9 2 (0.11%) Firmware
10 1 (0.055%) iptables
10 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (2.77%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (0.83%) CASB
4 10 (0.55%) FortiGate
5 9 (0.50%) Ansible
6 7 (0.39%) Grafana
7 6 (0.33%) Avamar
7 6 (0.33%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.33%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.33%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.33%) VxRail
8 5 (0.28%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.22%) SCCM
10 1 (0.055%) Argo
Vendors
1 364 (20.16%) Microsoft
2 90 (4.98%) Databricks
3 60 (3.32%) Oracle
4 58 (3.21%) ServiceNow
5 48 (2.66%) Cisco
6 42 (2.33%) Palo Alto
7 40 (2.21%) Google
8 35 (1.94%) VMware
9 34 (1.88%) SAP
10 29 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
11 26 (1.44%) Salesforce
12 25 (1.38%) OpenAI
12 25 (1.38%) Tenable
13 16 (0.89%) Juniper
14 14 (0.78%) NetApp
15 12 (0.66%) Adobe
15 12 (0.66%) Dell
15 12 (0.66%) Dynatrace
15 12 (0.66%) Genesys
16 11 (0.61%) Avaya