Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 February 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 43 35
Rank change year-on-year +3 -8 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 877 964 1,751
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.46% 6.13% 6.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.82% 6.40% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 555 591 1,302
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,118
25th Percentile £71,349 £71,225 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £84,335 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.14% +5.42% -5.88%
75th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,750 £113,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year - +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 15,063 15,072 26,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 95.82% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 9,889 9,060 22,120
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,725 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,800 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 10 February 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 February 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.

1 283 (32.27%) Azure
2 199 (22.69%) Roadmaps
3 190 (21.66%) AWS
4 162 (18.47%) Agile
5 146 (16.65%) Data Modelling
5 146 (16.65%) Microsoft
6 131 (14.94%) Security Cleared
7 128 (14.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 116 (13.23%) TOGAF
9 114 (13.00%) AI
9 114 (13.00%) Data Architecture
10 109 (12.43%) Analytics
11 104 (11.86%) Enterprise Architecture
12 102 (11.63%) Mentoring
13 97 (11.06%) DevOps
14 95 (10.83%) Cybersecurity
15 89 (10.15%) Problem-Solving
16 88 (10.03%) SC Cleared
17 86 (9.81%) Migration
18 84 (9.58%) Microservices
19 79 (9.01%) Technical Leadership
20 77 (8.78%) Data Management
20 77 (8.78%) GCP
21 76 (8.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 71 (8.10%) Technical Architecture
23 69 (7.87%) Strategic Thinking
23 69 (7.87%) Technology Strategy
24 68 (7.75%) CI/CD
24 68 (7.75%) Stakeholder Management
25 67 (7.64%) SaaS

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 (1.48%) JBoss
1 13 (1.48%) WebSphere
2 9 (1.03%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.68%) CMS
5 5 (0.57%) Confluence
6 4 (0.46%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.46%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Strapi
Applications
1 2 (0.23%) ArchiCAD
1 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.23%) Revit
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.25%) Oracle General Ledger
2 11 (1.25%) Oracle Payables
3 10 (1.14%) Oracle Assets
4 8 (0.91%) Oracle Financials
5 7 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.23%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.11%) Actimize
8 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.11%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 283 (32.27%) Azure
2 190 (21.66%) AWS
3 77 (8.78%) GCP
4 67 (7.64%) SaaS
5 60 (6.84%) Serverless
6 50 (5.70%) Snowflake
7 37 (4.22%) Power Platform
8 34 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (2.28%) PaaS
10 19 (2.17%) IaaS
11 15 (1.71%) Entra ID
12 14 (1.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 13 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (1.25%) OCI
15 10 (1.14%) GitHub
16 9 (1.03%) dbt
17 8 (0.91%) AWS CloudFormation
18 7 (0.80%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 59 (6.73%) Broadband
2 20 (2.28%) Firewall
2 20 (2.28%) WAN
3 16 (1.82%) VPN
4 12 (1.37%) LAN
4 12 (1.37%) SD-WAN
5 7 (0.80%) DHCP
5 7 (0.80%) MPLS
5 7 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.57%) DNS
6 5 (0.57%) Network Security
7 4 (0.46%) SSL
7 4 (0.46%) VoIP
8 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.34%) HTTP
8 3 (0.34%) IPv4
8 3 (0.34%) IPv6
8 3 (0.34%) PPP
8 3 (0.34%) SNMP
8 3 (0.34%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
2 37 (4.22%) Metadata
3 20 (2.28%) Data Lake
4 16 (1.82%) SQL Server
5 13 (1.48%) Power BI
6 12 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (1.25%) Data Vault
7 11 (1.25%) NoSQL
8 10 (1.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.91%) Data Mining
9 8 (0.91%) Tableau
10 7 (0.80%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.57%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.57%) GIS
11 5 (0.57%) Metadata Repository
12 4 (0.46%) DataStage
12 4 (0.46%) QGIS
12 4 (0.46%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 44 (5.02%) Jenkins
2 29 (3.31%) GitLab
2 29 (3.31%) SonarQube
3 6 (0.68%) ERwin
3 6 (0.68%) JIRA
4 5 (0.57%) ER Studio
4 5 (0.57%) Git
5 4 (0.46%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.23%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.11%) Subversion
General
1 240 (27.37%) Social Skills
2 142 (16.19%) Finance
3 120 (13.68%) Public Sector
4 78 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 53 (6.04%) Marketing
7 48 (5.47%) Games
8 47 (5.36%) Retail
9 44 (5.02%) Law
10 35 (3.99%) Legal
11 33 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (3.53%) Banking
13 21 (2.39%) Telecoms
14 18 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.71%) Manufacturing
16 14 (1.60%) Back Office
17 12 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
18 8 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
19 5 (0.57%) Retail Banking
20 4 (0.46%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.70%) REST
2 48 (5.47%) SOAP
3 34 (3.88%) .NET
4 29 (3.31%) Middleware
5 28 (3.19%) Lightning Web Components
5 28 (3.19%) Visualforce
6 20 (2.28%) Node.js
6 20 (2.28%) React
7 18 (2.05%) GraphQL
7 18 (2.05%) Spring
8 17 (1.94%) Hibernate
9 12 (1.37%) React Native
10 11 (1.25%) Web Services
11 10 (1.14%) Django
12 9 (1.03%) RESTful
13 8 (0.91%) OAuth
13 8 (0.91%) OpenID
14 6 (0.68%) LDAP
14 6 (0.68%) SAML
15 5 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.13%) Cloud Native
2 38 (4.33%) Legacy Systems
2 38 (4.33%) Product Ownership
3 37 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (3.99%) Enterprise Software
4 35 (3.99%) Public Cloud
5 30 (3.42%) Data Centre
6 28 (3.19%) Virtual Team
7 25 (2.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (2.28%) Management Information System
9 14 (1.60%) PKI
10 13 (1.48%) DataPower
10 13 (1.48%) IoT
10 13 (1.48%) Mobile App
11 11 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (1.14%) Operational Technology
13 9 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (0.91%) Reference Data
15 6 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
15 6 (0.68%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.82%) Linux
2 13 (1.48%) Windows
3 6 (0.68%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.46%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.34%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (22.69%) Roadmaps
2 162 (18.47%) Agile
3 146 (16.65%) Data Modelling
4 128 (14.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 116 (13.23%) TOGAF
6 114 (13.00%) AI
6 114 (13.00%) Data Architecture
7 109 (12.43%) Analytics
8 104 (11.86%) Enterprise Architecture
9 102 (11.63%) Mentoring
10 97 (11.06%) DevOps
11 95 (10.83%) Cybersecurity
12 89 (10.15%) Problem-Solving
13 86 (9.81%) Migration
14 84 (9.58%) Microservices
15 79 (9.01%) Technical Leadership
16 77 (8.78%) Data Management
17 76 (8.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 71 (8.10%) Technical Architecture
19 69 (7.87%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 60 (6.84%) Python
2 52 (5.93%) Java
3 47 (5.36%) C#
4 45 (5.13%) SQL
5 28 (3.19%) Apex Code
5 28 (3.19%) SOQL
5 28 (3.19%) SOSL
6 26 (2.96%) JavaScript
6 26 (2.96%) TypeScript
7 13 (1.48%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.80%) Bash
9 6 (0.68%) C++
9 6 (0.68%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.57%) Bicep
11 3 (0.34%) C
11 3 (0.34%) Go
12 2 (0.23%) Scala
13 1 (0.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 131 (14.94%) Security Cleared
2 88 (10.03%) SC Cleared
3 63 (7.18%) Degree
4 55 (6.27%) Azure Certification
5 51 (5.82%) AWS Certification
6 49 (5.59%) TOGAF Certification
7 38 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (3.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 33 (3.76%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (2.62%) DV Cleared
11 22 (2.51%) CISSP
12 15 (1.71%) CISM
13 11 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (1.14%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 5 (0.57%) SAP Certification
17 4 (0.46%) DBS Check
18 3 (0.34%) CCSP
19 2 (0.23%) CCNP
19 2 (0.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.88%) Accessibility
2 26 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (2.74%) NIST
4 18 (2.05%) NCSC
5 15 (1.71%) GDPR
6 12 (1.37%) Data Quality
7 10 (1.14%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.80%) QA
9 4 (0.46%) PMO
10 3 (0.34%) GRC
11 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.11%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.11%) JSP 440
System Software
1 22 (2.51%) Docker
2 14 (1.60%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.34%) Firmware
3 3 (0.34%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.23%) GPFS
4 2 (0.23%) Lustre
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (2.62%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.51%) Ansible
2 22 (2.51%) Terraform
3 7 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.68%) Endace
5 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.34%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.23%) CASB
8 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.11%) Grafana
8 1 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.11%) Rancher
Vendors
1 146 (16.65%) Microsoft
2 35 (3.99%) Google
3 32 (3.65%) Salesforce
4 29 (3.31%) Splunk
5 27 (3.08%) Databricks
6 26 (2.96%) Oracle
7 25 (2.85%) SAP
8 17 (1.94%) Cisco
9 16 (1.82%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.80%) F5
10 7 (0.80%) Juniper
11 6 (0.68%) Fortinet
11 6 (0.68%) Sparx
11 6 (0.68%) VMware
12 5 (0.57%) IBM
12 5 (0.57%) Informatica
13 4 (0.46%) BiZZdesign
13 4 (0.46%) ESRI
13 4 (0.46%) Okta
13 4 (0.46%) Red Hat