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 30 January 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 40 37
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 846 1,028 1,673
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.36% 6.33% 6.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.72% 6.60% 6.67%
Number of salaries quoted 530 648 1,236
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,870 £59,300
25th Percentile £71,349 £67,500 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £113,644 £110,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% - -7.62%

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 14,803 15,578 25,078
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 95.96% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 9,670 9,381 20,835
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,000 £33,757
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £43,381
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.93% -5.60%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £77,500
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% -8.71%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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.

1 280 (33.10%) Azure
2 193 (22.81%) Roadmaps
3 186 (21.99%) AWS
4 156 (18.44%) Agile
5 145 (17.14%) Microsoft
6 144 (17.02%) Data Modelling
7 128 (15.13%) Security Cleared
8 127 (15.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 115 (13.59%) Data Architecture
10 114 (13.48%) AI
11 112 (13.24%) Analytics
12 105 (12.41%) TOGAF
13 104 (12.29%) Mentoring
14 102 (12.06%) Enterprise Architecture
15 95 (11.23%) Cybersecurity
16 93 (10.99%) DevOps
17 91 (10.76%) Problem-Solving
18 88 (10.40%) SC Cleared
19 86 (10.17%) Microservices
19 86 (10.17%) Technical Leadership
20 84 (9.93%) Migration
21 76 (8.98%) Data Management
21 76 (8.98%) GCP
22 75 (8.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 73 (8.63%) Stakeholder Management
24 71 (8.39%) Technical Architecture
25 70 (8.27%) Strategic Thinking
26 67 (7.92%) SaaS
27 66 (7.80%) Architectural Patterns
27 66 (7.80%) CI/CD

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 (1.54%) JBoss
1 13 (1.54%) WebSphere
2 9 (1.06%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.71%) CMS
5 5 (0.59%) Confluence
6 4 (0.47%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.47%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.47%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) IIS
8 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.12%) Strapi
Applications
1 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.12%) ArchiCAD
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.12%) Revit
2 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 13 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.30%) Oracle General Ledger
2 11 (1.30%) Oracle Payables
3 10 (1.18%) Oracle Assets
4 8 (0.95%) Oracle Financials
5 7 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.12%) Actimize
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.12%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 280 (33.10%) Azure
2 186 (21.99%) AWS
3 76 (8.98%) GCP
4 67 (7.92%) SaaS
5 59 (6.97%) Serverless
6 51 (6.03%) Snowflake
7 37 (4.37%) Power Platform
8 33 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (2.25%) IaaS
10 18 (2.13%) PaaS
11 16 (1.89%) Entra ID
12 14 (1.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 13 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (1.30%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (1.18%) GitHub
15 10 (1.18%) OCI
16 9 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
16 9 (1.06%) dbt
17 7 (0.83%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 53 (6.26%) Broadband
2 21 (2.48%) Firewall
3 18 (2.13%) WAN
4 15 (1.77%) VPN
5 11 (1.30%) LAN
5 11 (1.30%) SD-WAN
6 7 (0.83%) DHCP
7 6 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.59%) MPLS
8 5 (0.59%) Network Security
9 4 (0.47%) DNS
9 4 (0.47%) SSL
10 3 (0.35%) DOCSIS
10 3 (0.35%) DSL
10 3 (0.35%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.35%) IPv4
10 3 (0.35%) IPv6
10 3 (0.35%) PPP
10 3 (0.35%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (7.57%) Data Warehouse
2 36 (4.26%) Metadata
3 22 (2.60%) Data Lake
4 16 (1.89%) SQL Server
5 14 (1.65%) Power BI
6 13 (1.54%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (1.30%) Data Vault
9 10 (1.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.95%) Data Mining
10 8 (0.95%) Tableau
11 6 (0.71%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.59%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.59%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.59%) GIS
12 5 (0.59%) Metadata Repository
13 4 (0.47%) DataStage
13 4 (0.47%) QGIS
13 4 (0.47%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 39 (4.61%) Jenkins
2 24 (2.84%) GitLab
2 24 (2.84%) SonarQube
3 6 (0.71%) ERwin
3 6 (0.71%) JIRA
4 5 (0.59%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.47%) Git
5 4 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.24%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 242 (28.61%) Social Skills
2 140 (16.55%) Finance
3 121 (14.30%) Public Sector
4 78 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (7.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 51 (6.03%) Marketing
7 47 (5.56%) Retail
8 43 (5.08%) Games
9 42 (4.96%) Law
10 36 (4.26%) Legal
11 32 (3.78%) Banking
11 32 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (2.48%) Telecoms
13 18 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (1.77%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.54%) Back Office
15 13 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.59%) Electronics
17 5 (0.59%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.44%) REST
2 43 (5.08%) SOAP
3 36 (4.26%) .NET
4 29 (3.43%) Middleware
5 25 (2.96%) React
6 24 (2.84%) Node.js
7 23 (2.72%) Lightning Web Components
7 23 (2.72%) Visualforce
8 18 (2.13%) GraphQL
9 17 (2.01%) Spring
10 16 (1.89%) Hibernate
10 16 (1.89%) React Native
11 10 (1.18%) Django
11 10 (1.18%) Web Services
12 9 (1.06%) RESTful
13 8 (0.95%) OAuth
13 8 (0.95%) OpenID
14 6 (0.71%) Kafka
14 6 (0.71%) LDAP
14 6 (0.71%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.32%) Cloud Native
2 37 (4.37%) Legacy Systems
2 37 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
3 35 (4.14%) Public Cloud
4 33 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
4 33 (3.90%) Product Ownership
5 32 (3.78%) Data Centre
6 28 (3.31%) Virtual Team
7 24 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
8 21 (2.48%) Management Information System
9 17 (2.01%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.54%) DataPower
10 13 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (1.54%) IoT
10 13 (1.54%) PKI
11 10 (1.18%) Operational Technology
12 9 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (0.95%) Reference Data
14 6 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (0.71%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.89%) Linux
2 13 (1.54%) Windows
3 6 (0.71%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.47%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.35%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (22.81%) Roadmaps
2 156 (18.44%) Agile
3 144 (17.02%) Data Modelling
4 127 (15.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 115 (13.59%) Data Architecture
6 114 (13.48%) AI
7 112 (13.24%) Analytics
8 105 (12.41%) TOGAF
9 104 (12.29%) Mentoring
10 102 (12.06%) Enterprise Architecture
11 95 (11.23%) Cybersecurity
12 93 (10.99%) DevOps
13 91 (10.76%) Problem-Solving
14 86 (10.17%) Microservices
14 86 (10.17%) Technical Leadership
15 84 (9.93%) Migration
16 76 (8.98%) Data Management
17 75 (8.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 73 (8.63%) Stakeholder Management
19 71 (8.39%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 62 (7.33%) Python
2 52 (6.15%) Java
3 50 (5.91%) SQL
4 47 (5.56%) C#
5 26 (3.07%) JavaScript
5 26 (3.07%) TypeScript
6 23 (2.72%) Apex Code
6 23 (2.72%) SOQL
6 23 (2.72%) SOSL
7 14 (1.65%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.95%) Bash
9 6 (0.71%) Bicep
9 6 (0.71%) C++
9 6 (0.71%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.47%) Go
11 3 (0.35%) C
12 2 (0.24%) Scala
13 1 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 128 (15.13%) Security Cleared
2 88 (10.40%) SC Cleared
3 63 (7.45%) Degree
4 54 (6.38%) Azure Certification
5 50 (5.91%) AWS Certification
6 46 (5.44%) TOGAF Certification
7 37 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (4.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 33 (3.90%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (2.72%) DV Cleared
11 21 (2.48%) CISSP
12 14 (1.65%) CISM
13 10 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (1.18%) Master's Degree
14 7 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 4 (0.47%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.47%) SAP Certification
16 3 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
17 2 (0.24%) PMI Certification
17 2 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.02%) Accessibility
2 26 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (2.72%) NIST
4 18 (2.13%) NCSC
5 17 (2.01%) GDPR
6 12 (1.42%) Data Quality
7 10 (1.18%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.06%) QA
9 2 (0.24%) GRC
9 2 (0.24%) PMO
9 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
System Software
1 23 (2.72%) Docker
2 14 (1.65%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.35%) Firmware
3 3 (0.35%) GPFS
3 3 (0.35%) Lustre
3 3 (0.35%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (3.07%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.72%) Terraform
3 22 (2.60%) Ansible
4 7 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.59%) Endace
7 3 (0.35%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.24%) CASB
8 2 (0.24%) Grafana
9 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.12%) Autotask
9 1 (0.12%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.12%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.12%) Puppet
9 1 (0.12%) Rancher
Vendors
1 145 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 34 (4.02%) Google
3 29 (3.43%) Databricks
4 26 (3.07%) Salesforce
5 25 (2.96%) Oracle
6 24 (2.84%) SAP
6 24 (2.84%) Splunk
7 17 (2.01%) Cisco
8 14 (1.65%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.83%) Fortinet
10 6 (0.71%) F5
10 6 (0.71%) Juniper
10 6 (0.71%) Sparx
10 6 (0.71%) VMware
11 5 (0.59%) IBM
11 5 (0.59%) Informatica
12 4 (0.47%) Adobe
12 4 (0.47%) BiZZdesign
12 4 (0.47%) ESRI
12 4 (0.47%) Red Hat