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 1 July 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 99 31
Rank change year-on-year +72 -68 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,488 602 2,304
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.18% 3.79% 6.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.64% 4.11% 7.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,049 431 1,527
10th Percentile £63,744 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £70,000
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 £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 19,465 14,655 32,136
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 92.23% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,252 9,084 25,034
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,673 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.95% +7.95% -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 1 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 1 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.

1 427 (28.70%) Azure
2 313 (21.03%) Roadmaps
3 265 (17.81%) Microsoft
4 261 (17.54%) AWS
5 258 (17.34%) Agile
6 232 (15.59%) Security Cleared
7 218 (14.65%) AI
8 205 (13.78%) TOGAF
9 187 (12.57%) Enterprise Architecture
10 184 (12.37%) SC Cleared
11 171 (11.49%) DevOps
12 170 (11.42%) CI/CD
13 144 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
13 144 (9.68%) Technology Strategy
14 137 (9.21%) Mentoring
15 135 (9.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 133 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
17 131 (8.80%) Data Architecture
18 130 (8.74%) GCP
19 123 (8.27%) Analytics
20 121 (8.13%) Data Modelling
20 121 (8.13%) Presales
21 119 (8.00%) Technical Leadership
22 110 (7.39%) Stakeholder Management
23 109 (7.33%) Event-Driven
24 106 (7.12%) Decision-Making
25 105 (7.06%) Problem-Solving
26 102 (6.85%) IT Strategy
27 98 (6.59%) Microservices
27 98 (6.59%) Migration

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 9 (0.60%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.47%) CMS
3 6 (0.40%) Confluence
4 5 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.20%) Apache
5 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.20%) JBoss
5 3 (0.20%) SAS
5 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.067%) Appian
Applications
1 12 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.47%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.20%) Revit
6 2 (0.13%) ArchiCAD
6 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.067%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.067%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.067%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 12 (0.81%) Oracle Assets
1 12 (0.81%) Oracle Financials
1 12 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
1 12 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
1 12 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.34%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.13%) Shopify
6 1 (0.067%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.067%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.067%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.067%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.067%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.067%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.067%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 427 (28.70%) Azure
2 261 (17.54%) AWS
3 130 (8.74%) GCP
4 80 (5.38%) SaaS
5 61 (4.10%) Power Platform
6 60 (4.03%) Serverless
7 49 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
8 48 (3.23%) Entra ID
9 38 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
10 37 (2.49%) PaaS
11 29 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
12 28 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 27 (1.81%) Snowflake
14 16 (1.08%) Azure Machine Learning
14 16 (1.08%) Azure Service Bus
14 16 (1.08%) IaaS
15 15 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
16 14 (0.94%) Anthropic Claude
17 13 (0.87%) Azure AI
17 13 (0.87%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 76 (5.11%) Broadband
2 56 (3.76%) WAN
3 54 (3.63%) Network Security
4 41 (2.76%) SD-WAN
5 36 (2.42%) Firewall
6 30 (2.02%) LAN
7 28 (1.88%) MPLS
8 27 (1.81%) VPN
9 17 (1.14%) BGP
10 15 (1.01%) DNS
10 15 (1.01%) WLAN
11 14 (0.94%) HTTP
11 14 (0.94%) SNMP
12 13 (0.87%) IPsec
13 12 (0.81%) SSL
13 12 (0.81%) VSAN
14 10 (0.67%) Kerberos
14 10 (0.67%) VLAN
15 9 (0.60%) DHCP
15 9 (0.60%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (4.64%) Metadata
2 24 (1.61%) Power BI
2 24 (1.61%) SQL Server
3 21 (1.41%) Data Lake
3 21 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (1.21%) BigQuery
6 16 (1.08%) MongoDB
7 15 (1.01%) NoSQL
8 9 (0.60%) Tableau
9 8 (0.54%) Delta Lake
10 7 (0.47%) MySQL
10 7 (0.47%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
11 6 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.40%) Data Vault
12 5 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.27%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.20%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 47 (3.16%) Jenkins
2 35 (2.35%) GitLab
3 34 (2.28%) SonarQube
4 25 (1.68%) Snyk
5 7 (0.47%) Git
6 5 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.13%) MLflow
8 1 (0.067%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.067%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.067%) ERwin
8 1 (0.067%) JMeter
8 1 (0.067%) Postman
8 1 (0.067%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.067%) Selenium
8 1 (0.067%) TeamCity
General
1 253 (17.00%) Public Sector
2 252 (16.94%) Social Skills
3 228 (15.32%) Finance
4 154 (10.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 88 (5.91%) Analytical Skills
6 66 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
7 61 (4.10%) Games
7 61 (4.10%) Law
8 51 (3.43%) Marketing
9 49 (3.29%) Retail
10 48 (3.23%) Legal
11 28 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (1.55%) Banking
13 21 (1.41%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.01%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.60%) Back Office
16 8 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.47%) Aviation
17 7 (0.47%) Financial Institution
18 6 (0.40%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (4.44%) REST
2 50 (3.36%) SOAP
3 38 (2.55%) .NET
4 37 (2.49%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.28%) Visualforce
6 30 (2.02%) OAuth
7 28 (1.88%) Middleware
8 25 (1.68%) SAML
9 24 (1.61%) RESTful
10 20 (1.34%) OpenID
11 16 (1.08%) LDAP
12 12 (0.81%) Node.js
13 9 (0.60%) GraphQL
13 9 (0.60%) OpenAPI
13 9 (0.60%) PySpark
13 9 (0.60%) Swagger
14 8 (0.54%) Spring
15 7 (0.47%) .NET Core
15 7 (0.47%) ARM Templates
16 6 (0.40%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 94 (6.32%) Cloud Native
2 68 (4.57%) Data Centre
3 55 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 36 (2.42%) Cyberattack
5 32 (2.15%) Management Information System
6 30 (2.02%) Virtual Team
7 28 (1.88%) Public Cloud
8 26 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
10 17 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (1.01%) PKI
12 13 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
13 12 (0.81%) IoT
13 12 (0.81%) Operational Technology
14 11 (0.74%) Low-Code
15 9 (0.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 9 (0.60%) Video\Live Streaming
16 8 (0.54%) Onboarding
16 8 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.14%) Windows
2 9 (0.60%) Linux
3 4 (0.27%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (21.03%) Roadmaps
2 258 (17.34%) Agile
3 218 (14.65%) AI
4 205 (13.78%) TOGAF
5 187 (12.57%) Enterprise Architecture
6 171 (11.49%) DevOps
7 170 (11.42%) CI/CD
8 144 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
8 144 (9.68%) Technology Strategy
9 137 (9.21%) Mentoring
10 135 (9.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 133 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
12 131 (8.80%) Data Architecture
13 123 (8.27%) Analytics
14 121 (8.13%) Data Modelling
14 121 (8.13%) Presales
15 119 (8.00%) Technical Leadership
16 110 (7.39%) Stakeholder Management
17 109 (7.33%) Event-Driven
18 106 (7.12%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 49 (3.29%) Python
1 49 (3.29%) SQL
2 37 (2.49%) Apex Code
3 36 (2.42%) SOQL
3 36 (2.42%) SOSL
4 28 (1.88%) C#
5 22 (1.48%) Java
6 19 (1.28%) Bicep
7 17 (1.14%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.74%) TypeScript
9 10 (0.67%) Go
10 8 (0.54%) JavaScript
10 8 (0.54%) Scala
11 6 (0.40%) Bash
11 6 (0.40%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.27%) Ruby
13 2 (0.13%) C++
13 2 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 232 (15.59%) Security Cleared
2 184 (12.37%) SC Cleared
3 97 (6.52%) Degree
4 50 (3.36%) CISSP
5 45 (3.02%) TOGAF Certification
6 40 (2.69%) Azure Certification
7 34 (2.28%) AWS Certification
8 30 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
9 26 (1.75%) CISM
9 26 (1.75%) DV Cleared
10 23 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.87%) CCNP
14 12 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (0.81%) VCAP
14 12 (0.81%) VCDX
14 12 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 10 (0.67%) CCIE
16 9 (0.60%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (5.44%) NIST
2 57 (3.83%) Data Quality
3 55 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 37 (2.49%) GRC
5 28 (1.88%) GDPR
6 27 (1.81%) NCSC
7 18 (1.21%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
10 11 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 11 (0.74%) PMO
10 11 (0.74%) QA
11 8 (0.54%) ISO 9001
11 8 (0.54%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.47%) WCAG
13 5 (0.34%) IFRS
14 4 (0.27%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.27%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 3 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (2.62%) Virtual Machines
2 37 (2.49%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.28%) vSphere
5 16 (1.08%) Docker
6 13 (0.87%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.54%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.47%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 30 (2.02%) Terraform
2 27 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
3 21 (1.41%) Kubernetes
4 14 (0.94%) Ansible
5 10 (0.67%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.60%) CASB
7 6 (0.40%) Avamar
7 6 (0.40%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.40%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.40%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.40%) VxRail
8 5 (0.34%) Endace
8 5 (0.34%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 265 (17.81%) Microsoft
2 55 (3.70%) Cisco
3 52 (3.49%) Salesforce
4 46 (3.09%) Palo Alto
5 43 (2.89%) Databricks
6 38 (2.55%) Google
6 38 (2.55%) Oracle
7 36 (2.42%) Splunk
8 31 (2.08%) SAP
9 30 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
10 28 (1.88%) VMware
11 25 (1.68%) Tenable
12 21 (1.41%) ServiceNow
13 18 (1.21%) Juniper
14 17 (1.14%) OpenAI
15 14 (0.94%) Fortinet
16 13 (0.87%) Dell
16 13 (0.87%) NetApp
16 13 (0.87%) Nimble Storage
17 12 (0.81%) Broadcom