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 13 May 2026.

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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 81 30
Rank change year-on-year +54 -51 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,279 639 2,181
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.97% 4.40% 6.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.44% 4.76% 7.01%
Number of salaries quoted 875 465 1,421
10th Percentile £60,244 £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 £95,500 £98,474 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,100 £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 17,190 13,411 31,118
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 92.27% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12,633 8,791 24,816
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,070
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,359
Median % change year-on-year - +6.46% -9.83%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,686
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.46% -12.19%

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 13 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 13 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.

1 356 (27.83%) Azure
2 243 (19.00%) Roadmaps
3 226 (17.67%) AWS
4 203 (15.87%) Security Cleared
5 194 (15.17%) Agile
6 181 (14.15%) Microsoft
7 176 (13.76%) AI
8 172 (13.45%) TOGAF
9 152 (11.88%) SC Cleared
10 148 (11.57%) DevOps
11 145 (11.34%) Enterprise Architecture
12 144 (11.26%) Cybersecurity
13 123 (9.62%) Mentoring
14 118 (9.23%) CI/CD
15 113 (8.84%) Technology Strategy
16 112 (8.76%) Data Modelling
17 109 (8.52%) Data Architecture
18 106 (8.29%) Migration
19 105 (8.21%) Analytics
19 105 (8.21%) GCP
20 93 (7.27%) Microservices
20 93 (7.27%) Presales
20 93 (7.27%) Problem-Solving
21 91 (7.11%) Continuous Improvement
22 90 (7.04%) Stakeholder Management
23 89 (6.96%) Event-Driven
23 89 (6.96%) IT Strategy
24 83 (6.49%) Technical Leadership
25 82 (6.41%) Technical Architecture
26 81 (6.33%) Degree

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 (1.09%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.02%) CMS
3 8 (0.63%) Confluence
3 8 (0.63%) JBoss
3 8 (0.63%) WebSphere
4 7 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
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 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.078%) IIS
8 1 (0.078%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.078%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.16%) ArchiCAD
3 2 (0.16%) Revit
4 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.078%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.078%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (1.17%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.17%) Oracle Financials
1 15 (1.17%) Oracle General Ledger
1 15 (1.17%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.31%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.16%) Shopify
6 1 (0.078%) Actimize
6 1 (0.078%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.078%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.078%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.078%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.078%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 356 (27.83%) Azure
2 226 (17.67%) AWS
3 105 (8.21%) GCP
4 74 (5.79%) Serverless
5 71 (5.55%) SaaS
6 51 (3.99%) Power Platform
7 44 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
8 37 (2.89%) Entra ID
9 33 (2.58%) Snowflake
10 28 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (2.11%) PaaS
12 21 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
13 19 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 17 (1.33%) IaaS
15 15 (1.17%) Azure Machine Learning
16 12 (0.94%) Azure AI
16 12 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
17 10 (0.78%) Azure Service Bus
17 10 (0.78%) iPaaS
18 9 (0.70%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 80 (6.25%) Broadband
2 38 (2.97%) WAN
3 35 (2.74%) Firewall
3 35 (2.74%) Network Security
4 27 (2.11%) SD-WAN
5 25 (1.95%) LAN
6 21 (1.64%) VPN
7 18 (1.41%) MPLS
8 11 (0.86%) WLAN
9 9 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
10 8 (0.63%) Kerberos
11 7 (0.55%) BGP
12 6 (0.47%) VSAN
12 6 (0.47%) VXLAN
13 5 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
13 5 (0.39%) DNS
13 5 (0.39%) HTTP
13 5 (0.39%) SNMP
13 5 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (0.31%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (3.52%) Metadata
2 30 (2.35%) SQL Server
3 22 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (1.17%) NoSQL
4 15 (1.17%) Power BI
5 14 (1.09%) Data Lake
5 14 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (0.94%) BigQuery
7 8 (0.63%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.47%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (0.39%) Tableau
10 4 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.31%) Big Data
10 4 (0.31%) GIS
10 4 (0.31%) QGIS
10 4 (0.31%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.23%) MySQL
12 2 (0.16%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 45 (3.52%) Jenkins
2 34 (2.66%) GitLab
2 34 (2.66%) SonarQube
3 24 (1.88%) Snyk
4 5 (0.39%) Git
4 5 (0.39%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (0.16%) MLflow
5 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.078%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.078%) JIRA
6 1 (0.078%) JMeter
6 1 (0.078%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.078%) Postman
6 1 (0.078%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.078%) Selenium
General
1 221 (17.28%) Social Skills
2 188 (14.70%) Public Sector
3 180 (14.07%) Finance
4 140 (10.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 73 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
6 66 (5.16%) Games
7 59 (4.61%) Law
8 58 (4.53%) Marketing
9 41 (3.21%) Legal
10 39 (3.05%) Retail
11 30 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
12 29 (2.27%) Banking
13 22 (1.72%) Telecoms
14 21 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (1.17%) Manufacturing
16 14 (1.09%) Back Office
17 10 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.55%) Financial Institution
19 6 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
19 6 (0.47%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (5.16%) REST
2 54 (4.22%) SOAP
3 44 (3.44%) .NET
4 36 (2.81%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.66%) Visualforce
6 33 (2.58%) Middleware
7 20 (1.56%) OAuth
7 20 (1.56%) OpenID
7 20 (1.56%) RESTful
8 16 (1.25%) LDAP
8 16 (1.25%) SAML
9 14 (1.09%) GraphQL
10 11 (0.86%) Spring
11 10 (0.78%) Hibernate
12 8 (0.63%) .NET Core
13 7 (0.55%) Django
13 7 (0.55%) Node.js
13 7 (0.55%) OpenAPI
13 7 (0.55%) Swagger
14 6 (0.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (4.53%) Cloud Native
2 54 (4.22%) Data Centre
3 51 (3.99%) Product Ownership
4 37 (2.89%) Cyberattack
5 31 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
5 31 (2.42%) Public Cloud
6 27 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
6 27 (2.11%) Management Information System
6 27 (2.11%) Virtual Team
7 17 (1.33%) PKI
8 15 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
10 13 (1.02%) IoT
11 11 (0.86%) Operational Technology
12 10 (0.78%) Low-Code
13 8 (0.63%) DataPower
13 8 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (0.63%) Video\Live Streaming
14 7 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
15 6 (0.47%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 12 (0.94%) Windows
2 7 (0.55%) Linux
3 6 (0.47%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.31%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (19.00%) Roadmaps
2 194 (15.17%) Agile
3 176 (13.76%) AI
4 172 (13.45%) TOGAF
5 148 (11.57%) DevOps
6 145 (11.34%) Enterprise Architecture
7 144 (11.26%) Cybersecurity
8 123 (9.62%) Mentoring
9 118 (9.23%) CI/CD
10 113 (8.84%) Technology Strategy
11 112 (8.76%) Data Modelling
12 109 (8.52%) Data Architecture
13 106 (8.29%) Migration
14 105 (8.21%) Analytics
15 93 (7.27%) Microservices
15 93 (7.27%) Presales
15 93 (7.27%) Problem-Solving
16 91 (7.11%) Continuous Improvement
17 90 (7.04%) Stakeholder Management
18 89 (6.96%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 48 (3.75%) Python
2 47 (3.67%) SQL
3 36 (2.81%) Apex Code
3 36 (2.81%) C#
3 36 (2.81%) SOQL
3 36 (2.81%) SOSL
4 31 (2.42%) Java
5 19 (1.49%) PowerShell
6 16 (1.25%) TypeScript
7 14 (1.09%) JavaScript
8 8 (0.63%) Bash
8 8 (0.63%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.55%) Go
10 5 (0.39%) Bicep
11 3 (0.23%) Scala
12 2 (0.16%) C++
12 2 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.078%) R
13 1 (0.078%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 203 (15.87%) Security Cleared
2 152 (11.88%) SC Cleared
3 81 (6.33%) Degree
4 43 (3.36%) CISSP
5 42 (3.28%) TOGAF Certification
6 39 (3.05%) Azure Certification
7 33 (2.58%) AWS Certification
8 32 (2.50%) DV Cleared
9 30 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.64%) CISM
13 15 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 12 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (0.86%) CCNP
16 7 (0.55%) CCIE
16 7 (0.55%) CCSP
17 6 (0.47%) VCDX
17 6 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (4.07%) NIST
2 32 (2.50%) GRC
3 29 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (2.19%) Data Quality
5 22 (1.72%) GDPR
6 21 (1.64%) NCSC
7 17 (1.33%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.78%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.70%) QA
11 8 (0.63%) PMO
12 7 (0.55%) WCAG
13 5 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 5 (0.39%) IFRS
14 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.16%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.16%) SLA
15 2 (0.16%) Solvency II
16 1 (0.078%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 1 (0.078%) PERC
System Software
1 37 (2.89%) Virtual Machines
2 27 (2.11%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.94%) Docker
5 9 (0.70%) vSphere
6 7 (0.55%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.47%) vCloud
8 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 26 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
2 16 (1.25%) Ansible
3 12 (0.94%) Kubernetes
4 11 (0.86%) Terraform
5 6 (0.47%) Endace
6 3 (0.23%) Avamar
6 3 (0.23%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
6 3 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
6 3 (0.23%) VxRail
7 2 (0.16%) CASB
7 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.078%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.078%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.078%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 181 (14.15%) Microsoft
2 47 (3.67%) Salesforce
3 35 (2.74%) Databricks
3 35 (2.74%) Splunk
4 34 (2.66%) Cisco
4 34 (2.66%) Google
5 33 (2.58%) Palo Alto
6 29 (2.27%) Oracle
7 27 (2.11%) CrowdStrike
8 24 (1.88%) Tenable
9 23 (1.80%) SAP
10 20 (1.56%) ServiceNow
11 19 (1.49%) VMware
12 14 (1.09%) Juniper
13 12 (0.94%) Fortinet
13 12 (0.94%) Meraki
14 10 (0.78%) Dell
15 9 (0.70%) NetApp
15 9 (0.70%) Nimble Storage
16 8 (0.63%) CheckPoint