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 14 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 98 30
Rank change year-on-year +72 -68 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,438 586 2,379
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.27% 3.83% 6.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.72% 4.16% 7.18%
Number of salaries quoted 990 417 1,572
10th Percentile £63,409 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £73,500 £67,500 £68,750
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 £96,250
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 18,618 14,086 33,150
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.08% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 13,584 8,596 25,921
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
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 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 14 June 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 14 June 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.

1 406 (28.23%) Azure
2 291 (20.24%) Roadmaps
3 251 (17.45%) AWS
4 241 (16.76%) Microsoft
5 233 (16.20%) Agile
6 216 (15.02%) Security Cleared
7 203 (14.12%) AI
8 198 (13.77%) TOGAF
9 177 (12.31%) Enterprise Architecture
10 172 (11.96%) SC Cleared
11 154 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
11 154 (10.71%) DevOps
12 147 (10.22%) CI/CD
13 140 (9.74%) Technology Strategy
14 129 (8.97%) Mentoring
15 123 (8.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 121 (8.41%) Continuous Improvement
17 118 (8.21%) GCP
18 117 (8.14%) Data Architecture
19 116 (8.07%) Data Modelling
20 115 (8.00%) Presales
21 112 (7.79%) Analytics
22 106 (7.37%) Migration
23 103 (7.16%) Problem-Solving
24 102 (7.09%) IT Strategy
25 101 (7.02%) Technical Leadership
26 100 (6.95%) Event-Driven
27 98 (6.82%) Degree
27 98 (6.82%) Stakeholder Management
28 95 (6.61%) Microservices

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 10 (0.70%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.63%) CMS
3 7 (0.49%) Confluence
4 4 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.28%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.28%) JBoss
4 4 (0.28%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.21%) Apache
5 3 (0.21%) SAS
6 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.14%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.070%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.21%) Revit
5 2 (0.14%) ArchiCAD
5 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.070%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.070%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 13 (0.90%) Oracle Assets
1 13 (0.90%) Oracle Financials
1 13 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
1 13 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
1 13 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.35%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.14%) Shopify
6 1 (0.070%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.070%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.070%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.070%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.070%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.070%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.070%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.070%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 406 (28.23%) Azure
2 251 (17.45%) AWS
3 118 (8.21%) GCP
4 77 (5.35%) SaaS
5 68 (4.73%) Serverless
6 53 (3.69%) Power Platform
7 46 (3.20%) Entra ID
8 36 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
8 36 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
9 31 (2.16%) PaaS
10 26 (1.81%) Snowflake
11 25 (1.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 24 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (1.11%) Azure Machine Learning
14 15 (1.04%) IaaS
15 14 (0.97%) Anthropic Claude
15 14 (0.97%) Azure Service Bus
16 13 (0.90%) Nutanix
17 12 (0.83%) Azure AI
17 12 (0.83%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 87 (6.05%) Broadband
2 54 (3.76%) WAN
3 50 (3.48%) Network Security
4 40 (2.78%) SD-WAN
5 38 (2.64%) Firewall
6 30 (2.09%) LAN
7 27 (1.88%) MPLS
7 27 (1.88%) VPN
8 16 (1.11%) WLAN
9 15 (1.04%) BGP
10 13 (0.90%) DNS
11 12 (0.83%) HTTP
11 12 (0.83%) SNMP
12 11 (0.76%) IPsec
12 11 (0.76%) SSL
12 11 (0.76%) VSAN
13 10 (0.70%) Kerberos
14 9 (0.63%) Cisco Firepower
15 7 (0.49%) FTP
15 7 (0.49%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (4.24%) Metadata
2 25 (1.74%) SQL Server
3 23 (1.60%) Power BI
4 21 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.25%) NoSQL
6 17 (1.18%) Data Lake
6 17 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (1.11%) BigQuery
8 15 (1.04%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.63%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.63%) Tableau
10 7 (0.49%) MySQL
11 6 (0.42%) Semantic Layer
12 5 (0.35%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.28%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.21%) Big Data
14 3 (0.21%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 44 (3.06%) Jenkins
2 34 (2.36%) GitLab
2 34 (2.36%) SonarQube
3 25 (1.74%) Snyk
4 6 (0.42%) Git
5 5 (0.35%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.14%) MLflow
6 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.070%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.070%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.070%) ERwin
7 1 (0.070%) JMeter
7 1 (0.070%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.070%) Postman
7 1 (0.070%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.070%) Selenium
General
1 253 (17.59%) Social Skills
2 227 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 206 (14.33%) Finance
4 157 (10.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 90 (6.26%) Analytical Skills
6 68 (4.73%) Games
7 60 (4.17%) Law
8 54 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
9 53 (3.69%) Marketing
10 44 (3.06%) Retail
11 43 (2.99%) Legal
12 26 (1.81%) Banking
13 24 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (1.60%) Telecoms
15 16 (1.11%) Manufacturing
16 11 (0.76%) Back Office
17 10 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.49%) Financial Institution
19 6 (0.42%) Health Technology
20 5 (0.35%) Legal Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (4.66%) REST
2 51 (3.55%) SOAP
3 37 (2.57%) .NET
4 36 (2.50%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.36%) Visualforce
6 29 (2.02%) OAuth
7 27 (1.88%) Middleware
8 25 (1.74%) SAML
9 23 (1.60%) RESTful
10 22 (1.53%) OpenID
11 18 (1.25%) LDAP
12 12 (0.83%) GraphQL
13 10 (0.70%) Node.js
14 9 (0.63%) Spring
15 8 (0.56%) OpenAPI
15 8 (0.56%) Swagger
16 7 (0.49%) .NET Core
17 6 (0.42%) PySpark
17 6 (0.42%) SAP Fiori
18 5 (0.35%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 79 (5.49%) Cloud Native
2 64 (4.45%) Data Centre
3 52 (3.62%) Product Ownership
4 38 (2.64%) Cyberattack
5 30 (2.09%) Public Cloud
6 29 (2.02%) Management Information System
6 29 (2.02%) Virtual Team
7 28 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
8 22 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.25%) PKI
10 14 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
10 14 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (0.76%) IoT
11 11 (0.76%) Low-Code
11 11 (0.76%) Operational Technology
12 10 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (0.70%) Video\Live Streaming
13 8 (0.56%) Onboarding
14 7 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.90%) Windows
2 7 (0.49%) Linux
3 5 (0.35%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.14%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (20.24%) Roadmaps
2 233 (16.20%) Agile
3 203 (14.12%) AI
4 198 (13.77%) TOGAF
5 177 (12.31%) Enterprise Architecture
6 154 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
6 154 (10.71%) DevOps
7 147 (10.22%) CI/CD
8 140 (9.74%) Technology Strategy
9 129 (8.97%) Mentoring
10 123 (8.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 121 (8.41%) Continuous Improvement
12 117 (8.14%) Data Architecture
13 116 (8.07%) Data Modelling
14 115 (8.00%) Presales
15 112 (7.79%) Analytics
16 106 (7.37%) Migration
17 103 (7.16%) Problem-Solving
18 102 (7.09%) IT Strategy
19 101 (7.02%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 45 (3.13%) Python
1 45 (3.13%) SQL
2 36 (2.50%) Apex Code
2 36 (2.50%) SOQL
2 36 (2.50%) SOSL
3 31 (2.16%) C#
4 24 (1.67%) Java
5 20 (1.39%) PowerShell
6 15 (1.04%) TypeScript
7 14 (0.97%) Bicep
8 12 (0.83%) JavaScript
9 9 (0.63%) Go
10 8 (0.56%) Bash
10 8 (0.56%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.42%) Scala
12 2 (0.14%) C++
12 2 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.070%) R
13 1 (0.070%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 216 (15.02%) Security Cleared
2 172 (11.96%) SC Cleared
3 98 (6.82%) Degree
4 50 (3.48%) CISSP
5 49 (3.41%) TOGAF Certification
6 44 (3.06%) Azure Certification
7 35 (2.43%) AWS Certification
8 30 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
9 28 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (1.88%) DV Cleared
11 26 (1.81%) CISM
12 21 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
13 15 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.90%) CCNP
15 12 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 11 (0.76%) VCAP
16 11 (0.76%) VCDX
16 11 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 10 (0.70%) CCIE
18 9 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (5.56%) NIST
2 54 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (3.13%) Data Quality
4 36 (2.50%) GRC
5 28 (1.95%) NCSC
6 25 (1.74%) GDPR
7 16 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
8 12 (0.83%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.76%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.76%) PMO
10 9 (0.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 8 (0.56%) ISO 9001
11 8 (0.56%) QA
12 7 (0.49%) WCAG
13 5 (0.35%) IFRS
14 4 (0.28%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.28%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.14%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 38 (2.64%) Virtual Machines
2 37 (2.57%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.18%) vSphere
5 13 (0.90%) Docker
6 12 (0.83%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.49%) vCloud
8 6 (0.42%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 28 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
2 21 (1.46%) Terraform
3 16 (1.11%) Kubernetes
4 12 (0.83%) Ansible
5 9 (0.63%) CASB
6 8 (0.56%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.42%) Avamar
7 6 (0.42%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.42%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.42%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.42%) VxRail
8 5 (0.35%) Endace
9 4 (0.28%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.070%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.070%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 241 (16.76%) Microsoft
2 49 (3.41%) Salesforce
3 46 (3.20%) Cisco
4 44 (3.06%) Palo Alto
5 40 (2.78%) Databricks
6 37 (2.57%) Splunk
7 35 (2.43%) Google
8 31 (2.16%) Oracle
9 30 (2.09%) CrowdStrike
10 29 (2.02%) SAP
11 27 (1.88%) VMware
12 25 (1.74%) Tenable
13 21 (1.46%) ServiceNow
14 18 (1.25%) Juniper
15 17 (1.18%) OpenAI
16 14 (0.97%) Fortinet
17 13 (0.90%) Dell
17 13 (0.90%) NetApp
17 13 (0.90%) Nimble Storage
18 12 (0.83%) Meraki