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 7 May 2026.

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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 71 30
Rank change year-on-year +44 -41 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,269 659 2,195
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.91% 4.63% 6.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.38% 5.02% 7.03%
Number of salaries quoted 849 496 1,425
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,245
25th Percentile £71,659 £68,694 £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 £95,000 £98,474 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 17,198 13,127 31,202
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 92.13% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,541 9,045 24,954
10th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £33,004
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,979 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,500 £93,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +10.38% -11.67%

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 7 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 7 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.

1 365 (28.76%) Azure
2 238 (18.75%) Roadmaps
3 227 (17.89%) AWS
4 202 (15.92%) Security Cleared
5 188 (14.81%) Agile
6 187 (14.74%) Microsoft
7 179 (14.11%) AI
8 171 (13.48%) TOGAF
9 154 (12.14%) SC Cleared
10 145 (11.43%) DevOps
10 145 (11.43%) Enterprise Architecture
11 130 (10.24%) Cybersecurity
12 127 (10.01%) Analytics
13 124 (9.77%) Data Modelling
14 122 (9.61%) Data Architecture
15 121 (9.54%) Mentoring
16 110 (8.67%) GCP
16 110 (8.67%) Technology Strategy
17 109 (8.59%) CI/CD
18 107 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
19 104 (8.20%) Migration
20 103 (8.12%) Problem-Solving
21 94 (7.41%) Technical Architecture
22 92 (7.25%) Microservices
23 89 (7.01%) Stakeholder Management
24 87 (6.86%) Event-Driven
24 87 (6.86%) Presales
25 85 (6.70%) Degree
25 85 (6.70%) IT Strategy
26 81 (6.38%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 (1.10%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.02%) CMS
3 9 (0.71%) JBoss
3 9 (0.71%) WebSphere
4 8 (0.63%) Confluence
5 7 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.39%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.39%) GeoServer
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle Spatial
7 4 (0.32%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.24%) Apache
8 3 (0.24%) SAS
9 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.079%) IIS
10 1 (0.079%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.079%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.16%) ArchiCAD
4 2 (0.16%) Revit
5 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.079%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.079%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (1.10%) Oracle Assets
1 14 (1.10%) Oracle Financials
1 14 (1.10%) Oracle General Ledger
1 14 (1.10%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.32%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.16%) Shopify
6 1 (0.079%) Actimize
6 1 (0.079%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.079%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.079%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.079%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.079%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 365 (28.76%) Azure
2 227 (17.89%) AWS
3 110 (8.67%) GCP
4 69 (5.44%) SaaS
4 69 (5.44%) Serverless
5 50 (3.94%) Power Platform
6 47 (3.70%) Snowflake
7 44 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
8 34 (2.68%) Entra ID
9 30 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (1.89%) PaaS
11 21 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (1.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 17 (1.34%) IaaS
14 15 (1.18%) Azure Machine Learning
15 12 (0.95%) Azure AI
15 12 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
16 10 (0.79%) Azure Service Bus
16 10 (0.79%) iPaaS
17 9 (0.71%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 74 (5.83%) Broadband
2 35 (2.76%) WAN
3 33 (2.60%) Network Security
4 31 (2.44%) Firewall
5 24 (1.89%) SD-WAN
6 23 (1.81%) LAN
7 21 (1.65%) VPN
8 16 (1.26%) MPLS
9 10 (0.79%) WLAN
10 9 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
11 8 (0.63%) Kerberos
12 7 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.47%) DNS
13 6 (0.47%) VSAN
14 5 (0.39%) BGP
14 5 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
14 5 (0.39%) HTTP
14 5 (0.39%) SNMP
15 4 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
15 4 (0.32%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (3.47%) Metadata
2 36 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (2.29%) SQL Server
4 17 (1.34%) NoSQL
5 14 (1.10%) Data Lake
5 14 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (1.10%) Power BI
6 12 (0.95%) BigQuery
7 7 (0.55%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.47%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (0.39%) GIS
9 5 (0.39%) QGIS
9 5 (0.39%) Tableau
10 4 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.32%) Big Data
10 4 (0.32%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.24%) MySQL
12 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 47 (3.70%) Jenkins
2 35 (2.76%) SonarQube
3 34 (2.68%) GitLab
4 18 (1.42%) Snyk
5 7 (0.55%) Git
6 5 (0.39%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.16%) JIRA
7 2 (0.16%) MLflow
7 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.079%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.079%) JMeter
8 1 (0.079%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.079%) Postman
8 1 (0.079%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.079%) Selenium
8 1 (0.079%) Subversion
General
1 230 (18.12%) Social Skills
2 198 (15.60%) Public Sector
3 188 (14.81%) Finance
4 133 (10.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 88 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
6 65 (5.12%) Games
7 60 (4.73%) Marketing
8 59 (4.65%) Law
9 42 (3.31%) Legal
10 38 (2.99%) Retail
11 33 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
12 30 (2.36%) Banking
13 29 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
14 24 (1.89%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.34%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.02%) Back Office
17 10 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (0.47%) Financial Institution
18 6 (0.47%) Health Technology
19 5 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (4.96%) REST
2 52 (4.10%) SOAP
3 45 (3.55%) .NET
4 34 (2.68%) Lightning Web Components
4 34 (2.68%) Visualforce
5 33 (2.60%) Middleware
6 20 (1.58%) OAuth
6 20 (1.58%) OpenID
7 18 (1.42%) RESTful
8 16 (1.26%) LDAP
8 16 (1.26%) SAML
9 15 (1.18%) GraphQL
10 13 (1.02%) Spring
11 12 (0.95%) Hibernate
12 9 (0.71%) .NET Core
13 7 (0.55%) Django
13 7 (0.55%) Node.js
14 6 (0.47%) OpenAPI
14 6 (0.47%) Swagger
14 6 (0.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (4.33%) Cloud Native
2 50 (3.94%) Product Ownership
3 47 (3.70%) Data Centre
4 39 (3.07%) Virtual Team
5 35 (2.76%) Cyberattack
6 32 (2.52%) Public Cloud
7 30 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
8 29 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
9 27 (2.13%) Management Information System
10 21 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.34%) PKI
12 15 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
14 13 (1.02%) IoT
15 11 (0.87%) Operational Technology
16 9 (0.71%) DataPower
16 9 (0.71%) Low-Code
17 8 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
18 7 (0.55%) Video\Live Streaming
19 6 (0.47%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.10%) Windows
2 10 (0.79%) Linux
3 7 (0.55%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.39%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.079%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.079%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (18.75%) Roadmaps
2 188 (14.81%) Agile
3 179 (14.11%) AI
4 171 (13.48%) TOGAF
5 145 (11.43%) DevOps
5 145 (11.43%) Enterprise Architecture
6 130 (10.24%) Cybersecurity
7 127 (10.01%) Analytics
8 124 (9.77%) Data Modelling
9 122 (9.61%) Data Architecture
10 121 (9.54%) Mentoring
11 110 (8.67%) Technology Strategy
12 109 (8.59%) CI/CD
13 107 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
14 104 (8.20%) Migration
15 103 (8.12%) Problem-Solving
16 94 (7.41%) Technical Architecture
17 92 (7.25%) Microservices
18 89 (7.01%) Stakeholder Management
19 87 (6.86%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 48 (3.78%) Python
1 48 (3.78%) SQL
2 36 (2.84%) C#
3 35 (2.76%) Java
4 34 (2.68%) Apex Code
4 34 (2.68%) SOQL
4 34 (2.68%) SOSL
5 20 (1.58%) PowerShell
6 17 (1.34%) TypeScript
7 15 (1.18%) JavaScript
8 9 (0.71%) Bash
9 8 (0.63%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.47%) Bicep
10 6 (0.47%) Go
11 3 (0.24%) C++
11 3 (0.24%) Scala
12 2 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.079%) C
13 1 (0.079%) R
Qualifications
1 202 (15.92%) Security Cleared
2 154 (12.14%) SC Cleared
3 85 (6.70%) Degree
4 43 (3.39%) CISSP
5 42 (3.31%) TOGAF Certification
6 41 (3.23%) Azure Certification
7 35 (2.76%) AWS Certification
8 32 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (2.52%) DV Cleared
9 25 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
10 24 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 21 (1.65%) CISM
12 17 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 12 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 11 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (0.71%) CCNP
16 7 (0.55%) CCSP
17 6 (0.47%) VCAP
17 6 (0.47%) VCDX
17 6 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (4.10%) NIST
2 30 (2.36%) Accessibility
2 30 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (2.13%) Data Quality
4 25 (1.97%) GRC
5 24 (1.89%) GDPR
6 21 (1.65%) NCSC
7 11 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (0.79%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.63%) PMO
10 7 (0.55%) QA
10 7 (0.55%) WCAG
11 5 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 5 (0.39%) IFRS
12 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.16%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.16%) SLA
13 2 (0.16%) Solvency II
14 1 (0.079%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.079%) PERC
System Software
1 30 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
2 25 (1.97%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.26%) Docker
4 14 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.71%) vSphere
6 7 (0.55%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.47%) vCloud
8 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
2 19 (1.50%) Ansible
3 16 (1.26%) Kubernetes
4 14 (1.10%) Terraform
5 6 (0.47%) Endace
6 3 (0.24%) Avamar
6 3 (0.24%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
6 3 (0.24%) EMC VPLEX
6 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.24%) VxRail
7 2 (0.16%) CASB
8 1 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.079%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.079%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.079%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.079%) Puppet
8 1 (0.079%) Rancher
Vendors
1 187 (14.74%) Microsoft
2 44 (3.47%) Salesforce
3 37 (2.92%) Google
4 35 (2.76%) Splunk
5 34 (2.68%) Databricks
6 30 (2.36%) Cisco
7 29 (2.29%) Oracle
8 25 (1.97%) Palo Alto
9 24 (1.89%) SAP
10 20 (1.58%) CrowdStrike
11 19 (1.50%) ServiceNow
11 19 (1.50%) VMware
12 18 (1.42%) Tenable
13 13 (1.02%) Fortinet
14 12 (0.95%) Meraki
15 10 (0.79%) Dell
15 10 (0.79%) Juniper
16 9 (0.71%) NetApp
16 9 (0.71%) Nimble Storage
17 8 (0.63%) CheckPoint