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 4 June 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 94 30
Rank change year-on-year +68 -64 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,407 585 2,283
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.31% 3.94% 6.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.76% 4.29% 7.09%
Number of salaries quoted 965 412 1,505
10th Percentile £62,756 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £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 £100,000 £98,474 £96,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £107,500 £112,500
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 18,122 13,651 32,214
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 91.95% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 13,260 8,425 25,464
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,242
Median % change year-on-year - +8.61% -11.61%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 4 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 4 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.

1 393 (27.93%) Azure
2 276 (19.62%) Roadmaps
3 248 (17.63%) AWS
4 219 (15.57%) Microsoft
5 216 (15.35%) Agile
6 215 (15.28%) Security Cleared
7 194 (13.79%) TOGAF
8 192 (13.65%) AI
9 174 (12.37%) Enterprise Architecture
10 171 (12.15%) SC Cleared
11 163 (11.58%) Cybersecurity
12 153 (10.87%) DevOps
13 138 (9.81%) CI/CD
14 134 (9.52%) Technology Strategy
15 128 (9.10%) Mentoring
16 118 (8.39%) GCP
17 116 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
18 114 (8.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 113 (8.03%) Presales
20 111 (7.89%) Data Architecture
21 110 (7.82%) Data Modelling
22 107 (7.60%) Migration
23 105 (7.46%) Analytics
24 100 (7.11%) Degree
25 99 (7.04%) Technical Leadership
26 98 (6.97%) Problem-Solving
27 96 (6.82%) IT Strategy
27 96 (6.82%) Stakeholder Management
28 95 (6.75%) Event-Driven
29 92 (6.54%) 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 (0.71%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.64%) CMS
3 7 (0.50%) Confluence
4 6 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.28%) JBoss
5 4 (0.28%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.21%) Apache
6 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.21%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.21%) SAS
7 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.071%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.21%) Revit
5 2 (0.14%) ArchiCAD
5 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.071%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.071%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (1.07%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.07%) Oracle Financials
1 15 (1.07%) Oracle General Ledger
1 15 (1.07%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.14%) Shopify
7 1 (0.071%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.071%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.071%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.071%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.071%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.071%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.071%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 393 (27.93%) Azure
2 248 (17.63%) AWS
3 118 (8.39%) GCP
4 73 (5.19%) SaaS
5 70 (4.98%) Serverless
6 52 (3.70%) Power Platform
7 44 (3.13%) Entra ID
8 36 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
9 35 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
10 28 (1.99%) PaaS
11 25 (1.78%) Snowflake
12 23 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
13 21 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 16 (1.14%) Azure Machine Learning
15 14 (1.00%) Anthropic Claude
15 14 (1.00%) IaaS
16 13 (0.92%) Azure Service Bus
16 13 (0.92%) Nutanix
17 12 (0.85%) Azure AI
17 12 (0.85%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 84 (5.97%) Broadband
2 51 (3.62%) WAN
3 46 (3.27%) Network Security
4 39 (2.77%) Firewall
5 37 (2.63%) SD-WAN
6 30 (2.13%) LAN
7 24 (1.71%) MPLS
7 24 (1.71%) VPN
8 16 (1.14%) WLAN
9 12 (0.85%) BGP
10 10 (0.71%) Kerberos
10 10 (0.71%) VSAN
11 9 (0.64%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (0.64%) DNS
11 9 (0.64%) HTTP
11 9 (0.64%) SNMP
12 8 (0.57%) IPsec
12 8 (0.57%) SSL
13 7 (0.50%) Unified Communications
13 7 (0.50%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (3.55%) Metadata
2 26 (1.85%) SQL Server
3 21 (1.49%) Power BI
4 17 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.14%) BigQuery
5 16 (1.14%) Data Lake
5 16 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (1.14%) NoSQL
6 10 (0.71%) MongoDB
7 8 (0.57%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.57%) Tableau
8 5 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
8 5 (0.36%) MySQL
9 4 (0.28%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.28%) Semantic Layer
10 3 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.21%) Big Data
10 3 (0.21%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.21%) GIS
10 3 (0.21%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 45 (3.20%) Jenkins
2 34 (2.42%) GitLab
2 34 (2.42%) SonarQube
3 25 (1.78%) Snyk
4 7 (0.50%) Git
5 5 (0.36%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.14%) MLflow
6 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.071%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.071%) JMeter
7 1 (0.071%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.071%) Postman
7 1 (0.071%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.071%) Selenium
General
1 248 (17.63%) Social Skills
2 214 (15.21%) Public Sector
3 197 (14.00%) Finance
4 155 (11.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 86 (6.11%) Analytical Skills
6 67 (4.76%) Games
7 60 (4.26%) Law
8 55 (3.91%) Marketing
9 48 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
10 41 (2.91%) Legal
11 40 (2.84%) Retail
12 27 (1.92%) Banking
13 25 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (1.63%) Telecoms
15 16 (1.14%) Manufacturing
16 11 (0.78%) Back Office
17 10 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.50%) Financial Institution
19 6 (0.43%) Health Technology
20 4 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (4.69%) REST
2 51 (3.62%) SOAP
3 39 (2.77%) .NET
4 36 (2.56%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.42%) Visualforce
6 27 (1.92%) Middleware
7 26 (1.85%) OAuth
8 22 (1.56%) OpenID
8 22 (1.56%) SAML
9 21 (1.49%) RESTful
10 18 (1.28%) LDAP
11 12 (0.85%) GraphQL
12 9 (0.64%) Node.js
12 9 (0.64%) Spring
13 8 (0.57%) .NET Core
14 7 (0.50%) OpenAPI
14 7 (0.50%) Swagger
15 6 (0.43%) Django
15 6 (0.43%) Hibernate
15 6 (0.43%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 70 (4.98%) Cloud Native
2 62 (4.41%) Data Centre
3 51 (3.62%) Product Ownership
4 38 (2.70%) Cyberattack
5 31 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
5 31 (2.20%) Public Cloud
6 28 (1.99%) Management Information System
6 28 (1.99%) Virtual Team
7 23 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (1.21%) PKI
9 14 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
10 13 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (0.78%) IoT
11 11 (0.78%) Operational Technology
12 10 (0.71%) Low-Code
13 9 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (0.57%) Onboarding
14 8 (0.57%) Video\Live Streaming
15 7 (0.50%) CMDB
15 7 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.92%) Windows
2 8 (0.57%) Linux
3 5 (0.36%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.21%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (19.62%) Roadmaps
2 216 (15.35%) Agile
3 194 (13.79%) TOGAF
4 192 (13.65%) AI
5 174 (12.37%) Enterprise Architecture
6 163 (11.58%) Cybersecurity
7 153 (10.87%) DevOps
8 138 (9.81%) CI/CD
9 134 (9.52%) Technology Strategy
10 128 (9.10%) Mentoring
11 116 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 114 (8.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 113 (8.03%) Presales
14 111 (7.89%) Data Architecture
15 110 (7.82%) Data Modelling
16 107 (7.60%) Migration
17 105 (7.46%) Analytics
18 99 (7.04%) Technical Leadership
19 98 (6.97%) Problem-Solving
20 96 (6.82%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 44 (3.13%) Python
2 41 (2.91%) SQL
3 36 (2.56%) Apex Code
3 36 (2.56%) SOQL
3 36 (2.56%) SOSL
4 33 (2.35%) C#
5 25 (1.78%) Java
6 20 (1.42%) PowerShell
7 15 (1.07%) TypeScript
8 13 (0.92%) JavaScript
9 10 (0.71%) Bicep
10 8 (0.57%) Bash
10 8 (0.57%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.50%) Go
12 4 (0.28%) Scala
13 2 (0.14%) C++
13 2 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.071%) R
14 1 (0.071%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 215 (15.28%) Security Cleared
2 171 (12.15%) SC Cleared
3 100 (7.11%) Degree
4 48 (3.41%) CISSP
5 47 (3.34%) TOGAF Certification
6 45 (3.20%) Azure Certification
7 36 (2.56%) AWS Certification
8 32 (2.27%) DV Cleared
9 30 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
10 28 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
11 24 (1.71%) CISM
12 21 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
13 15 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.92%) CCNP
15 12 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 10 (0.71%) CCIE
16 10 (0.71%) VCAP
16 10 (0.71%) VCDX
16 10 (0.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (5.33%) NIST
2 47 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (2.56%) GRC
4 35 (2.49%) Data Quality
5 25 (1.78%) NCSC
6 22 (1.56%) GDPR
7 16 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (0.78%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.78%) PMO
10 10 (0.71%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.64%) QA
12 8 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 8 (0.57%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.50%) WCAG
14 5 (0.36%) IFRS
15 3 (0.21%) Def Stans
15 3 (0.21%) NIST 800
16 2 (0.14%) IFRS 17
16 2 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 38 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
2 36 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.14%) vSphere
5 12 (0.85%) Docker
6 11 (0.78%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.50%) vCloud
8 6 (0.43%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 28 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
2 16 (1.14%) Terraform
3 14 (1.00%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.92%) Ansible
5 6 (0.43%) Avamar
5 6 (0.43%) CASB
5 6 (0.43%) Dell DRAC
5 6 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
5 6 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
5 6 (0.43%) VxRail
6 5 (0.36%) Endace
6 5 (0.36%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.21%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.071%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.071%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 219 (15.57%) Microsoft
2 48 (3.41%) Salesforce
3 43 (3.06%) Cisco
4 41 (2.91%) Palo Alto
5 37 (2.63%) Splunk
6 36 (2.56%) Databricks
6 36 (2.56%) Google
7 30 (2.13%) CrowdStrike
7 30 (2.13%) Oracle
8 27 (1.92%) SAP
9 26 (1.85%) VMware
10 25 (1.78%) Tenable
11 22 (1.56%) ServiceNow
12 18 (1.28%) Juniper
13 17 (1.21%) OpenAI
14 14 (1.00%) Fortinet
15 13 (0.92%) Dell
15 13 (0.92%) NetApp
15 13 (0.92%) Nimble Storage
16 12 (0.85%) Meraki