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 26 May 2026.

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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 95 29
Rank change year-on-year +69 -66 +8
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,371 583 2,217
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.24% 4.01% 6.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.70% 4.35% 7.02%
Number of salaries quoted 942 413 1,444
10th Percentile £62,140 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £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 £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 17,799 13,391 31,563
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 92.02% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 13,121 8,239 25,107
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £79,813 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £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 26 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 26 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.

1 380 (27.72%) Azure
2 266 (19.40%) Roadmaps
3 246 (17.94%) AWS
4 213 (15.54%) Agile
5 212 (15.46%) Security Cleared
6 202 (14.73%) Microsoft
7 192 (14.00%) TOGAF
8 189 (13.79%) AI
9 168 (12.25%) Enterprise Architecture
10 166 (12.11%) SC Cleared
11 162 (11.82%) Cybersecurity
12 151 (11.01%) DevOps
13 129 (9.41%) CI/CD
13 129 (9.41%) Mentoring
14 124 (9.04%) Technology Strategy
15 116 (8.46%) GCP
16 111 (8.10%) Continuous Improvement
16 111 (8.10%) Presales
17 110 (8.02%) Data Modelling
18 104 (7.59%) Data Architecture
18 104 (7.59%) Migration
19 103 (7.51%) Analytics
20 102 (7.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 100 (7.29%) Degree
22 98 (7.15%) Problem-Solving
23 96 (7.00%) Microservices
24 94 (6.86%) Stakeholder Management
25 93 (6.78%) Event-Driven
25 93 (6.78%) Technical Leadership
26 92 (6.71%) IT Strategy

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 13 (0.95%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.80%) CMS
3 8 (0.58%) Confluence
4 7 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.51%) JBoss
4 7 (0.51%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.29%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.29%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.22%) Apache
6 3 (0.22%) SAS
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.073%) IIS
8 1 (0.073%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.073%) Strapi
Applications
1 7 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.22%) Revit
4 2 (0.15%) ArchiCAD
4 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.15%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.073%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.073%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 16 (1.17%) Oracle Assets
1 16 (1.17%) Oracle Financials
1 16 (1.17%) Oracle General Ledger
1 16 (1.17%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.15%) Shopify
7 1 (0.073%) Actimize
7 1 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.073%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.073%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.073%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.073%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.073%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 380 (27.72%) Azure
2 246 (17.94%) AWS
3 116 (8.46%) GCP
4 74 (5.40%) Serverless
5 71 (5.18%) SaaS
6 51 (3.72%) Power Platform
7 39 (2.84%) Entra ID
7 39 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (2.04%) PaaS
9 27 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (1.90%) Snowflake
11 22 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (1.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 15 (1.09%) Azure Machine Learning
13 15 (1.09%) IaaS
14 13 (0.95%) Nutanix
15 12 (0.88%) Azure AI
15 12 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
16 10 (0.73%) Anthropic Claude
16 10 (0.73%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 83 (6.05%) Broadband
2 45 (3.28%) WAN
3 42 (3.06%) Network Security
4 38 (2.77%) Firewall
5 33 (2.41%) SD-WAN
6 28 (2.04%) LAN
7 22 (1.60%) MPLS
7 22 (1.60%) VPN
8 14 (1.02%) WLAN
9 10 (0.73%) BGP
9 10 (0.73%) Kerberos
10 9 (0.66%) Cisco Firepower
10 9 (0.66%) VSAN
11 7 (0.51%) DNS
11 7 (0.51%) HTTP
11 7 (0.51%) SNMP
11 7 (0.51%) VXLAN
12 6 (0.44%) IPsec
12 6 (0.44%) iSCSI
12 6 (0.44%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (3.50%) Metadata
2 29 (2.12%) SQL Server
3 19 (1.39%) Power BI
4 17 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (1.24%) NoSQL
5 15 (1.09%) BigQuery
5 15 (1.09%) Data Lake
5 15 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (0.73%) MongoDB
7 7 (0.51%) Tableau
8 6 (0.44%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (0.36%) MySQL
10 4 (0.29%) Big Data
10 4 (0.29%) GIS
10 4 (0.29%) QGIS
10 4 (0.29%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.22%) Semantic Layer
12 2 (0.15%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 45 (3.28%) Jenkins
2 34 (2.48%) GitLab
2 34 (2.48%) SonarQube
3 25 (1.82%) Snyk
4 7 (0.51%) Git
5 5 (0.36%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.15%) MLflow
6 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.073%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.073%) JIRA
7 1 (0.073%) JMeter
7 1 (0.073%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.073%) Postman
7 1 (0.073%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.073%) Selenium
General
1 243 (17.72%) Social Skills
2 207 (15.10%) Public Sector
3 185 (13.49%) Finance
4 150 (10.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 84 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
6 67 (4.89%) Games
7 58 (4.23%) Law
8 57 (4.16%) Marketing
9 46 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
10 44 (3.21%) Legal
11 40 (2.92%) Retail
12 29 (2.12%) Banking
13 23 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (1.60%) Telecoms
15 15 (1.09%) Manufacturing
16 12 (0.88%) Back Office
17 10 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.51%) Financial Institution
19 6 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
19 6 (0.44%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (4.89%) REST
2 54 (3.94%) SOAP
3 42 (3.06%) .NET
4 37 (2.70%) Middleware
5 36 (2.63%) Lightning Web Components
6 34 (2.48%) Visualforce
7 24 (1.75%) OAuth
8 22 (1.60%) OpenID
9 21 (1.53%) RESTful
10 20 (1.46%) SAML
11 18 (1.31%) LDAP
12 13 (0.95%) GraphQL
13 10 (0.73%) Spring
14 9 (0.66%) Hibernate
15 8 (0.58%) .NET Core
15 8 (0.58%) Node.js
16 7 (0.51%) Django
16 7 (0.51%) OpenAPI
16 7 (0.51%) Swagger
17 6 (0.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (4.60%) Cloud Native
2 61 (4.45%) Data Centre
3 51 (3.72%) Product Ownership
4 38 (2.77%) Cyberattack
5 32 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
5 32 (2.33%) Public Cloud
6 29 (2.12%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.04%) Virtual Team
8 26 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.24%) PKI
10 14 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
10 14 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (0.80%) IoT
11 11 (0.80%) Operational Technology
12 10 (0.73%) Low-Code
13 8 (0.58%) Onboarding
13 8 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (0.58%) Video\Live Streaming
14 7 (0.51%) CMDB
14 7 (0.51%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.95%) Windows
2 9 (0.66%) Linux
3 5 (0.36%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.29%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (19.40%) Roadmaps
2 213 (15.54%) Agile
3 192 (14.00%) TOGAF
4 189 (13.79%) AI
5 168 (12.25%) Enterprise Architecture
6 162 (11.82%) Cybersecurity
7 151 (11.01%) DevOps
8 129 (9.41%) CI/CD
8 129 (9.41%) Mentoring
9 124 (9.04%) Technology Strategy
10 111 (8.10%) Continuous Improvement
10 111 (8.10%) Presales
11 110 (8.02%) Data Modelling
12 104 (7.59%) Data Architecture
12 104 (7.59%) Migration
13 103 (7.51%) Analytics
14 102 (7.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 98 (7.15%) Problem-Solving
16 96 (7.00%) Microservices
17 94 (6.86%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (3.50%) Python
2 44 (3.21%) SQL
3 36 (2.63%) Apex Code
3 36 (2.63%) SOQL
3 36 (2.63%) SOSL
4 35 (2.55%) C#
5 28 (2.04%) Java
6 21 (1.53%) PowerShell
7 18 (1.31%) TypeScript
8 16 (1.17%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.58%) Bash
9 8 (0.58%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.51%) Go
11 6 (0.44%) Bicep
12 3 (0.22%) Scala
13 2 (0.15%) C++
13 2 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.073%) R
14 1 (0.073%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 212 (15.46%) Security Cleared
2 166 (12.11%) SC Cleared
3 100 (7.29%) Degree
4 50 (3.65%) TOGAF Certification
5 47 (3.43%) CISSP
6 45 (3.28%) Azure Certification
7 37 (2.70%) AWS Certification
8 34 (2.48%) DV Cleared
9 30 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 29 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (1.68%) CISM
12 22 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
13 14 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 12 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 12 (0.88%) CCNP
16 9 (0.66%) CCIE
16 9 (0.66%) VCAP
16 9 (0.66%) VCDX
16 9 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (4.89%) NIST
2 41 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (2.63%) GRC
4 32 (2.33%) Data Quality
5 24 (1.75%) NCSC
6 22 (1.60%) GDPR
7 12 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
7 12 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 11 (0.80%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.80%) PMO
9 10 (0.73%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.66%) QA
11 7 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (0.51%) WCAG
12 6 (0.44%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.36%) IFRS
14 2 (0.15%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.15%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (2.77%) Virtual Machines
2 31 (2.26%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.09%) vSphere
5 12 (0.88%) Docker
6 10 (0.73%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.51%) vCloud
8 6 (0.44%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 28 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
2 15 (1.09%) Ansible
3 13 (0.95%) Kubernetes
4 12 (0.88%) Terraform
5 6 (0.44%) Avamar
5 6 (0.44%) Dell DRAC
5 6 (0.44%) EMC NetWorker
5 6 (0.44%) EMC VPLEX
5 6 (0.44%) VxRail
6 5 (0.36%) Endace
7 4 (0.29%) CASB
8 3 (0.22%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.073%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.073%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 202 (14.73%) Microsoft
2 48 (3.50%) Salesforce
3 40 (2.92%) Cisco
4 38 (2.77%) Palo Alto
5 37 (2.70%) Splunk
6 36 (2.63%) Databricks
6 36 (2.63%) Google
7 32 (2.33%) Oracle
8 30 (2.19%) CrowdStrike
9 27 (1.97%) SAP
10 25 (1.82%) Tenable
10 25 (1.82%) VMware
11 22 (1.60%) ServiceNow
12 17 (1.24%) Juniper
13 14 (1.02%) Dell
13 14 (1.02%) Fortinet
14 13 (0.95%) NetApp
14 13 (0.95%) Nimble Storage
14 13 (0.95%) OpenAI
15 12 (0.88%) Meraki