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 9 July 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 94 29
Rank change year-on-year +69 -65 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,549 638 2,294
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.31% 3.89% 7.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.77% 4.21% 7.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,093 448 1,511
10th Percentile £63,744 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £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 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £108,225 £116,250
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 19,926 15,150 31,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 92.34% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 14,489 9,444 24,245
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,804 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +0.33% +5.80% -9.56%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 9 July 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 9 July 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.

1 475 (30.66%) Azure
2 356 (22.98%) Roadmaps
3 309 (19.95%) Microsoft
4 281 (18.14%) Agile
5 278 (17.95%) AWS
6 260 (16.79%) Security Cleared
7 242 (15.62%) AI
8 223 (14.40%) Enterprise Architecture
9 213 (13.75%) SC Cleared
10 212 (13.69%) TOGAF
11 176 (11.36%) CI/CD
11 176 (11.36%) DevOps
12 175 (11.30%) Technology Strategy
13 161 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 155 (10.01%) Cybersecurity
15 152 (9.81%) Technical Architecture
16 150 (9.68%) Mentoring
17 142 (9.17%) Continuous Improvement
18 137 (8.84%) Analytics
19 135 (8.72%) Data Architecture
20 133 (8.59%) GCP
21 131 (8.46%) IT Strategy
22 129 (8.33%) Presales
23 128 (8.26%) Data Modelling
24 126 (8.13%) Technical Leadership
25 122 (7.88%) Stakeholder Management
26 118 (7.62%) Migration
27 112 (7.23%) Decision-Making
27 112 (7.23%) Event-Driven
28 108 (6.97%) Problem-Solving

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 (0.65%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.52%) CMS
3 6 (0.39%) Confluence
4 5 (0.32%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.19%) Apache
5 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.19%) JBoss
5 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.19%) SAS
5 3 (0.19%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.065%) Appian
Applications
1 12 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (0.65%) Chatbot
2 10 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.19%) Revit
5 2 (0.13%) ArchiCAD
5 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.065%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.065%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.065%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 11 (0.71%) Oracle Assets
1 11 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
1 11 (0.71%) Oracle General Ledger
1 11 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
2 10 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.32%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.13%) Shopify
7 1 (0.065%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.065%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.065%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.065%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.065%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.065%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.065%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 475 (30.66%) Azure
2 278 (17.95%) AWS
3 133 (8.59%) GCP
4 92 (5.94%) Power Platform
5 82 (5.29%) SaaS
6 70 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
7 61 (3.94%) Serverless
8 51 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
9 49 (3.16%) Entra ID
10 37 (2.39%) PaaS
11 33 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
11 33 (2.13%) Snowflake
12 30 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
12 30 (1.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 17 (1.10%) Anthropic Claude
14 16 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
14 16 (1.03%) Azure Machine Learning
14 16 (1.03%) Azure Service Bus
14 16 (1.03%) dbt
14 16 (1.03%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 89 (5.75%) WAN
2 76 (4.91%) Broadband
3 62 (4.00%) LAN
4 57 (3.68%) Network Security
5 42 (2.71%) SD-WAN
6 37 (2.39%) Firewall
7 29 (1.87%) MPLS
8 28 (1.81%) VPN
9 18 (1.16%) BGP
10 16 (1.03%) DNS
11 15 (0.97%) HTTP
11 15 (0.97%) SNMP
11 15 (0.97%) WLAN
12 14 (0.90%) IPsec
13 13 (0.84%) SSL
14 12 (0.77%) VSAN
15 11 (0.71%) VLAN
15 11 (0.71%) VoIP
16 10 (0.65%) DHCP
16 10 (0.65%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (4.58%) Metadata
2 24 (1.55%) Power BI
2 24 (1.55%) SQL Server
3 23 (1.48%) Data Lake
4 22 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (1.23%) BigQuery
7 16 (1.03%) MongoDB
8 14 (0.90%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.58%) Delta Lake
9 9 (0.58%) Tableau
10 8 (0.52%) Data Vault
11 7 (0.45%) MySQL
11 7 (0.45%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.45%) Semantic Layer
12 6 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
14 4 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.26%) RDBMS
15 3 (0.19%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 48 (3.10%) Jenkins
2 35 (2.26%) GitLab
2 35 (2.26%) SonarQube
3 25 (1.61%) Snyk
4 7 (0.45%) Git
5 5 (0.32%) Rational Rhapsody
6 3 (0.19%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.13%) MLflow
8 1 (0.065%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.065%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.065%) ERwin
8 1 (0.065%) JMeter
8 1 (0.065%) Maven
8 1 (0.065%) Postman
8 1 (0.065%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.065%) Selenium
8 1 (0.065%) TeamCity
General
1 319 (20.59%) Social Skills
2 267 (17.24%) Finance
3 248 (16.01%) Public Sector
4 179 (11.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 95 (6.13%) Law
6 89 (5.75%) Analytical Skills
7 67 (4.33%) Influencing Skills
8 62 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
9 61 (3.94%) Games
10 51 (3.29%) Legal
10 51 (3.29%) Marketing
11 50 (3.23%) Retail
12 29 (1.87%) Banking
13 21 (1.36%) Manufacturing
14 18 (1.16%) Telecoms
15 10 (0.65%) Back Office
16 8 (0.52%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.45%) Aviation
18 6 (0.39%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (4.33%) REST
2 51 (3.29%) SOAP
3 38 (2.45%) .NET
4 37 (2.39%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.19%) Visualforce
6 31 (2.00%) OAuth
7 28 (1.81%) Middleware
8 26 (1.68%) RESTful
8 26 (1.68%) SAML
9 20 (1.29%) OpenID
10 16 (1.03%) LDAP
11 12 (0.77%) Node.js
12 10 (0.65%) OpenAPI
12 10 (0.65%) PySpark
12 10 (0.65%) Swagger
13 9 (0.58%) GraphQL
14 8 (0.52%) Spring
15 7 (0.45%) .NET Core
15 7 (0.45%) ARM Templates
15 7 (0.45%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 104 (6.71%) Cloud Native
2 68 (4.39%) Data Centre
3 56 (3.62%) Product Ownership
4 36 (2.32%) Cyberattack
5 32 (2.07%) Management Information System
6 31 (2.00%) Virtual Team
7 28 (1.81%) Public Cloud
8 26 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
9 23 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
10 17 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (0.90%) PKI
12 13 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
13 12 (0.77%) IoT
14 11 (0.71%) Low-Code
15 10 (0.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 10 (0.65%) IVR
16 9 (0.58%) Video\Live Streaming
17 8 (0.52%) Onboarding
17 8 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.10%) Windows
2 9 (0.58%) Linux
3 4 (0.26%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (22.98%) Roadmaps
2 281 (18.14%) Agile
3 242 (15.62%) AI
4 223 (14.40%) Enterprise Architecture
5 212 (13.69%) TOGAF
6 176 (11.36%) CI/CD
6 176 (11.36%) DevOps
7 175 (11.30%) Technology Strategy
8 161 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 155 (10.01%) Cybersecurity
10 152 (9.81%) Technical Architecture
11 150 (9.68%) Mentoring
12 142 (9.17%) Continuous Improvement
13 137 (8.84%) Analytics
14 135 (8.72%) Data Architecture
15 131 (8.46%) IT Strategy
16 129 (8.33%) Presales
17 128 (8.26%) Data Modelling
18 126 (8.13%) Technical Leadership
19 122 (7.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (3.29%) Python
1 51 (3.29%) SQL
2 37 (2.39%) Apex Code
3 36 (2.32%) SOQL
3 36 (2.32%) SOSL
4 28 (1.81%) C#
5 23 (1.48%) Java
6 20 (1.29%) Bicep
7 18 (1.16%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.71%) TypeScript
9 10 (0.65%) Go
10 9 (0.58%) JavaScript
10 9 (0.58%) Scala
11 6 (0.39%) Bash
11 6 (0.39%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.26%) Ruby
13 2 (0.13%) C++
13 2 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 260 (16.79%) Security Cleared
2 213 (13.75%) SC Cleared
3 102 (6.58%) Degree
4 50 (3.23%) CISSP
5 45 (2.91%) TOGAF Certification
6 42 (2.71%) Azure Certification
7 34 (2.19%) AWS Certification
8 30 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
8 30 (1.94%) DV Cleared
9 26 (1.68%) CISM
10 23 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.84%) CCNP
14 12 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (0.77%) VCAP
14 12 (0.77%) VCDX
14 12 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 10 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (0.65%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (5.29%) NIST
2 68 (4.39%) GRC
3 60 (3.87%) Data Quality
4 56 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (1.87%) GDPR
6 27 (1.74%) NCSC
7 21 (1.36%) Accessibility
8 15 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
9 12 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 11 (0.71%) PMO
10 11 (0.71%) QA
11 8 (0.52%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.45%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.45%) WCAG
13 5 (0.32%) IFRS
14 4 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.26%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.26%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
2 37 (2.39%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.29%) vSphere
5 17 (1.10%) Docker
6 13 (0.84%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.58%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.45%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 32 (2.07%) Terraform
2 27 (1.74%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (0.90%) Ansible
4 11 (0.71%) FortiGate
5 10 (0.65%) CASB
6 6 (0.39%) Avamar
6 6 (0.39%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (0.39%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.39%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.39%) VxRail
7 5 (0.32%) Endace
7 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.065%) Argo
Vendors
1 309 (19.95%) Microsoft
2 60 (3.87%) Cisco
3 53 (3.42%) Salesforce
4 47 (3.03%) Databricks
4 47 (3.03%) Palo Alto
5 39 (2.52%) Google
6 38 (2.45%) Oracle
7 36 (2.32%) Splunk
8 31 (2.00%) SAP
9 30 (1.94%) CrowdStrike
10 29 (1.87%) VMware
11 27 (1.74%) ServiceNow
12 25 (1.61%) Tenable
13 23 (1.48%) OpenAI
14 18 (1.16%) Juniper
15 14 (0.90%) Dell
15 14 (0.90%) Fortinet
16 13 (0.84%) NetApp
16 13 (0.84%) Nimble Storage
17 12 (0.77%) Broadcom