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 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 93 28
Rank change year-on-year +70 -65 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,580 636 2,262
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.40% 3.86% 7.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.87% 4.18% 7.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,112 442 1,481
10th Percentile £63,744 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £71,659 £67,500 £70,000
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 £107,500 £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 20,071 15,221 30,668
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 92.31% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 14,571 9,459 23,646
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,023
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +0.84% -8.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £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 15 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 15 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.

1 498 (31.52%) Azure
2 372 (23.54%) Roadmaps
3 333 (21.08%) Microsoft
4 286 (18.10%) Agile
5 283 (17.91%) AWS
6 278 (17.59%) Security Cleared
7 253 (16.01%) AI
8 230 (14.56%) SC Cleared
9 222 (14.05%) Enterprise Architecture
10 213 (13.48%) TOGAF
11 192 (12.15%) Technical Architecture
12 180 (11.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 175 (11.08%) CI/CD
14 173 (10.95%) DevOps
15 167 (10.57%) Technology Strategy
16 166 (10.51%) Cybersecurity
17 148 (9.37%) Mentoring
18 145 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
19 139 (8.80%) Analytics
20 133 (8.42%) Data Architecture
21 131 (8.29%) Presales
22 128 (8.10%) GCP
22 128 (8.10%) Migration
23 125 (7.91%) Data Modelling
23 125 (7.91%) Technical Leadership
24 123 (7.78%) IT Strategy
24 123 (7.78%) Stakeholder Management
25 119 (7.53%) Business Strategy
26 117 (7.41%) Infrastructure as Code
27 112 (7.09%) Decision-Making

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 (0.63%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.57%) CMS
3 5 (0.32%) Confluence
4 4 (0.25%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.19%) Apache
5 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.19%) SAS
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.13%) JBoss
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
6 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.063%) Appian
Applications
1 12 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (0.70%) Chatbot
3 10 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.19%) Revit
6 2 (0.13%) ArchiCAD
6 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.063%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.063%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.063%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 11 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
1 11 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
2 10 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
2 10 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
2 10 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.32%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.13%) Shopify
7 1 (0.063%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.063%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.063%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.063%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.063%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.063%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.063%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 498 (31.52%) Azure
2 283 (17.91%) AWS
3 128 (8.10%) GCP
4 90 (5.70%) Power Platform
5 83 (5.25%) SaaS
6 71 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
7 60 (3.80%) Serverless
8 53 (3.35%) Cloud Computing
9 52 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
10 50 (3.16%) Entra ID
11 37 (2.34%) PaaS
12 36 (2.28%) Snowflake
13 31 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 30 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
15 26 (1.65%) dbt
16 20 (1.27%) Anthropic Claude
17 17 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
17 17 (1.08%) Azure Service Bus
18 16 (1.01%) Azure Machine Learning
18 16 (1.01%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 107 (6.77%) WAN
2 81 (5.13%) LAN
3 68 (4.30%) Broadband
4 58 (3.67%) Network Security
5 40 (2.53%) SD-WAN
6 37 (2.34%) Firewall
7 29 (1.84%) MPLS
8 28 (1.77%) VPN
9 18 (1.14%) BGP
10 16 (1.01%) DNS
11 15 (0.95%) HTTP
11 15 (0.95%) SNMP
12 14 (0.89%) IPsec
12 14 (0.89%) WLAN
13 13 (0.82%) SSL
14 12 (0.76%) VoIP
14 12 (0.76%) VSAN
15 11 (0.70%) CTI
15 11 (0.70%) VLAN
16 10 (0.63%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (4.37%) Metadata
2 24 (1.52%) SQL Server
3 22 (1.39%) Data Lake
3 22 (1.39%) Power BI
4 21 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.20%) BigQuery
6 16 (1.01%) MongoDB
7 14 (0.89%) NoSQL
8 10 (0.63%) Delta Lake
9 9 (0.57%) Data Vault
10 7 (0.44%) MySQL
10 7 (0.44%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
10 7 (0.44%) Tableau
11 6 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.25%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 47 (2.97%) Jenkins
2 35 (2.22%) GitLab
2 35 (2.22%) SonarQube
3 25 (1.58%) Snyk
4 7 (0.44%) Git
5 6 (0.38%) Claude Code
6 5 (0.32%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (0.13%) MLflow
8 1 (0.063%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.063%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.063%) ERwin
8 1 (0.063%) JMeter
8 1 (0.063%) Maven
8 1 (0.063%) Postman
8 1 (0.063%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.063%) Selenium
General
1 350 (22.15%) Social Skills
2 290 (18.35%) Finance
3 246 (15.57%) Public Sector
4 199 (12.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 98 (6.20%) Law
6 90 (5.70%) Analytical Skills
7 85 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
8 69 (4.37%) Influencing Skills
9 54 (3.42%) Games
9 54 (3.42%) Legal
10 50 (3.16%) Marketing
11 49 (3.10%) Retail
12 32 (2.03%) Banking
13 21 (1.33%) Manufacturing
14 11 (0.70%) Back Office
14 11 (0.70%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.57%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.44%) Aviation
18 6 (0.38%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (4.24%) REST
2 51 (3.23%) SOAP
3 37 (2.34%) Lightning Web Components
4 36 (2.28%) .NET
5 34 (2.15%) Visualforce
6 32 (2.03%) OAuth
7 27 (1.71%) RESTful
8 26 (1.65%) Middleware
8 26 (1.65%) SAML
9 20 (1.27%) OpenID
10 16 (1.01%) LDAP
11 12 (0.76%) Node.js
12 11 (0.70%) OpenAPI
12 11 (0.70%) PySpark
12 11 (0.70%) Swagger
13 9 (0.57%) LangChain
14 8 (0.51%) GraphQL
15 7 (0.44%) .NET Core
15 7 (0.44%) ARM Templates
15 7 (0.44%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 104 (6.58%) Cloud Native
2 69 (4.37%) Data Centre
3 58 (3.67%) Product Ownership
4 36 (2.28%) Cyberattack
5 33 (2.09%) Management Information System
6 31 (1.96%) Virtual Team
7 24 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
7 24 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
7 24 (1.52%) Public Cloud
8 17 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (0.89%) PKI
10 13 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
10 13 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (0.76%) IoT
12 11 (0.70%) IVR
13 10 (0.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 10 (0.63%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.51%) AI Agents
14 8 (0.51%) Onboarding
14 8 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.08%) Windows
2 9 (0.57%) Linux
3 4 (0.25%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (23.54%) Roadmaps
2 286 (18.10%) Agile
3 253 (16.01%) AI
4 222 (14.05%) Enterprise Architecture
5 213 (13.48%) TOGAF
6 192 (12.15%) Technical Architecture
7 180 (11.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 175 (11.08%) CI/CD
9 173 (10.95%) DevOps
10 167 (10.57%) Technology Strategy
11 166 (10.51%) Cybersecurity
12 148 (9.37%) Mentoring
13 145 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
14 139 (8.80%) Analytics
15 133 (8.42%) Data Architecture
16 131 (8.29%) Presales
17 128 (8.10%) Migration
18 125 (7.91%) Data Modelling
18 125 (7.91%) Technical Leadership
19 123 (7.78%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 53 (3.35%) Python
2 50 (3.16%) SQL
3 37 (2.34%) Apex Code
4 36 (2.28%) SOQL
4 36 (2.28%) SOSL
5 27 (1.71%) C#
6 22 (1.39%) Bicep
6 22 (1.39%) Java
7 18 (1.14%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.70%) TypeScript
9 10 (0.63%) Go
10 9 (0.57%) JavaScript
10 9 (0.57%) Scala
11 6 (0.38%) Bash
11 6 (0.38%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.25%) 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
1 278 (17.59%) Security Cleared
2 230 (14.56%) SC Cleared
3 104 (6.58%) Degree
4 52 (3.29%) CISSP
5 45 (2.85%) TOGAF Certification
6 44 (2.78%) Azure Certification
7 34 (2.15%) AWS Certification
8 31 (1.96%) DV Cleared
9 29 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
10 26 (1.65%) CISM
11 25 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.82%) CCNP
15 12 (0.76%) VCAP
15 12 (0.76%) VCDX
15 12 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 11 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 10 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 10 (0.63%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (5.57%) GRC
2 83 (5.25%) NIST
3 62 (3.92%) Data Quality
4 55 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (1.84%) GDPR
6 27 (1.71%) NCSC
7 22 (1.39%) Accessibility
8 15 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (0.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 12 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
11 11 (0.70%) PMO
12 9 (0.57%) QA
13 8 (0.51%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.44%) WCAG
15 6 (0.38%) PCI DSS
16 5 (0.32%) IFRS
17 4 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 4 (0.25%) Def Stans
17 4 (0.25%) NIST 800
18 3 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
2 38 (2.41%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.27%) vSphere
5 17 (1.08%) Docker
6 13 (0.82%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.57%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.44%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 33 (2.09%) Terraform
2 30 (1.90%) Kubernetes
3 27 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (0.89%) Ansible
5 11 (0.70%) CASB
5 11 (0.70%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.38%) Avamar
6 6 (0.38%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (0.38%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.38%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.38%) VxRail
7 5 (0.32%) Endace
7 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.063%) Argo
Vendors
1 333 (21.08%) Microsoft
2 59 (3.73%) Cisco
3 54 (3.42%) Salesforce
4 50 (3.16%) Databricks
5 47 (2.97%) Palo Alto
6 38 (2.41%) Oracle
7 36 (2.28%) Splunk
8 35 (2.22%) Google
9 31 (1.96%) SAP
10 30 (1.90%) CrowdStrike
11 29 (1.84%) ServiceNow
11 29 (1.84%) VMware
12 28 (1.77%) OpenAI
13 25 (1.58%) Tenable
14 17 (1.08%) Juniper
15 14 (0.89%) Dell
15 14 (0.89%) Fortinet
16 13 (0.82%) NetApp
16 13 (0.82%) Nimble Storage
17 12 (0.76%) Broadcom