Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 November 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 32 35
Rank change year-on-year -20 +3 +19
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 676 1,443 1,493
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.45% 7.12% 6.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.75% 7.38% 7.29%
Number of salaries quoted 414 952 1,134
10th Percentile £60,875 £56,306 £62,250
25th Percentile £71,275 £67,500 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,973 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -1.85% -2.94%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 14,237 19,551 20,476
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 96.53% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 9,095 12,349 16,750
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,888 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.19% -1.64% -2.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -

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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 2025, 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.

1 273 (40.38%) Azure
2 166 (24.56%) AWS
3 155 (22.93%) Agile
3 155 (22.93%) Roadmaps
4 125 (18.49%) Microsoft
5 119 (17.60%) AI
6 117 (17.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 117 (17.31%) Security Cleared
7 114 (16.86%) Analytics
7 114 (16.86%) Data Modelling
8 112 (16.57%) Enterprise Architecture
9 109 (16.12%) Problem-Solving
10 105 (15.53%) Technical Leadership
11 95 (14.05%) TOGAF
12 92 (13.61%) DevOps
13 90 (13.31%) Data Architecture
14 78 (11.54%) SC Cleared
15 76 (11.24%) Degree
15 76 (11.24%) GCP
16 74 (10.95%) Microservices
16 74 (10.95%) SaaS
17 72 (10.65%) Python
17 72 (10.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 72 (10.65%) Stakeholder Management
18 71 (10.50%) Mentoring
19 70 (10.36%) CI/CD
20 68 (10.06%) Data Warehouse
20 68 (10.06%) Decision-Making
21 67 (9.91%) Data Management
22 63 (9.32%) Technical Architecture

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 6 (0.89%) JBoss
1 6 (0.89%) WebSphere
2 5 (0.74%) Confluence
3 3 (0.44%) CMS
4 2 (0.30%) Apache
4 2 (0.30%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.30%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.30%) GeoServer
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
5 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.15%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 15 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.59%) Oracle General Ledger
2 4 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.44%) Shopify
4 2 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.30%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.30%) SAP SCM
4 2 (0.30%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.15%) Magento
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.15%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.15%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.15%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.15%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 273 (40.38%) Azure
2 166 (24.56%) AWS
3 76 (11.24%) GCP
4 74 (10.95%) SaaS
5 44 (6.51%) Snowflake
6 35 (5.18%) Serverless
7 32 (4.73%) Power Platform
8 28 (4.14%) PaaS
9 26 (3.85%) IaaS
10 21 (3.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 21 (3.11%) OCI
11 20 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
12 14 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (1.92%) GitHub
14 11 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (1.48%) AWS CloudFormation
16 8 (1.18%) Amazon S3
16 8 (1.18%) Entra ID
16 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.11%) Broadband
1 21 (3.11%) Firewall
2 20 (2.96%) WAN
3 17 (2.51%) LAN
3 17 (2.51%) VPN
4 15 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (1.33%) SD-WAN
6 7 (1.04%) DHCP
6 7 (1.04%) DNS
6 7 (1.04%) Junos
7 5 (0.74%) Network Security
8 3 (0.44%) Cisco ISE
8 3 (0.44%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.44%) GPON
8 3 (0.44%) InfiniBand
8 3 (0.44%) IPv4
8 3 (0.44%) PPP
8 3 (0.44%) SNMP
8 3 (0.44%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (10.06%) Data Warehouse
2 26 (3.85%) Data Lake
3 20 (2.96%) Metadata
4 16 (2.37%) NoSQL
5 15 (2.22%) Power BI
6 14 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (1.92%) SQL Server
8 12 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.63%) Data Vault
10 10 (1.48%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 8 (1.18%) Data Mining
12 5 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.74%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.74%) Metadata Repository
13 4 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.59%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.59%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.59%) Relational Database
13 4 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (4.44%) Jenkins
2 17 (2.51%) GitLab
3 16 (2.37%) SonarQube
4 14 (2.07%) JIRA
5 10 (1.48%) Git
6 6 (0.89%) ER Studio
6 6 (0.89%) ERwin
7 5 (0.74%) MSBuild
7 5 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.74%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (0.74%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.59%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.15%) MSI
9 1 (0.15%) Subversion
General
1 211 (31.21%) Social Skills
2 143 (21.15%) Finance
3 81 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (11.69%) Public Sector
5 62 (9.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 48 (7.10%) Retail
7 37 (5.47%) Marketing
8 35 (5.18%) Presentation Skills
9 33 (4.88%) Law
10 31 (4.59%) Banking
11 24 (3.55%) Legal
12 17 (2.51%) Manufacturing
13 16 (2.37%) Games
14 14 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (1.92%) Back Office
15 13 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.74%) Electronics
16 5 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.74%) Retail Banking
16 5 (0.74%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (5.92%) .NET
2 34 (5.03%) Node.js
3 33 (4.88%) React
4 30 (4.44%) REST
5 24 (3.55%) React Native
6 23 (3.40%) SOAP
7 17 (2.51%) Lightning Web Components
7 17 (2.51%) Visualforce
8 15 (2.22%) Middleware
9 12 (1.78%) Django
10 11 (1.63%) GraphQL
11 10 (1.48%) gRPC
12 9 (1.33%) Spring
13 8 (1.18%) ASP.NET
13 8 (1.18%) Hibernate
13 8 (1.18%) JSON
13 8 (1.18%) Kafka
14 7 (1.04%) RESTful
14 7 (1.04%) SAP Fiori
14 7 (1.04%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 46 (6.80%) Cloud Native
3 33 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
4 32 (4.73%) Management Information System
5 31 (4.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 31 (4.59%) Product Ownership
5 31 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
6 30 (4.44%) Virtual Team
7 26 (3.85%) Public Cloud
8 25 (3.70%) Mobile App
9 20 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.48%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.33%) IoT
13 7 (1.04%) CMDB
13 7 (1.04%) Reference Data
14 6 (0.89%) DataPower
14 6 (0.89%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.78%) Linux
2 9 (1.33%) Windows
3 4 (0.59%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.44%) OpenWrt
5 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.15%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (22.93%) Agile
1 155 (22.93%) Roadmaps
2 119 (17.60%) AI
3 117 (17.31%) Continuous Improvement
4 114 (16.86%) Analytics
4 114 (16.86%) Data Modelling
5 112 (16.57%) Enterprise Architecture
6 109 (16.12%) Problem-Solving
7 105 (15.53%) Technical Leadership
8 95 (14.05%) TOGAF
9 92 (13.61%) DevOps
10 90 (13.31%) Data Architecture
11 74 (10.95%) Microservices
12 72 (10.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 72 (10.65%) Stakeholder Management
13 71 (10.50%) Mentoring
14 70 (10.36%) CI/CD
15 68 (10.06%) Decision-Making
16 67 (9.91%) Data Management
17 63 (9.32%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 72 (10.65%) Python
2 62 (9.17%) SQL
3 57 (8.43%) C#
4 40 (5.92%) Java
5 21 (3.11%) JavaScript
6 17 (2.51%) Apex Code
7 15 (2.22%) SOQL
7 15 (2.22%) SOSL
7 15 (2.22%) TypeScript
8 7 (1.04%) Bicep
8 7 (1.04%) PowerShell
9 6 (0.89%) C++
10 4 (0.59%) Go
11 3 (0.44%) C
12 2 (0.30%) Bash
13 1 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.15%) PHP
13 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.15%) R
Qualifications
1 117 (17.31%) Security Cleared
2 78 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 76 (11.24%) Degree
4 47 (6.95%) AWS Certification
5 44 (6.51%) Azure Certification
6 32 (4.73%) TOGAF Certification
7 30 (4.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 28 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (3.99%) DV Cleared
10 18 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (2.51%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (2.37%) Master's Degree
13 12 (1.78%) CCNP
13 12 (1.78%) CISSP
14 9 (1.33%) CCNA
14 9 (1.33%) CISM
15 7 (1.04%) JNCIA
15 7 (1.04%) SAP Certification
16 4 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (0.59%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.03%) Accessibility
2 28 (4.14%) GDPR
3 24 (3.55%) NIST
4 21 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.48%) HIPAA
6 9 (1.33%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.33%) NCSC
7 8 (1.18%) QA
8 5 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.59%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.30%) COBIT
10 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.30%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.15%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.15%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.15%) JSP 440
System Software
1 35 (5.18%) Docker
2 6 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.74%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.44%) Firmware
4 3 (0.44%) GPFS
4 3 (0.44%) Lustre
4 3 (0.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 37 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 26 (3.85%) Terraform
3 20 (2.96%) Ansible
4 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.59%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.30%) Endace
6 2 (0.30%) Grafana
7 1 (0.15%) Autotask
7 1 (0.15%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.15%) Puppet
7 1 (0.15%) Rancher
7 1 (0.15%) SCCM
7 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 125 (18.49%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.73%) Google
3 30 (4.44%) Databricks
4 29 (4.29%) SAP
5 22 (3.25%) Salesforce
6 21 (3.11%) Cisco
7 20 (2.96%) Palo Alto
8 19 (2.81%) Oracle
9 18 (2.66%) Adobe
9 18 (2.66%) Apple
10 17 (2.51%) Workday
11 15 (2.22%) ServiceNow
11 15 (2.22%) Splunk
12 10 (1.48%) Juniper
13 7 (1.04%) Fortinet
14 6 (0.89%) Ariba
15 5 (0.74%) IBM
16 4 (0.59%) Informatica
16 4 (0.59%) MuleSoft
16 4 (0.59%) VMware