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 19 May 2026.

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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 87 30
Rank change year-on-year +61 -57 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,324 643 2,185
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.07% 4.26% 6.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.53% 4.62% 6.99%
Number of salaries quoted 910 470 1,419
10th Percentile £61,925 £61,243 £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 £97,500 £98,474 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,600 £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 17,584 13,916 31,267
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 92.20% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12,928 8,844 24,891
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £33,127
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 £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 19 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 19 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.

1 364 (27.49%) Azure
2 249 (18.81%) Roadmaps
3 233 (17.60%) AWS
4 204 (15.41%) Security Cleared
5 201 (15.18%) Agile
6 190 (14.35%) Microsoft
7 180 (13.60%) AI
8 177 (13.37%) TOGAF
9 155 (11.71%) Cybersecurity
9 155 (11.71%) SC Cleared
10 153 (11.56%) Enterprise Architecture
11 148 (11.18%) DevOps
12 124 (9.37%) Mentoring
13 121 (9.14%) CI/CD
14 118 (8.91%) Technology Strategy
15 108 (8.16%) GCP
16 107 (8.08%) Data Modelling
17 105 (7.93%) Data Architecture
17 105 (7.93%) Migration
18 102 (7.70%) Analytics
19 100 (7.55%) Presales
20 96 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
21 93 (7.02%) Microservices
21 93 (7.02%) Problem-Solving
22 90 (6.80%) Stakeholder Management
23 89 (6.72%) Event-Driven
23 89 (6.72%) IT Strategy
23 89 (6.72%) Technical Leadership
24 87 (6.57%) Degree
25 86 (6.50%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 14 (1.06%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.91%) CMS
3 8 (0.60%) Confluence
4 7 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.53%) JBoss
4 7 (0.53%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.30%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.30%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.30%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.23%) Apache
6 3 (0.23%) SAS
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.076%) IIS
8 1 (0.076%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.076%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) ArchiCAD
3 2 (0.15%) Revit
4 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.076%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.076%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.076%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (1.13%) Oracle Assets
1 15 (1.13%) Oracle Financials
1 15 (1.13%) Oracle General Ledger
1 15 (1.13%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.076%) Actimize
5 1 (0.076%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.076%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.076%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.076%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.076%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 364 (27.49%) Azure
2 233 (17.60%) AWS
3 108 (8.16%) GCP
4 74 (5.59%) Serverless
5 71 (5.36%) SaaS
6 54 (4.08%) Power Platform
7 43 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
8 38 (2.87%) Entra ID
9 29 (2.19%) PaaS
9 29 (2.19%) Snowflake
10 28 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 17 (1.28%) IaaS
14 15 (1.13%) Azure Machine Learning
15 12 (0.91%) Azure AI
15 12 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (0.83%) Nutanix
17 10 (0.76%) Azure Service Bus
17 10 (0.76%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 81 (6.12%) Broadband
2 41 (3.10%) WAN
3 38 (2.87%) Network Security
4 37 (2.79%) Firewall
5 30 (2.27%) SD-WAN
6 25 (1.89%) LAN
7 22 (1.66%) VPN
8 19 (1.44%) MPLS
9 11 (0.83%) WLAN
10 10 (0.76%) Kerberos
11 9 (0.68%) Cisco Firepower
12 8 (0.60%) BGP
12 8 (0.60%) VSAN
13 6 (0.45%) HTTP
13 6 (0.45%) SNMP
13 6 (0.45%) VXLAN
14 5 (0.38%) DNS
14 5 (0.38%) IPsec
14 5 (0.38%) SSL
14 5 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (3.47%) Metadata
2 30 (2.27%) SQL Server
3 18 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (1.36%) Power BI
4 15 (1.13%) Data Lake
4 15 (1.13%) NoSQL
5 14 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (0.98%) BigQuery
7 8 (0.60%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.45%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (0.38%) Tableau
10 4 (0.30%) Big Data
10 4 (0.30%) GIS
10 4 (0.30%) QGIS
10 4 (0.30%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.23%) MySQL
11 3 (0.23%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 46 (3.47%) Jenkins
2 34 (2.57%) GitLab
2 34 (2.57%) SonarQube
3 25 (1.89%) Snyk
4 6 (0.45%) Git
5 5 (0.38%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.15%) MLflow
6 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.076%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.076%) JIRA
7 1 (0.076%) JMeter
7 1 (0.076%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.076%) Postman
7 1 (0.076%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.076%) Selenium
General
1 220 (16.62%) Social Skills
2 197 (14.88%) Public Sector
3 181 (13.67%) Finance
4 145 (10.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 73 (5.51%) Analytical Skills
6 66 (4.98%) Games
7 59 (4.46%) Law
8 57 (4.31%) Marketing
9 41 (3.10%) Legal
10 39 (2.95%) Retail
11 35 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
12 29 (2.19%) Banking
13 22 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.59%) Telecoms
15 14 (1.06%) Manufacturing
16 13 (0.98%) Back Office
17 10 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.53%) Financial Institution
19 6 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
19 6 (0.45%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (4.98%) REST
2 53 (4.00%) SOAP
3 42 (3.17%) .NET
4 36 (2.72%) Lightning Web Components
4 36 (2.72%) Middleware
5 34 (2.57%) Visualforce
6 23 (1.74%) OAuth
7 22 (1.66%) OpenID
8 21 (1.59%) RESTful
9 19 (1.44%) SAML
10 18 (1.36%) LDAP
11 13 (0.98%) GraphQL
12 10 (0.76%) Spring
13 9 (0.68%) Hibernate
14 8 (0.60%) .NET Core
14 8 (0.60%) Node.js
15 7 (0.53%) Django
15 7 (0.53%) OpenAPI
15 7 (0.53%) Swagger
16 6 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (4.53%) Cloud Native
2 58 (4.38%) Data Centre
3 51 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 37 (2.79%) Cyberattack
5 32 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (2.34%) Public Cloud
7 27 (2.04%) Management Information System
7 27 (2.04%) Virtual Team
8 26 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.28%) PKI
10 15 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
12 13 (0.98%) IoT
13 11 (0.83%) Operational Technology
14 10 (0.76%) Low-Code
15 8 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (0.60%) Video\Live Streaming
16 7 (0.53%) DataPower
16 7 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
17 6 (0.45%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.98%) Windows
2 9 (0.68%) Linux
3 5 (0.38%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.30%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (18.81%) Roadmaps
2 201 (15.18%) Agile
3 180 (13.60%) AI
4 177 (13.37%) TOGAF
5 155 (11.71%) Cybersecurity
6 153 (11.56%) Enterprise Architecture
7 148 (11.18%) DevOps
8 124 (9.37%) Mentoring
9 121 (9.14%) CI/CD
10 118 (8.91%) Technology Strategy
11 107 (8.08%) Data Modelling
12 105 (7.93%) Data Architecture
12 105 (7.93%) Migration
13 102 (7.70%) Analytics
14 100 (7.55%) Presales
15 96 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
16 93 (7.02%) Microservices
16 93 (7.02%) Problem-Solving
17 90 (6.80%) Stakeholder Management
18 89 (6.72%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 47 (3.55%) Python
2 46 (3.47%) SQL
3 36 (2.72%) Apex Code
3 36 (2.72%) SOQL
3 36 (2.72%) SOSL
4 34 (2.57%) C#
5 28 (2.11%) Java
6 21 (1.59%) PowerShell
7 16 (1.21%) TypeScript
8 14 (1.06%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.60%) Bash
9 8 (0.60%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.53%) Go
11 5 (0.38%) Bicep
12 3 (0.23%) Scala
13 2 (0.15%) C++
13 2 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.076%) R
14 1 (0.076%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 204 (15.41%) Security Cleared
2 155 (11.71%) SC Cleared
3 87 (6.57%) Degree
4 46 (3.47%) CISSP
5 42 (3.17%) TOGAF Certification
6 41 (3.10%) Azure Certification
7 33 (2.49%) AWS Certification
8 32 (2.42%) DV Cleared
9 30 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 29 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (1.66%) CISM
12 21 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 13 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (0.91%) CCNP
15 9 (0.68%) CCIE
16 8 (0.60%) VCAP
16 8 (0.60%) VCDX
16 8 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (4.46%) NIST
2 34 (2.57%) GRC
2 34 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (2.27%) Data Quality
4 22 (1.66%) NCSC
5 21 (1.59%) GDPR
6 12 (0.91%) Accessibility
7 11 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (0.76%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.68%) PMO
9 9 (0.68%) QA
10 8 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.53%) WCAG
12 6 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 5 (0.38%) IFRS
14 3 (0.23%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.15%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.15%) SLA
15 2 (0.15%) Solvency II
16 1 (0.076%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 38 (2.87%) Virtual Machines
2 28 (2.11%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.91%) Docker
4 12 (0.91%) vSphere
5 9 (0.68%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.53%) vCloud
7 4 (0.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 28 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
2 16 (1.21%) Ansible
3 12 (0.91%) Kubernetes
4 11 (0.83%) Terraform
5 6 (0.45%) Endace
6 4 (0.30%) Avamar
6 4 (0.30%) Dell DRAC
6 4 (0.30%) EMC NetWorker
6 4 (0.30%) EMC VPLEX
6 4 (0.30%) VxRail
7 3 (0.23%) CASB
8 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.076%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.076%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.076%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 190 (14.35%) Microsoft
2 48 (3.63%) Salesforce
3 38 (2.87%) Databricks
4 37 (2.79%) Cisco
4 37 (2.79%) Palo Alto
4 37 (2.79%) Splunk
5 34 (2.57%) Google
6 29 (2.19%) CrowdStrike
6 29 (2.19%) Oracle
7 25 (1.89%) Tenable
8 24 (1.81%) SAP
9 22 (1.66%) VMware
10 20 (1.51%) ServiceNow
11 16 (1.21%) Juniper
12 13 (0.98%) Fortinet
13 12 (0.91%) Dell
13 12 (0.91%) Meraki
14 11 (0.83%) NetApp
14 11 (0.83%) Nimble Storage
15 9 (0.68%) OpenAI