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 2 June 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 93 30
Rank change year-on-year +67 -63 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,396 587 2,279
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.30% 3.94% 6.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.75% 4.28% 7.08%
Number of salaries quoted 961 413 1,503
10th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £72,500 £68,250 £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 £112,500
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 18,002 13,703 32,207
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 92.02% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 13,246 8,461 25,466
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,536
Median % change year-on-year - +8.04% -11.14%
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 2 June 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 2 June 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.

1 389 (27.87%) Azure
2 271 (19.41%) Roadmaps
3 246 (17.62%) AWS
4 213 (15.26%) Microsoft
4 213 (15.26%) Security Cleared
5 212 (15.19%) Agile
6 195 (13.97%) TOGAF
7 190 (13.61%) AI
8 173 (12.39%) Enterprise Architecture
9 169 (12.11%) SC Cleared
10 165 (11.82%) Cybersecurity
11 151 (10.82%) DevOps
12 132 (9.46%) CI/CD
12 132 (9.46%) Technology Strategy
13 127 (9.10%) Mentoring
14 117 (8.38%) GCP
15 113 (8.09%) Continuous Improvement
16 111 (7.95%) Presales
17 110 (7.88%) Data Architecture
17 110 (7.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 109 (7.81%) Data Modelling
19 106 (7.59%) Migration
20 104 (7.45%) Analytics
21 101 (7.23%) Degree
22 99 (7.09%) Problem-Solving
23 96 (6.88%) Stakeholder Management
24 95 (6.81%) IT Strategy
25 94 (6.73%) Technical Leadership
26 93 (6.66%) Event-Driven
27 90 (6.45%) Microservices

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 (0.72%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.64%) CMS
3 7 (0.50%) Confluence
4 6 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.29%) JBoss
5 4 (0.29%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.21%) Apache
6 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.21%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.21%) SAS
7 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.072%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.21%) Revit
5 2 (0.14%) ArchiCAD
5 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.072%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.072%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 16 (1.15%) Oracle Assets
1 16 (1.15%) Oracle Financials
1 16 (1.15%) Oracle General Ledger
1 16 (1.15%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.14%) Shopify
7 1 (0.072%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.072%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.072%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.072%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 389 (27.87%) Azure
2 246 (17.62%) AWS
3 117 (8.38%) GCP
4 72 (5.16%) SaaS
5 69 (4.94%) Serverless
6 51 (3.65%) Power Platform
7 43 (3.08%) Entra ID
8 37 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
9 31 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
10 27 (1.93%) PaaS
11 24 (1.72%) Snowflake
12 23 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 16 (1.15%) Azure Machine Learning
15 14 (1.00%) Anthropic Claude
16 13 (0.93%) IaaS
16 13 (0.93%) Nutanix
17 12 (0.86%) Azure AI
17 12 (0.86%) Zapier
18 10 (0.72%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 84 (6.02%) Broadband
2 51 (3.65%) WAN
3 46 (3.30%) Network Security
4 39 (2.79%) Firewall
5 37 (2.65%) SD-WAN
6 30 (2.15%) LAN
7 24 (1.72%) MPLS
7 24 (1.72%) VPN
8 16 (1.15%) WLAN
9 12 (0.86%) BGP
10 10 (0.72%) Kerberos
11 9 (0.64%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (0.64%) DNS
11 9 (0.64%) HTTP
11 9 (0.64%) SNMP
11 9 (0.64%) VSAN
12 8 (0.57%) IPsec
12 8 (0.57%) SSL
13 7 (0.50%) Unified Communications
13 7 (0.50%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.51%) Metadata
2 26 (1.86%) SQL Server
3 20 (1.43%) Power BI
4 16 (1.15%) Data Lake
4 16 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (1.15%) NoSQL
5 15 (1.07%) BigQuery
5 15 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (0.72%) MongoDB
7 8 (0.57%) Tableau
8 6 (0.43%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (0.36%) MySQL
10 4 (0.29%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.21%) Big Data
11 3 (0.21%) GIS
11 3 (0.21%) QGIS
12 2 (0.14%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 45 (3.22%) Jenkins
2 34 (2.44%) GitLab
2 34 (2.44%) SonarQube
3 25 (1.79%) Snyk
4 7 (0.50%) Git
5 5 (0.36%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.14%) MLflow
6 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.072%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.072%) JMeter
7 1 (0.072%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.072%) Postman
7 1 (0.072%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.072%) Selenium
General
1 247 (17.69%) Social Skills
2 212 (15.19%) Public Sector
3 193 (13.83%) Finance
4 155 (11.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 86 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
6 67 (4.80%) Games
7 60 (4.30%) Law
8 55 (3.94%) Marketing
9 48 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
10 41 (2.94%) Legal
11 40 (2.87%) Retail
12 27 (1.93%) Banking
13 25 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (1.58%) Telecoms
15 15 (1.07%) Manufacturing
16 11 (0.79%) Back Office
17 10 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.50%) Financial Institution
19 6 (0.43%) Health Technology
20 5 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.58%) REST
2 51 (3.65%) SOAP
3 38 (2.72%) .NET
4 36 (2.58%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (2.44%) Visualforce
6 27 (1.93%) Middleware
7 26 (1.86%) OAuth
8 22 (1.58%) OpenID
8 22 (1.58%) SAML
9 21 (1.50%) RESTful
10 18 (1.29%) LDAP
11 12 (0.86%) GraphQL
12 9 (0.64%) Node.js
13 8 (0.57%) .NET Core
14 7 (0.50%) OpenAPI
14 7 (0.50%) Spring
14 7 (0.50%) Swagger
15 6 (0.43%) Django
15 6 (0.43%) Hibernate
15 6 (0.43%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 67 (4.80%) Cloud Native
2 61 (4.37%) Data Centre
3 51 (3.65%) Product Ownership
4 38 (2.72%) Cyberattack
5 31 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
5 31 (2.22%) Public Cloud
6 29 (2.08%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.01%) Virtual Team
8 24 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.22%) PKI
10 14 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
11 13 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (0.79%) IoT
12 11 (0.79%) Operational Technology
13 10 (0.72%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (0.57%) Onboarding
14 8 (0.57%) Video\Live Streaming
15 7 (0.50%) CMDB
15 7 (0.50%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.93%) Windows
2 8 (0.57%) Linux
3 5 (0.36%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.21%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (19.41%) Roadmaps
2 212 (15.19%) Agile
3 195 (13.97%) TOGAF
4 190 (13.61%) AI
5 173 (12.39%) Enterprise Architecture
6 165 (11.82%) Cybersecurity
7 151 (10.82%) DevOps
8 132 (9.46%) CI/CD
8 132 (9.46%) Technology Strategy
9 127 (9.10%) Mentoring
10 113 (8.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 111 (7.95%) Presales
12 110 (7.88%) Data Architecture
12 110 (7.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 109 (7.81%) Data Modelling
14 106 (7.59%) Migration
15 104 (7.45%) Analytics
16 99 (7.09%) Problem-Solving
17 96 (6.88%) Stakeholder Management
18 95 (6.81%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 43 (3.08%) Python
2 39 (2.79%) SQL
3 36 (2.58%) Apex Code
3 36 (2.58%) SOQL
3 36 (2.58%) SOSL
4 33 (2.36%) C#
5 23 (1.65%) Java
6 20 (1.43%) PowerShell
7 16 (1.15%) TypeScript
8 14 (1.00%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.57%) Bash
9 8 (0.57%) Bicep
9 8 (0.57%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.50%) Go
11 3 (0.21%) Scala
12 2 (0.14%) C++
12 2 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.072%) R
13 1 (0.072%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 213 (15.26%) Security Cleared
2 169 (12.11%) SC Cleared
3 101 (7.23%) Degree
4 48 (3.44%) CISSP
4 48 (3.44%) TOGAF Certification
5 45 (3.22%) Azure Certification
6 37 (2.65%) AWS Certification
7 32 (2.29%) DV Cleared
8 30 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
9 29 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (1.72%) CISM
11 20 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.93%) CCNP
14 12 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 11 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 10 (0.72%) CCIE
17 9 (0.64%) VCAP
17 9 (0.64%) VCDX
17 9 (0.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (5.37%) NIST
2 47 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (2.58%) GRC
4 34 (2.44%) Data Quality
5 25 (1.79%) NCSC
6 22 (1.58%) GDPR
7 16 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (0.79%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.79%) PMO
10 10 (0.72%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.64%) QA
12 8 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 8 (0.57%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.50%) WCAG
14 5 (0.36%) IFRS
15 3 (0.21%) Def Stans
15 3 (0.21%) NIST 800
16 2 (0.14%) IFRS 17
16 2 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 38 (2.72%) Virtual Machines
2 35 (2.51%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.07%) vSphere
5 10 (0.72%) Docker
5 10 (0.72%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.50%) vCloud
7 6 (0.43%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 28 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (0.93%) Ansible
2 13 (0.93%) Terraform
3 11 (0.79%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.43%) Avamar
4 6 (0.43%) CASB
4 6 (0.43%) Dell DRAC
4 6 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
4 6 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
4 6 (0.43%) VxRail
5 5 (0.36%) Endace
5 5 (0.36%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.072%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.072%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 213 (15.26%) Microsoft
2 47 (3.37%) Salesforce
3 43 (3.08%) Cisco
4 41 (2.94%) Palo Alto
5 37 (2.65%) Splunk
6 35 (2.51%) Databricks
6 35 (2.51%) Google
7 31 (2.22%) Oracle
8 30 (2.15%) CrowdStrike
9 27 (1.93%) SAP
10 25 (1.79%) Tenable
10 25 (1.79%) VMware
11 22 (1.58%) ServiceNow
12 18 (1.29%) Juniper
13 17 (1.22%) OpenAI
14 14 (1.00%) Fortinet
15 13 (0.93%) Dell
15 13 (0.93%) NetApp
15 13 (0.93%) Nimble Storage
16 12 (0.86%) Meraki