Hybrid/Remote Architect Job Trends

Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £87,431 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 August 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 102 24
Rank change year-on-year +76 -78 +12
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,702 575 1,942
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.38% 3.46% 7.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.84% 3.75% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,221 391 1,191
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £75,000 £66,375 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,431 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.98% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £107,500 £125,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £81,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +4.29% +1.88% -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 21,706 15,346 23,850
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.45% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 15,496 9,341 16,922
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,523
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,045
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 24 August 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 24 August 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.

1 518 (30.43%) Azure
2 422 (24.79%) Roadmaps
3 353 (20.74%) Microsoft
4 302 (17.74%) AI
5 300 (17.63%) AWS
6 286 (16.80%) Security Cleared
7 279 (16.39%) Agile
8 239 (14.04%) SC Cleared
9 226 (13.28%) Enterprise Architecture
10 205 (12.04%) Technical Architecture
11 196 (11.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 187 (10.99%) Technology Strategy
13 179 (10.52%) TOGAF
14 169 (9.93%) CI/CD
15 167 (9.81%) Technical Leadership
16 163 (9.58%) Analytics
17 162 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
18 151 (8.87%) Mentoring
19 149 (8.75%) Data Architecture
20 148 (8.70%) Presales
21 142 (8.34%) DevOps
22 141 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
23 140 (8.23%) Continuous Improvement
23 140 (8.23%) IT Strategy
24 139 (8.17%) Decision-Making
25 137 (8.05%) GCP
25 137 (8.05%) Infrastructure as Code
26 134 (7.87%) Business Strategy
27 129 (7.58%) Data Modelling
27 129 (7.58%) Migration

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 22 (1.29%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.59%) CMS
3 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.29%) Apache
4 5 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.24%) Confluence
6 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.059%) Appian
7 1 (0.059%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 11 (0.65%) Chatbot
2 10 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.18%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.059%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.059%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.059%) Revit
7 1 (0.059%) Weka
Business Applications
1 12 (0.71%) Oracle General Ledger
1 12 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
3 9 (0.53%) Oracle Financials
4 8 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.12%) Shopify
8 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.059%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.059%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.059%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.059%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 518 (30.43%) Azure
2 300 (17.63%) AWS
3 137 (8.05%) GCP
4 101 (5.93%) Power Platform
5 98 (5.76%) SaaS
6 78 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
7 62 (3.64%) Cloud Computing
8 58 (3.41%) Serverless
9 54 (3.17%) Entra ID
9 54 (3.17%) Snowflake
10 52 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
11 38 (2.23%) PaaS
12 36 (2.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 35 (2.06%) Anthropic Claude
14 30 (1.76%) Microsoft Purview
15 28 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
16 25 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
17 24 (1.41%) Amazon Bedrock
17 24 (1.41%) dbt
18 18 (1.06%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 108 (6.35%) WAN
2 87 (5.11%) LAN
3 61 (3.58%) Network Security
4 41 (2.41%) Broadband
5 39 (2.29%) Firewall
6 38 (2.23%) SD-WAN
7 26 (1.53%) MPLS
8 19 (1.12%) VPN
9 16 (0.94%) DNS
10 14 (0.82%) BGP
10 14 (0.82%) IPsec
10 14 (0.82%) WLAN
11 13 (0.76%) HTTP
11 13 (0.76%) Unified Communications
12 12 (0.71%) VSAN
13 11 (0.65%) CTI
13 11 (0.65%) VLAN
13 11 (0.65%) VoIP
14 10 (0.59%) SSH
14 10 (0.59%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (4.23%) Metadata
2 35 (2.06%) SQL Server
3 31 (1.82%) Power BI
4 26 (1.53%) Data Lake
5 23 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (1.23%) Delta Lake
7 20 (1.18%) MongoDB
7 20 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (1.12%) Data Vault
9 15 (0.88%) BigQuery
10 12 (0.71%) Tableau
11 10 (0.59%) MySQL
12 9 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (0.53%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
14 5 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
15 4 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
16 3 (0.18%) Amazon Athena
16 3 (0.18%) QGIS
16 3 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (1.53%) Jenkins
2 25 (1.47%) Snyk
3 21 (1.23%) Claude Code
4 16 (0.94%) GitLab
5 15 (0.88%) SonarQube
6 10 (0.59%) Git
7 5 (0.29%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.12%) ERwin
8 2 (0.12%) MLflow
9 1 (0.059%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.059%) JMeter
9 1 (0.059%) Maven
9 1 (0.059%) Postman
9 1 (0.059%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.059%) Selenium
General
1 375 (22.03%) Social Skills
2 349 (20.51%) Finance
3 267 (15.69%) Public Sector
4 196 (11.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 100 (5.88%) Law
6 99 (5.82%) Presentation Skills
7 93 (5.46%) Analytical Skills
8 82 (4.82%) Influencing Skills
9 52 (3.06%) Banking
10 51 (3.00%) Legal
11 42 (2.47%) Retail
12 30 (1.76%) Games
12 30 (1.76%) Marketing
13 15 (0.88%) Telecoms
14 13 (0.76%) Back Office
14 13 (0.76%) Manufacturing
15 10 (0.59%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.47%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.41%) Advertising
17 7 (0.41%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.53%) .NET
2 42 (2.47%) REST
2 42 (2.47%) Terraform
3 34 (2.00%) Middleware
4 28 (1.65%) RESTful
5 26 (1.53%) SOAP
6 24 (1.41%) LangChain
7 23 (1.35%) OAuth
8 21 (1.23%) LangGraph
8 21 (1.23%) PySpark
9 19 (1.12%) SAML
10 18 (1.06%) Lightning Web Components
11 14 (0.82%) Visualforce
12 13 (0.76%) LDAP
13 12 (0.71%) OpenAPI
13 12 (0.71%) Swagger
14 11 (0.65%) Node.js
14 11 (0.65%) OpenID
15 9 (0.53%) .NET Core
16 8 (0.47%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 121 (7.11%) Cloud Native
2 66 (3.88%) Data Centre
3 43 (2.53%) Product Ownership
4 33 (1.94%) Management Information System
5 31 (1.82%) Virtual Team
6 30 (1.76%) Cyberattack
6 30 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (1.65%) AI Agents
8 22 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (1.23%) Hedge funds
10 20 (1.18%) Public Cloud
11 18 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (0.65%) IVR
13 11 (0.65%) Low-Code
13 11 (0.65%) Video\Live Streaming
14 10 (0.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 10 (0.59%) Onboarding
15 8 (0.47%) Cyber Defence
15 8 (0.47%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.12%) Windows
2 11 (0.65%) Linux
3 6 (0.35%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.24%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (24.79%) Roadmaps
2 302 (17.74%) AI
3 279 (16.39%) Agile
4 226 (13.28%) Enterprise Architecture
5 205 (12.04%) Technical Architecture
6 196 (11.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 187 (10.99%) Technology Strategy
8 179 (10.52%) TOGAF
9 169 (9.93%) CI/CD
10 167 (9.81%) Technical Leadership
11 163 (9.58%) Analytics
12 162 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
13 151 (8.87%) Mentoring
14 149 (8.75%) Data Architecture
15 148 (8.70%) Presales
16 142 (8.34%) DevOps
17 141 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
18 140 (8.23%) Continuous Improvement
18 140 (8.23%) IT Strategy
19 139 (8.17%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 70 (4.11%) Python
2 62 (3.64%) SQL
3 47 (2.76%) C#
4 27 (1.59%) Bicep
5 24 (1.41%) Java
6 19 (1.12%) Scala
7 18 (1.06%) Apex Code
8 16 (0.94%) Go
8 16 (0.94%) SOQL
8 16 (0.94%) SOSL
9 15 (0.88%) PowerShell
10 12 (0.71%) JavaScript
11 10 (0.59%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.24%) C
12 4 (0.24%) Ruby
12 4 (0.24%) Rust
13 3 (0.18%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.12%) ABAP
14 2 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.12%) X++
Qualifications
1 286 (16.80%) Security Cleared
2 239 (14.04%) SC Cleared
3 116 (6.82%) Degree
4 52 (3.06%) Azure Certification
5 45 (2.64%) CISSP
6 42 (2.47%) TOGAF Certification
7 36 (2.12%) AWS Certification
8 30 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
10 27 (1.59%) CISM
10 27 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
11 26 (1.53%) DV Cleared
12 23 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (0.88%) SnowPro
14 13 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 12 (0.71%) VCAP
15 12 (0.71%) VCDX
16 11 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 11 (0.65%) CCIE
16 11 (0.65%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (5.58%) GRC
2 79 (4.64%) NIST
3 68 (4.00%) Data Quality
4 56 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (1.76%) GDPR
6 22 (1.29%) NCSC
7 21 (1.23%) Accessibility
8 15 (0.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 15 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.53%) QA
11 8 (0.47%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.35%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.35%) PMO
13 5 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.29%) IFRS
13 5 (0.29%) NIST 800
13 5 (0.29%) WCAG
14 4 (0.24%) Def Stans
15 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
2 33 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (1.82%) Active Directory
4 23 (1.35%) Docker
5 22 (1.29%) vSphere
6 13 (0.76%) VMware NSX
7 11 (0.65%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.41%) vCloud
9 1 (0.059%) Firmware
9 1 (0.059%) iptables
Systems Management
1 48 (2.82%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (0.82%) CASB
4 12 (0.71%) Ansible
5 10 (0.59%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.35%) Avamar
6 6 (0.35%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.35%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.35%) VxRail
7 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.24%) SCCM
9 1 (0.059%) Argo
Vendors
1 353 (20.74%) Microsoft
2 82 (4.82%) Databricks
3 56 (3.29%) Cisco
4 47 (2.76%) Palo Alto
5 46 (2.70%) Oracle
6 41 (2.41%) Salesforce
7 39 (2.29%) Google
7 39 (2.29%) ServiceNow
8 36 (2.12%) VMware
9 33 (1.94%) SAP
10 29 (1.70%) CrowdStrike
11 27 (1.59%) OpenAI
12 25 (1.47%) Tenable
13 16 (0.94%) Splunk
14 14 (0.82%) Dell
14 14 (0.82%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.82%) Juniper
15 13 (0.76%) NetApp
15 13 (0.76%) Nimble Storage
16 12 (0.71%) Broadcom